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  • Mighty Max puts Bond's boys in the driving seat

    IN THE back yard of luxury heavyweight car production, Kevin Bond's pristine fleet were the Kings of Gresty Road. Goalscorers Darren Anderton and Lee Bradbury - Cherries' very own Rolls-Royce and Bentley boys - certainly found themselves at home in the

  • Defensive showing key to Bashley victory

    BASHLEY assistant manager Eddie Harper was quick to praise his side's central defenders after the New Forest side got the better of Halesowen Town. The 2-1 victory at Bashley Road moved Steve Riley's team up to sixth in the Southern Premier Division,

  • Gutted Wood looks on as Poppies fall

    IF ever proof were needed that football is a funny old game, it was demonstrated perfectly on Saturday at Victoria Park. Bournemouth Poppies, who racked up a 12-0 victory in the last round, crashed out of the FA Vase after a dismal second half display

  • FA Cup run has boosted Simkin

    HAMWORTHY United manager Phil Simkin thought his charges "took Newton Abbot apart" as they romped to an 8-1 victory. Simkin feels his side have benefited greatly in confidence from their FA Cup run and they won easily on Saturday, despite the visitors

  • Striker Stokoe off the mark for Magpies

    CHRISTER Warren is confident James Stokoe will prove to be a good signing after the striker opened his Wimborne Town account. Stokoe's strike, his maiden goal for Magpies since joining from Farnborough Town, proved enough to earn them a hard-fought 1

  • Killick feared for Poole troops

    TOM Killick felt his Poole Town side "could've been in trouble" had they been up against tougher opposition on Saturday. Dolphins, who lead the Wessex Premier Division, moved into the next round of the FA Vase after a 5-1 thumping of Liskeard Athletic

  • Woolner sees Priory through

    TEN-man Christchurch demonstrated superb fighting spirit to come from behind and progress into the next round of the FA Vase. Graham Kemp's side's 4-1 victory was made even more impressive given that Sandhurst Town took the lead in the game at Hurn Bridge

  • Ringwood go down to four

    JY Taylor thought the 4-0 scoreline gave an unfair reflection on his side's performance at AFC Totton. Four late goals condemned struggling Ringwood Town to another heavy defeat, but Taylor felt there were plenty of positives to draw upon. "Maybe they

  • Parker: Better side took win

    TREVOR Parker had no complaints after watching his New Milton Town side defeated in the FA Vase. Linnets fell 2-0 behind in the opening 25 minutes and never managed to recover against in-form Hellenic League outfit Hungerford Town. "They were quite

  • Dynamic Dan is Town hero

    DEADLY Dan Goodall struck the only goal of the game to earn Verwood Town another Division One victory. But Verwood boss Adie Arnold was less than impressed with his side's performance, particularly in the second period. "It was the poorest performance

  • University staff pass resolution to strike

    A HOSTILE' teachers' meeting passed resolutions called for possible strikes over the job losses at Bournemouth University. Around 110 lecturers and academics met over the plan to make 50 staff redundant. Dr Kevin Moloney, head of the branch of the University

  • Kerb your enthusiasm

    WHAT would you do with a £4,000 tax rebate? Holiday in Barbados? Pay off the old credit card? Re-do the bathroom? Well, if the government and councils and other bodies spending public cash didn't waste so much of it, that's exactly what every one of

  • Clearing out my lofty ambitions

    THE so-called experts call it Life Laundry, although I like to think of its as How To Con Your Husband Into Clearing Out The Loft In One Easy Lesson. On TV, the programme featured an American woman embarrassing various anally retentive British people

  • Making a PACT to beat antisocial behaviour

    ACTION to stop antisocial activities including underage drinking, drug-dealing and dangerous driving is the top priority for a newly-formed police and community partnership group formed at Somerford. More than 40 people attended the inaugural meeting

  • More fraud is on the cards

    Today marks the UK's third National Identity Fraud Prevention Week, a major awareness drive, warning of the dangers of identity fraud. New research reveals that 79 per cent of us are still being careless with our personal details. Despite continuing

  • Shop loses alcohol licence after sting

    AN off-licence has had its licence revoked for selling alcohol to children on three occasions. West Way Wines in Bournemouth was caught out by police test purchases in a nation-wide summertime operation when a bottle of Smirnoff Ice was sold to a 14-

  • Heartless motorists condemned

    THE distraught owner of a pedigree cat which was killed by a car left his pet on a shrine at the foot of his driveway in a statement to "heartless" motorists. The cat has now been removed from the four-foot high grass mound, which is marked with a wooden

  • Poll decision - right or wrong?

    WHAT began at the Labour conference in Bournemouth as a fortnight of frenzied media speculation and political spin has ended with the news that Britain will not be going to the polls any time soon - at least not in a general election. Amid allegations

  • Boy, 13, 'stable' after crash

    A 13-year-old boy riding his bicycle suffered serious head injuries after he was involved in an accident with a car in Highcliffe. It happened in Gordon Road just after 5pm on Saturday at the entrance to the Cobbs Holiday Park. The Ford Escort was being