CHIPPENHAM TOWN: DARREN Perrin admitted Chippenham Town's 2-0 win over Corsham Town was unlikely to stick in the mind.

Two second half goals from the prolific Dave Gilroy were enough to end Corsham's FA Cup dream but Perrin said the derby was not pretty.

He said: "It wasn't a nice game to watch, but it was a comfortable performance without being electrifying or scintillating.

"We could have been brilliant and everyone could have expected it but we could have lost and everyone could have panicked and would be asking what is wrong. It was a job done."

Referee Matthew Downey had been caught up in traffic problems on the M4, causing the kick-off to be delayed 15 minutes, something which angered Corsham manager Colin Bush, who had returned from holiday early to attend the game.

He said: "I got back from Spain on time, so I don't see why he couldn't make it from London.

"It was important for me to be here and it was important for my players I was here."

It seemed the referee was intent on taking out his late arrival on the players with a series of fussy decisions which stunted the flow of the game.

However, the Bluebirds could have taken the lead twice within the first five minutes through top scorer Gilroy.

First the striker volleyed straight at Craig Chaplin and then shot just wide after good work from former Corsham striker Alan Griffin down the left.

Corsham also tested Steve Perrin as the highly-rated Scott Lye's free kick had the Chippenham stopper scrambling to his left after eight minutes.

Chaplin produced the save of the game on 15 minutes as he dived low to his right to beat out a rasping Herring volley which took a slight deflection of Griffin.

The sides exchanged bookings with Paul Milsom and Iain Harvey cautioned for the Bluebirds and Jerad O'Pray for Corsham, leaving both managers to confront the referee at the interval.

Ten minutes after half time the Bluebirds broke the deadlock when Gilroy was allowed all the time in the world to powerfully head past Chaplin from Herring's left wing corner.

Herring's corners were proving a problem for Corsham as defender Ross Adams almost added to the lead in the 66th minute, but he missed his header.

Chippenham were beginning to turn on the pressure and Gilroy doubled their advantage when, in the 69th minute, he headed in from virtually on the goalline after Adams had beaten Chaplin to another Herring corner.

With the game virtually won, the Bluebirds took their foot off the pedal and, as a result, Corsham saw more of the ball. But they almost fell further behind when Sam Allison and Gilroy combined well to set up Kye Holly who saw his low shot well saved by Chaplin.

Despite bowing out of the cup Bush was pleased with his players' performances.

He added: "It was always going to be difficult and maybe if we were at home we could have given them a better game, but we can be proud of our efforts."

Chippenham: Perrin, Adams (Charity), Halliday, Milsom, Garner, Badman, Holly, Herring, Gilroy, Griffin (Allison), Harvey (Maye).

Corsham: Chaplin, Beck, Hopkins (Coleman), Towler, Cullis, Woods, Fitch, Lye, O'Pray (Ralph), Colbourne, Eldred (Taylor).