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Fourth Round Qualifying
Saturday 28 October 2006
Player of the Round
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Lloyd Blackman - Bromley
Paul Booth - Lewes
Neil Smith - Woking
Rocky Baptiste - Havant & Waterlooville
Billy Turley - Oxford United

Thirty-two teams battled through The FA Cup, sponsored by E.ON, Fourth Round Qualifying at the weekend with a number of non-League clubs earning themselves plum draws against League opposition.

The FA Cup Player of the Round Award, in partnership with E.ON, will see 11 players over the duration of the competition receive £500 of football equipment to donate to a local school of their choice and, crucially, earn a VIP place for themselves and a guest at the 2007 FA Cup Final.

Lloyd Blackman, of Bromley, has been nominated by The Daily Telegraph's Ricky George after his two goals earned the Kent side, currently top of the Ryman Premier Division, a 2-1 shock away win at Grays Athletic.

Blackman took advantage of some lax defending to upset the Conference National side who are two leagues above them, sealing a lucrative local derby away to League One side Gillingham in the First Round Proper.

Paul Booth, of Lewes, is the selection of Walter Gammie of The Times after the mid-table Conference South side upset their higher ranked Sussex neighbours Crawley Town 3-2 away.

Booth scored twice, forced Crawley skipper Ben Judge into conceding an own goal and also had a goal disallowed in an all-action display that earned his side a home First Round tie against League Two side Darlington.

David Watters, editor of the Non League Paper, plumped for Woking's Neil Smith after the Cards avoided the ignominy of an upset at home to Ryman Division One North team Potters Bar Town.

Smith had a hand in the first goal after his long ball was slotted home by Giuseppe Sole, and then put the home side 3-O up with a brace - the first a right-footed strike, the second a diving header.

After withstanding a late fightback, the Surrey side will travel to League One side Tranmere Rovers as they seek to revive memories of their giantkilling days.

Nick Horler, Managing Director Retail of E.ON UK, has selected Havant & Waterlooville striker Rocky Baptiste after his brace away to Brackley Town secured the Hampshire side a home draw to League One side and 2004 FA Cup Finalists Millwall.

Rocky began his playing career as a junior at Chelsea and moved through various non-League clubs including Wealdstone and Hayes before joining Luton Town in 2000. Perhaps his proudest moment though was at Farnborough Town, for whom he memorably scored in the 5-1 defeat to Arsenal at Highbury in 2003.

Rocky joined the Hawks in August 2005, taking the league’s golden boot last season with 29 goals, as well as being named the Hawks' Player of the Season.

The final nominee of the Fourth Round Qualifying is Oxford United's goalkeeper Billy Turley. The U's travelled to Dagenham & Redbridge as the Conference National's top two sides met at Victoria Road, with United winning 1-0.

The victory was in no small part down to Turley, who had pulled off a string of top saves including flying to his left to save a Glen Southam penalty with just 12 minutes left on the clock.

This was enough to send Jim Smith's side through to make the short journey to Wycombe Wanderers for a mouthwatering local derby in the First Round Proper and earn the vote of BBC Radio Five Live's Mark Clemmit.

Halesowen Town's Matt Lewis, Nuneaton Borough's Gary McPhee and AFC Wimbledon's Byron Bubb have already been crowned FA Cup Player of the Round from the First, Second and Third Rounds Qualifying.