Zak Ansah got yet another double as he got a very late spectacular winner with virtually the last action of the game in a 2-1 win at Greenwich Borough on Saturday afternoon.

It was Hythe who dominated the first half creating the vast majority of the chances. After four minutes Hythe had their first opportunity as Liam King had a shot blocked with the rebound coming to Oldaker whose attempt ended in the same way. Greenwich had to wait until the 13th minute for their first meaningful chance as Kaka Dembele sent a free kick well wide of the target. It was the visitors however who were to continue to press. Chris Kinnear played the ball into King but Greenwich keeper Michael McEntegart dispossessed him before he could get his effort on goal. Kieron Campbell was then to get the ball to Zak Ansah whose strike stung the hands of McEntegart.

On the half hour Darren Oldaker crossed into Kinnear whose bullet header was cleared off the line by Sam Corne. Hythe were ahead on 33 minutes as a poor back pass from Rian McLean was pounced on by Ansah who ran in, stole the ball and slotted home. There was one more effort from Greenwich before the break as a long-range shot went straight at Hythe keeper Will Godmon.

The second half started with a free kick from Ryan Palmer glanced wide by Connor Sanders. The next quarter of an hour saw stalemate between the teams before Travis Gregory launched a shot high over the bar. Hythe were still creating chances as Campbell jumped on a loose ball and forced a full stretch save from McEntegart. However, the hosts were now looking brighter as Gregory had a deflected attempt pushed around the post by Godmon and from the resultant corner from Dembele, he looped a free header over the bar.

Hythe were unlucky not to get their second on 71 minutes as Campbell broke into the penalty area and passed into Ansah whose effort went under McEntegart but the keeper managed to recover and claw the ball away. This was followed by another break from Campbell who created space for himself before firing wide. With a quarter of an hour to go Greenwich were level as Hythe failed to clear the ball which ended up with the league leading scorer, Jack Barham who fired home for his 33rd league goal of the season. Greenwich continued to press but the Hythe defence stood firm to restrict Greenwich to one attempt on goal as Junior Aikhionbare looped a shot high over the bar. Deep into injury time a free kick from 20 yards by Oldaker found its way to Ansah who turned the ball into the net from close range to seal the victory which maintains Hythe’s push for the play-offs.

The gap to the play-offs is now down to one point as Hythe look forward to a fixture at home on Wednesday night (11th April 2018) against Sittingbourne with a 7:45pm kick off.

Hythe Team: Will Godmon, Salvyn Kisitu, Michael Turner, Chris Kinnear, Ryan Johnson, Connor Sanders (Mitchell Chapman 90 mins), Ryan Palmer, Darren Oldaker, Zak Ansah, Liam King (Josh Stirman 19 mins), Kieron Campbell.

Scorers: Greenwich Borough-Jack Barham 75 mins. Hythe Town: Zak Ansah 33 & 90 mins.

Attendance: 151