Eastbourne Borough's Dr Martens League eastern division title bid was helped by their sensational 6-1 victory at promotion-chasers Bashley.

Borough now just need four points from the last three games to secure promotion, and confidence will have been boosted by this performance.

Manager Garry Wilson was delighted with the performance but was left frustrated by other results.

He said: "All the other promotion candidates won, which is very annoying.

"But all we can do is keep winning, exactly like we did today."

Despite being on top for the early stages, Borough went behind in the 21st minute when keeper Paul Stark some how punched Aaron Cook's free-kick into his own net.

But the visitors hit back on 32 minutes when man of the match Scott Ramsay's persistence set up John Westcott to score.

Three minutes later, Matt Smart scored from a 20-yard free kick after Ramsay had been fouled.

Wilson would have been delighted with the half-time lead but he couldn't have expected what was to come.

Two minutes after the break, Ramsay scored with a stunning volley from Daren Pearce's high cross.

And Borough's top scorer doubled his tally on 61 minutes to make it 4-1. He came out top in a challenge with keeper David Elm and rolled the ball into an empty net.

It just got better and better for Borough and on 78 minutes it was 5-1. Ramsay was involved again as he was fouled on the edge of the area and Dave Adams placed his free-kick perfectly to score.

Wilson could afford to send on all three substitute and one of them finished off the scoring in the 89th minute.

Mark Goodwin picked up the ball from Smart's pass and beat two players before hammering the ball into the roof of the net.

St Leonards gave an indication of the sort of football manager Gary Bowyer believes they are capable of as they gave second-placed Dorchester a real scare before going down 2-0.

The hosts were finally able to field something resembling their strongest side and it showed as they comprehensively outplayed their more illustrious guests in the opening period.

In a match turned into the proverbial game of two halves by the strong wind blowing down the sloping Firs pitch, Saints had the chances to have killed the game off by half time.

Kym Monroe clattered the crossbar while Andy Cyrus should have made more of two presentable openings.

The Magpies dominated after the interval, although not to the extent that the hosts did in the first 45 minutes, but both their goals were of the hosts' own making.

Monroe needlessly conceded possession for the opener which was converted by Matt Groves on the hour before Michael Walker's shot slithered through Greg Nessling's hands 13 minutes from time.

The Premier Division survival prospects of Hastings United look increasingly bleak after they went down to a 1-0 defeat at already relegated Folkestone Invicta.

The coastal derby had goalless draw written all over it until the home side were awarded a penalty in the third minute of added time. Folkestone substitute Lee Blackman was adjudged to have been bundled over in the box by a combination of a couple of trailing defenders and keeper Dave King. Martin Chandler kept his nerve to score from 12 yards.

The blustery conditions and a bone-dry pitch meant this match was never going to be a classic and so it proved as misplaced passes and hacked clearances became the order of the day.

James Millar had the first genuine attempt but his well-struck shot was parried by King and then Chandler fired just past the far post. In between, Landry Zahana-Oni forced the Folkestone keeper into action.

Hastings had more of the ball in the second half but struggled to create any openings. The closest they came to scoring was from a couple of scrambles. Zahana-Oni was denied by a covering defender and late on substitute Ahmet Suleymanoglu blazed over after Tony Burt's initial effort had been blocked.

Crawley boss Francis Vines was left seething after his side had two goals disallowed in their 0-0 draw with Chelmsford City.

On-loan striker Jamie Taylor followed up from close range after John Timlin's shot had cannoned off the post in the 32nd minute, but the effort was ruled out for offside.

Vines agreed it was the correct decision, but he was angered in the 77th minute when Danny Hockton appeared to have scored a perfectly good goal, but his efforts was ruled out for a foul on former Crawley defender Keith Sharman.

Vines said: "Keith Sharman went in and pushed Danny off, so there was a clash. I don't think there was a foul by Danny, the referee gave the goal but it was the linesman who disallowed it for a push.

"I'm happy we didn't let a goal in and I thought the whole of the defence played well."

Hooper, Taylor and Nigel Brake went close in the first half while Nic McDonnell was off target with two headers after the break.