Ollie Rowe saved a derby point for Lewes – and left Peacehaven feeling “bitterly disappointed”.
Rowe headed home Jack Dixon’s 90th-minute corner as Rooks drew 2-2 at home to their neighbours in Ryman premier. Magpies led twice through Josh Jones (15) and Tom Lawley (68) with Lewes’s first leveller coming via a Tommy Fraser own goal (38).
Peacehaven boss Shaun Saunders admitted: “We should have defended the corner better. I’m bitterly disappointed not to have won the game but I couldn’t fault the players’ attitude.”
Lewes’s Danny Bloor said: “We were awful in the FA Cup on Saturday but we were really pleased with our resilience this time.”
Another midweek game, another late @Lewes_cfc goal from @OllieRowe_ pic.twitter.com/U6G1NimELb
— James Boyes (@Gingeraction) October 1, 2014
Burgess Hill moved eight points clear at the top of Ryman south by beating Merstham 2-0. Rob O’Toole and Scott Kirkwood scored first-half goals with Greg Luer and Neil Watts involved.
Nothing better than playing and winning football atm.. Still unbeaten #BHTFC
— Greg Luer (@luergreg) October 1, 2014
Hillians manager Ian Chapman was happy. He said: "Merstham are a good side. They probably had a bit more possession than us but we looked more like scoring. We deserved the win."
Trevor McCreadie scored and was later sent-off as Worthing crashed 4-1 at home to South Park.
Sussex RUR Cup, 2nd rd: Horsham YMCA 1 (Sullivan 51), Ringmer 2 (Woodley 66, 76); Littlehampton walkover versus Seaford.
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