ROHAN Levy scored and saw red as Droitwich Spa cruised to a 4-0 home win against Cribbs to move top of the table.
Levy completed the scoring after goals from Charlie Tilley, Will Dallaway and Josh Hurdman put Spa in command at the King George Playing Fields.
However, defender Levy received a second yellow card late on as the Saltmen finished the game with 10-men.
The result lifts Droitwich to the top of the Hellenic League Premier Division table, two points clear of Roman Glass St George.
And the three remaining clubs in the play-off places all have at least two games in on the Saltmen.
Spa boss Andy Crowther celebrated his birthday with a victory as Droitwich ended a three-game winless run in all competitions.
The Saltmen made a fast start as Tilley curled a shot narrowly over the crossbar from distance early on.
And Cribbs goalkeeper Aaron Greatbanks then saved Cory Rudd’s powerful effort from range with Hurdman unable to turn home the rebound.
However, Spa broke the deadlock on 14 minutes when Tilley finished Jack Brighton’s cutback after good work from Dallaway.
The home side created further chances as James Baldwin smashed over from the edge of the penalty area.
And Reiss Taylor-Randle then poked a shot wide from close range when attempting to turn home Dallaway’s low cross from the left.
Droitwich deservedly doubled their lead on 27 minutes when Dallaway produced an emphatic finish from Baldwin’s pass.
The away side’s only chance of the first half saw Keiran Clayton fire a free-kick well wide of the target from a promising position.
Spa almost added a third goal before the interval as Hurdman saw his free-kick travel the wrong side of the post.
And Brighton fired inches past the post on the stroke of half time as Spa went into the break with a two-goal advantage.
Cribbs almost halved the deficit early in the second half when Greg Yarde shot wide from distance.
And Buster Reed’s powerful effort also failed to trouble the Spa goal as the visitors spurned another chance to reduce the deficit.
Taylor-Randle almost sealed the points for Spa soon after as Greatbanks made a fine stop to keep Cribbs in the contest.
However, Hurdman extended Droitwich’s lead from the resulting corner on 54 minutes with a shot on the turn into the bottom corner.
Spa continued to dominate as Greatbanks denied Taylor-Randle again before Hurdman’s volley went inches over the crossbar.
A stooping header from Brighton failed to find the target before Levy turned home Hurdman’s corner on 68 minutes to score his first senior goal for the club and seal the points.
However, Levy picked up a second yellow card seven minutes from time but Spa comfortably saw out the remaining minutes.
Droitwich are next in action against Lydney Town on Saturday, February 7 with kick-off at 3pm at the King George Playing Fields.
