WESTFIELDS manager Sean Edwards questioned why Leamington's goalkeeper was not sent off as his side bowed out of the FA Cup.

Tony Breeden only received a caution after bringing down Richard Greaves in the 15th minute, with Craig Jones missing the resulting penalty.

It looked like the game was heading for a replay until Leamington struck twice at the death.

The latter goal was a penalty by Rob Thompson-Brown after Matt Sysum was sent off after referee Will Finnie deemed he was the last man.

"The ball has bounced for Sysum and Kane [Kahaki] is next to him," said Edwards.

"So was he the last man? No.

"So, if he's going to send Sysum off and he's still got to beat the keeper, why isn't he sending their goalkeeper off?

"For 65 minutes I think we were the better side and the only team that were passing the ball.

"We were defending comfortably and I didn't think we were in any danger.

"But I think the half-time talk to the referee by their manager for the whole half time team talk completely changed the game because he was completely off the scale in the second half with some of his decisions."

Edwards also explained that Greaves was meant to take their penalty but didn't fancy it.

"You've got to be brave enough to take the penalties and accept that you're not going to score every one," said Edwards.

"Richard Greaves was supposed to take the penalty but he's bottled it and Craig has ended up taking it.

"He probably wasn't prepared for it but if it goes in, who knows, they might have had to come at us a bit more.

"At 0-0, we're thinking it will go to a replay but maybe the substitutions we made could have been a bit more forward thinking."

Edwards was pleased that his side could match a side that play three leagues higher than them for large periods of the game.

"The Midland League is such a strong league and the teams that are in it are no pushover," he said.

"We've defended really well and played all the football in the first half."

Matt Reeve was named Westfields' man-of-the-match and the midfielder felt his side competed well.

"It could have gone either way, but that's cup football," he said.

"I do try and get about the pitch, but I'm just trying to get fit at the moment.

"I've been struggling with my knee, but I'm playing a lot more this year so I try and win the ball and give it to the wide players as much as possible."

Both sides had half chances in the opening 15 minutes before Westfields were awarded a penalty.

But Jones' spot-kick was weak and it was a comfortable save for Breeden.

That gave Leamington a lift and they almost scored themselves when right-back James Male's cross-cum-shot clipped the crossbar.

Kingsford Adjei came off the bench in the second half to add some pace to the Westfields attack and he looked lively.

However, it was Leamington who looked the most likely to score first and Westfields had to remain resilient at the back.

Joe English rattled the bar with a header in the 68th minute before Thompson-Brown's low cross failed to find a team mate.

Kieran Dunbar then headed just wide before Ahmed Obeng went close.

But Westfields could not hold on and Leamington finally scored at the death.

Male's cross found Colby Bishop, who made no mistake.

And they sealed their place in the next round thanks to Thompson-Brown's penalty.