Free-scoring Winchester City limbered up for that clash with a 5-1 slaying of Fareham Town - Ian Mancey bagging a hat-trick as the City slickers hoisted this season's league goal tally to 103.
Mancey took just 85 seconds to open the scoring from Andy Forbes' cross and just another five minutes to make it 2-0 when he latched on to a Liam Green through ball to beat the Town keeper in a one-on-one.
Floyd Hamoudu reduced the arrears on 20 minutes with a header from Wes Chalmers' centre but Forbes soon make it 3-1 after defender Darren Watts and keeper Lee Webber got in a tangle.
A bullet-like Toby Red-wood header from Shaun Dyke's flag-kick saw City go 4-1 up on 39 minutes with Mancey completing his hat-trick ten minutes from time.
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