WOKINGHAM & EMMBROOK FC earned a vital victory at Lowther Road to move up to 17th in the Combined Counties Premier North.
Two early goals, a minute apart, put Sumas on the way to a possible win which they badly needed.
Jake Woods opened the scoring in the 11th minute to put the Sumas in front.
Surprising Spelthorne, Seb Linturn, from an angle outside the penalty area sent an aerial ball goalwards looping and then dipping behind Henry Poole into the far corner of the net to make it 2-0.
Restarting, Sumas tried for goal again as Joao Jardim took a shot which rebounded from the inside of the post and was cleared.
Williamson combined with Jardim across the pitch then Sumas were offside. Two successive free kicks brought Sports within shooting range but Woodward claimed the ball.
Spelthorne broke through and Woodward made one of his trademark crucial saves as Sumas were stuck in defence.
As half-time was approaching; Lewis Flatman was able to pull back a goal when the ball went in off the post.
The second half began with Badshah being replaced by Ben Maunders by Sumas manager.
Then the first move caught Sumas offside but Spelthorne were spared another goal as the ball went harmlessly to Keeper, Poole from a following move.
The visitors found themselves a good position to equalise; however, Charlie Davidson’s shot was way off target.
Sam Mead collected a yellow card in the 77th minute but he made up for that when he scored the third for the Sumas to put them 3-1 ahead with little over 10 minutes left.
Spelthorne were reduced when the referee sent off Billy Nutbeam with a red card and then another Spelthorne man saw yellow as Sin bin with only four minutes remaining. Sumas made another substitution with Linturn being replaced by Nick Solomonas they closed out the match to earn a crucial three points.
Wokingham & Emmbrook. 1]. Woodward. 2]. Williamson. 3]. Wright. (c). 4.Badshah. 5]. Howarth. 6]. Wilson. 7]. Linturn. 8]. Mead. 9]. Woods. ]. 10]. Jardim. 11]. Bossman
Substitutes: 12]. Solomon. 14]. Whittaker. 15]. Gethin-Barkway. 16]. Maunders. 17]. Sharman.(not used).Wilson. 7]. Linturn. 8]. Mead. 9]. Woods. 10. Jardim. 11]. Bossman.
Report by Arthur Strand
