RYMAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE – WEEKLY NEWS AND MATCH BULLETIN Season 2008­2009 No: 04 ­ : ­ 1 st September 2008 LEAGUE NEWS LEAGUE NEWS MONTHLY AWARDS South, thus earning Aveley and the ‘Police’ the two The first series of the Ryman Football League Division One awards for August. Monthly Awards for season 2008/9, covering the month of August 2008, have been announced this This season these awards are being sponsored by morning as follows: Vandanel Sport Limited, the League’s Official Benchwear Supplier and Preferred Kit Supplier. Manager of the Month As part of the sponsorship of these awards, (Sponsored by Vandanel Sport Ltd.) Vandanel Sport will provide a ‘Manager of the Premier Division Month’ trophy and Jacket for each Manager of the Mark Butler – Ashford Town (Middx) F.C. Month, and a trophy and £100 credit voucher for Division One North each Team of the Month. Michael Stone – Wingate & Finchley F.C. Division One South The Board of Directors wishes to record their Jimmy Bolton – Walton & Hersham F.C. sincere thanks to Vandanel Sport for supporting the League and its Clubs through the sponsorship Team Performance of the Month of these awards this season. (Sponsored by Vandanel Sport Ltd.) Premier Division WEEKEND REVIEW Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. Ashford Town (Middlesex) are the last team Division One North with a 100 per cent record in the Premier Aveley F.C. Division One South Division following their 1–0 home win over Metropolitan Police F.C. Canvey Island and Horsham’s 4–1 reverse at home to Harlow Town. Dover Athletic and The award for the “Team Performances of the Staines Town join the Hornets on 12 points, Month” recognises a particularly noteworthy three behind the Ash­Trees, following away performance by a Club during the month from any victories over AFC Hornchurch and Boreham of its first team matches in all competitions played. Wood, respectively. Wealdstone, Heybridge Swifts and Harrow Borough are all still looking Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club suffered a for their first victories, although Wealdstone did heavy defeat at Ashford Town (Middx) on Saturday, collect their third draw of the season at 23 rd August by seven goals to nil, only to be faced two later with a match against neighbours Sutton Dartford. Swifts went down 2–1 at Margate – United. Against all expectations, the team changed whose first win this was – and Borough fell 1–0 their fortunes around with a fine 4­2 win, their first at home to Ramsgate. Maidstone United beat of the season in the Premier Division, thus winning Hendon by the odd goal in five, while the Premier Division ‘Team Performance of the Tonbridge Angels were surprised 2–0 at home Month’ award. to Tooting & Mitcham United. Hastings United lost 2–1 at Sutton United, while Carshalton Aveley Football Club started the Division One North Athletic’s trip to Billericay Town saw four goals season in fine style with a 3­0 home win against and the points shared. Cheshunt, who had been playing in the Southern League Premier Division the previous season, whilst Metropolitan Police recorded a stunning 5­0 In the 38 FA Cup ties on Saturday and home win against Cary Wanderers in Division One Sunday, 25 teams advanced to the first qualifying round, with nine others forcing replays. The match of the day appears to Blackman’s third goal five minutes from time, have been at Sevenoaks, where Folkestone made Brian Haule’s stoppage strike for Invicta shared eight goals. Worthing were the Hendon a mere consolation. biggest winners, 6–0 at former members Camberley Town, and Aveley 5–0 at Hanwell Dean Thomas and a Dave Sargent penalty Town. Both Ware, at home to Sporting Bengal scored either side of half­time as Staines Town United, and Great Wakering Rovers, won 2 – 0 at AFC Hornchurch, while an own entertaining Bedfont Green, enjoyed 4–0 goal from Leon Legge and a second­half effort passages. from Martin Grant gave Tooting & Mitcham United the same result at Tonbridge Angels. As well as the four big winners, Brentwood Town, Burgess Hill Town, Cheshunt, Both Margate and Sutton United won 2–1 at Merstham, Concord Rangers, Crowborough home, to Heybridge Swifts and Hastings Athletic, Croydon Athletic, East Thurrock United, respectively, having been level at half­ United, Great Wakering Rovers, Hillingdon time. At Hartsdown Park, Reggie Savage Borough, Aveley, Metropolitan Police, Leyton, gave Swifts the lead only for Luke Coleman to Godalming Town, Kingstonian, Thamesmead equalise and Daniel Young to net Gate’s Town, Walton Casuals and Whitstable all won. winner. Gavin McCallum opened the scoring for Sutton, with Antonio Gonnella levelling The heaviest defeat was suffered by Ilford 5–2 things up. Delando Smith was Sutton’s match­ at Oxhey Jets. The other teams going out winner. An Aaron Firth goal six minutes from were Leatherhead, 3–2 at Ashford Town; time was enough for Ramsgate to claim the Enfield Town 3–1 Hillingdon Borough; Walton spoils at bottom­of­the­table Harrow Borough. & Hersham, 2–1 at Hythe Town; Northwood, 2–0 at home to Metropolitan Police; The biggest crowd of the day was at Dartford, Redbridge, 3–1 at home to Uxbridge; where Wealdstone’s Stephen Hughes Corinthian–Casuals, 3–2 at Stewarts & Lloyds; cancelled out Dan Dafter’s opener and gave Tilbury, 2–0 at home to Leighton Town; and his team the lead, only for Rob Haworth to Waltham Forest, 0–1 at home to Thamesmead make it 2 – 2, all in the first 37 minutes. The Town. other 2–2 draw, at New Lodge, saw visiting striker Richard Jolly score first and last for Sunday’s four fixtures saw wins for Cray Carshalton Athletic. In between, Luke Cleary Wanderers, 4–1 over Chichester City United at and Billy Bricknell netted for Billericay Town Hayes Lane, Sittingbourne, 2 – 1 at home to and this time all the goals came in 27 second­ Chertsey Town, and Eastbourne Town, 2 – 0 half minutes. at Sidley United. Dulwich Hamlet were held to a 1–1 draw by Broxbourne Borough. FA Cup In the FA Cup, the day’s top scorer among Premier Division Ryman League players was Cody McDonald, Byron Harrison’s first­half goal preserved who bagged a hat­trick for Maldon Town at his Ashford Town (Middlesex)’s 100 per cent start former club Witham Town. Matthew Hearn, to the season, seeing off Canvey Island 1–0 at Niki Love and Julian Edwards netted for the Short Lane, but despite Gary Charman home team, who trailed 3–1 after 30 minutes. equalising for Horsham at home to Harlow Five different Worthing players got on the Town – Jamie Richards having given the scoresheet at Camberley Town with Ben Hawks an early lead, it was the visitors who Andrews scoring twice in the 6–0 rout at left Worthing happy, courtesy of three goals in Krooner Park. four minutes midway through the second half. Danny Green converted a penalty and James Aveley also had five different scorers in their Bunn scored the other two for Harlow. 5–0 stroll at Hanwell Town. Wayne Clarke also netted two in Crowborough Athletic’s 3–1 Dover Athletic raced to a 3–0 lead at Boreham victory at home to Ringmer, as did Daniel Wood, Shaun Welford and Francis Collin, Waldron in Croydon Athletic’s 3–1 defeat of twice – one a penalty – scoring, but they had Wellingborough Town. In East Thurrock to hang on at the end as Leon Archer’s penalty United’s 4–2 win over Hatfield Town, Kurt and Lee Allinson’s late effort made it 3–2. Smith bagged a brace for the Rocks while the There wasn’t the same drama in the day’s visitors’ two goals came from brothers, Matt other 3–2 win. Maidstone United were 2–0 up and Martin Standen. in 12 minutes against Hendon, through James Pinnock and Kevin Watson. Chris Bangura did Late goals saved Wingate & Finchley and pull a goal back after 16 minutes, but Lloyd Kingstonian from embarrassment. Two goals from Northampton Spencer’s Taylor put them in the driving seat against the Division One Stadium, Toby Goodship winning a point for North’s top dogs, but Tim Lees and Marvin the visitors with a 65 th goal, after Woking had Samuel scored to send the tie to replay at The taken the lead just before half time through Abrahams Stadium. Shoreham scored Lewis Parish. The following night, Staines through Keehan in the first half, and it needed Town, last year’s runners­up, opened their three late goals, from Paul Williams, Bobby campaign with a 2­1 home win against Traynor and Carl Wilson­Denis for Ks to win 3– newcomers Hampton & Richmond Borough, 1. The South Division leaders were less whilst Kingstonian won 4­2 at Corinthian­ successful, losing 2–1 at Hythe Town, despite Casuals, also making the Youth League debut. Adrian Stone giving them a first­half lead. The following evening AFC Wimbledon At Sevenoaks, visiting Folkestone Invicta were recorded the best win of the season to date, involved in a real thriller. Elliott gave the home beating Carshalton Athletic 6­0, Peter Rapson the team lead and Constable doubled the scoring the first hat­trick of the season in the advantage, before Jimmy Jackson and Youth League, with further goals from Ollie Jamesy Everitt tied things up with two goals in Killick (2) and Simeon Burnett. two minutes. Evans restored the Sevenoaks advantage only, for Jackson to get his second In the South East Division on Wednesday and James Dryden to make it 4–3 to Invicta.