Ryman League round-up
Whitstable move forward against
Chipstead Picture: Chris
Davey
Whitstable Town, with caretaker manager Richard
Langley in charge, ended a traumatic week with a morale-boosting
1-0 home win over Chipstead in Ryman League Division 1 South on
Saturday.
Langley is in temporary command following the dismissal of
Justin Luchford last week and saw the Oystermen gain only their
fifth league win of the season thanks to a 77th-minute strike from
Scott Heard.
At the other end of the table Hythe Town are
now joint leaders with Maidstone United following their 4-3 victory
at Worthing. Hythe scored four times in the opening 36 minutes
through Dave Cook (2), Taser Hassan and Nick Reeves, and although
Tom Lawley struck a hat-trick for the home side they were unable to
prevent Hythe's surge into joint pole position.
Maidstone United, meanwhile, needed an
injury-time equaliser from Michael Phillips to avoid a surprise
home defeat at the hands of bottom club Walton Casuals.
Struggling Casuals looked set for a shock 1-0 win when Kieran
Dias scored in the 89th minute but Phillips saved Stones' blushes
when he struck in the fifth minute of added time.
With Herne Bay losing 2-1 at Dulwich Hamlet, Faversham
Town leap-frogged them into sixth place with a 2-1 victory
at Merstham thanks to two goals in the last eight minutes from
Renford Tenyue and Adrian Stone.
Herne Bay led 1-0 at Dulwich at half-time
through a Calum McGeehan free-kick but Hamlet hit back in the
second half, with their winner from Kevin James coming six minutes
from time.
Leading scorer Stuart King helped himself to a hat-trick as
Folkestone Invicta recorded their first win in 10
matches - a 3-1 home success against Three Bridges.
Sittingbourne are in eighth place after their
2-0 home win over Tooting & Mitcham thanks. The goals came in
each half, from Hicham Akhazzan and Ryan Golding (penalty). The
match featured 11 yellow cards and there was also a red card for
Tooting's Taurean Roberts.
Bourne are one place above Ramsgate who were
2-0 winners at Corinthian-Casuals through strikes from Tom Chapman
and Macauley Murray.
Their Thanet rivals Margate remain one point
behind leaders Whitehawk in the Ryman Premier after their 3-1 home
success over Bury Town. Trailing 1-0 at the break, Margate struck
back in the second half through Tommy Whitnell, Dan Stubbs
(penalty) and Richard Avery. The only downside for Gate was the
injury-time dismissal of Carl Rook for a second yellow card.
Cray Wanderers produced their best performance
of the season in winning 3-1 at high-flying Hampton & Richmond,
where their goals came from Leigh Bremner, Paul Vines and Aaron
Day.
In Ryman 1 North, Matt Newman scored twice for Chatham
Town to earn his side a 2-2 draw at Heybridge Swifts, but
Thamesmead Town were swept aside 3-0 by fellow
promotion-chasers Grays.
19/11/12
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