County League round-up

Lee Barnard opened the scoring before two Matt Huckett strikes sandwiched Rye's reply. Huckett now has 32 goals for the season.

Matt Huckett, Josh Biggs and Jason Wimbleton all had chances to increase Mullets' lead at 1-0.

Third-placed Crowborough remain six points clear of Mullets after grabbing two goals in the last three minutes to beat Shoreham 3-2. Arundel still have two games in hand.

Arundel manager Vic Short said: "If we win all three of our remaining games we'll finish third. If we win two, we'll finish fourth."

Also in Division 1, there were defeats for East Preston, Wick and Littlehampton.

EP lost 2-1 at Hailsham where Dan Leach scored a last-minute winner for the home side. It is the second time this season that Leach has netted a late winner against EP. Sonny Banks' 65th-minute wonder strike had equalised Hailsham's first-half goal.

EP boss Chris White said: "We were mugged again. That's twice we've lost to them in the last minute now this season.

"I had a bit of a go at half-time but we played very well in the second half. Their keeper Russell Tanner made two different-class saves to save shots from Dan White and James Rhodes at 1-1."

Wick took a second-minute lead against title-chasing Eastbourne Town through Tom Manton before going down to a 2-1 defeat.

See Thursday's Littlehampton Gazette for Bob Bond's live match report.

Littlehampton will finish bottom of the table after their 2-0 loss at Ringmer and Worthing United's 2-1 success at Eastbourne UA.

Ringmer grabbed their victory with two goals in the last four minutes.

In Division 3, Rustington lost their first away league game of the season, 5-4 at Little Common. Blues had led 4-1 with 30 minutes to play. Debutant Lee Garnham, top-scorer, Ryan Walton, with a brace, and Dale Nally netted Blues' goals.

For full match reports, see Thursday's Littlehampton Gazette.