Now reserves lose at home to Southampton
Saints Reserves made it three wins out of four as they saw off an experienced QPR side 3-2 at Loftus Road.
Mark Wotte fielded a young team, with an average age of just 18, against a Rangers side that contained the likes of Damiano Tommasi, Lee Camp, Hogan Ephraim and Samuel Di Carmine.
Following the final whistle the Dutchman was impressed by his side's overall team performance and was delighted with the win that puts them joint top of the totesport.com Combination.
"It was a good team performance," Wotte said. "We've made it three wins in a row now and it was great experience for some of the younger players like Callum McNish and Oscar Gobern to play at a place like Loftus Road and get a result against a quality opposition side.
"We performed well in all positions and Tommy Forecast made several good saves," he added. "Jeffrey Imudia and Kyle Davies won everything at the back and the lads in the middle and up front ran their socks off."
New signing Ryan Smith also put in a good shift on his debut Saints performance, setting up the first goal in the process.
"Smith came in and made a good impression," Wotte continued. "He has a good dribble and was always a threat on the wing, as was Jake Thomson on the other side."
Saints took the lead towards the end of an evenly match first half, as Smith crossed the ball in from the left and Thomson headed home at the far post.
The visitors then doubled their lead in the 73rd minute from a corner on the left that Jamie White skilfully pulled back for Oscar Gobern to fire past Lee Camp and into the bottom left-hand corner.
Columbian striker Angelo Balanta later pulled it back to 2-1 to give the hosts hope of staging a late comeback, as he picked up Gareth Ainsworths's delivery from the right and unleashed a shot that Forecast could do nothing about.
Saints regained their two goal advantage straight away though, with a good cross from Jamie Hatch that picked out Kayne McLaggon, who in turn teed-up Jake Thomson.
Thomson's first shot unfortunately hit the bar, but Matt Paterson was in the right position to fire home the rebound with Lee Camp already beaten.
Adam Bolder then scored a second goal for Rangers with five minutes remaining, as the London side kept up the pressure, but Saints were able to hold on to record a memorable victory.
