TIGERS ARE TAMED BY THE RAVENS

BROMLEY secured a place in the first round with a second-half free-kick from Frankie Raymond to help them defeat Gloucester.

The home side began well against the visitors, a step above in the National League pyramid, with striker Jake Jackson heading just wide, before directing over in a carbon copy soon after.

Bromley began to find their feet and missed a guilt-edged opportunity to take the lead through Omar Bugiel, but he could not convert his close-range chance. The first period ended frenetically with both sides wasting chances into stoppage time.

It was Bromley who managed to find the breakthrough on 50 minutes with Raymond sending a free-kick goalwards and it managed to find its way past goalkeeper Andy Hannah.

Gloucester almost gained an instant response three minutes later with Joe Parker firing a shot that the Ravens’ keeper had to expertly push wide.

Bugiel missed another chance to score with 15 minutes left, but he again shot wide and Bromley squandered several other opportunities late on through George Porter and Sutherland. But it was not to matter as their superior quality showed to progress into the hat on Monday.