MATT Jones's magical scoring touch did the trick for Bashley as they lifted themselves off the foot of the Dr Martens League Eastern Division.

The former Havant & Waterlooville and Eastleigh midfielder netted his fourth goal in as many games to spark last night's crucial 2-0 win over new basement residents Sittingbourne.

The breakthrough came on 27 minutes when Jones polished off a good move involving player-coach Fraser Quirke and new Kings Somborne capture Michael Jackson, who was making his first start for the club.

Bash were unlucky to be denied by a goalline clearance but they made amends with three minutes remaining when Stuart Cooper played Craig Davis's corner into the danger zone for Stuart Hussey to turn home.

Havant & Waterlooville's former Chelsea and Sunderland defender Gareth Hall saw red in a 1-1 Premier Division draw at Folkestone Invicta.

Hall was given his marching orders for berating a linesman, whom he felt had missed a clear offside when James Dryden netted Folkestone's 54th-minute equaliser.

Havant, who led by an eighth-minute Jamie O'Rourke goal, had looked well on course for victory until Hall's dismissal and secretary Trevor Brock fumed: "They were the most inept officials I have ever come across. We didn't get a 50-50 decision all night.

"We should have got all three points and we would have if we'd kept 11 players on the pitch. Gareth's never even been booked for us before and yet he's given a straight red for arguing about a blatantly offside goal."

Portsmouth goalkeeping legend Alan Knight pulled off a couple of key first-half saves for Havant, but it was the Hawks who went closest to winning when Liam Daish had a header cleared off the line from a free-kick.

Newport cruised into the Hampshire Senior Cup quarter-finals by eclipsing Esso (Fawley) 5-0 on the Island.

Ben Thomson's brace was backed by Steve Tate, Adam Barsdell and Adam Holbrook.

Transfer-listed Mike Davis set up goals for Tim Sills and Richard Newbery as Basingstoke Town beat Kingstonian 2-0 in the Isthmian League Cup.

Stoke's neighbours, Aldershot, suffered late disappointment at Bristol Rovers in their FA Cup first round replay.

They fell 1-0 to an 85th-minute Vitalijs Astafjevs goal and had Richard Gell sent off in stoppage time.