ANTHONY JOHNSON will watch today's FA Cup fourth qualifying round draw with envy after Chester were beaten 4-3 by Dunston.
Dan Mooney's brace and a Deane Smalley header were not enough to see the Blues, who had Danny Livesey sent-off, progress in the competition.
Instead lowly hosts Dunston will be in the hat for the next round today as the Blues wonder what might have been.
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Blues joint-boss Johnson said: “Fair play to them but some of the individual performances and sloppy play with which we gave the ball to them was really terrible.
"But I don’t want to take anything away from them and the way they attacked us from minute one which was fantastic and a breath of fresh air.
“It’s an amazing achievement, fairytale stuff, and I know how their manager will be feeling now and how the club are gong to be feeling over the next few days with the cup draw.
“We’re walking away with our tail between our legs and it’s not good enough from us.”
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