One, twice, three times a lady. Chertsey, Redhill and now Felixstow & Walton; all lower placed opposition and all have dispatched us from a cup competition this season.
The game started well for Leatherhead. Our hosts were either tired from the journey or giving us too much respect as we piled on pressure but lacked the finishing touch.
The Lip! won't hear of a bad word said about Jerry, as yet again he gave his all for 87 minutes but when will this "up-front" experiment end? I hear in interviews he worries defences but the only thing that hasn't been too troubled since we started playing him there is the back of the net. Notably, midway through the first half with the ball hanging tantalisingly on the line, he headed over from point blank range.
With the first half seemingly going our way, I also found it strange Nikki would feel impassioned enough to engage with an official in a manner to get himself sent off. He watched from the sidelines in the first half and from the bar in the second.
Out for the second half and Felixstow shook off their stage fright and worked us out. Stop Charlie Hester-Cook from receiving the ball and put two men on Jerry from goal kicks. Simple.
The game was still a bit of a stalemate until they appeared to get a slice of luck. A deflected cross sailed up into the air and over Zaki like a ponytailless David Seamon.
On came Great Evans to play upfront with Jerry which did not really change the attacking dynamic and we petered out to another cup exit.
That is that then and until we hear otherwise it could well be all we see from Leatherhead this season...