egrinstead170218_full

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Match Reports by Tony Rickson Saturday 20th January 2018 Bostik League South VCD Athletic 3 Sittingbourne 1 Att 80 To be harsh, Sittingbourne made too many mistakes on the day and VCD were able to rather easily pick up their first points since before Christmas. The game featured what was probably the Brickies' worst 10 minutes of the season during which they conceded two goals and also had Kane Phillip sent off, along with a home player. Apart from that, and a ghastly error which gifted the home side their first goal, Sittingbourne controlled much of this match without ever reaching anywhere near their best form. All in all this was a disappointing follow-up to two home wins that had seemed to put them back on track and allowed them to return to the top half of the Bostik South League. With Chris Elliott and Lex Allan ruled out, Sittingbourne recalled Laurence Ball to their defence and also had Tom Loynes available again as substitute, following his hernia operation. In dismal, rainy conditions on a rather forlorn and deserted-looking VCD ground, Sittingbourne dominated the opening period without being able to break down a determined home defence. The closest they got in this period was when a VCD defender headed narrowly over his own bar. VCD, beaten 3-2 at Sittingbourne earlier in the season, hadn’t threatened at all but still took the lead on 37 minutes. Keeper Harry Brooks called for a back pass from Ball but waited for it to roll across his body onto his favoured left foot and, rather embarrassingly, that gave Mfula the chance to get close enough to block the attempted clearance so that it just went straight in the goal. Sittingbourne don’t have the greatest of records in recent times of hitting back from behind but I really thought they had enough about them to turn it round against these particular opponents. But their passing was occasionally sloppy, they lost just one too many 50-50 challenges, they didn’t get as many second balls as they should have, and the usually immaculate John Coker had a funny little period where he couldn’t get a thing right. VCD still hadn’t done much in the game, though they fought determinedly and with commitment, but they went two-up on 56 minutes when defender Baker got in a free header from a freekick and steered it home. Worse followed for Sittingbourne a few minutes later as they managed to stop an attack on the edge of their area only for El-Moyhalbel to hit a speculative shot that took a horrible deflection on its way past Brooks. The game hadn’t restarted when Sittingbourne sub Phillip, who had only been on the pitch a few minutes, got involved in a squabble with the home team’s Awotwi. It looked something and nothing, possibly a yellow card at most, but on the advice of his assistant, the referee sent both players off. Sittingbourne took the attack to VCD for the rest of the game, but top scorer Kane Rowland was well marshalled, Miles Cornwell blazed over when he did get a chance, and the energetic Sal Kisitu had his shot deflected wide. They did pull one back after 80 minutes when a corner was only half-cleared and Ben Davisson, probably Sittingbourne’s best player on the day, got his first goal for the club with an excellent instinctive left-footed finish into the corner of the goal. But it was too little too late as Sittingbourne slumped to a seventh successive away defeat. Sittingbourne: Harry Brooks, Chris Webber, Salvyn Kisitu, Dan Parkinson (Tom Loynes, 53 min), Laurence Ball, John Coker, Bola Dawodu (David Smith, 76 min), Ben Davisson (Yellow card), Kane Rowland, Miles Cornwell, Rhys Bartlett (Kane Phillip, 54 min). Subs not used: Tyrone Guthrie, Nick Davis.
Non League Structure Next Season I am reproducing a succinct explanation that appeared in http://northkentnonleague.co.uk/ of the changes at our level and step 3 next season. *A new League will be added at Step 3, it will be run by the Southern League and will be based around the Midlands. *The four new Leagues will consist of 22 clubs each, previously it was 3 Leagues of 24 clubs. There will now be 88 clubs at Step 3 instead of 72. *This season only one team will be relegated from each of the three current Step 3 Leagues. *Promotion is the same from Step 3 this season, 2 go up from each of the three Leagues and 3 come down from the two National Leagues. So it is a straight 6 for 6 team swap. *More teams will come up from Step 4 to help fill the extra League. Champions, runners-up and play-off winners from each of the 6 Step 4 Leagues. *A third-placed Step 4 team with the highest points per game average across the six Leagues will also gain automatic promotion. Their play-off place will go to the 7th place team in that League. *Teams will be regionalised into the four new divisions at Step 3 once all the promotions and relegations have been settled. *A new League will be created at Step 4 pushing the number to 7. It will be run by the Isthmian League and be based around the Midlands. Each League will contain 20 teams. *This season only the team finishing bottom of the six Step 4 Leagues will be relegated. *26 teams will be promoted from Step 5 rather than the usual 14 to help fill the New League. So aswell as the champions it will be 12 second place teams with the highest Points Per Game average across the 14 divisions. So in short summary there will be an extra League at Steps 3 and 4 meaning better regionalisation, less travel costs and all Leagues will contain a reduced number of teams. One interesting point that is worth looking at at this stage of the season is where the best performing third place team from Step 4 can also gain automatic promotion. As of 07th February 2018 the highest average points per game standings from the teams in third place only are…. BS: Carshalton Ath: 65pts from 32 games= 2.03 BN: Potters Bar; 59 pts from 30 games= 1.97 SE: Dunstable; 55 points from 28 games= 1.96 SW: Bristol MF; 49 points from 28 games= 1.75 NN: Hyde United; 55 pts from 25 games= 2.20 NS:Bedworth Utd; 53 points from 29 games= 1.83 Hyde United in the Northern Premier North with the current advantage so in this case they would get promoted and their play-off position would go to 7th placed Trafford. It is worth noting that at this stage there are teams in the play-off zones that may have a better PPG yet as they have played less games and have less points but they are not in third place so are not in my table. In step 5 only two second place teams will not get promoted due to having the worst Points Per Game from all the 14 second place teams. Currently those two teams are… Beckenham Town and Horsham YM (Results taken from 02/02/18) As with all Promotions and Relegations between Leagues the FA will have final say and will confirm all movements at the end of the Season
Page 1 and 2: ISTHMIAN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE SOUTH
Page 3 and 4: TEAM CHECK Bostik South League SATU
Page 5 and 6: Download the ArrivaClick app and us
Page 7 and 8: Hello Everyone. Phew, what a couple
Page 9: East Grinstead Town —A Brief Hist
Page 13: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 Ball 1
Page 16: Player Stats 2017 -18 To 27/01/2018
Page 20 and 21: Your local Business Insurance Speci
Page 22 and 23: Bostik South League Table to 14/02/
Page 24: Phil

egrinstead170218_full

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?