FROME Town's interest in the FA Trophy was brought to a shuddering end as they were put to the sword at National League Truro City yesterday.

Despite looking comfortable and matching their opponents during the first 25 minutes, a penalty and a goal three minutes minutes later set up a platform that Truro exploited to the full as they comfortably swept to a 6-1 victory in the third qualifying round.

This was Frome’s sixth away tie in knockout competitions this year,and the squad was still missing Mitchell Page due to injury and new signing Ollie Knight was cup-tied.

From the start, Frome matched the hosts in all areas and they went closest to scoring as as a stray pass allowed Darren Jefferies to latch onto the ball, and from his cross, Jon Davies hit a shot that just clipped the crossbar as it went over.

The breakthrough for Truro came on 25 minutes as Sam Teale elected to bring the ball down rather than clearing first-time, and as he was robbed by Durrell Berry, a despairing tackle from Nathan Summers took the full-back down in the box and allowed Niall Thompson to fire home from the spot.

Truro doubled their lead three minutes later as Aaron Bentley just managed to beat the offside trap and slotted the ball beyond the reach of Kyle Phillips to give the Robins a mountain to climb.

Mike Bryant replaced Dan Cleverley in the 32nd minute as the midfielder was forced off with a knee injury that may keep him out for a few games, and as the match headed towards half-time, River Allen cut inside before firing over for Truro.

Home keeper Martin Rice also had to be very alert to stop a shot from Teale that might have offered the visitors a way back into this match.

A second penalty in the 49th minute was again awarded against Summers and this time, Truro’s Andrew Neal stroked the ball home with no problems to make it 3-0.

The contest was effectively done and dusted two minutes later as Thompson and Neal linked up to create an opportunity for Allen, who fired it into the roof of the net to make the scoreline 4-0 to the hosts.

Allen then grabbed his second in the 57th when Phillips came out of his goal to clear only to completely miss his kick, presenting the striker with an easy shot into the empty net.

Frome did pull one back as Mike Bryant stabbed home a close-range shot following a goalmouth scramble to make it 5-1 but any hopes of a miraculous comeback were completely killed off in the 81st minute as an acrobatic effort from centre-back Bentley flew into the net.

With Frome now out of all knock out competitions, attentions turn to the Southern League Premier Division, specifically the visit of Cirencester Town on Wednesday, as Frome will look to do the double over the Centurions following their excellent 3-1 victory in the reverse fixture at the start of the season.