AFC Greenwich Borough win twice and draw league leaders Fisher in FA Vase

AFC Greenwich Borough had the week's most complete set of results in the Southern Counties East Football League. On Tuesday 3 November they beat Phoenix Sports 1-0 in the Challenge Cup second round, Olu Obilana scoring the only goal. Phoenix, according to their own account, made eight changes and had Harry Gamble and Ola Noiki making full debuts. The defeat ended a run of eight successive wins in all competitions.

On Saturday 7 November Borough won 3-2 against Hollands & Blair at the New Inn Stadium, their last home fixture there before the move to GB10 Sports. Four goals were shared across a competitive second half. Joshua Shonibare was named player of the match, with five goals in his last two games. Borough also learned who they would face in the FA Vase third round: on Saturday 28 November they host Fisher, the current Premier Division leaders.

The draw sent four other Premier Division sides into third-round ties on the same day. Phoenix Sports travel to Harefield United, Rusthall host Hassocks, Larkfield & New Hythe welcome Crawley Down Gatwick, and Tunbridge Wells visit Cove.

Phoenix bounced back on Saturday with a 3-0 win, taking them to 11 goals in six games. Kennington, who lost, said the game was "taken completely out of our control by the officials" and that their players were "let down by over a handful of major decisions".

The busiest scoreline came at SE Dons, who recovered from 3-0 down to beat Tunbridge Wells 5-4. At Faversham Strike Force, Rusthall won 2-0 in front of 227 people, while Larkfield & New Hythe picked up another victory to keep their momentum going. Erith & Belvedere had Lionel Lazellari score on his debut on dual registration from Welling United, having gone out of the league cup in midweek.

In the Challenge Cup, Chislehurst Glebe beat Stansfeld with a hat-trick from Jamie Philpot, and Kennington went through with a 4-0 win, Sam Wright scoring twice and Ryan Philpott and Charlie Owen once each. Glebe later extended their home run to 10 matches unbeaten and moved up to seventh, with Sutton Athletic reporting that their second-half effort was not enough to earn a point.