MARK Robinson reckoned his goal of the season contender in Dorchester's stunning 3-2 FA Trophy defeat of Cambridge United was one of his best strikes ever.

"I needed to do something because I wasn't having the best of games," said Robinson whose crashing 56th minute drive from more than 25-yards gave the Magpies a two-goal lead after they had fought back from being a goal down early on.

Cambridge, who were playing league football only last season, scored a second in stoppage time - but the Magpies held on to win a cheque for £4,000 and a place in today's draw for the second round proper.

"I knew Groover (Matt Groves) was going to lay the ball back and I just concentrated on getting a clean strike and luckily enough it flew into the top corner," added Robinson.

"I can't have scored many better ones than that, it was the sort of goal we usually leave to Keeler."

He said he thought his side deserved to cause an upset after a hard-working performance.

"We were shaky to start with and it took their goal to wake us up," he said. "I don't know whether it was a case of giving them too much respect because we usually like to hit teams hard from the start.

"But once we got two good goals before half-time through Keeler and Jamie Brown, it gave us a bit of belief and we were ok.

"I am a lot more confident now that, once we are in the lead, we can hold to it and I felt quite comfortable in the second half.

"They put us under some pressure which you would expect from a Conference side, but I felt our defensive unit, including Craig Bradshaw, have really got their game together and are looking good.

"Alex (Browne) and Scott (Morgan) are strong and read the game well, Simon Radcliffe is playing out of his skin and young Ryan Hill just gets better with every game."

Robinson said the hamstring problem which gave him a stop-start first few months of the season, now seems to be behind him.

"I was looking in the programme before the game and said to the lads that I had better steady down because it was my fifth game on the trot," he said.

"I am feeling much better now, though I think I can still improve my fitness by maybe five or ten per cent."

Magpies boss Mark Morris, who was ordered to leave the dug-out and sit in the stand ten minutes from the end after the fourth official called the ref's attention to a remark he made, said it was a sad day in football if a manager couldn't make a comment to his assistant.

"If I had been ranting and raving and pointing a finger at the ref I could understand it," he said.

"But he was 60 yards away when I said something to Benjie (Brian Benjafield) which the fourth official overheard. There's got to be some passion in the game otherwise you might as well stay home and play Monopoly with your kids.

"I suppose I will get a £50 fine from the FA and I will have to sit the stand for three games - worse things happen in the world."

Morris agreed his side had been floundering at the start and he feared it might be a cakewalk for Cambridge.

"But all of a sudden it was like a drowning man coming up to the surface, taking a drag of breath and coming alive," he said.

"The longer the game went on the stronger we became, which is good against a side who are full time. It was an excellent performance which carries our good run on and we can really look forward to Christmas now."