LUCKLESS Ringwood+Town">Ringwood Town suffered an injury crisis with a difference – with their problems piling up midway through their Wessex League Division One clash at Horndean on Saturday.

Boss Wayne Lockey was certainly kept busy as no fewer than two crocked Ringwood substitutes had to be replaced within 15 minutes of each other either side of half-time.

And having used his full quota from the bench, Lockey then watched defender Nick Russon battle bravely through the pain barrier after he tore a calf muscle.

Nick Howes was first to join the casualty list when he sustained a knee injury after 25 minutes before his replacement Ross Drew succumbed to a pulled hamstring just 10 minutes later.

And after Dan Morrell had come on for Drew, Lockey was again reaching for the number boards just five minutes into the second half after he had landed awkwardly on his ankle.

With Dan Wateridge completing a full complement of three from the bench, 36-year-old stalwart Russon was forced to stay on and played his part as Ringwood claimed an against-all-odds 2-1 win.

Lockey will be hoping for a change in fortune when Ringwood host Premier Division Totton & Eling in the Russell-Cotes Cup tonight.

Elsewhere, Verwood+Town">Verwood Town travel to Brockenhurst in the Wessex League Cup, while New Milton host Christchurch, Poole face Warminster at Tatnam and Wimborne+Town">Wimborne Town welcome Laverstock & Ford to Cuthbury (7.45pm).

Verwood Town: (from) Fawcett, Elysee, Lynch, Jamison, Murray, Dyer, Anderton, Arnold, Evans, Homer, Faulkner, Matt Newbury, Baguley, Lovell, Truan, Jones.

New Milton: (from) Webb, Chengadu, Clarke, Coleman, Odeh, White, Small, Lock, Burt, Kenna, Mead, Booker, Lilley, Quirk.

Christchurch: (from) Kearn, Costello, Dan Taylor, Crutchley, Linpow, Danny Taylor, Smith, Fairbrother, Osborne, Burden, Price, Rideout, Woolner, Legg, Lucas.

Poole Town: (from) Ackerman, Poore, S Smith, Lloyd, Whitley, Preston, Richardson, Hubbard, Gill, T Smith, Cook, Brown, Reeves, Bailey-Pearce, Culliford, Skelton, Phillips.

Wimborne Town: (from) Hutchings, Wilson, Lockyer, N Walker, M Walker, Whitcher, Green, Stokoe, Wyatt, Joyce, Clarke, McCormick, Haysom, Moore, Browne.