Buoyed on by a recent four-goal haul against Evesham, Town named an unchanged starting lineup going into the Gosport match.

It was young defender Alex Kieh who opened the scoring, with captain Luke Haines’s signature long curling throw-in finding the head of Kieh and then the net.

Chippenham continued to dominate, with another Haines throw falling to Dylan Jones who fired wide.

Gosport began to grow into the match, with Jack Witchard in the Chippenham goal called into claiming crosses and saving low.

The momentum of the visitors was thwarted just after the hour mark, as Jacob Gardiner-Smith was shown a straight red card for a pull on Nana Owusu’s hair while jostling for the ball.

Substitute Josh Adepoju, who joined from Slough Town the day before, passed to Dylan Jones in the midfield, with the attacking midfielder gliding past a total of four Gosport defenders before a shot across the goalkeeper into the far corner for 2-0 Town.

Tuesday night then came, and a trip to Sholing FC of Southampton.

The Boatmen had recently been defeated 6-0 by Salisbury in the FA Cup, and with the backing of Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier in the crowd, it would be tough for Chippenham.

Chippenham made two changes, both enforced, as Josh Adepoju made his first start in place of Martell Taylor-Crossdale and Henry Sady came in for Nana Owusu.

Sholing took the lead on 20 minutes as a ball through the Chippenham line caught out Witchard, with Josh Phillips able to round him and convert into an empty net.

It was then the turn of Chippenham’s Josh, Adepoju, to score. Just 34 seconds from the kick-off, Chippenham were celebrating a level game, as another trademark Dylan Jones run led to Adepoju firing in low across Jack Turner.

Adepoju was involved again, as he received another reverse pass from Sady with his finish in, but the flag was up calling the forward offside.

As the match entered the final minutes, Sady flew past Ollie Pendlebury, crossing for Adepoju, who poked in from just three yards.

For the second time in the evening, an assistant’s flag ruled a strike out, and it would prove to be decisive as the match finished level.

Chippenham have risen out of the bottom four, and still have five league matches to play before November is over.