Despite the curtailed fixture list it was an excellent weekend for our local non-league football sides.
Pride of place goes to Canvey Island, who hammered struggling Cray Wanderers 5-1 in their Ryman Premier League clash at Park Lane. The win lifts the Gulls into sixth, just a place and a point off a play-off berth.
The gap was closed due to struggling Billericay Town holding 5th placed Tooting & Mitcham to a fine 1-1 draw away. The New Lodge side are still third bottom, four points and a couple of places from safety, but their recent run of form augurs well for the battle ahead.
It’s a battle of a different kind for Conference South outfit Thurrock. The Fleet continued their unlikely promotion push by dispatching Bath City 3-1. Sitting pretty in fourth place, it seems as if the Ship Lane outfit really mean business.
Rounding off a good day locally were Ryman One North side Tilbury. They kept their own play-off hopes alive with a 2-1 victory over Redbridge at a windswept Chadfields. The Dockers task, however, is a little harder, being just four points off a coveted play-off spot, but having played up to six games more than their rivals.
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