The team from Tower Hamlets in London have enjoyed plenty of media publicity this week and battled hard against their Hertfordshire opponents but were unable to find a winning formula.

FA Chief Executive, Brian Barwick, was a special guest at the match but any celebrations were put on hold after Bengal failed to capitalise on their chances.

But despite the loss, club chairman Suroth Miah refuses to be too downhearted.

"Of course we are disappointed with the result because we thought we could win the match," he told TheFA.com.

"But we’ve done a lot to promote football within our Asian communities and hopefully, more of our players will get involved in the sport around the country.

"We’ve enjoyed our adventure and plan to come back stronger next year."

The other all-Asian team, London ASPA, lost by the same margin to Halstead Town on Friday night.

But the world’s oldest football club, Sheffield, booked their passage into the next round after they thumped Jarrow Roofing Boldon who are based in the north-east 4-0.

The Yorkshire club, who has FIFA president Sepp Blatter as a paying member, were always in control of the match having scored three early first half goals.

The most of unlikely of FA Cup heroes was Sevenoaks Town goalkeeper Craig Clarke who despite conceding two goals - scored a brace himself. Clarke scored two penalties in the 4-2 win over Chertsey Town.

VCD Athletic achieved the biggest result of the day when they beat East Grinstead 7-0 away from home while Biggleswade United also won heavily beating Haverhill United 6-0.