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Downham Town cruised into the second qualifying round of the FA Vase this afternoon with a thumping 5-1 victory over West Norfolk rivals Swaffham Town.Three goals in the opening quarter of the contest put the tie well beyond Swaffham's reach at the SCL Memorial Field and although the Pedlars did pull a goal back in the second half, the hosts added two late goals to comfortably see them through.Downham have

King's Lynn Town were still left searching for their first win of the season as defender Tom Clifford saw red in the 3-1 defeat at Chorley.Clifford was sent-off in the second half of Lynn's encounter in Lancashire after Josh Coulson had cancelled out the home side's opener from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time.Two late goals rubbed salt in the wounds for Lynn, who were indebted to goalkeeper

Heacham players enjoyed every single second of their debut in the FA Vase as the Magpies ran out convincing 5-1 winners over Kirkley and Pakefield.Fletcher Toll notched a hat-trick for the hosts with Owen Gilbert and Luke Gray also on target as David Griggs' side put a tough couple of weeks behind them in the club's first-ever appearance in the competition.Heacham's reward is a home tie against Dussindale and Hellesdon

Hometown hero Alex Street has been placed in interim charge of Wisbech Town following the departure of Leon Mettam.Street will take charge of the team for tomorrow's trip to Godmanchester in the FA Vase.The popular Street started his career at the Fenmen as a 17-year-old before enjoying four promotions with King's Lynn Town during a ten-year spell with the Linnets.Alex Street has been placed in interim charge at Wisbech Town.

Trips as far afield as Sweden, Bulgaria and Germany await Nathan Jones as he looks to turn his dream of becoming a professional snooker player into reality.The Lynn cueman, 33, has seven dates on his Q School calendar as bids to be the green baize star of West Norfolk.Jones' first date is at South Shields this weekend and he has not given up hope of forcing his way into the

Robert Lambert made a sensational return to the Adrian Flux Arena as King’s Lynn toppled Premiership champions and league leaders Belle Vue 46-44 in the most dramatic of finales.Lambert, who has rejoined the MacInnes Stars for their last six fixtures of a troubled season, brought the house down with an incredible Heat 15 effort to pass the Aces’ top duo of Brady Kurtz and Dan Bewley.It secured a narrow victory

Craig Dickson hopes his Downham Town players can add to the club's growing reputation by enjoying a good run in this season's FA Vase.The club has made an excellent start to life in the Thurlow Nunn Premier Division ahead of the visit of local rivals Swaffham Town to the SCL Memorial Field on Sunday (3pm).Dickson said: "We'd love a cup run, obviously the league is the priority but a run

North Runcton maintained their push for a top-three finish going into the final weekend of the Norfolk Alliance season after edging out Brooke in a low-scoring encounter.After heavy overnight rain, North Runcton skipper Ben Coote made the brave decision to bat first in this Premier Division clash.It was justified by a quick opening stand of 33 in just six overs between Alexander Payne and Ben Skipper.North Runcton batsman Ben Skipper

Jake Banwell put in a great performance in his bid to lift the 1300 Stock Car World title at Lynn on Saturday night but mechanical problems saw him fail to finish the race.The meeting was a wonderful advert for the saloon stock cars with both the 1300 stock cars and the two-litre stock cars putting on a superb performance.Banwell was the only West Norfolk representative in the World Final and