A brace from former Binfield player Dan Rapley, along with goals from Bryan Taylor and Gavin James settled the game in the hosts favour.

It was a depleted Robins side that was missing 13 players, and the inexperience showed as they failed to capitalise on their early superiority.

The visitors enjoyed a large share of possession in the opening stages and could’ve had an early penalty but the appeals were waved away by the man in the middle.

But in the 25th minute, the referee was pointing to the spot as he awarded the hosts a penalty, which was duly tucked away by Rapley to give the Heathens the lead.

It was a fairly even end to the half but it wasn’t without controversy as Dan Broadbear appeared to be punched but the officials missed it and no action was taken against the alleged offender.

The decision left Bracknell players and fans furious as if the referee had seen it then it would’ve almost certainly have reduced the hosts to 10 men.

But Flackwell Heath were dominant in the second-half and doubled their lead with the goal of the game in the 52nd minute.

Taylor struck a 30-yard free-kick from wide left that beat James Hawtree and put the hosts in total control.

Five minutes later and it was 3-0 as James ran through without any real pressure from the Robins defence and slotted the ball away to put the game beyond Ed Carpenter’s men.

It was now damage limitation for Bracknell, but they nearly grabbed one back when Shane Cooper-Clark headed wide with the goal at his mercy.

But fittingly, it was the hosts who had the final say as Rapley curled in a superb effort from the edge of the area to seal the win and ensure Flackwell Heath would be the ones to advance to the first qualifying round of the FA Cup.

Although disappointed at the defeat, Carpetner was in a reflective mood, believing his side had performed well early on but struggled to take advantage of it.

“We started the better in the first-half and there wasn’t much in it,” he said. “We certainly played the better passing game but we just struggled to penetrate.

“They had a penalty then and in fairness we could’ve been down to 10 men so there’s no complaints here about that.

“We spoke at half-time about keeping it tight and trying to create more but within five minutes we were 2-0 down and then it was 3-0 and game over.”