Mark Tompkins was eyeing moving up another couple of places by the end of the week with the games coming thick and fast for Chipstead.

A rule saying games should be rescheduled within 42 days of postponements mean Chips have to travel to Sittingbourne tonight (Thursday) while Tuesday's planned home game with Corinthian Casuals was called off.

But after a 1-0 win over Chatham last Saturday Tompkins says the team fears nobody - even if injuries mean they can rarely name the same starting XI.

The team spirit is so good that the squad has been booked in to Butlins for an end-of-season holiday in May.

While another Sean Rivers strike was enough to beat Chatham, midfielder Alan Mathews was man of the match.

Boss Tompkins said: "He broke everything in midfield and won all the second balls.

"If you spoke to Sean he would say the service he is getting at the minute is tremendous.

"AJ Morrison is in fine form and Ray Freeman is back on the other wing. Sean is really happy at the club. He's on fire at the minute and there's a good team spirit. We're all going to Bognor at the end of the season for a 70s week."

The striker's goal gave him 13 in the league, making him joint second highest scorer. He is on a par with Martin Grant – who netted most of his 13 for Walton Casuals before a switch to Walton & Hersham – and only three behind Gary Noel, of second placed Croydon Athletic, one of Rivers' old clubs.

Victory took Chipstead to fifth from bottom.

Tompkins knows other teams could catch up but he said: "I'd rather have points in the bag than games in hand."

Having dented Chatham's ailing play-off hopes, another top five candidate awaits tonight and one in the top five, Worthing, host the Chips at the weekend.

Tompkins said: "We drew 0-0 at home with Sittingbourne with a team much weaker than we've got now. It won't be easy, but we'll be full of confidence after three clean sheets in a row."

That is in part due to James Wastell, who he described as "the best keeper in the league", and defenders James Russell and Nathan Greene.

"Worthing beat us 2-1 at home with two goals early on and we dictated play for 80 minutes."

Arron Smith (groin) and Louis Hollingsworth (stomach) are out, frustrating Tompkins' attempts to name the same 11.