HAVING struggled earlier in their Premier Division season, SW Steelers appear to have turned a corner.
On Sunday, they followed-up last week's first win of the season against Wheatsheaf with an impressive 4-0 win over much fancied GTF Seas.
Steelers' player of the season last campaign – Kyle Bensley – rejoined the club on the day before the game and it was he who opened the scoring when he out-paced the defender and slotted past Seas stopper Ben Hammond.
Seas were enjoying plenty of possession, but Steelers were holding firm with centre-halves Gaz Deakins and Mark Linford both having great games.
And Steelers doubled their lead in first-half stoppage time when Seas were caught cold by a quickly-taken free-kick to Bensley, who squared the ball to Josh Braid, who knocked home.
The next goal was always going to be crucial and it was Steelers who grabbed a third when substitute Alex Webster charged down a back pass and tapped into an empty net.
Steelers keeper Jim Fenty made a couple of decent saves from long range efforts but the icing on the cake came two minutes into stoppage time when Bensley found himself in on goal again and slotted the ball home.
Steelers secretary Les Brechin said: "This weekend, we will pay our first ever visit to Barretts to take on Empire United, who have been scoring for fun recently.
"But we will go into the game with renewed confidence after the last two games."
Elsewhere in the Premier Division, Pattesons won 2-0 away to reigning champions Humberston thanks to goals from Pete Fuller and Josh Baines.
Crows Nest got their own back on Wheatsheaf when they beat them 4-0 and are sitting comfortably in second place .
Lee McFarland grabbed a hat-trick with Ryan Kelsey bagging the other for Crows.
Meanwhile, Cromwell registered their first victory when they won 1-0 against Immingham Town with a goal from Jamie Witts.
In Division One, newly-promoted Deportivo Empire beat Humberston Grosvenor 3-2 to continue their good start to the season.
Deportivo manager Richard Wood said: "It was a scrappy game and we had a few players out.
"They came at us and went 1-0 up but we turned around level and then got two quick goals early in the second half.
"Although Grosvenor are near the bottom, they worked hard and we did not cope as well as we usually do.
"On Sunday, we take on Millfields who are currently bottom – but do not read too much into that.
"We'll have prolific scorer Simon Ballard back and, with a few other changes, we should be able to put in a solid performance."
Jason Chisnall came back to haunt BBS Couriers as he scored four for league leaders AFC Wybers against his former club.
Stefan Melin grabbed the other goal in a comfortable 5-1 win. Ryan Shawcroft was on target for Couriers.
Brothers Dan and Ben Freeman were both on the scoresheet for Healing as the villagers beat Millfields (Callum Robinson) 4-1.
Andy Julian and Richard Simpson were also on target for Healing.
Finally, Cleethorpes United ran out convincing 10-1 winners over Tap and Spile.
United put in a fantastic team performance with stand-in skipper Gareth Flint grabbing four goals with Chris Harmer, Paul Horsefall and Marcus Mason all notching braces.
GREAT Coates continued their perfect start to their Division Two campaign when they won 3-2 against Olivers Wine Bar.
Jack Bradbury, Harvey Shaw and Matthew Perry were all on the scoresheet for the winners.
Crows Nest 2nds (Ben Cousins, Luke Hill, James Petronzio, Louie Schofield, Scott Hamilton, Marc Musgrove, Luke Shipp) won 7-1 away to Clee Community ESL (George Farr), while Cleethorpes Motors beat East Marsh Empire (Garry Spurr) 3-1.
Luke Martin scored a hat-trick for DD Fish Supplies as they drew 4-4 with West Marsh Old Boys (Ian Taylor, Chad Taylor, Nathan Ellis, Nathan Green).
Gary Kirwin grabbed the other for Supplies, while, in a similarly entertaining game, Caistor Rovers (Ryan Farrow, Chris Jefferson, Michael Flower) drew 3-3 with Bridge (Scott Indian 2, James Allen).
P&P Plumbing & Heating hit top gear in Division Three as a hat-trick from Olly Hamilton, braces from Jamie Smith and Lloyd Munson, goals from Steve Davis, Liam Morton and an own goal, saw them to an 11-0 victory over RER Haulage.
Elsewhere, Old Lloyds (Lee Williams 3, Ben Simpson 2, Brett Williams) won 6-1 against Grimsby Pelham (Bradley Stringfellow).
The other two games resulted in 2-2 draws with Blossom Way County (Daniel Brown, Dan Neve) sharing the spoils with Cromwell Rovers (Jake Morley, Ross Rodger), while Redstar Old Boys (James Gibbs) drew with TR Carpets (Matthew Carmichael, Scott Davidson).
Winns beat SK Smugglers AFC 7-1 in Division Four after manager Nigel Winn decided to keep faith with the side who did so well in the cup game last week.
And that decision paid off as Tim Dales opened the scoring in a first half that Winns dominated.
In the second-half, Smugglers were soon on level terms when a defensive error allowed Jarrett Rose in to equalise.
This was the kick-start Winns needed, and, within a minute, they equalised through Mikey Burton – expertly fed by Danny Wood.
Winns made it 3-1 when Jordan Graves crossed for Rouse, whose shot was blocked only for defender Lee Howard to grab his first of the season.
Rouse and Wood then scored goals four and five respectively – both with the help of deflections – before Burton bagged his second.
Jordan Graves capped a confident start to his time with Winns by slotting home his free-kick, albeit with the help of a deflection.
In the league's other results, Healing 2nds (Sam Hall, Craig Thornton) won 2-0 away to AA Property New Waltham, while AFC Corporation won 4-0 against Rose & Crown.
A hat-trick from Carl Carroll and an own goal from Luke Jebson saw Ace Homecare to a 5-2 win at Crows Nest 3rds, while Advance Alarms (Gareth Beecham, Nathan Coulam, Daniel Sayers) beat Grimsby Rovers (Lee Chisnall, Reece Clarke).
In Division Five, Laceby Acres United won 5-4 against Winns 2nds, while Abatis Athletic (Rob Bradbeer, Sam Hunter, Nick Lacey, Steven Stuart) won 4-2 against AFC Grange (John Higton, Leeroy Metcalfe).
EAG FC (Kyle French 2, Daniel Miall, Mark Palmer, Rhys Young) beat Pelham 1878 5-0, and Grainthorpe (Conner Watson 2, Ashley Leggett, Daniel Marshall, Jack Potter) beat Newtons RVH (Joe Burns 4, Liam Wilkinson) 8-5.
Elsewhere, Athletico Rangers (Scott Downey, Shane Elliot, Jordan Newton) won 3-1 against Laceby Wanderers (Karl Dixon).
Lincolnshire Colts beat BBS Couriers 2nds (Damien Zarzyna 2) 5-2 in Division Six, while The Farmhouse (Gary Cross 2, Danny Peterson 2) won 4-1 against Waltham United (Nicholas Brown).
Andrew Moverley and Matthew Jagger both scored two as Grimsby Galaxy won 4-1 against FC Ntex (Marvin Carrington).
And finally, in the Junior Challenge Cup, Seachill (Waldemar Porada) drew 1-1 with Grimsby Cars (Connor Hudson), but went on to win on penalties.
