In front of a crowd of 302, K`s took the lead on the half-hour mark through Pelayo Pico Gomez.
Eight minutes later Dan Sweeney doubled the home side`s lead. However, Martin Tuohy pulled the Gulls back into the game a couple of minutes before half-time.
But Canvey, who had lost their previous two games, saw their chances of getting anything out of this match take a massive blow when they had Tambeson Eyong dismissed for a second yellow card offence with 20 minutes remaining.
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