The afternoon didn't start brightly for the West Londoners, who fell behind after just two minutes when Jamie Ndah receive an Eben Allen pass and stroked the ball past Matt Lovett from eight yards.

In the tenth minute Croydon increased their advantage when Ndah was brought down by Jon Underwood and Chris Dickson stepped up to make it 2-0 from the spot. Three minutes later Staines halved the deficit as Ben Judge put through his own net from a Nick Jansen cross-cum-shot. Croydon nearly added a third soon after when Mark Dickinson headed against the bar.