They defeated third placed Michael 3-1 to end the westerners’ unbeaten record.

Stuart Christian fired the Whites into an interval lead.

Steve Glover doubled that advantage after the break and, although Paul Corlett pulled one back for the home side, Jamie Stoy sealed the points for second placed Corinthians.

Ramsey Youth Centre heaped more misery on lowly Ronaldsway with a 5-0 home win, courtesy of goals from John Livesey, Steven Oates, Martin Murphy (two) and Mark Faragher.

The surprise of the day came at Onchan Stadium where the ever-improving Onchan were defeated 5-3 by lowly Douglas and District who, until seven days ago, were rooted at the bottom .

D&D’s match-winners were Andy Thorp (two), Tony Stewart and James McIlhagga, while Paul Whitley and Mark Walmsley (two) were the Onchan scorers.

The sides had shared six goals in the first half alone.

In the other game in the division, Castletown finally got something to smile about, winning 4-0 at bottom club Jurby – Greg Hoskisson (with his 100th first-team goal), and Alex Cawley, with an impressive hat-trick, were the goal-getters.