TILBURY 3

Casuals slumped to their first defeat in a month to a Tilbury side that all but secured promotion with this victory.

Casuals never looked like ending a jinx against Tilbury which stretches back 20 years and does not even include a single draw.

Tilbury scored after just five minutes when Kevin Mully headed back for Callum Ware to score with an over head kick. Casuals then had several narrow escapes as Tilbury looked to increase their lead.

Casuals first chance came on 15 minutes when Jamie White picked up the ball, ran through the middle and unleashed a 25-yard drive into the goalkeeper's chest.

After this Casuals came into the game, but too many unforced errors by both sides meant no further scoring occurred in this half.

Tilbury scored their second on 55 minutes when Keiron Knight got free and crossed low. John Hotchkiss got a knee to the ball but it fell kindly to Del Francois who made no mistake.

Casuals started to play what could be described as pretty football with no end product, while Tilbury did like wise. Nigel Charman came on for his first team debut late on, but could do little as Tilbury increased the pressure.

Del Francois headed just over on 75 minutes and shortly afterwards Scott Witney volleyed wide. This was the prelude to a third goal scored with five minutes left. Del Francois crossed and Keiron Knight scored with a well taken header.