A day for marksmen as ten hit hat-tricks

They included a penalty treble for Soham’s Buster Harradine (pictured), and his new teammate Luke Stanley also scored three in his debut at Ryman North level, after making his name as a prolific scorer for Cambridgeshire League side Linton Granta. Soham thrashed Sudbury 7-2.

In the same division, Alex Read made it three hat-tricks in four Saturdays as Brentwood beat bottom club Ware 4-0. Jamie Guy had two penalties in his three-goal tally for leaders Maldon, who won 4-2 at Tilbury, and Shane Oakley got three of Aveley’s five unanswered goals at Potters Bar.

Tony Stokes of Concord, Liam Hope of Enfield Town and Jed Wallace of Whitehawk scored Premier hat-tricks as their teams shared 16 goals. Concord came from behind to beat Met Police 5-1, Hawks saw off Leiston by the same score and Enfield beat Hendon 6-3 in a game that was goalless until the last minute of the first half.

Stuart King claimed all Folkestone’s goals in their 3-1 Ryman South win over Three Bridges while Worthing’s Tom Lawley was the unluckiest of the ten hat-trick heroes. His side still went down 4-3 at home to Hythe.

Full reports on all three divisions will be posted on this site tomorrow morning as usual.