Petersfield Town exited the FA Cup with a 2-0 defeat at home to Laverstock & Ford in the preliminary round.

The Rams struggled to create clear-cut openings, while the visitors took their chances and deservedly went through.

The first half was short of goalmouth action, but straight after the break Petersfield had the ball in the net, only to be denied by the offside flag.

The ball broke kindly for Troy Wingfield, and after his initial effort was blocked his second was tapped in by Seb Sharp, who was in an offside position at the back post.

Archie Lovegrove opened the scoring for the visitors on 56 minutes when his curling effort found the bottom corner after some neat footwork.

With Petersfield struggling to get back into the match, Rich Cooper settled the tie in the 90th minute when he tapped in to make it 2-0.

By Michael Christou