Southern Counties East League round-up: Whitstable and Erith & Belvedere draw, wins for Stansfeld, Glebe, Tunbridge Wells and K Sports
Published: 08:14, 30 October 2022
Updated: 08:51, 30 October 2022
Whitstable's unbeaten start under new manager Marcel Nimani continued after a dramatic finale against leaders Erith & Belvedere.
Harrison Carnegie's opener for Whitstable was cancelled out by Tyrell Richardson-Brown in the second half.
Rob Strachan appeared to have won it for the Deres in the second minute of stoppages but Muhammed Cham netted in the seventh extra minute to make it 2-2.
Stansfeld closed the gap at the top to seven points with a 3-2 success at Deal.
Ben Chapman and Connor Coyne had put Deal 2-0 ahead but Tommy Whitnell and Lee Friend equalised before half-time.
The visitors took the points thanks to Dan Parkinson's winner midway through the second half.
Erith Town lost ground as K Sports ended a run of four straight defeats by winning 2-1 at Erith Stadium.
Luke Medley and Luke Dance scored in either half for Sports, Steadman Callender's late goal proving no more than a consolation.
Marcel McDonald's first-half hat-trick led Glebe to an 8-1 win over Canterbury.
Second-half goals from Jamie Philpot (2), James Dyer, Ross Craig and Harry Gamble completed their tally, Henry Arnold claiming a late consolation.
Trevor McCreadie's stoppage-time header handed Tunbridge Wells a narrow win over Welling Town at the Culverden.
There was also late drama at Rusthall as the hosts looked set for three points, leading 2-0 with a minute left against Lordswood thanks to Louie Clarke's brace.
But Billy Marsh and Junior Baker netted as Lords scored twice in as many minutes to rescue a point.
As with all games at the weekend, a minute's applause was held prior to Bearsted's trip to Punjab United in memory of long-serving Bears secretary Roy Benton who sadly passed away this week.
Ollie Freeman's first-minute strike got their afternoon off to a good start but Punjab hit back through Will Johnson-Cole and Chandler Kasai to take the points.
Kundai Munyama's 90th-minute goal led Kennington to a 2-1 win over Phoenix Sports, who had cancelled out Tom Scorer's first-half opener through Lee Bird.
Two goals in as many minutes from Clyde Semazzi and Fred Obasa gave Holmesdale a 2-1 victory at Hollands & Blair, who led through Sam Bewick's first-half opener.
Fisher progressed in the FA Vase, winning on penalties at AFC Stoneham for the second week running. The tie finished 3-3 after 90 minutes.
The FA ordered the game to be replayed after Stoneham were incorrectly unable to use a player who had been sin-binned in the previous week's shoot-out.
Larkfield are the new leaders in Division 1 after Dan Lott, Luke Burdon and Mackenzie Gardiner scored in a 3-0 win at Forest Hill.
Hicham Akhazzan and Harry Taylor scored in the second half to send Rochester second following a 2-0 success over Bridon Ropes.
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