David Ogbonna sparks Slough Town in Rebels derby

Slough Town hit four without reply on Saturday in the Vanarama National League South as play-off chasing Worthing knelt before the genius of Slavi Spasov.

The Rebels in yellow are unlikely to make the play-offs themselves this season, but Scott Davies’ side are certainly going to have their say, and made the Rebels in red suffer at Arbour Park.

John Gilbert and Davies (free-kick, naturally) were the early architects of a win that saw Slough disrupt a play-off charge as they had a week earlier with the 1-0 win over Maidstone United.

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Bulgarian forward Spasov then made it 14 goals for the season with two goals, one in the 30th minute and the other in the 73rd to put the game beyond a Worthing side that hadn’t tasted defeat in the Vanarama National League South since November.

Spasov aside, there were performances across the pitch, not least David Ogbonna who won the free-kick that player/manager Davies converted while he supplied the crosses for both of Spasov’s goals and could have one of his own that went agonisingly wide.

What odds another play-off upset for the Rebels when they travel to the South West to face Truro City?

Maidenhead United relishing clean sheets

Defensive resilience could not have come at a better time for Maidenhead United after posting four points from two games during a tricky run of fixtures and Vanarama National League survival at stake.

The Magpies beat Southend United last week with a classic ‘Devonshiring’ at home and followed that up with a 0-0 draw at Hartlepool United.

The trickier tests of Oldham Athletic away on Tuesday night, then Yeovil Town at home on Saturday are to come but Alan Devonshire’s side are a point above the drop zone in a division that can change rapidly – games in hand mean second-bottom Boston United could string a couple of results together and find themselves ‘safe’.

Mid-table is not out of reach for the Magpies but work remains to preserve their place in non-leagues top flight.