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TOWN WENT TO YOUNG DONS WITH A BARE 11 PLAYERS AND THE RESULT WAS NEVER IN DOUBT. ON A PRETTY POOR SURFACE, SOME OF THE FOOTBALL WAS ON A PAR WITH ANYTHING THEY HAVE DONE THIS YEAR AND THEY MANAGED TO CARVE OUT A WHOLE HOST OF CHANCES IN EACH PERIOD. DESPITE THIS, THE CONVERSION RATE WAS VERY POOR WITH A NUMBER OF PLAYERS SQUANDERING SOME VERY GOOD CHANCES, ALTHOUGH THE HOME KEEPER DID MAKE SOME GOOD SAVES THROUGHOUT. GREENWOOD OPENED THE SCORING WITH A LOW DRIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE BOX AND SLEAFORD INCREASED THEIR LEAD WHEN GOOD WORK FROM LIGHT SAW BATES SLOT THE BALL HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE. GOALS FROM ATKINS EITHER SIDE OF HALF TIME EFFECTIVELY SEALED THE GAME; HOWEVER, YOUNG DONS BATTLED ON AND CREATED A COUPLE OF CHANCES THAT ELLIS DEALT WITH, HELPED BY A WELL MARSHALLED 3 MAN DEFENCE WITH SCRUPPS, SMITH AND LAMBERT LOOKING SOLID. IN FACT THE FINAL 2 GOALS CAME FROM CORNERS WITH LAMBERT AND SMITH GETTING ON THE END OF BATES- DELIVERY TO ROUND OFF A COMFORTABLE WIN.