West Kent Sunday League News Report –
Sunday 6th February 2022
The remaining issue in the split of Division 1/2 was decided when
Charcott beat Odukwe to claim the final place. In Division Three,
the race for honours is becoming very interesting. Once again, it
was another kind weather Sunday with only two games being called
off.
Surrey Lower Junior Cup
Dormansland Rockets have made the last eight with a 6
- 0 win against Spitfire United from the Croydon area. There
was a hat-trick for Rich Wetton plus goals from Dave Heaton,
Miguel Figueira-Dunne and Martyn Bishop.
Division One / Two
Charcott sealed their place in the top tier with a 4 - 1 over
Odukwe. Two goals from Jools Walker paved the way, Pete Tubb
and Luke French also scored.
The top two both won and remain level on points. Artois United
overcame Goudhurst United 6-0 with Dave Cherry and Lucas
Murrain both scoring twice. Also on the scoresheet were Peter Shaw
and Kane Joseph. In goal, Dave Holdstock kept the clean sheet, his
fifth of the season.
Simla hosted Green Lane and came off 3-0 winners
thanks to Joe Fuller (who has been in the goals recently), Alex
Carey and Matt Coleman.
Third placed Pembury Sunday's game at home to AFC Valour
was one of the two to fall foul of the weather. That game will be
rescheduled. It is going to be a three horse race for the honours.
The teams in bold type will go on to form Division One for
the remainder of the season. The bottom six will form Division Two.
All points and goals will be carried forward in both. They will play
each other once, plus any games not played in the 'first half' will
be added to ensure everyone plays the same number of games by the
end of the season. AFC Tonbridge drop to Division Three, but the
record of goals and points gained against them by the others remains
on the record.
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Phase One - each team plays the others once
|
| Pos |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
| 1 |
Simla |
13 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
97 |
12 |
85 |
36 |
| 2 |
Artois United |
13 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
76 |
14 |
62 |
36 |
| 3 |
Pembury Sunday |
12 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
47 |
7 |
40 |
31 |
| 4 |
Green Lane |
12 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
45 |
16 |
29 |
26 |
| 5 |
Charcott |
13 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
56 |
27 |
29 |
19 |
| 6 |
AFC Valour |
12 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
26 |
32 |
-6 |
19 |
| 7 |
Paddock Wood |
11 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
46 |
27 |
19 |
18 |
| 8 |
AFC Borough |
13 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
38 |
42 |
-4 |
17 |
| 9 |
Odukwe FC |
13 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
45 |
41 |
4 |
15 |
| 10 |
Dormansland Rockets |
11 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
25 |
40 |
-15 |
10 |
| 11 |
Goudhurst United |
12 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
29 |
47 |
-18 |
10 |
| 12 |
Insulators |
13 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
34 |
60 |
-26 |
9 |
| 13 |
TW Ridgewaye |
11 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
21 |
57 |
-36 |
4 |
Division Three
AFC Tonbridge have joined this Division for the remainder of the
season. They started with a clean record.
Sedlescombe Rangers maintained their recent good form with a
5-2 win at AFC Borough Reserves. They are now level on
points at the top with Brenchley, the two have the same goal
difference but Brenchley cling on to the top spot by virtue of three
more goals scored! But, Sedlescombe have two games in hand. On
Sunday, it was Jack Gordon and Jack Bowen who scored for Borough. I
do not have Rangers scorers.
Insulators Reserves are still hot on the heels of the two at
the top but have played more games. They travelled to Ticehurst
Village, whose run of three wins was brought to a stop by the
7-2 win for the visitors. On a heavy pitch Insulators started well.
Jake Pingault scored early after a pass from James Philpott. Within
thirty seconds the home side were level with a goal from Josh
Lincoln.
The game was then end-to-end, with some decent football from both
sides. It took an excellent shot from 25 yards by Pingault to
restore the Insulators lead and shortly before half time Philpott
added a third with a header from Martin Ives cross. Sam Beaney the
home keeper pulled off a couple of fine saves.
The second half was full of action and became the Bailey Wright
show. On as a second half sub, he made it 4-1 with a great header
from an even better cross from Cole Walsh. On the hour Wright scored
with a shot from a Harry Mascall pass. Ticehurst were then put in an
impossible position with a dismissal and injury which left them with
9 men for the remaining twenty minutes.
Wright completed his hat trick with a close range shot following a
cross from Martin Page-Mitchell pass to make it 6-1. He then
added his fourth with another shot to complete a tremendous half. To
their great credit, Ticehurst continued to play with passion and Oli
Marsh scored the last goal of the game.
The referee, Martin Tomlinson, had a fine game.
Royal Oak's cup run has put them behind with their League
fixtures, but they are still in with a reasonable chance of honours.
They had a setback on Sunday with a 1-0 loss at Artois United
Reserves for whom Duncan Ibootson scored the all important
goal. Goalkeeper Jamie Holder kept his fourth clean sheet of the
season.
TW Ridgewaye Reserves made it seven games since their last
defeat with a 7-2 win over Riverside Colts. There were two
goals from Callum Seal, one each from Dom Lambert, Billy McLeod,
Dennis Njiri, Eden Northcott and Will Egan.
And finally, AFC Tonbridge recorded their first points of
the season in beating Dunton Green 3-2. They had bravely
carried on in the top division, despite being soundly beaten every
week. The Management Committee and the clubs felt it was in
everyone's best interests to drop them down into Division Three to
let them carry on playing as they wished to do. Goalscorers
Rob Harman, Ben Taylor and Alex Wooster were no doubt much
celebrated. Frankie Ingram scored both Dunton Green's goals.
| Pos |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
| 1 |
Brenchley |
16 |
12 |
1 |
3 |
69 |
21 |
48 |
37 |
| 2 |
Sedlescombe Rangers |
14 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
66 |
18 |
48 |
37 |
| 3 |
Insulators Reserves |
17 |
12 |
0 |
5 |
47 |
29 |
18 |
36 |
| 4 |
Artois United Reserves |
17 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
61 |
31 |
30 |
29 |
| 5 |
Royal Oak |
13 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
47 |
26 |
21 |
29 |
| 6 |
TW Ridgewaye Reserves |
16 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
56 |
32 |
24 |
25 |
| 7 |
AFC Borough Reserves |
14 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
50 |
32 |
18 |
25 |
| 8 |
Dunton Green |
18 |
6 |
1 |
11 |
34 |
55 |
-21 |
19 |
| 9 |
Ticehurst Village Club |
16 |
5 |
2 |
9 |
48 |
55 |
-7 |
17 |
| 10 |
Speldhurst Rangers |
15 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
30 |
46 |
-16 |
17 |
| 11 |
Westerham |
14 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
24 |
44 |
-20 |
14 |
| 12 |
Riverside Colts |
16 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
29 |
101 |
-72 |
4 |
| 13 |
AFC Tonbridge |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| 14 |
Tonbridge United |
17 |
0 |
2 |
15 |
19 |
91 |
-72 |
2 |
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