Corinthian Casuals pocketed £2,500 in FA Trophy prize money after Josh Uzun struck twice from the penalty spot in a 2-1 win over Ryman Division One South rivals Three Bridges on Saturday.

Uzun’s first half brace was enough to seal the Tolworth-based side’s place in the next round where they’ll take on either Arlesey Town or Redbridge at home on October 31.

It ended a barren run in the FA competitions for Corinthian Casuals after exiting both the Cup and Trophy at the first stage last season and again in the Cup back in August.

“I’m used to winning cup games in my career” said boss James Bracken.

“I know the club hasn’t done great in these FA Competitions in the past few years.

“But I said to the lads ‘this one ends at Wembley’ and if you can’t get yourself up for that, what are you doing playing football?”

Casuals opened the scoring on six minutes when Emmanuel Akokhia was tripped in the box and referee Bhupinder Gill pointed to the spot to allow Uzun to bag his sixth goal of the season.

Corinthian doubled the lead 25 minutes later when Uzun again struck from the penalty spot.

Ben Godfrey struck past Danny Bracken in goal to end a neat move early in the second half,  as Bridges proved they weren’t just around to make up the numbers.

“We came out in the second half a little lackadaisical and to be honest it was the same old story where we should’ve killed the game off 3-0 in the first half," added Bracken.

"But then again, we’ve got a young team and if you look back on those times when we’ve lost the lead, we’ve lost our way. Today was different.

“Three Bridges pulled a goal back but everyone’s kept their composure, doing the basics and keeping us in it.

"As a result, we’ve ended up having a few chances ourselves to increase the lead.”