After left sided defender Jack Harrison was very harshly shown a straight red after half an hour of play, LRFC grabbed four well-taken goals courtesy of Callum Rudd (pictured), Matt Langham, Nuno Gomes and Joseph Lyne for a richly deserved three points and local bragging rights.

The Road started like a train and never let up; Langham turned his marker well on 4 mins and fired off a great shot which the keeper Woodward did very well to turn away. Then, on 18 mins Lyne escaped the defender to put in a tempting cross that Gomes connected well with, but the away keeper did very well again, pulling off a point blank save.

Minutes later Langham was clean through but he scuffed his shot just wide, but it was all Leicester Road with Griff not troubling the home goal at all.

On 30 mins however, things got interesting for the Road when a 50/50 coming together saw Harrison inexplicably red carded – with an incensed Langham shown a yellow for protesting.

There was no lunge or malice from Harrison and the linesman could clearly be heard saying to the referee “only a yellow at most” but the man in the middle seemed hell-bent on not listening and the distraught defender was forced to make the long walk off.

The injustice seemed to galvanise LRFC, however, and they continued to dominate both territory and possession. On 34 mins Griff did have a clear cut chance but forward Aston connected weakly and it flew well wide.

Subsequently, on 43 mins Gomes hit the bar and right to the end LRFC kept forcing the play. A corner right on the stroke of half time duly landed at the feet of Rudd and he smashed it into the top left corner for a deserved 1-0 lead at the break.

LRFC continued where they had left off and on 47 mins a penetrating ball was swiftly played up to Langham, who cleverly held his marker up, then turned him beautifully and cracked his shot into the bottom corner to make it 2-0.

The two goal cushion relaxed the Road and they started to dominate even more and on 54 mins Gomes made it 3-0 and pretty much game over with a crisp shot bottom left that gave the keeper no chance this time.

With Road’s defence resolute, the 10 men of LRFC continued to set the tempo and on 62 mins Sandhu went on a trademark mazy run, drove through the Griff defence and fired it across the six yard line where an alert Lyne was on hand to slot it home for a 4-0 scoreline.

That’s six league wins on the bounce for LRFC and another very together and enterprising display, with keeper Highland hardly troubled all afternoon and the team shape rock solid.

Starting X1: Highland, Alcott, Rudd, Earls ©, Harrison, Lyne, Charles, Burrows, Gomes, Sandhu, Langham. Subs: Blewitt (GK), Humphreys, Walters, Nabay, Green.