Phoenix Sports Reserves seem to be turning the Mayplace Ground into a fortress as they upset SC Thamesmead to go 5 games unbeaten on their home patch. Charlie Tagg got the only goal of the game and what a cracker it was too as he smashed home from distance to give his side the win and a 3 point gap over the side at the bottom.

Unbelievable result for the boys today wining 1-0 against a very good @SCThamesmeadFC
This young team were disciplined and resilient till the very end,and even when our back line was penetrated,they found GK Martin Grant In supreme form. Charlie Tagg - what a goal fella

Current form,lost once in 6 games,scoring 15 goals and conceding only 3 in that time. 3 clean sheets in last 3 games! Out of the 18 games left in the league, we have to play teams in the top half of the league 6 times and teams in the bottom half 12 times

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Todays other SCEFL First Division Results

Erith & Belvedere 0-0 Kennington
Holmesdale 4-2 Lydd Town
Kent Football United 7-0 Rochester United
Lewisham Borough 5-0 FC Elmstead
Meridian VP 0-1 Forest Hill Park
Phoenix Sports Res 1-0 SC Thamesmead
Stansfeld 4-2 Snodland Town
Welling Town 4-1 Sutton Athletic

Welling Town's change of Manager looks to have worked wonders as after a run of 4 games with no victory Louis Dean began life at the helm of the League leaders with an impressive home win over Sutton Athletic. The new boss gave a debut to Crystal Palace youth product Tariq Ossai and that proved to be a masterstroke as the youngster scored a hat-trick in a 4-1 win for the 'Boots'. Sam Bailey added to that trio with a stunning volley and now Welling find themselves 7 points clear at the top. Sutton, who remain 6th, had to play a large amount of the game with 10 men but battled valiantly on and got a great consolation effort from Connor Evans. Holmesdale are one of the teams best placed to hunt down the pacesetters and will still have belief after a good 4-2 win at home to Lydd Town. Brian Zepo continued his decent goalscoring run by getting two more with Malik Ouani and Andy Constable getting the others. Two other contenders shared the points without hitting the net as Erith & Belvedere and Kennington played out a goaless draw at Park View Road.
On a day of so many great SCEFL performances the best one probably came at Glentworth Sports as Kent Football United put on a second-half masterclass to give Rochester United a 7-0 hiding. A solitary Ashley Bertrand goal in the first 45 minutes was added to with six more by the hosts in the second 45 with Bertrand completing his hat-trick, Adam O'Neill getting two and Gareth Jones and Luke Markey adding one each. KFU are now just 2 points behind their 14th placed visitors. Lewisham Borough made it 3 wins in a row to close in on a top-half First Division place. FC Elmstead were no match for their hosts at the Ladywell Arena as the home side ran out 5-0 winners. Tashan Adeyinke scored a hat-trick on debut with Michael Daramola and Josh Owens getting the other two for the now 10th placed Lewisham. Forest Hill Park are one place ahead of their flatmates after a 4th win in a row, this time at Meridian VP. With games in hand on the sides ahead of them FHP could progress further up the table if they continue their run although the hosts only fell to a solitary Kameiko Pope-Campbell goal.
Phoenix Sports Reserves seem to be turning the Mayplace Ground into a fortress as they upset SC Thamesmead to go 5 games unbeaten on their home patch. Charlie Tagg got the only goal of the game and what a cracker it was too as he smashed home from distance to give his side the win and a 3 point gap over the side at the bottom. It is Snodland Town that are on the base as their new management team saw could not help them in a 4-2 loss at Stansfeld. The hosts scored through Freddie Cray, Billy Shinners, Berti Vallie and Harry Gamble to get over a rough patch that has kept them out of the collection of contenders. The visitors gained goals from Dave Sherwood and Kevin Everest and will gain confidence from an improved performance.