Petersfield Town beat Crawley Down Gatwick 4-2 on penalties after the two sides played out a 0-0 draw in the second round of the Southern Combination Football League Cup.
Ellis Grant saved a penalty as the Rams won their third penalty shoot-out of the season to progress in the cup.
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Despite a flurry of late chances it ended goalless after 90 minutes as Crawley Down Gatwick held out for penalties. Grant saved a penalty before Owen Kimber scored the winning penalty kick for the Rams.
Crawley slightly shaded the first half with a couple of half chances. Harry Birmingham tracked a Crawley attacker into the box before making a superb block in the six-yard box. The second chance was an effort from Callum Kilkenny which Grant punched wide.
The game opened up in the last 20 minutes. Petersfield’s biggest chance of the game fell to Harrison Cable. Kian Towse’s shot fell to Cable, who blazed over from six yards out.
With five minutes to go Cable forced a superb low save from Alex Bellingham on the turn. Dan Wood headed narrowly wide from the resulting corner.
Cable, who could have had a hat-trick on another night, missed another chance late on. Kieran Mayele played a perfectly-weighted through ball to Cable, but he seemed to hesitate as Bellingham closed him down and blocked his shot.
Dec Seiden, Mayele, Asad Ssemwogerere and Kimber scored their penalties to send the Rams through to the next round.