Dover Athletic 3 Dorking Wanderers 2 match report: Decarrey Sheriff (2) and Jack Bates score in FA Cup fourth qualifying round win

Dover Athletic reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time since 2019 on Saturday.

A brilliant fourth qualifying round tie saw no shortage of entertainment as Jake Leberl’s men got the beter of their fellow National League South opponents, just seven days after the teams shared the spoils at Crabble.

Dover made one change from last week’s league draw with Jalen Jones replacing Nazir Bakram. Dorking made two changes with Josh Barrett and Louie Annesley in their starting XI.

Annesley was in the book as early as the second minute after a shocking challenge on Luke Baptiste.

The visitors had the first chance as Barrett set up Dennon Lewis, whose low shot was saved by the legs of Whites kepper Mitch Walker.

Dover took the lead on 11 minutes when Euan Williams won the ball and drove forward before setting up Jack Bates, who was given time and space on the edge of the area to curl home a delightful right-foot shot for his eighth goal of the season.

Dorking were back on level four minutes later when Barrett’s clever ball over the top set up George Nikaj, who rounded Walker and slotted past two defenders on the line to score against his former club.

A pulsating game saw Dover regain the lead on 19 minutes when Dorking tried to play the ball out from the back but walked straight into a trap set by the home side and Baptiste was upended.

Decarrey Sheriff stepped forward to send former Gillingham keeper Glenn Morris the wrong way from the penalty spot.

Dover left-back Enyinnaya Ezenwanne was given a tough afternoon by Nikaj. The former was booked for a poor challenge on 22 minutes - although the referee did nothing about the six Dorking players surrounding him wanting a red card - and Dover boss Jake Leberl decided to