Taimour Lay

Kingstonian’s FA Cup adventure came to an end on Saturday in front of the BBC cameras as AFC Fylde emerged 2-0 winners.

Kingstonian manager Hayden Bird says the club has a real chance of progressing to the third round of the FA Cup to potentially face a Premier League team. Standing in the way are AFC Fylde, moneyed National Leaguers from Lancashire.

Hayden Bird’s new regime at Kingstonian opened the season with two draws this week, leaving the manager frustrated by missed chances, writes Taimour Lay.

When Elliott Buchanan lashed in Kingstonian’s seventh goal against hapless Harlow Town on Saturday, there was still time for another disallowed K’s strike and a fine save from Josh Bexon to keep the score from looking even more outlandish. Indeed, there was the real prospect of a highest competitive victory margin since a 10-0 win over Hitchin in 1966.

An 89th-minute Whitehawk equaliser denied Kingstonian three points at the weekend but events off the pitch have been just as dramatic.

Kingstonian conceded two late goals at Dulwich Hamlet on Saturday, but manager Tommy Williams had cause for comfort in a 2-1 defeat.

Kingstonian boss Tommy Williams has been left frustrated by a lack of football as he attempts to turn the season around.

A fourth 1-0 home defeat of the season was greeted with more depressed sighs than angry boos on Saturday as Kingstonian’s alarming form continues.

Tommy Williams endured his first home defeat as Kingstonian manager on Saturday, but it was the performance as much as the result which rankled.

Kingstonian face a home replay against Romford on Monday night for a place in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup.