Dorking made it seven wins in a row with a hard fought win at Coulsdon United.

The win sees Chicks firmly establish themselves on the coat-tails of the leading clubs, just three points off a promotion spot.

But victory was anything but routine, as the home team, having recently had a change in management, fought for everything, making life difficult for a Dorking side not playing to full potential. And although Chicks missed a fair number of gilt-edged chances, the result was in the balance until the final 15 minutes of the game.

Chicks were missing the suspended Andy Briant and the ill Baptiste Bogle from the side that had won at CB Hounslow last weekend, meaning a return to the starting line-up for Dan Lawrence after injury, while recent signing Dave Jones was also named in midfield as a replacement for Bogle.

Coulsdon set out their stall early on and did their best to harry Dorking and make their physical presence felt, and the tactic was effective, certainly in the first half as Dorking struggled to get their passing game going.

The hosts made the Mole Valley side's task much more difficult by taking the lead on the 15-minute mark, Fisher scoring to put them, a lead that Coulsdon were able to hold until the interval.

The visitors stepped up their game in the second half and began to create a series of chances, but it was not until the 75th minute that Dorking deservedly equalised.

The goal was another quality effort from top scorer Dan Bennett, Bennett somehow chipping the keeper from an acute angle from 15 yards to claim his 20th goal of the season.

With Coulsdon's defence at last breached, it took Dorking just two more minutes to take the lead, Page scoring from distance as Dorking finally took the game by the scruff of the neck.

They could have scored more to make their win more emphatic as the game reached its finale, but that would have been harsh on a battling home side who gave their all. Manager Tony Webb will regard this win as a good sign, the fact his side ground out a win against fired up opponents when Dorking were not at their best.

However, Webb will know that Chicks will need to be firing on all cylinders this coming weekend when one of the promotion chasing teams, Knaphill, visit Dorking for a 3pm kick-off at Meadowbank, children as usual admitted to the ground for free with a paying adult.