Chasetown FC earned themselves a long trip to Dereham Town after an extra time win over Market Drayton Town.
Scholars Manager Craig Harris had to shuffle the pack even before the game began, with Matt Jackson injured in the warm up with Mark Branch stepping up from the bench.
The opening exchanges were already far better than the original tie on Saturday with both sides trying to take the game by the scruff of its neck.
The home side drew first blood in the 27th minute. A neat passing movement resulted in Shaun Humphries putting the Shropshire side ahead.
Chasetown responded well and in the 35th minute were a whisker away from an equaliser when Danny Smith rattled the Market Drayton crossbar with a cross-cum-shot from a tight angle.
The home side breathed a sigh of relief, but were pegged back just two minutes later. Nick Wellecomme flicked the ball on and Danny Smith unleashed a fierce shot which Damian Stevens got across to, but was unable to keep out.
At the start of the second half, Chasetown were in the ascendancy and from a short pass from Gavin Saunders, The Scholars almost made it 2-1 when Danny Smith’s shot deflected off former team-mate Mattie Cohen and Stevens has to fingertip over the crossbar.
Goalscorer Humphries drove a shot inches over Ryan Price’s crossbar, but it was Chasetown mainly on top in the second half.
The sides were still locked at 1-1 at 90 minutes, but it took Chasetown just two minutes into extra-time to score what proved to be the eventual winner. Simon Brown burst into the penalty area and his fleet of foot was about to take him round Stevens to tap into an empty net, until the Market Drayton keeper flattened Brown as he was about to shoot.
The referee had no hesitation pointing to the penalty spot and the ensuing red card was inevitable for Stevens. Mattie Cohen, who had taken over in goal for Chasetown in a cup tie last season, went between the posts for Market Drayton but Mark Branch coolly slotted the penalty past the stand-in keeper.
Scholars substitute Tyrone Clarke-O’Connell forced a terrific save from Cohen with a rocket from the edge of the penalty area as Chasetown tried to see out the game with one-man advantage.
Wellecomme headed just wide from another Clarke-O’Connell cross, but despite being a man down, Market Drayton almost snatched a late draw and a penalty shoot-out when Ryan Price was forced into a finger-tip save to keep out Humphries and then another effort, low to his left at his near post.
In all, Chasetown deservedly progressed to their date with Dereham on September 22.
Market Drayton Town: Stevens, Jones, Wells (Armstrong, 112mins), Sweatman, Cohen, Blake, Porter (Cooke, 75 mins), Humphries, Ryan (Daniels, 70 mins), Proffitt, Fox. Sub not used: Pryce.
Chasetown: Price, Farmer, Branch, Slater, Downes, Teesdale, Brown, Saunders (Westwood, 96 mins), Wellecomme, Smith (Sullivan, 79 mins), Maguire (Clarke-O’Connell, 70 mins). Subs not used: Richardson, Gould, Jackson, Evans.