Chichester suffered their first back-to-back league defeat as goals from Vance Bola and then Ian Draycott, on the stroke of half time, gave Ashford all three points after Conrad Honore’s 17th minute strike put Chi ahead.
A Jean-Baptiste Fischer strike early in the first half and an unfortunate own goal late on condemned Chichester to a third league defeat in their last six.
It finished all-square in an entertaining end-to-end encounter between Isthmian League South East new boys Erith & Belvedere and Chichester after Joe Clarke put the visitors in front on 74 minutes only for sub Marcus Elliott to score a...
Chichester bounced back to winning ways in the league in this enthralling, frenetic, eight-goal Sussex derby between teams in seventh and eighth spot at kick off.
Horsham hit Chichester for six as they progressed to the quarter finals of the Sussex Senior Cup condemning Chi to their heaviest defeat in years.
Chichester travelled to Sevenoaks in difficult conditions, in the knowledge that in their six previous meetings at Step 4 of the non-league pyramid against these Kent-based opponents, they had won three and drawn three.
Chichester City score a 5-0 win at Newhaven in the Sussex Senior Cup Photographer: Neil Holmes
A first half Steve Hutchings’ penalty and a Max Walsh equaliser after the break for East Grinstead meant it finished honours even in this Isthmian south east encounter.