Late goal denies United

After an uneventful and goalless first half to their final fixture before Christmas, Ben Davisson marked his return to United colours by opening the scoring in the 48th minute today (Saturday).

United missed a glorious chance to double their advantage 10 minutes later when Lee Carey’s penalty was saved after a shot by Davisson, pictured, was handled.

That miss was to prove costly as Tom Hutchinson headed Kingstonian level late on. United are 15th in the Ryman Football League Premier Division table going into the festive period.

United: Armstrong-Ford, Manning, Sutton, Carey, Ray, Jirbandey, Dixon, Crellin, Medlock, Attwood, Davisson. Subs: Whitehead, Thomson, Barham, Gonsalves, Hopkinson.

A full report will appear in Friday’s Hastings Observer.

Standings (played-points): 1 Billericay Town 21-45, 2 Lowestoft Town 19-42, 3 AFC Hornchurch 20-41, 4 Lewes 21-40, 5 Met Police 19-38, 6 Cray Wanderers 22-37, 7 Hendon 21-36, 8 Bury Town 19-33, 9 Canvey Island 20-30, 10 Carshalton Athletic 19-28, 11 Kingstonian 22-28, 12 Margate 19-26, 13 Wealdstone 18-25, 14 Wingate & Finchley 18-23, 15 HASTINGS UNITED 20-23, 16 Harrow Borough 19-20, 17 Aveley 20-16, 18 Concord Rangers 19-16, 19 Tooting & Mitcham United 20-16, 20 Leatherhead 18-13, 21 East Thurrock United 16-12, 22 Horsham 21-9.

Today’s other senior results:

Sussex RUR Charity Cup quarter-final: RYE UNITED 4 Oakwood 2.

Sussex County League, Division 1: Worthing United 2 SIDLEY UNITED 1.

Division 2: BEXHILL UNITED 1 Storrington 3; Rustington 2 LITTLE COMMON 1; WESTFIELD 0 Dorking Wanderers 2.