London Colney were knocked out of the FA Cup with a 1-0 defeat at Hadley in the first qualifying round on Saturday.

The Blueboys went close early on through Greg Shaw but he curled his shot wide of the target.

Russell Gallagher also almost opened the scoring but his effort was saved by Charlie Mann.

Hadley’s Ivan Machado nearly fired his side in front but he was denied by the woodwork when his shot rebounded off the post.

The hosts took the lead right at the end of the first half when Machado raced down the wing and fired a shot into the top corner of the net.

London Colney went close to equalising in the second half through Spencer Clarke-Mardel but he fired wide before sending a header narrowly past the post.

Hadley almost struck on the break with Zaine Gangadeen and Machado nearly scoring.

The Blueboys’ final chance fell to Ashley Morrissey but he fired over.

London Colney travel to Hoddesdon Town this weekend.