They went ahead on 11 minutes when leading scorer Tony Robinson latched on to Tyrone Fagan's flick-on to beat Bees' keeper Sheridan Martinez.

New signing and former Studley midfielder Lei Brown doubled the advantage seven minutes later when he followed up Mark Faulds' saved header to score on debut.

The mercurial Robinson made it 3-0 on 28 minutes with a direct free-kick after Brown had been fouled.

A far more resilient Studley were prominent in the second-half and had several efforts on goal before Stratford lost Faulds to a straight red card for a late tackle on Bees' winger Danny Charlton.

But it was Town who sealed victory in stoppage-time when substitute Jamie Molyneux battled through the Studley defence to beat substitute keeper Sam Brady from close range.