Jersey Bulls boss Elliot Powell says his side put in their “performance of the season” as they won 1-0 at second-placed Whyteleafe in Combined Counties Premier South.
Joe Kilshaw’s strike from the edge of the box after an hour was the difference between the sides.
Bulls had come close through Karl Hinds and Lorne Bickley in a first half which saw Whyteleafe hit the post, while Euan van der Vliet produced a good save to keep Bulls ahead in the second period.
“Clearly we’re playing against a good calibre of opposition and it is really pleasing to see some of the stuff that we’ve worked on this week in training and having a game plan come through,” Powell told BBC Radio Jersey.
“It was a really, really tight game, so credit to the lads for pulling it off.
“I think our back four have had to work extremely hard – three really, really powerful forwards up front, a tricky number 10 and depth off the bench as well for Whyteleafe so that’s definitely performance of the season.
“The pleasing thing is we’ve been able to say that a couple of weeks in a row now, we just seem to be getting into a little bit of a rhythm.
“We’ve had to adapt and play in a completely different way today and it’s pleasing that the lads have taken that on board and shown their ability to do so.”
The win puts the unbeaten Bulls fifth in the league table with six wins from nine matches.
They have played at least three fewer games than the sides above them and are 11 points off leaders Redhill with three games in hand.
