Newly promoted Flanagan’s Onions remain the only unbeaten team in the Premier Division after four matches.The team many expected to struggle in their first season in the top flight are leading the 10-team division with 10 points following wins over St. George’s, Robin Hood and North Village. Only Wolves, who were promoted with Onions, have taken points off them so far as the former Commercial Division team continue to prove their doubters wrong.Onions’ biggest test will come on Sunday when they travel to St. John’s to meet league champions Dandy Town, who have been inconsistent so far with two losses already in their first four matches.Onions’ strength so far has been their defence which has conceded just one goal, while only scoring four. They keep the scoreline close and look to snatch the points with a goal at the other end which they managed against Village last weekend with a 1-0 win to open a three-point gap at the top. Improving their defence was something they had been working on deliberately, said coach Michael Ward.“Last season I think we scored the most out of the two divisions and we want to make sure we don’t slip up against any of these teams so we have worked hard on our defensive tactics,” said Ward.“I don’t think it (lack of goals) has hindered us too much, I think the goals will start flowing pretty soon, hopefully. We’re not overly surprised at where we are, obviously as the new boys in the league we didn’t know what we were up against to start with. But it’s nice to be up there and it’s an excellent achievement, though it’s only a quarter of the way through.”Striker Keston Lewis, whom Ward estimates has scored more than 60 goals for the club in the last two seasons, hasn’t found the net so far but Ward is confident he will come good soon.“Last season he scored 34 or 36 and the season before he was in the high 30s,” said Ward. “This season we have not scored as many but everybody needs to chip in, we can’t rely on Keston. Our fitness has been a key, we can back for preseason two weeks earlier than we normally would. Before the season started we sat down and identified the areas that we needed to focus on and one of those was the fitness.”With points already in the bag, Flanagan’s are well on course to achieving their goal of survival. And a small but vocal group of supporters are creating a good atmosphere at their matches as was seen on Saturday night when an English-style singsong greeted the final whistle.“That (singing) started last season and the spirit has always been good,” said Ward. “It’s been enjoyable. We felt a top half of the table would be achievable.“Obviously, to start with our first aim is to stay in the league. We had a look at the last few seasons and we saw that 12 or 15 points could be a target to stay in the league and we’re almost there. Our target is still to be top half of the table come the end of the season.”Ward thinks the win over Village was a just result as Flanagan’s created the bulk of the chances though Village threatened more in the second half. “In the second half it was a bit more backs-to-wall but I think we certainly had the opportunities to score,” he said.The tables are beginning to take shape with the cream slowly rising to the top. PHC, Southampton Rangers and Devonshire Cougars all on seven points while three others — Town, Village and Somerset — have six points. Robin Hood prop up the table and are the only team without a point so far, having scored just two goals and conceded ten.Meanwhile, St. David’s are setting the pace in the First Division with a perfect record from five matches and already lead nearest rivals Hamilton Parish and BAA by six points. But veteran player and club President OJ Minors says there is much work to be done and plenty of room for improvement. Even so, the club are on course for a quick return to the Premier Division.“This season the players are committed to training and last year we had a lot of senior players who had commitments outside of football,” said Minors who is still recovering from a fractured ankle suffered playing in a benefit match this summer and doubts he will make an appearance this season.Striker Angelo Cannonier has returned from St. George’s but suffered a gash to his head last weekend in the 4-1 win over BAA and could be doubtful for this weekend’s match with Social Club, Minors said.“This year we have a lot of young guys and we’re trying to feed them through,” said Minors who’s own playing days could be over at age 36. “We’ve had a little luck, I haven’t been pleased with the performances at times but we’re getting the results. On a whole I think they need to be playing a lot better than what they are if they want to get promoted and compete next year.”St. David’s have already played and beaten the likes of Boulevard, St. David’s and BAA, three of the teams expected to feature in the promotion race.