RYMAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE – WEEKLY NEWS AND MATCH BULLETIN Season 2009­2010 No: 12 ­ : ­ 26 th October 2009 LEAGUE NEWS LEAGUE NEWS FA CUP FIRST ROUND PROPER DRAW MONTHLY AWARDS Wealdstone were rewarded for their The third series of the Ryman Football comeback FA Cup victory on Saturday by League Monthly Awards, covering getting a plum home tie in the draw for the September, will be announced on the first round proper, which was made at League’s website on Monday, 1s t November. lunchtime on Sunday. The Divisional awards cover: The Stones will be at home to Rotherham • Vandanel Manager of the Month United, sixth in League Two, on Saturday, 7 th • Vandanel Team of the Month November. It's the first time the Ryman Premier club have reached this stage of the This season these two awards are being competition since 1986, when they lost in a sponsored by Vandanel Sport Ltd, the replay at Swansea. Rotherham faced Ryman League’s Official Benchwear Supplier and League opposition ten years ago when they Preferred Kit Supplier. As part of the beat Worthing 3­0 at Millmoor. sponsorship of these awards, Vandanel Sport will provide a ‘Manager of the Month’ trophy There will also be League Two opposition for and Jacket for each Manager of the Month, the other Ryman League club definitely and a trophy and £100 credit voucher for through and Sutton United will be hoping that each Team of the Month. they will be third time lucky when they travel to Hereford United. Sutton made the same WEEKEND REVIEW journey for a second­round tie in 1995 and FA Cup lost 2­0, having been beaten 2­1 at home by Two Ryman Premier Division sides, Sutton the same club in the first round three years United and Wealdstone, are through to the first earlier. round proper of the FA Cup and a third, Tooting & Mitcham United, will still be Tooting & Mitcham United will visit wondering how they failed to end their 32­year Stockport County, 20th in League One, if they wait to reach that stage on Saturday. It looked can beat Eastbourne Borough at the second as if Tooting were set to travel to the Sussex attempt on Tuesday. coast for a Tuesday replay against Blue Square Premier side Eastbourne Borough as The last Division One survivors, Lowestoft the game at Imperial Fields entered the closing Town, host Gloucester City in another minutes with the sides locked at 1­1. Tuesday replay, with the prize being a trip to Wales to take on Blue Square Premier side Then Paul Vines triggered jubilant celebrations Wrexham. by giving the home side an 87 th minute lead with his 13 th goal of the season and when Simon Parker made it 3­1 two minutes later it Page 1 was all over. Or was it? Somehow Premier Division Eastbourne got themselves off the hook as Unbeaten Dartford maintained their 11­point Jamie Taylor and Ben Austin struck in added lead in the Ryman Premier Division, collecting time and the Ryman Premier side will, after all, their 11 th win in 12 games with a 4­1 victory at have to make the midweek trip down the A22. Aveley. It was all square at half­time after Matt York had given the Terrors the lead on Ryan Edgar replied to a Ryan Hayes opener the half­hour with Matt Crabb replying shortly for the leaders – but Darts were a man short before the interval. after the 40 th ­minute dismissal of Adam Flanagan. Ten men proved ample; Jamie There was also drama in added time for Coyle restored Dartford’s lead with a header in Lowestoft Town, the last Division One the 47 th minute, Jay May added a third and survivors, as Gary McGee struck to earn a 1­1 Hayes wrapped it up deep into added time. draw at Gloucester City. Greg Crane’s 73 rd minute own goal had given the Blue Square Second place, inevitably, changed hands yet North side a 73 rd minute lead and when again. It now belongs to Boreham Wood after Adam Smith’s free­kick came back off the bar their 2­0 home win over Tonbridge. A goal in it looked as if the Suffolk side were on their each half, Chris Watters and Jamie Richards way out. the marksmen, accounted for the Angels who could find no way past outstanding keeper Wealdstone’s victory at Aylesbury, the only Tony Tucker. Hastings United moved up to Step Five club to reach the fourth qualifying third, behind Wood on goal difference, with a round, came after the Spartan South Midlands 2­1 win at Kingstonian despite losing keeper League club had taken a 2­0 lead in the first Greg Nessling after only 25 minutes. He was 12 minutes. Greg Ngoyi pulled one back sent off for bringing down Bobby Traynor and, before half­time and Stones went in front nine with midfielder Sam Adams taking over minutes after the break thanks to Ryan Ashe between the posts, Traynor converted the and Kieron Forbes. Ngoyi was sent off penalty for his 12 th goal of the season. The midway through the half but Aylesbury could visitors, who had been the better side, not profit from their extra man and Ashe continued to have the upper hand and Ade completed the scoring in the 78 th minute. Olorunda levelled it five minutes before the break. A straight reed card for Simon Huckle Sutton travelled to Hampton & Richmond midway through the second half evened the numbers and Olorunda hit the winner in the Borough, of Blue Square South, and were th impressive 3­1 winners after some quickfire 80 minute. scoring in the second half. Matt Hann’s 22 nd minute goal was the only one until the hour The bottom two, Bognor and Billericay, stay mark, when Craig Dundas put Hampton on there after fighting out a 1­1 draw in Sussex. terms. Sutton produced a devastating Billy Bricknell gave Billericay the lead before a response. Sam Gargan restored their lead straight red card for Lawrence Yiga reduced them to ten men midway through the first half. within a minute and Alan Poyton added a rd penalty five minutes later to make sure. Jason Prior equalised in the 33 minute but, even though a second yellow card for Ryan The only Ryman League side to go out of the O’Rawe gave them a two­man advantage for competition on Saturday were Hendon, who the last half­hour, Rocks could not find a crashed 5­0 at home to Woking. The sight of winner. the nearby Wembley Arch must have inspired the visitors as Guiseppe Sole struck twice in Ashford Town (Middx) were in shock after the the first 20 minutes and Harry Arter added a sudden departure of manager Mark Butler, third on the stroke of half­time. Any thoughts who has taken charge at Margate after five of a second­half comeback were snuffed out successful years at the Short Lane helm. It when Arter scored again three minutes after was no great surprise that they went down 2­0 the break and, shortly afterwards, Hendon at home to Maidstone, for whom James skipper James Parker was sent off. Sole Pinnock and Matt Wright were the scorers. missed the resultant penalty and it was Arter who completed a hat­trick in the closing AFC Hornchurch moved into mid­table with a stages. thumping 5­0 win at Waltham Abbey, who have let in nine goals in their last two league games after conceding no more than two in any of their 13 previous league and cup Page 2 outings this season. Wayne Gray broke clear to score again and Reiss Noel’s effort earned to strike the first blow after six minutes and them three points after Shane Wyllie had Urchins added three more in the last 13 made it 1­1 with his 11 th of the season. minutes of the first half. Jonathan Hunt Cheshunt also scored in added time, when converted a penalty after Lee White brought Chris Meikle was on the mark to seal a 2­0 down Jo Flack, Gray walked in his second home win over Ilford. Bradley Harrison had after a blunder by home keeper Joe Taylor and put them ahead in the 23 rd minute. Jo Flack made it 4­0. Hornchurch were content to sit on their lead in the second half Romford’s defence, so leaky of late, held out but substitute Ben Boyce completed the nap until the 48 th minute at Tilbury. But Ben hand with seven minutes left. Bradbury’s goal opened the floodgates and Kayan Kalipha added two more in the next Cray Wanderers scored three times for the first eight minutes. Bradbury also scored his time this season on Sunday but had to settle second before Chris Thomas hit a last­minute for a 3­3 home draw with Carshalton. They consolation for Romford in a 4­1 defeat. It could hardly be disappointed after finding made Thomas the first player to score Ryman themselves 2­0 down after only seven League goals for three clubs this season; he minutes, with Jon Munday and Richard Jolly had already hit the target for Maldon and on target for the Robins. Dominic Sterling Brentwood. pulled one back on 15 minutes, however, and equalised two minutes later. When Jamie Wingate & Finchley beat Heybridge Swifts 3­1. Wood’s ferocious free­kick made it 3­2 after 34 Jordan Fowler opened the scoring eight minutes the turnaround was complete.