They’d already gone further than ever before in this competition in the club’s history as they made their way to Leatherhead for this fourth round tie – and they extended their run further with a 3-2 win, despite the squad being injury-depleted.
Things looked bleak for Dominic Di Paola’s side when they went 2-0 inside 34 minutes in Surrey. But the second half was only two minutes old when Rhys Murphy played a brilliant one-two with Reece Myles-Meekums, who slotted his shot into the corner to make it 2-1.
Just after the hour it was 2-2 when Ola Ogunwamide picked the ball up on the left wing and his burst of pace opened up space for him to send a wonderstrike over the goalkeeper.
Four minutes from the end of the 90 the comeback was complete as excellent work from Meekums on the wing ended in a cross that found Murphy, who poked home.
There were jubilant scenes at the end as players and management celebrated with the travelling fans.
The draw for the next round is on Monday afternoon.
See pictures from the Trophy triumph – by John Lines – on this page and those linked. Get all the reaction on this website and in the County Times in the week.
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Leatherhead v Horsham, FA Trophy Photo: John Lines
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Leatherhead v Horsham, FA Trophy Photo: John Lines
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Leatherhead v Horsham, FA Trophy Photo: John Lines
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Leatherhead v Horsham, FA Trophy Photo: John Lines