Charlton United staged a dramatic rally to snatch a point in a thrilling 4-4 draw at Middleton Cheney, writes Neil Woodcock.

Trailing 4-2 with five minutes left, Charlton centre backs Chris Franklin and Duncan Cooper both struck from set-pieces to rescue a draw.

Earlier, Charlton had powered into an early 2-0 lead thanks to two cracking left-foot strikes from midfielder Nick Franklin before Cheney took control thanks to two goals from Lee Ball and further strikes from Lee Byrne and Ross Butler.

In Division 1, Daron Gascoine grabbed a fabulous five-timer as Haddenham United maintained their 100 per cent record with a 9-0 victory at home to Stokenchurch.

Ian Edwards, Alan Cook, Mike Carnell and Ian Carnell completed the rout.

Tony Cowes hit a hat-trick as Kirtlington kept up their good start to the season with a 4-0 victory over Rover Cowley. Cowes struck twice in the first half and completed his treble after the break before substitute Mathew Moore cracked home a free kick.

In the President's Cup, Horspath eased past Brill United 3-0.

Paul Flack opened the scoring, Andy Kirtland grabbed the second before Darren Houghton rounded things off.

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