We were awesome first half, superb passing football and they couldn't cope with us. Fully deserved to be 2-0 up and it was very nearly 3-0 but Foderingham saved well from Donaldson at the far post. They go down the other end, get a few lucky ricochets and score, still happy with 2-1 at half-time as we were attacking our own fans second half and I fancied us to score more.
Sure enough Donaldson shows great pace to run clear of the defence after a mistake by Roberts, and then finishes superbly, recalling his Portsmouth goal. At that point I was convinced we were going to go on to win, so it was so frustrating to concede about 10 minutes later, we just don't make it easy.
That was followed by 35+ minutes of clockwatching, at about 87-88 minutes the Ealing Road started to get more jubilant, scarves were being waved, people were jumping around, they were starting to believe we would get over the line. Not so, of course, with a succession of corners (the first of which looked in, and Swindon fans were celebrating a goal, somehow it went wide) they forced extra time. This absolutely crushed me, I couldn't believe there was more injury time heartbreak. I tried to sing as much as I could in extra time but I really did feel crushed.
Watching the penalties was horrible stuff, I fancied both Devera and Flint to miss, but they both finished well. Also fancied Storey to miss as he's very young and wasn't sure he'd handle the pressure. All our penalties were fantastic, Foderingham didn't get near any of them.
What an emotional rollercoaster, I don't think it'll sink in until the morning.
