HIGHWORTH Town romped into the third round of the Hellenic League's Perpetua Press Floodlit Cup as they whacked Wallingford 11-0 at The Elms last night.

The Worthians were 7-0 up at the break as Callum Parsons scored twice and Aysa Corrick, Ashley Edenborough and Chris Taylor all got on the scoresheet, as well as two own goals.

The rout continued into the second period as Corrick and Edenborough netted again, while Joe Williamson and substitute Dan Drewett also registered.

Royal Wootton Bassett Town are also through after they edged out Kidlington Reserves 3-2, Harvey Scholes scoring twice in the first half and Ben Lodge netting the third late on, while Harry Whitehead scored for Kidlington.

But Fairford Town made a second round exit, despite an impressive first-half showing in a fifth meeting of the season with Longlevens.

New signing Dan Bailey came into the starting XI on his return to Fairford after signing from Royal Wootton Bassett with Mason Hathaway also included at left-back following a fleeting appearance off the bench for Swindon Supermarine 24 hours earlier.

The visitors made much of the early running and Lee Smith fired over the upright with 12 minutes on the clock after an excellent cross from the right by Josh Gregory.

Fairford keeper James Hemming made a superb low stop to deny Jack Sklenar three minutes later before Michael Oakes and Shane Bumphrey had chances at the other end.

Four corners in succession saw the visitors keep the pressure on but they were unable to find a way past home stopper Ash Wintle.

The deadlock was broken, against the run of play, with a fine strike on 37 minutes.

Dave Merrick collected a neat lay off from Brad Martin and whipped a curling effort around the defender into the top corner past the unsighted Hemming to give the hosts the half-time advantage.

Having looked solid in the first period, Fairford were unable to get a grip on the early second half exchanges with Hemming again making another good stop to deny O’Connor.

The pressure continued to mount from the home side and having just made a substitution with George Thrussell replaced by Ben Hayes, Fairford were caught out with a defensive lapse allowing Sklenar a clear run and finish to make it 2-0 just after the hour.

Hemming again made further good stops to twice deny substitute Vanstone, with the game now stretched with Fairford doing their utmost to get back into the tie.

It was game over seven minutes before time when Brad Martin ran clear after another defensive lapse to finish well and he grabbed his second of the night a minute before the end to put the seal on a solid’s night work for the hosts.