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Staines Town 0 Dover Athletic 3

George Purcell fired a first-half hat-trick to see his side to victory.
George Purcell fired a first-half hat-trick to see his side to victory.

Dover sit two points off the Blue Square Bet South play-off places after a convincing win at Staines on Saturday.

Whites boss Nicky Forster named an unchanged team from last week's victory over Bromley with new signing Terry Dixon on the bench.

George Purcell and Billy Bricknell went close early on before the latter put Dover ahead on 13 minutes, scoring past keeper Dominique Jean Zepherin from an angle after good work by the outstanding Barry Cogan.

Dover keeper Mikhael Jaimez-Ruiz turned an effort round the post to deny Richard Butler an equaliser as Staines made sure the visitors did not get on top.

After the break, it was a different matter, however, as Whites stepped up a gear. Purcell raced clear to follow up his hat-trick last week by scoring the second just before the hour mark and an own goal on 73 minutes when a cross hit defender Danny Gordon rounded off the scoring.

Dixon, who names West Ham and Tottenham among his former clubs although he did not make a first-team outing for either side, came on in the second half for his debut while fellow substitute Donovan Simmonds fluffed his lines in front of goal late on.

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