CALLOW End regained top spot in the Worcester & District Football League with a feisty 4-1 win over nine-man Oak Apple.

Louis Loader notched twice with Brad Birch and Joe Wood also on the score sheet. Joey Haines ensured parity at half-time for Apple who had Elliot King dismissed for two bookable offence. Paul Smith was given a straight red card.

Elsewhere in the Premier Division, Matt Andrews scored twice as Fernhill Heath Athletic won 4-0 at Clifton Rovers with Lewis Carson and George Coley notching the others.

Ben Brogan's goal gave backmarkers The Bell a half-time lead but it was not enough to halt a season-long winless streak in a 3-1 defeat to Worcester Athletic. St Johns beat Northside 4-1.

All five Division One games were won by the away sides.

Ten-man Lower Teme & Martley overcame the sending off of Joe Bruce to beat nine-man FC United of Worcester 3-2. Tate Ellison and Jay Easterlow saw red for the hosts.

Josh Beckett, Nathan Henton and Chris Watling fired Express Falcons to a 3-0 win at Colwall St James, while Andrew Ward's hat-trick helped Drakes Broughton Rangers to a 6-2 success at Eaton.

Joe Wood and Simon Sheldon were on target as FC Korono saw off FC Malvern 2-0 and Kevin Owens was at the double as leaders Pillar trumped PT Eagles 4-1.

Substitutes Matt Holder and Lewis Potter kept leaders Colwall Wanderers on track with a 3-2 win at Kempsey Colts United in Division Two.

Blackpole Sports beat Lower Teme & Martley Athletic 3-0 and Riflemans shared a 2-2 draw with Droitwich Spa Eagles. Perdiswell Colts won 3-2 at Worcester City Wanderers with Worcester Saints beating GDL Athletic by the same scoreline.

In Division Three, Darren Palmer and Jordan Roan bagged two apiece as Grosvenor Sports demolished Eaton reserves 5-1, while Aaron Hewitt scored a hat-trick as Perrywood reserves repeated that scoreline at Malvern Radar.

Droitwich Spa Eagles reserves lost 4-0 at home to Powick and New Dales beat Worcester Saints reserves 4-1.