West Kent Sunday League News Report –
Sunday 13th March 2022
All games went ahead as scheduled as we start the final ten weeks of
the season.
County Cups
The Royal Oak's valiant run
in this competition came to an end on Sunday after battling hard for
65 minutes with just ten men.
The Oak made the journey up the M20 on Sunday to put on a sterling
performance against strong opposition. The Oak were in the
ascendancy for the first half ,having several chances on goal that
they were unfortunate to not benefit from. However, Hatcham scored
from a well taken set piece, the ball rocketing through the Oak's
wall and beating the outstretched Sam Catt in the bottom right
corner. The real turning point in the game came, in the 25th minute,
when the Oak had Ashley Bell sent off for, for the most innocuous of
challenges, but something the referee deemed as a second bookable
offence. Although the Oak went in at half time one goal behind
they were very much in the game.
But playing the second half up hill and the Oak down to ten men ,
Manor took full advantage of the slope and put a further six past
the exhausted Oak. The Oak now look forward to getting back to
being involved again in a very interesting Division 3 title
race
Dormansland Rockets moved
into the semi final of the Surrey Sunday Lower Junior Cup after a
hard fought victory over Sutton Knights FC.
In a game where the prevailing wind had an impact on which little
football was played, chances were at a premium. It was no surprise
therefore to reach half-time with the scores level at 0-0. The
second half started in the same vein, until eventually Rockets took
the lead through a Rich Wetton penalty after Martyn Bishop had been
brought down.
In a game with so few chances, one thought that might be that, but
as we all know football has a habit of confounding logic. Barely 90
seconds later Rockets conceded a corner which hit a players' knee
and then onto his arm resulting in a penalty which was dispatched by
the home side. Ten minutes later Sutton took the lead following a
mistake at the back by Rockets.
With Sutton in the ascendancy, Rockets changed their shape and went
a bit more gung ho. This resulted in Rich Wetton being pole-axed in
the area, but he brushed himself down to score both his and Rockets
second goal.
There being no more goals and no extra time, a penalty shoot-out
would decide the match. Rockets won this 4-3, successful kicks
despatched by Miguel Figueira-Dunne, Dave Heaton, Ashley Hollom and
Ross Waghorn. Louis Stone saved two Sutton penalties to ensure that
Rockets proceeded to the next round.. Rockets now face a semi final
tie on 3rd April away at a team called F&M United, based in
Effingham, near Leatherhead. They are currently second in the
Leatherhead and District Sunday Football league Division Nine.
WKSFL Senior Cup
As a result of Management Committee decisions concerning unplayed
games, there have been adjustments to the three group tables.
Artois United have been
awarded three points in respect of their fixture with Odukwe. Next Sunday they will
play a re-arranged game with TW Ridgewaye. If they win or draw,
they will go through as Group winners. AFC Valour will play TW Ridgewaye with second place at stake, date to
be arranged
In Group 2, Paddock Wood
have been awarded the points for their game against Goudhurst United. That group is
now complete. Simla and Paddock Wood qualify for the
second round. Goudhurst United must wait for the outcome of other
matches while they wait to see if they will go through as one of the
best third placed teams.
With the top and bottom of Group 3 already decided, the match
between Pembury Sunday and
Dormansland Rockets will not
be played. Charcott may
still go through as a third placed team depending on the final
results from Group 1.
WKSFL Intermediate Cup
Three preliminary round ties were played. Artois United Reserves continued their good run,
beating Second Division Odukwe
2-0 with goals from Duncan Ibbotson and Keith Ingles. Brenchley beat Insulators Reserves 4-1 and are
coming out of a poor series of results. There were four
different scorers, Ollie Jones, Sean Whelan, Mike Williams and
Michel Van Oorschot. David Brooks scored for Insulators Reserves on
his debut.
And Speldhurst Rangers
ended a long losing streak, beating AFC Borough Reserves 2 - 0. This is not a typo, said
their early report. Rangers welcomed AFC Borough Reserves to
St Mary´s Lane. Having already lost to the opposition earlier in the
season and on a eight game losing streak, things were looking bleak
for Speldhurst. They started brightly and had a couple of half
chances but to no avail. It looked like it was going to be goalless
at half time when the veteran Andy Watts (who was 50 last Saturday)
chipped a ball over to Dan 'Badger' Kelly who beat the full back and
tried to square it across the box, a defender deflected the ball
past the' keeper into the net to make it 1-0 Speldhurst.
The second half started and Speldhurst braced themselves for the
Borough onslaught. Speldhurst were under siege much of the time, but
the back line did its job. Rangers soaked up the pressure and tried
to hit Borough on the counter. They won a penalty midway through the
second half for a handball. Perry Pointing stepped up, looked the
keeper in the face and caressed the ball into the bottom left hand
corner to consolidate Speldhurst's lead. Borough huffed and puffed
but couldn't break down Speldhurst's resolute backline.
The full first round draw draw is thus :
AFC Borough 1st XI v Sedlescombe Rangers; AFC
Tonbridge v Speldhurst Rangers; Artois United Reserves v Royal
Oak; Brenchley v Dormansland Rockets; Dunton Green
v TW Ridgewaye; Insulators v Goudhurst United;
Riverside Colts v Westerham; Tonbridge United
v Ticehurst Village
Division One
Simla and Artois United continue to set
the pace, but Pembury Sunday
are only five points behind with a game in hand. All three won on
Sunday. Simla hit nine
past AFC Valour,
featuring two goals apiece from Ian Parsons, Luke Leppard and Matt
Coleman. Leppard is now the Division's equal top scorer with Bal
Maher. Maher added one to his tally, both now have 31 goals for
the season. Also scoring for Simla were Dan Lawrence and Brett
Milham. In goal, Joe Cullipp kept his ninth clean sheet of the
season and leads the league overall in that contest.
The big game between the two leaders is scheduled for Sunday 27th
March at Five Oak Green.
Artois United overcame Charcott 6-0 in a game that
saw Ben Holder hit a hat-trick, Ryan Hine scored two and Taylor
Galvin the other. Dave Holdstock was the clean sheet 'keeper.
Pembury Sunday's new
recruit Adam Davies-Knight (previously with TW Ridgewaye) scored
twice in their 4-2 win at Paddock
Wood. The club's two leading scorers, Steve Harper
and Tom Price hit one goal each. Reece Horseman and James
Macgregor scored for Paddock Wood.
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Phase Two - each team plays the others once
|
| Pos |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
| 1 |
Simla |
14 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
106 |
12 |
94 |
39 |
| 2 |
Artois United |
14 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
82 |
14 |
68 |
39 |
| 3 |
Pembury Sunday |
13 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
51 |
9 |
42 |
34 |
| 4 |
Green Lane |
13 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
49 |
18 |
31 |
29 |
| 5 |
Paddock Wood |
15 |
8 |
0 |
7 |
49 |
34 |
15 |
24 |
| 6 |
Charcott |
15 |
7 |
1 |
7 |
59 |
34 |
25 |
22 |
| 7 |
AFC Valour |
13 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
26 |
41 |
-15 |
19 |
Division Two
AFC Borough moved into a
clear lead with a 5-3 win over Insulators.
Leading the Borough line was Jacob Feasey with four of the goals.
Sam Edmunds was also on the scoresheet. Insulators Ben Boodle scored
twice in the reply, James Dunn the third.
TW Ridgewaye gained only
their second win of the season in a narrow 2-1 result at home to Goudhurst United. Robert
Lawrence and Nathan Cook scored. Toby Gray was the Goudhurst
goalscorer.
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Phase Two - each team plays the others once
|
| Pos |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
| 1 |
AFC Borough |
14 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
43 |
45 |
-2 |
20 |
| 2 |
Odukwe FC |
13 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
45 |
41 |
4 |
15 |
| 3 |
Dormansland Rockets |
12 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
27 |
44 |
-17 |
10 |
| 4 |
Goudhurst United |
14 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
30 |
49 |
-19 |
10 |
| 5 |
Insulators |
14 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
37 |
65 |
-28 |
9 |
| 6 |
TW Ridgewaye |
13 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
23 |
58 |
-35 |
7 |
Division Three
Sedlescombe Rangers are
closing in on the top of the table. They are now only two points
behind Insulators Reserves with three games in hand. Their latest
win was a 10-1 demolition of AFC
Tonbridge. Leading scorer Alvin Scott played a big
part, scoring four to take his tally to 25 for the season in League
and Cup. There was also a hat-trick for Zak Boutwood, plus single
goals by Harry Lovick, Archie Irving and Owen Palmer. Matt Thorpe
scored what can only have been a consolation for AFC Tonbridge.
Biggest score of the day was the fourteen scored by Tonbridge United at Riverside Colts. Their scoring
rate has definitely improved recently. Their first seventeen games
yielded only nineteen goals; they have now scored twenty-three in
their last four outings.Chief architect on Sunday was Harry Bamblett
with five of the goals. Tom Sivers and Vaughn Meyer both scored two.
The total was made up with single strikes from Matt Anderson, Mikey
Dunn, Matt Funnell, Keiron Matthew and Hayden Jarvis.
There was a more down to earth score at Westerham, where Dunton
Green came away 3-1 winners with two goals being scored by
Ed Baker and one by Henry Smart. Brodie Kitterly scored for the
hosts.
| Pos |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
| 1 |
Insulators Reserves |
20 |
15 |
0 |
5 |
65 |
34 |
31 |
45 |
| 2 |
Sedlescombe Rangers |
17 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
76 |
21 |
55 |
43 |
| 3 |
Brenchley |
18 |
13 |
2 |
3 |
74 |
23 |
51 |
41 |
| 4 |
Artois United Reserves |
19 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
72 |
32 |
40 |
33 |
| 5 |
Royal Oak |
14 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
55 |
26 |
29 |
32 |
| 6 |
TW Ridgewaye Reserves |
18 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
63 |
32 |
31 |
31 |
| 7 |
AFC Borough Reserves |
16 |
9 |
1 |
6 |
55 |
36 |
19 |
28 |
| 8 |
Dunton Green |
20 |
7 |
1 |
12 |
38 |
65 |
-27 |
22 |
| 9 |
Ticehurst Village Club |
18 |
5 |
2 |
11 |
49 |
60 |
-11 |
17 |
| 10 |
Speldhurst Rangers |
17 |
5 |
2 |
10 |
32 |
60 |
-28 |
17 |
| 11 |
Westerham |
17 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
26 |
55 |
-29 |
14 |
| 12 |
Tonbridge United |
21 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
42 |
105 |
-63 |
9 |
| 13 |
Riverside Colts |
19 |
2 |
1 |
16 |
38 |
127 |
-89 |
7 |
| 14 |
AFC Tonbridge |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
21 |
-9 |
4 |
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