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Saturday's Ryman League Premier Division, Division 1 South and Division 1 North round-up

Margate saw their lead at the top of Ryman League, Premier Division cut to two points after a surprise 2-1 home defeat to Peacehaven & Telscombe.

Ryan Moss put Gate ahead just seven minutes in, only for Tom Burton to equalise shortly before the half-hour and Wilfred Grimaud to snatch the winner 12 minutes from time.

Maidstone United are two points behind in second but retain four games in hand, despite being held to a 1-1 draw at home to fourth-placed Hendon.

Frannie Collin’s 52nd-minute goal looked like sending Stones back to the top, only for a stoppage-time leveller to silence the crowd of 1,996.

Tonbridge Angels are four points and four places above the drop-zone after drawing 0-0 at fellow strugglers AFC Hornchurch.

VCD Athletic remain in the relegation zone after being pegged back by 10-man Bury Town.

Nick Reeves put the hosts ahead 10 minutes after the break but Joe Benjamin levelled 20 minutes from time before the visitors saw a man sent-off in stoppage-time.

It’s as you were at the top of Ryman League, Division 1 South with just a point separating the top three sides.

Faversham Town had to come from behind to secure the points at Tooting & Mitcham.

Frankie Sawyer put the hosts ahead inside seven minutes, only for a three-goal burst in 10 second-half minutes to put the Lilywhites in charge.

Josh Stanford levelled eight minutes into the second half and after Dave Botterill had turned the game around with a second on 62 minutes, Stanford netted his second 60 seconds later.

Sol Pinnock did set up a tense finale with a last-minute second for the hosts but Town remain third, a point behind Merstham who were endebted to a last-minute winner at Ramsgate to keep them top.

The Surrey side looked like they would have to settle for a point after Joe Taylor hit his second to make it 2-2 after 86 minutes, both of Taylor’s goals cancelling out goals from Simon Cooper.

However, Peter Adeniyi snatched the points with the crucial fifth goal in the final minute to keep Merstham a point ahead of Burgess Hill Town, 2-1 winners at Carshalton Athletic, who are second on goal difference and still have six games in hand.

Ramsgate are fourth-bottom, only two points out of the drop-zone after the defeat at Southwood.

Folkestone Invicta are four points behind Faversham in fourth after a 3-0 win at Chipstead.

Jordan Wright set the seasiders on their way after just four minutes and after Richard Atkins had doubled the lead with 13 minutes to play, it was Wright who made the points safe with a third eight minutes from time.

Herne Bay could not find a breakthrough against Hastings. Picture: Chris Davey.
Herne Bay could not find a breakthrough against Hastings. Picture: Chris Davey.

Herne Bay slipped to eighth after goals in either half from Taser Hassan and Charlie Farmer handed Hastings United a 2-0 win at Winch’s Field.

Sittingbourne are 11th after going down 2-0 at home to Guernsey, Matthew Loaring and Dominic Heaume scoring either side of the break,

Whitstable Town fell to 14th after coming back to grab an injury-time equaliser, only to concede the winner straight from the restart at South Park.

Chris Smith put the hosts ahead six minutes after the break and despite Ian Pulman snatching a dramatic leveller from the spot, Kieran Lavery sent the Park fans into rapture seconds later,

Hythe Town were denied victory at home to Worthing by a 94th-minute equaliser.

Jack Sellens put the hosts ahead on the stroke of half-time but Brannon O’Neil levelled in the dying seconds to leave Town fifth-bottom, four points above the relegation zone.

In Division 1 North, Thamesmead Town went down 2-0 at Maldon & Tiptree.

Two goals in four second-half minutes from Nathan Korangten and Tunde Adewunni did the damage to leave Mead 13th.

Laurence Collins scored the opener for Chatham Town at Soham Town Rangers eight minutes before the break, only for two second-half goals from Ryan Sharman to give the Cambridgeshire side the points.

Chats are three points and two places clear of the drop-zone.

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