Two goals behind at the break, Chagford seemed to heading for another defeat and a further slide down the table.

Yet they were to claw their way back and, by the end of the match, were celebrating a great comeback.

For the first 15 minutes Villa were camped in their hosts' half and mounted foray upon foray into their box.

Reserve team keeper Antony Geering and his defence held out until the ball fell kindly to Slough, who fired home. The remaining half hour saw Chagford lift their game, playing their way into contention but without an end result.

So it was with the opening minutes of the second half until, against the run of play, Love popped up with Brixham's second.

On another day Chagford may have lost spirit and interest but they stuck to their task and were duly rewarded.

Full-back Warwick Botham found his way forward and slammed in a left-foot shot, raising hopes further.

The visitors were rocking at this point and it came as no surprise when Andrew Davis stuck out a foot to stab Chadwick's free kick over the line from ten yards.

Chagford had the run of the ball now, but Davis' second, 11 minutes from time, served only to prompt Villa into waking up.

For the last ten minutes,the hosts' needed some resolute defending and superb handling from Geering to see the game out.

Tomorrow, Chagford travel to high-flying Brixham United, kick-off 2.30pm.