Despite his omission, new signing Junior Appiah impressed with two goals as Harlow Town crushed The Yachtsmen in the FA Trophy preliminary round.
Wroxham had won their last game 8-0 against Romford, but found it a very different proposition against a well-drilled Harlow side playing on their 3G pitch.
Harlow's first real chance came after only five minutes when a wicked left-wing cross from Shane Stamp was met by the head of Billy Jones, but this was well stopped by Wroxham keeper Elliot Pride.
The Yachtsmen had a great chance on 12 minutes when Jamie Forshaw slipped in Christy Finch. He only had Hawks keeper Ed Thompson to beat but the custodian brilliantly stopped his low shot from 12 yards with his feet.
At the other end Stamp was also through on goal, but Pride bravely came out to save superbly.
The breakthrough came on 16 minutes. Stamp's left-wing cross was flicked on by Jones and Appiah stabbed it over the line from point-blank range to give Harlow the lead.
Harlow doubled their lead when the dangerous Dave Cowley, chipped an exquisite ball through to Appiah and he ran to the edge of the six-yard box and dinked the ball around Pride and into the bottom left corner on 24 minutes.
Seven minutes before the break Thompson pulled off another save from a fierce Forshaw shot which looked like creeping into the bottom right corner.
Harlow added a third goal four minutes before half-time to give Wroxham a mountain to climb.
Stamp played a great ball through to Jones but his shot was well blocked by Pride. The ball was not cleared but Layne Eadie followed up for the third Harlow goal smashing a shot from six yards into the roof of the net.
Harlow were straight back into it after the break and Stamp's cross-cum-shot just dipped inches over the bar with Pride well beaten as the home side continued to dominate.
The game then burst into goals as three were scored in three minutes.
On 62 minutes, Wroxham pulled a goal back out of the blue. Steve Taylor set up striker Nathan Stone and he made Harlow pay as he unleashed a pile driver of a strike smashed home from 20 yards out giving Thompson no chance.
If this was to be a comeback by The Yachtsmen it didn’t last long as the hosts responded in less than a minute.
A free-kick was brilliantly fired into the top left corner by the impressive Cowley just out of Pride’s reach.
Harlow's fifth came on 64 minutes when Wroxham gave Harlow substitute Jarod Small all the space he needed as he picked it up on the left side and curled a delightful chip into the top right corner.
A fracas involving a number of players then saw Wroxham’s skipper Andrew Howell man-handled by a home supporter which was clearly something referee George Sprague would have noted in his report afterwards.
Wroxham pulled another goal back on 81 minutes as Jordan King won the ball in mid-field and threaded a fine pass through to Stone who unselfishly squared the ball to Remy Gordon who scored from 8 yards..
This made the score line a bit more respectable but it was Harlow who were to take the £2,500 prize money and progress to the next round away to Lewes.
HARLOW TN: Thompson, Glasgow, Eadie, Urquhart, Toner, Simms, Appiah (Ironton 77), Cowley, Jones, Smith (Lorenzani 59), Stamp (Small 59). Subs unused: Norton, Ironton, Driscoll (gk).
WROXHAM: Pride, Taylor, Rust (Halliday 86), Hinton, Howell, Self, Forshaw (Garrod 74), White (King 75), Stone, Finch, Gordon Sub unused: Attree
Att: 208.