Saturday 29th July
Corinthian conceded the first goal of the new SCEFL season but ended the first day at the top of the table, after a 5-1 home success over Kennington.
Fin Dent took just over a minute to open his ‘Ton’ account but the hosts took over from there, and with goals from Jack Billings, Amin Gorgol x2, Harry Lashley and Sam Bewick, Corinthian ran out impressive winners.
Fisher picked up the result of the day, when they upset Deal Town and the Twitter experts with a 3-1 victory.
It could only have been the Fish followers that had faith in their team, with less than 25% of those polled picking a home win in this one. It came thanks to first half goals from Eni Amgbaduba and Manny Shoderu, with Kyren Cooper’s late effort sealing the game after Aaron Millbank had narrowed the deficit.
Holmesdale returned from the coast with 3 points in their pockets, as Lydd Town’s first day at Step 5 didn’t quite go as they had planned.
After a goalless opening half, the visitors scored 3 times in 10 minutes, with Sam Bayford, Richard Jimoh and Tom Osel each finding the net.
Snodland Town won 2-0 at home to Stansfeld in front of 239 spectators at Potyns.
The large crowd saw the hosts get the hard work done by the break, with a scramble won goal follwing a Ben Davisson penalty opener.
Josh Oliver hit a double for Whitstable Town in their 2-0 win against Erith Town at the Belmont.
His first came from the spot in the first half with his brace completed in the final seconds of the game.
Faversham Town won the battle of the two relegated side when seeing off VCD Athletic 3-0 at Oaklands.
Gary Lockyer is up and running in his quest for the Golden Boot, and is joined in the scoring charts by teammates Connor Essam and Jefferson Aibangbee.
Tunbridge Wells were single goal victors against Hollands & Blair at the Culverden Stadium.
Dominic Wynter-Stephens got that goal in the 68th minute getting Steve Ives reign as Wells boss off to the perfect start.
Punjab United shared the points with Bearsted but will feel disappointed to have done so after taking a 2-0 lead at the Steve Cook Stadium.
Alfie Bloomfield and Chris Edwards each scored in the first half for Punjab but the Bears battled back and with late goals from Joel Wakefield and Ryan Blake, earned themselves, what looked for most of the game, an unlikely point.
Welling Town and Rusthall played out a 0-0 draw.
