Southwick manager Sammy Donnelly was happy to let his players take all the credit after a 2-0 win at his former club Whitehawk in division one on Saturday.

Donnelly admitted: "I won 15 trophies at this club including promotions from division two and division three and this result meant a lot to me.

"It was a thoroughly deserved victory. Whitehawk is not an easy place to go to and it takes a lot to get a 2-0 win. My players were outstanding and they should take all the credit."

Ben Milford's 23rd-minute header put the Wickers ahead at half-time while one of Donnelly's up and coming youngsters, Gary Rook, had a shot blocked five minutes from time and Simon Funnell was on hand to stick in the rebound.

However, it was not one-way traffic with Tommy Pattenden. Mark Sheriff and Simon Rowland all going close for the hosts.

Donnelly added: "What people don't understand is that we have been playing many of our games with six reserve players in the team.

"However, on the bright side of that, players like Carl Dunk and Gary Rook are proving to be real talents. They have been thrown in at the deep end but with the experience they have got, they are getting better and better."

Mark Dunk, who played under Donnelly for seven years at Whitehawk, was on hand to see his son Carl's burgeoning career.

At the other end of the table, Peacehaven remain in the bottom three but improved their chances of staying up when they beat a Wick side featuring their former club captain Daren Newman 7-3 at Piddinghoe Avenue. The hosts went 3-0 ahead as Newman put through his own net, Danny Bird and Matt Balmer scored but Mark Price and Martyn Hope reduced the deficit before the break.

The goals continued to rain in after the break with Lee Newman, Rod Davies and Jon Donaghue making it 6-2 before Price for Wick and substitute Danny Hamilton rounded off the 7-3 scoreline.

In an incident-packed match, Peacehaven keeper Graham Easton was taken to hospital with suspected concussion following a 65th-minute collision, leaving right-back Scott Allison as stand-in keeper.

Peacehaven manager Mick Maskell said: "The lads played well but I felt that often we passed the ball a little too much on what was a bad pitch. We've got a quick team and it was sometimes frustrating to see them pass when we could run with it but I can't complain about the result."

Controversy surrounds the abandonment of Broadbridge Heath's division two match with Oving at Wickhurst Lane following an injury to a referee's assistant.

Heath were leading 1-0 thanks to a Danny Hills goal when one of the linesman pulled a hamstring on 15 minutes and the game was subsequently halted.

Heath manager Allan Winton said: "We had a replacement official from the County League handbook, not connected in anyway with Heath, at the game within 15 minutes who could have run the line but by that time four or five of their players had left the ground.

"The referee never came and told us it was officially abandoned and all my players were still changed and sat in the dressing room waiting to continue. We shall be taking this further."

Oving boss Vijay Korgoakar said: "Heath offered to get a stand-in linesman but I would not accept that. I could not have one of their people doing it.

"The referee told me that the game was abandoned but later came back and said Heath were able to get an official County League linesman. However, some of my lads had already showered, changed and gone by then.

"No one was sure what the ruling was and they rang the league but once the game had been abandoned that stood. The referee should not have told me it was abandoned, he should have waited.

"Heath were not very happy but every game is crucial for us and we have a number of players missing. I have to think of Oving Football Club."

A goal seven minutes into stoppage time by John Snelgrove gave Seaford a share of the points in a 2-2 draw with promotion-chasing East Grinstead at The Crouch.

Snelgrove converted Geoff Sallows' cross at the far post to secure the point although Duncan Kneller's side had led at half-time after Tom Callaghan had glanced in a header from Adam Kneller's free-kick. Goals by Phil Thompson and Dave Gellatly in the second half had looked likely to give the Wasps three vital points.

Seaford press officer Mick Webster said: "The manager was very happy with the result. A defeat would not have done us justice."

All other matches were postponed.