Trophy elimination for Gladiators and Nailers

MATLOCK Town and Belper Town have both been knocked out of the Isuzu FA Trophy.

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The Gladiators suffered a 2-1 home defeat against Basford United in their second qualifying round tie.

They fell behind to Jack Goodman's ninth-minute opener but former Derby County forward Conor Washington equalised for Matlock 10 minutes later, sending a volley into the roof of the net after the visitors had cleared a header off the line.

But Basford were back in front in the 62nd minute when Jordan Hallam found the back of the net with a neat finish.

Matlock couldn't find a way back in an entertaining encounter and it's Basford who progress.

In the same round, Belper let a two-goal lead slip as they fell to a 3-2 away defeat against Rugby Town.

Jonathan Wafula nodded the Nailers ahead in the 14th minute and it was 2-0 at the break after Jacob Fenton struck in the 31st minute with another header.