Club news

LEAGUE newcomers Wroxham will entertain the side they replaced in Ryman North, Great Wakering Rovers, in the preliminary round of the FA Cup on August 25.

MARGATE manager Chris Kinnear has added experienced striker Carl Rook (pictured, centre, by Don Walker) to his options for the new Ryman Premier season.

INTERNATIONAL football comes to Champion Hill on Sunday when Ryman South club Dulwich Hamlet host RFC Temploux-Suarlee, a seventh-level Belgian club from the city of Namur.

The draw has been released for the first round of the Lucas Fettes Youth Cup.

RYMAN South club Eastbourne Town got more than a player when they signed Matt Crabb from Conference South neighbours Eastbourne Borough: they gained a sponsor as well.

RYMAN Premier club Carshalton Athletic scooped the 2012 FA South East Regional Charter Standard Community Club of the Year award at the fifth annual Surrey County FA presentation evening.

HOLDERS Bury Town (pictured) travel to Ryman North club Maldon & Tiptree in the second round of this season's League Cup. Beaten finalists East Thurrock make the short trip to Aveley.

LIKE the weather, the pre-season programme is hotting up and three Ryman League clubs were in action last night (Monday).

RYMAN Premier newcomers Bognor gave a spirited display before going down 2-0 to League Two Wimbledon in a friendly at Nyewood Lane on Saturday.

A HEADER by skipper Wes Parker earned Wealdstone a 1-1 draw with a full-strength Watford side in Saturday’s friendly at Grosvenor Vale.

WITH the pre-season programme getting into full swing, Ryman Premier club Lewes enjoyed two outings in less than 24 hours and could be pleased with the outcome.

GRAYS ATHLETIC play their first match at their new home, the former Ford Sports Club in Romford, tonight (Friday) when they entertain a West Ham United XI.