After a run of six matches without victory, Chichester produced a tremendous performance on Tuesday night to rout a makeshift Littlehampton team 5-1. Former Bognor assistant Neil Hider had quit as Littlehampton boss a week ago and City really took advantage of the situation. Indeed, they would have been 6-1 up at half-time, were it not for a Roger Moore effort being disallowed for offside and Jamie Laidlaw's spot-kick that was saved.

Tony Stephens had opened the scoring after 15 minutes, and two quick goals from Laidlaw around the half-hour mark put Chi in the driving seat. James Thornton immediately pulled one back for the home side after a great run by Shaheen Sadough, but the Littlehampton players had barely finished congratulating each other as Moore made it 4-1.

The tempo was more pedestrian in the second-half, but Moore headed home goal number five on 70 minutes as the Golds' keeper fumbled the ball. Laidlaw looked sure to get his hat-trick ten minutes later when he rounded the goalkeeper, but the open target was missed from a spacious angle.

Littlehampton's misery was completed in the dying stages when teenage striker Sadough was harshly sent off for a shoulder challenge on O'Connor in the Chi goal.

Report written by Chester Browton for the Chichester Observer

Team: O'Connor, Champion, Stimpson, Fitt, G. Rutherford, Smith, Thomas, Stephens, Brockway, Moore, Laidlaw
Subs: Angell, Priest, Cousins
Scorers: Stephens, Laidlaw (2), Moore (2)