Sevenoaks Town beat AFC Croydon Athletic 2-1 to climb to seventh in the Isthmian South East. Sevenoaks RFC put four wins from four on the line at Worthing on Saturday.
Sevenoaks Town beat AFC Croydon Athletic 2-1 at the Bourne Stadium on Wednesday night. It was their second home win in five days, and it lifts them from 11th to seventh in the Isthmian League South East. (Isthmian League, Sevenoaks Town fixtures)
The results
- Wednesday 21 October: Sevenoaks Town 2-1 AFC Croydon Athletic. Nathan Jeche scored after 21 minutes, Croydon equalised on 57, and Kevin Diomande won it on 64. The crowd was 186.
- Saturday 17 October: Sevenoaks Town 3-2 Broadbridge Heath, with a Jeche hat-trick in front of 211.
Both results are from the league’s own match records. (Isthmian League, Sevenoaks Town fixtures)
The Croydon win settles a score. Croydon had beaten Sevenoaks twice already this season, 2-1 in the league in August and 3-2 in the FA Trophy. They have now lost five league games in a row.
The table
Sevenoaks have 18 points from 12 games: five wins, three draws and four defeats. They have scored 21 and conceded 21. They are level on points with eighth-placed Herne Bay, who have a game in hand. (Isthmian League, South East Division table, updated 23 October 2026)
Hastings United lead on 28 points. The play-off places are four points away: Faversham Town are fourth on 22.
No game this Saturday, then four in 11 days
Sevenoaks Town have no fixture on Saturday 24 October. The next run, from the league’s fixture list:
- Saturday 31 October, 3pm: Horley Town (a), Court Lodge Road. Horley are 21st on 10 points and have conceded 37.
- Tuesday 3 November, 7.45pm: Herne Bay (a), Winch’s Field.
- Saturday 7 November, 3pm: Whitstable Town (h). Whitstable have won their last five league games.
- Tuesday 10 November, 7.45pm: Hastings United (a), the league leaders.
The Bourne Stadium is in Mill Lane, a short walk from Bat and Ball station. Our Sevenoaks train times guide covers the line.
Rugby: four from four, and Worthing next
Sevenoaks RFC’s 1st XV beat Farnham 28-7 at Knole Paddock last Saturday. The club calls it four wins from four to start the league season. (Sevenoaks RFC, Post-match reaction)
The 1st XV are away at Worthing on Saturday 24 October, kick-off 3pm. The club is streaming the match live on YouTube, with coverage from 2.15pm. (Sevenoaks RFC, Watch the Oaks live online, 23 October 2026)
The stream will also be on the clubhouse screen at the Paddock, where two of the club’s sides are at home:
- 2nd XV v Dover
- 3rd XV v Whitstable
The 2nd XV went top of Counties 1 Kent with their win at Canterbury on 10 October. The 1st XV are back at the Paddock on Saturday 31 October against London Scottish Lions. (Sevenoaks RFC, fixtures)
For everything else on this weekend, see what’s on in Sevenoaks, 23 to 25 October. Last week’s report: Sevenoaks RFC beat Farnham 28-7; Sevenoaks Town win 3-2.
Sources
- Isthmian League, Sevenoaks Town match records and fixtures and the South East Division table (league data read 23 October 2026, table updated 23 October)
- Sevenoaks RFC, Can’t make it to Worthing? Watch the Oaks live online, 23 October 2026
- Sevenoaks RFC, Post-match reaction, 19 October 2026 and fixtures
Image: Sevenoaks FC, Greatness Recreation Ground, by Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr. Chart by Sevenoaks Online.
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