IT'S been a great week for Hamble ASSC and their manager Larry Clay - they have scooped six points from back-to-back wins after going two months without picking up a single point.

Clay's side had been slipping steadily down the SWL table since their 2-1 victory at Downton on November 22, but a 1-0 victory over Andover last Tuesday was followed up with a 3-0 success against Bournemouth Poppies on Saturday.

"It's all about a little bit of confidence," smiled Clay. "With no first team game last Saturday, we played our first team in the Combination fixture against Bashley Reserves and won 4-1.

"That has kick-started us again and our work rate and attitude was superb today - their confidence is back up again. After ten minutes, our keeper Nick O'Donnell saved a Poppies' penalty and we went from strength to strength after that."

After Lewis Till had seen his spot-kick saved by O'Donnell, Richard Morse gave Clay's men the lead midway through the first half with a glorious 20-yard left footer, and they doubled their advantage on 32 minutes when Craig Rickman played in Gareth Lakeman, who coolly lobbed the advancing keeper.

And Rickman pouched Hamble's third goal ten minutes from time when he finished off a well-worked move by drilling the ball past the keeper from 12 yards.