Peterborough Sports Hit Top Spot at Top Field

Peterborough Sports, in their first season as a BetVictor Southern League Premier Division Central club, moved to the top of the table on Monday night after recording a 2-0 win at Top Field against a Hitchin Town side who had won their last two matches.

A Step 6 club just six years ago, Sports have now attained its highest ever league position and kept a fifth clean sheet in six games.

Their tenure at the summit may only be for 24 hours as overnight leaders Tamworth play at Coalville Town this evening, but the Turbines achievements to date under Jimmy Dean have been, nevertheless, remarkable.

The Canaries, who remain in 17th spot, suffered a blow as early as the 2nd minute when Jim Stevenson had to be replaced after suffering a nasty cut to his leg following a strong, but fair, 50/50 challenge.

Nine minutes later and the visitors took the lead when Mark Jones was brought down by Charlie Horlock and Dan Lawlor made no mistake from the resulting penalty.

The wind and rain made conditions extremely difficult and Hitchin settled and came back into the game without managing to penetrate a strong Sports defence.

However, the home side`s chances of getting anything from the game virtually disappeared in the 71st minute when they had Lewis Barker sent-off with a straight red card following a strong challenge and then a fracas right in front of the benches.

And 3 minutes from the end of normal time, Sports confirmed the points would be going back up the A1 when Dion Semble-Ferris made it 2-0 from close range.