IT WAS a case of 'lovely bubbly' for Eastleigh manager Paul Doswell at Tonbridge Angels on Saturday.

Not only did his team make sure of a fourth-placed Dr Martens Eastern Division finish by beating the former league leaders 2-0, but star striker Paul Sales failed to get his name on the scoresheet.

Sales, top of the Eastern Division scoring charts with 29 goals, has been promised a crate of champagne by his Sparshatts Stadium boss if he reaches the magical 30 mark.

He had his chances on Saturday - four of them, in fact - but, unusually for the former Bashley and Salisbury striker, his finishing left a lot to be desired.

Doswell smiled: "Paul squandered four chances before we scored - and, by that, I mean clear-cut one-on-ones which he missed from six yards!"

The 30-year-old Southampton-based striker has one last chance to make it a champagne finish to the season at home to Rothwell Town next Saturday and Doswell laughed: "If he doesn't get another goal, the deal is that he's got to buy me a bottle of bubbly." For the second game running, Eastleigh deployed Danny Woods as a holding player with Tyronne Bowers, Christer Warren and Neil Davis given more fluid midfield roles.

Again it worked a treat and, with Chris Collins outstanding at the back, Tonbridge barely got a look-in.

Martin Beck, on as a half-time substitute for Bowers, coolly drew the keeper and broke the deadlock on the hour and Woods - now nicknamed 'Keano after' Man United's midfield hardman Roy Keane - toe-poked a second through the legs of the keeper with just a couple of minutes remaining.

"It was a rubbish finish by Woodsy but it was nice for him to score after the awful season he's had with injury," said Doswell.

"You can't help but sit there and wonder what might have been if we'd had him available for the whole season, but I'm really proud of the players for finishing fourth."