Bishop’s Stortford inflicted a first defeat of the season on East Men’s League, Premier Division champions Chelmsford with a 2-1 away win on Saturday. The leaders had won 16 and drawn three of their 19 previous games, scoring 70 goals, but Stortford put their previous week’s disappointing 4-3 defeat by Dereham behind them to keep alive their hopes of retaining their Premier status. Chelmsford took the lead in the first half when a lightning-fast drag flick found the back of the net. Rich Heywood’s reverse stick rebound made it 1-1. With the game in the balance, Stortford captain Harry Carpente…
