Double blast gives Rye key victory

Goals in the 14th and 15th minutes from Liam Upton and Matt Maclean gave Rye a 2-0 victory over eighth-placed Redhill at a wet and windy Salts.

All of the top five were triumphant in the first Division One matches in February, including fourth-placed Hassocks, who won 1-0 at home to Sidley United with the only goal coming 20 minutes into the second half.

Bexhill United made it three successive Division Two victories with a 3-2 success at home to Mile Oak. Ross Markham, Warren Parsons and Martin Denny netted as Bexhill came from behind to lead 3-1 at half time.

A debut goal from Kevin Bird and a fourth in as many games from Gordon Cuddington gave Westfield a 2-0 lead at home to Southwick only for the visitors to fight back for a 2-2 draw with the wind in the second half.

Little Common conceded two late goals to go down 3-2 at home to Eastbourne United AFC after Callum Wooller and Dominic Cruttenden had turned a 1-0 half time deficit into a 2-1 lead.

Full reports on all these matches will appear in Friday’s Observers.

Standings (played-points) - Division 1: 1 RYE UNITED 30-68, 2 Lancing 29-62, 3 Pagham 28-58, 4 Hassocks 30-54, 5 Three Bridges 24-54, 6 Peacehaven & Telscombe 30-51, 7 Lingfield 27-45, 8 Redhill 26-44, 9 AFC Uckfield 29-43, 10 East Grinstead Town 32-42, 11 SIDLEY UNITED 31-40, 12 Crowborough Athletic 32-38, 13 Selsey 28-34, 14 Shoreham 29-34, 15 Arundel 28-31, 16 Horsham YMCA 30-30, 17 Worthing United 26-28, 18 Ringmer 28-26, 19 St Francis Rangers 32-16, 20 Chichester City 25-8.

Division 2: 1 East Preston 26-71, 2 Hailsham Town 24-55, 3 Dorking Wanderers 23-46, 4 Eastbourne United AFC 28-46, 5 Littlehampton Town 26-43, 6 Southwick 27-38, 7 Storrington 27-37, 8 Mile Oak 29-36, 9 BEXHILL UNITED 26-36, 10 Rustington 27-35, 11 Wick 25-32, 12 Loxwood 24-31, 13 Steyning Town 28-29, 14 LITTLE COMMON 27-24, 15 WESTFIELD 25-24, 16 Oakwood 26-24, 17 Midhurst & Easebourne 24-23, 18 Seaford Town 24-19.