Canvey Island went down to an embarrassing 3-1 defeat to Fakenham Town at the Steve's Taxis' Stadium.

Despite taking the lead, Gulls were undone by some terrible defending against a side who had picked up just two points from their opening 9 games.

Canvey took the lead on 16 minutes when Luke Pearson in the Fakenham goal failed to hold a swirling left wing cross into the penalty area and Ross Wall forced the loose ball over the line.

Against the the run of play Fakenham equalised with Jake Watts firing a low shot past Casey Clark two minutes later.

They could have gone in front soon after with a volley that just drifted wide of the post.

Josh Curry had a volley headed away from near the line on 35 minutes for Canvey as the half finished 1-1.

Into the second half and substitute Marcel Kiwomya forced Pearson into a good save with his legs on 51 minutes.

Fakenham fired an effort wide that had Clark stretching on 70 minutes before the North Norfolk side took the lead a few minutes later with Watts firing home his second of the afternoon.

Evans Kouassi forced Pearson into another good save after a driving run before Valter Da Rocha added a third for Fakenham on 77 minutes with a shot from the edge of the penalty area that took a deflection as it flew past Clark.

Canvey pushed forward looking for a way back into the game but Fakenham were good value for their first league win at Isthmian level.

Gulls look to bounce back on Tuesday night when they face Hullbridge in the Essex Senior Cup.

Match Report by David Powell.