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Lamin Ceesay was on target for the hosts

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A double from Cox is enough for Burghfield

Leacock aims for more success after victory Thatcham ease to 4-0 win over Staines Town at the Stacatruc Stadium

JORDAN Cox scored twice as Burghfield beat Windlesham & Cobham 2-1 to continue their impres- sive start to the Thames Valley Premier League sea- son. They put the pressure on league leaders Finchamp- stead, with the recent win be- ing their game in hand. In Division 1, Mortimer Dev remain bottom of the league after a 4-2 home defeat to Rich- ings Park Res. Mattie James and Joshua Hancock both netted for Mor- timer, while a brace from Mikolaj Kapala and goals from John McDougall and Rob Moody handed the visi- tors the win. Burghfield Res have in- creased the pressure on Pang- bourne in Division 3 after a 3-0 victory over Robertswood. Luke Stroud scored once in each half, while Callum An- derton found the back of the net with five minutes of the game remaining. Goring United Res missed the opportunity to climb up the table after they lost 4-2 at home to Hambleden Res. Jonathan Nicholas and Chris Allan gave Goring a 2-0 lead, but a hat-trick from Ga- briel Pinto and one from Alfie Wallis saw Hambleden take

the three points. Pangbourne Dev are still rooted to the bottom of Divi- sion 4 after a 6-0 defeat to Fin- champstead Dev. There were a number of lo- cal sides involved in the Berks & Bucks Charles Twelvetree Cup on Saturday. Cholsey United suffered an early exit after a 3-2 penalty shootout defeat to Reading YMCA as the game ended 1-1 in normal time. Compton also tasted defeat after losing 5-1 at home to Fin- champstead, while Mortimer lost 1-0 away to Slough Heat- ing Laurencians. n Lambourn Sports under-18s were back in action as they travelled to Chippenham in Division 1 of the North Wilt- shire League. After a serious ankle injury to Alec Willoughby delayed the game for a little while, both teams continued. At half-time it was Lam- bourn who were 2-0 ahead with goals from Josh Dopson and Owain Wheeler. After the break, Oscar Reeves converted a penalty after a foul in the box as Lam- bourn finished the game with a 3-0 victory. Midfield player Cameron Sanchez received the man-of- the-match award.

By LIAM HEADD liam.headd@newburynews.co.uk @liamh_nwn

THATCHAM Town manag- er Jamie Leacock felt his side were well worth their 4-0 home win over Staines Town on Tuesday night. The Kingfishers secured their first win since October 2 as Alex Miller, Daniel Fosu, Lamin Ceesay and Glenn Ga- briel all scored. As a result, it moved That- cham up to 11th in the Isthmi- an League South Central table and Leacock was thrilled to secure the three points. He said: “We spoke after the Guernsey game about putting a run together after the de- feats and draws and it was im- portant we got the win against a team near us in the table. “We talked about having a quick start before the game and then we trained on Mon- day, which is something we wouldn’t normally do because we knew how important the game was. “We worked hard on want- ing to have the fast start and I was really pleased that everything came together.” Thatcham raced into a 3-0 lead at half-time and the Town

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Westfield on Saturday, a side who sit one place below them in the table. “It’s three games unbeaten. We have had a lot of defeats by the odd goal and we have not had the luck, but we showed a lot of quality and we got what we deserved,” Leacock added.

boss believes they deserved to have a commanding lead at the break. He said: “We were well worth the goals we scored and I think it was because the boys kept sticking to the game plan and kept doing the things we asked them to do.

“At 3-0 we spoke about the next goal being the big one, but we managed the game well and while I could be harsh and say we could have done more in the second half, we did what we had to do.” The Kingfishers now look ahead to a home game with

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Alex Miller put Thatcham ahead

Harry Grant (right) strikes from distance

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