FOOTBALL: North Leigh stay in touch

From the Witney Gazette, first published Tuesday 18th Dec 2007.

Sport Italia Hellenic League

Bicester Tn 0, North Leigh 5

North Leigh kept up the pressure near the top of the table with this emphatic victory.

Chris Allen opened the scoring from a James Mortimer-Jones cross on the half-hour, and within five minutes, Joe Wood powered home a header to double the lead.

Early in the second half, Bicester's Andy Styles saw his deft chip tipped over the bar by North Leigh keeper Richard Barrett.

The visitors made it 3-0 as Mortimer-Jones drilled home, then Mark Simms lobbed keeper Tom McNamara for No 4.

Bicester's James Kyberd was sent off for a foul on Andy McCabe, before Mark Threlfall wrapped up the scoring with North Leigh's fifth.

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