Ex-Cuthbury supremo and now Hamworthy manager Alex Pike also saw his club open their account in emphatic fashion as they dumped Downton 6-0 on their own patch.

"It's nice to finally get off the mark after playing well against both Gosport and Thatcham in the past week and only having a point to show for it," said Pike.

Darren Orchard burst through the middle to open the scoring on 12 minutes and quickly added another when Ryan Lucas unselfishly set him up for a simple left-footed finish.

Tommy McCormick's 28th minute penalty made it 3-0 after Orchard had been felled, with a second-half header by Karim Bannasouda and a Jamie Holland brace rounding off United's sextet.

A bad day for Downton was compounded when Andrew McGlashan was taken to hospital by ambulance with a suspected broken leg.

Moneyfields and Brockenhurst battled out a goalless draw at Copnor, the Moneymen's second 0-0 draw at home in the past eight days.