Ryman League round-up
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Margate’s fine run in the Ryman League Premier
Division came to an end with a late defeat at Carshalton Athletic
on Saturday.
Craig Cloke (pictured) headed
Gate ahead from Matt Bodkin’s corner on 10 minutes and a sixth
straight league win looked on the cards.
However, despite the visitors creating
several more chances and Curtis Robinson seeing a goal disallowed,
they eventually tired and Paul Vines bundled in the leveller 20
minutes from time before Tom Davis headed the winner in
stoppage-time as Gate slipped to ninth following the 2-1
defeat.
Cray
Wanderers were held 0-0 by Kingstonian at Hayes Lane to fall
to seventh, one point and two places outside the play-off
spots.
Folkestone
Invicta lost their unbeaten home record in Ryman League,
Division 1 South after a stunning 4-0 reverse against Merstham at
the Buzzlines Stadium.
Harry Ottaway did the damage for the
visitors with a hat-trick as Invicta slipped to fifth in the table,
now seven points behind leaders Bognor Regis Town and having played
a game more.
Invicta found themselves 2-0 down at
half-time for the second home game in succession thanks to
Ottaway’s strike on 10 minutes and Fabio Saravia’s header on 28
minutes.
However, any hopes of a comeback were
dashed when Ottaway completed his treble with two further goals in
the opening nine minutes of the second-half.
Maidstone
United leapfrogged Folkestone into fourth after recording a
2-0 home win over struggling Whyteleafe.
It took just three minutes for Baff
Addae to put the Stones ahead from the penalty spot, while Alex
Waugh sealed the win with a second three minutes before the break
when he fired in after a slip from Leafe goalkeeper Paul Smith.
Hythe Town’s
play-off chase was hit by a 1-1 draw with fellow promotion-hopefuls
Chipstead.
Gary Mickelborough was put through to
open the scoring after just eight minutes but Pat Kingwell turned
into his own goal 11 minutes after the break to leave Hythe Town in
eighth, eight points behind Folkestone, who occupy the final
play-off spot.
Ramsgate are
five points behind Hythe in 10th following a goalless draw at home
to Eastbourne Town.
Simon Pettit rattled the bar for the
Rams but that was as close as either side came.
At the other end, Sittingbourne went
4-1 down at play-off-chasing Worthing to slip to 18th.
The hosts went 3-0 up inside half an
hour through Steve Metcalf, Matt Hurley and Ryan McBride.
The Rebels added a fourth on 54
minutes through Tom Lawley to make the points safe but on-loan
Richard Atkins netted a consolation for the Brickies 16 minutes
from time.
Whitstable
Town made it back-to-back clean sheets after a goalless draw
at Crawley Down.
Town remain 19th but closed within
three points of 18th-placed Sittingbourne.
Faversham
Town are 14th after losing 2-0 at home to title-chasing
Bognor.
Dan Beck headed the opener five
minutes before the break while free-scoring Terry Dodd clinched the
points 10 minutes after the interval.
In Ryman League, Division 1 North
Thamesmead Town cruised to a 4-0 win over
Soham Town Rangers.
Lea Dawson opened the scoring inside
two minutes and Joseph Afusi’s shot beat the Rangers keeper seven
minutes before the break.
Daniel Kerrigan lashed a third into
the corner before the interval and AFusi grabbed his second in the
90th minute to take Mead up to 12th.
Chatham Town
allowed a 2-0 lead to slip to draw 2-2 with Potters Bar Town in the
final four minutes.
Lee Hales put the Chats ahead two
minutes before the break and Jason Barton looked to have made the
game safe 20 minutes from time.
However, a penalty for the visitors
halved the deficit on 86 minutes and an injury-time shot through a
crowd snatched an unlikely point.
Chats’ first draw in nine games did
take them up to 14th, however.
Monday, January 30 2012
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