Deadly Dino in the goals for RMI

RMI take their league campaign into November on a high note after a Dino Maamria double blew Gravesend and Northfleet out of the water at Stonebridge Road.

Maamria had endured a month-long goal drought before netting Leigh's second to put the visitors firmly in control and helped them on the way to a first away win in eight games since the trip to Stevenage Borough in April.

The balance of the Leigh side was assisted by the return of key man Gerry Harrison to the heart of the defence, and in his combination with Neil Durkin and Wayne Maden, there were few problems posed by Gravesend's constant up and under tactics.

Despite the use of the long ball game, Steve McKimm had Stuart Coburn worried in the first half when his shot shaved an upright, but the impressive goalkeeper illustrated his talent on the half hour mark to turn Hamid Barr's drive around the post.

Some might question whether Coburn should have been on the pitch at that time though, after he had sprinted with all the urgency of a man who was watching his pint glass fall over only to flatten Tostoa Kwashi in the outfield.

Goalless at the interval and composure maintained, RMI started to take charge. Monk's opener was a creation of his own handiwork after a run from the half-way line, Maamria bagged his first with a scuffed shot from close range after determination from Ged Courtney and Phil Salt, and his second in stoppage time from the penalty spot.

But as is customary with Steve Waywell's men, matters just were not that simple.

'Fleet were thrown a rather belated lifeline when Maden was penalised for handball and the hosts' leading scorer Che Stadhart fired home from 12 yards.

Despite five minutes of stoppage time, Gravesend could do little to prevent the visitors scrambling out of the relegation zone with a deserved three points.

RMI: Coburn, Harrison, Durkin, Maden, Fitzhenry, Monk, Kielty (M Ward 90), Salt, Fisher, Courtney (Tolson 76), Maamria. Subs not used: Heald, Spencer, C Ward. Attendance: 1,246.