We survived a scare in the FA Cup last weekend but we finally came through to book a place in the second qualifying round, writes James Barrett-Sterling.
Lower league Pagham arrived at Colston Avenue last Saturday and took a shock 2-0 lead into half-time.
But we rallied after the break and, inspired by a Mickel Miller hat-trick, went on to win the tie 5-3.
And, when asked how that change around occurred, player/manager Peter Adeniyi offered up a simple resolution.
"Our level of performance during that first-half wasn't great, so our response to the boys was this - work harder," Adeniyi said after the game.
"We have a talented squad but the effort also needs to be there. All credit to Pagham, they did really well, but once we stepped it up there was really only one team in it."
We levelled the tie before the hour mark through a 20-yard thunderbolt by Miller and sub Raheem Sterling-Parker's angled effort.
And we kept pressing until defender Kalvin Morath-Gibbs headed them in front with 15 minutes to go.
But, despite running on empty, Pagham again shocked the home crowd by breaking on 83 minutes and nabbing a third through Scott Murfin.
But Miller had other ideas and, straight from the restart, he took down Jordan Cheadle's long raking pass on the right. He bustled his way into the box before eventually poking the ball in from the tightest of angles.
And the 21-year old killed off Pagham hopes with his third just as the game moved into added time.
"I was pleased for Mickel but we know he's got goals in him - last season proved that," added Adeniyi
"Scoring them isn't going to be out problem, we already have goals pouring in from all over the pitch this season, but we'll work on tightening up at the back because we don't want to have to score five every week to win games."
The draw for the second qualifying round was made earlier this week (Monday) and our reward is a trip to National South outfit Eastbourne Borough.
But next up for is a home league game against Faversham Town on Saturday 9th September (kick-off 3pm).