FA Trophy quarter-final draw: Sittingbourne to face Aldershot Town after beating Southend United

Sittingbourne have discovered their FA Trophy quarter-final opponents following the weekend heroics at Southend.

The Brickies will play Aldershot Town on Saturday, March 1, with the tie worth £7,500 to the winners, while the losers receive £2,000.

Sittingbourne reached the last eight with a stunning 1-0 upset victory at Southend on Saturday, courtesy of debutant Anthony Church’s injury-time strike.

It was the Brickies’ eighth game in this season’s competition, including qualifying rounds, and their sixth victory over higher-division opposition.

They’re only two rounds away from a Wembley final – unthinkable for a Step 4 club.

Few gave them a chance of bridging a three-division gap at Roots Hall but Ryan Maxwell’s Isthmian South East side upset the odds in dramatic fashion.

“I’m just incredibly proud,” said Maxwell, speaking shortly after the full-time whistle.

“I’m proud of the players, proud of everybody. I’m happy for everybody, I love everyone at the club.

“It’s like an extension of my family. We’re so close here, we’re unbelievably close, and I just wanted us to do it for other people.

“I think that gives us more drive and fight when you’re doing something for someone else.”

FA Trophy quarter-final draw (March 1)

Oxford City v Woking

Sutton United v Spennymoor Town

Sittingbourne v Aldershot Town

Rochdale v Altrincham