DESPITE conceding an early goal, Evesham United stormed back to score four times and take their place in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round at the expense of Southern League Central side Chalfont St Peter.

United, who reached the first round proper in the 2008-09 season, are now just one win away from the possibility of playing Football League opposition after comfortably seeing off their Buckinghamshire opponents at the Jubilee Stadium.

The Robins, playing their sixth game in the competition, were first out of the blocks and unlucky not to be ahead inside the opening five minutes.

First, Ashley Edenborough had his header cleared off the line by Gareth Paxton and then Lance Smith failed to connect with Edenborough’s cross with the goal at his mercy.

Play immediately switched to the opposite end, resulting in Remmel Clarke silencing the home crowd by firing the Saints in front after keeper Kevin Sawyer had produced a brave block to keep out Alan Hedley’s drive.

That was as good as it got for the visitors as Evesham went on to dictate the rest of the game.

Chalfont defender Kevin Oyodele was in the right place to make another goal line clearance, this time to deny George Washbourne.

But, in the last action of the half, Smith waltzed through the Chalfont defence and rounded keeper Mike McEntegart to make it 1-1.

Paul Collicutt’s side made the perfect start to the second-half when Jared Wilson picked out Edenborough and the in-form striker buried an unstoppable shot beyond McEntegart.

It got even better for the hosts when Smith raced down the right and crossed to the onrushing Elliot Kennedy who swept in goal number three just past the hour.

Following on from successive 5-0 home victories in Division One South and West, Washbourne deservedly got on the scoresheet by making it 4-1.

It completed another impressive United performance and extended their unbeaten sequence in all competitions to eight games.

Evesham: Sawyer, Wilson, Binns, M Jackson, Sysum, Dovey, Kennedy (Watts 72), N Jackson (Brown 58), Edenborough (Slack 81), Smith, Washbourne. Subs not used: Tambling, Wood, Drake, Harding.

Attendance: 434.