Bognor are now 14 points below the safety line – and have only 12 games to save themselves.

The Rocks had chances to get back in the game after going behind but it was another home defeat in front of more than 750 at the Nye Camp.

Early on Calvin Davies fired a long range pass over the defence to Jasper Mather but he ran the ball out of play.

Good work from Dan Gifford saw him beat his marker but his chance fell to the feet of Matt Burgess but he was blocked with his instant attempt.

Dion Jarvis conceded a corner kick on the right.  Ryan Hall had to tip away Jack Paxman’s corner kick lofted towards the back post.

Bognor conceded in the 14th minute as Jack Paxman’s corner was headed back across the goal and Ryan Hall palmed it into the path of Bradley Williams to stab home on the back post.

Bognor went further behind on 20 minutes as Tyrell Miller-Rodney sped through to score easily after a slip up in midfield set up the player.

Burgess was fouled and the referee did eventually pull it back for a foul.  It was curled over the defence and it was Jarvis who met it in the air with a powerful header.  Sam Donkin was equal to it though, tipping it over the bar on 28 minutes.

Davies did well to not receive a yellow card for another foul.  Paxman dug out the freekick but Ben Steward glanced his header wide.

Mather did well to get a ball into the box but Donkin was clever to gather it from the cross though.

Sheriff had the first chance of the second half as he outwitted Jarvis but his strike was blocked on 50 minutes for the visitors.

Gifford won the ball in Billericay’s box but his ball in to Tommy-Lee Higgs saw him blocked with his effort.

Bognor were under sudden pressure as Harvey Rew slipped up allowing Moses Emmanuel to burst through but after seemingly controlling the ball it was Hall who got something on it to steer the ball wide for a goal kick off the striker’s run.

However, a carbon copy of the first mistake saw Jack Paxman set through on goal and he confidently powered it high into the net on 54 minutes from the edge of the box.

Mather had a strike denied at his near post by the goalkeeper.  Then it was Higgs who hit another effort on the turn which forced Donkin into a reaction save, pushing the ball back out again.

Gifford won a freekick right on the touchline.  Davies curled the freekick fiercely into the area but it was headed over his own crossbar by Williams on 61 minutes.

Jarvis was caught in possession which saw Emmanuel shepherd the ball back to Paxman to shoot but Hall managed to get fingertips to it to steer the ball over the bar on 68 minutes.

Burgess’s high hanging freekick was knocked down into the path of Chad Field who turned with it instantly and fired over the bar from close range on 70 minutes.

After a Billericay Town strike got deflected wide it was Montel McKenzie who went into the book for taking too long with his throw in on 77 minutes.

Ashley Nzala had a chance driving through a strike but Hall was there to deny him.

Mather had the ball with the goalkeeper stranded but decided not to shoot and when he finally did so he was blocked.

Burgess won a freekick with a winding run.  After a step over from Higgs it was Burgess who fired it low and wide on 86 minutes.

A ricochet almost saw Spurway have a chance off Higgs’s strike but he was blocked inadvertantly.

Tommy Davis did well to rise up to battle Field in the air from Burgess’s corner to steer it away for another corner as Bognor were trying to get a consolation goal throughout the second half.

But it wasn’t to be despite the team giving 100%, it wasn’t enough against a strong Billericay Town outfit, in search of promotion.  Rocks are on the road next on Saturday 15th February when they travel to Canvey Island, with kick off at 3pm.