Jimmy Ryan and Michael Symes were the goal heroes as Accrington avoided a FA Cup upset thanks to a 2-1 home win against Salisbury City.

A well-worked corner routine came off when a John Miles corner was dummied by Phil Edwards and it came to Ryan on the edge of the area, who finished well for his first goal of the season.

The visitors from the Blue Square Premier did not have a shot until the 27th minute and Stuart Anderson's long-range effort was easy for Ian Dunbavin.

And then the Reds got their two-goal cushion from another Miles corner after 33 minutes, which was headed home at the near post by Symes. It looked comfortable for Stanley until the non-league side upped their game after the break with wideman Chris Flood putting a couple of dangerous crosses into the box.

And they got back into it after 66 minutes when City's 13-goal top scorer Matt Tubbs raced on to a Flood pass, ran into the area and slotted the ball into the bottom corner of the net. City side pressed without reward, while Stanley's Bobby Grant was wasteful in front of goal in a match which had seven bookings.