DROITWICH Spa secured a home semi-final in the play-offs following a comprehensive 5-1 victory at Westfields in midweek.
A brace from Alex Dugmore and further goals from James Baldwin, Ben Tilbury and Will Dallaway handed the Saltmen home advantage in the play-offs at Allpay Park.
The victory means Droitwich sit third in the Hellenic League Premier Division table with one game left to play this season.
Spa can finish no lower than third in the table but can still leapfrog second-placed Roman Glass St George in the table if they better the result of their play-off rivals.
Droitwich opened the scoring on 34 minutes when Dugmore teed up Baldwin for a close-range finish after Charlie Tilley delivered a free-kick into the box as a deflection took the ball out of goalkeeper Ryan Smallwood’s reach.
And Spa doubled their lead less than a minute later as Josh Hurdman drew a foul in the box and Tilbury fired the resulting penalty into the bottom left corner from 12-yards out.
The Saltmen extended their lead five minutes into the second period when Baldwin drove a low ball across the face of goal and Dugmore smashed home to score his 100th goal for the club.
Spa added a fourth goal five minutes later as Dallaway tapped in Hurdman’s low cross at the back post.
And Dugmore doubled his tally for the game on 72 minutes when he placed a shot into the net from Jack Brighton’s tantalising cross from the right.
Westfields scored a consolation goal eight minutes from time as substitute Raiyan Ahmed found the bottom left corner from outside the penalty area.
Spa won a second penalty late on after Westfields brought down Perry Moss in the box only for Smallwood to deny Dugmore a hat-trick from the spot.
Droitwich finish the season with a home game against Mangotsfield United on Saturday, April 18 with kick-off at 3pm at the King George Playing Fields.
