Whitstable Town FC

All Kent Football with Mark Wyver

Three Kent clubs progressed to the final Qualifying Round of this season FA Cup on Saturday. At Hayes Lane home side Bromley won the Kent derby against Dartford 1-0 with the only goal coming from Danny Hockton. Ellis Remy scored the only goal of the game as Folkestone defeated Hillingdon Borough 1-0 while Jon Main with a hat-trick and Hamid Barr (2) saw Tonbridge win 5-0 at Stotfold. Margate had James Pinnock (2) and Rob Haworth on the scoresheet in their 4-3 defeat at Hitchin Town. Hythe's interest in the competition ended as they were beaten 3-1 at home by Ware with Michael Smissen scoring for the Kent Leaguers. Welling went down 2-1 at Blue Square South rivals Eastbourne Borough with Ross Montague netting for the Wings.   Goals from Raphael Nade and Chukki Eribenne helped Ebbsfleet to a 2-0 victory over Droylsden at Stonebridge Road. The Fleet are in eighth place in the Blue Square Premier.   Loan signing Luis Cumbers and Mo Takaloo scored in Maidstone's 2-1 win over bottom side Leyton in the Ryman Premier Division while Nick Davis scored in Ramsgate's 3-1 defeat at Harrow Borough. Jimmy Ward introduced recent signing Stuart King as a second half substitute for the Rams after joining from Whitstable.   A goal by former Gillingham player Frannie Collin saw Dover win their Ryman Division One South fixture 1-0 at Whyteleafe. Danny Lye gave Ashford the lead at Molesey only for the home strugglers to equalise in a 1-1 draw. Jon Neal was on target twice for Whitstable as they gained three points in a 2-1 win over Leatherhead. Chatham secured a 2-0 win over Metropolitan Police with goals from Matt Solly and Rob Goodger. Sittingbourne despite earlier equalising through a Bradley Spice penalty were beaten 5-1 at Kingstonian.   In the Kent League Cup Group A,  two goals by Tony Atkins helped Sevenoaks to a 2-0 win over VCD. Roy Guiver and Ben Brown scored in Herne Bay's 2-1 win at Tunbridge Wells who had taken the lead through Dave Forster.   Steve White with a hat-trick and singles for Matt Johnson and Lee Benavente secured Erith & Belvedere a 5-0 win at Faversham in Group B. The other game saw Thamesmead beat Deal 4-1 with Curtis Williams, Robbie Tarrant, Richard Dimmock and an own goal the marksmen while Mark Pollard scored for the East Kent side.   Two own goals helped Croydon to a Group C victory over Lordswood. Erith took the lead through James Holder at home to Sporting Bengal only for the visitors to run out 2-1 winners. The winner coming in the last minute.   A hat-trick from Lenny Piper helped Beckenham to a resounding 5-1 win at local rivals Holmesdale in Group D. Jason Thompson and Ross Cable were alo on target for the winners with Gareth Broome scoring for the home side.

 

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