Whitstable Town FC

Ryman...WEEKEND REVIEW

East Thurrock United continue to lead the Premier Division following their 3-2 home win against second placed Hendon. Title favourites AFC Wimbledon and Chelmsford City both slipped to single goal defeats, with the previously pointless Harrow Borough achieving the result of the day with a 2-1 win at Kingsmeadow against Terry Brown’s Wombles. AFC Hornchurch beat Chelmsford 1-0. 37 goals were scored in eleven Premier Division matches, with Horsham and Billericay Town leading the way with four each. Two hat-tricks were scored – the first of the season in the Premier Division – by Bradley Woods-Garness of Billericay Town and Charles Side of Margate, the latter coming in the first nine minutes of Margate’s match against Tonbridge Angels. Twenty-one teams from Divisions One North and South progressed through to the First Round Qualifying of the FA Cup in a fortnight’s time, with a further three involved in midweek replays. Premier Division At the start of Saturday afternoon, Harrow Borough travelled to AFC Wimbledon knowing that they were the only pointless club in the Premier Division. However, the Middlesex club provided the shock of the day as they beat the home club 2-1, Albert Adomah scoring the all important winner after sixty minutes play. The win lifts Harrow two places off the foot of the table, with Leyton currently occupying 22nd place. East Thurrock United retained top spot by beating the club nearest to them – Hendon – 3-2 at home. AFC Hornchurch won the all-Essex derby at home to Chelmsford City – Kris Lee scoring the winner with just sixteen minutes left to pay. Horsham’s 4-1 win at hoe to Carshalton Athletic allowed the Sussex side to quietly move into second place, just ahead of Billericay Town – 4-0 winners at home to Leyton. Boreham Wood were the only other team to secure an away win – an own goal from Folkestone Invicta’s Kieron Mann being enough to let the points escape back to Hertfordshire. Ashford Town (Middx) secured another win with a 3-2 home victory over Heybridge Swifts, with the Swifts, along with Leyton, being the only two clubs in the Premier Division without a victory in the League this season. Elsewhere, Harlow Town beat Ramsgate 3-0 and Margate won the Kent derby 3-1 at home to Tonbridge Angels. Wealdstone and Hastings United were the only two teams to finished all-square as they shared six goals and the points in a match plated at Harrow Borough. FA Cup 21 clubs moved through to the next round of the FA Cup in a fortnight’s time, earning each one a £1,000 payment from the FA Prize Fund. Visitors Bury Town won the all-Suffolk tie 3-2 at AFC Sudbury, the winning goal coming from Darren Coe midway through the second half. Burgess Hill Town were the afternoon’s top scorers, beating Banstead Athletic 7-0 at home, whilst visitors Edgware Town beat Raunds Town 5-1. Maldon Town won 5-0 at home to Eton manor, whilst Chatham scored four away from home for the second match in succession, beating Ringmer 4-1 to move into the next round. Great Wakering Rovers won 4-0 at Tilbury, whilst Horsham YMCA beat visiting Chessington & Hook United 4-1. Dartford beat last season’s FA Cup heroes Leatherhead 3-0, whilst Cray Wanderers returned from a visit to Tooting & Mitcham United with a 2-1 victory, and a tie at home to AFC Wimbledon in the next round as their reward.

 

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