Banbury Utd 1 (Learoyd 41)

Wimborne Tn 1 (Stokoe 78)

Banbury will have to try again at Wimborne tomorrow after they were controversially reduced to ten men for the last 30 minutes of this encounter in the FA Carlsberg trophy 1st qualifying round.

With Banbury leading through Adam Learoyd’s first half-goal, the game changed on the hour when referee Stephen Phipps showed the red card to Jason Taylor.

The Banbury striker was seen to grab Wimborne’s Ross Lloyd around the throat, after being fouled by the defender.

The referee took no action against the original foul, or two apparent head-butt lunges from Lloyd during the incident.

Banbury had dominated the first half with Declan Benjamin Nabil Shariff sending efforts just over.

The influential Marvin Martin saw a rasping shot charged down by Wimborne keeper Alan Walker-Harris.

Banbury took the lead just before half-time when Delroy Gordon beat Walker-Harris in the air from Martin’s free-kick.

The ball went to Learoyd, who side-footed it home.

Following Taylor’s dismissal, Banbury got the ball in the net again through Gordon, but the effort was ruled out for offside.

Wimborne, from Zamaretto Southern League Division 1 South & West – a division below Banbury –equalised in controversial fashion 12 minutes from time.

A free-kick from the left edge of the penalty area was played to James Stokoe apppeared to control the ball with his hand before firing home .

Banbury Utd: Murrell, Stanbridge, Cray, Gordon, Learoyd, Oulton, Staff, Benjamin, Shariff, Taylor, Martin. Subs not used: Cross, Power, Polk, Mbamarah.

Attendance: 239.