There was mayhem at Park View Road in an extraordinary game when Erith and Belvedere hosted Tower Hamlets.

Goals, penalties scored, penalties missed, yellow cards, red cards, players sin-binned and a winning goal seven minutes into stoppage time were all features of the crazy match.  

Andrew Denby hit an early free kick over for the visitors before Ebeneezer Addu burst down the right hand side but his shot was kept out by the feet of Rilwan Anibaba. James Dyer had an attempt with a free kick at the other end however Taio Olatunde caught it easily.

Hasan Yilmaz blasted over for Tower Hamlets then the Deres had a chance but Danny Lear shot wide of the near post.

Benas Vaivada opened the scoring for Tower Hamlets in the thirtieth minute when his great first touch allowed him to push it across the penalty area before crashing home an unstoppable shot.

Lee Lewis tried to find an equaliser with another free kick that Olatunde claimed at the second attempt before Vaivada came close to doubling his tally but his drive flew just wide. Lear fired in a low cross but although Olatunde was unable to claim at the first attempt, he recovered quickly and pounced on it before anyone could close in.

At half time, Danny Murphy made a double substitution for Erith and they levelled two minutes after the resumption. Kazeem Richards was felled in the penalty area and Lear converted from the spot.

Harrison Abu did well to create an opening for Denby before Lear was brought down in the penalty area. He got up to take the spot kick himself but this time he pushed his shot wide of the post.       

Omer Bingoi was sent to the sin bin and while Tower Hamlets were down to ten men Erith went ahead. The visitors were unable to get a corner away and Reece Barrett hit a shot that was diverted home by Lear.

After Bingoi returned, Tower Hamlets had a chance to equalise when Vaivada was brought down in the penalty area. Denby hit it well but Anibaba went the right way and made a terrific save.

Ryan Flack was sin binned, and while he was off the field, Richards was sent off for a second yellow card. Although down to nine men, Erith continued to press but were caught short at the back and Vaivada was again brought down in the area. This time he took it himself and gave Anibaba no chance.

Con Ariogio headed over at one end and Calum McGeehan had a header saved at the other before Olatunde again did well to come out smartly as Lear burst through.

Vaivada got in behind and lobbed Anibaba but also the bar before the Erith custodian made a smart save from Ervin Proshi.  

Deres’ manager Murphy was also shown a second yellow and sent to the changing room as his frustrations got the better of him.

Deep into injury time, James Hawkins drove low across the penalty area but nobody was able to get a touch to finish. The Hamlets raced to the other end and Hasan Yilmaz scored with a crisp shot to spark huge celebrations amongst the players and management. 

Erith and Belvedere: Anibaba, Lewis, Dasofunjo, Richards, McGeehan, Barrett, Atkins (Anderson-Parr 46), D. Allassani (Jimoh 72), Lear, Dyer (Hawkins 46), Flack.

Unused subs: Curtis, Rooney.

Goalscorers: Lear pen (47) (65)

Yellow cards:  Allassani, Murphy (manager), Flack (sin bin), Richards, Anderson-Parr

Red cards: Richards, Murphy (manager)

Tower Hamlets: Olatunde, Addu, Conteh, Ariogio (Zedini 88), Proshi, Bingoi, Vaivada, Adeoji, Abu (Caicedo 79), Denby, Yilmaz.

Subs not used: Fera, Said.

Goalscorers: Vaivada (30) pen (77) Yilmaz (90+7)

Yellow cards: Conteh, Ariogio, Bingoi (sin bin), Zedini, Bingoi, Koca (manager)

Red cards: None

Referee: Marcin Indyk

Assistants: Dan Wyatt and Tom Nicholls

Attendance: 128

Pictures supplied by Keith Gillard.