Rangers made it seven wins in a row on Saturday with this victory at Potton United. The only goal of the game came in the 20th minute in a first half dominated by the visitors. However, in a more even second period Potton gave as good as they got, going close on several occasions. The game was seven minutes old before the first chance fell to Rangers' Schmidt, who sliced his shot following a corner. 15 minutes in and a good move from Rangers as Wiktor Makowski crossed to Louis Walsh whose shot was pushed away for a corner. Soon after United's keeper did well to claim a dangerous cross from James Dobson. Dobson again two minutes later, this time his cross finding Asher Yearwood at the back post, his header forcing the keeper into a great save at the expense of a corner. United's keeper could only push the ball away and there was Schmidt to hit a superb volley into the top corner from 20 yards to give Rangers a deserved lead. Yearwood nearly made it two soon after with a curling effort just inches wide. Potton's first shot arrived on 28 minutes, fired high and wide from distance, before Rangers were back on top again, Dobson fizzing a drive just past the post after being teed up by Makowski. Rangers keeper, Connor Hunt was called into action on 35 minutes, taking a confident catch from a deep free kick. A minute later and a weak United shot was easily gathered by Hunt. Yearwood looked as though he'd scored eight minutes before the break, heading home another Dobson cross, but the flag was raised. Another Rangers corner followed and Joel Read 's header was parried out to the same player who slammed the loose ball against the foot of the post, the ball travelling along the goal-line before being kicked clear. It was a let off for the home side. An attempted Schmidt overhead shot was well wide as the break approached and Potton mounted a rare foray, ending with a shot across the face of goal. On the stroke of half time Rangers' Walsh was sin binned for dissent.

With Walsh in the sin bin Rangers were forced to play the first 10 minutes of the second half with ten men, opting for containment with a four-four-one formation. It was the ten men that almost scored however, when nine minutes into the half Ben Sturgess won the ball in midfield and fed Makowski. A good run followed, before Makowski fired a low pass across the face of the Potton goal for Yearwood to slide in from a few yards out. Somehow Rangers' top scorer screwed the ball wide of the far post with an open goal at his mercy. Shortly after, Yearwood again, turning well in the box and firing over. The re-instated Walsh made a good run from the left to win a corner, the resultant kick headed goalward by Read, only to be cleared off the line. Rangers keeper Hunt tried a cheeky lob from sixty yards with United's keeper easily back peddling to catch. Midway through the half Rangers' heroics the previous Thursday evening at Dunstable began to tell as legs tired and Potton almost made them pay when first, an under-hit back-pass by Joe Fitzgerald presented Potton with a golden opportunity, the striker chipping Hunt and hitting the crossbar. The ball dropped down onto the line before Fitzgerald made amends by recovering to hook the ball clear. Moments later and a poor clearance by Hunt went straight to the Potton centre forward. He raced in on goal before hitting a shot straight into the midriff of a grateful Hunt. Potton continued to press for an equaliser and a one versus one followed, with Hunt racing out to narrow the angle, forcing the shooter to fire wide. With just under ten minutes remaining Hunt easily dealt with a header from the penalty spot before a break from Rangers saw good work by Liam Enver-Marum to set up Dobson to cross, Schmidt the recipient again, with another acrobatic bicycle kick going wide. With three minutes to go a final chance from the home side, an angled shot into the side netting. Rangers had weathered the storm and re-found their legs for the time added on, seeing out the game comfortably and they even had time for Harry Scott to race through and win a free kick right on the edge of the United area, Dobson's free kick swerved over the wall and gathered by the keeper. Rangers manager, Mark Eaton, summed it up after the game when he mentioned 'winning ugly', though I would suggest he was being a little modest considering a dominant first half performance. Rangers return home on Tuesday night following two games on the road, when they take on local rivals Aylesbury Vale Dynamos, who will be determined to stop this recent run. Kick off on Tuesday is 7.45pm.

Rangers Man of the Match: Ben Sturgess. Another great performance from Sturge. I said it all two games ago, when he was again awarded MOM, every team needs someone like him in their line up. Leads by example.