Swans end Anvils' unbeaten run

There was early excitement as Jamie Cade put the visitors ahead in the fifth minute and Dave Lawrence made it 1-1 in the ninth. Ashley Quashie scored another for the Swans in the 23rd minute and that turned out to be the winner. Walton are now level on points with leaders Folkestone with the Anvils a point behind in third place.

Chipstead and Herne Bay are a point further back after their 2-2 draw. Chips, in fact, took a 2-0 lead with goals by Conner French in the 33rd minute and Michael Gordon in the 64th. Dean Grant pulled one back two minutes later and the visitors snatched a point with an 89th-minute effort from James Turner.

Dulwich lost ground with a 1-0 defeat at Corinthian-Casuals, who moved into mid-table. Jamie Byatt headed the goal with eight minutes left (his delight, and Dulwich’s despair, pictured courtesy of Stuart Tree).

Horsham are off the bottom, though they made harder work of beating Sittingbourne than seemed likely when they powered into a 4-0 lead after 40 minutes. Billy Medlock opened the scoring after 21 minutes and struck again five minutes before the break, by which time Wayne Clarke and Charlie Farmer had also delighted the home fans. Joe Taylor pulled one back immediately before the interval but Hornets were still 4-1 up going into added time at the end of the game. Then Taylor scored again, Tom Loynes made it 4-3 and Horsham had to sweat it out for another four minutes before the final whistle.

The new bottom club are Tooting, beaten 2-0 at home by Walton Casuals. Sam Robinson did the damage, scoring in the ninth minute and converting a penalty just before the half-hour mark.

Worthing gave themselves some breathing space at the foot of the table with a 3-1 win at Leatherhead. The Tanners drop to 18th, which means that all three sides relegated to this division from last season’s Premier are in the bottom five. Tom Lawley and Scott Tipper gave Rebels a 2-0 lead in the game’s first quarter. Nat Hubert’s own goal gave Tanners hope early in the second half but the favour was repaid when Chris Boulter found his own net seven minutes from time.

Liam Wright’s double gave Merstham the points from a 2-0 victory at Burgess Hill, another team who had the chance to draw level with Folkestone. Instead, Hillians fell behind on 52 minutes and had Jonno Melia dismissed on the hour. Wright got his second in the 68th minute.

Paul Booth’s penalty gave Maidstone the lead four minutes before half-time but visiting Hythe levelled matters though Brendon Cass in the 73rd minute. They still fell to 20th in the table, despite having a better goal difference than three of the top five.