Bob Pyle has urged his Pease Pottage players not to get carried away after finally moving off the bottom of Matthew Clark County League division two.

A Terry Thornback strike was enough to give Pottage a 1-0 win at home to Peacehaven on Saturday which lifted them above Haywards Heath.

New manager Pyle has now seen his side take seven points from the last nine but he insists his players must keep their feet on the ground.

Pyle said: "As long we don't start thinking that we are winning now and we will keep winning, we will be okay.

"The workrate is the difference at the moment. We played very well in the first half on Saturday and there seemed to be improvement on the previous week.

"We didn't perform that well in the second half but they dug in and showed a lot of character.

"We have still got to play Lancing, Haywards Heath, Seaford again and we haven't played Broadbridge Heath yet. Those are the points we need to be picking up and then we can start looking at the sides further up the table."

Haywards Heath are bottom after losing 2-0 away to fellow strugglers Lancing.

Kevin Bradburn opened the scoring with a brave header and Ian Wood scrambled home a second before half time.

Lancing boss Alf Ford said: "We have played better and lost so this might be a turning point for us."

Seaford remain third from bottom despite a spirited comeback in a 5-3 defeat at home to Littlehampton.

The visitors led 5-0 by the 58th minute thanks to goals from Dave Schneider (two), Jan Miller (two) and Derek Chester but Seaford rallied with Tom Callaghan, Mark Doherty and Adam Livings finding the net in the final half an hour.

Marigolds boss Carl Stabler said: "We were well on top and it could have been more than 5-0 but then we just shut down. To be fair to Seaford, they didn't give up and made it hard for us at the end."

At the top, leaders Worthing United were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Eastbourne United Association.

An Adam Westwood header gave Worthing an early lead but the visitors snatched a point thanks to a 63rd minute own goal.

Worthing boss Ian Browne said: "We didn't play poorly. We played well and it was a good team performance but we allowed them to cause us problems.

"I am not disappointed with the performance but I am disappointed with the result because I believe it was two points dropped."

Midhurst and Easebourne missed the chance to go top after going down 2-1 at home to Wick, who are now seventh.

Player-coach Robbie Pearce gave Midhurst an early lead with an exquisite chip but Wick youth team captain Jordan Willis capped his full debut by equalising on 25 minutes and then crossing for Glen Souter to head home what proved to be the winner on the stroke of half time.

In the second half Wick goalkeeper Ronan Callaghan, on loan from Burgess Hill, capped an excellent display by saving Pearce's 60th minute penalty.

Wick boss Andy Gander said: "Callaghan's performance was very important but the rest of the team played well too.

"We are progressing but we have such a young side we are likely to have the highs and lows.

"Our problem is we are guilty of not picking up the points when we are expected to. We struggled to beat Haywards Heath last week but then we beat Midhurst."

Westfield went fifth in the table after a 4-2 win at Saltdean United thanks to goals from Dominic Clarke, Alan Johnson and Lawrence Brand. Replies came from Adam Burton and Ian Costello.

Wealden made it three wins out of four with a 2-0 success away to Crawley Down.

Leighton Allen and substitute Nick Young combined to set up the first for Dan Merry on 62 minutes, then Allen struck the second himself from Alan Dove's lay-off three minutes later.

Wealden boss Gary Allen said: "There are eight or nine sides who think they can get promoted and we are one of them."

Two goals from Warren Sweatman earned Broadbridge Heath a 2-2 draw at home to Mile Oak but manager Allan Winton was not happy.

Sweatman opened the scoring with a penalty after John Eldridge had been brought down but the visitors responded through Scott Carden and Clive Jackson. Sweatman then struck again from the edge of the box two minutes from time to salvage a point.

Winton said: "We didn't play particularly well and a draw was a fair result but it wasn't pleasing."