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RYMAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE – WEEKLY NEWS AND MATCH BULLETIN Season 2009­2010 No: 18 ­ : ­ 7 th December 2009 LEAGUE NEWS LEAGUE NEWS MONTHLY AWARDS competitions bringing forward a number of The third series of the Ryman Football strong nominations. League Monthly Awards for season 2009/10, covering the month of November 2009, were November saw many potential award winning announced on 1s t December as follows: team performances by several Premier Division clubs, but it was not until the last Vandanel Manager of the Month Saturday of the month that the winners were (Sponsored by Vandanel Sport Ltd.) eventually decided. Having played their first Premier Division fifteen matches of the season unbeaten and John Maggs of Horsham F.C. with a clear lead at the top of the table, Division One North Premier Division leaders Dartford entertained Micky Chapman and Ady Gallagher of AFC Hornchurch, a team on the edge of the Lowestoft Town FC relegation zone. And to their credit, the Division One South Urchins produced the Performance of the Neil Cugley of Folkestone Invicta F.C. Month to win the game by a solitary goal scored three minutes before half­time by Billy Vandanel Team Performance of the Month Coyne, and then their determined defence (Sponsored by Vandanel Sport Ltd.) kept the home side from scoring throughout Premier Division the second period. This result has won for AFC Hornchurch AFC Hornchurch the Premier Division Division One North ‘Vandanel Team Performance’ award for Northwood F.C. November 2009. Division One South Eastbourne Town F.C. Northwood are the last Division One club from the League to still retain an interest in the FA The Manager of the Month Trophy competition. award covers Ryman Having beaten League matches only. Southern league Premier Division club The award for the “Team Evesham United 2­1 Performances of the away from home in an Month” recognises a FA trophy replay, the particularly noteworthy performance by a Club Middlesex club went one step better in the during the month from any of its first team Third Round Qualifying with an 2­1 win over matches in all competitions played. This Conference South Basingstoke Town to earn a month the choice has again been very place in the First Round Proper and winning competitive, with the League, The the Club the Division One North Team Championship Manager Cup and FA Trophy ‘Vandanel Team Performance’ award for November 2009. Page 1 Whilst two Division One South clubs defeated ROCKY BAPTISTE MISSES AND FINDS Premier Division opponents in the Second WORLD WIDE FAME Round of the Championship Manager Cup, it When Harrow Borough striker Rocky Baptiste was a League victory for Eastbourne Town sidestepped Waltham Abbey goalkeeper Joe that clinched the Sussex Club the Division One Taylor the Saturday before last, he could not South “Vandanel Team Performance” award have imagined that he was about to achieve for November 2009. Having languished in the worldwide fame. bottom two for some weeks, Eastbourne Town entertained League leaders Worthing on It was the last minute of Harrow’s 5­3 victory Wednesday, 18th November, and pulled off a and Baptiste dribbled the ball up to the thoroughly deserved 3­0 win to move out of unguarded goalline before deciding to blast the the relegation spots, with two goals from Scott ball into the net. McDonald and another from Jamie Salvidge. The outcome had, by this Sunday morning, This season these awards are again being been watched by an amazing 3,367,680 sponsored by Vandanel Sport Limited, the YouTube viewers, making it the website’s League’s Official Benchwear Supplier and fourth most popular clip of the week. Preferred Kit Supplier. As part of the sponsorship of these awards, Vandanel Sport Baptiste managed to miss the target will provide a ‘Manager of the Month’ trophy completely, sending the ball flying out for a and Jacket for each Manager of the Month, throw­in. At least he saw the funny side of it and a trophy and £100 credit voucher for and was happy to have the footage posted on each Team of the Month. the web. CLUBS MEETING He later admitted that he had been frustrated A meeting of all Clubs will be held on by a succession of offside decisions against Thursday, 7th January, 2010 at Dartford him and wanted to finish with a real flourish. Football Club, commencing at 7.00 p.m. An Ironically, the shot almost flattened the agenda for the meeting will be sent to Clubs linesman who had annoyed him with his flag­ in due course. waving. UNLESS YOU KNOW BETTER! It’s not the first time that Baptiste’s efforts have IT'S always unwise to suggest that something been watched by millions of viewers. He is a 'first'. featured on Match of the Day in two fourth­ round FA Cup ties, Farnborough’s 5­1 fourth­ So it was not with complete confidence that round defeat at Arsenal in 2004, when he the last week's bulletin included a claim that scored the consolation goal, and Havant’s Harrow's Kenta Nakashima was the first player brave effort at Liverpool four years later when from Japan to score in the Ryman League. the minnows led twice before going down 5­2. It turns out that he is not even the first to score WEEKEND REVIEW for Harrow! Simon Grigor points out that Naoki Premier Division Mouri, from the same country, scored for Six of the top eight teams in the Premier Harrow at Braintree on 28 February 2003. It Division were in action on Saturday. And, to was his only goal that season, when he made prove how evenly­contested this division has 16 appearances including 14 as a substitute. become, they collected only two points between them. Even those two were hard­ In 2003­04 Mouri played in eight league earned. Ashford (Middx) needed an injury­ games and, although he started only one, he time goal to snatch a 3­3 draw at Boreham scored four times, including both goals in a 2­2 Wood and Tooting were twice behind in the home draw with Kingstonian. first half of their 2­2 draw with Maidstone at Imperial Fields. So we can now state with confidence that Mouri was the first player from Japan to score Leon Hunter scored early for Boreham Wood in the Ryman League . unless you know but they ran into trouble after 20 minutes when better! Ryan Kirby was sent off for a foul which also produced a penalty. Byron Harrison’s kick was parried by Tony Tucker but Scott Weight converted the rebound. Warren Harris put Page 2 Ashford ahead ten minutes after half­time but Richards were involved again in the 57 th the depleted home side hit back in the last 15 minute when Ketchell fouled Jolly at the cost of minutes, with Hunter getting his second before a penalty. Jolly took the kick himself but his Jamie Richards fired them in front. Then weak effort was saved by Ollie Morris­ Harris popped up in the 93rd minute to save Sanders. Martin Tuohy deflected in Mitch Ashford, who moved up one place to seventh. Hahn’s corner to double the lead midway through the half and Hahn himself volleyed the Maidstone took a 33 rd minute lead at Tooting third goal. with an unlucky own goal by keeper Dave King, who was hit in the back by Shannon Carshalton’s neighbours Sutton also lost, 1­0 O’Donovan’s shot as it cannoned off a post. at Hornchurch. Wayne Gray completed an Although Simon Parker levelled it seven excellent week by scoring the winner in the minutes later, Danny Hockton quickly netted 68 th minute, having netted all the goals in the his first goal for Stones to put them 2­1 up at 4­0 midweek Essex Senior Cup win at East half­time. King had his revenge in the 63 rd Thurrock. minute with a long punt from which Sam Clayton headed the equaliser. Tooting, Harrow scored twice in the last 15 minutes to though, dropped from fifth to sixth in the table. escape with a 2­2 draw at Margate. Lloyd Blackman gave the hosts a half­time lead and Second­placed Hastings still have a five­point debutant Anthony Joseph doubled it with a edge over Canvey, who are third, despite superb solo effort. Harrow were given a losing for the second successive Saturday, this lifeline when Wayne Wilson deflected Dean time 3­2 at home to Cray. Leigh Bremner Fenton’s shot into his own net and substitute shone for Cray, scoring twice and earning a Jonathan Constant equalised in the 85 th penalty. His lob provided the first goal after 11 minute. minutes only for Ade Olorunda to reply within three minutes. The closing stages of the first Leaders Dartford and bottom club Bognor half were catastrophic for Hastings, however, were both sidelined by waterlogged pitches at, as Colin Luckett’s penalty restored Cray’s respectively, Wealdstone and Waltham Abbey. lead, Bremner put the visitors 3­1 up and Tim Olorunda was sent off. His brother headed his Two goals by Bobby Traynor took him to the second 12 minutes after the break but Cray top of the Ryman League scorers' list on held out for their second win in a row. Sunday. The Kingstonian marksman scored twice in the last 13 minutes of their 3­0 home Canvey went down 2­1 at home to Horsham, win over Hendon, taking his league tally to 15, who climbed four places into the play­off spots.

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