Faversham Town’s winning run of eight wins out of eight came to a shuddering end on Tuesday night as Lydd Town left the Aquatherm Stadium with the points courtesy of a terrific second half performance. 

The visitors returned home with a four-two win that you would have got extremely long odds on after a tight and very close goal-less opening forty-five minutes. 

Clear first half chances were very rare – Stefan Payne was denied by the right boot of Lydd keeper Connor Collins and Billy Bennett had an effort headed behind by Ryan Smith and at the other end, Troy Howard had a header well saved and Malachi Hudson fired over. 

Goal-less at the break but within seconds of the restart, Howard’s ball to the edge of the Faversham box was hammered home by Charlie Webster. 

Payne was inches away from turning home a Jefferson Abangbee centre before the lead was doubled as referee Williamson pointed to the spot after a Faversham hand made contact with a Howard cross.

Up stepped ex Faversham man Hudson who drilled his spot kick beyond a despairing Taite Holtham in the Faversham goal. 

Payne then pulled the home side back into the game with a goal out of absolutely nothing as he drove home his thirteenth goal of the season with a rocket into Collins’ top corner.  

As quickly as the hope appeared, so it disappeared after a moment of sheer opportunism and in all truth brilliance from Ronnie Dolan saw a third Lydd goal fly in after just eleven second half minutes.

Lydd had a corner down the right that was taken by Dolan which was punched away by Holtham. The ball though was recycled to Dolan whose first time shot flew just inside the keeper’s left post with Holtam scrambling across. 

The visitors almost gained a fourth but Holtham made a great save to keep out Jahmahl King’s header whilst Warren Mfula was well denied by Murphy as the former Sheppey man raced through. 

Connor Essam then kept his side in the game as cleared off the line from Howard, but the Lydd number seven was not to be denied as with just seven minutes left, Lydd sealed their win as Howard clipped the ball over and past an advancing Holtham to make it 4-1. 

Mfula did get a second goal back for Faversham as he steered home a centre from England Kurti, but the winning run was over, and the points were heading back across the Romney Marsh.  

Faversham’s last SCEFL defeat was against Lydd in the reverse fixture back in mid-August when the home side won 4-1, and boss Sammy Moore will hope that his side respond in the same way starting at Tunbridge Wells on Saturday, whilst James Rogers will be hoping that his side can now push on as after this great win means that two of Lydd’s four League wins have now come against Faversham with an “aggregate” of 8-3! 

FAVERSHAM TOWN – Holtham, Vincent, Newman, Essam, Abangbee (Kurti), Bingham, Hasler, Mfula, Payne, Bennett (Gurang), Campbell 

Subs – McIntyre, Briggs, Moore 

LYDD TOWN – Collins, Dickens, Webster (Pogue), Smith, King, Robbie Dolan, Howard (Burden), Ronnie Dolan, Hudson (Takaloo), Rogers (Sedenu), Sterling (Gorgoi) 

REFEREE – Mr Williamson 

Picture supplied by Ian Scammell.