Before Andy Douglas' season came to such a cruel end he was leading the Premier Division's goal-scoring lists.

How then do you replace someone like that? Quite simple really, certainly as far as Grays are concerned, you just find another prolific scorer.

Nathan Thomas struck twice on Saturday to take his tally up to six in his last four games. In total he has no overtaken Douglas with 12 goals - Margate, you've been warned.

Blues, who were winning a Premier Division game for the sixth time out of seven, had to do it the hard way against lowly Enfield by coming from behind after James Ayers scored with a header on the stroke of half-time.

Grays were well below their best during that opening period. Maybe there was a reaction following the FA Cup triumph in midweek, but Enfield didn't make it easy.

Near the bottom of the table, they certainly got stuck in and were to finish with six bookings and Grant Cooper sent off on 52 minutes following a cynical foul on Dave Rainford.

To Blue's credit they did keep their discipline under much provocation and had just two players booked.

Enfield, though, deserved their interval lead, but after the break, Grays dominated as the home side retreated further into defence once they'd been reduced in numbers.

John Morgan didn't re-appear though after the interval. The £5,000 capture from Stevenage is still short of match-fitness and wasn't helped in that as a one time Enfield player he came in for a fair degree of "stick".

Rainford was unluckly not to equalise when after a neat one-two with Sammy Cooper he saw a shot hit the inside off an upright and trickle along the goalline before being cleared.

But you felt a goal wasn't going to be long in coming.

Cooper's replacement, Mervyn Abraham, helped set it up on 70 minutes and Thomas's shot took a deflection and the ball looped into the top corner.

An excellent pass from Richard Halle seven minutes later allowed Thomas to break free and defeat the advancing keeper.

Such had been Grays' control there no appeared little danger, but in the dying minutes the visitors' defence was caught square and the ball broke to Adam Grant only for him to volley a clear chance wide.

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