Salisbury City 4 (Reid 26, 71, Kelly 42, Heapy 47 og,)

Didcot Town 2 (Osborne-Ricketts 55, Dutton-Black 83)

Didcot’s winless run stretched to nine Premier League games with defeat at the title-chasers. A snow-clearing operation meant the match got the go ahead after a morning inspection. The home side deserved their victory, but Didcot’s misery was compounded cby Jamie Heapy’s own goal and what appeared to be a goal ruled out in the first half. Salisbury went ahead midway through the first half when Kayne McLaggon’s low cross was turned home by Jake Reid despite the efforts of Didcot keeper Steve Smith to keep the ball out. Didcot thought they had leveled shortly afterwards when their former Salisbury player Scott Griffin found the net, but the assistant had spotted an infringement in the box, a decision that just about summed-up the visitors’ day. On the stroke of half-time the home side doubled their advantage when McLaggon’s pass allowed Adam Kelly to score from close range. But just a few minutes after the break a fine run from Reid ended with the Didcot skipper Jamie Heapy turning the ball into his own net to give Salisbury a 3-0 lead. It looked like game over for Stuart Peace’s men, but they did not give up and a double substitution kicked them into life. Elliott Osborne-Ricketts finished off a flowing move to cut the deficit and give the visitors hope. Reid however notched his second of the game and Salisbury’s fourth goal to finally put paid to Didcot’s hopes of a revival. Didcot winger Josh Dutton-Black did claw another goal back with a cool finish in the closing stages to make the score 4-2, but by then it was too little, too late.

Didcot Tn: Smith, Heapy, Organ, Alexis (Longford 75), A Williams, Gunn, Connolly, Huggins, Lawrence (Osborne-Ricketts 55), Griffin (Dutton-Black 55), M Williams.

Attendance: 608.