It must be said that neither Prestwood nor Saturday's opponents, Eton Wick, were particularly strong sides, but nevertheless Thame are beginning to get into the habit of convincingly winning their games.

After the problems of the last two seasons, long may this continue!

The first 20 minutes were fairly even but then Thame started to pressurise the Prestwood goal and, following a corner, Dave Hocking was unlucky to see his header hit the crossbar.

Thame squandered several good chances but, just before half time Stuart Braun met a cross from the right with a well placed strike to finish confidently from 10 yards.

Prestwood had no answer and Thame dominated the second half, with goalkeeper, Paul Searl, rarely troubled.

The second goal came in the 75th minute when Nigel Swafford hit a beauty from 15 yards which struck the far post before nestling in the back of the Prestwood net.

Eight minutes later, Stafford crossed to the tenacious Stuart Barr who, beat his marker, and finished well from eight yards.

Thame's final goal was created by a spectacular run by Ben Connelly who picked the ball up just over the halfway line and beat several defenders before reaching the left by-line when he passed back to Stafford who hit a strong shot to score from 18 Yards.

Overall, it was a very satisfying performance from the young Thame team; however the real test will come when they meet the teams at the top of the table.

Thame United: Searl, Way, Graves, Boult (Higgs), Hocking, Ansell, Barr, Braun (West), Stafford, Reading (Cowan), Connelly.

In a recently rearranged fixture Thame are at home next Saturday 1st September when Holyport are the visitors. (K.O.3.00)