With the sides locked at 1-1 and the clock running down, Harvey introduced the muscular building contractor who, in the 18 minutes he was on the pitch, scored once, made another, narrowly missed two further chances, was booked and cracked a rib.

"I don’t think anyone could have made more of an impact," grinned Harvey. "He had the chance to win it for us in normal time, but more than made up for it in extra time."

Banya had been left on the bench after not being deemed match fit – he’d been out for the better part of a month with a nasty eye injury sustained at work.

"He cut his eye and they had to stitch it," revealed Harvey. "He wasn’t even in the squad at the start of the week, but I brought him onto the bench when Neil Calver failed a fitness test."

Stourbridge shocked Sudbury by taking the lead through Mark Bellingham in the 17th minute, but the runaway Eastern Counties Premier leaders were level just three minutes later when the impressive Andrew Claydon scrambled the ball home.

"I wasn’t surprised at how well Stourbridge matched us," said Harvey. "I told the boys not to take anything for granted – they have a similar record to Quorn in the Midland Alliance, the team that ran us so close in the fourth round."

Without a hint of bravado Harvey calls his side ‘genetic winners’, and a side ‘who don’t know how to lose’.

"We’ve lost just one game this season – to Enfield Town in the FA Cup. We’ve been lucky with injuries and not had one suspension all season.

"Everything is going so well right now. I had expectations this season, but even they have been surpassed."

It was Banya’s surging run through the centre and a slide-rule pass to Terry Rayner that resulted in a pin-point cross and powerful header from Clayton for 2-1 early in extra-time.

Then, not long after, Rayner fed Banya himself who belted home gleefully from the edge of the box.

Banya overdid the celebration, was swamped by his players and emerged sheepishly with a cracked rib and a yellow card.

Clearly deflated, Stourbridge ran out of steam and it was left to 37-year-old veteran Steve Day, who is enjoying his testimonial season, to complete the scoring.

Bedlington Terriers should possibly be renamed ‘Bedlington Terrors’ as they moved through to the semi-finals with an impressive 2-1 win over AFC Newbury.

In each round you can almost hear the collective intake of breath as their name comes out of the hat – and the sighs of relief when managers realise they have managed to avoid the team from Northern Division One.

League results would not tally with this collective view – Bedlington have lost seven matches this season in the league and are 17 points behind leaders Dunston Federation Brewery.

"They have a great Cup pedigree though," said Harvey. "There’s that something about them – never-say-die. Time and time again in the past – when they’ve been up against it, they’ve produced something special."

"We won the Northern Division One five years in a row from the late 90’s," says Terriers secretary Alex Turnbull, taking up the story."And our Cup form in the Vase has been exceptional through the same period.

"We had a transition last season – a lot of the older players moved on – and a horrific injury list at the start of this season. But now we’re coming into our best form."

After Lee Chudy had given Newbury a seventh minute lead, Bedlington tried everything to force their way back into the match, but were frustrated until the 60th minute when Sam Rea put into his own net. Even then a succession of fine saves from Newbury keeper Dave Hook kept the visitors on level terms and a draw looked on the cards.

But bricklayer Tony Chapman, who had fired in the free kick that resulted in the Rea own goal, took matters into his own hands, collecting the ball outside the box, beating two defenders and ramming home off the far post.

Didcot Town – top of the Hellenic Premier – came from behind to beat another Eastern Counties Premier side, Bury Town 2-1 and book their place in the semi-finals for the first time.

The reward is a £4,000 cheque and a potentially lucrative two legged semi-final. Heroes for Didcot were the co-strikers Stuart Beavon and Ian Concannon who cancelled out the early goal from former Colchester United forward Steve McGavin.

The clash between Jarrow Roofing Bolden CA and Frome Town has been rescheduled for Saturday 12th March because of a waterlogged pitch.