IT finished all-square in the clash between STANWAY ROVERS and reigning Thurlow Nunn League champions Hadleigh United.
The high-flying premier division rivals met in the game of the day at Millfield and it ended 1-1, with the Suffolk side nosing in front with a headed goal before Karl-Mike Fondop-Talun equalised.
BRANTHAM ATHLETIC got back to winning ways, after bitterly disappointing defeats against struggling pair FC Clacton and Diss.
Kieran Lawler and Jourdan Kiwomya scored their goals in a 2-1 victory at home to Kirkley & Pakefield.
The Suffolk side pulled one back and finished the match with ten men, after having a player sent off.
There was no such success for WIVENHOE TOWN or FC CLACTON.
Both suffered defeats, with the Dragons going down 2-1 at Haverhill Rovers.
Ben Parkin popped up with an equalising goal and it was all-square at the break.
Marley Spindler was then sent off during a second half in which the hosts went on to grab their winner.
Clacton’s defeat was a 2-0 reverse at Ipswich Wanderers.
Both goals came in the second half.
HALSTEAD TOWN drew 1-1 in their first division match at Stowmarket.
The hosts took the lead with a hotly-contested penalty, before Tom Cook scored a great leveller for the fifth-placed Humbugs.
BRAINTREE TOWN RESERVES were without a fixture on Saturday.
For full non-league coverage, see Monday's Gazette.
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