High-flying Wimborne cemented their play-off place, although Paulton will be disappointed at two crucial refereeing decisions.

A defensive error gifted ‘The Magpies’ a second-minute goal as Toby Holmes ran on to score. Worse was to follow for Paulton, as in the fifth minute, Luke Burbidge set up James Stoke for the veteran to fire home.

Rovers were grateful to keeper, George Burton, from Holmes adding to his tally on three occasions.

Paulton, with the wind in the second half, thought they had pulled a goal back two minutes after the restart as home keeper, Gerald Benfield, flapped at a Josh Cann corner, turning it into his own net unchallenged – only for the referee to disallow for a foul only he saw.

Six minutes later, Benfield flapped again, and Jack Ball headed into an empty net to reduce the deficit. Toby Holmes was again a thorn in Rovers’ side, and Burton was on-hand to prevent him scoring on three occasions.

On 78 minutes, Holmes made it three – he appeared to be offside. racing onto a long-ball from the back. No whistle was given, and he went on to tuck the ball past Burton.

With two minutes left, substitute Lee Francis cut in from the right, unchallenged, and hit a superb low-shot into the net to make it 4-1.