Buxton beat Marine 4–2 as Johnny Johnston scores after 26 seconds

Sunday 1 November 2026 · By Gwen Alderley

Buxton beat Marine 4–2 at home on Saturday, with Johnny Johnston scoring after 26 seconds. It was their third league win in a row, and they are fifth in the Enterprise National League North on 26 points, unbeaten in four league games.

Johnston scored from a pass by Sisa Tuntulwana after 26 seconds, according to North Derbyshire Radio. Ashton Mee made it 2–0 in the 57th minute, following up after Weston’s effort had been blocked on the line. Marine pulled one back in the 64th minute when a cross from Finlay Sinclair-Smith took a deflection into the net, which the BBC lists as an own goal by S. Robinson. Weston then scored in the 72nd minute from a Tuntulwana cross.

George Kattah made it 3–2 in the 87th minute, scoring with his first touch off the bench, and the ball went in off the crossbar. Scales sealed the win in the third minute of added time after Sam Aston passed to Tuntulwana. No attendance was found.

Buxton’s form reads L L D W W W. They beat Harborough 3–0 on Tuesday 27 October. They have played 15 league games, winning eight, drawing two and losing five. Their 30 goals scored are the most in the division, ahead of Oxford City on 26 and South Shields and King’s Lynn on 25, but they have conceded 25, giving them a goal difference of plus five.

That is why Buxton are fifth rather than fourth. They are level on 26 points with Hereford, who have a goal difference of plus 13 and have played 14 games. They are two points above sixth-placed King’s Lynn Town, and three points behind leaders South Shields.

Only the champions are promoted automatically, with second to seventh going into the play-offs. Buxton are on the same number of games as Lynn, Hednesford Town, Worksop, AFC Telford United, Brackley Town, Merthyr Town, Radcliffe and Darlington, which is the most in the division.

Buxton’s next game is away at Scarborough Athletic on Saturday 7 November, with kick-off at 15:00 GMT. Scarborough are 21st on 15 points after losing 2–0 at Morecambe on Saturday. Marine, who are 18th on 16 points, have now lost their last two league games. The FA Trophy second round takes Buxton to Chorley on Saturday 14 November, kick-off 15:00 GMT.

Hednesford Town visit on Saturday 21 November, in a game between two play-off sides. Buxton then travel to AFC Telford United on Tuesday 24 November, and host Spennymoor Town on Saturday 28 November.

Johnston and Tuntulwana were the creative pair on Saturday, with Tuntulwana providing the pass for the first goal and the cross for the third, and Buxton will want that attack to keep scoring through a run of fixtures that includes two games against sides in the bottom four.