TAUNTON Town manager Leigh Robinson praised the clinical performance of his side during Tuesday’s 3-1 FA Trophy replay victory at Dorking Wanderers.

Jordan Rogers shrugged off his barren spell in front of goal with two stunning first-half strikes and was backed up by an even better one from Jamie Short.

The win sets up a home second qualifying round tie against Bognor on November 14 – and Robinson says his side are relishing their underdogs tag.

He said: “I couldn’t have asked for anymore.

“We haven’t been getting the rub of the green lately but tonight we just clicked and we were clinical up front.

“The quality hasn’t been there in the final third but tonight we showed what we can do.

“We enjoyed the games with Truro (in the FA Cup) and we shall be underdogs again.

“We came good against Dorking and can do it again - Jordan is back on the score sheet, Aiden Chainey and Josh Klein-Davies had great games and it all looks good.”

An exhausted but happy party arrived back in town at 2.30am on Wednesday morning after an 11-hour round trip to Dorking, metaphorically clutching a cheque of £2,700.

The victory brings the total in the coffers from FA games this season up to more than £7,600 and a win on Saturday week would boost it to almost five figures - a tidy sum for Town.

It also means that two more midweek home games will have to be fitted in, with the visit to basement side Bashley tentatively pencilled in for early December and what would have been a home game with Banbury United on Saturday week, also now on a future Tuesday night.