Saturday's Blue Square South wrap

Chelmsford remain on top of the Blue Square South standings despite being on the wrong-end of a five goal thriller at home to Bath City...

Basingstoke 2-2 Braintree Town

Basingstoke surrendered a two-goal lead at the Camrose Ground as Braintree Town drew level in the second-half.

The lowly Dragons looked to have the game in the bag after Robbie Watkins netted in the 34th minute and Ross Montague doubled the lead four minutes later.

After the half-time interval however, it was the visitors who looked sharper and pulled a goal back in the 66th minute through captain Brad Quinton.

Louis Riddle then ensured Town would walk away with a share of the spoils on the 83-minute mark.

The results sees the hosts struggle in second-from-bottom, while Braintree dropped to 15th in the standings.

Bishop's Stortford 0-1 Fisher Athletic

Fisher Athletic edged out a dull affair at Woodside Park to overcome fellow strugglers Bishop's Stortford 1-0.

Gary Wharton's 73rd minute effort was enough to secure all the spoils for the visitors, who move up to 18th spot in the standings.

Bishops, however, drop down to 20th spot with just 12 points from 15 games.

Bognor Regis Town 1-1 Weston-S-Mare

Relegation battlers Bognor Regis Town fought hard to secure a valuable point against Weston-Super-Mare at Nyewood Lane.

The visitors secured a first-half lead through Marvin Brown on the 45-minute mark.

Jordan Hughes, who joined the Rocks on work experience duty from Porstmouth, pulled the goal back for the hosts in the 71st minute.

Bognor are still at the bottom of the standings, while the Seagulls move down to 13th spot.

Chelmsford 2-3 Bath City

Bath City were on the victorious end of a five-goal thriller as they came from behind to scupper league-leaders Chelmsford.

David Rainford put the hosts in front after 20 minutes and it looked like they were heading for another three points.

But Richard Evans leveled the scores in the 40th minute on his Bath debut, before Stuart Douglas fired the visitors in front four minutes later.

Gethin Jones made it 3-1 on the 60-minute mark via a header, but Rainford reduced the deficit for the hosts 11 minutes later from the penalty spot.

It was too little to late from the midfielder, who looked like he would salvage a point for Chelmsford after Paul Evans was sent off for the Romans.

The win moved Bath into 11th spot, while the Clarets still top the standings.

Hampton & Richmond 2-0 Dorchester

Promotion-chasing Hampton & Richmond secured a comfortable 2-0 victory over struggling Dorchester Town at the Avenue Stadium.

Craig Tanner gave the hosts an early lead in the tenth minute and the Magpies had no response.

After the break, Ben Wright made sure the points were sealed with a goal on the 69-minute mark.

The result puts the Beavers just nine points adrift of the summit, with two games in hand over leaders Chelmsford.

Dorchester remain in 17th spot with 14 points.

Havant and Waterlooville 1-1 Newport County

Havant and Waterlooville left it late to earn a share of the spoils with Newport County at West Leigh Park.

Welsh defender Paul Cochlin opened the scoring in the 28th minute to fire the visitors in front.

That effort seemed to have guaranteed the points for County, but Paul Booth cancelled out the goal four minutes from time.

Havant are now just three positions ahead of the 19th-placed Exiles.

Maidenhead Utd 1-4 Eastleigh

Eastleigh caused the upset of the league after hammering high-flying Maidenhead United 4-1 at York Road.

Peter Adeniyi got the ball rolling for the visitors in the 13th minute, but Smith cancelled out the strike for the hosts on the 37-minute mark.

With the scores level at half-time, it looked like the game would be a closely-fought encounter, but the Spitfires were pure class in the second period.

Tony Taggart restored their lead on the 50-minute mark, before Andy Forbes made it 3-1 moments later.

In the 58th minute, Forbes was on hand again to ensure the visitors walked away comfortable victors.

United fell to third in the standings, while the three points pushed Eastleigh up to ninth spot.

St Albans 1-1 Hayes & Yeading

St Albans and fellow high-fliers Hayes & Yeading left it late to provide goalmouth action in a 1-1 draw at Clarence Park.

Both side's seemed to cancel each other out in the first half and much of the second spell as they looked to close the gap at the top of the table.

Paul Hakim looked to have won the encounter for the hosts with his 77th minute effort, but eight minutes later, midfielder Will Hendry leveled the scores.

The Saints are now just two-points adrift of second-placed United.

Team Bath 0-3 Bromley

Team Bath were steamrolled by Bromley and dropped further down the standings following a 3-0 home drubbing.

It took the visitors a while to find their rhythm, but once Nic McDonnell opened the scoring in the 42nd minute, it was game, set and match.

After the half-time interval, his strike partner Warren McBean netted a brace (57, 87) to secure the points against a team who were league leaders a few weeks back.

The Scholars have fallen off the pace though and now lie in sixth spot. Bromley move up to 12th place.

Thurrock 2-0 Worcester

In-form Thurrock made easy work of a high-flying Worcester outfit with a 2-0 win at Ship Lane.

Che Stadhart opened the scoring for the Fleet in the 15th minute - a lead which they defended for much of the game.

Leon McKenzie gave the visitors a mountain to climb in the 51st minute and ensured the points for the hosts.

The defeat saw the Loyals drop down to tenth place, while Thurrock moved up to 14th.

Welling 2-2 AFC Wimbledon

Welling twice fought back to claim a point in a 2-2 draw against high-flying AFC Wimbledon at Park View Road.

Jon Main opened the scoring for the visitors in the fifth minute, following a howler by home keeper Jamie Turner.

Charlie Sheringham hit back for the Wings on the 23rd minute to level the scores.

But just two minutes later, Ben Judge converted a Chris Hussey free-kick to fire the Dons in front again.

Six minutes after the break though, Sheringham secured a point for the hosts with a header of Lee Blackburn's free-kick.

The result sees the Wings move up to seventh spot, while the visitors stay in fourth spot.