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Lye Town 4 Rugby Town 2 - Report

Lye Town boss Grant Joshua was pleased with his side's win but was concerned at them switching off in the last ten minutes to let Rugby in

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They were flying at 4-0 but two late goals as Lye failed to defend properly made the scoreline look more respectable.

Joshua said: "We are playing at a higher level now and you can't afford to give any team those chances no matter how dominant you have been.

"We should have scored more before then but I think at 4-0 we thought we were going to get more.

"But we have turned the corner and won two games in a row and that has moved us up the table so I can't be too disappointed and we have to take that form to Corby next week."

Lye raced into a 3-0 half time lead,Adam Meacham opening the scoring on 15 minutes when he got on the end of a Ryan Bridgewater cross.

He headed in the second on 44 minutes from a Ben Billingham free kick and there was still time for Sam Hall to head home the third.

Meacham completed his hat-trick on 59 minutes but Rugby got late consolations from Julian McDonald and Andrew Woodridge a minute from time.