Second placed Cray Valley PM maintained their 100% away record in the Isthmian South East division shutting out Chichester City 3-0 mid-week at Oaklands Park.
Ten-man Chichester City beat basement club Beckenham Town 4-0 at Oaklands Park to halt a run of back-to-back home losses.
A well-drilled and organised Horndean did a job on Chichester as the hosts were condemned to a first loss of 2024 at Oaklands Park.
Chichester bounced back to winning ways as top scorer Ethan Prichard hit a New Year’s Day hat-trick against nearest neighbours Littlehampton.
Chichester conceded three calamitous goals as 2023 came to a freakish end at Oaklands Park, and spurned a hatful of chances.
Ryan Davidson’s 90th minute header gave Chichester an all three-points early Christmas present as City returned to Oaklands Park on the new 3G surface.
Isaac Bello’s first half strike and another goal from Josh Clack after the break gave a spirited Chichester their first league win since early November, despite being reduced to nine-men.
Ramsgate’s Joe Taylor and Alfie Paxman were both at the double as the Isthmian South East table-toppers brushed aside ten-man Chichester.
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.