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Stamp Out Foul Language at Football
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Tuesday 27 January
SCEFL Challenge Cup First Round
Holmesdale welcome Erith Town for the last of the first round ties. The winner will be away to Phoenix Sports in the next round on Tuesday 3rd February.
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Wednesday 28 January
Premier Division
Leaders Phoenix Sports welcome 5th placed Tunbridge Wells. Phoenix are making up one of their games in hand today so will be looking to maximise their points potential, especially after suffering a Kent Senior Trophy defeat on Saturday. The Wells will have their own plans for the three points so it should be a great game at Phoenix Sports Ground.
Corinthian are away to 11th placed Cray Valley PM. The Hoops are third and 3 points ahead of 4th. Their recent form has them in 4th place, one place below tonights visitors. Hoops six game figures are 5-0-1 while the Millers have 5-1-0. Close, or what?
The other game tonight has 7th placed Greenwich Borough welcoming 18th placed Lingfield. Borough's recent form figures of 4-1-1 see them 5th in the recent form table. Lingers have figures of 2-0-4 and they rest in 15th place.
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Saturday 24 January
FA Carlsberg Vase, 4th Round replay
Tunbridge Wells went 1-0 up through a Paul Booth goal in the 35th minute but, after the half time break Terry Bohane levelled the score for Highworth Town and forced the game into extra time. Ryan King gave the visitors the lead 9 minutes into the first extra time period then, 4 minutes from the end, Brendon Cass scored the goal that took the tie into a penalty shoot-out.
Final Score: TWells 2-2 Highworth - Highworth Town win 4-1 on penalties
Picture by Alan Coomes - more here
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Premier Division
Erith & Belvedere reduced the gap at the top to just a single point when they beat 13th placed Crowborough Athletic. Adam Marsh scored the opener for the Deres in the 10th minute then Tom Cameron levelled 6 minutes later. Marsh doubled his and the Deres tally 2 minutes after that and the half time score remained as 2-1. In the 70th minute Marsh completed his hat-trick then with 14 minutes left to play Enoch Adjei added the fourth Deres goal. Crows rest in 13th place.
Final Score: Deres 4-1 Crows
Beckenham Town move up a place to 4th after winning at home to Rochester United. Janie Humphries netted a second half hat-trick after the half time score was 0-0. Spartans are in 14th place.
Final Score: Becks 3-0 Spartans
Ashford United remain 6th despite winning this best of 7 affair at Holmesdale. After Stuart Zanone had given Nuts & Bolts a 15th minute lead Rikki Cable smashed a brace in 2 minutes to give the Dalers the lead. In the second half Cable completed his hat-trick in the 73rd minute for 3-1 but then Ashford staged a remarkable scoring feat with 3 goals in 5 minutes, 2 from Darren Marsden and the other from Michael Smissen. Holmesdale are in 12th place.
Final Score: Dalers 3-4 Ashford
Croydon remain above Fisher but only on goal difference after the Fish took the spoils with a home win. Calvin Ekpiteta scored the first half goal in the 40th minute and Chas Davis doubled their tally 11 minutes into the second half. Trams remain in 16th place while the Fish leap up a place to 17th.
Final Score: Fish 2-0 Trams.
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Kent FA Senior Trophy sponsored by Darenth Print and Design
The four quarter-final ties get played today.
Deal Town bow out at this second round after going down 0-1 to Kent Invicta side Orpington. The O's scorer was Josh Froggatt in the 52nd minute. Orpington now travel to Greenwich Borough in the semi-final.
Corinthian and Woodstock Sports ended 1-1 after normal time. Tom Montgomery scored for Sports in the 3rd minute and Jack Mahoney levelled after 78 minutes. The ensuing penalty shoot-out was won 5-4 by the Hoops who now meet the eventual winners of the Meridian VP v Hollands & Blair tie which was postponed today.
Phoenix Sports bow out of this competition after suffering only their 2nd defeat of the season at home to Greenwich Borough. A Gary Alexander first half penalty conversion and a goal from Paul Vines in the 66th minute saw Borough through to play Orpington at Princes Park in the semi-final.
Meridian VP P-P Hollands & Blair
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