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Andre Ford gave Saints an early lead which he doubled before the break. The points looked to be in the bag for the home side when they went 3-0 ahead after pressuring Joes into conceding an own goal. Looking into abyss of a shock result, Joes brought on Lewis Putman and Sam Clark which changed the game as their opponents, with just the bare 11 players, started to tire.
First Caden Barber headed home, but it was Putman who brought Joes level thanks to two delicate free-kicks. Clark then put Joes ahead for the first time before Dom David completed the comeback with the final kick of the game. and drew 2-2, a result which does not help either team’s title aspirations.
WD took a two-goal lead in the first 20 minutes as Hodge Almeida slipped in Kelvin Ramos who slotted home, then Corum Chase pounced on the rebound after the Cassiobury keeper made an initial save from a Luca De Mare shot. Rangers battled back and secured a point, their first goal coming when James Craggs intercepted a through ball from the back, carrying it the length of the pitch, beating four men and then sliding in Nathan Page to score from a tight angle. Page turned provider soon after when Jon Burch made a charge forward from the back, sliding the ball in behind the full-back down the right wing for a cross to be put into the box for Kai Parker to turn home.
Current Premier Division leaders booked their place in the first of the outstanding cups held over from last season as they defeated First Division , who battled bravely for the 90 minutes. With the scores goalless at the break, Evergreen finally broke through the well-organised Chess defence after a cross was deflected onto the post by a defender and George Davey put away the rebound. Tom Verbana headed home on the hour mark to complete the 2-0 victory and book their place in the final which will be against North Watford, Chalfont Saints or St Josephs.
The four games in the division produced 28 goals, an average of seven per game. Leaders opened up a seven-point lead at the top after they came through 7-5 against . Phoenix took an early lead when Phil Clarke crossed to George Pascoulis who headed home.
Forza quickly responded, scoring an equaliser before taking a 2-1 lead from a free-kick. Sparta levelled when George Pascoulis found the net after a mistake by the goalkeeper and then went in front again thanks to a long-range strike from Joey Pascoulis. Forza, however, hit back with two quick goals to lead 4-3 at half-time.
They made it 5-3 early in the second half, only for their opponents to level thanks to two efforts from Philippe Clarke but Forza won the game thanks to two late further goals. Giuseppe Delgaudio scored four times for Forza and Harley Sells netted a hat-trick. Second-placed also hit seven goals as they beat 7-2.
Jordan Standley helped himself to a hat-trick but was outdone by Raphael De Souza who scored four goals after coming off the bench. Zak McNicholas netted a double for Sports as consolation. won the ‘Watford derby’, beating 3-2 to move up into fourth place in the table.
Aamir Khan put United ahead early on with a well-worked goal and they then proceeded to strike the woodwork four times in the first half before conceding an equaliser in the last action of the opening 45 minutes. In the second period, Town scored two quick-fire goals, before United pulled one back late on through Sanjef Vigneswaran. gained only a second win of the season, 2-0 over thanks to two goals in the first half from Charlie Hailey.
For the first he flicked home a free-kick from Chris Colman from the right, and the second followed when he fired into the bottom left-hand corner of the net from 30 yards. The top-of-the-table clash between leaders and ended in a 3-2 triumph for the table toppers. They took the lead after 11 minutes when Lui Potiuk followed up on Josh Towle's parried shot.
Eliis Constantinou then scored from long range to double the advantage just before the break. Athletic managed to pull one back from a corner midway through the second half from Chris Frater before Woodside then scored from their own corner thanks to Anthony Kalli's quick reactions. Herts netted a second goal back late on from Josh Greengrow but it was not enough to prevent Woodside opening up a six-point lead, although Athletic do have two games in hand.
are in third place, five points behind Hertfordshire Athletic with one more game played, after they beat 4-0 thanks to a brace from Oliver Frost and a goal each from Louie Muncie and Gabriel Wright. gained a first win of the season as they beat 3-2. Luke Furlong, Scott Stevenson and Alex Ellwod netted for George, with Dylan Rose and Marcus Rivers replying.
remain at the foot of the table after they suffered a sixth consecutive defeat, going down 2-1 at home to . Sabir Noor and Ben Wallis scored for WD, with Roscoe Tebbs getting the Stags consolation goal. Once again, the league’s bottom division is proving to be the tightest so far, with just nine points dividing nine teams.
Leaders went down to a single goal defeat to third-placed , Jack Mullens getting the decisive goal. are level on points with FC Railway after they beat 3-1, Jake Heckford, Joe Berzins and Felix Ansah scoring, with Ben Kelly replying. came through 4-3 against , Graham Melsome struck twice alongside goals from Tony Delaney and Sam Hardie.
Luke Elbourn, Ross Benton and Tommy Edwards netted the AFC replies. enjoyed a good morning as they beat 4-1. Kyle Barnett, Brett Fincham and Danny Linforth were all on target, with Rowan O'Connor getting the Acorns goal.
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