Round up of last Saturday

Aveley topple Hornchurch, whilst Potters Bar Town and Bishop's Stortford also manage single goal triumphs. Billericay bring five to the table, whilst we've four goals for Canvey and Hastings.

Last Saturday we again boarded a leadership merry-go-round at the top of the Premier Division, with Potters Bar Town taking charge once more. We knew that our leaders at kick off, Hornchurch, faced a tough task as they travelled to face fifth place Aveley - and the two were level on points after Saturday as the Millers scored the only goal of the game. It arrived fourteen minutes from time, Kenny Aileru finding the corner of the net.

Potters Bar Town welcomed Bowers & Pitsea to the Lantern Stadium. The Scholars fell to defeat at Horsham last weekend, but must have been confident, particularly as they defeated Bowers twice last season. The Essex side aren’t particularly easy to beat, however, having drawn almost half of their matches so far- and it looked like they had yet another draw until Nick Dembele, a revelation since arriving from Bognor a few weeks ago, scored for the third match in a row, this one coming just six minutes from time.

Bishop’s Stortford saw their long, long unbeaten run come to an end at Canvey Island, but the Blues couldn’t blame the Manager of the Month curse as they were only notified of that honour two days later! They welcomed Kingstonian, and again, we had but one goal - this one coming just before the half hour to the Blues number nine, Oliver Peters, who met a headed defensive clearance with a volley on the edge of the box and found the back of the visitors net.

Enfield Town travelled to take on one of our form sides, Carshalton Athletic their hosts. The

Towners were five unbeaten in all competitions, and won both encounters against the Robins last season - and they did it again at Colston Avenue. Sam Youngs gave them a great start in the seventh minute, Jake Cass doubling their advantage midway through the first half. Ten minutes after the break Tom Beere gave the hosts hope, halving the deficit, but it didn’t remain halved for long as an own goal just three minutes later made sure of the points for the Towners.

Fresh from halting Stortford’s unbeaten run, Canvey Island travelled to face managerless and second bottom Herne Bay. The Gulls are having a fine campaign, their first since promotion, and seemed to be over their mini-blip, having won their last two games without conceding a goal and whilst scoring five. They made it nine points from nine despite falling behind on fifteen minutes - Marcel Barrington’s fifth of the season for Bay. Joe Paxman levelled for the Gulls just after the half hour, and twelve minutes after the restart Odei Martin Sorondo put them ahead. Charlie Edwards then got in on the act and added two more to clinch a four-one win.

Lewes and Cray Wanderers met at the Dripping Pan, and couldn’t manage a goal between them. They did manage a red card, Mitch Chapman departing in sixty four minutes for the visitors, but that was the extent of the excitement. The Rooks are eight games unbeaten, the Wands take their unbeaten run to six matches.

Billericay Town seemed to have suddenly hit a bump in the road, but they avoided any potholes provided by the visit of Horsham by triumphing in an eight goal thriller. Within thirty one minutes the hosts were four goals to the good, Michael Chambers, Chris Dickson (2) and Bradley Stevenson with those, but the Hornets finally awoke, and got three back in an eleven minute