SECKA SHINES FOR LANCERS

CORINTHIAN’S woes continue as they slipped to yet another defeat at home to a resurgent Lancing.

The home side suffered defeats in their previous outings at East Grinstead Town and Hythe Town.

They got off to the worst possible start when Lancing opened the scoring in the 13th minute – a Darius Goldsmith corner was inadvertently turned into his own net by the unfortunate James Billings.

The Lancers had the opportunity to double their lead from the penalty spot when Billings fouled Mo Jammeh, but the spot-kick

HYTHE TOWN put a dent in Chatham Town’s drive for automatic promotion as they won at Reachfields.

It was the Cannons who got the vital goal after only nine minutes as a long throw from Marvin Hamilton was nodded on by Frannie Collin over to Johan Caney-Bryan whose header at the far post beat Chatham keeper Ben Bridle-Card.

It could have been 2-0 after 33 minutes when midfielder Ethan Smith smashed a shot against

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was missed by Kane Louis. However, Lancing quickly atoned for this error when Tyrone Madhani scored the decisive second goal to settle the contest.

Alieu Secka was particularly impressive for the visitors and deservedly picked up the man of the match award.

STAR MAN: Alieu Secka (Lancing)

ENTERTAINMENT: ★★★★★ the woodwork. The Hythe defence came under an onslaught in the second half as the visitors sought an equaliser. Their best chance came after 79 minutes when Billy Bennett’s shot hit the crossbar.

STAR MAN: Johan Caney-Bryan (Hythe Town) ENTERTAINMENT:

HYTHE TOWN 1 CHATHAM TOWN 0 By Andy Short