Westfield FC 1-2 Brentwood Town

Saturday 4th October 2025

F.A. Trophy 3rd Qualifying Round

Brentwood Town advance into the first round proper after a last-minute win over Westfield.

An early chance fell to the hosts when Nathan Rogers cut in behind before his shot was struck wide of the right post.

Finn Evans then found himself through on goal but was denied on the edge of the box by Melvin Minter.

Debutant Alejandro Machado nearly put The Blues ahead as his free-kick effort was fired under the wall and forced a robust save from Lewis Gallifent.

John Adebayi’s edge of the box strike was struck wide on edge of box before Tom Dryer put the hosts ahead as he buried home the rebound shot of Finn Evans into the roof of the net.

However, The Blues looked the more livelier sides of the second half with a flurry of attempts. Manny Ogunrinde’s shot faced a sliding block by Billy Nutbeam down the left flank before a Charlee Hughes close range header was collected by Gallifent.

A quick worked free kick by Ade Cole was met by the sliding cross of Manny Ogunrinde and was knocked into net by Nutbeam to equalise Brentwood.

Max Hudson came close to advancing The Blues as he picked up a square ball on edge of box, with his strike skimming the crossbar off the palms of the Westfield keeper.

In stoppage time, debutant Alejandro Machado found the winner as he converted a perfectly delivered corner by Max Hudson into the far corner.

By Michaela Georgopoulos