TWO quick-fire first-half goals ensured Wootton Bassett Town secured another victory over local rivals Shrivenham.

Bassett had not lost any of their five league meetings against the Barrington Park side, with this 2-1 win their fourth success.

A pair of strikes from Richie Carter and Nathan Gambling, the latter from the spot, were enough for Paul Braithwaite’s side. With both Bassett goals coming mid-way through the opening half.

First Carter headed in Dan Bailey’s whipped corner, before Shrivvy player-manager Sam Collier, playing at sweeper, felled Shaun Terry in the box. Gambling doing just enough with the spot kick to see the ball go in off the post.

Despte Collier’s men seeing more of the ball, Bassett held their two-goal lead into the break. However, there was no doubting that it would come under scrutiny in the second period.

Early after the turnaround Shrivenham earned a penalty of their own, as Collier was caught inside the area. Liam Edmonson strode forward from defence to take the kick, but saw his effort repelled thanks to a brilliant save by Ben Mitchell.

The advantage was eventually halved with a quarter of an hour to go. Dangerous substitute Josh Fowler hit a well struck shot from the edge of the area which caught a deflection and settled in the back of the net.

Shrivvy threw everything forward but could not find a way past Mitchell. The lone occasion they did Pete Sykes pulled off a dramatic goal line clearance to give his side all three points.