Pardoe 31, Koszela 90 pen, Robinson 90+5 BASINGSTOKE TOWN 2 Le Paih 55, Dickson 60 og DORCHESTER Town produced a scintillating finish to rock Basingstoke Town with two stoppage-time goals, recording a stunning 3-2 win. The victory was deserved for the Magpies, who led courtesy of Luke Pardoe’s excellent header. However, two mistakes gave the Stoke a 2-1 lead as Luis Le Paih and a Jack Dickson own goal turned the game around.
With Dorchester chasing frantically, Olaf Koszela netted a penalty before Wayne Robinson’s dramatic 95th-minute winner sent the home crowd into ecstasy. Dorchester came into the game fifth in the table and knew avoiding defeat would extend to 10 games their unbeaten run, in the process continuing their best stretch of form since Basingstoke ended a 12-match unblemished sequence late last season. Armed with only 48 hours of rest, Killick elected for two changes to the side that began the 1-1 draw at Poole on Boxing Day, with Matt Buse and Luke Roberts preferred to Wes Fogden and Shaq Gwengwe.
Ollie Haste returned from suspension on the bench, meaning Brendan Holmes missed out completely. Only five points separated the sides before kick-off and it was Dorchester who made the more assertive start in a dominant opening half. The Magpies should have gone 1-0 up in the 10th minute after fine work from star striker Koszela, whose shot forced away keeper Simon Grant into a parry.
Harry Hutchinson seemed destined to score his second goal in two games from the .
