The last minute rain on Tuesday caused the postponement of all the five Cup matches in the Peter Bentley Challenge Cup and the R.U.R Charity Cup arranged to be played in mid-week. Only seven games in Week 32 were arranged to be played on the Saturday in the Premier Division of the Southern Combination Football League as the number of fixtures played was being levelled-up as the season comes to an end..

After an early precautionary pitch inspection at "The Haven Centre", the Crawley Down Gatwick game against rapidly improving AFC Varndeanians went ahead. Both teams were hoping to improve on the 2-2 draw earlier in the season but it was not to be as the game ended in another 2-2 draw. An early lead was given to the home side when Charlie Pitcher converted a penalty. However this lead was short lived as a few minutes laterTommy Boyle collected a rebound and slotted the ball into the goal past the advancing "Anvils" goalkeeper. Mid-way into the second half, Alexander Rainford put the "Vs" into the lead when his shot went in off the post. Crawley Down Gatwick kept trying and well into added time Michael Wood scored the equaliser. AFC Varndeanians went home well satisfied with the point earned against a team placed much higher in the Premier Division.

Bottom Club East Preston were expecting a very hard game at home to 4th placed Bexhill United who had beaten them 3-0 in the earlier game in November. That is how it turned-out as they were defeated 7-1. The scoring was started by Tom Vickers in the first few minutes which was followed very quickly by a goal from Lewes McGuigan and then Connor Robertson. The first half scoring was completed by Lewes McGuigan with his second to make the score 4-0 at halftime. Two quick goals early in the second half from Evan Archibald and Richie Welch increased the lead further until Ric Campbell pulled a goal back for the home team. In the last minute of the game Bradley Pritchard scored to complete the 7-1 victory which moved East Preston deeper into the relegation zone together with five other teams.

In the earlier season game at "The Beacon '', Horsham YMCA beat Hassocks 2-1 and hoped to complete another win to move away from the relegation zone. YMCA started the scoring straight from the kick-off when Tom Tolfrey made a long, low driven cross which Daniel Lombardo turned into the goal. With no more goals in the game Horsham YMCA completed the double with a 1-0 win. Hassocks tried very hard but could find no way past Aaron Jeal who put in an outstanding performance in the YMCA goal. In the second half, the teams accumulated five yellow cards and two blue cards !!!

The "Tigers" went on the road along the coast to play Little Common who they drew with 1-1 earlier in the season. In what seemed a goalmouth scramble Jack Langford eventually got the ball to Kieron Pamment to open the scoring with a header for the visitors. The game went into the second half for more goals with Jamie Bunn equalising for the home side. In the last few minutes a long pass from George Taggart found the head of skipper Callum Saunders to give Saltdean United a 2-1 victory which keeps them in second place in the Premier Division.

After a very long drive, Lingfield had a very tough and challenging game against Premier Division Leaders Littlehampton Town who had a 6-1 victory earlier in the season in November. With no goals or penalties only "VAR??" in the first half, the game went into the second half and against the odds, Lingfield took the lead very early with a goal scored by Sammy Clements. This goal jolted Littlehampton Town into action with an equalising goal from a penalty scored by Jordan Clark. A few minutes later Zac Harris put "The Golds" into the lead and the score was increased just before full time when the head of George Gaskin connected with a corner ball to give the home side a 3-1 victory. Littlehampton Town will now be confidently look forward to the FA Vase game next Saturday whilst Lingfield returned home wondering how they got nothing from the match after putting in a real shift.

The pitch at Loxwood was causing concern but the rain stayed away to enable their game against AFC Uckfield Town to go ahead. Over the last few seasons the wins have been shared but the earlier game this season was a win for the visitors. With AFC Uckfield Town causing chaos in the Loxwood box the ball finally found Nathan Hover who volleyed into the goal, a pinpoint cross from an Ellis Wright free kick. In first half added time, an unstoppable curler into the top corner of the goal from Ellis Wright gave the visitors a 2-0 lead at halftime Straight from the restart. a cross from Sam Cash is headed into the goal by Morgan Vale with a cleverly flicked header. "Poacher" Jacob Feasey scored from close range as he was the first to react to a ball parried by the home side goalkeeper to give the AFC Uckfield Town a 4-0 victory .

After a five week period of away games , Newhaven hoped that any rain would not spoil their homecoming celebrations in the game against Steyning Town. At the start of the season Steyning Town secured a 1-1 draw against the high flying home side. After a frustrating start, Newhaven finally settled after a goal in the first half when a corner taken by James Waters was headed into the goal by Lukas Franzen-Jones. Soon after the restart "The Dockers" went further into the lead when James Waters scored with an overhead kick. After a great deal of pressure Newhaven finally got a 3-0 victory after a very powerful header from Baillie Rogers finds the goal.

With the top four teams winning, there is no movement at the top of the Premier Division and with the other three games generally going as expected there is no movement at the bottom of the Premier Division either. As the season moves to an end, there is only one game due to be played on Tuesday in Week 33. Eastbourne Utd AFC have an hour's drive straight up the A22 to the "The Pavilion" to play Lingfield. At the start of the season in September, Eastbourne Utd AFC inflicted a very heavy 7- 0 defeat upon the home side when they made their visit to "The Oval" in September.