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RYMAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE – WEEKLY NEWS AND MATCH BULLETIN Season 20072008 No: 35 : 7 th April 2008 RYMAN LEAGUE NEWSLINE 09066 555 777 Calls cost 60p per minute CHELMSFORD CITY WIN THE RYMAN LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP DOVER ATHLETIC WIN THE DIVISION ONE SOUTH TITLE LEAGUE NEWS LEAGUE NEWS MONTHLY AWARDS Golden Gloves Award The seventh series of the Ryman Football (Sponsored by Snapshot Poker) League Monthly Awards for season 2007/08, Premier Division covering the month of March, 2008, have Matt Reed – Tonbridge Angels F.C. been announced as follows: Division One North Tony Tucker – Redbridge F.C. Manager of the Month Division One South (Sponsored by Errea Sport Ltd.) John Whitehouse – Dover Athletic F.C. Premier Division Tommy Warrilow – Tonbridge Angels F.C. Golden Boots Award Division One North (Sponsored by Snapshot Poker) Dean Holdsworth Redbridge F.C. Premier Division Division One South Simon Parker – AFC Hornchurch with 6 Jamie Howell – Burgess Hill Town F.C. League Goals Division One North Team Performance of the Month Jamie Ricks – Maldon Town F.C. with 6 (Sponsored by GX Soccer) League Goals Premier Division Division One South East Thurrock United F.C. Held over Division One North AFC Sudbury The First Division South Golden Boots award, Division One South for the second time this season, will be held Worthing F.C. over to next month to become a double award for March and April. With six players all having scored five goals at the end of leaving striker Stuart Vahid to net the final Marc, it is clearly not possible to select the penalty to earn his side the Cup. one leading goalscorer, and therefore two awards will be presented at the end of April. It was the club’s eighth piece of silverware in the last 10 years and marks the biggest cup The award for the “Team Performances of the win in Ramsgate’s history. Month” recognises a particularly noteworthy performance by a Club during the month from Manager Jim Ward said: “I am absolutely any of its first team matches in all competitions delighted. Ramsgate are not that strange to played. winning cups, we have always won cups and over the last 10 years I don’t think there has East Thurrock United, fighting against been any other club in the county that has relegation, travelled to AFC Wimbledon of won as many as Ramsgate Football Club. Good Friday, and against all the odds, scored two goals in the last few minutes of the game ISTHMIAN LEAGUE CUP FINAL DVD to win the game 21, this returning home with A DVD of the Isthmian League Cup Final is three most unexpected points. The result has available price £10.00 inclusive. Orders clinched the Premier Division Team should be placed with the Secretaries of AFC Performance award for the Essex club. Sudbury (David Webb) or Ramsgate (Martin Able) Football Clubs, or direct with Bruce Division One South promotion chasers AFC Badcock, League Secretary. Sudbury travelled to Premier Division Heybridge Swifts in the semifinals of the WEEKEND REVIEW Isthmian league Cup, stunning their hosts with Congratulations to Chelmsford City and Dover a 60 victory to earn the Suffolk club the Athletic on clinching the Ryman League Division One North Team Performance award. Premier Division and Division One South, respectively. Finally, on the last Saturday of March, The Clarets needed only a point to make Worthing became only the second club in mathematically certain what has seemed Division One South to defeat champions elect obvious since just after Christmas and their 1– Dover Athletic, thus winning the Division One 1 draw at home Ramsgate was enough for the South Team Performance award bubbly to be cracked open. AFC Wimbledon’s lastminute winner against Billericay Town leaves them just a point from being guaranteed a playoff spot, though their goal difference advantage is probably good enough SnapshotPoker already. To register go to Staines Town (third) and AFC Hornchurch www.snapshotpoker.com (fourth) now have a five and fourpoint and press download. breathing space over the clubs the remaining playoff places and it is Ashford Town (Middlesex) who currently occupy the last of those places, thanks to wins in midweek and on Saturday. The big losers were Horsham, who fell from fifth to eighth with their home ISTHMIAN LEAGUE CUP FINAL defeat against Harlow Town. The Hornets are Ramsgate Football Club became the first behind both Hendon (narrow winners at Kent club to win the Isthmian Cup for more Hastings United) and Ramsgate. With only than 33 years following a dramatic win on four points separating Ashford and Margate, penalties against AFC Sudbury on and also four points separating 13thplaced Wednesday night at Dartford Football Club. Harlow Town and Heybridge in the last of the relegation spots, only the top two, 12thplaced Neither side could find a breakthrough in the Harrow Borough and already relegated Leyton 120 minutes of normal time and extratime are out of contention for either the playoffs or and so it was left to penalty kicks to decide relegation. Heybridge Swifts, Folkestone the winner. Invicta and East Thurrock United currently occupy the other three relegation spots Rams goalkeeper Paul Wilkerson was the hero, saving Shane Wardley’s spot kick and In Division One North, Dartford’s sixpoint lead League this season. They are the first club to over AFC Sudbury remains intact after both reach the landmark this term. needed late equalisers to snatch points in 2–2 away draws (at Potters Bar Town and Wingate Premier Division & Finchley, respectively. There were some thrillers on Saturday, but we must start at Melbourne Park, where Kezie Ibe The big game in the playoff race went the way scored after 39 minutes to bring Chelmsford of Redbridge to drop Ware into fifth spot. City back on level terms with Ramsgate, from Edgware Town conceded an equaliser in the whom Stuart Vahid had opened the scoring last minute of normal time against Aveley at after 11 minutes. There were no more goals the White Lion Ground and promptly went up and the Clarets were able to celebrate winning to the other end and snatched a winner to rise the Premier Division at home. to fourth place. Bury Town climbed above Canvey Island after beating the Gulls and they At Hartsdown Park, Margate twice led in the now lead the teams just outside the playoff first half against Heybridge Swifts, but went positions, though Brentwood and Maldon into halftime allsquare at 2–2. Two more Town still entertain hopes of making the top James Pennock goals, completing his hat five. trick, and one from Jimmy Jackson, seemed to have sealed the points. But Sean Marks and The bottom two continue to close the gap on Jay Devaux left the Gate fans with a panicky the teams above them. Ilford won at Great seven or so minutes. At Pilot Field, Davis Wakering Rovers and Wivenhoe Town did Haule scored twice for Hendon, only for likewise at home to Arlesey Town. The Foxes Russell Eldridge and Ade Olorunda to restore are just five points behind Tilbury and parity, Haule completed his hattrick but Sam Waltham Forest, the Dragons a mere four. Adams quickly made it 3–3. Then, with five Potters Bar Town and those above them are minutes to go, Lubo Guentchev snatched a just about safe. winner for the visitors. Dover’s championship was confirmed with a AFC Wimbledon trailed to a Billy Bricknell goal 1–0 defeat of Burgess Hill Town, while Cray at Kingsmeadow, but the Dons drew level Wanderers and Tooting & Mitcham United are through Shaun Gayle and Robin Shroot sent sure to occupy two of the playoff spots Billericay Town home without even a point following Wanderers’ defeat of Horsham after his stoppage time winner. Boreham YMCA and the Terrors’ Friday night draw at Wood have won two in a row after seeing off Walton Casuals. Horsham YMCA and Leyton 3–0 to move away from the bottom Molesey – 3–1 losers at home to Whitstable four. Town – are now guaranteed to finish in the bottom two, this after Chatham Town shocked At Rookery Hill, Dean Green gave AFC Kingstonian and Corinthian–Casuals warmed Hornchurch the lead after an hour. Ross up for next Sunday’s trip to Wembley with a Wareham equalised for East Thurrock United, defeat of Chipstead. only for Mark Janney to snatch the Urchins’ winner 11 minutes from time. Carshalton gave There were three fourfigure crowds on themselves hope with another important Saturday, at AFC Wimbledon (2,429), victory, this time at Wealdstone. Ismael Elahi Chelmsford City (1,588) and Dover Athletic and Charlie Side scored in the opening four (1,154), while no less than three others – minutes and although Peter Dean pulled a Hastings United, Horsham and Tonbridge goal back on the stroke of halftime, by the Angels – outdrew the smallest crowd in the time Chris O’Leary scored Wealdstone’s Scottish Premier League! second, Dean Carpenter, Liam Collins and Simon Cooper had added to the Robins’ tally. The weekend’s hattrick heroes were Davis Haule of Hendon (at Hastings United – and he Shawn Gliddon’s late goal was enough for hadn’t scored in League for almost six Harlow Town to take all three points home months), James Pennock of Margate (at home from Horsham, while Ashford Town continued to Heybridge Swifts) and, on Friday night, their good form with a 4 – 1 win at struggling Charlie Taylor of Dulwich Hamlet (at home to Maidstone. Both Staines Town and Tonbridge Sittingbourne).