Jez Pinder scored a first-half hat-trick as Dartford put seven past Hashtag United in the Isthmian Premier.
The youngster gave Darts a 2-0 lead inside half an hour and completed his treble after Dan Smith and an Olly Box penalty had extended the advantage.
Darts eased off in the second half against a Hashtag side who this week requested voluntary relegation but completed a 7-0 victory through Michael Olarewaju and Denzelle Olopade.
Ady Pennock’s men are four points outside the play-offs in sixth.
Welling United are out of the bottom four for the first time in months after a 1-1 draw at Wingate & Finchley.
They’ve moved above Hashtag on goal difference after Troy Howard’s 88th-minute equaliser cancelled out an early goal from Loic Hernandez.
Folkestone edged closer to the title after fighting back from 3-1 down to draw with Carshalton. Read the match report here.
Chatham, in third, shared a goalless draw at play-off rivals Brentwood, while Mix Fiddes scored an injury-time winner for Cray Wanderers in a 3-2 victory at second-placed Aveley.
Ex-Gills striker Liam Nash’s late double looked set to deny the Wands, who’d led 2-0 through Lateef Adaja and Remi Sutton, but Fiddes had the final say.
Alfie Paxman and skipper TJ Jadama were the scorers as Ramsgate came from a goal down to win 2-1 at Chichester.
Cray Valley boosted their survival hopes with goals from Fumnaya Shomotun and Makise Evans in a 2-0 win over 10-man St Albans.
Ashford United pulled off the result of the day in Isthmian South East, winning 1-0 at title-chasing AFC Croydon.
The Rams, managed by ex-Ashford boss Danny Kedwell, had won seven games on the spin, but Kareem Isaka’s 16th-minute goal halted their run.
Sittingbourne lost 4-1 at home to AFC Whyteleafe in a top-five clash.
Trailing to a Palace Francis double inside 11 minutes, Mitchell May replied before half-time but late goals from Helge Orome and Moses Emmanuel took the game away from the Brickies.
Faversham Town dropped out of the play-off places after a shock 5-0 home defeat by Merstham.
Louie Theophanous scored a hat-trick, with Ollie Khinda and Lee Lewis also on target.
Player-manager Ben Greenhalgh struck in either half as Margate climbed to seventh with a 2-0 home win over Hassocks.
The result keeps the Gate in play-off contention, with Greenhalgh’s men six points off the top five.
They go a point clear of Deal, who drew 3-3 at home to Broadbridge Heath in a topsy-turvy game.
Callum Davies and Rory Smith scored in quick succession as the Hoops came from a goal down to lead but they found themselves 3-2 down as Yuvi Mann completed a hat-trick before Ben Chapman rescued a draw.
Sevenoaks thumped Herne Bay 5-2 in a mid-table Kent derby.
Joe Tyrie gave Bay an early lead and James Jeffrey made it 2-2 after the hosts rallied through Jaden Perez and Daniel Duncanson.
It was all Sevenoaks after that, though, as Kevin Diomande and late goals from Rodney Eruotor and Jefferson Aibangbee earned the points.
Two late goals saw Sheppey United beaten 3-1 at Eastbourne Town.
Danny Leonard’s second-half equaliser looked set to earn a point but Town, having led courtesy of Ollie Davies, scored twice in the last seven minutes through Sonny Walsh and Jimmy Holman.
Erith Town climbed out of the relegation zone with a 7-1 win over relegated East Grinstead.
James Dyer scored twice, with Deven Reid-Solanki, Harry Taylor, Jedd Hobbs, Richie Atkins and Elliott Wenham completing a big victory.
VCD Athletic were edged by an 84th-minute Eugene Asike goal in a 1-0 defeat Hastings, while fellow strugglers Beckenham claimed an impressive 1-1 draw at leaders Three Bridges thanks to Joe Chalker’s leveller in a match that finished 10-a-side.
