Rye go four points clear

Two goals in either half gave Rye, who have played four games more than second-placed Pagham, a 4-0 win at home to third-bottom Shoreham on Saturday.

Wes Tate’s 15th of the season and one from Matt Maclean made it 2-0 at half time before a Sam Adams penalty and Maclean’s 16th of the campaign made sure.

Elsewhere in Division One, Sidley United lost 5-0 at home to Hassocks. Despite starting brightly, Sidley were four-down at half time largely due to their own errors.

Little Common made it a hat-trick of wins and clean sheets in Division Two with a 1-0 success at home to Southwick thanks to Dom Bristow’s third goal in three games.

Westfield ended an 11-match winless run by winning 1-0 at Loxwood, also in Division Two. David Pugh’s fifth goal in four matches did the damage.

Despite dominating, Bexhill United needed late goals from Dominic Clarke – his 17th of the season – and Liam Miles to salvage a 2-2 draw away to Oakwood.

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

Standings (played-points) – Division 1: 1 RYE UNITED 22-50, 2 Pagham 18-46, 3 Hassocks 22-42, 4 Lancing 20-39, 5 Peacehaven & Telscombe 20-35, 6 Three Bridges 16-34, 7 SIDLEY UNITED 21-33, 8 Lingfield 18-32, 9 Redhill 18-31, 10 AFC Uckfield 22-31, 11 East Grinstead Town 24-30, 12 Crowborough Athletic 24-28, 13 Horsham YMCA 22-28, 14 Selsey 19-24, 15 Ringmer 20-21, 16 Worthing United 21-20, 17 Arundel 20-17, 18 Shoreham 21-14, 19 St Francis Rangers 24-13, 20 Chichester City 18-8.

Division 2: 1 East Preston 17-46, 2 Hailsham Town 16-40, 3 Dorking Wanderers 15-32, 4 Storrington 20-29, 5 Littlehampton Town 16-28, 6 Mile Oak 20-28, 7 Southwick 19-27, 8 Wick 17-25, 9 BEXHILL UNITED 18-24, 10 Rustington 18-23, 11 Eastbourne United AFC 18-21, 12 LITTLE COMMON 18-19, 13 Steyning Town 19-19, 14 Seaford Town 15-16, 15 Loxwood 17-16, 16 WESTFIELD 15-15, 17 Oakwood 18-15, 18 Midhurst & Easebourne 16-10.