Off day for Green/Hythe draw/Ashford win
If the day started badly with England’s pitiful attempt to bat against spin bowling, it ended for the Green in abject disappointment with all five teams losing today.
The Under 10 sides both put on a good show [player of the match photos are on the U10 tab] but for the seniors it really was the proverbial ‘bad day at the office’! A hotly disputed late penalty saw the firsts beaten right at the end away to Stansfeld and, although we are still top, this is a hiccup we could do without. The seconds crashed 6-0 at home to Bearsted Reserves and will have to lift themselves for the two big cup ties coming up. As for the Thirds, a 2-0 defeat away to Woolpack means we are out of contention in the league cup and no chance of lifting the title which has triggered immediate changes in management and playing staff as we look towards the future.
Local results
Haart of Kent County League Premier
APM Contrast 1-1 Bredhurst Juniors
Greenways 1-1 Staplehurst & Monarchs United
Sheerness East 2-1 Farnborough Old Boys Guild
Snodland 0-2 Charlton Athletic (Community)
Stansfeld 3-2 Bromley Green
Tonbridge Invicta 0-5 Tudor Sports
Haart of Kent County League Reserves Div Cup quarter-finals
Bromley Green Reserves 0-6 Bearsted
Orpington Reserves 3-5 Kennington Reserves
Haart of Kent County League Reserves Division
CanterburyCityReserves 2-1 Sheerness East Reserves
Hollands & Blair Reserves 2-0 Staplehurst Reserves
Otford United Reserves 4-4 Bly Spartans Reserves
Swale United Reserves 2-3 Lydd Town Reserves
Ashford & District League Cup
AISC 8-1 Great Chart
New Romney Thirds 6-1 Ruckinge United
Riverside0-2 Bethersden
Smarden 3-6 Rolvenden
Tenterden Reserves P-P Riverside Reserves
Woolpack 2-0 Bromley Green Thirds
Goals by Baffour Addae and Alex Waugh earned Maidstone United a 2-0 victory over Whyteleaf in the Ryman Division One South while an incident packed affair between Chipstead and HytheTownended all square at 1-1. Gary Mickelborough had given Town an 8th minute lead but things started to turn when Kieran Byrne was dismissed for two yellow cards. Cruelly, it was man of the match Pat Kingwell who put through his own goal in the 54th minute to level matters up.
Ryman League Division One South results
Chipstead 1-1 Hythe Town
Faversham Town 0-2 Bognor Regis Town
Folkestone Invicta 0-4 Merstham
Maidstone United 2-0 Whyteleafe
Ramsgate 0-0 Eastbourne Town
Whitstable Town 0-0 Crawley Down
Worthing 4-1 Sittingbourne
Ashford United were worthy 3-0 winners at Rusthall in the Kent Invicta League with all their goals coming in the last half hour through Jimmy Dryden, Lee Coburn and Mitchell Mannell.
Kent Invicta League results
Bly Spartans 0-0 Phoenix Sports
Bridon Ropes 1-0 Hollands & Blair
Crockenhill 1-1 Erith & Dartford Town
Lewisham Borough 1-5 Woodstock Park
Lydd Town 3-2 Orpington
Rusthall 0-3 Ashford United
Sutton Athletic 2-0 Meridian
