Jammers return to the summit- and Tilbury progress in the Trophy

Pitching In Isthmian North

With leaders Felixstowe and Walton United not playing, Maldon and Tiptree knew that a point against Downham Town would send them back to the summit- and they were given a boost on seventeen minutes with the match goalless, as Arturs Visocanskis saw red for the visitors. Despite that, Town kept the Jammers at bay until the sixty fourth minute, when Anisius Lewis finally got a goal, and the visitors remained in the match until the very end, when keeper Jasper Briggs also saw red. The Jammers held on to go top once more. 

Wroxham were celebrating a milestone for boss Jordan Southgate- his three hundredth match in charge. The Yachtsmen had Witham Town hoping to spoil their party, but the hosts went ahead just after the hour, Shaun Taylor the scorer, and the same player then added a second sixteen minutes from time. That was that, third place and party time!

Bowers and Pitsea, in fourth, headed to fifth place Gorleston in our match of the day. It looked as if we’d reach the break without a goal, but a red card for the visitors Alex Golder was immediately followed by a Greens penalty, and Alby Matthews stuck that away to give Gorleston the lead. Bowers stuck to their task, but couldn’t find a goal- and right at the end they found a second red card, Luke Wilson dismissed. Gorleston are up to fourth, Bowers down to fifth. 

Sixth place Newmarket Town travelled to take on bottom side Brantham Athletic, and the Jockeys took only three minutes to go ahead, Louis Jenkins with the opener. An own goal made it two-nil on twenty one minutes, and Stan Leech surely ensured all three points with the third goal ten minutes into the second half- his eighteenth of the season. Nine minutes from time Will Gardner added a fourth, and only goal difference is keeping Newmarket out of the top five. 

Redbridge, in seventh at kick off, hoped to bounce back after two defeats as they travelled to take on a Lowestoft Town side who had lost three of their last four. The Trawler Boys went ahead on twenty five minutes, Ashton Blogg with the opening goal, but the Motormen were quickly level, Joe Johnson with the equaliser, and went ahead two minutes after the break, Malachi Napa the scorer. The hosts hopes departed right at the end, Prince Sikiru making it three-one, with only goal difference separating Redbridge, who stay seventh, and fifth place Bowers and Pitsea. 

Concord Rangers made the journey to East London, Walthamstow their hosts. The Beachboys, with only two defeats from ten, went ahead four minutes before half time when Bobby Kelman scored his sixth of the season, and they made it two immediately after the break, Kelman again the scorer. Brian Garzon got a goal back just before the hour, but it wasn’t enough, and the eighth place Beachboys are the fourth of four sides tied on twenty three points. 

Mildenhall Town hoped to make it three wins from three as they hosted Brightlingsea Regent, and they had a rather positive start, going ahead from the spot after only five minutes, Danny Setchell putting it away. Nineteen minutes from time Jake Clowsley drew the visitors level, and, spurred on by that, they went ahead two minutes later, Harry Mcdonald with that one. Ola Bello made it three-one three minutes from time, and that result lifts Regent up to fifteenth. 

Cambridge City, in twenty first and under new management, hoped to kick start their season as Heybridge Swifts came to call. City went ahead in the last minutes of the first half, George Smith scoring from the spot, and on fifty seven minutes Jett Murphy made it two. Smith added a third with eleven minutes remaining, and City are up to nineteenth. 

FA Trophy

Stanway Rovers played host to Harrow Borough in a North v South Central tie. Rovers had to be favourites, if only because Borough have struggled on the road of late, but it was the visitors who made the breakthrough eight minutes into the second half, Dernell Wynter opening the scoring. Wynter scored again ten minutes from time, and a late consolation from the hosts Alex Bolovan was indeed no more than a consolation. 

Tilbury was the destination for Pitching In Southern Division One side Hadley, conquerors of Dartford in the last round. After a goalless first half it was the Dockers who made the breakthrough early in the second, Tyler Forbes with the opener- and it wasn’t only the opener, it was the only, Tilbury through to the next round. 

Waltham Abbey hoped to prove a tough test for Premier promotion chasers Chatham Town, and indeed they made their visitors work hard, but a goal in each half sent the Chats through. Kian Moynes got the opener ten minutes before the break, Kian Garlinge the second just before the hour mark, and two-nil was the final score.