Golds seal fourth-placed finish

Golds boss Mark Bennett felt his side made hard work of the win against an Oakwood side whose loss sees them relegated into Division 3.

Jason Jarvis put Littlehampton ahead after five minutes when he headed home a Michael Hendrick cross.

Peter Beadle and Danny Hand both missed one-on-one chances to double the lead, before Hand slotted in the second on the hour mark.

Jamie Atterwell fired in the third on 83 minutes after Hand’s run and cross down the right, and Hand completed the scoring in the second minute of injury-time with his 21st goal of the season.

Bennett said: “We’re definitely going to finish fourth, which is pleasing. The table doesn’t lie but we’ve had too many draws this season.

“We’ve heard that Dorking might not be able to go up owing to the ground grading but we’ll have to wait and see whether we could go up instead.

“I was pleased with the win, although we made hard work of it. They can cause you problems, their two guys up front were lively and quick, but I don’t think Jon Hendrick had a save to make and we deserved to win.

“We’ve lacked a bit of experience to kill a game off and this year has been a learning curve for all of us, but we’ve done well and, whatever happens, I’m pleased with how we’ve done.”

Golds finish their season at third-placed Dorking on Saturday

LITTLEHAMPTON: J.Hendrick; Goff, McKay, Bibb, M.Hand; D.Hand, Beadle, J.Wrigley, M.Hendrick; Jarvis, D.Hand. Subs: Black (Goff 55), Atterwell (J.Wrigley 67), A.Wrigley (M.Hendrick 80).