Sittingbourne v Hastings United Match Programme 20th April 2019

From the Programme Editor
A warm welcome to our visitors Hastings and
also to the match officials.
Our Secretary John continues to sail the High
Seas so it is left to me once again to do the
welcomes and introductions.
We have lost our way a bit in the last few
games and Chris has explained it better than I
could in his article. Today will be an extremely
difficult game seeing as we were well beaten at
Hastings earlier in the season and Hastings
are very much in with a chance of reaching the
play offs.
Unless there is an avalanche of goals for
Greenwich Borough and against us in the last
three games and Greenwich win their two remaining
games we are now safe from relegation,
as we have a 16 goal difference advantage
on Greenwich and they can only equal
our current points tally. Its now between
Guernsey, Greenwich Borough and Faversham
Town to drop out. Both ourselves and Hastings
could have a say as Hastings finish the season
Home to Greenwich whilst we are Home to
Guernsey on the last day of the season. I
would think that Faversham Town will be safe.
We are of course now playing for pride as we
will want to finish above both Faversham Town
and Herne Bay, the team we play on Easter
Monday at Herne Bay.
This is the penultimate home game and its exciting
times for those clubs in the play off
chase. Cray Wanderers of course have
clinched the title and are now certain to be promoted,
but its not so cut and dry for the play off
winners. The Non league paper tomorrow will
tell you why, but I have done my own investigation
and so you can read in this programme
what a pigs ear promotion is for this season at
our step, step 4.
Also included in the programme is an article
that my wife wrote for the Tunstall Church
magazine. I have been writing a monthly article
for the church magazine for a couple of years
now but this month I handed that honour over
to the wife! She has, I believe, captured the
joys, woes and work in running a non league
club at this level. Alan Pinnegar, the vicar at
Tunsatll is a staunch Sittingbourne supporter!
The Bostik leagues charity for this season is
Save the Children and so they have asked all
member clubs over the Easter programme to
have a bucket collection for that charity, so
please give generously.
Don’t’ forget the music quiz at Woodstock on
the 26th April. Full details are in the ad in this
programme.
A very Happy Easter to you all and enjoy the
game today.
Peter