Early goals gave Magpies a FA Cup mountain to climb

Chorley did not give themselves a chance of progressing through to the final round of qualifying in the FA Cup.

- by Craig Salmon

That's the view of boss Andy Preece after he watched his team well-beaten 4-1 at National League North leaders South Shields.

It was always going to be a stiff task facing the Mariners-who have yet to taste defeat this season-on their own patch at the 1st Cloud Arena.

But that task was made even harder when the Magpies fell 2-0 behind early courtesy of goals which Preece described as avoidable.

And although some of their tactics worked against the hosts during the tie, ultimately they were left with an uphill battle against their full-time opponents.