Hendon mourn Ezekiel Williams as Whitstable Town's nine-game winning run ends

Hendon announced the sudden death of midfielder Ezekiel Williams, aged 26, who had joined the club in September and scored his first goal for them against Jersey Bulls ten days earlier. The club postponed their London Senior Cup tie with Woodford Town and, out of respect, their Saturday home game with Binfield, which has been rearranged for Tuesday 8 December at 7.45pm. Tributes came from clubs across the division, including Ascot United and Hastings United, who had both previously had him on their books. Southall held a minute's silence before their game with Westfield on Wednesday 4 November.

On the pitch, Whitstable Town were the story of the Isthmian South East. A 4-2 win at Horley Town on Tuesday 3 November, with Billie Clark scoring twice and Kane Rowland and Robbie Rees once each, stretched their winning run to nine and took them to the top, two points clear. On Saturday 7 November they went to Sevenoaks Town looking for a tenth and drew 2-2. Marcel Nimani's side were managed by Whitstable's former manager, and he called it "an outstanding performance" and "a great reaction after Tuesday", when Sevenoaks lost 5-0 at Herne Bay. Ade Azeez scored twice in that game. Whitstable also signed forward Solomon Ogunwomoju from Ramsgate.

In the same division, Hastings United won 3-0 at Cray Valley PM on Saturday 7 November through Kensa Clarke's penalty, Warren Mfula and Samuel Pidgeon. It was Cray Valley's annual Remembrance fixture, and Rodney Eruotor made his debut on his return. Sheppey United won 1-0 at Crowborough Athletic through an Oghosa Williams goal.

At Step 4 North, Wroxham said Jordan Southgate had resigned as first-team manager after almost 350 games, citing cup disappointments and a wish to spend more time with his family. Ryan Fuller and Daz Plowman-Read took charge of the trip to Cambridge City on Saturday. Grays Athletic confirmed Lewis Clark as first-team player manager, with Jordan Clark and Ollie Muldoon as assistants, and drew 1-1 at Mulbarton Wanderers in his first game in full charge. Clark said the first half was nowhere near good enough.

Canvey Island's Saturday fixture with Lowestoft Town was postponed after Lowestoft said they could not field a team, with 14 players unavailable through illness, injury, suspension and other absences. At Ashford United, club captain Gary Lockyer left in what the club called a management decision. Joint chairman Lloyd Hume described him as a club legend.