Bashley's assistant manager Ricky Haysom was another satisfied customer following the Foresters' 3-1 win at Erith & Belvedere, which puts them sixth in the table.

Haysom, who is running the side in the absence of newly-appointed boss John Robson, said: "The scoreline flattered Erith. We battered them. But at the end of the day, we took three points away from home and you can't argue with that. The lads kept going and going, they gave me everything."

For all their good early work, Bashley had nothing to show for it at half-time. But young Richard Gillespie, who had been guilty of a couple of first-half misses, finally came good in the 53rd minute when he scampered through the offside trap and beat the keeper in a one-on-one.

Haysom was none too happy with Erith's equalising free-kick four minutes later which Darren Adams fired home with the Bashley wall still retreating the required ten yards, but Gary Connolly restored the smile to his face with a powerfully struck 65th-minute penalty given for a foul on Danny Gibbons.

Gibbons dragged a potential third wide when it would have been easier to score, but Matt Jones made amends by heading home Connolly's late free kick.

Next up for Bashley is tomorrow's home derby against Newport IoW who were well-beaten 4-0 at King's Lynn.