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THE artificial 3G pitch at Maidstone’s Gallagher Stadium proved its worth on Saturday when a crowd of 1,765, their second-highest of the season, turned out to watch their 2-2 draw with Worthing in the only Ryman League fixture to survive the weekend’s hea

THIRD met fourth in Ryman South yesterday (Saturday), and with the top two sidelined it was a chance for Hythe or Sittingbourne to improve their own prospects.

A BURST of four goals in 15 minutes kept Dulwich on top of the Ryman South table with a 4-2 home win over Eastbourne Town yesterday (Saturday).

TWO late goals by Danny Carr fired Dulwich to the top of Ryman South with a 2-1 victory at Three Bridges, where 326 braved the driving rain to watch the action on a pitch that remained in near-perfect condition.

FOR the second week running Walton Casuals proved unable to hang on to a lead and they remained at the foot of the Ryman South table despite an excellent 1-1 draw at leaders Maidstone, watched by a crowd of 1,755.

FANS of Walton Casuals were in dreamland as their side, bottom of Ryman South, powered into a 6-1 half-time lead against Merstham yesterday (Saturday) - and they were to be given a rude awakening as the visitors stormed back to capture a point in the leag

WHO can stop Maidstone in Ryman South? The leaders faced a potentially difficult Kent derby at fourth-placed Faversham yesterday (Saturday) and made light of their task with four unanswered goals in front of 615, the division’s best crowd of the season an

KEEPER Darren Behcet was the star as Tooting climbed off the bottom of the Ryman South table with a lone-goal victory at Walton & Hersham yesterday (Saturday).

THE man of the night in Ryman South yesterday (Tuesday) was Faversham’s Luke Harvey, who netted four of his side’s goals in the 5-3 victory at Worthing which lifted them to third place in the table.

THE top two in Ryman South met at Crawley Down yesterday (Saturday) and produced a thriller worthy of the occasion which the table-topping Anvils won by the odd goal in seven.

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).

ONLY one team in the top half of the Ryman South table collected three points last night (Tuesday). That was Walton & Hersham, who moved into second place with a 2-1 home win over Crawley Down, ending the last unbeaten record in the division.