Taunton Hit 100-Point Mark

Evo-Stik League South West champions Taunton Town topped 100 points for the season after hammering Slimbridge 9-0 at the Viridor Stadium on Tuesday night.

It started badly for Slimbridge when Jack Twyman put through his own net in the 26th minute.

Taunton skipper Mark Wright led the spree with a hat-trick, with others coming from Dan Sullivan with a brace, Joel Randall, Shane White and Ben Adelsbury.

Taunton have now gone thirty-three games in the league without losing and have also scored 100 goals and are are now looking to go through the season unbeaten away from home in all competitions when they play at Cinderford Town on Saturday.

Salisbury FC will go up with the Peacocks as runners-up and were presented with their medals after their 1-0 win against a Bideford AFC outfit for whom this was a blow to their play-off hopes.

A crowd of 660 at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium saw Stuart Green`s 15th minute goal prove decisive and leave the Devon side four points behind the top six with two games left.

Wimborne Town moved into third spot and in pole position for a home play-off semi-final with a 4-1 success at The W+S Stadium against Paulton Rovers.

Toby Holmes and brother Luke gave the Magpies a great start with goals inside the opening 5 minutes.

Jack Ball pulled Rovers back into the contest 9 minutes after the break, but Toby Holmes again and Lee Francis scored in the final 12 minutes to seal victory for the Dorset side.

It was a good night for Cirencester Town, however, after they knocked Bristol Manor Farm out of the top six following their 2-1 win at Winchester City and Farm`s 2-0 defeat at Cinderford Town.

Simba Mlambo gave Winchester a 19th minute lead at The Simplyhealth City Ground.

Ben Whitehead equalised in first half injury-time and then Alex Albert won it for the Romans 12 minutes into the second half.

At the Causeway, a Richard Greaves brace in the 48th and 75th minutes saw the Foresters to victory and see Manor Farm drop to seventh, a point behind Ciren and two of Swindon Supermarine.

Didcot Town still have a chance of making the top six as they have two games remaining and now trail by three points after beating Larkhall Athletic at the Draycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium.

Marlon Agyakwa gave Diddy a 27th minute lead that a Cameron McNeill own goal cancelled out 3 minutes later.

Lewis Hayden quickly restored the home side`s lead and 7 minutes after the break, Alex Lambert pulled the Larks back on level terms.

But a Felipe Barcelos brace in the 72nd and 86th minutes sealed Diddy`s win.

The relegation place is going right to the wire after a win for bottom side Bishops Cleeve on Tuesday and a heavy defeat for second-bottom Barnstaple Town.

Barum were hammered 5-1 at home by North Leigh, who hadn`t been in the best of form themselves of late.

But they were 4-0 up by the time Robin Knight scored the Devonians` goal in the 73rd minute, thanks to Jordan Lymm, Declan Shepperd, Liam Carroll and Josh Thomas, with Carroll adding his second and Leigh`s fifth 5 minutes into stoppage time.

Cleeve won 3-2 at Shortwood United, Elliot Kennedy levelling Alex Kibble`s 21st minute opener for United in the 43rd minute.

Jack Watts on 61 minutes and Mike Ford on 66 minutes took the visitors 3-1 up before Nick Humphreys made it a nervy end with a 73rd minute second for Shortwood, but the win leaves Cleeve needing to win at Yate Town on the final day and Barum to lose at Swindon Supermarine.

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