West Kent Sunday League News Report –
Sunday 27th February 2022
This week saw the demise of Green Lane FC. Members since 2007, they
have been beset by a number of problems and reluctantly resigned.
They had played all their matches in the Division 1 / 2 mix phase,
the results of which will be retained when the re-set Divisions 1
and 2 start next week. Their place in the Senior Cup is taken by TW
Ridgewaye.
WKSFL Senior Cup
The First Round is now all under way. In Group One it took two
penalties for AFC Valour to
overcome Odukwe. They were
scored by Tony Revell and Aaron Holmes. I do not have the Odukwe
goalscorer.
In group 2, Simla are
almost certain of a place in the quarter-finals after beating Paddock Wood 2-0, both goals
being scored by Luke Leppard. In the other game, Goudhurst United
won for the first time after three successive defeats, beating
Insulators 4-2. Scorers were Mick Peevor (2), Tom Sayer and James
Murphy. Tommy Sceal hit both for Insulators, who now have played
eleven times since their last win, which was against Goudhurst way
back on 17th October last year.
Pembury Sunday top Group 3
following a -0 win at AFC Borough.
Steve Harper scored twice and the other came from Scott Moran. Toby
Forward kept his eighth clean sheet of the season and is the
League's leading performer between the posts.
Dormansland Rockets need now
just a draw from their game next week against AFC Borough to go
through to the quarter.finals. Dormansland recovered from conceding
within the first thirty seconds of their game against Charcott, having not even had a
touch of the ball, to win 4-3. Dave Heaton got the equaliser before
a Rich Wetton brace and an own goal gave the Rockets a 4-1 lead.
Charcott showed good fighting spirit to pull it back to 4-3, but
Dormansland held on for the win. Top spot could still depend on the
outcome of their final group game on 20th March against Pembury
Sunday.
Division Three
The title race is hotting up. All the top six won on Sunday, except
Sedlescombe Ranges, whose game at Ticehurst was called off. The
fixtures mostly pitched top against bottom and the form book
prevailed.
Insulators Reserves lead the
way after a 3-2 win at home to AFC
Borough Reserves. Their goals came from Nik Weedon, an own
goal and Josh Heinricci. Oscar Harrison has been a prolific scorer
this season for Borough's reserves. He scored once, Chris Hutchins
the second.
Second placed Brenchley did
not have it all their own way against Riverside Colts, but eventually came off 5-2 winners
with Mike Williams scoring a hat-trick. In addition, Conor
Williams scored twice.
Artois United Reserves are
back in high scoring mode, thrashing
Dunton Green 9-1 at Tonbridge Farm. The Division's leading
scorer Ollie Sugden scored four, Finley Crowhurst two and there was
one each for Rhys Newton, Kane Crowhurst and Duncan Ibbotson.
Royal Oak hit Speldhurst Rangers hard in an
eight -nil win, with Ash Bell scoring five. Tom Radford, Neil
Walker and Dan Lazell were also on the scoresheet.
Speldhurst's organisational skills were lacking as they tried to
sneak on a 12th player during the second half. Apparently this is
because they enjoy a beer after the game. Dan 'the badger' Kelly
missed a penalty for Rangers. A 12mph south westerly breeze deceived
Baldwin as he shouted 'keepers' from a corner for the ball to take
the leather off his Adidas glove into the back of the net to sum up
Speldhurst's day. That's now seven defeats on the trot for
Speldhurst, who are sliding down the table after a reasonable first
ten games. Royal Oak on the other hand have lost only once in their
last nine in all competitions.
Next Sunday Royal Oak will be playing their Kent Sunday Junior
Trophy semi-final, away at Hatcham Beckenham Manor FC in
Chislehurst. Fingers crossed for a place in the Final.
In sixth place, TW Ridgewaye
Reserves are also on the march. For them it's now eight
games since their last defeat. Success on Sunday was a 5-0
beating of Westerham,
thanks to Dan Thomas 2, Tyler Markwell, Harry Demmon and Billy
McLeod.
Two of the teams at the lower end of the table, Tonbridge United and AFC Tonbridge met in a local
derby. The result was a 3-3 draw. Harry Bamblett, Sean Longman
and Elliott Malthouse scored for United, Matt Tomlin, Matt
Thorpe and Oren Morris for AFC Tonbridge. The latter are now
obviously in a more suitable place for some competitive football!
| Pos |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
| 1 |
Insulators Reserves |
20 |
15 |
0 |
5 |
65 |
34 |
31 |
45 |
| 2 |
Brenchley |
18 |
13 |
2 |
3 |
74 |
23 |
51 |
41 |
| 3 |
Sedlescombe Rangers |
15 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
66 |
20 |
46 |
37 |
| 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 |
19 |
6 |
1 |
12 |
35 |
64 |
-29 |
19 |
| 9 |
Ticehurst Village Club |
17 |
5 |
2 |
10 |
49 |
60 |
-11 |
17 |
| 10 |
Speldhurst Rangers |
17 |
5 |
2 |
10 |
32 |
60 |
-28 |
17 |
| 11 |
Westerham |
16 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
25 |
52 |
-27 |
14 |
| 12 |
Riverside Colts |
18 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
37 |
113 |
-76 |
7 |
| 13 |
Tonbridge United |
20 |
1 |
3 |
16 |
28 |
104 |
-76 |
6 |
| 14 |
AFC Tonbridge |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
4 |
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