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Billericay Town 3 Stourbridge 2 - Report

A goal in injury time by substitute Billy bricknell shattered the Glassboy's hopes of reaching the last 16 of the FA Trophy.

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Gary Hackett

At half time that had seen unlikely, with the big spending Essex outfit 1-0 up having had most of the play.

Top scorer Jake Robinson finished well after controlling a ball into the box by Robert Swaine.

But Stourbridge came out firing after the break, equalising on 47 minutes when Leon Broadhurst headed in Connor Gater's low cross

Three minutes later the travelling Stourbridge fans were in ecstasy when Tom Tonk's cross was headed in by Stuart Pierpoint to seemingly turn the game round.

But Ricky Modeste got the equaliser for Billericay on 67 minutes when he got hold of a ball that was seemingly destined to stay in the box and crashed it home.

The last 20 minutes were thrilling and saw chances for both sides with a draw increasingly looking the outcome.

But a minute into injury time Stourbridge goalkeeper Matt Gould failed to get anything on a corner from Sam Feering and Bricknell had the simple task of putting the ball in the net from close range to send the home side through