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RYMAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE – WEEKLY NEWS AND MATCH BULLETIN Season 20092010 No: 13 : 2 nd November 2009 LEAGUE NEWS LEAGUE NEWS MONTHLY AWARDS Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club The third series of the Ryman Football achieved one of their best wins for many League Monthly Awards for season 2009/10, seasons in the Fourth Round Qualifying of the covering the month of October 2009, were FA Cup competition in October. Having been announced on Thursday as follows: denied a victory in the first match against Conference National team Eastbourne Vandanel Manager of the Month Borough when the visitors scored two injury (Sponsored by Vandanel Sport Ltd.) time goals to draw the game 33, the Surrey Premier Division club were faced with a difficult replay on the Tony Burman of Dartford F.C. south coast in midweek. However, the team Division One North pulled out all the stops to record a thoroughly Keith McMahon of Thamesmead Town FC deserved 43 victory in extra time, taking the Division One South Club through to the First Round Proper and at Andy Sinton of Fleet Town F.C. the same time winning the Premier Division ‘Vandanel Team Performance’ award for Vandanel Team Performance of the Month October 2009. (Sponsored by Vandanel Sport Ltd.) Premier Division Lowestoft Town were a second team to Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. achieve FA Cup success at the same stage of Division One North the national competition by winning a replay. Lowestoft Town F.C. In the case of the Trawlerboys, a late goal; Division One South secured a replay from a 11 draw at Merstham F.C. Conference North club Gloucester City. Then in their home replay four nights later, Lowestoft The Manager of the Month comfortably won the award covers Ryman replay 42, winning the League matches only. Club the Division One North Team ‘Vandanel The award for the “Team Team Performance’ Performances of the award for October Month” recognises a 2009. particularly noteworthy performance by a Club during the month from any of its first team Merstham travelled to high flying Hastings matches in all competitions played. This United in the FA Trophy in the middle of month the choice has been very strong, with October, and stunned everyone with an the FA Cup and Trophy competitions bringing exceptional 61 win, with all the goals coming through a number of nominations. in the first forty five minutes of the match. This outstanding victory won the Surrey club the Page 1 Division One South “Vandanel Team Performance” award for October 2009. Division One North Three firsthalf goals enabled Great Wakering This season these awards are again being Rovers to extend their lead in Division One sponsored by Vandanel Sport Limited, the North to three points on Saturday. They League’s Official Benchwear Supplier and survived a strong comeback by hosts Preferred Kit Supplier. As part of the Heybridge to claim a 32 victory. Ty sponsorship of these awards, Vandanel Sport Benjamin’s header gave Rovers the lead after will provide a ‘Manager of the Month’ trophy seven minutes and Jimmy Webb doubled it and Jacket for each Manager of the Month, with a penalty after he had himself been and a trophy and £100 credit voucher for brought down. Then Michael Fox made it each Team of the Month. three in the 38th minute. The day’s second penalty, converted by Reece Harris, gave WEEKEND REVIEW Heybridge a lift and Steve Bourne pulled Premier Division another goal back with more than a quarter of There were only three matches in the Premier the game left. But Wakering survived a further Division on Saturday and they produced 14 strong spell of pressure by their Essex rivals goals. and went home with the points. Alas for the 419 spectators, none of them were East Thurrock United moved into second place at Gander Green Lane where Sutton United, with a 61 trouncing of Cheshunt. It was all perhaps with one eye on their forthcoming FA over by the 36minute mark, when Rocks led Cup tie, were held to a 00 draw by lowly 50. Kris Newby’s opener was followed by a Waltham Abbey. Steve West double and further scores from Sam Higgins and Max Cornhill. Rocks took The entertainment value was considerable their feet off the gas after that, adding just one higher at the Pilot Field, where Hastings more goal through Kye Ruel on the hour, and United moved up to second place in the table a Danny Light penalty enabled the visitors to – but only just. The point they needed came have the last word. from Tim Olorunda’s goal in the third minute of added time, which made it 44 after visiting Third place now belongs to Thamesmead, who Ashford Town (Middx) had scored three times beat Harlow 21. It was 11 after only four in the last nine minutes of normal time to minutes, with Peter Smith’s opener for the overturn a 31 deficit. Russell Eldridge’s first Kent club quickly answered by Michael Pelley. goal since his switch from Horsham gave the Then there was a long wait for the third and hosts an early lead. Byron Harrison’s penalty decisive goal of the game, which came from squared matters three minutes before the Joel Greaves in the 61st minute. interval but there was still time for Liam Upton to send Hastings into the dressing rooms with Lowestoft topped the table at the start of a lead and the points began to look safe when October but had slipped to eighth before they Ade Olorunda made it 31 six minutes after the kicked off on Saturday. Hardly surprising: the restart. FA Cup heroes had not played a league game since 29 th September. They soon got the hang Then came the late drama as Hone Fowler of league football again, though. Scott Mitchell and Harrison, with his 14 th goal in all gave them a secondminute lead at home to competitions, brought Ashford level and Paul Wingate and Matthew Nolan doubled it with a Johnson’s longrange freekick fired them penalty. David Laird pulled one back before ahead, only for the younger Olorunda to save the break and it was to finish 21, though top the day for Hastings with a header. scorer Leon Smith almost allowed Wingate to go home with a point. Victory lifted the Aveley moved back into the top half of the Trawlerboys back into the playoff places. table with a 42 win over Canvey Island at the Mill Field. Goals by Sherwin Stanley and Neighbours and fellowstrugglers Brentwood Martin Tuohy in the last minute of the first half and Romford both maintained the upturn in put the hosts in command after Ryan Doyle form which had started with midweek wins. A had replied to James Rowe’s early strike for Kris Lee double in the last 20 minutes gave Canvey. Tuohy was on target again midway Brentwood a 20 home victory over Redbridge through the second half, leaving Rowe to while Romford made it seven goals in two complete the scoring with ten minutes left. games with a 30 success at Leyton, who had Page 2 themselves pulled off a surprise victory at CorinthianCasuals won at bottom club Concord, then on top of the table, a week Whitstable, while Jimmy Bottle’s equaliser set earlier. James Gammons set Romford on their Sittingbourne on their way to a 31 home win way with an 11thminute header, Paul over Walton Casuals. His goal came in the Kavanagh’s penalty made it 20 on the hour 43 rd minute, just three minutes after Anthony and Martin Heed wrapped it up at the end. Gale had given Casuals the lead. Hichan Akhazzan struck twice in the second half to lift Jake Parrott hit the bar for Potters Bar early in the Brickies into the top half of the table. their home game against VCD but the hosts would come no closer and VCD took the points FA Trophy with a goal in each half, Aaron Firth and Leroy Division One South side Merstham travelled to Higgins the marksmen. One goal, a Joel Tonbridge for Saturday’s FA Trophy tie with Barnett freekick midway through the first half, high hopes of repeating their startling victory at was enough for Tilbury at Ware, while Ilford another Premier Division side, Hastings and tenants Waltham Forest slogged out a 00 United, in the previous round, even if a repeat draw at Cricklefield. Forest’s Robert Carter of the 61 scoreline was a little too much to missed the best chance of the game but his ask. side had to survive the last 25 minutes with ten men after Dean Pennant was sent off. Well, 61 it was to be again – but this time Merstham were on the wrong end of it. Paul Division One South Booth put the Angels ahead after only two Worthing are the new leaders after Saturday’s minutes though the visitors, undeterred, 32 home win over Metropolitan Police or replied in the seventh minute through was it the Keystone Cops? The blundering Jermaine McGlashen. The game was lawmen twice headed into their own net and effectively settled in the next 15 minutes as played for an hour with ten men after keeper Carl Rook scored from the spot, his 12 th of the Mo Maan was sent off.