WRIGHT WINNER SECURES PRIZE

SALISBURY obtained the three points they required for home advantage in the play-offs.

As the opening half progressed with Bideford playing into a stiff breeze, Sean Downing and Ian Sampson both sent shots narrowly over, while Ben Wood had a shot on target blocked by a Salisbury defender.

In the second half Salisbury rallied and scored within three minutes of the restart when Tommy Wright got on the end of a cross to lash the ball into the bottom corner.

Taurean Roberts sent a shot wide and the only other chances fell to Bideford captain Matty Bye, whose effort went over the bar, and Salisbury’s Kane O’Keefe with a header over the bar.