K's stay top, Towners win the A10 derby, Rocks shock Rebels and Hornchurch get their mojo back

In our early kick off, Haringey Borough made it three wins in a row as they defeated Wingate & Finchley. The match went forty minutes without a goal, and then got two in four as David Olufemi and Georgios Aresti gave the hosts a comfortable lead at the break. Fifteen minutes into the second half Christos Djamas made it three, and although Ibrahim Meite pulled one back soon afterwards, Olufemi’s second- and Borough’s fourth- made quite sure six minutes from time- four goals, three points and up to fourth.

Corinthian-Casuals hosted Kingstonian in a Royal Borough battle, and it was the visitors who made the breakthrough from the spot just after the hour, Gus Sow holding his nerve. That turned out to be the only goal of the game, and it was enough for the K’s to end the day two points clear at the top.

The A10 derby between Enfield Town and Cheshunt looked to be a match between quite evenly-matched sides. It was the hosts who took the lead, talisman Mo Faal opening the scoring seven minutes before the break to the delight of most of the six hundred and eighty six present- and that turned out to be the only goal of the game, as the Towners stay second.

Merstham hosted Folkestone Invicta, and Invicta maintained their unbeaten record. Ronnie Dolan got the opening goal on twenty four minutes, and David Smith made sure of the points eleven minutes from time as the visitors ended the day in third, the hosts in nineteenth.

Margate had been very mean in defence so far this season, but weren’t so mean when Cray Wanderers took the lead, Wands boss Danny Kedwell putting them ahead on nine minutes. The Blues were level, however, on twenty three- Vance Bola with the equaliser, and took the lead with six minutes remaining, Dan Thompson with what proved to be the winner. Gate are fifth, Wands slip to ninth.

Managerless Leatherhead fell behind on the quarter hour as they hosted Carshalton Athletic, Paris Hamilton-Downes opening the scoring for the Robins. It took until ten minutes from the end for another goal, and that also came to the Robins, as Dan Hector secured the points. Harry Ottaway got number three in the last minute to see the Robins up to sixth.

Worthing welcomed two thousand, one hundred and one to the Crucial Environmental Stadium as they hosted local rivals Bognor Regis Town. After a goalless first half the majority of those in attendance would have been shocked into silence when Ashton Leigh put the Rocks ahead just after the hour mark, and the stadium would have resembled a library- albeit with a rowdy section for visiting bookworms- as Kayne Diedrick-Roberts made it two five minutes later. That was that, and the Rocks faithful will be dancing on the train home.

Bishop's Stortford got the first goal of the three o’clock kick off’s as Frankie Merrifield gave them the lead against Bowers & Pitsea, but they were only ahead for just over half an hour before Lewis Manor equalised. Manor was next on the scoresheet, too, putting the visitors ahead on sixty three minutes, but the hosts hit back, Jake Cass equalising from the penalty spot.

Those watching East Thurrock United and Brightlingsea Regent waited seventy six minutes for a goal, the first one coming to Alex Hernandez for the hosts- his second of the weekend. They got another five minutes from time, this one going to Regent through Harry McDonald, and that’s how it ended, one-one.

Hornchurch had not been at their usual high standard of late, but Sam Higgins gave them a fifteenth minute lead against Potters Bar Town, and then made them fairly comfortable ten minutes later when doubling their advantage. Their comfort increased when the Scholars saw Aryan Tajbakhsh dismissed soon after the break, and the ten men were three down when Rickie Hayles got on the scoresheet for the Urchins. Ellis Brown got number four four minutes from time, and the Urchins had their mojo back. Hornchurch are up to eighth.

Lewes and Horsham welcomed one thousand, and fifty one to the Dripping Pan- but couldn’t manage to entertain them with a goal.

Image from Bognor Regis Town.

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