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A FIRST-MINUTE goal by Nathan Crabb set Lewes on course for their first Ryman Premier away win of the season yesterday (Saturday) – and they did it in style with a 6-3 romp at in-form Concord.

SUBSTITUTE Dee Okojie was the hero as Hastings United became the first Ryman League team for eight years to reach the third round of the FA Cup tonight (Thursday).

ONLY two previous winners feature in the quarter-final draw for the Isthmian League Cup which has just been released – even though, thanks to postponements, there are at present 11 teams in the last eight!

A GOAL deep into added time by Nick Davis earned Sittingbourne a 2-2 Ryman South draw at Eastbourne Town tonight (Wednesday).

TOP met bottom in last night’s sole surviving Ryman Premier match and it went with the formbook as Mark Corneille’s first two league goals of the season spurred Margate to a 3-1 home victory over Carshalton.

AFTER waiting so long for their FA Trophy replay at Chelmsford to get under way, Hampton should have been ready to go. Instead, when the game finally took place at the fourth attempt tonight (Monday), they found themselves 2-0 down after only five minutes

SIGNING Stuart King, the league’s top scorer, from Folkestone, has done Maidstone’s Ryman South title prospects no harm at all and he opened his account for his new club with a tenth-minute goal yesterday (Saturday), his 16th in the league.

THE battle at the bottom of the Ryman Premier table yesterday (Saturday) went the way of Hendon, who scored with their first three shots to see off visiting Carshalton 3-1 and leave the Robins three points adrift.

WHAT next for unpredictable Heybridge? They followed up a 5-0 victory at Romford in their last Ryman North away game by going one better at Ilford yesterday (Saturday), hitting six unanswered goals. Promotion form indeed, were it not for the 8-2 home defe

A TOP FA official has emphasised the importance of the Respect programme after the tragic death of Richard Nieuwenhuizen, who was attacked after acting as an assistant referee in a junior game in Holland at the weekend.

FOR A brief moment tonight (Wednesday) Lowestoft thought they had moved into the Ryman Premier play-off places.

A GOALLESS draw at East Thurrock tonight (Tuesday) was enough to put Margate on top of the Ryman Premier table, a point ahead of Whitehawk who now have a game in hand.