Curtis fouls pay cost

Substitute Dan McGuinness had outpaced Curtis over a 50-yard sprint, only to have his legs taken as Curtis made a desperate lunge for the ball.

Curtis got up to see double trouble '” a second yellow '” and as he completed his long trudge to the touchline he watched Tom Manton clinically consign the Mavericks to defeat.

While a huge Hallowe'en victory for Wick, their second of the week, it was hard on courageous United, who remain in a perilous league position, but simply have to pick themselves up pronto and begin to climb the table.

For full report, see this week's Worthing Herald.