Club news

THREE goals in the last nine minutes propelled Maldon to the top of Ryman North with a 5-2 home win over Waltham Forest tonight (Tuesday).

IT WAS a good night tonight (Tuesday) for the Walton neighbours in Ryman South. Walton & Hersham moved up to second place with a 2-0 home win over Three Bridges while Walton Casuals enjoyed a lone-goal victory at Ramsgate.

THAMESMEAD wasted no time in the FA Trophy replay at Burgess Hill tonight (Tuesday). Rob Carter scored after seven minutes, Rikki Cable netted a minute later, and that was all they needed for a 2-0 victory.

THREE BRIDGES wasted no time in Ryman South on Saturday, earning a penalty just 20 seconds into their home game with Ramsgate which Nigel Brake converted.

THE Newson twins grabbed two FA Trophy goals apiece yesterday (Saturday), but with contrasting results. Ben’s double led Heybridge to a 4-1 home win over Worthing but Sam’s pair could not save Needham Market from a 4-3 home defeat at the hands of Maidston

MARGATE are the new Ryman Premier leaders after a comfortable 2-0 home victory over Enfield Town yesterday (Saturday).

SOHAM became the last Ryman League team to get off the mark this season, recording a 4-2 victory at Redbridge yesterday (Saturday) in the only Ryman North fixture of the day.

RYMAN League clubs continue to thrive in the FA Cup after the replays last night (Tuesday) saw five more clubs reach the second qualifying round, making an impressive total of 33 survivors out of the 37 possible when Saturday’s games began.

THERE were three Ryman South matches last night (Tuesday), involving five clubs in the bottom eight.

HEYBRIDGE collected their first Ryman North victory of the season last night (Tuesday) – and how! They hammered eight unanswered goals past stunned hosts Redbridge, who were actually above them in the table at kick-off time.

MAIDSTONE'S newest college campus has opened - offering 50 young people studies and sport at a state-of-the-art venue: Maidstone United's £2.6m Gallagtger Stadium.

TODAY'S draw for the second qualifying round of the FA Cup with Budweiser has produced nine all-Ryman League ties, the pick of them arguably the one in which Saturday's giant-killers Waltham Forest host Premier leaders Hampton.