Sittingbourne won 1-0 at Whyteleafe to go within two points of second place in Ryman League Division 1 South.

The Brickies are well in touch in sixth place after Billy Manners fired the only goal of the game after just four minutes in Surrey.

Faversham Town won 2-1 at Walton Casuals to move up to ninth, leapgrogging their opponents in the process.

Alex Waugh scored for the second consecutive game on 24 minutes with a 20-yard drive and despite the hosts levelling within a minute, an own-goal shortly before half-time sealed the points.

The Lilywhites also overtook Chatham Town who slipped to 14th after going down 2-0 at home to Godalming courstesy of two first-half goals.

Ramsgate endured a torrid afternoon at promotion-chasing Met Police, going down 3-0 after having keeper Brett Mills sent-off 20 minutes in with defender Ryan Harker taking over between the posts and conceding the final two goals, despite a heroic peformance.

Whitstable Town stopped the rot with a 1-1 draw against Walton & Hersham which moved them out of the bottom two.

Ian Pulman (pictured) got the Oystermen's goal from the penalty spot 12 minutes in after good work from new signing Lloyd Blackman, but the visitors levelled on the hour.