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Baffins boss Danny Thompson was left to rue a host of missed chances and a ‘ridiculous’ penalty as his side crashed out of the FA Vase at the first hurdle.

A week after a stunning FA Cup win over Horndean, Rovers exited in the first qualifying round following a 2-1 loss at Badshot Lea.

The hosts entered the tie having won all three of their Combined Counties League South fixtures.

They had also beaten Baffins’ Wessex Premier rivals Brockenhurst 4-0 in an FA Cup tie prior to only losing 3-2 at higher tier Hamworthy United.

Kelvin Robinson, left, conceded the penalty which allowed Badshot Lea to take a 2-0 FA Vase lead.
Picture: Chris Moorhouse — Kelvin Robinson, left, conceded the penalty which allowed Badshot Lea to take a 2-0 FA Vase lead. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

‘It sounds crazy,’ Thompson told The News, ‘but we absolutely dominated from start to finish.

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‘We should have been two or three up going in at half-time, so to be 2-0 down was disappointing.

‘It was just one of those days, their keeper made four or five great saves, and I would have expected my lads to score some of the chances we had.

‘We could probably have stayed there all night and not got a second goal.

‘Miles Everett had a golden chance to put us 1-0 up … Kelvin Robinson, Jason Parish, Tom Vincent, they all had good chances.

‘We weren’t ruthless enough in both penalty areas, and if you’re not ruthless you’re not going to win games.

‘Even their manager told me ‘how they hell did we win that’ but they’re in the next round and we’re not.’

Baffins Milton Rovers concede ‘ridiculous’ penalty in FA Vase exit at Badshot Lea