Weekly News & Match Bulletin – Season 2012/13 No.19 10Th December 2012
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Weekly News & Match Bulletin – Season 2012/13 No.19 10th December 2012 Romford celebrate their winning goal against Aveley on Saturday in strange fashion. The ref is about to ask for an explanation. PICTURE: Gavin Ellis/TGS Photo In this issue… All the details from the weekend’s matches Tables, fixtures and statistics Respect update and Youth League latest All the Weekend Action By Peter Butcher – Ryman League Communications Administrator Ryman Premier THE battle at the bottom of the Ryman Premier table on Saturday went the way of Hendon, who scored with their first three shots to see off visiting Carshalton 3-1 and leave the Robins three points adrift. In a drab game of few chances, Hendon took control with goals in the last seven minutes of the first half from Julian Owusu and Belal Aite-Ouakrim. Josh Clarke pulled one back 11 minutes into the second half but Hendon made sure of three precious points when Dave Diedhiou netted six minutes from time. Hendon remain in the relegation places but now trail Thurrock only on goal difference after the Essex club were held to a 1-1 draw at Enfield Town. Harry Honesty put Mark Stimson’s men ahead on nine minutes and Adam Wallace equalised for Town ten minutes later. Wingate, two points ahead of Thurrock, held out for an hour at table-topping Margate. Then John Beales dived to head home a cross from Alex Rhodes, who added a late goal himself to complete a 2-0 victory and maintain Margate’s one-point lead. Hot on their heels, with a game in hand, are Whitehawk, who came from 2-0 down in their derby at Lewes to win 3-2 despite being reduced to ten men. Headers either side of half-time from Danny Walder and Ben Godfrey put Lewes in charge but Hawks then introduced substitute Jefferson Louis, on loan from Newport to the 27th club of his career, and immediately looked more dangerous. Danny Mills pulled one back on 55 minutes, Louis headed the equaliser in the 72nd minute and, although Sami El- Abd was sent off shortly afterwards, Hawks won it through Josh Jones with eight minutes left. Third-placed Wealdstone are four points behind Whitehawk after a Jack Defty hat-trick sent them crashing to a 3-0 defeat at Lowestoft, who moved up to fifth. Defty headed a 21st-minute opener, scored again in the 49th minute and completed his treble with another header four minutes from time. Bury also climbed into the play-off spots, taking over fourth place with a 3-2 victory at Hampton. The hosts paid the price for their wasteful finishing in the first half, when they should have added to a lone goal by Neil Jenkins after 28 minutes. John Sands and Craig Parker scored in the first 12 minutes after the interval to put Bury in front and, although Charlie Moone headed Hampton back on to level terms in the 72nd minute, the visitors quickly regained the lead when Parker was fouled in the box and converted the penalty himself. To complete a good day for the Suffolk trio in the division, Leiston chalked up their first away win and ended Met Police’s unbeaten home record. A single goal by Emmanuel Osei in the 71st minute decided it, and it could have been more as the visitors dictated the game. It was a tale of two penalties at Kingstonian. Andre McCollin, who had earlier hit a post, converted a 43rd-minute kick for the home side after an offence for which Bognor keeper Craig Stoner was sent off. A foul on Harvey Whyte gave Bognor the chance to level it in the 71st minute but James Crane’s kick was saved by Rob Tolfrey and Bognor’s unbeaten away record ended. Cray were the only other side in the division who were undefeated on their travels and they, too, lost their record to a single goal. That was at Canvey, where a lively game was not settled until Bradley Woods-Garness polished off a Louis Dennis pass with six minutes left. Hastings, five days away from their FA Cup replay against Harrogate, drew 2-2 with Concord at the Pilot Field. Steve King’s foul on Zac Attwood allowed Lee Carey to put the hosts ahead with a 35th-minute penalty but Tony Stokes replied just on half-time and then put Concord ahead in the 70th minute, becoming the division’s top scorer with his 12th league goal. Jono Richardson quickly squared it again and Hastings had chances to win it. East Thurrock came out on top by the odd goal in five at Harrow. They took a fifth-minute lead through Sam Collins and, after Frankie Merrifield made it 1-1 in the 32nd minute, Kris Newby restored the advantage before half-time. Hakeem Araba added the third just after the hour when James Lawson’s header came back off the bar and Simeon Akinola’s 77th-minute free-kick was not enough to save the hosts. Ryman North WHAT next for unpredictable Heybridge? They followed up a 5-0 victory at Romford in their last Ryman North away game by going one better at Ilford yesterday (Saturday), hitting six unanswered goals. Promotion form indeed, were it not for the 8-2 home defeat by Soham in between those two away triumphs! Michael Cheek put them ahead in the 10th minute at Ilford and fluked another midway through the half when a defensive clearance hit him and cannoned into the net. Then came a three-goal blitz in the last five minutes of the first half: a deflected shot by Ben Newson, a Cheek effort that went in off the bar to complete his hat-trick and a header by Luke Callander from a cross by Solomon Ofori, who added the sixth goal himself after 67 minutes. It was his tenth goal in league and FA competitions, making him the fourth Swift to reach double figures. Cheek has 18 goals, Callander and Newson 16 apiece. Maldon’s Jamie Guy is one ahead of Cheek and Callander at the top of the division’s scoring charts after his 12th-minute penalty, his 15th league goal, earned the unbeaten leaders a 1-0 home win over Thamesmead. It extended their 100 per cent home record to nine games and their winning overall run to 13. They are now 12 points clear at the top, though they were tested to the full by a lively Thamesmead side who almost got the equaliser they would have deserved when Chris Edwards hit the bar with a free-kick. Grays moved into second place despite being held to a 1-1 home draw by Witham, for whom Lewis Goldbold scored in the ninth minute. Joe Sweeney replied after 21 minutes with a deflected shot. Aveley dropped to third after going down 2-1 at Romford. Petrit Elbi put Millers ahead after 11 minutes and was denied a second by a post. Romford made the most of that slice of luck. Billy Hunt squared it just before the interval and Matt Toms nodded a 69th-minute winner when a Nick Reynolds header came back off the bar. Heybridge and Thamesmead complete the top five, though Thamesmead now lead Potters Bar only on goal difference after a 43rd-minute free-kick by Josh Urquhart earned the Scholars a 1-0 home win over Waltham Abbey. Ware gained the first victory of the season in their second game under new boss Nick Ironton, beating Waltham Forest 2-0 at Wodson Park. It might have been different if Corey Whitely’s shot had given Forest the lead instead of hitting the bar. As it was, Ricci Crace put Ware in front five minutes before the interval and substitute Tony Martin scored with his first touch midway through the second half. Ware had Martin Standen sent off but it was too late to offer Forest a lifeline. Ware are now just one point behind Ilford in the fight to avoid the sole relegation place. Ilford in turn are three points adrift of Redbridge, who moved above them with a 3-1 victory at Wroxham. Jacob Cleaver was the axeman, scoring twice in the first 20 minutes with Ben Thompson netting for the Yachtsmen in between. Lee Martin clinched it for the Motormen in the fourth minute of added time. Soham were involved in a goal feast for the second successive Saturday, but they came down to earth after that stunning win at Heybridge with a 6-3 defeat at Brentwood. Rob Mason scored a hat-trick for the visitors but he was topped by Alex Read, who slammed a hat-trick – his fourth in recent weeks - in ten minutes as a rapid response to Mason’s 24th-minute opener. Abs Seymour made it 4-1 at half-time and Daryl Robson added another before Mason got his second. A foul on Abs Thompson allowed Read to score his fourth from the spot with ten minutes left. Mason’s third was only a consolation goal but it was Soham’s 31st away from home, the most in any division. The frustration goes on for Needham Market, still without a home win after nine attempts. They could hardly have come closer this time. Danny Bloomfield put them ahead on the half-hour and Piers Wixon replied for Harlow ten minutes after the break. Duane Wright put the Marketmen ahead again with 16 minutes left but two great saves by Bertrand Bossu denied them a clincher and Wixon made it 2-2 deep into added time.