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THE battle to avoid the one relegation place from Ryman North is increasingly fascinating and it took a further twist tonight (Wednesday).

TWO goals in added time lifted Ware off the foot of the Ryman North table yesterday (Saturday) as they came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Waltham Forest and move up to 20th place.

TWO goals by Usama Hamdan earned Ilford a 2-1 home win over Redbridge in their Ryman North relegation derby tonight (Wednesday), a result which sent Ware back to the foot of the table.

AN entertaining game at Thamesmead tonight (Tuesday) ended in a 4-1 victory for the home side against Heybridge and they moved up to fourth in Ryman North while their victims dropped two places to fifth, though with four points separating them from Potter

TWO goals by Jacob Cleaver stunned Ryman North leaders Maldon yesterday (Saturday) as struggling visitors Redbridge overcame a two-goal deficit, and a 48-point gap, to pick up a precious point in a 2-2 draw.

A FIVE-GOAL salvo from Jeff Hammond enabled Grays to reclaim second place in Ryman North with a 6-0 thrashing of Sudbury at Rush Green in the only one of five scheduled fixtures in the division tonight (Tuesday) to beat the weather.

THE unstoppable Ryman North forces met immovable objects yesterday (Saturday) as leaders Maldon and second-placed Heybridge, the league’s top scorers, were held to goalless draws.

UNLUCKY Romford suffered the Wednesday night blues in Ryman North for the second week in a row – and this time it was a double dose.

BOTTOM club Ilford were without a Ryman North game tonight (Tuesday) but still had a good day as the two teams a point ahead of them were both beaten at home.

BOTTOM hosted top in Ryman North yesterday (Saturday) and it went according to the form book as Maldon won 3-0 at Ilford to move 13 points clear of the field again.

THERE were three games in Ryman North tonight (Wednesday) and no shortage of action, with all six teams involved scoring at least twice.

THE new year has already brought a change of fortune for Ware, who slipped to the bottom of Ryman North on August Bank Holiday Monday and had been there ever since.