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THE draw for the third round of the Isthmian League Cup has been made and features only three all-Ryman Premier clashes.

MAIDSTONE climbed to second place in Ryman South tonight (Wednesday) with a 3-0 victory at Eastbourne Town, who were fifth, one position above Stones, when the game kicked off.

SINCE 1872 there have been tens of thousands of FA Cup matches. Few, if any, will have had the drama of the fourth qualifying round clash at Rookery Hill last night (Tuesday), when East Thurrock drew 4-4 with Chelmsford before going down 5-3 on penalties.

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.

TWO early goals fired Grays to the top of Ryman North with a 2-0 victory at Potters Bar last night (Tuesday).

RYMAN Premier newcomers Whitehawk moved to within a point of leaders Hampton with a 1-0 victory at Carshalton last night (Tuesday).

IT'S now easy to keep in touch with league affairs on the move with the launch of the Ryman League app for the iPhone.

CARSHALTON Athletic picked up its FA Charter Community Club of the Year award at Wembley this month and some young Robins also enjoyed a special honour.

AVELEY moved up to third in the Ryman North table with a 4-1 home victory over Sudbury tonight (Monday).

THERE was a cruel blow for young Met Police goalscoring star Jonte Smith when the draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made yesterday.

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.

RYMAN North was the place for fun and games yesterday (Saturday). The 11 games produced 58 goals, only two teams failed to score and every match saw the net bulge at least three times.