Parkway gradually began to regain control of midfield, stretching the visitors and on 61 minutes a free kick from around 35 yards by Garside was fumbled by Kerbey with Halls just unable to reach the loosed ball.

On 65 minutes a flowing move along the left with Lane, Williams, and Wright exchanging a series of passes saw Lane’s dangerous cross reach Garside who worked an opening but mishit his shot from around 15 yards which was comfortably gathered by Kerbey. Hendon continued to mount the occasional counter attack and on 66 minutes won a free kick on the left which was cleared, recycled and a header easily gathered by Parkes. Parkway then broke clear with Crago getting beyond the last defender and dragging his shot narrowly wide when well placed.

On 69 minutes another pivotal moment in the game saw the visitors reduced to 9 men with, for the second successive season, having their goalkeeper dismissed. A long ball deep into the Hendon half saw Crago again race clear into the 18 yard area with his poor first touch taking him away from goal with the advancing Kerbey adjudged to have clipped Crago who went to ground.

The referee had no hesitation in awarding a penalty with the keeper arguably rather unfortunate to receive a straight red card. With no substitute goalkeeper on the bench, the visiting captain Joe White went in goal and his first task was to retrieve the ball from the back of the net after Lane had slotted away his second penalty of the game. Parkway immediately replaced the hard working Crago with Dylan Jones with Will Dupray coming on for Riley-Snow for Hendon.

With victory virtually ensured, the tempo of the game dropped with the visitors now intent on damage limitation launching the occasional counter attack with Parkway dominating and controlling possession at their own pace. Parkway made their final change on 77 minutes with Alfie Moulden replacing Wilson who in his second game back after a lengthy injury layoff had once again put in an impressive shift in his defensive midfield role. On 80 minutes Moulden cut inside from the right firing narrowly wide as Parkway continued to apply pressure creating a couple of half chances with White making some important saves. With the game gradually petering out and Parkway continuing to press in the 7 minutes of added time, Belsten and Purrington combined well along the right to set up Jones whose shot on the turn from around 20 yards was pushed away by White.

The final action saw a through ball from Belsten pick out Jones who went clear along the right with his angled strike across the goal going narrowly wide of the far post as Parkway coasted home to a deserved win.

A much improved performance from Parkway with virtually their strongest squad available for the first time this season with players returning from injury and suspension. Despite playing against 10 men for all the second half and 9 for the last 20 minutes, Parkway showed the necessary desire and determination when against a full complement in the first half to establish a 2 goal lead which they rarely looked like relinquishing. An encouraging display to earn their first 3 points of the season, 2 more than at the same stage last season, which sees them climb from the foot of the table to 17th at this very early stage. However the team is still a work in progress and much hard work will be required to build and improve on today’s performance.

The second game of the double header weekend on Monday sees Parkway travel to their nearest away game of the season, a mere 134 mile round trip, to Devon neighbours Tiverton Town. Tiverton have made a solid start to the season and lie 11th with 7 points after 2 wins, a draw and 2 defeats including a 3-2 victory at Beaconsfield Town today with former Parkway striker Tom Bath bagging 2 goals. A tough local derby is envisaged.