VERTIGO is not something that seems to bother the players of Chippeham as they marched back to the top of the Southern Premier League.
Although Merthyr Tydfil have a game in hand over the Bluebirds, their comfortable 4-1 victory over Dunstable put them two points ahead of the Welsh rivals.
Chippenham boss Steve White said: "The players showed great resolve to get back to the top."
Goals from strikers Sam Allision and David Gilroy, and midfielders Ben Kirk and Lee Davidson condemned the bottom club to their ninth defeat in the last ten matches.
Gilroy and Allison were involved with most of the attacking play and the manager is delighted with the relationship his two strikers are forming.
"They like to play together and are always a constant threat, which is a great asset," said White. "They are regularly hitting the net and I hope this rich vein of form continues."
Chippenham's second goal was purely down to the two forwards. They unstitched the Dunstable defence with a well-worked move.
It started in the 26th minute when Allison dispossessed visiting defender Ryan Frater and ran into the Dunstable box.
He unselfishly squared the ball to Gilroy, the keeper was trying to reposition himself when the striker chipped the ball towards goal and Allison headed in from five yards out.
The two strikers caused similar problems for the visitors with the final goal in the 52nd minute.
Allison was put through on goal by Kirk and drew the keeper. He passed along the edge of the box to winger Scott Walker.
The keeper was nowhere to be seen when he gave the ball to Gilroy, the forward was almost on the goal line and poked in.
But the on-loan striker was disappointed he did not add to his tally in the second half.
In a blistering ten minutes of attacking football Gilroy found himself in three one-on-one situations. But keeper Paul Taylor rushed out of his goal and blocked all of his efforts.
Newly founded relationships between the players at the club seem to be one of the main reasons why Chippenham have strung together four wins in a row.
Another example of this is Kirk and Davidson. They have played together for the last four games and have linked up well. The two players controlled the midfield and worked relentlessly to win possession throughout the game.
They were both rewarded for their contribution with a goal each. Davidson opened Chippenham's account in the sixth minute.
Defender Ian Herring's long throw has resulted in a goal on many occasions for the Bluebirds this season and Saturday was no different.
His throw came in from the right and fell to Davidson to nod in from the centre of the penalty area.
The two central midfielders ran the pitch and took it in turns to push up front. On the 50th minute it was Kirk who took up the forward role.
He ran up to support Allison, who was running at the keeper, as the shot stopper advanced Allison knocked the ball into the path of Kirk. He was not going to miss an open goal and sidefooted it in.
Despite the heavy scoreline Dunstable did cause Chippenham some problems in the first half. When the fans were singing "two nil to Chippenham", the visitors pulled one back to silence the crowd.
With a few minutes of the first half remaining, defender Dean Chapman took a long free kick to striker Junior George.
Keeper Mark Hervin advanced to meet him but George slowly rolled the ball past the stranded keeper for fellow forward Thomas Hayes to tap in.
Chippenham: Hervin, Regis, Mcentegart, Thorne, Herring, Davidson, Wilmot, Kirk (Badman 84), Gilroy, Allison, Walker (Constable 75). Subs not used: Charity, Paul, Horgan.
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