Whitstable Town FC

Kent Football round-up with Mark Wyver:

At Stonebridge Road in the Nationwide Conference home side Gravesend & Northfleet salvaged a 2-2 draw with former league side York City thanks to goals from Kim Grant and Onome Sodje.The big surprises in the FA Cup were  at Southwood where Ramsgate beat Walton & Hersham 1-0 with a Stefan Ball goal while at Hartsdown Park home side Margate were soundly beaten 3-0 by Cray who scored through Michael Power(2) and Ross Lover.At Cheriton Road home side Folkestone beat Staines 2-0 thanks to Adam Flanagan and Paul Jones goals, while Welling won 1-0 at Harrow with a late goal from Matt Bodkin.Bromley have to make the long trip to Mangotsfield after a 0-0 draw at home while Tonbridge crashed out 3-0 at Worcester.In the Ryman Frst Division Dover lost their first league game going down 2-0 at Tooting & Mitcham while a Steve Humphrey goal earnt Ashford a 1-1 draw at Bashley.In the Dr Martens Eastern Division Chatham beat Rothwell 3-1 with goals from Matt Bourne,Brendan Cass and Byron Walker while two goals from Steve Hafner and singles for Ian Pulman and Eddie McClements saw Dartford win 4-1 at Potters Bar.Sittingbourne returned from Stamford on the wrong end of a 6-2 scoreline despite goals from Lee Browning and Bradley Spice,In the Kent Premier League,leaders Beckenham beat Erith & Belvedere 2-1 while Thamesmead in second won 3-2 at Tunbridge Wells and third placed Maidstone beat Greenwich 4-1.Top individual performance of the day was from Lee Coburn of VCD who scored four goals as his side beat Sporting Bengal 7-0.A goal from Roy Godden eant Hythe their first league win 1-0 at Sevenoaks while Erith and Whitstable drew 0-0.