Erith & Belvedere 2-1 Herne Bay

Erith & Belvedere made it four Kent Premier League wins on the spin courtesy of an excellent second half comeback - this despite the Deres being down to 10-men for two-thirds of the match after Lee Morgan was dismissed, writes Thomas Hawes.

The encounter had started out as a fairly even affair, with chances few and far between in the opening quarter of the game.

Then came a major turning point to kick the game into life. It appeared as if the Deres should have been awarded a free-kick on the halfway line when Micky Collins was fouled, but the referee disagreed.

With the crowd fuming at the referee for failing to give the decision, Morgan lost his head and put in a horrendous two-footed tackle on a Herne Bay midfielder. The referee showed no hesitation in sending off the defender.

Things were to get worse for Erith & Belvedere as Nigel Pointon gave Bay the lead just a minute after the sending off with a delicate lob over Alan Hughes.

The second half started in much the same way as the first, with little action at either end, but the match sprung back into life after 70 minutes as Matt Johnson, who was unusually playing on the right side of midfield, cut the ball back to acting striker Adrian Deane just inside the area.