Late man Pallen rescues Chats

Maldon are level on points with the leading pair, making it 13 goals in three days as they beat Soham 4-1 to follow up Saturday’s 9-1 FA Cup win. The action started with three goals in four minutes just before the half-hour, Dave Wareham and Mitchell Das putting the hosts 2-0 up before Dan Cotton hit back. That was it until the 80th minute, when James Robinson restored the two-goal margin, and Joe Gardner added the fourth.

Tilbury fans have fared almost as well over the weekend, watching their favourites ripple the net on 11 occasions. Today they enjoyed a 6-1 victory over Ware, who slumped to the foot of the table. Martin Llewellyn scored the only goal of the first half but Tilbury took control after the break. Tom Wraight got their second, Danny Francis added two in five minutes, taking his weekend haul to five, and Llewellyn netted his second before Michael Akande managed a late Ware consolation. Dockers, though, had the last word as Emiel Aiken completed the six-hit in added time.

Harlow supporters, on the other hand, have not enjoyed themselves, twice seeing their team go down 2-1 at home after taking the lead. Today it was Fernando Manuel who put them in front after 44 minutes. But Dave Bryant replied for Sudbury in the fifth minute of added time and the pre-season promotion favourites clinched their first points of the season through Ben Bowditch seven minutes after the break.

Newcomers Wroxham and their visitors, Waltham Forest, also picked up their first points after a 3-3 draw. It looked good for the hosts when a Matt Blake double gave them a 2-0 half-time lead. Forest hit back with two goals in the first three minutes after the break, Manu Dagher and Luke Stanley the marksmen. Worse followed for Wroxham as Claudio Langlois was sent off and Courtney White put the visitors ahead in the 61st minute. But the Yachtsmen salvaged that first point with a Josh Carus effort 11 minutes from time.

Witham’s 100 per cent record vanished in the second half at Waltham Abbey. James Peagram broke the deadlock in the 51st minute, Ayrton Coley quickly added another and Peagram wrapped up a 3-0 victory in the last minute.

Second-half goals did it for Romford, too. Hussain Isa’s 53rd minute penalty and Toran Senghore’s injury-time goal earned them a 2-0 victory at Ilford.

The other four scheduled games in the division were postponed because of FA Cup replays.