H-Men set Green Reserves up for top spot
Skipper Michael Hodges, Kieran Hawkins, Reece Hagger and Liam Holman put the Green Reserves 4-0 in front against Churchills as the boys went top of the Division One table with a 100% record. Tom Poyner and Jason Thomas completed the scoring.
Kieran Hawkins who grabbed the vital second goal against Churchills
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Dover part company with manager Martin Hayes
Dover Athletic FC has released former Arsenal star Martin Hayes from his contract following a disappointing start to the season. The side, which drew 1-1 at home to Havant & Waterlooville on Saturday, has in fact only lost two of its eleven Blue Square Bet South matches to date and sits in mid table with three wins and six draws.
Results Round-up Ashford & District Sunday Football League: Sunday 25 September 2011
Kent Sunday Cup (Junior Trophy)
In the Kent Sunday Junior Trophy three of the four Ashford clubs involved went through to the next round. Grasshoppers travelled to Cheriton and came away winning 6-0 with Shannon Hodson leading the way with a hat trick, and single strikes from Luke Webb, Ricky Bingham and Tom Morgan. Newchurch also travelled and won 3-0 against Bull Fossils; Alex Smallman, Greg Hitchman and Jim Asbury on target. Marsh Athletic make up the trio winning 6-1 at home against Elvington Welfare Working Mens Club; Sam Lancaster netting four with Ashley Nelson claiming the other two. Sandgate went to Bridge and, although holding the home side to 1-1 at half time, eventually went down 6-1. Peter Hill hit the Sandgate consolation goal.
Premier Division
In the Premier Division Market Hotel staged a second half comeback against Bethersden. The villagers, 3-0 up at the break with goals from Matt Goldsmith (2) and Sean Halls, ran out of steam during a second half in which Market rattled in six without reply. Paul Burt (3), Dan Cornell (2) and Ollie Prior netted for the pub team. Hamstreet and Aldington shared the points from a 3-3 draw. Aaron McGuiness (2) and Tommy Dawes netted for the Street with Ryan Norman, Alex Williams and Kevin Ruane responding for Aldington. Bromley Green won 4-2 away at Mersham with Steve Harris, Danny Barham, Ryan Smith and Tad Greenfield finding the net. Mark Howells and Seb Arnold replied for Mersham. Kennington went down 4-2 at home to Brewmaster with Craig Brignall and Josh Conlon netting for the home side.
Division One
In Division One Bromley Green Reserves move to the top of the table after a comfortable 6-0 win at home to Churchill Royals thanks to goals by Michael Hodges, Kieran Hawkins, Reece Hagger, Liam Holman, Jason Thomas and Tom Poyner. Egerton & Pluckley United won their first game of the season by the odd goal of nine away at Shadoxhurst. Craig Haynes (2) and one each from Ian Hutchinson, Jake Symonds and Will Lawrence accounted for the Egerton tally with Carlum McCloud (2), Mitchel Punt and Scott Flanagan scoring for the Dockers. William Harvey Inn and Ashford Victoria shared the points with a 3-3 draw after Hayden Slade and Gary Turner had put Harvey 2-0 up inside ten minutes. Josh Hatcher and Ben Williams levelled things up before Luke Walder restored the Harvey advantage only for Dan Christian to earn the Vics a point late on. Market Hotel Reserves went down 5-3 at home to Ashford Dynamo, who had Tim Eade and Charlie Gupp on target with two each and Sean Wallis with a single strike. Glenn Rolfe with a brace and Matt Moon replied for Market. Red Heathens just edged out Appledore winning 3-2. Dan Pinder notched a hat trick for the Charing Heath lads with Glen Raggett and Richard Foster on target for the Dores.
Kenny Lang returned to the action against Churchills today
Division Two
Charing Sunday and Fox Sunday, who are both finding points hard to come by, lost again this week. Charing going down 4-0 away to Highfield Reserves who had Jack Griffin with two and Jessie Lee Junior and Conner Little on target. Fox went down 2-0 at home to Wye Monarchs with Matt Sherwood and Jack Phillips the marksmen. Ashford Cavaliers tasted defeat for the first time this season when they went down 3-2 at home to Burton Grove. Stuart Reakes and Danny Young scored for Cavaliers; while Barry Pithers, Sonny Ahmed and James Ross won it for the Grove. The game featuring Levins and Troggs Reserves was abandoned after 55 minutes when a representative of the school said the game would have to stop for Health & Safety reasons due to the archery competition in the field next door!
Division Three
Still plenty of goals in Division Three, with 29 in five games. Pilgrim Seniors went down 5-4 at home to Hamstreet Reserves with John Marchant, Mark Hazel, Chris Burrows and Michael Cox for Pilgrims; Wayne Cleave and Tom Wilmshurst with two apiece and Dan Woodcock for Street. Wye Monarchs Reserves went into a 2-0 lead against Mersham Reserves with goals from Sean Tong and Stuart Margetson but failed to hang on as Mersham came back with three goals to take the points via Colin Burkinell with a double and Barry Wilcox. Stour Valley lost 4-3 at home to Prince Albert, who had Gary Boorman with two, Stuart Watson and Stuart Pearson on target; Ben Beeble-Rogers, Steve Beeching and Tony Spicer netting for Stour. Albion Eagles won 3-0 at home against Givaudan, Jason Owen, Russell Woods and Darren Brown the marksmen. Elsewhere Queens Head Rangers tasted defeat 3-2 at home against Brabourne.
Sunday’s marksmen
Kent Sunday Cup (Junior Trophy)
Cheriton 0, Grasshoppers 6 (Hodson (3), Webb, Bingham, Morgan)
Bull Fossils 0, Newchurch 3 (Smallman, Hitchman, Asbury)
Marsh Athletic 6 (Lancaster (4), Nelson (2), Elvington Welfare Working Mens Club 1
Bridge 6, Sandgate AFC 1 (Hill)
Premier Division
Bethersden 3 (Goldsmith (2), Halls), Market Hotel 6 (Burt (3), Cornell (2), Prior)
Hamstreet 3 (McGuiness (2), Dawes), Aldington 3 (Norman, Williams, Ruane)
Mersham 2 (Howells, Arnold), Bromley Green 4 (Harris, Barham, Smith, Greenfield)
Kennington 2 (Brignall, Conlon), Brewmaster 4 (no scorers given)
Division One
Bromley Green Reserves 6 (Hodges, Hawkins, Hagger, Holman, Poyner, Thomas), Churchill Royals 0
Shadoxhurst 4 (McCloud (2), Punt, Flanagan), Egerton & Pluckley United 5 (Haynes (2), Hutchinson, Symonds, Lawrence)
William Harvey Inn 3 (Slade, Turner, Walder), Ashford Victoria 3 (Hatcher, Williams, Christian)
Market Hotel Reserves 3 (Rolfe (2), Moon), Ashford Dynamo 5 (Eade (2), Gupp (2), Wallis)
Red Heathens 3 (Pinder (3)), Appledore 2 (Raggett, Foster)
Division Two
Highfield Reserves 4 (Griffin (2), Lee, Little), Charing Sunday 0
Fox Sunday 0, Wye Monarchs 2 (Sherwood, Phillips)
Ashford Cavaliers 2 (Reakes, Young), Burton Grove 3 (Pithers, Ahmed, Ross)
Levins v Troggs Reserves (Abandoned due to Archery Competition)
Division Three
Pilgrim Seniors 4 (Marchant, Hazel, Burrows, Cox), Hamstreet Reserves 5 (Cleave (2), Wilmshurst (2), Woodcock)
Wye Monarchs Reserves 2 (Tong, Magison), Mersham Reserves 3 (Burkinell (2), Wilcox)
Stour Valley 3 (Beeble-Rogers, Beeching, Spicer), Prince Albert 4 (Boorman (2), Watson, Pearson)
Albion Eagles 3 (Owen, Woods, Brown), Givaudan 0
Queens Head Rangers 2, Brabourne Anchor 3 (no scorers given)
Monday’s fixture
Kent Hurlimann Football League
Fisher v Cray Valley (PM)
