Life for Folkestone without Neil Cugley as manager started with a dramatic late success on Saturday over Isthmian Premier rivals Horsham in the FA Trophy.

With penalties looming at the end of the First-Round tie, substitute Ibrahim Olutade netted in the 87th minute before top scorer Ade Yusuff sealed their 2-0 win.

It was the hosts who threatened first inside 70 seconds at Cheriton Road amid a lively first half, but returning centre-half Ian Gayle nodded over Scott Heard’s cross.

More nice play by midfielder Heard seven minutes later presented Ian Draycott with an opportunity. Heard lifted the ball over to Draycott who was denied by visiting goalkeeper Mitchell Beeney’s sharp near-post save.

Soon after, however, Horsham’s first chance really should have brought the match's first goal. Tom Kavanagh crossed from the right and striker Shamir Fenelon appeared to stand on the ball a matter of yards out with the goal gaping and that allowed the home defence to just about clear.

Midfielder James Rogers’ effort then whistled inches over at the other end before hitman Yusuff was thwarted by the feet of Hornets keeper Beeney with 15 minutes played when he was clean through.

Home left-back Nathan Green whipped in a fine cross midway through the first period, which Draycott couldn’t quite reach. Heard did get on the end of the delivery at the back post but his shot was straight at Beeney.

In the 33rd minute, Green almost had a nightmare on the eve of Halloween, with his flick on Tom Richards’ free-kick landing on the roof of the net.

The end-to-end nature of the encounter, played in front of a crowd of 662, continued into the latter stages of the first half. Fenelon found himself through after a punt upfield, only to drag wide of Invicta keeper Bailey Vose’s right-hand post, before midfielder Ronnie Dolan tried his luck from distance with Beeney out of his goal and the ball went narrowly over with the match goalless at the break.

The visitors started brightly after the restart and Lee Harding nodded over a Richards corner on 48 minutes. But, in contrast to the first half, the second period struggled to have much tempo about it until the latter stages.

In the 66th minute, Folkestone joint-bosses Roland Edge and Micheal Everitt - becoming the first people other than Cugley to take charge of Invicta in the 21st century - made their first substitution of their reign which saw Olutade replace Draycott.

But the next opportunity saw a 70th-minute low drive by Kavanagh fall inches wide of Vose’s right-hand post.

Four minutes later, Green beat a Horsham player to the loose ball and dragged back to Ronnie Dolan who skied his effort.

Invicta were all of a sudden having some joy down the left and, 12 minutes from time, Rogers delivered to substitute Robbie Dolan. His header appeared like it would fall in the net but Beeney made an excellent fingertip save.

But the home side broke the deadlock in the 87th minute.

On the counter-attack, Horsham had a great opportunity but squandered it - home skipper Callum Davies making the vital interception - and the ball broke to Gayle. He kept his cool to find Olutade who, in turn, found the bottom corner for his sixth goal of the season.

And only two minutes later, one became two as Yusuff added his 12th goal this campaign. He turned before firing into the net and celebrating by hugging Cugley in the crowd.

Folkestone had made one change from the team which lost 1-0 at 10-man Carshalton on Monday in the league. Defender Gayle returned, as striker Olutade dropped to the bench before coming on in the second half as he made a late impact.

Defender Josh Vincent and frontman Ira Jackson weren’t named in Invicta’s squad.

Yusuff, meanwhile, retained his spot in their team with his three-match ban after his controversial sending off the previous weekend in a 2-0 loss at Kingstonian having been successfully overturned.

The win saw Invicta pocket £3,000 in prize money and book their place in the Second Round.

Folkestone Invicta: Vose, Newman, Green, Gayle, Davies, Rogers, Heard, Ronnie Dolan, Draycott (Olutade 66min), Yusuff, Daniel (Robbie Dolan 73mins). Subs not used: Dancer, Everitt, Collins.

Horsham: Beeney, Price, Sparks, Tuck, Brivio, Harding (Sessengnon 79mins), Rodrigues, Kavanagh, Mazzone, Fenelon, Richards (Knight 75mins). Subs not used: Day, Boakye Sarfo.

Referee: Reece Pinchback.

Attendance: 662.