There was an added twist to this match. Only 48 hours earlier, Northwood midfielder and league top scorer Dean Clarke signed for the Royalists and went straight in to face his old side.

Another change saw a new face in goal with former Crewe Alexandra keeper Ademola 'George' Bankole joining from Lewes.

Windsor started brightly and an early Lewis Cook corner saw Fergus Moore strike his own cross bar and Lee Kersey do the same from Justin Skinners follow up effort.

Guy Ekwalla put wide after being played in by Dean Clark, but it wasn't long before the Windsor midfielder was celebrating his second of the season.

A badly cleared corner found it's way to Dave Carroll who shot from the 18 yards and Ekwalla turned the ball in from 3 yards, although there was a very strong case for him being off side.

It took Northwood until late on to forge any sort of real chances with their best two falling to Kevin Chakaodza.

First he forced a good diving save from Bankole and then after knocking the ball past the Windsor keeper was denied by Lee Kersey.

There was no relenting at the start of the second half as Windsor came out looking to extend their lead.

Ekwalla played in Clark who brought the best out of Rob Bullivant who did well to recover in time to beat Peter Holsgrove to the ball.

Another Dave Carroll corner saw Clark set up Kersey for a head that was very well saved by Bullivant.

Northwood were given the chance to get back in the game when Bankole was penalised for holding onto the ball for too long. Steve Hale's shot was blocked by the wall and Mark Dennison fire high and wide.

Efforts from Clark and Peter Holsgrove kept Bullivant busy before Windsor doubled their lead.

Carroll and Ekwalla held the ball up in the corner before Ekwalla's cross was controlled by Clark and his skewed shot set up Peter Holsgrove for a fantastic volley.

Two became three just a couple of minutes later when Lewis Cook picked the ball up on the half way line and ran half the length of the pitch before cutting inside Stuart Reeks and firing past Bullivant.

Steve Hale managed to pull one goal back on 90 minutes in a goal mouth scramble following a corner but it was no more than consolation.