Eastleigh Town suffered a 1-0 home defeat at the hands of St. Albans. A first half goal gave the visitors three priceless points. Eastleigh's Luke Wilkinson headed the ball back towards goalkeeper Billy Lumley, but the the state of the pitch caused the ball to stop dead. St. Albans' Drew Roberts took advantage and rounded Lumley to score the winning goal in the 12th minute.
Basingstoke were held to a draw by strugglers Lewes. The visitors took a shock lead in the fourth minute after good build up play and a neat finish from top scorer Joe Keehan. Jide Ogunbote earned a point for Basingstoke early in the second half.
A remarkable second half performance saw AFC Totton continue their strong run of form, crushing Bishops Cleeve 4-0. Bishop's keeper Tom King produced a string of fine saves in the first half but was unable to prevent a second half onslaught from The Stags. Totton finally broke the deadlock five minutes after the interval when Mike Gosney crossed for Brett Williams to slide the ball home. In the 57th minute, Jamie Whisken forced the ball over the line following a goal-mouth scramble. Skipper James Taylor scored a third soon after with a powerful header from another Gosney cross. Ian Richardson completed the rout in injury time with a well-timed header.
Bournemouth Poppies fell to a surprising 2-1 home defeat at the hands of lowly Hayling United. Nathan Paxton put the visitors ahead with a neat finish only for Fawzi Saadi to equalise for the Poppies just moments later. But Bournemouth failed to capitalise and Hayling struck a second half winner through Graham Gillman to steal all three points.
Winchester City's poor form continued with a narrow 1-0 away defeat to Wimborne Town with James Stokoe scoring the winner.
Basingstoke were held to a draw by strugglers Lewes. The visitors took a shock lead in the fourth minute after good build up play and a neat finish from top scorer Joe Keehan. Jide Ogunbote earned a point for Basingstoke early in the second half.
A remarkable second half performance saw AFC Totton continue their strong run of form, crushing Bishops Cleeve 4-0. Bishop's keeper Tom King produced a string of fine saves in the first half but was unable to prevent a second half onslaught from The Stags. Totton finally broke the deadlock five minutes after the interval when Mike Gosney crossed for Brett Williams to slide the ball home. In the 57th minute, Jamie Whisken forced the ball over the line following a goal-mouth scramble. Skipper James Taylor scored a third soon after with a powerful header from another Gosney cross. Ian Richardson completed the rout in injury time with a well-timed header.
Bournemouth Poppies fell to a surprising 2-1 home defeat at the hands of lowly Hayling United. Nathan Paxton put the visitors ahead with a neat finish only for Fawzi Saadi to equalise for the Poppies just moments later. But Bournemouth failed to capitalise and Hayling struck a second half winner through Graham Gillman to steal all three points.
Winchester City's poor form continued with a narrow 1-0 away defeat to Wimborne Town with James Stokoe scoring the winner.
