Angus Mackay (pictured) struck twice on his last game before travelling to South East Asia; Max Butler additionally notched a brace, with Greg Beard and Alfie Locke also on target.

However, the Blues had to do it the hard way, in coming back from 2-1 down to lead 3-2 going into the interval. Youngsters Harry Rosewarne, Aiden Byrne, Charlie Barrow and Sid Young all featured as Liss jumped to second in Division One, with two games in hand on leaders, Amesbury Town, who were defeated at home.

The first team are back in action on Saturday (Oct 18), heading to Locks Heath (3pm). Another difficult encounter however will take a lot of confidence from the recent 2-1 success over AFC Shirley another early-season front runner in the Hampshire Premier League.

Meanwhile the Reserves welcome Alton Development to Newman Collard in the Aldershot Intermediate Cup (3pm).