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Match day magazine Sittingbourne v Molesey 23rd April 2016
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THE BRICKIES<br />
Division 1 South,<br />
Season 2015-16<br />
MATCH DAY PROGRAMME<br />
Official programme<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> v South Park<br />
Saturday 11th October<br />
2014<br />
SITTINGBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> FC<br />
The DMA Stadium, Woodstock Park, Broadoak Road,<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>, Kent, ME9 8AG<br />
Tel: 01795 410777 www.sittingbournefc.co.uk<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> FC is a members club<br />
CLUB OFFICIAL<br />
President: Allan Crowshaw<br />
Vice President: Alan Barty<br />
Hon Vice Presidents: Tania & Andy Spice<br />
Chairman: Maurice Dunk<br />
Vice Chairman: Ken Medwyn<br />
Secretary/Treasurer: John Pitts<br />
OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS<br />
John Cooper (Commercial).<br />
Peter Pitts (Media, Web site, Programme<br />
editor, stadium announcer,) David Brown<br />
(Youth development), Barry Goodsell<br />
(Match Sec), Colin Page (Ast Treasurer)<br />
Board Room Hospitality: Sandra Pitts &<br />
Carol Cooper,<br />
Lottery Secretary: Hilary Joines.<br />
Club Historian: Dudley Hird.<br />
Programme Sales: Sian Goatham.<br />
Turnstile Operator: Faye Goatham, Danny<br />
Appleton<br />
Club Welfare Officer: Lee Tappenden<br />
Match Reporter: Tony Rickson<br />
Groundsman: Roger Pudner<br />
Club Photographer: Ken Medwyn<br />
Club Shop: Ann Morrison & Clive Phillips<br />
PLAYING MANAGEMENT<br />
Manager: Nick Davis<br />
Assist Manager: Tony Cornwell<br />
Coaches: Barry Crimmen, Warren Chambers,<br />
Hicham Akhazzan and Jono Richardson.<br />
Team Assistant: Harry Chambers<br />
Physio: Tom Martin<br />
Under 21 Manager: John Embery<br />
WOODSTOCK GROUND REGULA-<br />
TIONS<br />
1. All persons entering the ground are subject to<br />
the rules and regulations of The Football Association.<br />
2. The club reserves the right to eject or prosecute<br />
any person who within the club premises is considered<br />
by the club committee or its employees to<br />
be or have been behaving in the following ways:<br />
a) Entering the field of play before or during<br />
the course of the game.<br />
b) Using obscene, abusive or racist language<br />
or persistently swearing.<br />
c) Being intoxicated by drink or drugs.<br />
Further, persons will not be allowed entry to<br />
Woodstock Park if in the opinion of the gatemen,<br />
stewards or any members of the management<br />
committee they are intoxicated.<br />
3. NO bottles or metal cans, glasses or weapons of<br />
any kind are allowed in the ground. The stewards<br />
have the right to search a spectator if they have<br />
grounds to believe that the person is in possession<br />
of any item that is deemed to be a danger to other<br />
spectators.<br />
4. Alcohol must only be consumed within the confines<br />
of the club house.<br />
5. The climbing of fences or floodlight pylons and<br />
all buildings within the ground is strictly forbidden.<br />
6. All vehicles parked within the boundaries of the<br />
club’s car park must be parked within a designated<br />
space unless otherwise directed by a steward.<br />
No responsibility is accepted for any mishap that<br />
may occur. Car parking is at owners risk.
MATCH OFFICIALS<br />
Referee: Mr Scott Williams<br />
TEAM CHECK<br />
Saturday 23rd April 2016<br />
RYMAN LEAGUE DIV 1 SOUTH<br />
SITTINGBOURNE V MOLESEY<br />
Manager: Nick Davis<br />
Assistant: Tony Cornwell<br />
Coaches: Jono Richardson, Hicham Akhazzan,<br />
Warren Chambers, Barry Crimmen<br />
Physio: Tom Martin<br />
Matchday Assistant : Harry Chambers<br />
Manager: Steve Webb<br />
Ast Manager : Peter Lelliott<br />
Coach: Dwight Lewis<br />
Physio: Alan Maynard<br />
Physio: Dick Etherington<br />
Assistants: Mr Alex Winterbotham, Mr Abiodun Abraham<br />
Red & Black Stripes Shirts,<br />
Black Shorts, Black Socks<br />
PLAYED<br />
SUBSTITUTE<br />
GOALS<br />
PLAYED<br />
SUBSTITUTE<br />
GOALS<br />
1. Adam MOLLOY<br />
2. Tom BRUNT (C)<br />
3. Tom CARLSE<br />
4. Jono RICHARDSON<br />
5. George CRIMMEN<br />
6. Jack STEVENTON<br />
7. Stefan WRIGHT<br />
8. Adam ALLEN<br />
9. Miles CORNWELL<br />
10. Hicham AKHAZZAN<br />
11. Stephen ITA<br />
12. Dan HUGHES<br />
14 Scott WHIBLEY<br />
15 Michael HURCOMB<br />
16. William PARKINSON<br />
17. Jack EMBERY<br />
1. Liam ALLEN<br />
2. Joe PRATLEY-JONES<br />
3. Luke ELLIOTT<br />
4. Craig LEWINGTON (C)<br />
5. Ollie ROBINSON<br />
6. Rob SHERIDAN<br />
7. Tom WINDSOR<br />
8. Ross CHALKE<br />
9. Reis STANISLAUS<br />
10. Charlie SAMUELS<br />
11. James McSHANE<br />
12. Connor FRENCH<br />
14. Dre GROBLER<br />
15. Ato OKAI<br />
16. Ashby CHARLES<br />
17. Axcel NGOY
John’s Jottings<br />
Welcome to Woodstock Park from The Club Secretary<br />
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to Woodstock Park for our last match of the season.<br />
Our visitors are <strong>Molesey</strong>. Welcome to their Players, Officials and Supporters and this afternoons match<br />
officials.<br />
Also a special welcome to our match day sponsors, Storage King.<br />
Our match at Walton Road was a close affair but still ended in a 2-1 defeat for The Brickies – The 12 th<br />
defeat in a row!<br />
Today’s match is not going to make any difference to our final league position. Before this match we are<br />
four points behind Walton Casuals and ten points ahead of Chatham so we will finish in eighteenth place.<br />
<strong>Molesey</strong> will finish in eighth or ninth position.<br />
Our last match was at old rivals Chatham Town and ended in a 1-1 draw. This was a match where we<br />
had more than enough chances to win. At one time the corner count was 6 to 1 in our favour. Still a point<br />
at Chatham means we continue our impressive run of results there.<br />
Before Chatham Town there was another local derby. This time against a team who have generally had<br />
the better of us over the last few seasons and who of course knocked us out of the League Cup at the<br />
semi-final stage. Faversham needed a win to keep up their pursuit of a play-off place but we were not<br />
prepared just to make the numbers up and upset the form book by winning 2-1.<br />
The home match before Faversham was against Hythe Town – a team who started the season badly but<br />
after a change of manager have really come good. They are a determined side who deserved to win on<br />
the day and have a really great chance of play-off success.<br />
Dorking Wanderers and Hythe Town are definitely in the play offs. The others in contention are Worthing,<br />
Corinthian Casuals, Hastings United and Faversham Town four teams fighting for two places. Play off<br />
dates for Ryman South are Tuesday 26 th April for the two semi-finals and Saturday 30 th April for the Final.<br />
Congratulations of course go to Folkestone Invicta who are worthy champions.<br />
Although we have not been hugely successful on the pitch this season it has been a successful one in<br />
other ways. Financially we are sound. We are not the highest payers in this division but we are also not<br />
the lowest. Nick has done a fantastic job on the budget we are able to give him. He never comes to the<br />
committee asking for more money. He knows our situation and just gets on with it. Nick, Tony Cornwell,<br />
Barry Crimmen and Warren Chambers deserve everyone’s thanks for their dedication to the cause. I<br />
would personally like to thank Harry Chambers who is equally dedicated and gives me a great deal of<br />
help on match days. At Woodstock we are very lucky to have Phil in the kitchen and Mick behind the bar.<br />
Out on the pitch Roger Pudner our groundsman has brought a new professionalism to the job.<br />
This season has been one of the happiest I have known from a committee point of view. It’s a pleasure to<br />
work with them all. We are all looking forward to next season when we will continue with our aim to increase<br />
the success and profile of the club. We are lucky that we have very talented Under 18 and Under<br />
21 sides. Some of whom have broken into first team reckoning.<br />
I have always appreciated the loyalty and reasonableness of our supporters. I would like to thank them<br />
all for being some of the best supporters if not the best in the league and the support they give us as a<br />
committee.<br />
Tonight we have our presentations. Please stay after the game and show your appreciation to a great<br />
bunch of footballers.<br />
Please look out for requests to help us improve/ tidy up the ground. These will be made on the web site,<br />
on Twitter and on our Facebook group.<br />
Finally enjoy the closed season but make sure you come back when we start all over again in August.<br />
JOHN
From the Manager<br />
.Last game of the season and the last game at home. I would first of all like to<br />
thank you all for your support throughout the course of this rollercoaster season.<br />
Which I think you would agree has produced some real highs and some lows. I<br />
would say from myself personally it has been a decent season for a number of reasons<br />
even though maybe our mid-season form didn’t allow us to progress further<br />
up the table as we would have liked. We gained some valuably prize money in the<br />
FA cup and to beat a Ryman premier league side which was one of the highlights<br />
and then again in the League cup. To earn the club some money after the club had<br />
received nothing the season before was a must and even though on paper we<br />
should have progressed even further after losing to Hoddesdon the money was invaluable.<br />
To make the last 4 from 72 in the Ryman league cup was a fantastic<br />
achievement and gave us a welcomed distraction from the league and with that the<br />
team spirit was at real high. Promotion of our youth players was a real highlight for<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> as a club and for the majority of the season we boasted an average<br />
age of 22, 5 of which were teenagers represented the 1 st team and senior football<br />
for the first time. I think we are in a better place both on and off the pitch than we<br />
have been for the last few seasons and hopefully we will progress even further next<br />
year. Please stop for our presentation evening after the game as this will be a good<br />
time for the players to say thankyou to you in person. Let’s hope today we finish the<br />
season off in style with 3 points.<br />
From myself, my staff and all the players Thankyou for your continued support.<br />
Nick<br />
Whitstable Town continue to have problems both off the<br />
pitch and on it. Their new chairman Adam Lightowler has<br />
resigned after just weeks with the club<br />
Lightowler took over at the Belmont helm in late February in<br />
the wake of the departure of Gary Johnson.<br />
He was joined in a three-pronged leadership group by Keith<br />
Perkins, a former Town scout who is now club commercial<br />
manager and Colin Patching – Town’s under-21 boss who<br />
added the role of general manager to his duties.<br />
After taking over, Mr Lightowler said: “This is a long-term<br />
project and we are looking to the future, starting from grassroots<br />
up.”<br />
However, a breakdown in communications between Mr<br />
Lightowler and Mr Patching with regards to club finances is<br />
behind the decision for he and vice-chairman Andrew Mackness<br />
to walk away.<br />
Mr Lightowler said: “Since becoming chairman, I have tried to<br />
establish and understand the full financial position and liabilities.<br />
“Both Andrew and I have been frustrated with the failure of<br />
the general manager to provide this information and constant<br />
disregard to the club, its structure and other committee<br />
members.<br />
Trouble at the seaside<br />
“As a result, we have no alternative but to immediately resign<br />
from the club committee and as chairman and vice-chairman/<br />
treasurer.<br />
“We are not prepared to take any responsibility for financial<br />
practices that we have no control over whatsoever.”<br />
From Kent OnLine<br />
Ollie Bankole scores our winning goal against Whitstable in<br />
August—Pic by Ken Medwyn
From the Programme editor<br />
Hello Everyone, and welcome to this the last game of the season.<br />
We are very grateful that Eurolink based Storage King is sponsoring todays match, more about<br />
them later in the programme.<br />
Its the thank you time and I would like to thank especially Tony Rickson for his excellent match<br />
reports and also his contribution to the web site. Also to our chairman Maurice Dunk, Secretary<br />
John Pitts and first team manager Nick Davis for supplying their programme notes. Of course I<br />
also would like to give a great big thanks to all of you who buy the programme.<br />
It takes more than a day to get the programme together and myself and the secretary then print<br />
it, which is also time consuming, so knowing that it serves some purpose makes it all worth<br />
while. Any monies from the sale of the programmes goes straight into the club!<br />
Also thanks to our local radio station SFM who have given us some great coverage and also to<br />
the <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> News Extra for its great coverage of the club.<br />
Its presentation time after the match so I would like<br />
to add my congratulations to all of the winners, but<br />
especially to Hicham Akhazzan who has been so<br />
loyal to us, and who can also still bang in some<br />
spectacular goals (aka home to Faversham - which<br />
I missed!!!.)<br />
Folkestone Invicta are of course promoted but the<br />
second promotion place from our league is still to<br />
be sorted out with Hythe Town, Hastings Utd, Faversham<br />
Town and Corinthian-Casuals still in the<br />
hunt for the final play off place. Casuals are probably<br />
surprise favourites for that final place! Dorking<br />
Wanderers, Hythe Town and Worthing have already<br />
claimed their play off place.<br />
Relegation has been sorted with Whitstable Town,<br />
Peacehaven & Telscombe and Walton & Hersham<br />
all for the chop. The moral seems to be don't add<br />
an "and" in the middle of your name! It is however<br />
likely that the third from bottom club, Walton & Hersham,<br />
will be reprieved as there are usually some<br />
clubs unable to start the new season.<br />
Coming into our league next year seems certain to<br />
include Horsham FC, who have just won their<br />
league and Lewes, relegated from the Ryman<br />
Premier. That leaves three other vacancies. The<br />
other relegated teams confirmed in the Ryman<br />
Premier are VCD Athletic, and Brentwood whilst Greenwich Borough have won their league, so<br />
these will need a home at our level!<br />
You can perm any 1 from 5 teams in the Ryman Premier for the other relegation place. They<br />
are: Farnborough, Needham Market, Hendon, Burgess Hill Town, and Staines Town.<br />
Thank you all for your tremendous support, probably the best in the league, and have a great<br />
pre season and please all come back refreshed on the 13th August when the new season begins.<br />
2016-17 should be an exciting season for us if the promise of the latter part of this one is<br />
maintained.<br />
Peter
Player stats to and including 16th April 2016
A brief look back at the season by the<br />
With the season almost over its time to look<br />
back at the successes and the failures of the<br />
last season.<br />
Getting the failures out of the way quickly! It<br />
was a poor show in both of the major cup competitions<br />
especially the disappointment of going<br />
out to lower league side Hoddesdon Town in<br />
the qualifying round of the FA Cup. It wasn’t<br />
any better in the non-league equivalent of the<br />
FA Cup, the FA Trophy going out at the first<br />
hurdle at Walton Casuals, a team in our<br />
league, by a single goal.<br />
The club will finish up in 18 th place in the Ryman<br />
Division 1 South (out of 24 clubs) which<br />
was not as good as hoped for but there were<br />
some excellent performances in the league including<br />
a 2-0 victory over local rivals Faversham<br />
Town who are gunning for a play-off<br />
place, and especially in the Ryman League Cup<br />
where we reached the semi final, only to go out<br />
with a weakened team because of cup tied<br />
players, to Faversham Town . The league victory<br />
over Faversham Town at home was notable<br />
for an out of this world goal scored by<br />
Hicham Akhazzan from fully 45 yards.<br />
Akhazzan is in his 7 th season with the club and<br />
in that time has made 409 appearances, including<br />
substitution appearances, and scored 98<br />
goals.<br />
The successes of the season were many, and<br />
none more so than the achievement of the under<br />
21 side who won the Kent Reliance Under<br />
18’s boys youth cup final 4-2 against Dover Athletic.<br />
Also one of their number, local lad Josh<br />
Wisson, was called up to the England Under<br />
18’s schoolboys team in the centennial shield, a<br />
competition between England, Scotland, Wales,<br />
Northern Ireland , and the Republic of England.<br />
Josh appeared in all of the games in a defensive<br />
role and even appeared on the England v<br />
Scotland programme cover. The team won the<br />
tournament winning 3 games and drawing 1.<br />
Josh is a pupil at the Maplesden Noakes<br />
School Maidstone. Josh is having trials with<br />
Millwall.<br />
Another player who started the season with <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
was Harry Smith, who eventually<br />
transferred to Folkestone Invicta with a clause<br />
programme editor<br />
in the transfer that <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> will receive<br />
15% of any sell on fee. Harry has just had a<br />
very successful trial with Aberdeen so who<br />
knows perhaps some money will make its way<br />
to <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>!<br />
Other under 21 players have made a successful<br />
transition to the firs team and this shows how<br />
young hopefuls can join their local club and put<br />
themselves in the shop window and who knows<br />
could go onto better things. The best example<br />
of this recently has been Chris Smalling who<br />
played for Maidstone Utd when they were the<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> tenants when the club played at<br />
Bourne Park. So if you are an aspiring young<br />
footballer look out on the club website<br />
www.sittingbournefc.co.uk for the trial dates.<br />
It’s not all rest during the close season as there<br />
is plenty of ground maintenance to do and volunteers<br />
are always welcome to help out, again<br />
details of work days will appear on the web site.<br />
Looking forward to next season manager Nick<br />
Davis and his managerial team hope to keep<br />
most of the team together and will be looking to<br />
strengthen in some areas. The problem as always<br />
is money and <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s budget is<br />
less than many teams in the league. However if<br />
the average gate of around 113 could increase<br />
to 150 plus then the club would be in a great<br />
position to gain promotion.<br />
Sponsorship is one of the lifelines of the club<br />
and we want to go on record with our thanks to<br />
all of those who have sponsored us this season<br />
whether it be via advertising boards at the<br />
ground, sponsorship of a game, being members<br />
of the club lottery, or advertising on the web site<br />
or / and in the match day programme.<br />
There are exciting plans to relocate a little way<br />
from the current Woodstock complex with a 3G<br />
pitch, and if that happened then there would be<br />
the prospect of a greatly increased income,<br />
however there is no further news on this yet, so<br />
we are not counting our chickens.<br />
A longer version of this article will appear in<br />
May’s <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> Community Magazine.
Player sponsorship<br />
Adam Molloy sponsored<br />
by John Andrews<br />
Stefan Wright<br />
sponsored by<br />
Alan Crowshaw<br />
Hicham Akhazzan<br />
sponsored by Peter Pitts<br />
Nick Davis<br />
sponsored by Maurice Dunk<br />
George Crimmen<br />
Sponsored by the<br />
BGs Road Show<br />
Tom Brunt<br />
sponsored by Cyclops<br />
Engineering Limited<br />
Conrad Lee sponsored by<br />
Colin Page<br />
Jono Richardson<br />
sponsored by Alan Barty<br />
Jack Steventon<br />
Sponsored by Ken Medwyn<br />
Miles Cornwell sponsored by<br />
Mark Smith<br />
Ollie Bankole sponsored by<br />
John Pitts<br />
Billy French—<br />
sponsored by John Cooper—pic to follow<br />
To sponsor a player next season please see myself (Peter Pitts) or any member of the committee.<br />
Cost is £40 for the season.<br />
Chatham Town v <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>. Hicham Akhazzan<br />
scores his 98th goal for the club —will he make a<br />
100 today!!<br />
Chatham Town’s equaliser. Pics by Ken Medwyn<br />
EQUALITY -<br />
“The Ryman Football League strongly support recent FA statement that there should be a<br />
zero tolerance approach against racism and all forms of discrimination. Accordingly any<br />
form of discriminatory abuse whether it be based on race or ethnicity, sexual orientation,<br />
gender, faith, age, ability or any other form of abuse will be reported to The Football Association<br />
for action by that Association.” (Useful numbers:-The FA 0800 085 0508 / Kick<br />
it Out 020 7253 0162)
From the Chairman<br />
Welcome to todays visitors <strong>Molesey</strong>.<br />
Time to reflect on the end of my third season as Chairman and I do so with a quiet sense of<br />
pride.<br />
All you can hope for is each year that you improve on the previous year and have a clear sense<br />
of what it is we want to achieve. Football is a fast moving sport but the brand that is <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
FC has needed the slow deliberate improvement we have shown and it has needed<br />
this for many, many years.<br />
There are three parts to any club. The most important part is the fans, next comes the playing<br />
team and third but not last if you get my drift the committee.<br />
1) Fans. Have been fantastic as usual. We might not always have the numbers but we definitely<br />
have the noise. Our travelling support is the envy of a lot of clubs and the way the<br />
fans got behind the team and manager through that really difficult spell of results meant a<br />
lot to everyone. Chanting the managers name or asking me to sing a song when we are all<br />
feeling down is the real fabric of this club. Starting a supporters club again is really good<br />
news and I will do what I can to help. Thank you the fans.<br />
2) Playing Team. The fantastic youth set up has been a huge bonus this year and over all Nick<br />
and everyone have steadied us and we have had a good season. We were doing all the right<br />
things through the bad spell and we look a much better and stronger unit having fought our way<br />
out of it. I would have taken our points total and semi final appearance at the start of the year.<br />
The key now is to push on next. Thank you Nick and the team.<br />
3) Committee. Have also had a good year and the integration of the ex Woodstock people is<br />
now complete and we are a stronger group because of it. We are in control of our finances and<br />
where we are going. Realistic budgets and the desire by all to stick to them is a big plus. The<br />
work will never get easier but we have a really good group to make sure everything is covered.<br />
Thank you committee.<br />
MO<br />
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DATE OPPOSITION COMP Sc ATT 1 2 3 4<br />
5<br />
Sat 8 Aug<br />
Tue 11 Aug<br />
Sat 15 Aug<br />
Tue 18 Aug<br />
Sat 22 Aug<br />
Tue 25 Aug<br />
Fri 28 Aug<br />
Mon 31 Aug<br />
Sat 5 Sept<br />
Tue 8 Sept<br />
Sat 12 Sept<br />
Herne Bay<br />
Hastings United<br />
South Park<br />
Merstham<br />
Carshalton Athletic<br />
Whitstable Town<br />
Seven Acre & Sidup<br />
Ramsgate<br />
Guernsey<br />
Whitstable Town<br />
Metropolitan Police<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League Cup<br />
League<br />
League<br />
FA Cup<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
FA Cup<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
1-3<br />
1-3<br />
2-1<br />
2-1<br />
0-3<br />
1-0<br />
2-1<br />
3-1<br />
3-2<br />
5-0<br />
0-0<br />
267<br />
132<br />
87<br />
84<br />
230<br />
158<br />
152<br />
190<br />
113<br />
156<br />
66<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt 1<br />
Brunt<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt 1<br />
Brunt<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee 1<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
French North<br />
North * French<br />
Davis Steventon<br />
Davis * Crimmen 1<br />
Steventon Crimmen<br />
Davis Crimmen<br />
Davis * Crimmen<br />
Davis * Crimmen 1<br />
Steventon Crimmen<br />
Davis * Crimmen<br />
Richardson Crimmen *<br />
Tue 15 Sept<br />
Sat 19 Sept<br />
Tue 22 Sept<br />
Sat 26 Sept<br />
Metropolitan Police<br />
Whyteleafe<br />
Dorking Wanderers<br />
Hoddesdon Town<br />
FA Cup<br />
League<br />
League<br />
FA Cup<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
1-0<br />
2-1<br />
1-2<br />
1-2<br />
141<br />
135<br />
96<br />
205<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Davis* Richardson 1<br />
Steventon Richardson<br />
Steventon Richardson<br />
Richardson Crimmen<br />
Tue 29 Sept<br />
Sun 4 Oct<br />
Tue 6 Oct<br />
Sat 10 Oct<br />
Tues 13 Oct<br />
Sat 17 Oct<br />
Sat 24 Oct<br />
Tue 27 Oct<br />
Tue 10 Nov<br />
Sat 14 Nov<br />
Sat 21 Nov<br />
Tue 24 Nov<br />
Sat 28 Nov<br />
Tue 1 Dec<br />
Sat 5 Dec<br />
Tue 8 Dec<br />
Sat 12 Dec<br />
Wed 16 Dec<br />
Sat 19 Dec<br />
Tue 22 Dec<br />
Mon 28 Dec<br />
Sat 2 Jan<br />
Sat 23 Jan<br />
Tue 26 Jan<br />
Sat 30 Jan<br />
Tue 2 Feb<br />
Sat 6 Feb<br />
Tue 9 Feb<br />
Sat 13 Feb<br />
Tue 16tFeb<br />
Sat 20 Feb<br />
Sat 27 Feb<br />
Tue 1 Mar<br />
Sat 5 Mar<br />
Sat 12 Mar<br />
Sat 19 Mar<br />
Sat 26 Mar<br />
Sat 2 Apr<br />
Sat 9 Apr<br />
Tue 12 Apr<br />
Sat 16 Apr<br />
Sat 23 Apr<br />
Corinthian-Casuals<br />
Walton Casuals<br />
Whitstable Town<br />
Corinthian-Casuals<br />
Chatham Town<br />
Three Bridges<br />
Folkestone Invicta<br />
Hastings United<br />
Walton Casuals<br />
Carshalton Athletic<br />
Chipstead<br />
Hastings Utd Note 1<br />
Hythe Town<br />
Worthing<br />
<strong>Molesey</strong><br />
Herne Bay<br />
Chatham Town<br />
South Park<br />
Peacehaven & Tels<br />
Dorking Wanderers<br />
Ramsgate<br />
Faversham Town<br />
Tooting & Mitcham<br />
Corinthian-Casuals<br />
Worthing<br />
Whyteleafe<br />
Walton & Hersham<br />
Walton & Hersham<br />
Folkestone Invicta<br />
East Grinstead Town<br />
Three Bridges<br />
Tooting & Mitcham<br />
Faversham Town<br />
East Grinstead Twn<br />
Guernsey<br />
Peacehaven & Tels<br />
Walton Casuals<br />
Chipstead<br />
Hythe Town<br />
Faversham Town<br />
Chatham Town<br />
<strong>Molesey</strong><br />
League<br />
FA Trophy<br />
Kent Snr Cup<br />
League<br />
League Cup<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League Cup<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League Cup<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League Cup<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
0-1<br />
0-1<br />
0-1<br />
1-2<br />
1-0<br />
0-1<br />
1-2<br />
0-2<br />
1-2<br />
1-2<br />
1-6<br />
4-3<br />
0-2<br />
0-2<br />
1-2<br />
1-2<br />
2-1<br />
1-1<br />
6-2<br />
0-0<br />
4-0<br />
0-1<br />
0-3<br />
2-0<br />
0-3<br />
3-2<br />
2-2<br />
2-0<br />
1-3<br />
2-0<br />
1-2<br />
1-0<br />
0-3<br />
2-1<br />
0-3<br />
3-0<br />
3-5<br />
0-0<br />
0-2<br />
2-1<br />
1-1<br />
108<br />
85<br />
101<br />
116<br />
127<br />
79<br />
184<br />
300<br />
93<br />
91<br />
90<br />
135<br />
221<br />
103<br />
78<br />
121<br />
120<br />
88<br />
78<br />
109<br />
223<br />
284<br />
137<br />
70<br />
617<br />
101<br />
105<br />
80<br />
352<br />
79<br />
125<br />
141<br />
327<br />
110<br />
804<br />
95<br />
61<br />
62<br />
136<br />
155<br />
390<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Wallace<br />
Wallace<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Mansannet<br />
Molloy<br />
Mansannet<br />
Mansannet<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Molloy<br />
Steventon*<br />
Steventon<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Steventon<br />
Brunt<br />
Steventon<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Wright<br />
Wright*<br />
Wright<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Naessens<br />
Naessens *<br />
Naessens<br />
Naessens<br />
Naessens<br />
Wright<br />
Wright<br />
Naessens<br />
Naessens*<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt<br />
Parkinson<br />
Parkinson<br />
Parkinson 1<br />
Brunt<br />
Lee<br />
Lee*<br />
Naessens<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Richardson 2<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson<br />
Lee<br />
Lee *<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson<br />
Carlse<br />
Carlse<br />
Carlse<br />
Carlse*<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Richardson<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Lee<br />
Carlse<br />
Brown<br />
French<br />
Davis*<br />
French<br />
French<br />
French<br />
French *<br />
French<br />
French<br />
French<br />
French<br />
Davis<br />
Davis*<br />
Richardson<br />
Crimmen<br />
French<br />
French<br />
French<br />
Steventon*<br />
Steventon<br />
French<br />
French<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Whibley<br />
Whibley<br />
Whibley<br />
Whibley<br />
Whibley<br />
Richardson<br />
Whibley<br />
Whibley<br />
Whibley<br />
Whibley<br />
Whibley *<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson<br />
French<br />
Crimmen<br />
French<br />
Crimmen *<br />
Richardson<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
French<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen *<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Richardson<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
MATCH STATS - SEASON 2015-16<br />
Note 1: <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> won 4-3 on penalties.<br />
KEY to above grid:<br />
@ = After Extra Time<br />
+ = Own Goal<br />
# = Sent Off<br />
1,2,3, etc after players name = goals scored<br />
* = Subs used and players substituted<br />
** = Sub was Substituted<br />
KSC = Kent Senior Cup<br />
Lge Cup = Isthmian League Cup<br />
League = Ryman Isthmian Lge Div 1 South<br />
FAT = FA Challenge Trophy<br />
FAC = FA Challenge Cup<br />
KSC = Kent Senior Cup
Brown *<br />
Brown<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole1<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson<br />
Brown<br />
Brown<br />
Brown<br />
Brown<br />
Brown *<br />
Richardson<br />
Beecroft<br />
Brown<br />
Richardson<br />
Brown<br />
Richardson *<br />
Brown*<br />
Brown<br />
Richardson<br />
P Smith<br />
P Smith<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson<br />
Wisson*<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson<br />
Bankole<br />
Richardson<br />
Wisson*<br />
Wisson<br />
Wisson<br />
Wisson<br />
Wisson<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson<br />
Wisson<br />
Wisson<br />
Steventon<br />
Sreventon<br />
Steventon 1<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon 1<br />
Steventon *<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17<br />
*Bankole<br />
Bankole 1<br />
Wright * 1<br />
Wright *<br />
Wright*<br />
Brunt *<br />
Brunt*<br />
Wright*<br />
Wright*<br />
Wright<br />
Wright<br />
Wright<br />
Wright<br />
Wright<br />
Wright<br />
Wright<br />
Wright*<br />
Gonnella<br />
Wright<br />
Wright *<br />
Brown<br />
Lee 1<br />
Lee<br />
Akhazzan*<br />
Wright*<br />
Luchford 1<br />
Brunt<br />
Luchford<br />
Bankole<br />
Wisson*<br />
Wright*<br />
Kedze*<br />
Kedze*<br />
Kedze<br />
Wright<br />
Wright<br />
Wright*<br />
Wright*<br />
Wright<br />
Wright*<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Akhazzan 1<br />
Akhazzan 1<br />
Akhazzan*<br />
Akhazzan *<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Wright<br />
Carlse* 1<br />
Akhazzan *<br />
Allen*<br />
Allen<br />
Brunt<br />
Brunt *<br />
Wright *<br />
Wright *<br />
Beecroft 1<br />
Beecroft<br />
Beecroft<br />
Beecroft<br />
Beecroft<br />
Beecroft<br />
Brown<br />
Richadson1<br />
Cornwell<br />
Cornwell 1 *<br />
Bankole*<br />
Cornwell<br />
Beecroft*<br />
Beecroft 1<br />
Beecroft<br />
Beecroft*<br />
Richardson<br />
Beecroft<br />
Cornwell<br />
Gonnella *<br />
Brunt<br />
Cornwell<br />
Cornwell *<br />
P Smith*<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole *<br />
Wisson<br />
P Smith<br />
Ita*<br />
Cornwell<br />
Wisson<br />
Wisson*<br />
Bankole<br />
Wright<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole*<br />
Bankole*<br />
Wisson<br />
Algar*<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole 1<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole<br />
Wisson *<br />
Algar *<br />
Batten *<br />
Lee *<br />
Richardson *<br />
Carlse 1 *<br />
Carlse 1<br />
Allen *<br />
Carlse<br />
Allen<br />
Allen<br />
Smith<br />
Smith*<br />
Smith 1<br />
Obasa *<br />
Smith<br />
Smith<br />
Smith<br />
Smith1<br />
Smith1<br />
Smith<br />
Smith<br />
Smith<br />
Smith1*<br />
Smith<br />
Smith 1<br />
Smith<br />
Smith<br />
Obasa<br />
Smith<br />
Cornwell<br />
Smith<br />
Smith<br />
Smith<br />
H Smith 1<br />
H Smith<br />
H Smith *<br />
Cornwell *<br />
Williams *<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Wells*<br />
Wells *<br />
Wells*<br />
Wells *<br />
Cornwell 1<br />
Cornwell<br />
Hughes 1 *<br />
Wells*<br />
Wells*<br />
Wiliams *<br />
Irvine<br />
Cornwell<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Irvine*<br />
Cornwell1*<br />
Cornwell *<br />
Cornwell<br />
Cornwell *<br />
Cornwell<br />
Cornwell *<br />
Cornwell *<br />
Wells *<br />
Hurcomb*<br />
Cornwell<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Cornwell<br />
Cornwell *<br />
Williams*<br />
Williams*<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Williams<br />
Williams*<br />
Williams *<br />
Williams*<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Obasa<br />
Obasa *<br />
Obasa*<br />
Williams *<br />
Obasa1*<br />
Obasa *<br />
Obasa *<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Bankole*<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Williams *<br />
Williams *<br />
Williams *<br />
Williams *<br />
Williams<br />
Luchford*<br />
Luchford<br />
Cornwell<br />
Bamkole 1<br />
Ita<br />
Brunt<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole<br />
Cornwell 1<br />
Cornwell<br />
Bankole<br />
Hughes *<br />
Cornwell<br />
Cornwell<br />
Hughes<br />
Hughes 2<br />
Hughes<br />
Hughes*<br />
Hughes*<br />
Wells*<br />
Hughes*<br />
Hughes *<br />
Wells 1<br />
Hughes<br />
Hughes<br />
Wells<br />
Carlse<br />
Hughes<br />
Hughes*<br />
Hughes *<br />
Hughes *<br />
Akhazzan 1<br />
Akhazzan 1<br />
Cornwell<br />
Cornwell<br />
Akhazzan*<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Akhazzan*<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Cornwell<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Akhazzan1<br />
Akhazzan1<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Akhazzan*<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Akhazzan *<br />
Akhazzan *<br />
Brunt<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Akhazzan*<br />
Alhazzan 1<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Cornwell<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Akhazzan *<br />
Bankole*<br />
Akhazzan*<br />
Wright *<br />
Akhazzan*<br />
Bankole<br />
Akhazan<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Ita 1 *<br />
Ita<br />
Ita 1<br />
Ita 1<br />
Ita *<br />
Ita*<br />
Ita<br />
Ita<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Ita *<br />
Ita*<br />
Ita 1*<br />
Ita<br />
Ita 1<br />
Ita<br />
Ita<br />
Akhazzan *<br />
Ita<br />
Ita<br />
Ita<br />
Ita 2<br />
Ita<br />
Ita<br />
Ita<br />
Ita*<br />
*Steventon Gonnella *<br />
Pilcher* Gonnella*<br />
Pilcher * Gonnella *<br />
Pilcher Gonnella<br />
Pilcher Cornwell *<br />
Pilcher Obasa*<br />
Richardson* Wright<br />
Pilcher Williams<br />
Williams* Davis<br />
Bankole 1 * Williams *<br />
Cornwell* Davis<br />
Steventon *<br />
Gonnella*<br />
Gonnella *<br />
Gonnella<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Brown*<br />
Crimmen<br />
Steventon *<br />
Steventon*<br />
Obasa *<br />
Obasa *<br />
Obasa *<br />
Brown*<br />
Williams<br />
Richardson*<br />
Williams *<br />
Cornwell<br />
Williams *<br />
Williams<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Wright*<br />
Wells *<br />
Wells *<br />
Wells 3 *<br />
Hughes*<br />
Lee*<br />
Irvine<br />
Brunt*<br />
Whibley<br />
Irvine*<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Irvine*<br />
Algar*<br />
Algar*<br />
Wright*<br />
Wallace<br />
Hughes*<br />
Algar<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson*<br />
Crimmen *<br />
Embery<br />
Carlse *<br />
Parkinson<br />
Obasa *<br />
Naessens*<br />
Naessens<br />
Williams *<br />
Gonnella*<br />
Gonnella*<br />
Steventon*<br />
Obasa *<br />
Obasa *<br />
Wisson *<br />
Gonnella<br />
Gonnella*<br />
Williams*<br />
Wisson * 1<br />
Akhazzan *<br />
Steventon*<br />
H Smith *<br />
Steventon<br />
Wright*<br />
Steventon<br />
Richardson1*<br />
Wisson *<br />
Huges * 1<br />
Kedze *<br />
Kedze<br />
Akhazzan*<br />
Kedze*<br />
Bankole<br />
Bankole*<br />
Irvine<br />
Whibley<br />
Hughes*<br />
Algar<br />
Wright*<br />
Brunt<br />
Wells * 1<br />
Bensley<br />
Wright *<br />
Hurcomb*<br />
Hurcomb *<br />
Parkinson<br />
Wright*<br />
Akhazzan *<br />
Whibley<br />
Hurcomb *<br />
Obasa *<br />
Obasa*<br />
Obasa<br />
Steventon*<br />
Davis<br />
Wright*<br />
Akhazzan*1<br />
Obasa*<br />
French<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon*<br />
Leon<br />
Bearnan<br />
French<br />
Leon<br />
Bankole*<br />
Obasa*<br />
Wisson*<br />
Gonella<br />
Wisson *<br />
Davis<br />
Wisson<br />
Bankole*<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Williams *<br />
French<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Twist*<br />
Hughes*<br />
Rodgers<br />
Steventon<br />
Hughes*<br />
French<br />
French<br />
Akhazzan*<br />
Wilins*<br />
Akhazzan*<br />
Wilkins<br />
Ita *<br />
Wright *<br />
Wright*<br />
Naessens<br />
Naessens<br />
Wells *<br />
Wright*<br />
Davis<br />
Embery*<br />
Hurcomb * 1<br />
Hughes<br />
Embery 1 *<br />
Wright<br />
Embury *<br />
Hurcomb *<br />
Embery<br />
Lee *<br />
Leon<br />
Steventon<br />
Williams *<br />
Smith *<br />
Brown *<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Pilcher<br />
Steventon*<br />
Leon<br />
Brown *Leon<br />
Beecroft*<br />
Davis<br />
Bell *<br />
Cornwell *<br />
18Steventon<br />
Williams *<br />
Williams<br />
Smith*<br />
Brown<br />
Davis<br />
Steventon*<br />
Davis<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Steventon<br />
Brunt*<br />
Rodgers*<br />
Steventon<br />
Hughes*<br />
Hughes*<br />
Wilkins<br />
Davis<br />
Davis<br />
Lee<br />
Crimmen<br />
Algar<br />
Embury*<br />
Kedze<br />
Algar<br />
Wells*<br />
Davis<br />
Wells*<br />
Richardson<br />
Richardson*<br />
Rumble *<br />
Algar<br />
Parkinson*<br />
Parkinson *<br />
Cornwell*<br />
Akhazzan<br />
Whibley<br />
Brunt<br />
Hughes *<br />
Pilcher<br />
Akhazzanr<br />
Brown<br />
Brown*<br />
Obasa*<br />
Brown*<br />
Leon/Obasa*<br />
Leon*<br />
Pilcher<br />
French<br />
Gonnella<br />
18 Williams*<br />
Gonnella<br />
Crimmen<br />
French *<br />
19Bankole<br />
Obasa<br />
Davis<br />
Mansanet<br />
Davis<br />
Bankole*<br />
Twist<br />
Twist<br />
Wisson<br />
French*<br />
French<br />
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Match Reports<br />
By Tony Rickson<br />
Saturday 2nd April 2016<br />
Ryman League Div 1 South<br />
Chipstead 0 <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> 0 Att 62<br />
Saturday 9th April 2016<br />
Ryman League Div 1 South<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> 0 Hythe Town 2 Att 136<br />
Having conceded six goals last time they met these<br />
opponents and five goals in their previous game<br />
last Saturday, keeping a clean sheet was a major<br />
priority for <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> at Chipstead.<br />
Securing their goal so tightly that goalkeeper Adam<br />
Molloy only had a couple of spectacular-ish saves<br />
to make, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> then just had to finish off the<br />
job by knocking in a couple at the other end.<br />
They couldn’t have got much closer, hitting the post<br />
and having two cleared virtually off the line as well<br />
as wasting the ultimate chance – a first half penalty.<br />
That’s three penalties <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> have had<br />
saved in the last few weeks – they blast them in for<br />
fun in pre-match warm-ups but it’s a whole lot different<br />
taking them under pressure in an actual<br />
match.<br />
The game started with Chipstead having quite a lot<br />
of possession but not doing much dangerous with<br />
it, and <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> looking threatening on the<br />
counter-attack.<br />
And that’s the way it played out, really, except <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
got on top at the end of each half without<br />
quite turning their domination into goals.<br />
Dan Hughes had a great chance midway through<br />
the first half, breaking clear down the inside-left<br />
channel from a pass by the ever-elusive Steven Ita,<br />
but he couldn’t make the most of it, while Adam<br />
Allen slammed another shot close to the far post.<br />
At the other end Molloy made two excellent tipovers,<br />
though to be fair he’d have been disappointed<br />
to have been beaten by either shot.<br />
The great opportunity of an otherwise pretty<br />
chance-free half came on 44 minutes when an Ita<br />
corner bounced up and was handled by near post<br />
defender Pilipe.<br />
It was Ita who stepped up but just like the penalty<br />
he had saved at East Grinstead a few weeks ago,<br />
he stroked it too close to the keeper, who had time<br />
to dive and save it.<br />
The second half was another fairly even affair with<br />
Chipstead only carving out one real chance, which<br />
was stabbed hurriedly straight at Molloy from close<br />
in.<br />
The best chances were all for <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>, most<br />
of them in the last few minutes as Chipstead tired.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>: Molloy, Parkinson, Lee ,<br />
Whibley, (Crimmen 62 mins) Richardson, Steventon,<br />
Brunt, Allen (Wright (64 mins), Cornwell,<br />
Hughes (Embery 81 mins), Ita.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s record against top six teams has<br />
been disappointing this season, with just one point<br />
picked up from a plucky away draw at Dorking<br />
Wanderers. And they didn’t break that sequence<br />
against Kent rivals Hythe Town, who were desperate<br />
for the points in a bid to keep their place in the<br />
end-of-season promotion play-offs.<br />
Hythe dominated the first half with the everthreatening<br />
Alfie May breaking in from the left after<br />
10 minutes but his shot from a narrow angle was<br />
pushed wide by <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> keeper Adam Molloy.<br />
Hythe broke the deadlock on 21 minutes as a Jack<br />
Mahoney corner found its way to Dave Cook who<br />
deftly back heeled the ball into the net from close<br />
range.<br />
Hythe continued to have all the chances and<br />
Frankie Sawyer was next to have an attempt but<br />
his snap shot went wide.<br />
May was in action again five minutes before the<br />
break as he got a toe to the ball from close range<br />
but his effort was deflected over the bar.<br />
But he increased Hythe’s lead on 41 minutes as a<br />
Sawyer cross was flicked on by Dave Botterill who<br />
found May at the far post to head home.<br />
As the second half progressed <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> began<br />
to create some chances as Steven Ita had a freekick<br />
from the edge of the area which went straight<br />
into Joe Mant’s arms in the Hythe goal.<br />
However Hythe continued to have the best chances<br />
as Sawyer fed the ball to Connor Hood who sent<br />
his shot wide.<br />
Mant had to be at his best to tip the ball over the<br />
bar on 66 minutes as <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> captain Tom<br />
Brunt hit a dipping free-kick from 25 yards.<br />
Hythe had to be on their guard as Brickies sub<br />
Hicham Akhazzan hit a curling shot just wide of the<br />
target.<br />
A couple of Hythe chances followed as both Jon<br />
Pilbeam and Sawyer shot straight at Molloy.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> were denied twice at the end to narrow<br />
the deficit, as first Carlse lobbed the ball<br />
straight into Joe Mant’s arms and then top scorer<br />
Ita broke free from defender Craig Cloke but his<br />
attempt was hooked wide.<br />
Hythe held hold on to their two-goal lead to reinforce<br />
their place in the play-off positions. It was<br />
their fourth win in a row and their eighth away win<br />
on the spin.<br />
Thanks to Hythe Town for match report details.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>: Molloy, Brunt, Lee, Richardson,<br />
Crimmen, Steventon, Brunt, Carlse, Cornwell,<br />
Hughes, Ita
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Match Reports<br />
By Tony Rickson<br />
Tuesday 12th April 2016<br />
Ryman League Div 1 South<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> 2 Faversham Town 1, att 155<br />
Inspired by a wonder goal from the evergreen-<br />
Hicham Akhazzan, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> scored a memorable<br />
and long overdue win over close rivals Faversham<br />
Town.<br />
Faversham who needed1 point to take them into a<br />
play-off place were beaten by a spirited second half<br />
performance by <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>. It was an end-to-end<br />
first half but few real chances for either team.<br />
Akhazzan, who is just a few short of the milestone of<br />
100 goals for <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>, hit a couple of shots<br />
narrowly wide, and Miles Cornwell headed his only<br />
chance too close to the keeper, whilst at the other<br />
end, goalkeeper Adam Molloy and the defensive<br />
duo Richardson and Crimmen coped well.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> broke the deadlock early in the second<br />
half when the Faversham’s keeper dropped a<br />
corner under pressure and the alert Bill Parkinson<br />
scored his first goal since joining the club last<br />
month. One became two a couple of minutes later<br />
with an extraordinary goal by Akhazzan, who<br />
thumped a shot from fully 45 yards that deceived<br />
the stranded keeper and bounced into the goal.<br />
It was his first goal in two months and it was his first<br />
full game back from a hamstring injury he first suffered<br />
in the League Cup semi-final defeat by Faversham<br />
last month.<br />
After top scorer Steven Ita saw his effort ruled out<br />
for offside, Faversham, their play-off hopes fading,<br />
tried to rally and hit a couple of shots narrowly wide,<br />
as well as testing Molloy.<br />
But they pulled one back on 77 minutes, Stanford<br />
winning the race with Molloy to a through ball to<br />
poke the ball in.<br />
It wasn’t enough, though, and <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> held out<br />
for their first win this season over a team from the<br />
top six of the league.<br />
Manager Nick Davis said: “It was very much a deserved<br />
win, and arguably the goal of the season<br />
from Hich, who was brilliant on the night. George<br />
Crimmen and especially Jono Richardson were excellent<br />
in the heart of defence and dealt with the<br />
barrage of long throws and corners into the box. Adam<br />
Allen and Jack Steventon were immense in the<br />
centre of midfield and Stef Wright’s energy was<br />
frightening.”<br />
Thanks to Kentish Football for match details.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>: Molloy, Parkinson, Lee, Richardson,<br />
Crimmen, Steventon, Wright (Hurcomb 90<br />
mins), Allen, Cornwell , Akhazzan, Ita (Carlse 83<br />
mins).<br />
Saturday 16th April 2016<br />
Ryman League Div 1 South<br />
Chatham Town 1 <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> 1, att 390<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> did more than enough to comfortably<br />
beat near neighbours Chatham, but they couldn’t<br />
build on the lead Hicham Akhazzan’s early penalty<br />
gave them, an advantage that lasted just two<br />
minutes before the home side levelled in a rare attack.<br />
With nearly 400 fans taking advantage of Chatham’s<br />
generous free entry – at least they made pots of<br />
money on refreshments – it was <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s<br />
noisy fans who created all the atmosphere off the<br />
field.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> started strongly and when Akhazzan<br />
swung the ball into the Chatham area in the 15th<br />
minute, a defender clearly handled it away.<br />
Akhazzan, still living on the glory of his remarkable<br />
45-yard goal at Faversham on Tuesday night, took<br />
the penalty himself, tucking it neatly away. Chatham<br />
equalised almost straightaway. Stefan Wright looked<br />
like he was fouled in the build-up but when the ball<br />
was pulled back from the right flank, Osei scored<br />
with an excellent first time shot from just outside the<br />
area.<br />
Ita and Wright both shot wide as <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
pressed to regain the lead, and in one attack, Miles<br />
Cornwell, Akhazzan and Ita all had goalbound shots<br />
blocked by desperate defending.<br />
A corner count of 6-1 in <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s favour told<br />
its own story of the first half but for all the times they<br />
got the ball close to goal they couldn’t quite force a<br />
second goal.<br />
It was a similar story in the second half with<br />
Akhazzan cleverly making space for himself only to<br />
twice miss the target, Cornwell going round the<br />
keeper but forced too wide to get the ball in, and<br />
Akhazzan going clear in injury time only to try to unselfishly<br />
set up others with a low cross rather than<br />
going for goal himself.<br />
But the most obvious chance of all was when Carlse<br />
was tripped as he raced into the area, the referee<br />
declining to award <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> a second penalty of<br />
the afternoon.<br />
At the other end the defence again did well though<br />
Adam Molloy had to make a couple of very good<br />
saves, once diving to his right and the other with his<br />
knees as a Chatham forward burst clear.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>: Molloy, Brunt, Carlse, Richardson,<br />
Crimmen, Steventon, Wright (Hughes 73<br />
mins), Allen, Cornwell (Hurcomb 84 mins),<br />
Akhazzan, Ita (Lee 77 mins).
THE National League South title race took an excruciating twist last Wednesday afternoon – and perhaps<br />
this could be a watershed movement for football administration.<br />
Essentially, with a few weeks to go, the division may now be won by a club who doesn’t deserve it.<br />
Sutton United, possibly the country’s form team, were still glowing after their ten lionhearts won at Maidstone<br />
United despite playing a man short for over an hour on Tuesday evening.<br />
It was their 22nd league match in a row undefeated and they’ve since won twice more. Not only that, but<br />
the slow starters were all of a sudden new favourites – from nowhere – to win the league<br />
Hours later arrived the blow that could well and truly suck the wind from their sails. In all likelihood, with 20<br />
days left, it has changed everything.<br />
Their crime? Introducing Jamie Slabber with less than 20 minutes to go when the side were 3-0 up<br />
against St Albans City.<br />
The allegation? The form filed when he completed a loan move from Hemel Hempstead wasn’t as it<br />
should be. The clubs agreed to the move, Hemel hadn’t complained of wrong doing, but a piece of paper<br />
not arriving somewhere when they were convinced it had may just see a whole club’s season unravel in<br />
front of them.<br />
We’ve seen it all before of course, but infrequently does it come to light so late into the season. Rarely<br />
does it matter this much.<br />
A month to the day since Slabber took to the field in the dead-rubber last quarter of the game, Sutton’s<br />
behind-the-scene team had to pluck up the courage to explain to manager Paul Doswell, just minutes after<br />
the heart-racing 2-1 victory at the Gallagher Stadium on Tuesday night, that something was wrong.<br />
He took the news well, considering. “We’re not admitting the charge,” he said, “and we will request a personal<br />
hearing”.<br />
Game face on, he adds that a possible three-point hit really doesn’t matter, as they had to win all their remaining<br />
matches regardless. The spirited response was a crowd pleaser, but quietly he will be steaming<br />
and dreading another stomach-churning summer should they lose the points, fall just short and have to<br />
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We’ve got a bit of a problem in Non-League football. The famed volunteer army which keeps the game<br />
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A WEEK is a long time in football so a couple<br />
of months can feel like a lifetime to some but,<br />
even so, most Torquay United supporters<br />
would still have woken up on Sunday morning<br />
asking ‘how did that happen?’.<br />
The Gulls secured their National League status<br />
with a 2-0 victory at Bromley 24 hours earlier,<br />
their eighth clean sheet in the past 11 matches.<br />
Just eight weeks ago, United were 1/20 to be<br />
relegated to the National League South and<br />
the bookies rarely get it that wrong.<br />
It’s been a real season of struggle for the Devon<br />
club. Lottery winning former owner Thea<br />
Bristow left last summer, manager Chris Hargreaves<br />
followed through the exit door and the<br />
club’s academy had to be closed due to drastic<br />
cost cutting. Not exactly the foundations for<br />
success.<br />
Former Conference title winner Paul Cox gave<br />
the manager’s job a shot but left in September<br />
after going unpaid.<br />
Perhaps the best thing the Torquay board then<br />
did was turn to somebody who knew the club<br />
inside out. Chasing a more experienced boss<br />
would have been the expected course of action<br />
but in Kevin Nicholson, they struck gold. The<br />
defender left his playing role at Bath City to rejoin<br />
a club he won the Conference play-offs<br />
with in 2009.<br />
It was never going to be a quick fix but full<br />
praise has to go to the club and especially 35-<br />
year-old Nicholson for battling on.<br />
As recently as February, the Gulls were bottom<br />
of the league and needing a minor miracle to<br />
remain in Non-League’s top tier.<br />
From 12 points adrift of safety to seven points<br />
clear of the drop, their recent run of form has<br />
been nothing short of spectacular.<br />
They’ve lost just three league games in 15 and<br />
have kept eight clean sheets in their past 11<br />
games - a run of results that most play-off<br />
sides would love. Torquay are no strangers to<br />
great escapes but this has surely got to be one<br />
of the greatest?<br />
Despite not knowing they were safe when leaving<br />
the pitch at Hayes Lane last Saturday, I’m<br />
sure a few pints have since been downed on<br />
the English Riviera!<br />
"It's just unfortunate that we didn't realise coming<br />
off that we were safe," Nicholson, who<br />
even doubled up as the team’s bus driver, said.<br />
"We thought that there was still a chance that it<br />
could all go wrong. Otherwise I think you'd<br />
have probably found a load of the players diving<br />
into the crowds!<br />
"Honestly I never had any doubts we'd do it,<br />
but then I didn't look at a league table for about<br />
three months at one point!<br />
"I'm just delighted and elated for everybody involved<br />
with Torquay - the players have just<br />
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each other. From now on success for this football<br />
club is promotion and League football.”<br />
Out of darkness comes light and the future is<br />
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Swindon-based Gaming International Ltd are<br />
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aim next term.<br />
Before that, there’s still two games left of this<br />
season and who do Torquay host on Saturday?<br />
Barrow. The same Barrow that are managed<br />
by ex-Gulls boss Paul Cox.<br />
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