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performers Archie Ferris and Ethan Feltham each scoring to round out the
impressive victory.

First Division: It was a tight affair in the big game at the top,
with Sherborne strengthening their position in first spot thanks to a 2-0
victory over Warminster Town (image below, courtesy of John Pool).
The game was decided during a five-minute spell at the beginning of the
second half, with Josh Williams scoring twice in quick succession to lead
the Zebras to the crucial win. The league’s leading scorer, Luke Bryan
was on target yet again during Odd Down’s 2-1 win away at Bishops
Lydeard. A 31 goal of the campaign set the Bath side on their way after
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half an hour, before Lydeard responded just before the interval when Adam Willis struck from
long range to make it 1-1. With stoppage time underway at the end of the game, it looked
as though the points would be shared, but Odd Down executed one more attack, with
Shaquille Perkins finding each space and time to force home a dramatic winner. The only
other side to win away from home were Cheddar, with the Somerset side firing out of the
blocks on their way to a 4-1 triumph away at Oldland Abbotonians. The Cheesemen were
on fire during the opening stages of the contest, and after Robbi Maggs had put them ahead
in just the third minute, he was then hauled down in the box soon after, with Rick Bennett
firing home from the spot to make it 2-0. The away side continued to push for goals, and
they only had to wait a couple more minutes with Ethan Reed scoring in the 20 minute to
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put them out of sight. After Kieran Webster had saved an Oldland penalty, he finally lost his
clean sheet 20 minutes from time when Andy Nash reduced the deficit, but it was the visitors
who had the last word with Reed adding his second of the afternoon. A pair of late goals
from Keith Kearney and Jacob Bird led Bishop Sutton to a 2-0 win over Bristol
Telephones at Lakeview, while Josh Honey’s 42 minute effort handed Portishead a slim
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1-0 victory at home to Boco. The biggest scorers of the day were Gillingham Town, who
demolished Almondsbury 7-1 in Dorset, while bottom-side Devizes were denied at the
death in their 2-2 draw away at Tytherington Rocks. Having already seen Ethan Witchell’s
effort cancelled out by their hosts, Devizes went back in front 20 minutes from time through
Sam Hughes. Just like the first time around, Tytherington managed to find the levelling goal,
and it was Laurence Lefeve on each occasion, with the second of those coming just three
minutes from time to grab a share of the points.

In the Les Phillips Cup, Shepton Mallet defeated the surging Wincanton side 3-0, with
goals from Joe Morgan, Danny Constable and Callum Gould helping lead them to victory.