Weekly News & Match Bulletin – Season 2012/13 No.3 20th August 2012

One of the league’s new grounds, Three Bridges, is pictured as the home side and visitors Sittingbourne pay their respects to the late Ingram Whittingham on Saturday (picture courtesy of Ken Redwyn). In this issue… All Saturday’s action

Forthcoming fixtures

Farewell to two Friends

All the Weekend Action

By Peter Butcher – Ryman League Communications Administrator Premier

HE SAYS it will be his last season, and Wealdstone striker Richard Jolly looks in the mood to go out in style. Last season’s Golden Boot winner struck after 26 minutes of his side’s home opener against Met Police, intercepting a scuffed goal-kick by Police keeper Jamie Butler and firing home what proved to be the only goal of the game to get Stones’ title challenge off to a successful start. Lowestoft, beaten play-off finalists for the last two seasons, came from a goal down at half-time to chalk up an impressive 3-1 win at Whitehawk. The Brighton side, making their Premier debut, took an early lead with a penalty from summer signing Scott McGleish, veteran of 692 Football League games. McGleish went close to doubling the lead with a header but the Trawlerboys showed their class with three goals in eight minutes midway through the second half. Chris Henderson twice fired home from outside the box with Dale Cockrill netting in between them. Fancied Margate were comfortable 2-0 home winners over Hendon. Two new signings, Sam Long and Alex Rhodes, hit the bar in the early stages and it was the 65th minute before Richard Avery gave the hosts a deserved lead. Carl Rook added the second with 12 minutes left. Last season it was November 15th before Hendon conceded their second away goal! Two promoted sides started Premier life with away victories and in the case of Enfield Town it was their first-ever game at this level. Lewes, another team expected to do well, took the lead with a 12th-minute header by Karl Beckford. Mark Kirby replied for Town five minutes before the interval and last season’s Ryman North Golden Boot winner, Liam Hope, lobbed the winner nine minutes after the break. Bognor enjoyed their return to the top division, deservedly winning 3-1 at Concord who paid the penalty for missing first-half chances. They should have been ahead before Ashley Robinson struck for the visitors on the half-hour. Tony Stokes immediately replied with a 20-yard free-kick but Mu Maan restored Bognor’s lead in the 39th minute and James Crane netted from close range to seal it on the hour. The other promoted side, Leiston, were held to a 1-1 home draw by Cray. There were three second-minute goals in the league on opening day: impossible to tell which was first, but Cray’s Mark Willy must be a strong candidate for his effort, timed at 86 seconds. Leiston took a while to get into the game but they had the upper hand after Luke Hammond equalised with a 32nd-minute free-kick. The scoreline was the same at East Thurrock, where Kingstonian were aggrieved not to leave with all three points. Wade Small was fouled by keeper Jamie Riley in the 90th minute and, although he found the net anyway, the whistle had already gone. Riley was sent off and the free-kick came to nothing. The game finished with 19 men: the hosts’ Steve Sheehan and visitor Andre McCollin were dismissed for a clash shortly after Kye Ruel equalised for Rocks on 61 minutes. Dean Lodge had given K’s a 32nd-minute lead. There was a third 1-1 draw at Bury and there, too, the visitors will feel they should have won. Carshalton striker Paul Vines had a penalty saved by Marcus Garnham with 16 minutes left. Vines and Jack Clark hit the bar for the Robins, who took command after falling behind to a John Sands strike on 47 minutes. Vines headed home Clark’s cross to level it four minutes later and it was all Robins after that. Harrow were off to a flying start at home to relegated Thurrock, who had already cleared the ball of their line twice before Rob Wooleaston’s ninth-minute opener. Alwayne Jones and Simeon Akinola made it 3-0 by the 16th minute, and Thurrock did well to keep the final score down to 4-1. Gary Jones stretched the lead with a 51st- minute penalty and Joel Barnett replied with ten minutes left. The other relegated side, Hampton, fared better, beating visitors Hastings with a lone 43rd-minute header by Max Hustwick. Zac Attwood was inches away from a late leveller. Bradley Woods-Garness pounced on a loose ball to score for Canvey three minutes into the second half at Wingate and that was enough to earn all three points.

North

THERE was no shortage of surprises in Ryman North, starting at Sudbury where the hosts, widely reckoned to be the title favourites, crashed to a 3-1 home defeat by Cheshunt. Jose Espinoza was the man of the hour for the visitors, heading them into the lead shortly before half-time and then, after Sudbury had wasted chances to hit back, adding the second on 80 minutes. Leon Antoine’s 89th-minute header gave Sudbury a little hope and there was time for a further goal. But it came from Cheshunt’s John Megicks. Promoted Wroxham are expected to be among the promotion challengers but their Ryman debut brought a 2-1 defeat at Potters Bar. James Gershfield did the damage with two goals in five minutes in the middle of the second half and Matthew Blake’s 83rd-minute counter could not save the Yachtsmen. “We won’t win a game all season,” one pessimistic Redbridge follower told me this week. Their young side wasted no time in proving him wrong as they came from behind to chalk up a 2-1 away victory over Romford, who are now sharing Thurrock’s ground at Ship Lane. It certainly didn’t look good for the Motormen when Romford skipper Jack Barry headed them into a 14th-minute lead. Romford had more of the game after that but Sibi Muwanua emerged as the Redbridge hero with an equaliser six minutes after the break and the 87th-minute winner. Relegated Aveley were another side with pessimistic supporters but they came close to a home victory over fancied Maldon before drawing 2-2. Junior Dadson gave Millers a second-minute lead which was answered by an Ollie Berquez header midway through the half. Although the visitors then took control, it was Aveley who regained the lead through Paul Burnett in the 63rd minute. But they had Ellis Sands sent off for a ‘professional foul’ on Mitchell Das with ten minutes left and further punishment followed when Jamie Guy hammered home the resulting free-kick. Brentwood are also expected to be in the promotion mix but they needed a Steve Butterworth goal in the third minute of added time to salvage a home draw against last season’s play-offs semi-finalists Tilbury. A header by promising 18-year-old winger Tom Wraight had given Dockers into a 74th-minute lead. Striker Warren Mfula made something of a name for himself when he scored more than half Clapton’s Essex Senior League goals in the season before last. He has now stepped up to the Ryman League with Ilford and so far has 100 per cent of their goals! Two, in fact, and they gave the Foxes a 2-1 victory at Soham. The hosts should have scored several times before Mfula netted on 43 minutes. Robbie Mason headed the equaliser before half-time but Mfula had the last word with a 65th-minute penalty. Needham Market’s prolific scorer Sam Newson lost his touch last season after suffering a bad injury before Christmas but regained it with a hat-trick in their play-off semi-final and looks set to shine again this season after his double gave the Marketmen a 2-1 victory at Ware. The hosts, who had a reprieve from relegation last season, took a shock lead after seven minutes when Ryan Fleming floated a shot into the net from close to the halfway line. Newson pounced on a loose ball to equalise shortly before the interval and polished off Danny Bloomfield’s pass for the 69th-minute decider. Grays launched their promotion bid with a 3-0 win at Waltham Forest. Danny Bunce gave them the lead with an 18th-minute penalty, James Bunn fired the second from a tight angle on 70 minutes and the talented Joao Carlos added the third seven minutes later. Chatham romped to the top of the season’s first table by trouncing visitors Waltham Abbey 4-0. Two goals came from vastly-experienced summer signing Jean-Michel Sigere, the opener after 18 minutes and a second immediately after the interval. Gary Tilley got the other two, on 38 and 78 minutes, and three of the goals were set up by another debutant, former man Ryan Palmer. Promoted Witham celebrated their return to Ryman League football after three years with a 2-1 home victory over Thamesmead. Jason Fontaine got on the end of a long clearance to put them ahead on 40 minutes and Danny Emmanuel netted in similar fashion in the 56th minute. Thamesmead threatened to rally when home skipper Scott Pethers was shown a second yellow card after conceding a 76th-minute penalty which Ashley Probets converted. But Witham held out. Harlow took the points at Heybridge where, after 82 minutes of scoreless deadlock, Sam Deaney headed home a cross from fellow-sub Jordan Knight. Ben Newson earlier struck a post for the home side.

South

A MASSIVE crowd of 1,569 turned out for Maidstone’s first Ryman South game at the Gallagher Stadium, their first league game in their home town for 24 years, and they were certainly royally entertained even the result was not what the majority of them would have liked. The artificial pitch staged a nine-goal thriller and it was visiting Walton & Hersham who came out on top 5-4. Phil Williams put the Swans ahead after 18 minutes but the home fans enjoyed their interval refreshments after Paul Booth’s double in the last five minutes of the first half, the first of them a penalty. Williams made it 2-2 on the hour and, though the bar denied him a hat-trick, Graeme Purdy pounced on the rebound to put Swans in front again with 15 minutes left. Jason Henry then made it 4-2 and after Alex Flisher halved the arrears in the 89th minute, Purdy struck again deep into added time. There was still enough left on the watch for Michael Phillips to claim Maidstone’s fourth but it was too late. If there is some doubt about the scorer of the league’s first goal of the season, there is none whatever about the first red card. That went to Ramsgate keeper Ashley Bourne, who was given his marching orders at Dulwich after bringing down Carl Wilson-Denis in the very first minute. Substitute Shannon Harris replaced him to face Peter Adeniyi’s penalty and watched the ball fly wide. Dulwich, so close to the title last season, went ahead through Ellis Green in the 20th minute and eight minutes later it was 3-0 though a Lewis Gonsalves header and another from Green. The ten men defended well after that and there was no further scoring. Both debutant Ryman clubs in this division had home games, and both were beaten. Sussex County League champions Three Bridges fell behind against Sittingbourne to a 14th-minute own goal by Scott Faber and it would have been worse had Joe Nwoko not missed a penalty shortly afterwards. Joel O’Hara’s header put Bridges on terms in the 21st minute and they were firm favourites when the visitors had Ashley Ulph sent off 11 minutes after the break. But it was the Brickies who won it when Luke Girt beat the offside trap in the 86th minute. League champions Herne Bay gave a good account of themselves against relegated Tooting and a goalless draw was five minutes away when Joseph Acquah struck to give the Terrors all three points. Antonio Gonnella’s stoppage-time strike earned Faversham a 3-3 draw at home to Eastbourne Town, who had taken a second-minute lead through Matt Crabb. It stayed that way until the 54th minute, when Dave Botterill’s free-kick squared matters, and Dan Lawrence put Faversham ahead in the 71st minute. Two minutes later, however, Eastbourne were back in the lead thanks to Danny Curd’s quickfire double. There were six goals, too, at Merstham, though not so evenly distributed. Twice behind, Crawley Down Gatwick celebrated their first league match under their expanded name with a 4-2 victory. Liam Collins volleyed Merstham ahead on 27 minutes, Gabriel Odunaike replied four minutes later and Fabio Saraiva restored the home lead four minutes after that. It was a seven-minute wait for the next goal, an overhead kick by Jamie Cade, and Cade struck again six minutes into the second half. Luke Blewden completed the scoring in the 68th minute. Burgess Hill, who escaped relegation with a shock win over Dulwich on the final day of last season, started the new campaign in encouraging fashion, beating visitors Chipstead 3-1. Bruce Hogg fired Chips ahead from long range in the fifth minute but Hillians hit back strongly and deservedly equalised on 34 minutes through Nicky Wheeler. Pat Harding lobbed them in front immediately after the interval and Wheeler made sure with 12 minutes left. It might have been more, but Jonno Melia twice hit the woodwork. Hythe were another team to start fast: Dave Cook gave them a second-minute lead at Walton Casuals. Unlike Chips, they made the most of it, running out 3-1 winners. Brendon Cass made it 2-0 on 56 minutes, Hassan Nyang gave Casuals hope with a 77th-minute header and George Savage settled it with five minutes left. Folkestone, beaten in the play-off semi-finals by Dulwich in the spring, opened their account for the season with a 2-1 home victory over Worthing in an even and entertaining game. Josh Burchell put the Kent side ahead three minutes before half-time. Tom Lawley squared it in the 54th minute only for James Everitt to head the winner two minutes later. Relegated Leatherhead began their attempt to bounce back with a 1-0 home win over Whitstable. Summer signing Tom Bradbrook, who has joined Tanners’ ex-Sittingbourne contingent, scored the goal in the 77th minute. Another relegated side, Horsham, had to settle for a 1-1 home draw with Corinthian-Casuals. Danny Green put Casuals ahead on 55 minutes, Scott Harris equalised ten minutes later and Hornets almost won it when Kery Kedze hit the bar.

Results

Saturday 18th August 2012

Premier

Bury Town 1-1 Carshalton Athletic 312 Sands 47 Vines 51

Concord Rangers 1-3 Bognor Regis Town 212 Stokes 32 Robinson 31 Maan 39 Crane 60

East Thurrock United 1-1 Kingstonian 224 Ruel 61 Lodge 33

Hampton & Richmond Borough 1-0 Hastings United 296 Hustwick 43

Harrow Borough 4-1 Thurrock 114 Wooleaston 9 A Jones 13, Akinola 16 G Jones 51 (pen) Barnett 80

Leiston 1-1 Cray Wanderers 199 Hammond 32 Willy 2

Lewes 1-2 Enfield Town 511 Beckford 13 Kirby 40 Hope 54

Margate 2-0 Hendon 313 Avery 65 Rook 78

Wealdstone 1-0 Metropolitan Police 415 Jolly 26

Whitehawk 1-3 Lowestoft Town 135 McGleish 8 (pen) Henderson 62, 70 Cockrill 63

Wingate & Finchley 0-1 Canvey Island 130 Woods-Garness 48

North

AFC Sudbury 1-3 Cheshunt 266 Antoine 89 Espinoza 39 80 Megicks 90+4

Aveley 2-2 Maldon & Tiptree 77 Dadson 2 Burnett 63 Berquez 23 Guy 80

Brentwood Town 1-1 Tilbury 84 Butterworth 90+3 Wraight 74

Chatham Town 4-0 Waltham Abbey 95 Sigere 18, 46 Tilley 38, 78

Heybridge Swifts 0-1 Harlow Town 114 Deaney 82

Potters Bar Town 2-1 Wroxham 65 Gershfield 64, 69 Blake 83

Romford 1-2 Redbridge 85 Barry 14 Muwanua 51, 87

Soham Town Rangers 1-2 Ilford 121 Mason 45 Mfula 43, 65 (pen)

Waltham Forest 0-3 Grays Athletic 95 Bunce 18 (pen) Bunn 70 Carlos 77

Ware 1-2 Needham Market 90 Fleming 7 Newson 41, 69

Witham Town 2-1 Thamesmead Town 71 Fontaine 40 Emmanuel 56 Probets 76 (pen)

South

Burgess Hill Town 3-1 Chipstead 227 Wheeler 34, 78 P Harding 46 Hogg 5

Dulwich Hamlet 3-0 Ramsgate 307 Green 20, 28 Gonsalves 25

Faversham Town 3-3 Eastbourne Town 105 Botterill 54 Lawrence 71 Gonnella 90 Crabb 2 Curd 72 73

Folkestone Invicta 2-1 Worthing 233 Burchell 42 J Everitt 56 Lawley 54

Herne Bay 0-1 Tooting & Mitcham United 260 Acquah 85

Horsham 1-1 Corinthian-Casuals 178 Harris 65 Green 55

Leatherhead 1-0 Whitstable Town 212 Bradbrook 77

Maidstone United 4-5 Walton & Hersham 1569 Booth 40 (pen) 42 Flisher 89 Phillips 90+4 Williams18, 60 Purdy 75, 90+3 Henry 80

Merstham 2-4 Crawley Down Gatwick 124 Collins 27 Saraiva 35 Odunaike 31 Cade 42, 51 Blewden 68

Three Bridges 1-2 Sittingbourne 156 O’Hara 21 Faber 14 (o.g.) Girt 86

Walton Casuals 1-3 Hythe Town 88 Nyang 77 Cook 2 Cass 56 Savage 85

Tables

RYMAN PREMIER P W D L F A W D L F A Pts GD Harrow Borough 1 1 0 0 4 1 - - - - - 3 3 Bognor Regis Town 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 Lowestoft Town 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 Margate 1 1 0 0 2 0 - - - - - 3 2 Enfield Town 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 Canvey Island 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1 1 0 0 1 0 - - - - - 3 1 Wealdstone 1 1 0 0 1 0 - - - - - 3 1 Bury Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 - - - - - 1 0 Carshalton Athletic 1 - - - - - 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 Cray Wanderers 1 - - - - - 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 East Thurrock United 1 0 1 0 1 1 - - - - - 1 0 Kingstonian 1 - - - - - 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 Leiston 1 0 1 0 1 1 - - - - - 1 0 Lewes 1 0 0 1 1 2 - - - - - 0 -1 Hastings United 1 - - - - - 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 Metropolitan Police 1 - - - - - 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 Wingate & Finchley 1 0 0 1 0 1 - - - - - 0 -1 Concord Rangers 1 0 0 1 1 3 - - - - - 0 -2 Whitehawk 1 0 0 1 1 3 - - - - - 0 -2 Hendon 1 - - - - - 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2 Thurrock 1 - - - - - 0 0 1 1 4 0 -3

RYMAN NORTH P W D L F A W D L F A Pts GD Chatham Town 1 1 0 0 4 0 - - - - - 3 4 Grays Athletic 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 Cheshunt 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 Ilford 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 Needham Market 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 Potters Bar Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 - - - - - 3 1 Redbridge 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 Witham Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 - - - - - 3 1 Harlow Town 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 Aveley 1 0 1 0 2 2 - - - - - 1 0 Maldon & Tiptree 1 - - - - - 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 Brentwood Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 - - - - - 1 0 Tilbury 1 - - - - - 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 Romford 1 0 0 1 1 2 - - - - - 0 -1 Soham Town Rangers 1 0 0 1 1 2 - - - - - 0 -1 Thamesmead Town 1 - - - - - 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 Wroxham 1 - - - - - 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 Ware 1 0 0 1 1 2 - - - - - 0 -1 Heybridge Swifts 1 0 0 1 0 1 - - - - - 0 -1 AFC Sudbury 1 0 0 1 1 3 - - - - - 0 -2 Waltham Forest 1 0 0 1 0 3 - - - - - 0 -3 Waltham Abbey 1 - - - - - 0 0 1 0 4 0 -4

RYMAN SOUTH P W D L F A W D L F A Pts GD Dulwich Hamlet 1 1 0 0 3 0 - - - - - 3 3 Crawley Down Gatwick 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 4 2 3 2 Burgess Hill Town 1 1 0 0 3 1 - - - - - 3 2 Hythe Town 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 Walton & Hersham 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 5 4 3 1 Folkestone Invicta 1 1 0 0 2 1 - - - - - 3 1 Sittingbourne 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 Leatherhead 1 1 0 0 1 0 - - - - - 3 1 Tooting & Mitcham United 1 - - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 Eastbourne Town 1 - - - - - 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 Faversham Town 1 0 1 0 3 3 - - - - - 1 0 Corinthian-Casuals 1 - - - - - 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 Horsham 1 0 1 0 1 1 - - - - - 1 0 Maidstone United 1 0 0 1 4 5 - - - - - 0 -1 Three Bridges 1 0 0 1 1 2 - - - - - 0 -1 Worthing 1 - - - - - 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 Herne Bay 1 0 0 1 0 1 - - - - - 0 -1 Whitstable Town 1 - - - - - 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 Merstham 1 0 0 1 2 4 - - - - - 0 -2 Chipstead 1 - - - - - 0 0 1 1 3 0 -2 Walton Casuals 1 0 0 1 1 3 - - - - - 0 -2 Ramsgate 1 - - - - - 0 0 1 0 3 0 -3

Forthcoming Fixtures

(Kick Off times unless indicated are - Saturdays 3pm and Midweeks 7.45pm)

Monday, August 20th, 2012

PREMIER

Kingstonian v. Harrow Borough

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

RYMAN PREMIER DIVISION Bognor Regis Town v. Metropolitan Police Canvey Island v. Leiston Carshalton Athletic v. Lewes Cray Wanderers v. Whitehawk Enfield Town v. Wingate & Finchley Hastings United v. Margate Hendon v. Hampton & Richmond Borough Lowestoft Town v. Concord Rangers Thurrock v. Bury Town Wealdstone v. East Thurrock United

NORTH Cheshunt v. Waltham Forest Grays Athletic v. Brentwood Town Harlow Town v. Aveley Maldon & Tiptree v. AFC Sudbury Needham Market v. Heybridge Swifts Thamesmead Town v. Romford Tilbury v. Potters Bar Town Waltham Abbey v. Ware Wroxham v. Witham Town

SOUTH Chipstead v. Walton Casuals Corinthian-Casuals v. Merstham Crawley Down Gatwick v. Burgess Hill Town Eastbourne Town v. Horsham Hythe Town v. Herne Bay Ramsgate v. Faversham Town Tooting & Mitcham United v. Leatherhead Walton & Hersham v. Dulwich Hamlet Whitstable Town v. Maidstone United Worthing v. Three Bridges

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

NORTH Ilford v. Chatham Town

SOUTH Sittingbourne v. Folkestone Invicta

FA Cup Preliminary Round

Friday, August 24th, 2012 Romford v. Waltham Forest

Saturday, August 25th, 2012

PREMIER Bognor Regis Town v. East Thurrock United Canvey Island v. Hampton & Richmond Borough Carshalton Athletic v. Concord Rangers Cray Wanderers v. Harrow Borough Enfield Town v. Whitehawk Hastings United v. Wingate & Finchley Hendon v. Bury Town Kingstonian v. Margate Lowestoft Town v. Metropolitan Police Thurrock v. Lewes Wealdstone v. Leiston

FA Cup Preliminary Round

Saturday, August 25th, 2012 AFC Dunstable v. Redbridge AFC Sudbury v. Ilford Biggleswade United v. Ware Burgess Hill Town v. Littlehampton Town Chatham Town v. Peacehaven & Telscombe Cheshunt v. Potters Bar Town Chipstead v. Crowborough Athletic Crawley Down Gatwick v. Tooting & Mitcham United Dulwich Hamlet v. Hythe Town Eastbourne Town v. Chessington & Hook United Faversham v. Ringmer Felixstowe & Walton United v. Heybridge Swifts Godalming Town v. Ramsgate Grays Athletic v. Takeley Great Yarmouth Town v. Witham Town Halstead Town v. Brentwood Town Haringey & Waltham Development v. Waltham Abbey Harlow Town v. Hadleigh United Herne Bay v. Folkestone Invicta

Horley Town v. Leatherhead Horsham v. Raynes Park Vale Maidstone United v. Colliers Wood United Maldon & Tiptree v. London APSA Merstham v. Walton & Hersham Needham Market v. Gorleston Redhill v. Corinthian-Casuals Sittingbourne v. Burnham Soham Town Rangers v. Burnham Ramblers Tilbury v. Brantham Athletic VCD Athletic v. Whitstable Town Walton Casuals v. Thamesmead Town Whitton United v. Aveley Worthing v. Rye United Wroxham v. Great Wakering Rovers

FA Cup Preliminary Round

Sunday, August 26th, 2012

Epsom & Ewell v. Three Bridges (KO 2pm)

Monday, August 27th, 2012

PREMIER Bury Town v. Canvey Island Concord Rangers v. Kingstonian East Thurrock United v. Cray Wanderers Hampton & Richmond Borough v. Thurrock Harrow Borough v. Hastings United Leiston v. Bognor Regis Town Lewes v. Wealdstone (KO 12.30pm) Margate v. Lowestoft Town Metropolitan Police v. Enfield Town Whitehawk v. Hendon Wingate & Finchley v. Carshalton Athletic

NORTH Cheshunt v. Aveley Grays Athletic v. Chatham Town Harlow Town v. AFC Sudbury Ilford v. Romford Maldon & Tiptree v. Soham Town Rangers Needham Market v. Potters Bar Town Redbridge v. Heybridge Swifts Thamesmead Town v. Brentwood Town Tilbury v. Ware Waltham Abbey v Witham Town Wroxham v. Waltham Forest

SOUTH Chipstead v. Folkestone Invicta Crawley Down Gatwick v. Dulwich Hamlet Eastbourne Town v. Herne Bay Hythe Town v. Burgess Hill Town Ramsgate v. Walton Casuals Tooting & Mitcham United v. Faversham Town Walton & Hersham v. Merstham Whitstable Town v. Horsham Worthing v. Maidstone United

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

SOUTH Corinthian-Casuals v. Three Bridges Sittingbourne v. Leatherhead

Facts & Figures

Match Analyst

Ryman Premier Ryman North Ryman South Matches Played 11 Matches Played 11 Matches Played 11 Home Wins 4 Home Wins 3 Home Wins 4 (36.36%) (27.27%) (36.36%) Away Wins 4 Away Wins 6 Away Wins 5 (36.36%) (54.55%) 45.46(%) Draws 3 Draws 2 Draws 2 (27.28%) (18.18%) (18.18%) Home Goals 14 Home Goals 16 Home Goals 21 Away Goals 13 Away Goals 16 Away Goals 21 Total Goals 27 Total Goals 32 Total Goals 42 Goals per game 2.45 Goals per game 2.91 Goals per game 3.81

Leading Scorers & Top Attendances

Each week we will keep you updated with the League’s leading goal scorers for each division together with the top five Clubs from each division leading the way through their turnstiles.

General Information

Handbook Changes

General Thamesmead Town Page 4 – Fax number for League Office is Secretary – email: [email protected], 01322 314998 mobile: 07990 612495 Page 7 – Director Mick Gibson new email Walton Abbey address – [email protected] Secretary – Address - 12 Gilsland, Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1UX Ryman Premier Hastings United Ryman South Programme Editor – email address - Herne Bay [email protected] Match day secretary email: Kingstonian [email protected] Chairman – Home Number: 0208 330 Horsham 0806 Programme Editor email address: Thurrock [email protected] First choice goal keeper shirt – Pink Hythe Town Wingate & Finchley Press Officer- New mobile 07591 506853 Fixture Secretary - Oliver Simnock, E: Three Bridges [email protected] M: New Chairman – Paul Terry, 8 Holbein 07811139645, correspondence to club Road, Tilgate, Crawley, Sussex, RH10 5LB Ryman North H: 01293 407359 W: 01293 41876 M: AFC Sudbury 07976 877493 Chairman - Philip Turner : 01359-258573 E: [email protected] Leiston Walton & Hersham All correspondence to Secretary at home Manager - Chuck Martini's new mobile address, not Club number 07402 529992 Soham Town Rangers Match Secretary - email address is - Fixture Secretary – new email address - [email protected] [email protected]

The BBC Non-League Show returned this Sunday. Bigger than ever before!

Sunday saw the first broadcast of the all new 5Live Non- League Football Show. As always this show is about promoting Non-League Football and the great quality of stories and above all people that make it so special. This is where Clubs come in! Send your stories by email to [email protected] or if you have a smartphone, or access to recording equipment, record 30 seconds about your story, your club, your match report, or just your thoughts on a non-league topic and you could be heard on the show! Just email in any format to [email protected] think of it as an audio letters page and your chance to get your club heard nationally. Just make sure you start the message with your name and club.

Visit their website for more information : www.bbc.co.uk/nonleague

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Our next bulletin will be published on Tuesday 28th August 2012

The weekly roundup bulletin will be published on Thursday 23rd August 2012

Please send any news items for the Website to the League’s Communications Administrator

Peter Butcher ([email protected])

In Memory…….

The League is saddened to report the passing of two football friends.

Life Member Ingram Whittingham has passed away, aged 95.Ingram held a number of Officer positions with the League over a 26 year period from 1963. In particular, he was League Secretary from 1971 to 1977 and then Vice Chairman from 1977 to 1989. Ingram was originally associated with Dorking Football Club until he became Secretary of the Corinthian League, a position he held until taking up a post with the . Ingram was made a life member of the League in 1984 and was also an Honorary Vice President of London FA. He was Life President of Dorking FC. In latter years Ingram’s biggest claim to fame was appearing as a contestant on Cilla Black’s Blind Date! He showed himself to be what he was – a true gentleman.

His funeral is at Leatherhead Crematorium Randalls Road, Leatherhead, KT22 0AG on 29th August 3.30pm.

Gordon Greig who was Chairman of Slough Town FC from 1964 to 1986 and was President of the Club from 1986 to 1990. He was one of the eight Club representative founder members of the League Management Committee in 1981 and served under Chairman Barry East for two years until 1983 when he sold his plastics business and relocated to Portugal.

The League sends its condolences to his widow, Trisha and family. R.I.P

Youth Section

Monday, 20th August 2012

Ryman Central Tooting & Mitcham United v. Croydon

Ryman South Burgess Hill Town v. Three Bridge Hastings United v. Horsham Lewes v. Bognor Regis Town

Ryman West Ashford Town (Middx) v. Northwood Camberley Town v. Potters Bar Town Hayes & Yeading United v. Bedfont Sports Wingate & Finchley v. Staines Town

Tuesday, 21st August 2012

Ryman Central Kingstonian v. Woking

Ryman East Corinthian v. Ramsgate Maidstone United v. Sevenoaks Town

Wednesday, 22nd August 2012

Ryman Central Leatherhead v. Whyteleafe Sutton United v. Metropolitan Police Walton & Hersham v. Chipstead

Ryman East Ashford United v. Faversham Town

Ryman South Worthing v. Crawley Down Gatwick

Thursday, 23rd August 2012

Ryman East Fisher v. Thamesmead Town

Ryman South Peacehaven & Telscombe v. Eastbourne Town

Tuesday, 28th August 2012

Ryman East Corinthian v. Maidstone United Faversham Town v. Tonbridge Angels Ramsgate v. Thamesmead Town

Wednesday, 29th August 2012

Ryman Central Chipstead v. Metropolitan Police Sutton United v. Carshalton Athletic Walton & Hersham v. Leatherhead

Ryman South Bognor Regis Town v. Peacehaven & Telscombe Burgess Hill Town v. Lewes Eastbourne Town v. Hastings United Three Bridges v. Worthing

Ryman West Hampton & Richmond Borough v. Camberley Town Potters Bar Town v. Ashford Town (Middx)

Thursday, 30th August 2012

Ryman Central Whyteleafe v. Kingstonian Woking v. Tooting & Mitcham United

Ryman East Fisher v. Ashford United

Ryman South Horsham v. Crawley Down Gatwick

Ryman West Bedfont Sports v. Staines Town Northwood v. Hayes & Yeading United

Respect & Fair Play

2011/12 Winners

Respect

Ryman Premier Ryman North Ryman South Tooting & Mitcham United FC Leiston FC Dulwich Hamlet FC

Fair Play

Ryman Premier Ryman North Ryman South Margate FC Waltham Abbey FC Dulwich Hamlet FC