Sussex under-18s have reached the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Inter-County Cup.

They beat Bedfordshire 3-1 at Lancing with goals from Aaron Gunn (Worthing), Joe Leggett (Pagham) and substitute Tom Smith (Worthing).

Manager Peter Miles, who has led the under-18s to two finals in the past ten years, said: "Bedfordshire were big and uncompromising. They gave us a lot of problems but we stuck in there and got a result."

Sussex will face Staffordshire or Lincolnshire in the last eight next year.

Sussex under-18s play the Royal Navy in the Home Counties Championship at Culver Road on December 14.

Sussex: James Plumley (Horsham YMCA), Ben Bowra (Worthing), Sami El-Abd (Crawley), Ryan McMillan (Worthing), Tom Edmonds (Burgess Hill), Aaron Gunn (Whitehawk), Neil Watts (Burgess Hill), Joe Keehan (Crawley), Richard Greenfield (Burgess Hill), Joe Leggett (Pagham), Sam Adam (Rye and Iden). Substitutes: Tom Smith (Worthing), George Smith (Crawley).