Stortford go top, Lowestoft stay there, and Binfield close in on the summit

The last time Bishop's Stortford met Folkestone Invicta they won three-nil, so there must have been an element of deja vu last night as they repeated the trick at the R&D Advisors UK Stadium- and went to the top of the Pitching In Isthmian Premier table.

Ollie Peters got the Blues underway, his shot from just outside the box ending up in the bottom corner on sixteen minutes, and eight minutes after the break a back post volley from Jonny Giles made it two, Ryan Charles with the assist. a few minutes later and the contest was over, Tosin Olufemi finishing calmly to make it three, and ensure that Invicta had no way back. The Blues remove Potters Bar Town from the summit on goal difference.

Margate played host to Haringey Borough, and the two sides delivered a six goal thriller. Rakim Richards gave the visitor an early lead which Ben Greenhalgh quickly cancelled out, but with only twenty two minutes to go a fabulous volley from Matthew Young put the visitors in the driving seat. Almost immediately Borough added another, Scott Durojaiye surely sealing victory- but the hosts had other ideas. With seventeen minutes remaining Korrey Henry reduced the arrears, heading home a corner, and then deep in added time the Blues grabbed a point, Cameron Brodie heading home.

Margate are fifteenth, Borough are eleventh.

In the Pitching In Isthmian North Gorleston became the latest club to try and end Lowestoft Town's one hundred percent record- but their efforts were doomed to failure in a big way, as the Trawler Boys fired home six goals. It took two minutes for Adam Hipperson to open the scoring for the 'visitors' (Gorleston share Lowestoft's Fosters Solicitors Community Stadium), and nine minutes later the same player made it two-nil from the spot. On twenty five minutes Connor Ingram tried to make a game of it and pulled a goal back, but that just riled the Trawler Boys. Ten minutes later Jake Reed scored for the ninth time this season- and th seventh successive league match- and nine minutes after the break Josh Harvey made it four. Reed moved to double figures with the fifth, and six minutes from time- appropriately- Harvey got the sixth.

The Trawler Boys move five points clear, whilst Gorleston prop up the rest and are still without a point. Five hundred and forty nine watched on. Image from the lens of Shirley Whitlow.

Unbeaten Binfield knew that they could could close the gap on Pitching In South Central leaders Northwood to two points if they could win the first of their games in hand- and they managed that, but they didn't have things all their own way against Sutton Common Rovers. It looked as if it might be a walk in the park when Taylor Morgan put the Moles ahead after just three minutes, but new arrival from Leyton Orient Jephte Tanga quickly equalised for the visitors. The Moles went ahead just before the break, Brad Pagliaroli with his third of the campaign- but an own goal soon drew Rovers level again. The winner came just after the hour, and it went to Johnny Efedje, on from the bench to score his sixth of the season.

The FA Cup saw Billericay Town travel to Biggleswade Town. The Blues let a two goal cushion evaporate in the last ten minutes of Saturday's match, and last night conceded three more against the side currently fourteenth in Pitching In Southern Central Division One. The hosts have saved their best form for the cup, and did so again, winning three-nil.

In the Velocity Cup, Corinthian welcomed Sittingbourne, the Brickies getting the only goal ten minutes from time, Ben Gorham (autocorrect keeps trying to change his name to Gotham, do you think we've discovered the identity of Batman?) with it. The Brickies spent the last hour of the match with nine men, Lewis Chambers and Alex Addai sent off, so we've no idea how they won that one!

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