FAMILIARITY continued to breed contempt as old adversaries Poole and Lymington revived hostilities on Saturday.

An often ill-tempered affair saw the sides share no fewer than nine yellow and two red cards as Poole finally ended their Sports Ground jinx.

And while the two remaining FA Vase survivors from the Wessex League went hammer and tong, the coffers of their respective county FAs were the only real winners as discipline quickly disintegrated.

Littered with reckless tackling from players from both camps, unfortunate referee Daniel Berry had an almost impossible task as he tried to keep control of a fractious clash.

Goals from Steve Smith, Andy Culliford and Ben Osborne earned the Dolphins their first win at the Hampshire venue since Lymington pipped Poole to a fiercely-contested Division Two title in 2005.

Before this season, Lymington had won five of the previous six meetings between the two, although this triumph allowed Poole to complete a double following their 7-0 win at Tatnam in September.

"I don't think I ever had much success at Lymington as a player," said Dolphins boss Tom Killick. "I'm usually sitting at the bar crying into my beer so it made a nice change although I would have preferred to have done it with a little more style."

Killick, who described the match as "scrappy", added: "We're struggling a bit at the moment. I thought the game was quite even and I was quite relieved to win. I thought we just about deserved it."

But for two smart saves from Jason Harvell inside the opening three minutes, Poole could have been in arrears before Steve Smith capitalised on a howler from Jonathan Page to give them the lead.

Smith pounced from close range after the Lymington goalkeeper had been betrayed by his own handling as he allowed Osborne's cross to squirm through his grasp.

Former Cherries trainees Dan Cann and Sean Cummings both received needless second yellow cards within the space of seven first-half minutes as the two sides reached the break with 10 men.

"Dan's sending off was justified and I had words with him," said Killick. "It was completely avoidable and I would presume their manager will have thought the same about theirs."

A couple of excellent stops by Harvell ensured Poole's lead was preserved before two further goals in the space of a minute sealed victory.

Gary Funnell's clever free kick was powered in by Culliford's thumping header for the first before Osborne prodded home from a yard after Ian Richardson had met Funnell's corner, while Craig Davey's penalty was nothing more than a consolation for Lymington.

Poole Town: Harvell, Sturgess, S Smith (Ayres, 82), Yelland, I Richardson, C Smith, Culliford, Funnell, Osborne (S Richardson, 82), Brown, Cann. Unused subs: Reeves, Wilson, Tong (g/k).