BLACKFIELD & LANGLEY will be appealing against the second of their two late sendings-off in a 4-1 defeat at Gosport Borough.

Having seen Jimmy Dickens get a second yellow card for the foul which led to John Cripps's late penalty, the Watersiders were furious when Kev Love received a straight red for foul and abusive language.

Substitute Fraser Quirke, scorer of Borough's 75th-minute third, earned a controversial free kick and Love allegedly swore at the referee when he was lined up in the defensive wall.

"Kev says he didn't swear and a lot of the Gosport lads backed him up," said Blackfield's co-manager Tony Feeney. "We had quite a nave squad out tonight whereas Gosport are very experienced. We felt there were a couple of cons on free kicks and some of our lads took umbradge because they didn't like what the ref was giving."

The Watersiders had got off to a perfect start when Ben Hillman spotted giant 'keeper Mark Brown off his line and lobbed him from 30 yards.

But home skipper Stuart Hensman hit back either side of half-time and has now scored in Borough's last seven games.

Victory takes promotion-chasing Gosport to within two points of second-placed Winchester City.