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RAYNES PARK VALE are sitting at the top of Premier South after their 3-0 win at Farnham Town. Archie Harland-Goddard scored twice, either side of Jordan Gallagher’s 15th of the season.

Second-placed Badshot Lea beat visitors Frimley Green 5-1 thanks to a brace by Mal Thomas and a goal apiece from Danilo Cadete, Harrison Livingstone and Dean Rule. Badshot are now three points behind the leaders but have two games in hand.

Third-placed Abbey Rangers came unstuck again when an early Charlie Alexiou goal gave hosts Fleet Town a 1-0 victory.

David Aluko-Olukun and Joshua Keane found the back of the net for

Chalfont St Peter as they beat visitors

Windsor 2-0.

Jordy Mumeiny, Aboudi Ali, Ronny Mfinda and Quesy Yislam were on target for Hilltop as they beat visitors

Edgware & Kingsbury 4-2.

Hosts Colliers Wood United saw off Guildford City 4-2 with Will Kendall hitting a hat-trick and Harry Pointing netting the other. AFC Croydon Athletic went down 4-1 at Knaphill who netted through Zac Horkan, Joe Dyett, Jack Williamson and George Pilbeam.

Banstead Athletic beat visitors

Redhill 3-1 with Dez Davis, Emmanuel Akitou and Boe Fowler on target.

Trevor Caborn and Josh Buchan were on target for Alton in their 2-1 win at Camberley Town.

A Daniel Duncanson goal gave Horley Town a 1-0 home win over Tadley Calleva, while Sheerwater managed a 1-1 draw at Balham.

In Premier North, Excellence Muhemba scored a hat-trick and Lonit Talla and new signing Alex Cathline netted one apiece as Egham Town beat visitors Spelthorne Sports 5-1.

Hosts North Greenford United beat

London Lions 3-0 courtesy of strikes from Charlie Mitchell, Harvey Killeen and Joe Mills.

Flackwell Heath won 3-0 at bottom club Oxhey Jets with Matty Ayres bagging a brace and Callum Mapley one goal. A late spot-kick by Casey Bocarro gave home side Virginia Water a 1-0 home victory over Burnham. Reading City drew 1-1 at Wembley. In Division One, Ellis Day notched a hat-trick for fourth-placed hosts Berks County in their 4-1 win over Hillingdon Borough. Jake Tabot scored twice as Rayners Lane beat visitors Penn & Tylers Green 3-0.

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UNITED COUNTIES

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COREY ARMENI hit a hat-trick while Shay Brennan bagged a brace and Luis Rose and Jordan Annable claimed a goal each as second-placed Anstey Nomads crushed visitors Wisbech Town 7-1 in Premier North.

Unbeaten leaders Loughborough Students were held to a goalless draw by visitors Wisbech Town while Eastwood CFC lost 4-0 at Newark & Sherwood United, whose Kieran Cummings scored a double with James Gardner and Ainsley Finney grabbing a goal each.

Pinchbeck won 3-1 at Heanor Town

thanks to strikes from Bailey Dilley and Andre Williams and an Owen Sheriff spot kick.

A double by Josh Sennett and one goal by Will Bird returned Deeping Rangers to winning ways with a 3-1 win at struggling Heather St Johns and Paddy Webb netted for Quorn in a 1-0 win at Kimberley Miners Welfare.

Melton Town triumphed 2-0 at bottom-of-the-table Selston thanks to goals from Ryan Calver and Kyle Jardine.

Hosts Sleaford Town came from behind to beat Belper United 2-1 courtesy of goals from Charlie Ward and Jacob Fenton.

Skegness Town went down 1-0 at home to Sherwood Colliery whose

Aaron Korpal found the back of the net.

AFC Mansfield drew 0-0 at Leicester Nirvana but Rugby Town recorded their 12th win in a row to extend their lead at the top of Premier South with a 6-2 victory at Bugbrooke St Michaels.

Jordan Wilson and David Kolodynski hit two goals each with Edwin Ahenkorah and substitute MJ Semahimbo adding to the scoreline.

Wellingborough Town returned from GNG Oadby Town with a 2-0 win thanks to Rico Alexander and Lloyd Buckby while Luke Lindsay, Ryan Towner and Max York netted for Histon and goalkeeper Sam Roach saved a spot kick in their 3-0 win at Lutterworth Town.

Eynesbury Rovers saw off visitors

Easington Sports 2-0 thanks to goals from Tom Rowley and Victor Osobu.

Basement side Long Buckby earned their 10th point of the season with a 0-0 draw at home to Coventry United, Milton Keynes Irish drew 1-1 at home to

Desborough Town, March Town United drew 1-1 at Cogenhoe United and Godmanchester Rovers versus Rothwell Corinthians was also goalless.

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NORTHERN LEAGUE

NEWTON AYCLIFFE remain four points clear at the top after a 5-3 home win over Heaton Stannington, six of the goals coming in the second half after Konnor Lamb had cancelled out Liam Jarvie’s opener for Aycliffe.

Jarvie also scored in the second half along with Marc Costello, Liam Anderson and Jack Clarkson to confirm victory.

The top-five clash between Guisborough Town and Ashington saw Andrew Cartwright’s late goal earn the visiting Colliers a 1-0 victory.

Bishop Auckland held on to second spot after second half goals from striker Marcus Giles, with a brace, and Andrew Johnson brought home a 3-0 win from

Whickham.

Bottom club Thornaby recorded only their sixth win of the season when Dan Chapman’s 75th minute goal gave them a 1-0 win at Tow Law Town.

Daniel Sayers’ double, Joe Hayles’ penalty and a late Darryll Donnelly strike gave Seaham Red Star a 4-0 home win over Sunderland RCA.

Michael Hall’s first goal for the club, a header, Scott Lowery and Elliot Day goals gave Whitley Bay a 3-0 win at lowly Pickering Town, who had Jamie Thornton sent off on the hour.

Sixth-top West Auckland went down 1-0 at home to West Allotment Celtic, for whom Mechak Kanda scored the winner on 15 minutes.

Elsewhere on Saturday, Dan Kirkup and Sam Atkinson goals saw Carlisle City beat beat Crook Town 2-1, while Newcastle Benfield and Northallerton Town finished goalless.

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NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST North Ferriby

LEADERS needed a scrambled late goal from sub Tom Corner to earn a 1-1 draw at home to tenman Frickley Athletic.

Frickley took a first-half lead through a Lloyd Smith penalty but went down to ten in the second-half after Alhassane Keita’s second yellow.

Winterton Rangers narrowed the gap to nine points with a 3-0 win at Knaresborough Town. Dan Walker, Martin Pembleton and a Steve Ridley penalty arrived before the half hour.

Emley hit Garforth Town’s play-off hopes, winning 2-0 at the Bannister Prentice Stadium after Jacob Kelly scored early on and Alex Metcalfe sealed victory in the 90th minute. The third-placed Miners had Dexter Ball red-carded midway through the second half.

Lowly Goole AFC crashed 3-0 at home to Hallam, with Richard Patterson scoring after just five minutes. Kieren Watson added a second in the 58th minute and Aaron Fell in the 77th.

Second-from-bottom Bottesford

Town, eight points from safety, lost by the same score at home to Golcar United after a Kayle Price hat-trick.

Rock-bottom Yorkshire Amateurs lost 3-0 at Barton Town. Ben Hinchliffe scored a six-minute, first-half brace before Fraser Papprill added a third.

Ben Grech-Brooksbank and Frankie Sinfield gave Thackley a 2-0 lead at home to Hemsworth Miners Welfare but kipper Charlie Barks pulled one back.

Sam Smith scored twice and Leon Howarth once as Handsworth beat Silsden AFC 3-1 after Ellis Hudson levelled.

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BEN HAYES helped himself to a hat-trick as Premier Division leaders

Malvern Town ran up a 6-1 victory at

Bradford Town.

Harlie Price added a double for the Hillsiders with Matt Turner hitting one goal.

Second-placed Cribbs, who will have overtaken Malvern if they win their games in hand, beat third-placed visitors

Worcester Raiders 2-0 with a David Duru goal and a George Kellow penalty.

A hat-trick from Joshua Hunt and a double by Daniel Stoneman plus solitary goals by Adam Wakley and Archie Muirhead gave visitors Westfields a 7-0 triumph over Tuffley Rovers.

Tom Wynn-Davis followed up his first-minute opening goal for hosts

Wantage Town in their 5-2 success over

Lydney Town, with Josh Davis adding a second-half brace.

Tamu Minzamba netted to give hosts

Mangotsfield United a 1-0 win over

Brimscombe & Thrupp while Roman Glass St George saw off visitors Fairford Town courtesy of strikes from Mike Bryant and Shacquille Smith.

Matt Jones scored a goal and a penalty, with Alan Griffin also netting, to earn hosts Royal Wootton Bassett Town a 3-1 home win over Hereford Lads Club.

Shrivenham fought out a 1-1 draw at home to Hereford Pegasus while Thornbury Town beat visitors Longlevens AFC 2-0 on Friday with second-half goals from Harry Brock and Nathan Sage.

Yesterday, in Division One, Hartpury University crushed visitors Newent 7-0 with Joe Parker grabbing three of the goals, Toby Soule two and Luca Robinson and Josh Beadle one each.

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NORTH WEST COUNTIES

LOUIS POTTS’ hat-trick show delivered an assured victory for leaders Avro in a 4-0 romp of Squires Gate.

Volleying the opener, the hosts’ star man doubled the lead shortly after the interval before thrashing home a 68th-minute header to wrap up a fine afternoon.

Finding time to lay up an assist, Potts then teed up Sullivan for a back-post header ten minutes from time.

Vauxhall Motors kept up the pace thanks to first-half goals from Conor Harwood and Michael Burkey to down

Barnoldswick Town 2-0, moving further clear of third-placed Wythenshawe Town who went down to a Joel Melia-inspired

Padiham 1-0.

Burscough’s second-half revival proved in vain after being ousted 3-2 by

Litherland REMYCA - who had Nathan Corness to thank for goals either side of the break.

AFC Liverpool found themselves on the end of a 2-0 defeat to Ashton Athletic that sees Matt Potter’s men stay fifth, after Joseph Nicholson’s stoppage-time goal sealed all three points.

Northwich Victoria’s Matthew Dudley set the tone in his side’s 2-0 defeat of

Winsford United, with Ryan Jackson wrapping up affairs in the 82nd minute at Wincham Park.

Jack Arrowsmith was at the double for

Longridge Town with a goal in either half to see off Charnock Richard 2-1, despite Nathan Nickeas netting a quickfire leveller for the visitors.

And it took a late leveller from Max O’Connell to earn Lower Breck a 1-1 draw at Kendal Town, who’d went in front through Joseph Dickson.

DAVE LAWRENCE