Burgess Hill Town FC completed a double over Herne Bay as they matched the home win over them back in January with another 2-0 win.

It was a third consecutive clean sheet as the Hillians moved another win closer to a play off place and keeps the Hill in third place.

Managers Gary Mansell and Jay Lovett made three changes with Marcus Allen, Ryan Worrall and Joe Overy coming in for Logan Dobbs, Brannon O’Neill and Stefan Vukoje.

The visitors settled into the game well but the first chance went to the hosts as Herne Bay skipper Liam Friend headed wide from a corner.

Within a minute the Hillians were inches away from taking the lead as Martyn Box whipped a corner in and Chris Whelpdale glanced a header and it and it curls wide.

On 24 minutes Box did well in the midfield to set the Hillians on the break, he feeds Jay Beckford but the forward smashes over first time under pressure.

Hill were given a left off as a lose ball was given away and Bay pounce, Theo Osinfolarin drives and clips the top of the bar from distance and on 38 minutes the hosts were reduced to ten men. Kieran Rowe gets to a bouncing ball first and Ethan Smith flattens him late and high and the referee had the red card out immediately.

Ryan Worrall took aim from distance and was inches wide two minutes before the break but in injury time at the end of the first half the Hillians did take the lead. Hill keep the ball alive from a set piece and out wide on the left of the box, the ball drops to Marcus Allen who hits it as sweet as a nut and it rockets into the goal.

The Hill were close to a second as the visitors break and the ball eventually falls for Rowe who smacks one straight at Harley Earle.

At the other end 10 men Bay hit the post through Osinfolarin but the Hill quickly break through Martyn Box who crosses perfectly for Whelpdale to smash home to double the Hillians advantage on 64 minutes.

For the second time this afternoon, the hosts hit the woodwork through Scott Heard as his shot blasts off the near post.

Within a minute Hill it was almost the icing on the Hill’s cake as sub Brannon O’Neill’s corner is met by Ben Pope whose header is met with a top save from Earle.

O’Neill was on the break when the referee blew for full time as the Hill celebrated Non League Day in style with the win securing another 3 points and our 15th league clean sheet of the season.

Up next for the Hillians is a home game against Phoenix Sports (Saturday 29th March – 3pm kick off).

Hill: Slav Huk, Hamish Morrison, Ryan Worrall (Ben Pope 83), Nathan Cooper, Marcus Allen, Joe Overy (Reggie Ward 46), Kieran Rowe (Harry Lawson 71), Chris Whelpdale (Brannon O’Neill 79), Martyn Box (Noah Hoffman 75), Jay Beckford.