Six of the best for Eastwood as they win nine-goal thriller

Having scored 12 goals in their previous two league outings, the Red Badgers added another half-dozen to their tally as they thrashed Deeping Rangers 6-3 with two goals each from Luke Rawson, Jamie Walker and Jordan Hallam.

The result keeps Eastwood second in the table but now only two points behind leaders Belper United after they were beaten at Hucknall.

The final result was all the more remarkable given that Spadling went 2-0 up early on with two goal from Bradley Rolt on seven and 17 minutes.

But two in two minutes from Rawson, on 30 and 31 minutes, had Eastwood level and they led at half-time after Walker struck on 37 minutes.

Spalding responded early in the second half, however, as Jonathan Lockie – a substitute for two-goal Rolt – equalised on 52 minutes.

But Eastwood then found another gear and the goal-scoring groove they have had in recent weeks.

Walker put them back in front on 71 minutes before substitute Hallam sealed the win late on with goals after 79 and 85 minutes.

Eastwood coach Joe Maguire, speaking after the match, said: “It’s a win on the board and that’s then main thing.

"I don’t think we were at it throughout the game until the last 10 minutes probably when Jordan changed it – I thought he was superb when he came on.

"We’ve got quality though, to go two goals down, we could easily have thought we were going to go on and lose them game but we showed a good reaction to go 3-2 up and then again when we were back level again to go on and win the game quite comfortably in the end.

"We just needed to make a couple of changes in the second half, I felt we were just a bit too deep we needed to get much higher up the pitch.

"We did that and Jordan came on and got into some great positions and got his two goals which he deserved.

"We’ve got quality on the bench and quality all over the pitch and to go two goals down and still come back and win the game as we did was impressive.”