Wins for Bexhill & Westfield

An 85th minute goal from Nathan Tudor and Steve Morris’s 11th of the campaign two minutes later gave Bexhill a 2-0 victory at home to Mile Oak which moved them into the top three.

Two Jethro Warren beauties earned Westfield a fifth consecutive league success with a 2-1 triumph at home to Broadbridge Heath, a result which lifted them into the top six.

After Gordon Cuddington rattled the crossbar from distance early on, Warren gave Westfield a half time lead with a cracking right-foot volley from a corner in the 29th minute.

Heath drew level in controversial fashion with a goal that Westfield felt was offside, but the hosts responded well and Warren won it with a 25-yard strike which arrowed into the corner.

Little Common suffered their first league defeat on a Saturday this season as a depleted side went down 2-1 at Southwick. James Vaughan pulled one back after Common had gone two-down.

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

Standings (played-points): 1 Littlehampton Town 13-32, 2 Newhaven 13-32, 3 BEXHILL UNITED 11-25, 4 Eastbourne United AFC 12-24, 5 LITTLE COMMON 12-23, 6 WESTFIELD 12-22, 7 Broadbridge Heath 13-22, 8 Southwick 14-19, 9 Midhurst & Easebourne 13-18, 10 Loxwood 14-17, 11 Seaford Town 12-17, 12 Wick 12-16, 13 Mile Oak 13-15, 14 Oakwood 13-11, 15 Steyning Town 13-9, 16 Storrington 14-9, 17 Rustington 12-5, 18 Saltdean United 14-1.