top of the standings on Saturday. However, the real story unfurled at Shelly Bay where cellar dwellers Exiles claimed their first point of the season.

Exiles, bottom of the group with five losses in as many matches entering the day, surprised mid-table KPMG with a gritty display that saw them earn a 1-1 draw.

Marvin Hassan gave the home team a shock lead early in the first half, scoring on a breakaway.

KPMG stormed back and earned a penalty soon after, but Morris O'Brien was wide with his spot kick. However, KPMG levelled matters soon after when another penalty was awarded, this time Don Smyth making no mistake with his effort.

Exiles buckled down in the second half, turning away the visitors on numerous occasions to earn a deserved share of the spoils.

Meanwhile, Wanderers exposed Island Rangers -- one of the pre-season favourites -- as hapless pretenders, bombarding the Dockyard team for seven goals for a 7-1 final result. Paul Mottrem and Stuart Drake each tallied twice for Wanderers, while single strikes came from Arthur Reilly, Jeff Amaral and Gary Wilson.

And with second place Forties being held to a 1-1 draw by Devonshire Colts All-Stars it allowed Wanderers to extend their lead to five points.

Forties actually trailed All-Stars for much of the affair due to a first half Larry Benjamin goal, yet were able to regroup and come back to square things through Derek Scott.

Lobster Pot leapt three places to third following a 2-1 victory over Fire service as Tony Smith and Ronan Daley scored for the winners and Ralph Scott for the losers.

The match featuring Robin Hood and Spinning Wheel was not played because of an absent corner flag, with the match referee refusing to officiate without it.

There was a goal feast at Bernard Park where North Village Rams turned Devonshire Lions into the unwilling victims of a scoring massacre that ended 9-3 in favour of the home side, who led 4-0 at the interval.

Danny Rogers led the rout with four goals -- two in each half -- assisted by Allan Smith (two), Wendell Baxter, Milgrove Romaine and substitute Eugene Smith.

Robert Holdipp, Terry Bean and Gary Bascome replied for Lions. And Bascome should have had two, having squandered a penalty in the first half.

Falling off the boil were Mariners, who suffered their first league loss as Prison Officers defeated them 3-1.

Dennis Brown scored two for Prison Officers and Reginald Pitcher one, while Craig Dixon notched a solitary reply for the losers.

Valley squandered a two-goal lead against Belco and suffered from a serious lack of finishing during the teams' 2-2 draw.

Andrew Fraser and Kevin McNeil combined to give Valley a 2-0 lead, before Belco came back through a brilliant strike by Shawn Spencer and got a dramatic equaliser from former Valley team member Anthony Zuill moments from the end.

St.George's All-Stars had no such trouble beating Bermuda Pest Control, with the East Enders running out 4-0 victors on the tails of a James Pace hat-trick and one from Charles (Nature) Wade.

Somerset Extros broke out of their scoring slump at the expense of Wolves Pack, mauling the latter 8-1 at Somerset.

Douglas Durrant scored twice for the West Enders and was helped in the scoring column by single strikes from Lloyd Telford, Terry Hassell, Josef Gooden, Lew Simmons, L.Brangman and an own goal. Terry Grant scored a consolation goal for Wolves Pack.