It lived up to be a tasty affair, as Woodford Town hosted Halstead Town, and that is exactly what was provided for the 92 fans who attended The Woods' final home game of the calendar year!

Following Wednesday night's defeat, one positive to take from that was the impact of Yemi Adelani off the bench. Our number eighteen was given an opportunity to start on Saturday afternoon, and he paid back the faith shown in him by First Team Coach Kion Cornelius, who oversaw the side once again.

With half an hour on the clock, Adelani struck to put The Woods in front, and they would hold onto that lead as the sides headed into the break, and also for the majority of the second half. However, in the 70th minute, Kane Gilbert pulled the visitors level, setting up what would be an entertaining finale to the clash.

With time running out, and it looking as though both sides would have to settle for a score-draw and take a point each, Marko Protic stepped up, firing home the winner with just three minutes to go and sending the crowd at Ashton's into jubilant celebrations. The victory for Woodford means we stay put in fourth, level on points with Barking in third, but following SOUL Tower Hamlets' defeat away at Great Wakering Rovers, the gap to second place is now just three points.

Starting XI: Chinyere (GK); Mitchell-Nelson, Kirwan-Meade (C), M. Agboola, Martins; Toussaint, Okunja, Christou; Adelani, Protic, Gokou.