There were two changes to the starting XI that lined up in that impressive 2-2 draw with Dartford midweek at Oaklands Park. Skipper Rob Hutchings returned at left back with Curtis Da Costa partnering Ben Pashley in the heart of the Chi defence.
Chi started brightly enough with Mo Jammeh winning a handball off the Scholars’ Joe Re 60 seconds in.
Tom Lethbridge’s cross then went out for a goal kick.
Next, Jammeh picked striker Jimmy Wild who fired over a fierce delivery that no one got to.
Hutchings bombed up the wing and Jammeh won a corner which Ethan Prichard took and the hosts cleared easily enough with Re still down after receiving a knock.
Joe Moore won a couple of midfield challenges before Harry Brant got flagged offside and Kieran Magee went long to Wild.
Then Emmett Dunn tried to hit Wild but the striker had strayed offside.
Joe Clarke conceded a corner as the home team pressed and Nana Kyei had a shot before Hutchings found Moore for a loose pass that went out for a goal kick.
Chi fell behind in the 15th minute when Steve Cawley latched on to the loose ball and rifled beyond Magee who saw it late.
It might have been all square seconds later as a brilliant Moore shot got saved somehow by Laurie Shala at the other end.
Brant received a booking for a foul on Clarke and Kyei went on a superb run.
Magee was forced into a save by Bailey Stevenson and Isaac Bello opened things up with a great break and Wild found the back of the net with his 17th of the season in all competitions.
Chi broke again but it came to nothing this time and both teams overhit forward balls that were cut out.
Prichard was then fouled but the referee overlooked this one and Chi won a throw in the following move.
Then Stevenson had another go and Re mishit one which Magee claimed safely.
Jammeh got a block in to snuff out a Prosper Keto pass and Stevenson fouled Hutchings.
A Magee slip almost let Potters Bar in but he recovered and a lovely cross from Dunn to Wild pulled a wonderful stop out of Shala.
Next, Prichard had a shot blocked after good work by Hutchings and another decent move resulted finally in a Bello cross to Wild who just needed to get a touch.
A turning point then occurred when Ayo Shogbeni received his marching orders for pulling Wild back as the last man.
Wild stepped up to take the penalty and calmly put Chi ahead in the 40th minute.
Jammeh gave away a free kick for a foot up on David Hicks and Magee gathered a Kyei cross without any trouble.
Hutchings conceded an unnecessary corner which Hicks delivered and the visitors headed away but a super strike from Stevenson made it all square on the half time whistle.
Neither side made any changes at the break.
Prichard won Chi a corner three minutes in which he took that led to a goal kick.
And then the Scholars took the lead through Cawley again after a swift break.
Stevenson shinned one in the following attack and Chichester had a Prichard corner cleared and a Bello cross turned away.
Captain Ronnie Henry was well in on Prichard and Hicks gave away a set piece for a foul on Clarke.
On the hour mark Kyei drilled one wide and Jammeh had a a good effort at the opposite end.
Lloyd Rowlatt and Finlay Chadwick replaced Jammeh and Moore on 62 with Prichard picking up a yellow a couple of minutes later.
Keto’s cross was turned out for a corner off Magee which Hicks took and Henry’s free header went out for a goal kick.
Prichard, Bello and Dunn combined for a Chadwick shot which got blocked.
And then Dunn made it 3-3 in the 73rd minute with a super finish after a delicious pass.
Bello spurned an opportunity to just hit it moments later.
Then Da Costa was booked for a foul on Kyei and Shala did well to deny Prichard who one-twoed with Dunn.
Magee had a long ball to contend with which he cleared but Prichard was offside.
Mo Kamara replaced Kyei with 10 to go and Hutchings blocked his cross for a throw.
Two Potters Bar chances got obstructed, the second one for a corner which Hicks again delivered.
A long range attempt from Chadwick was saved by Shala and Keto probed down the right wing after a good goal kick.
Next, Hutchings saw his cross cleared and Prichard played one in but no one was there.
Prichard had a corner headed away as time ticked down before Fage-Burgin scored the winner from close range right at the death.
Chi drop to 15th place in the league as a result and welcome old foes Hastings United next on Saturday 7th December (Kick Off 3pm).
Chichester – Magee, Dunn, Hutchings, Moore, Da Costa, Pashley, Bello, Clarke, Wild, Jammeh, Prichard. (Horncastle, Munt, Rowlatt, Chadwick)
