BRAWL SOURS FLOWERS WIN
SOLIHULL Moors boss Tim Flowers was left counting the cost of his side’s win at Ebbsfleet that was marred by a mass brawl and four red cards.
His men moved up to second place in the National League thanks to Adi Yussuf’s 51st-minute strike.
But the game ended in chaos after a stoppage time fight involving both sets of players that resulted in red cards for Solihull’s Luke Maxwell and Ebbsfleet’s Bagasan Graham.
Home midfielder Dean Rance then collected a second yellow for diving and Solihull’s Danny Wright walked for an off-the-ball incident.
Flowers said: “The chaos descended and it became a bit of a bear pit.
“The sad thing for us is that we’ve got a game against Aldershot on Tuesday and two suspensions.”
Victory saw Flowers side cut Leyton Orient’s lead at the top to a point after they were held to a 1-1 draw at Hartlepool.
Wrexham moved up to third after making a winning start under Bryan Hughes. Sub Stuart Beavon sealed a 1-0 victory against Dagenham and Redbridge.
Hughes said: “We could have made it a lot easier for ourselves, but the players did what was asked of them.
“I wanted to see that togetherness, that unified approach. We defended like trojans at times.”
Bottom club Braintree stunned promotion chasing Salford with an added time winner from Callum Morton. Mensah 57 Barnet (0) .............. 0
Barrow (1) ............. 1
Angus 16
Braintree Tn (0) .... 1
Morton 90
Chesterfield (0) .... 1
Boden 68 (pen)
Dover (0) ............... 2
Allen 79
Reason 81
Ebbsfleet Utd (0) .. 0
Gateshead (0) ....... 0
Hartlepool (1) ....... 1
Kabamba 45
Maidenhead (0) .... 1
Akintunde 74
Maidstone (0) ....... 1
Philliskirk 60 (og)
Wrexham (0) ......... 1
Beavon 74