THERE were some close encounters in Satur-day's matches with most settled by a single-goal margin.

A dramatic last- minute winner from Dave Gentry earned Fair Oak the points from their match with Winchester City A.

League leaders East Lodge came from behind to defeat former leaders Stockbridge Res, who have now lost two on the bounce. J Hill and J Lale were the East Lodge scorers.

Dave Gilbert notched the only goal as New Street Andover A defeated Netley Cen-tral Res. Netley were left ruing a strong penalty claim that was denied them.

Vernham Dean twice led at Mottisfont but Motts recovered to salvage a point. Cutler and Kemp were their scorers, all the goals coming in the first half hour.

Sporting BTC remain in contention at the top after a hard-fought 3-2 win against M&T Awbridge courtesy of goals from Martin Wyeth, D Gray and Dan Spencer.

They were 3-0 up but two replies set up a tense finale.

Durley found themselves 2-1 down at Ludwig Leisure but rallied to win 5-2.

Lee Wight gave them a headstart before they fell behind but Chris Skiton levelled after the Basingstoke side's keeper was unable to hold a Gavin Barfoot shot.

Rob Tudgay put them 3-2 up before late substitutes Shaun Ridout and Dave Hindle finished the job.

Upham gained a morale-boosting 3-1 win at Lyndhurst with stand in keeper Tim Richman in fine form.

Stuart Creese gave them the lead but Ben Harrison levelled for the Foresters almost immediately.

Second-half goals from brothers Phil and Tom Hastings sealed a hard-earned victory for Upham.

There was a first taste of victory for BTC Soton, who defeated Broughton 4-2.

They twice trailed before an inspired substitution by manager Martin Slack brought its rewards.

Joe Bell scored BTC's first goal but it was supersub Dan Bennett who marked his debut with the second equaliser.

The manager's nephew Pete Slack put them in front and Bennett hit the fourth when the Broughton keeper was unable to hold a Slack shot.