AFC Portchester’s Isuzu FA Trophy journey was ended in the cruelest of fashions at Wimborne Town.

The Royals had more than matched their Step 3 hosts in a game of few chances but the better opportunities to score had gone their way.

But as the match looked to be heading towards a penalty shoot-out to decide who would go through to the Second Round, Wimborne snatched the only goal of the game in the second minute of injury time.

Another strong performance by the Royals deserved more than the cruel finale they got and there wouldn’t have been many complaints had they converted one of their chances and left Dorset with the win.

The first one came on five minutes as Josh Clack hit the ball low across the six yard box from the right but it was missed by both attackers and defenders.

Four minutes later Clack got in behind the home defence and took the ball towards goal but he put his shot well over the target.

At the other end Lewis Williams managed to get clear of his marker on the left and after cutting inside he hit a low shot which keeper Steven Mowthorpe watched go wide of his near post.

A high ball forwards then dropped nicely for Lee Wort and after his shot was blocked the re-bound ran to Tommy Scutt but he put his effort wide from 25 yards out.

On 19 minutes Clack’s cross from the right was partially cleared by the home defence but only as far as Alfie Stanley but he put his shot on the turn straight at keeper Cameron Plain.

Three minutes before half time Wimborne won a free kick in a dangerous position on the edge of the box but Williams curled his effort just over the bar.

Chances became even more scarce in the second half as both sides looked relatively comfortable but without having that goalscoring edge in the final third of the field.

On 50 minutes a corner from the right found Jack Lee but he put his header over. The next chance of note didn’t come until the 85th minute – a pass across the penalty area found substitute Zack Willett on the right, who cut inside but his shot lacked the power to trouble Plain who made an easy save.

As the clock ticked on to 90 minutes another corner, this time from the left, picked out Lee but his glancing header from close range went agonisingly wide.

The home side then got the break they needed to score the winner. Wimborne won the header in midfield from a long ball forwards and that knocked the ball on to substitute Max Bustamante.

He had the space to race forwards into the right hand side of the box before hitting a low shot across Mowthorpe and it found the far corner of the net.

The Royals almost sent the tie to a penalty shoot-out in the sixth minute of injury time when Conor Bailey lofted the ball up to the far post and Harrison Brook’s goal-bound header had to be tipped over the bar acrobatically by Plain.