BRENTWOOD Town's seven-match unbeaten run was ended by a superb strike from Chatham substitute Garry Tilley at Maidstone Road.
The Blues had deservedly led 1-0 at half-time thanks to Ross Wall's tap-in, but were pegged back after a lacklustre second-half performance.
The first goal came when Matt Solly's thunderbolt rebounded off the crossbar and in off the helpless Richard Wray, before Tilley hit a magnificent half-volley into the top corner shortly after coming off the bench.
The visitors took the lead after 14 minutes, after Kes Metitri was penalised 30 yards out.
The ball was dinked over the defence before the referee blew his whistle and fired across goal to the waiting Wall, who couldn't miss – but almost did as he stumbled on the line, but he had done enough.
But Chatham levelled nine minutes into the second half in the most unfortunate of circumstances for Wray.
A ball was cleared to the edge of the box and expertly volleyed goalwards by the home side's long-serving skipper Solly, beat Wray and then hit the crossbar and the keeper's back before trickling over the line.
Brentwood almost got straight back in front when Steve Butterworth played in Daryl Robson, but Roberts narrowed the angle well and kept it out.
The home side were forced to replace Ndiane with Garry Tilley, and the replacement had an instant impact when he met a ball down the channel and lobbed a superb half-volley over Wray and into the top corner.
From thereon in, it was little more than an average end-of-season encounter between two teams destined for mid-table finishes.
