HAVING beaten one high-flying side away from home the week prior, Bovey Tracey AFC were unable to match this feat when they visited Sidmouth Town on Saturday, February 1.

A Jack Brimming brace inspired Matt Hayden’s men to a 4-2 victory in the South West Peninsula League Premier East at Okehampton Argyle before but they fell to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the division leaders. Liam Carey, Nathan Cooper and Craig Veal scored the goals for Sidmouth on their own patch.

Elsewhere in the SWPL, Newton Abbot Spurs moved above Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police and into third place owing to the pair’s respective results.

Spurs won 2-1 at Bishops Lydeard thanks to strikes from attacking duo Toby Pullman and Tate Breslan-Aggrey. The club’s Twitter page wrote this on the game: “Far from a spectacle but Spurs come away with all three points. Sometimes you have to win ugly and we did that today.”

Marc Revell’s team remain firmly in the title race because, although they are six points behind Cullompton Rangers and a further six away from Sidmouth, they have six games in hand on the former and four on the latter.

Stoke are a point behind Spurs in fourth after they were held at home against mid-table Crediton United. Crediton took the lead at Broadley Lane and then it was a case of the late, late show for the Bees, Josh Vanes equalising in the 98th minute as their remarkable campaign continues.

Meanwhile, there was no game for Teignmouth AFC who are currently in the process of re-jigging their fixtures after a landslide at Coombe Valley, plus Okehampton Argyle were well-beaten 5-1 at Bridport FC as it continues to go from bad to worse for them.

Coming up next, on Saturday 8, Teignmouth visit Stoke and Bovey host Torrington AFC in the league whilst Spurs travel to Crediton in the Walter C Parson League Cup.