Faversham Town look to move on from FA Cup exit as they host Erith & Belvedere in the Southern Counties East Premier Division before trip to Lordswood

The focus will return to league matters for Faversham after they were knocked out of the FA Cup.

Town went down 3-1 at home to Isthmian South East Broadbridge Heath in a first qualifying round replay on Tuesday after keeper Jacob Russell saved a penalty in last weekend’s initial tie, which ended goalless.

Tommy Warrilow’s title-chasing team host Erith & Belvedere in the Southern Counties East Premier Division this Saturday before they visit Lordswood on Tuesday.

“Anything can happen on the day,” said Faversham manager Warrilow. “I don’t tend to look too much at who we’re playing.

“When we played Fisher and beat them 1-0 in the Vase, it was a really hard-fought 1-0 win. Everyone was sort of saying ‘only 1-0?’ when they were maybe expecting it to be 3-0.

“I know they lost on Tuesday (1-0 against early high-fliers Holmesdale) but they had been on a good little run before that.

“We have just got to worry about ourselves. I just know that every week we’re going to be involved in a battle in our league games.

“The most important thing for us is to get out of this league this year.”

A crowd of 313 at Salters Lane watched Town’s replay and saw them fall two goals behind before half-time, conceding twice as away players were left unmarked at corners.

While they improved, an all-important Faversham goal proved elusive until a late header by captain Callum Davies from midfielder Sam Hasler’s corner - by which time Broadbridge Heath had already added a third to effectively seal the tie.

Warrilow admitted: “The first half has cost us.

“We never came out of the block. We’re disappointed that the first two goals have come from set-pieces, which we knew they were strong at.

“We got a good response in the second half. First half, it was