Another day, another Bracknell victory

Bracknell Town, so far ahead at the top of the Division that you almost need a telescope to see them, took twelve minutes to go ahead against neighbours Binfield, Max Herbert with the opener. The second came just before the break, Seb Bowerman scoring for the fifth match in a row, and the same player got the Robins third – a not very unlucky thirteen for the season- fourteen minutes after the restart. He wasn’t on thirteen for long; indeed, he was soon on fifteen, grabbing two more to make it five-nil and keep his side twelve points clear.

Our headline image comes from Neil Graham.

Chertsey Town are the Robins nearest challengers, and took the lead nine minutes before the break against Westfield, Manolis Gogonas with his fourth goal in six matches- not bad for a man wearing number two! That turned out to be the only goal of the game, and kept the Curfews second.

Basingstoke Town fell behind early on against Thatcham Town, the Kingfishers breaching the home rearguard after just seven minutes, Daniel Fosu firing home after a good run from
Glenn Gabriel. The equaliser came right on the stroke of half time, Stefan Brown firing home from the spot, and by then the visitors were down to ten men after the dismissal of Cameron Rohart-Brown. The man advantage paid dividends when Conor Lynch made it two-one with twenty minutes left, breaking a five match goalless run with his fourteenth of the season, but the Kingfishers weren’t done, and Simeon Weekes equalised with seven minutes left to the dismay of most of the seven hundred and forty present.

But having found his scoring boots once more, Lynch then did it again, making it three-two- but the drama still wasn’t over. Lamar Koroma grabbed an equaliser right at the end for the ten men- but there was still, somehow, time for the hosts to get a winner, Mckoy Palmer sending the home crowd wild. Four-three was the final score, and the hosts are third.

Anthony Mendy has been a little quiet for Uxbridge in recent weeks, but got his eighteenth of the campaign when opening the scoring against Bedfont Sports from the spot. Mahlondo Martin then got in on the act, with spot kick number two converted nine minutes before the break, before Sports got themselves back into the match as Darryl Sanders pulled one back. They weren’t left to hope for long, Ryan Haugh making it three-one and delighting the Red Army- and although Juan Pablo Gonzalez Velasco got a customary late goal for Sports, they left Honeycroft with no points, the hosts claiming all of them.

Marlow entertained Chalfont St Peter, and Kameron English opened the scoring with his seventh of the season just before the quarter hour mark. The advantage was doubled when Jordan Brown made it two ten minutes after the break, and that was that, as Marlow stay fifth.

Northwood saw visitors Hanwell Town open the scoring just before the break, Tom Collins with his fourth goal for the Geordies- to add to the thirteen he got for Chipstead. Calum Duffy made it two-nil ten minutes after the break, Collins had another on sixty six minutes as the Geordies go sixth, two points off the top five.

Chipstead got the first goal of the three o’clock kick offs, Kieran Lavery- a South Park hero after his magnificent free kick at Tranmere Rovers a few years ago- scoring from the spot against his old club after just two minutes. Another Sparks hero, but this hero very much of the current vintage, got the equaliser ten minutes before half time, Adam Aziz getting his seventeenth of the season- also from the spot. The theme continued when Lavery got his second of the afternoon from twelve yards on fifty eight minutes, following a red card for the visitors Mo Otuyo, and Lavery had his hat trick- this time not from the spot- six minutes from time as the Chips climbed to thirteenth.

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