Farnborough NE 2, Colden Common 2

Saturday's Wessex 3 summit meeting between the two teams locked together at the top of the league and separated by just one goal resulted in a draw - but the circumstances were rough on Common.

The visitors had taken the lead after just 41 seconds when Dean Higgins drilled a cross in from the right and the unmarked Richard Lang headed home.

North End's second equaliser, a precise Paul Xiberras shot from the edge of the box, came in injury time.

In between, it was a tough battle between two determined sides. Lang and Higgins both missed early chances to extend Common's lead, but gradually North End got back into it.

The only surprise was that it took until midway through the second half for the equaliser to come, Xiberras drilling home the first of his brace after good work by Steve Lloyd down the left.

Lang wasn't to be outdone, and put Common ahead a second time after winning the race onto a long ball and deftly guiding the ball over the advancing Jamie Rhone. This time it looked as if Common would hang on, but North End's very own X-factor - player-manager Xiberras - was to have a very emphatic last word.

All in all a draw was a fair result, leaving the outcome of the championship race very much up in the air.

Colden Common 6 Fleet Spurs 1

Midfielder Ross Lewis helped himself to a hat-trick on Monday afternoon as Common boosted their goal difference with the second-half demolition of Fleet.

After a surprisingly goal-less, but open first half, Richard Lang gave Common the lead five minutes after the break when Dean Higgins' excellent diagonal ball had put him through.

Matt Rackham gave Lewis the chance to sidefoot home the second, but Spurs' hopes flickered briefly when Lee Head pulled one back with a neat finish.

A Lang diving header restored Common's two-goal cushion, and two more strikes by Lewis and one by sub Simon Stillwell in the last ten minutes settled the issue.