Six-hit Stones close the gap

By Peter Butcher

A FOUR-GOAL salvo for Peter Dean led Wealdstone to a 6-1 home Ryman Premier victory over Lewes tonight (Monday).

It strengthened their grip on second place and brought them within seven points of leaders Whitehawk with a game in hand.

The stage was set for Richard Jolly to take the goalscoring spotlight on his return from honeymoon.

And, after Dean had opened the scoring in the tenth minute, Jolly duly netted the second on the half-hour mark.

Then it turned into a rout as Dean grabbed two more either side of a Lee Chappell strike. (Dean's acrobatic finish to complete his hat-trick is pictured courtesy of Steve Foster/Wealdstone FC)

Steve Brinkhurst replied on the stroke of half-time, but the second half was only three minutes old when Dean completed the night's scoring with his fourth.

So the last 42 minutes were goalless, continuing the strange pattern of recent high-scoring matches in the Premier.

Kingstonian's 9-3 win over Cray nine days ago was scoreless after half an hour, and all the goals in Leiston's 5-4 victory over East Thurrock on Saturday came in the first hour.

Where next?

Williams praise for Robins CARSHALTON Athletic manager Tommy Williams praised his team’s spirit which saw them rise off the bottom of the Ryman Premier by leapfrogging opponents Thurrock, writes James Barrett.
Fraser only needs a minute JUST a minute: that was all the time it took to settle the top-of-the-table Ryman Premier clash at East Brighton Park yesterday (Saturday).

The Pitching In Isthmian Football League newsletter

Keep up-to-date with our exclusive email newsletters.

Subscribe