A FIRST-half goal feast left Gosport Borough dining out with reigning champions Winchester City at the head of the Wessex League table.

Goal-hungry Gosport struck five times in the opening 37 minutes as they pummelled Portland 5-0 at Privett Park to maintain their impressive 100 per cent start to the new campaign.

"It was a 45-minute performance by us today," said Gosport assistant Gary Lee. "We were absolutely first-class in the first half, but the second half was disappointing overall - although it's not easy to keep going when you're already 5-0 up on a hot afternoon."

Busy Boro were 3-0 up in 12 minutes. Neil Scammell headed in Ian Dyer's free kick after six, John Cripps crashed in their second four minutes later before Darren Robson netted from the spot after a foul on Scammell.

An opportunist effort by Graham Lindsay on the half-hour made it four before the goal of the game by Stuart Hensman following great work by Scammell and Lindsay.

Thatcham Town also boasted five different goal-scorers as they triumphed 5-3 against BAT at Waterside Park.

Dave Roberts fired the Tobaccomen into a tenth-minute lead but a four-goal blitz by Richard Witt (23mins), Ian Davies, (28), Adam Campion (35) and Chris Blackford (44) sent the Berkshire outfit in 4-1 up at the break.

Two Paul West strikes (65 and 75) gave the visitors the whiff of a possible point before Jamie Green (83) completed the Thatcham nap hand.

Town's neighbours AFC Newbury made it two wins out of two with a 3-1 victory at Cowes Sports.

But Newbury had to do it the hard way after Elliott Day had given the Yachtsmen a 35th-minute lead. A back post finish by Anthony Alleyne levelled matters early in the second half, with a Sam Rae header and Lee Chudy penalty sealing the points.

A last-minute winner by Danny Barker saw Totton record their second home win in the space of four days as they beat Alton 2-1 at Testwood Park.

Totton's Scott Bundy opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 32 minutes only for Steve Poulton to equalise for Alton right on half time.

With time almost up, Totton caught the visitors on the break with Marc Osman, Bundy and Gareth Byers combining well for Barker to snatch all three points.

More pitch problems for Andover meant that they had to switch their fixture against Poppies to Bournemouth where a 2-1 verdict earned them a third straight victory.

A Bobby Swain penalty and a goal by substitute Phil Andrews put Lions 2-0 ahead before Fawzi Saadi grabbed Poppies a last-minute consolation from the penalty spot.