A SENSATIONAL volley from hit man Toby Colbourne gave in-form Corsham their tenth straight league victory on Saturday despite having a partially blind goalkeeper.

Shot-stopper Craig Chaplin was forced to take medication to help battle an ulcer on his retina which has been effecting his vision for the past two weeks.

The keeper has been taking antibiotics every hour and the infection has almost cleared up.

He said: "In the game against Odd Down I really struggled and had blurry vision. Fortunately I have four good guys in front of me.

"I had to wake up every two hours to take my pills and that has been a nightmare. I am almost off the medication and my eye should be fine in a few weeks."

Despite his blurry sight Chaplin still managed to pick up the Screwfix League Safe Hands award for the second month in a row.

"It is good to get an award from the league again but the lads deserve some credit. We defend from the front and have done well this season."

Feisty forward Colbourne, who moved from Screwfix First Division strugglers Westbury in October, hit the back of the net from 20 yards in the 78th minute with a strike that would not look out of place on Match of the Day's goal of the month competition.

It was his 17th strike of the season and has filled him with confidence before he faces his old club in the Wiltshire Senior Cup quarter final on Saturday.

A delighted Corsham manager, Colin Bush, hailed the goal scorer: "He has been a brilliant signing, he's scoring great goals and enjoying himself. He has plenty to offer the side and works his backside off, I can't fault him."

The premier division high-flyers, who jumped above Bridgwater to fourth, have scored a total of 66 goals this season with the strike partnership of Colbourne and Alan Griffin netting 36 of them.

The relationship between the two players is key to the stunning run, which started in the game at Welton in October, and which happened to be Colbourne's debut.

Bush added: "They have struck a great partnership together and have been superb so far this season. I am totally thrilled with what the players have achieved this year."

Despite his side extending the unbeaten run to 15 matches Bush was not happy with his players after what he described as a below par performance.

"We need to pick up the performances although we are still on this great run. We should have been two or three up at half time but we were not clinical enough.

"I think everyone was expecting too much as we are on a big run, but we had to dig deep and grind out a result. As the conditions were difficult I am happy that we did just that."

Bush thought the outcome could have easily been different as both teams were denied what he considered definite penalties in the second half.

On the hour mark striker Craig Stuart was put through on goal and was brought crashing to the ground by right back Dan Beck but referee Steve Hopper from Swindon waved play on. At the other end Griffin was on the left side of the box and as he laid the ball off to Colbourne central defender Lee Philips came crashing in with a horrendous two-footed tackle, but again the referee failed to stop play.

As Griffin laid on the floor clutching his leg Colbourne turned and hit a snap shot at goal only to see a fantastic point blank save from the visiting keeper.

The action was mainly contested in the midfield with both sides scrapping for possession.

The home side's only real opportunity of a tight first half came on the 35th minute when winger Scott Lye put Griffin through but he was challenged by left back Andy Morris and his shot trickled to the keeper.

The superb pairing of captain Nigel Curtis and ex-Chippenham defender Colin Towler controlled their end of the field and Welton only managed one shot on goal in the entire 90 minutes.

It came with the scores tied in the 57th minute when striker Matt Williamson connected with a cross from Wes Wilson but keeper Chaplin dived magnificently to his left to turn the shot around the post.