A Mark Flanagan cracker and a Gareth Walker penalty save ensured Abingdon Town made it three Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division victories on the spin with a 1-0 success against visitors Wantage Town on Saturday.

After a goalless first half, in which Wantage’s Mark Threlfall came closest to scoring, Flanagan netted what turned out to be the winner on 55 minutes.

Charging forward, he unleashed a 25-yard piledriver that flew into the net past Gareth Tucker.

With 20 minutes left, Wantage had a good chance to level after they won a penalty, but Walker dived to his right to keep out Richard Claydon’s spot-kick..

Witney Town’s fight against relegation suffered a blow as they lost 3-0 at third-placed Shortwood United.

Joe Tustain, TJ Bohane and Alton Axton were on target as the Gloucestershire side moved within two points of Ardley.

Thame United lost 1-0 at home to in form Reading Town for whom Matt Gladwin was on target .

Henley Town lost 3-0 to Cheltenham Saracens, Carl Griffiths did the damage with a hat-trick.

Carterton continued their stunning end to their Division 1 West campaign with a 5-0 thrashing of New College Swindon away from home.

An own goal set them on their way, before goals from Jamie MacDonagh, Barry Morton, Chris Mills and Michael Duerden completed the rout.

Hook Norton let slip a lead as they lost 2-1 at home to Trowbridge Town.

Mark Dennis had given Hooky the lead with ten minutes left, only for late goals from Dan Barnett and Dean Coles to seal victory for the visitors.

James Trevitt scored a second-half winner as Easington Sports edged to a 1-0 win at Clanfield.

After an even first half in which both sides were limited to long-range efforts which rarely troubled the goalkeepers, Easington turned up the heat.

And they were rewarded for their efforts when Trevitt found the net on 75 minutes to gain revenge for their 1-0 defeat by the same opponents earlier in the season.

Injury-hit Headington Amateurs slid to their third league defeat in four games after a 3-0 away loss at Lydney Town.

With defender James Brown donning the goalkeeping gloves and regular ‘keeper Harry Jenkins playing as a defender, Headington were unlucky not to take the lead, but Luke Cuff, transferred back from Kidlington, hit the bar from Ollie Zaja’s corner.

Early in the second half, Brown made a double save from Steve Jones, but he could do nothing when Jarred Liddington’s low shot found the bottom corner on 50 minutes.

Liddington then headed in Lydney’s and his second on 71 minutes.

And Headington’s misery was complete when James Morse headed in No 3 two minutes later.

Abingdon United Res beat Chalfont Wasps 2-0 away from home in Division 1 East, with two goals from Dwayne Adeleye.