Hendon crashed out of the FA Trophy on Tuesday night when a 113th-minute wonder-strike from Mark Wilson broke the deadlock in favour of Wakefield & Emley at Claremont Road. In truth, Hendon have only themselves to blame for failing to win the tie because they had more than enough chances to win on the night, most notably a penalty by Kieran Gallagher which was well saved by Paul Cuss.

Mark Cooper was injured so Paul Towler dropped back into the centre of defence alongside Steve Butler, with Jon-Barrie Bates returning to the side in midfield. For Emley, Nicky Wood was unavailable, so Rudi Coleano took his place, while Andy Wilson, Micky Reynolds and Danny Day swapped places on the bench with Mark Wilson, Lee Ryan and Lincoln Adams.. The most important change came away from the team, with Mr B McLaren (Woking) replacing Mr K Lawson (Scunthorpe) as referee.

The challenges were just as fierce as in the first game, but this time Mr McLaren was up with play and he was quick to ensure there were no flare-ups. With the wind at their backs in the first half, Hendon started the more positive, but they didn't cause Emley too many problems.

Shots from Ricci Crace and Eugene Ofori were both on target in the opening 20 minutes, but neither shot was particularly difficult for Cuss. As in the first game, the quality of crosses from both wings was really disappointing and Rob Tonks and Paul David were comfortably on top.

Just before half-time, Hendon should have taken the lead. First Steve Forbes made a burst into the penalty area, but he was upended a yard outside the box by Miles Thorpe. Gallagher took the free-kick but it was blocked by the Emley wall.

Mr McLaren, however, was well positioned to rule that the defender in question had moved his arm into the path of the ball, so a penalty was awarded. Only one player questioned the decision and he walked away as soon as the referee explained what he had seen.

Up stepped Gallagher and his low spot kick was brilliantly pushed away by Cuss. There was little wrong with the placement, the ball would have gone a yard inside the post, but Gallagher didn't impart much power in the shot.

Seven minutes after the break, Hendon almost opened the scoring. A scramble in the Emley penalty area resulted in a snap shot which hit a defender and caromed off the diving Cuss. The ball looped in the air and Forbes, who was falling back, lifted it over the bar from 6 yards out.

Emley now enjoyed their best spell of the whole tie. Day headed from close range, Hook produced a magnificent save to push an Andy Wilson shot onto the crossbar and Simeon Bambrook emulated Forbes by lifting a shot over the bar from close range when it appeared easier to score.

The Pewits also suffered a double blow when skipper Steve Nicholson and the immaculate David limped off with injuries, the latter with a shin injury that he appeared to suffer after he had climbed all over Crace on the edge of the penalty area. Mark Wilson came on Nicholson and Chris Senior took over for David.

Dale Binns had already replaced the increasingly anonymous Gallagher, but he was well marshalled by by a combination of Thorpe and Andy Wilson. With 2 minutes of normal time remaining Rob Haworth came on for Ofori, but he too failed to get into the game.

In the 7th minute of stoppage time, Hendon almost snatched it. Binns finally made a good run down the left. He crossed low to Crace, who took the ball across the penalty area to create an opening and shot at goal. Somehow, Cuss stuck out a leg and his foot got just enough purchase on the ball to knock against the inside of the post and the goalkeeper was able to get to the bouncing ball about 3 yards from goal. Seconds later the final whistle blew.

In the first period of extra time, Micky Woolner came close with a free-kick that went about a foot over the bar. A cross from Paul Yates set up a half-chance, but an Emley leg intervened. The final five minutes of the opening half were dominated by Emley and they took over in the final 15 minutes.

With 7 minutes remaining before the lottery of a penalty shoot-out, Emley won the tie with a goal of stunning quality. A corner was headed to just outside the penalty area where Mark WILSON was waiting. He struck a dipping volley that flew into the top right hand corner of the goal. Hook didn't stand a chance. A goal of that standard deserved to win any tie and, in this case, it did.

"I thought it was a great cup tie," said manager Dave Anderson. "It was full of commintment without being violent and although, at times, the quality of football wasn't great, both teams tried hard. Every one of the players gave their all tonight and it took a special goal to win it. That being said, I am absolutely gutted to have lost."