Kane Crichlow notched an impressive five-goal haul to guide Bishop’s Stortford into the last 16 of the Isuzu FA Trophy with a 6-1 thrashing of Aldershot Town.

In a clinical display in front of goal, the Bermuda forward completed a first-half hat-trick inside 25 minutes, before adding two more goals after the interval as his side ran out comfortable winners and sealed their spot in the next round.

“It was a good game from us, we matched them very well,” said Crichlow who joined the team last month. “This was my first professional hat-trick so it’s a great feeling.”

Bishop’s Stortford owner-manager Steve Smith hailed Crichlow’s performance.

“Kane Crichlow had five chances and scored five goals, which is phenomenal,” he said Moments like this don’t happen very often and that is an unbelievable result.

Elsewhere, Nahki Wells could not prevent Bristol City slipping to a second successive league defeat as they lost 2-0 away to Preston in the Sky Bet Championship.

After an uneventful first half, Preston broke the deadlock in the 65th minute when substitute Will Keane raced on to a loose ball before rounding City goalkeeper Max O'Leary and slotting into the empty net.

Wells was introduced in the 75th minute but failed to have the desired immediate effect as Keane struck again just two minutes later, sweeping home Emil Riis’s inviting cross to double Preston’s advantage.

The result leaves City, who have now gone three games without a goal, fourteenth in the table, four points adrift of Coventry City in the final play-off spot.

Kole Hall and his Chester team-mates ended a run of two straight defeats in the Vanarama National League North with a comfortable 3-0 victory at home against Gloucester City.

Iwan Murray broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time with second half goals from Tom Peers and George Glendon wrapping up the points.

In the same division, Keziah Martin played the entire match as his Boston United side settled for a share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw with visiting Curzon Ashton

The home side looked on course for all three points courtesy of Jimmy Knowles’s 28th-minute opener only for Devon Matthews to strike with seven minutes remaining to earn Curzon Ashton a point.

There was disappointment for compatriot Milan Butterfield and his Nuneaton Borough team-mates as they suffered a comprehensive 3-0 defeat away to St Ives Town in the Southern League Premier Division Central.