GEORGE Miller's 71st-minute strike extended Frome’s unbeaten run to four matches as Chippenham Town missed the chance to go back to the top of the table.

Former Chippenham player Jon Davies recovered from injury to take his place in the home starting line-up and Frome were the first to show as Kerry Miller brought a punched clearance from Kent Kauppinen and the visiting keeper had to be alert to save again as Sam Teale drove a shot straight at him.

After a flurry of Frome corners in the eighth minute, Chippenham broke quickly and Darren Chitty was forced to make sharp low save as from Alex Ferguson after he had been set up by James Guthrie.

Chippenham showed again how dangerous they are on the braek as a Guthrie volley, following a missed defensive header, again brought a good save from Chitty.

Frome had the nall in the net in the 15th minute as a lovely through ball from James Fitzgibbon found Jon Davies in space and although he shot easily past Kauppinen, the effort was ruled out by a linesman’s flag.

Chitty again did well to deny Alan Griffin as the veteran striker got on the end of a right wing cross, but then Frome went close as a clever flick from Davies found Mitchell Page and his volley on the turn from 12 yards thumped into the chest of Kauppinen.

The rest of the first half saw Frome run up against the solid pairing of Greg Tindle and Mark Preece, with Kaupinnen tidying up behind for the visitors.

There was a sigh of relief from the home fans as the linesman’s flag ruled out an effort from Andy Sandell after three minutes of the second period.

A huge scramble in the Frome penalty area in the 53rd minute just denied Chippenham the opening goal, but at the other end, a lovely left wing move involving Davies, Fitzgibbon and Miller almost carved out an opportunity.

After dogged defending had again denied Chippenham, Frome took the lead in the 71st minute as Fitzgibbon did well on the right to go past his defender and pull the ball back along the six yard line.

Rob Hobbs seemed to get the slightest touch on the ball, but it went through everyone and Miller slid in at the far post to lift the ball over Kaupinnen and into the net.

Frome could have increased their lead in the 77th minute as Hobbs did well to force a corner and as it was swung in, Marcus Mapstone rose unchallenged but cleared the far post by a few feet.

In the 83rd minute, a move that involved all three ex-Robins on the pitch saw Matt Smith win the ball and set Luke Ballinger free on the right.

He found the dead ball line, he pulled a perfect cross back to the far post where the unmarked Ollie Taylor could only hold his head in his hands as he missed a sitter from five yards out.

As the final whistle approached, Chippenham had three corners in a row and even Kaupinnen went upfield for the last.

But the Frome defence held firm for a priceless three points.