­Haringey Borough scorer Ralston Gabriel

Haringey Borough surprised the Bostik world by losing at Harlow Town last weekend, their thirteen match unbeaten run- which included twelve victories- coming to what manager Tom Loizou described as a deserved end. Back at Coles Park today the visitors were newly-strengthened Margate, who came into the match on a run of their own, five matches without a victory. The first action of note was a red card for Borough’s Gerogios Aresti, so perhaps we’d have a second shock in two matches? It looked as if Margate would take at least a point, but it wasn’t to be as Ralston Gabriel found the net three minutes from time to maintain their lead at the Premier Division summit.

Borough were hoping that Harlow could deliver a shock two weeks in a row, the Hawks travelling to second place Dorking Wanderers- and my goodness, they tried to oblige! Marc White’s side came into the match having found form once more, walloping Worthing on Tuesday evening, and they started this game as they ended the last one, Tom Richards putting them ahead in the eighth minute. The Wanderers lead lasted only twelve minutes before Matt Foy equalised, and the Hawks went ahead after the break through Emile Acquah, before David Ray drew the home side level.

Harlow weren’t done. Foy got another to put them in front once more, but with eleven minutes to go Ray got his second, before in the very last minute Matt Briggs and Luke Moore sent the home crowd wild by scoring twice to secure a 5-3 victory.