George Watts-Sturrock completed the remarkable last-gasp turnaround for Downham.

Downham grab point with three goals in final minutes

Downham Town staged the comeback of the season to grab an unlikely point at Brantham Athletic.

Trailling 4-1 going into the last minute of normal time, Town somehow managed to score three times to snatch a 4-4 draw to preserve their unbeaten Thurlow Nunn League record.

The hosts looked well on the way to three points when they led 3-0 after 71 minutes and, even after Matty Blackford pulled one back, they scored a penalty to go 4-1 up going into the 90th minute.

Step forward master marksman Shaun Avis to pull one back and then add a swift second in the first minute of stoppage time to make it 4-3.

To complete the comeback, George Watts-Sturrock slammed in the leveller five minutes later as Downham dug deep to secure a point.

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No such luck for Heacham, who fell to their heaviest defeat of the season, going down 6-0 at Haverhill Rovers, meaning they have scored just one goal in their last nine games while conceding 32.

Elsewhwre in senior football, in the Anglian Combination, Castle Acre Swifts were beaten 4-0 at home by Scole United in the Premier Division, while Dersingham Rovers were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Waveney in Division One.

In the Cambs League, Outwell Swifts enjoyed a second consecutive 5-1 away win, this time in the league, seeing off Sawston Rovers in Senior B Division.

It followed last week’s Percy Oldham Memorial Cup success at Lakenheath Reserves and brought goals from George Dimambro, Adan-Jay Lewis, Dalton Rust, Ben Garner and Richard Mills.

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