Gillingham beaten 3-0 by Sunderland in FA Youth Cup fourth round at Priestfield – Trey Ogunsuyi scores twice for the visitors

Gillingham were knocked out of the FA Youth Cup on Tuesday night.

Visitors Sunderland ended Gills’ participation in the competition at the fourth round stage with a 3-0 victory at Priestfield.

The two teams were unable to play last week because of freezing temperatures but on a blustery evening took to the field.

Sunderland - with category one status and a youth team accustomed to playing top-ranked teams - were favourites to progress and meet Swindon Town in the next round.

Swindon had pulled off a shock result themselves by beating Manchester United in the last round.

But the Gills were unable to produce a giant-killing of their own and found themselves a goal down after 18 minutes after Kailem Beattie struck from the edge of the box.

Kai Garrett went close to equalising after beating the keeper but couldn’t convert from a difficult angle.

Jimmy Heasman shot narrowly over after the break for the Gills shortly before Sunderland added a second on 58 minutes through Belgian under-18 forward Trey Ogunsuyi.

A third goal came from Ogunsuyi -who had also been denied by the woodwork - with nine minutes of normal time remaining.