Manager-chairman Kevin Hake accepts Chatham’s Isthmian Premier home victory against Billericay felt bigger than most they have enjoyed this season.
Goal-friendly Chats won their top-three game against the third-placed visitors 6-3 as they recovered on Saturday, having trailed in the fifth minute.
Asked if the victory felt like a significant one for second-placed Chatham, Hake replied: “It does. “We’ve got 10 (league) games to go now and they’re what we call the championship rounds for us - three points can feel like six.
It doesn’t matter who you are playing, it’s always very hard. “But to go and beat a rival to us who are in third place in the manner that we did, that was great.” A fine free-kick from captain Jack Evans, alongside Kareem Isiaka’s first two goals of the afternoon and a header from Rowan Liburd, put Chats into a 4-2 half-time advantage after midfielder Adam Leathers had sent them behind.