Trojans 5 Andover 3 Andover came so close and yet were so very far away from a deserved victory. On two occasions they held a two-goal lead, but it never seemed a big enough margin. To watch the opening half, it would have been hard to tell bottom of the league Andover apart from second-placed Trojans. The lightning quick and skilful runs of Brendan Viggers troubled a static Trojans defence, while the play between Rob West and Andy Winnett was often too good for the home side. West's perfectly timed pass put Winnett through on goal and Andover's leading scorer slotted past the diving Trojans keeper to make it 1-0. Just before the break Nigel Downing deflected Andy Cole's free hit into the goal to make it 2-0, and Andover were in dreamland. But back came Trojans, who got a deflected goal of their own before a well-placed penalty corner flick from Cole flew between goalkeeper and defender. Trojans got another one back before Andover's West, normally so reliable from the spot, had a penalty flick saved. This save was the extra incentive the home side needed and they laid siege to the Andover goal. And Trojans completed their comeback as a well-placed pass cut through the Andover defence and the Trojans forward calmly pushed the ball past advancing keeper Ed Butterworth. Trojans continued to dominate and scored two winning goals in the final minutes, firstly from the penalty spot, and then with another deflected goal, which gave the home side a rather flattering winning margin. l Andover's second XI can count themselves unfortunate to have lost 2-0 to Hamble, in a game which could have gone either way. In the opening ten minutes, Andover completely dominated, creating several chances and a handful of short corners, but a very physical Hamble side grew in confidence, and midway through the first half grabbed a 1-0 lead. The battle on the pitch took its toll as Nick Peebles was sidelined for 15 minutes with a strike to the knee, and Ian Gardner lay in agony after a deflected shot back off the keeper's pads added to his ball collection. Andover could have strolled to a three or four goal advantage, but only one found the backboard, and this was cancelled out; and in the dying seconds Hamble won with strike from a short corner.