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| Jamie Bird Scored Two For Hereford At Chesham |
A lookback at yesterday in the Southern Prem written by Steve Whitney.
However, the two teams behind them – Kettering Town and Weymouth – both won and significantly improved their goal difference too!
In front of 502 in Wales though, it took only one early 6th minute Michael Gash goal to eventually win the points for the Linnets.
The Martyrs battled throughout but had Jarrad Wright shown a straight red card for denying a goalscoring opportunity with 18 minutes to go, and only a great save by new keeper Oliver Davies denied Lynn a second goal in stoppage time.
At Latimer Park, a crowd of 540 saw the Poppies in dominant mood against bottom-markers Dunstable Town, running out 6-0 winners to take the hosts to the top of the goal charts with 55 and the Duns to the bottom, having conceded 80 in their twenty-five matches to date.
It was only 2-0 at half-time, however, thanks to Rene Howe after 10 minutes and Tom Marshall in the 35th minute.
Howe bagged his second 9 minutes after the break and Gary Stohrer added a fourth with 20 minutes left.
Matt Stevens then made it a nap hand on 85 minutes and finished things off from the penalty spot 3 minutes later after he had been brought down.
In front of 629 at the Bob Lucas Stadium, Weymouth showed new Redditch United boss Tim Harris (see separate news item) that he has a big job on his hands with a 5-0 victory.
Brandon Goodship got himself an early Christmas present with a hat-trick with goals in the 15th, 21st and then the 82nd minutes.
In between, Harry Baker on the hour-mark and Ben Thomson 12 minutes later helped take the score to 5-0.
Hereford FC and Tiverton Town are fourth and fifth respectively after both recorded wins on Saturday.
The Bulls triumphed 3-1 at the Meadow against mid-table Chesham United, although they left it very, very late!
In front of another good pre-Christmas crowd of 554, Jamie Bird opened the scoring with a long-range effort 5 minutes before the break to give Hereford the edge.
However, 11 minutes from time, Matt Bevans popped up with what looked like being a goal to earn the Generals a point.
But in the 2nd minute of stoppage time, Lance Smith restored the Bulls` lead and in the 94th minute, Bird made sure with his second and Hereford`s third.
It wasn`t quite as exciting finale at Ladysmead where Tiverton beat Farnborough 2-0.
Top scorer Levi Landricombe gave the Devonians a 23rd minute lead that Jamie Price eventually doubled 14 minutes from time.
At the other end of the table, Alex Pike`s return to the Gosport Borough dug-out ended in another defeat as they were beaten 1-0 at the ProEdge Stadium against third-bottom St Ives Town.
Danny Moyes scored the all-important goal for the Saints on the hour-mark to lift them nine points above Boro and ten of Dunstable.
Kings Langley are just three points better off than St Ives after they were beaten 3-2 at nearby St Neots Town.
And that despite taking an early 2nd minute lead through Sam Tring.
Dion Sembie-Ferris equalised after 24 minutes and 3 minutes later, Lewis Irwin put the Saints in front, only for a Johnny Herd own goal to pull Kings back on terms just 2 minutes after that.
Dylan Williams popped up with St Neots` winner with less than 8 minutes remaining.
Slough Town`s play-off hopes took a knock as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Arbour Park in front of 598 against Stratford Town.
But it could have been worse for the Rebels as they trailed to Michael Taylor`s 54th minute opener right until 3 minutes into time added on at the end of the game when Alan Inns equalised.
It finished 0-0 at the Camrose in Royston Town`s first-ever visit to Basingstoke Town, while a goal 7 minutes from time from Darren Foxley eventually saw Bishop`s Stortford to victory at the ProKit UK against Dorchester Town.
And at the Carlsberg Stadium, Biggleswade Town and Banbury United shared the points, with Rob Parker putting the Waders ahead after 52 minutes and Luke Carnell grabbing a leveller for the Puritans 2 minutes from time.