A great night at the wrong end

Kingstonian manager Hayden Bird could be forgiven this morning if he was marching around his office shouting, “Do I not like orange,” like an Isthmian Graham Taylor. Prior to last night the last time his side had lost a league match was on January 4th, the victors- Cheshunt. Last night the Ambers (ok, Amber isn’t quite orange, but close enough) travelled to King George’s Field for the return fixture, and did it again, winning the match emphatically by four goals to two.

Tanasheh Abrahams put Craig Edwards’ side ahead six minutes before the break, and soon after it they were two goals to the good, courtesy of Jamie Reynolds. Omarr Lawson almost immediately halved the deficit for the home side, but the visitors weren’t downhearted, and extended their lead once more through Reece Beckles-Richards and then Ryan Moss, the match entering added time with them four-one up. Eddie Dsane got one back for the K’s during the dying embers of the game, but it didn’t matter one jot. Cheshunt go eighteenth, and put two points between themselves and the bottom three- and they have two matches in hand over three of the four sides below them.

Lewes had plummeted deep into relegation danger almost entirely due to their appalling home form. With only one win at the Dripping Pan all season, and that four months ago, something had to change- and last night it did, as they finally gave the faithful something to sing about with a two-one victory. James Hammond eased their nerves against Haringey Borough with a perfect free kick on the quarter hour, and Dimitri Hatzimouratis doubled their advantage on the stroke of half time. Chiduben Onokwai made the last twenty minutes interesting by pulling a goal back for Borough, but the equaliser didn’t come and the Rooks faithful were left to breathe a large sigh of relief and celebrate a vital three points, putting six between themselves and the bottom three.

After months at the bottom of the North Division Romford finally found themselves in the heady heights of nineteenth place after victory over Tilbury at Parkside. Boro have been in superb form of late, and this was their fifth win in six matches- and their second over a promotion chasing side. The match saw only one goal, and it came in the fifty fourth minute, Danny Waldren making a decisive intervention.

Basildon United sink to the bottom, a point behind Romford and two behind Felixstowe and Walton United- although they’ve played four games fewer than the Seasiders. The Dockers remain third.

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