The Pitching In Isthmian Football League

Jonte strikes again as Met make it six

10 Oct 2012 By Peter Butcher

SIX Ryman League teams will line up in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup after Met Police booked their place with a 2-0 home win over Eastern Counties League side Dereham tonight (Wednesday).

Jonte Smith gave them a 15th-minute lead with his eighth goal in the competition and Ty Smith clinched it with 12 minutes left, earning the Met an away tie at South Park of the Combined Counties League.

Two games in Ryman North were both decided by a single goal. Hussein Isa’s fierce shot on the turn provided a 56th-minute winner for Romford in their home game with Chatham (whose goalkeeper Tim Roberts is pictured in action, courtesy of Gasvin Ellis/TGS Photo), lifting Boro to seventh in the table, while Luke Callander’s free-kick after 80 minutes gave Heybridge all three points in a drab game at Waltham Forest.

Ryman South leaders Folkestone were held to a 2-2 home draw by Faversham and edged a point clear of second-placed Walton & Hersham. All the goals came in the last 18 minutes of the first half. Adrian Stone gave Faversham the lead only for Stuart King to hit back with his 10th goal of the season, his eighth in the league. Richard Atkins then put Folkestone ahead, but Luke Harvey squared it again on the stroke of half-time and that was the end of the scoring.

Where next?

Fans flock in at Maidstone THE Maidstone public have responded with enthusiasm to the club’s return to their home town after a long exile and a massive crowd of 1,989 poured into the Gallagher Stadium for the Ryman South clash with Dulwich yesterday (Saturday).

Top Rankin sees ten-man Hendon through HENDON went through to the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup with a 2-1 home victory over Conference South club Eastbourne Borough last night (Tuesday), despite falling behind and going down to ten men early in extra time.