Danny Kedwell enjoyed a winning start in his first game as Ashford manager on Saturday.
The Nuts and Bolts eased past Egham Town 3-0 at Homelands in the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round.
Gary Lockyer marked his return to Homelands with two goals inside five first-half minutes, the first coming from the penalty spot.
It was also great to see Adem Ramadan add a third goal late on having missed most of last season with a broken leg.
Ashford will travel to Harrow Borough in the Preliminary Round on Saturday, August 17.
Marcel Nimani got one over his former club as his tenure in charge of Sevenoaks started with victory over Whitstable at Greatness Park.
All the goals came in the opening 20 minutes with Sevenoaks taking the lead through Kiye Martin’s 20-yard left-foot curler after just four minutes.
Jerson Dos Santos equalised for Jamie Coyle’s Whitstable on 15 minutes but the Oaks restored their advantage with Rodney Eruotor’s blistering left-foot finish from an acute angle. They will host Leatherhead in the next round.
Southern Counties East champions Deal started their campaign with a 4-0 home win over Roffey in front of a crowd of 567.
First-half goals from Jamie Kennedy and Tom Chapman were added to in the second half by Ben Chapman and substitute Owen Wilkinson.
The goals also flowed for newly-promoted Erith Town, although they had to wait for the final 13 minutes to confirm a 6-2 win at home to Pagham.
Andrew Dythe and James Dyer penalty put them 2-0 ahead in the first 18 minutes but Pagham made it 2-2 with 17 minutes left. However, goals from Tom Ash, Ollie Milton and a brace by substitute Kola Salami ensured the Dockers progressed.
Faversham Town kept a second consecutive clean sheet as Nathan Wood’s 38th-minute goal was enough to secure a 1-0 win at Bexhill United.
A quickfire first-half double by Mefose Esumobi and Callum Keeble led Corinthian to a 2-0 home victory over AFC Whyteleafe while goals from Lee Bird, Richard Jimah and Bethel Gboda saw VCD win 3-1 at Met Police.
Lordswood left it late to defeat Erith & Belvedere, Jake Embery’s late goal proving the difference between the two Southern Counties East League sides.
Another all-SCEFL tie saw Larkfield & New Hythe mark their FA Cup debut with a 2-1 home success over Kennington.
Jay Wade and Alvin Turyatemba scored in quick succession on the half-hour and while Kyron Lightfoot pulled one back for Ton early in the second half, they were unable to force a replay.
Punjab United had to wait for an hour until they found the breakthrough at home to Snodland through Lea Dawson. Substitute Tunde Aderonmu confirmed their victory with a late second goal. They will visit the winners of Sheerwater and Rusthall, who meet again on Tuesday following a 1-1 draw which saw Rob Bissett equalise for Rusthall in the 90th minute.
Another side with a midweek replay is Hythe, who drew 2-2 at Abbey Rangers. Lex Allan and Bruno Tavaris put Hythe 2-0 ahead in the first half but a Jae Kelly brace early in the second half pegged back Sammy Moore’s men.
Thibault Abie’s second-half effort cancelled out Alfie Lambden’s opener as Bearsted came from behind to draw at Crowborough while Phoenix Sports will host Epsom & Ewell in midweek after their goalless draw.
Tunbridge Wells took the lead at home to Farnham Town through James White before bowing out 3-1 while Hollands & Blair lost 1-0 to Lingfield, Conor Wilford’s goal the difference between the sides.
Holmesdale lost 1-0 at home to Crawley Down Gatwick, Glebe lost 2-0 to East Grinstead and Stansfeld were beaten 1-0 at Badshot Lea.
A late own goal was not enough for Lydd, beaten 2-1 at Camberley Town, while Fisher went down 5-2 at home to Redhill – who raced into a five-goal lead inside just 24 minutes, a tally which included two own goals!
