New boys Winchester City are enjoying the sweet smell of six-cess at the top of the Sydenhams Wessex League.

The City slickers' 6-3 victory at Bemerton Heath Harlequins on Saturday was their sixth successive victory and it moves them six points clear at the summit.

But it was former City striker Stuart Findlay who gave his old club a real scare with a well-taken hat-trick - all equalisers - before three goals in the last ten minutes maintained Winchester's proud 100 per cent record.

Andy Forbes fired the visitors into the lead midway through the first-half only for Findlay to level minutes later with a shot high into the roof of the net.

City moved ahead again on 30 minutes through Danny Smith yet the lead was again short-lived, Nathan Renyard was brought down in the penalty area and Findlay stepped up to despatch the spot-kick.

Michael Dean restored City's three minutes into the second half but when Findlay completed his hat-trick to square the match at 3-3 after 78 minutes it looked as though the points would be shared.

Two minutes later, Forbes rose highest to head in Matt Bicknell's free-kick and then Bicknell curled his 87th minute free-kick around the wall to make it 5-3, with Smith adding a sixth in stoppage time.