Dulwich maintain the edge

Ellis Green put Dulwich ahead after 14 minutes and they maintained the upper hand, although it was not until the last minute that Xavier Vidal (pictured) clinched the points with a spectacular long-range shot. Faversham’s Jamie Maxted was denied a consolation goal by a goalline clearance.

Maidstone eased to a 3-0 win at Three Bridges, halting the Sussex club’s run of four victories which had lifted them off the foot of the table.

Danny Lye headed in a long throw from Alex Flisher in the 20th minute and Flisher himself made it 2-0 midway through the second half. Ade Olorunda’s header in added time extended Stones’ goal-difference advantage over Dulwich to eight and that could yet turn out to be vital. Bridges remain in 21st place, ahead of Walton Casuals only on goal difference.

Faversham stayed in third place but can now finish no higher. The only team who can, on paper, catch the top two are Hythe, 14 points behind them with five games left after their 2-1 home win over Crawley Down.

They dominated the first half: Dave Cook put them ahead with his 22nd league goal in the 32nd minute and Craig Thompson doubled the lead before half-time.

The Anvils, desperate for points to maintain their play-off hopes, improved after the break but had only a 76th-minute goal from Miles Mitchell to show for it.

An Ian Pulman double enabled Ramsgate to cling on to fifth place with a 2-0 home win over Worthing, killing off the Sussex club’s lingering play-off hopes.

Pulman, who has hit top form at the right time, took his league tally to 20 with goals in the 55th and 72nd minutes, much to the relief of Warren Schulz who had missed a first-half penalty.

Folkestone stayed sixth, a point behind the Rams, with a 3-1 victory at Walton Casuals which kept their hosts pinned to the bottom. Richard Atkins put them ahead on 25 minutes with a deflected shot and also made it 3-0 in the 62nd minute, ten minutes after Phil Stevenson had netted the second with a free-kick.

But the advantage remains with seventh-placed Leatherhead, also a point behind Ramsgate and with two games in hand. The Tanners missed a host of chances at Herne Bay but the one they took, netted by Tom Bradbrook on the hour, was enough for a 1-0 win.

Horsham did themselves a power of good in the battle to stay up, beating Merstham 1-0 at Gorings Mead to move five points clear of the bottom two. Trevor McCreadle converted a Tony Nwachukwu cross for the decisive goal soon after the break.

Chipstead also eased their fears with a lone-goal home win. They beat Sittingbourne with a 56th minute goal from Karl Green and that surely ended the Brickies’ play-off bid. Chips had to survive the last few minutes with full-back Dan Dean between the posts after Mu Maan was injured.

Tooting and Walton & Hersham, two other teams in the relegation mix, shared the points with a 1-1 draw. Ty Berry put the Terrors in front after seven minutes and they held it until the last kick of the game, when James Awofisan rescued the visitors.

Corinthian-Casuals also picked up a handy point from a goalless and uneventful draw at Eastbourne Town. Casuals’ Jamie Byatt looked the man most likely to break the deadlock.

Burgess Hill were 2-0 home winners over Whitstable. Max Miller gave them a half-time lead and Ryan Thomson added a late second. Darren Budd missed a penalty for Hillians in added time.