Oxshott Royals Rebels 4 Windlesham Village 2

Royals’ best performance of the season saw them beat top-of-the-table Windlesham, who would have been crowned league champions had they managed a victory.

Oxshott came out of the stalls at full pelt and Bryant put them ahead after just three minutes when he steered the ball into the net after a goalmouth scramble.

Windlesham equalised, however, just seven minutes later and stunned Royals by taking the lead in the 13^th minute.

Oxshott, who never looked like rolling over and accepting defeat, bounced back to level midway through the half, with Bryant again putting the ball past the visitors’ keeper following a scramble in the goalmouth.

Three minutes later Royals took the lead, when El Fadel latched on to a tremendous through ball from Smith and sent a shot goal-bound, before it ricocheted off a Windlesham player and into the net, giving Oxshott a 3-2 lead at half time.

McLoughlin doubled Royals’ advantage 15 minutes into the second period, when he fired a low free kick into the left-hand corner of the net and, despite Windlesham throwing everything they could at Oxshott, from that point the home side never looked like losing their lead.

It was a vintage Oxshott victory, with every player giving 110% and battling for every ball, and should seal Royals a fourth-place finish.