The Shots, with a depleted squad due to injuries and other unavailable players, made the better start on a glorious sunny day on the South Coast.
The Shots were having great joy down the left side with Laura Hann giving the fullback a torrid time. The Shots started to test the home keeper with long range efforts from North, Wallman and Hann, but she dealt with them easily. Chichester tried to break out of their half, but the ball always found its way back into their half. On 6 minutes, the deadlock was broken, when the ball come down the right side. North and Wallman managed to get the ball around the defender, North poked the ball along the six yard box for Nicky Moore to place the ball into the net unchallenged.
This opened the game up and with Chichester pushing on gaps appeared in the midfield. Chichester came close with a free kick that just went over the bar and header from a free kick again the left, but the linesman was signaling for an offside.
The Shots nearly increased their lead with a delightful one-touch move that saw Moore fire in a shot at pace, which the Chichester keeper brilliantly tipped around the post.
With a minute to half time the Shots went further ahead. The ball was played into space on the left; Hann again skipped around three players and fired a shot past the keeper at the near post.
A minute after half time the Shots made it three, when the Shots won a corner and the ball was played back to Smith, whose cross found Hann un-marked to head past the goalkeeper.
The Shots introduced Potter for Hull to give them more width and Potter started to exploit the space behind the fullback, causing the home side to give away a lot of corners. On one such run Potter cut in from the right and fired a shot that somehow the keeper tipped around the post. The Shots made the game safe when Coles failed to get to Hann's in-swinging corner, but the ball fell nicely for Emma North to fire her shot across the goalkeeper into the corner.
Chichester, still going forward, caught the Shots out when the ball was lost in the midfield. Shrubb turned the Shots defender and fired her shot, which Calder could only deflect into the Shots net.
As the game came to a close the Shots increased their lead again. Shepherd won the ball and played it into the ever-alert North, and as she drove forward Moore judged her run to perfection. North played the ball through for Moore to escape her marker and hit a terrific shot past the stranded keeper.
Andy's Analysis
"We went into this game missing a few players and we didn't show it. Stacey Ireland had a great game at centre-back with Tara Coles. Laura Hann again produced a very good display on the left side once again and Laura Wallman and Nicky Moore caused their defence a headache all afternoon. We have no game next week, but the girls will be putting in extra training for the next round in a two weeks' time away to Horley Ladies."
Player of the Match voted by Chichester was Stacey Ireland
Squad: Calder, Ireland, Hart, Coles, Smith, Shepherd, Hull (Potter), Wallman, Moore, North, Hann