The West Berkshire side went into the clash in good spirits following a return of six points from three successive away games in Southern Division One South & West.

But they were still underdogs against a promotion-chasing Swindon side who had won five of their last seven matches without conceding a goal.

In a largely uninspiring match, the Kingfishers managed to keep the visitors out until the 68th minute when Bradley Gray nodded in from Josh Morse’s cross.

It remained 1-0 until two minutes from the end when Joey Tustain sealed the win with Swindon’s second goal.

Up next for Thatcham is a trip to Wimborne Town on Saturday (3pm ko).

Newbury Town

NEWBURY Town suffered their heaviest defeat of the season on Saturday as they were thrashed 9-1 at Oxford City Nomads.

The loss is Town’s sixth in a row and leaves them second from bottom in the Hellenic Premier Division.

Little went their way at Oxford as they fell 2-0 behind early on and lost skipper Carl Jenner to injury.

Brad Shaw reduced the deficit when he scored direct from a corner but Michael Miller was then shown a straight red card for a last-man tackle.

Oxford made the most of their numerical advantage by scoring twice before half-time to lead 4-1.

And it didn’t get any better for Newbury in the second half as they conceded five goals to complete a miserable afternoon.

Newbury face a must-win home match with basement side Abingdon Town this Saturday (3pm ko).