Concord to face Dulwich in final

Concord reached the final for the first time with a 3-0 home win over FA Cup heroes Hastings tonight (Tuesday). They took the lead with a Danny Glozier penalty after 24 minutes and went 2-0 up through Danny Spendlove immediately after half-time.

Tony Stokes made quite sure with 15 minutes left (pictured by Mikey Cartwright), though Concord still had to hope that thickening fog would not bring a premature end to proceedings.

Dulwich, beaten in the 2011 final, had a longer night before seeing off Thamesmead, second in Ryman North, in a penalty shoot-out at Champion Hill after an entertaining 1-1 draw.

Impressive teenager Danny Carr scored his seventh goal in the competition, converting a Nyren Clunis cross, to put Dulwich ahead five minutes before the interval but Rob Carter headed home a corner to equalise with 17 minutes left.

So to penalties, and there were seven successful kicks before Thamesmead keeper Rob Budd stepped up and saw his effort hit a post.

Another Dulwich youngster, Richmond Ayoola, kept his nerve to maintain his side’s perfect record and give them a 5-3 victory.