Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division Two

Woolaston 0 Dursley Town 3

PHIL Miles hailed the performance of his Dursley side after they ran out comfortable winners away to mid-table Woolaston to maintain their improved run of form.

Town took a two-goal lead in at the break after Alex Griffith fired home following a corner and Keiran Austin headed in at the near post from another set-piece.

The visitors, who have pulled away from the relegation dogfight in recent weeks, secured the points in the second half when Liam Wood went clear to score.

Player-boss Miles said: “The performance was very good, probably the best we have played for some time. Everyone put a really great shift in for the team.”

Stroud League Division Three

Cotswold Rangers 4 Dursley Town Res 3

DURSLEY slipped to defeat by the odd goal in seven after a controversial decision by the stand-in referee gave Rangers the lead with half an hour remaining.

With the assigned official unable to attend, a member of the home club took the whistle and did a pretty commendable job for the first hour of the match.

However, with the game locked at 2-2, the referee, having hitherto worked with his assistants, chose to ignore an offside flag and allowed a Rangers goal to stand.

Earlier, Town had counter-attacked their way into a two-goal lead with Ben Smith slotting the opener before doubling his tally from the penalty spot.

Rangers responded with a spot-kick of their own before equalising on the stroke of half-time with a shot through a crowd that deceived goalkeeper Joe Smith.

Following the controversy, Rangers added a fourth before Ben Smith completed his hat-trick and Chris Wilkins headed against the bar from a last-ditch corner kick.

Dursley: J Smith; K Smith, P Cook, L Bevan (M Jones 80), C Wilkins; S Pearson, R Cox, R Lyon, W Hazelwood; J Redbond, B Smith.

Goals: B Smith (15, pen 30 & 85).

* Dursley Ladies became the first team this season to lose to bottom-of-the-table Bristol Ladies Union in the Gloucestershire County Women’s League Division One.

Town went down 2-1 at Coombe Dingle despite a late, long-range strike from Yazmin Laver as they repeatedly floundered within sight of the Bristol side’s goal.