It was the dream tie for all at Aveley, from players, fans, staff and all behind the scenes as we got to take on Neal Ardley's Notts County at Meadow Lane.

530 Aveley fans made the trip to Nottingham and were fantastic from start to finish, a credit to all at Aveley.

We had a resolute 32 minutes where we went toe-to-toe with the National League side after a string of fine saves from David Hughes in the Millers goal.

The first chance of the game came on the 10th minute as Kristian Dennis was denied by Hughes who was able to push the free-kick around the right-hand post. Dennis was again to be denied by David Hughes as the keeper managed to get down sharply to his left-hand side to keep the scores level.

Notts County continued to look for the opener and it nearly came from a corner as Adam Long nor Kristian Dennis could get a telling touch and it was scrambled clear by Jonathan Nzengo. Crawford was next to test David Hughes but again Millers Number one was equal to it.

On 30 minutes we got our first corner of the game. Jason Raad played it short to Alex Akrofi who found Sam Mvemba in the box, but he couldn't get his header right in the end and it was blocked and cleared away.

Two minutes later the hosts took the lead. O'Brien was allowed to drift inside and take aim from 25 yards out, although straight at David Hughes, our number one just couldn't keep it out. Notts County 1-0 Aveley.

With 13 minutes left of the half, if we kept it tight you never know what could happen but the hosts had other ideas as they doubled their lead. Kelly-Evans combined with Osborne who picked out Crawford on the edge of the area who curled into the bottom left-hand corner of the goal. Notts County 2-0 Aveley.

On the stroke of half time, Notts County pretty much killed the game off as Osborne and Wootton combined for Osborne to take the ball in his stride to beat Hughesy one-on-one. Notts County 3-0 Aveley.

Half Time | Notts County 3-0 Aveley.

We started the second half brightly and a mix-up in the Notts defence between the centre half and goalkeeper almost gave Alex Akrofi a golden opportunity, but great covering from the full-timers denied even a 50/50 chance before clearing the ball away.

George Sykes got in behind down the left-hand side, beat one defender but just couldn't squeeze in his left-footed shot which hit the side netting.

Just after the hour mark Kyle Wooton made it 4-0 to Notts County, Aveley players questioned the linesman for an offside, but a ball was slipped through to Wootton who finished into the bottom left-hand corner of the goal. Notts County 4-0 Aveley.

Three minutes after their fourth, Notts County added their fifth, Doyle on his 800th professional appearance played in Scott Wilson on his Pies debut who slotted it into the net. Notts County 5-0 Aveley.

Twenty minutes left and a corner for the Millers was nodded just wide of the left-hand post by central defender George Allen. But Millers could easily feel aggrieved a penalty wasn't given as Shad Ngandu made a good run into the box, was taken out from behind, but unfortunately, the officials didn't see it as a foul as the hosts cleared the ball away.

A goal is what The Millers players, staff and fans deserved for this incredible run, Alex Akrofi was through on goal but just had his chip catch the wind and go away from the goal.

An amazing occasion, amazing support and an incredible FA Trophy campaign.

Full Time | Notts County 5-0 Aveley.

Attendance | 4,893 (530 Away Fans).

Millers XI | David Hughes, Jonathan Nzengo, Sam Mvemba, Connor Witherspoon, Harry Gibbs, Wyan Reid (Shad Ngandu 67), James Goode (George Allen 65), Jason Raad, Alex Akrofi, George Sykes (Tony Martin 75), Jack Mochalski.

Unused Subs | James Scammell, Alfie Hilton, Jack Chawner, David Servietis.

Notts County XI | McDonnell, O'Brien, Doyle (Shields), Dennis, Rawlinson (Betts), Wootton (Wilson), Kelly-Evans, Crawford, Osborne, Bagan, Long.

Unused Subs | Kean, Rose, Boldewijn, Brindley, Betts, Shields, Wilson.