Slough Heating Laurencians Reserves are still burning hot in late autumn after recording a sixth straight win in all competitions on Saturday.
The East Berks Football League Division One Lauries have been in red-hot form in recent weeks to make progress in three separate cup competitions, and a 5-1 success at Bracknell Aces last weekend moves them up to second in the East Berkshire League Division One table.
The visitors to Ringmead can boast five different goals scorers; Joshua Kurton, Callum Stanley, Alfie Clark, Sherif Elghoneimi and Alfie Jago.
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Bracknell got a late consolation goal through Harvey Redman, but a third successive league defeat sees The Aces remain third from bottom in the table.
Caversham United maintained their perfect winning record at The Atrium Health Club with a 4-0 victory over Real Saracens, a success that moves The Billy Goats four points clear of the chasing pack in the title race.
A goal from Noah Smith gave Caversham a narrow lead heading into the break. The home team built on that advantage in the second with goals from Bevan Van Wyk, substitute Daniel Amponsah and Lucas Shaffner to take the points.
Real Saracens remain in ninth place in the league standings and now without a goal in each of their last two games in all competitions.
Old Windsor Reserves had to recover from falling behind to win 2-1 at Berks Elite and leapfrog them into fifth position in Division One.
Berks Elite took the lead at the Aldermastion Recreational Society through Joseph Osei, but The Os hit back to take all three points with both Liam Spires and Mark Walker scoring in the second half. The winning strike from Walker hitting the back of the net inside the last five minutes of the game.
The loss means Berks Elite miss out on the chance to move into the promotion spots, and it is a second successive loss for a team that went unbeaten in their first five league games.