Horsham YMCA crashed to a 5-2 defeat at home to Croydon Athletic in Ryman division one south.
Chris White’s side trailed 4-0 at the interval but rallied in the second half when Luke Gedling and Tom Manton (penalty) found the net.
Boss White said: “We won the second half 2-1 so we will take positives from that but for the first 45 minutes we were taught a lesson.
“Maybe it was the kick up the backside we needed.”
Eastbourne United’s FA Cup interest ended when they lost 2-1 after extra time in their preliminary round replay with Chatham Town.
Southwick stage their replay at home to Lingfield tonight.
Results, FA Cup prelim rnd replay: Eastbourne United 1 (Harris 75) Chatham Town 2 (Lyons 65, Barnett 100).
Sussex Senior Cup 1st rnd: Seaford Town 0 Hailsham Town 1 (Alexander 12), Worthing United 0 Littlehampton 2 (Russell 29, McKay 61).
Sussex RUR Cup 2nd rnd: Oakwood 6 (Langridge 35, 48, Tolfrey 45, Williams 47, 63, 90) Crowborough 1 (Carrington 7).
John O'Hara League Cup 2nd rnd: Chichester 3 (Moore 38, 57, Cooper 88) Steyning Town 0, Lancing 0 Whitehawk 1 (Whiteman 84pen).
County League division one: Crawley Down 1 (Reid 60pen) Mile Oak 1 (Eaton 24), Hassocks 1 (Laing 8) Shoreham 0, Redhill 2 (Dussard 36, Dalehouse 40) East Grinsead 1 (Burns 65), Ringmer 0 Peacehaven 3 (Bunch 17, 66, Saunders 36), Selsey 0 Arundel 0, St Francis Rangers 2 (Pitcher 32pen, Palmer 41) Three Bridges 3 (Wright 53, Hillier 62, 90).
Division two: Wealden 2 (Hickman 26, McDermott 40) Westfield 1 (Parsons 44).
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