Weekly News & Match Bulletin – Season 2012/13 No.7 17th September 2012 Above: the main stand at Ryman North newcomers Wroxham. Left: This model on display in the clubhouse reflects the club’s nickname of Yachtsmen, from the town’s position on the Norfolk Broads. The model was made and donated to the club by well-known local boatbuilder Jack Powles. In this issue… Margate move to the top of the table All square in North v South contest Results, fixtures and Respect latest All the Weekend Action By Peter Butcher – Ryman League Communications Administrator Ryman Premier MARGATE are the new Ryman Premier leaders after a comfortable 2-0 home victory over Enfield Town on Saturday. Carl Rook put them ahead after only seven minutes and Tommy Murphy added a superb second just after the half-hour, beating three players before firing home from 25 yards. The top two at kick-off time clashed at Hampton, where the game started 25 minutes late after Lowestoft had run into trouble on the M25. It did not seem to affect them as, with ten minutes in the clock, Jack Defty headed the first goal conceded by Beavers in 550 minutes of league and cup football this season. Charlie Moone replied nine minutes later with a 30-yard blockbuster and that was the end of the scoring in an increasingly scrappy game. Hampton’s Tom Hickey was sent off towards the end. Hampton dropped to second and Lowestoft to fourth behind Suffolk rivals Bury who claimed third place with a 1-0 home win over Kingstonian. The visitors were reduced to ten men in the 33rd minute when Byron Napper was dismissed and Bury made their advantage count after 58 minutes, when Billy Clark headed home a corner. Premier newcomers Whitehawk moved up to sixth place, three points off the pace, after trouncing Thurrock 5-1 at East Brighton Park. The visitors, who sank to the foot of the table, actually took the lead with a Lewis Perkins header on 29 minutes but were then demolished by James Fraser, who equalised quickly and completed a hat-trick with two goals in the first five minutes of the second half. Chris Winterton saved a Perkins penalty to kill off Thurrock’s revival hopes before Sam Gargan and Jerahl Hughes completed the nap hand. Another promoted Sussex club, Bognor, trail Hawks only on goal difference after their 3-1 success at Wingate, the day’s only away win in the division. After a goalless first half, Terry Dodd fired Rocks ahead in the 55th minute and Mu Maan added another on 72 minutes. Leon Smith pulled one back immediately and Wingate stayed in the hunt until Doug Tuck netted Bognor’s third at the death. Two sides seeking their first victory clashed at East Thurrock, who had drawn four of their previous five games, and it is Hendon who are still waiting after their 2-0 defeat. Hakeem Araba, signed this week from Bromley, opened the scoring on 32 minutes and Sam Higgins at last netted his first goal of the new season midway through the second half, snapping up the rebound after Berkley Laurencin had saved his first attempt. Carshalton are also winless after their 1-0 defeat at Harrow. Luke Pigden hit the post for the visitors in an untidy affair which looked certain to finish scoreless until Gary Burrell popped up to head an 87th-minute decider. Leiston, however, are off the mark, beating Hastings 3-1 in Suffolk to record their maiden Premier success after Danny Thrower and Rhys Henry put them two up in the first 20 minutes. Sean Ray pulled one back in the 34th minute and only 15 minutes were left when Gareth Heath clinched it for the promoted club. It was all square at Concord, where the home side took the lead on the half-hour through Harry Elmes. Richard Jolly’s shot was tipped on to the bar as Wealdstone tried to hit back, and it was Jolly who levelled matters three minutes after the interval. Lee Chappell put Stones ahead with eight minutes left but Concord bounced straight back. Tony Stokes had a shot deflected on to a post and out for a corner, which he then headed home to make it 2-2. It was the same scoreline at Lewes, where Max Howell scored in the second minute of added time to complete a comeback from 2-0 down. Visiting Cray had gone ahead through Michael Power on 16 minutes and Leigh Bremner’s penalty stretched their lead after 34. A Joe Vines own goal four minutes before the interval revived Rooks’ hopes but it took a long time for their pressure to pay off. Jay Curran headed Canvey into a third-minute lead at Met Police but it was not to be their day as the Police hit back to win 2-1. A free-kick somehow went in off Steve Sutherland’s backside to level matters two minutes after the break and Sutherland also got the winner more conventionally with a 67th-minute header. Harrison Chatting almost saved the islanders, hitting a post in added time. Ryman North SOHAM became the last Ryman League team to get off the mark this season, recording a 4-2 victory at Redbridge on Saturday in the only Ryman North fixture of the day. The struggling Motormen took a third-minute lead through Lee Newton only for Matt Robinson to equalise on the half-hour and then put Soham ahead nine minutes after the break. Jack Paxman added a 61st- minute penalty but Redbridge replied seven minutes later through Paul Tiffen and stayed in the hunt until Ryan Auger hit a late clincher, the 16th goal Redbridge have conceded in three home games. Ryman South THREE BRIDGES wasted no time in Ryman South, earning a penalty just 20 seconds into their home game with Ramsgate which Nigel Brake converted. The visitors were soon level with a Curtis Robinson header and they took the lead in the 16th minute through Ian Pulman only for Joel O’Hara to respond three minutes later. After that hectic start, it was the 82nd minute before the game was decided by Ramsgate sub Tom Chapman, who gave his side a 3-2 victory. Jake Beecroft was the key man for Whitstable in their 2-0 home win over Eastbourne. He opened the scoring on 29 minutes and provided the cross for Scott Heard to head the second immediately after the interval. The visitors hit the bar near the end but rarely threatened otherwise. FA Trophy THE Newson twins grabbed two FA Trophy goals apiece on Saturday, but with contrasting results. Ben’s double led Heybridge to a 4-1 home win over Worthing but Sam’s pair could not save Needham Market from a 4-3 home defeat at the hands of Maidstone. Solomon Ofori, yet to score a league goal this season, netted his fifth in cup competition to give Swifts a 24th-minute lead which Ben Newson doubled four minutes later. Jamie Brotherton replied for Worthing early in the second half but Newson struck again on 69 minutes and Michael Cheek wrapped it up with a late penalty. Needham were always playing catch-up after Paul Booth gave Stones the lead midway through the first half. Tim Olorunda added another in the 43rd minute. There was still time for two more goals before the interval, with Sam Newson’s effort being answered by a Booth penalty. The hectic action continued with three more goals in the first six minutes of the second half: Booth made it 4-1 with his hat-trick goal, and his 10th of the season, before Sam Clarke and Newson replied – and somehow that was the end of the scoring. That made a win apiece for the two regional Ryman divisions on a day which could have answered the often-asked question of which is the stronger. There were 11 North v South clashes in all. Perhaps the biggest surprise came at Ship Lane, where Romford came from behind to beat Dulwich 3-1. Vernon Francis put the visitors ahead after 10 minutes and Romford’s Nick Reynolds missed a penalty shortly afterwards. Two goals in six minutes either side of half-time, a long-range lob by Adam Salmon and a Reynolds header, turned things round and Reece Hewitt netted Boro’s third on the hour. Witham were in front after two minutes at South leaders Crawley Down thanks to a Billy Hunt penalty. The Anvils drew level through Luke Blewden just before the break and clinched a 2-1 win with a goal from Baff Addae 20 minutes from time. There was a much more startling change of fortunes at Walton & Hersham, where Maldon seemed to be cruising to victory with a goal in each half, Dave Wareham and Chris Bryan the marksmen. Jerome Maledon pulled one back in the 78th minute and then two free-kicks from Adiosun Moraes were headed home by Phil Williams, in the 88th minute, and Ashley Quashie, in the second minute of added time, as Swans snatched a dramatic 3-2 victory. It was all square at Thamesmead, where an unmarked Lloyd Cotton headed Burgess Hill into a 12th- minute lead and Ashley Probets replied with a penalty 12 minutes from the end. An 83rd-minute goal from substitute Adrian Stone earned Faversham a 1-0 home victory over Sudbury while, at nearby Herne Bay, Chatham were 2-0 victors with a goal right on half-time by Rodrigue Ndiane and another by Jack Pallen in the 70th minute.