Despite their torrid recent form, a somewhat resurgent Hendon pulled together to complete the double over Aveley this afternoon at Mill Road. Hendon started the brighter, Billy Dunn having an excellent chance early to open the scoring, but rolling the ball wide of the far post after just getting clear of Ollie Morris-Sanders. Midway through the half, Casey Mclaren broke the deadlock, rising inside the 6 yard box to head home after a Wayne O'Sullivan corner had been flicked on by James Parker. Shortly after Peter Dean doubled the lead after a similar set-piece delivery was headed back across goal for him to head inside the near post. Aveley came back strong late in the half and had several good chances to get back into the game, but a combination of good goalkeeping and poor finishing denied the home side.

The second half was an entirely different story as the Greens struggled to get any authority on the game and Aveley took full control. In the 64th minute James Reading was forced to make a low save to his right, but was unable to get to the rebound which Martin Tuohy rifled home. The Millers continued to have the better of the game, but those shots which were on target failed to trouble Reading unduly as Hendon looked to see out a nervous 45 minutes. Shortly before the game moved into stoppage time, debutant Bradley Thomas was sent off after clinically stopping a forward from breaking clear, but the visitors just about held firm to secure a valuable three points.