Worthing saw two points slip from their grasp thanks to a stoppage time equaliser from Tom Wraight.
Worthing’s first Sussex Senior Cup win over Bognor since March 1963 saw them progress to the semi-finals, courtesy of goals at the end of each half from Will Seager and Jasper Pattenden.
Worthing returned to winning ways with a comfortable 5-0 victory over Whyteleafe.
A repeat of September's four-nil win at Fetcham Grove saw Worthing maintain a healthy seven-point lead over the chasing pack.
Pride, passion and no little skill but, alas, it wasn’t to be on a bitterly cold night in Horley as the two-division gap proved just a little too much to fully bridge in the end.
Worthing were rewarded for a dominant second-half display with a point, thanks to Sophie Humphrey’s late, driven cross taking a wicked deflection on it’s way in. Though, it could have been more.
Worthing slumped to a dismal defeat at Carshalton Athletic in a game that never really got going.
A hat-trick of spot-kicks from Ollie Pearce saw Worthing once again come from behind to take all three points.
Reds were worthy winners - after initially falling behind - at a rammed Nyewood Lane, to reassert their seven point lead at the top of the tree.
Worthing made light work of Lewes to set up a mouthwatering quarter-final at Bognor in The Sussex Senior Cup.
