Hastings rocked by Burgess Hill comeback

Two goals in the last quarter of the match gave last season's County League champions the points on bank holiday Monday.

Hastings had opened the scoring six minutes into the second half when Stephen Graham headed home a Ricky Spiller free kick.

The visitors equalised a quarter of an hour later following a mistake by Tony Burt whose weak back header let in Nick Sullivan and his lob cleared the stranded Matt Brown.

Burgess Hill clinched victory nine minutes from the end of normal time through a solo strike from Steve Harder.

Mark Lovell almost snatched a draw in injury time but his header looped back off the top of the crossbar.

The major talking point of the match though was a first half injury to Burgess Hill midfielder Lewis Johnson who suffered a suspected broken leg in a tackle with Chris Honey who was shown a yellow card.

Play had to be held up for 20 minutes until an ambulance arrived to take the stricken player to hospital.