Kentish Express Ashford & District
Off day sees two more red cards
Bearsted are fast becoming Ashford United’s bogey team.
Andy Irvine’s late winner against his former club ensured the Maidstone villagers became the first side to complete a Southern Counties East League double against them, with United having now won only once in the clubs’ last six meetings.
A bad day was also compounded by having goalkeeper George Kamurasi and skipper Stuart West both sent off, the latter’s third dismissal this season and his second in four games. United’s
PWD L F A Ps Ashford ......... 29 23 1 5 91 28 70 Crowboro ...... 28 22 4 2 79 27 70 Sevenoaks .... 29 21 2 6 70 29 65 Cray Valley.... 30 18 3 9 73 45 57 Hollands & B . 28 17 6 5 60 39 57 Sheppey ....... 30 16 6 8 60 44 54 Whitstable .... 29 17 2 10 64 40 53 AFC Croydon . 30 15 7 8 60 48 52 Canterbury.... 28 13 5 10 51 27 44 Corinthian ..... 29 12 6 11 55 54 42 Rochester ..... 30 9 9 12 45 59 36 Croydon ........ 27 10 3 14 47 54 33 Deal .............. 30 7 10 13 48 65 31 Bearsted ....... 30 9 4 17 41 60 31 Tun Wells...... 28 7 5 16 30 57 26 Erith Town .... 30 7 4 19 42 87 25 Erith & Bel .... 29 6 5 18 39 68 23 Lordswood.... 30 6 4 20 43 90 22 Beckenham .. 30 5 4 21 27 65 19 Fisher ........... 30 4 6 20 32 71 18
AFC Croydon 0 Sevenoaks 4, Bearsted 1 Ashford 0, Canterbury 5 Tunbridge Wells 0, Corinthian 3 Fisher 0, Crowborough 1 Deal 1, Croydon 0 Cray Valley 3, Erith Town 1 Hollands & Blair 3, Lordswood 2 Sheppey 2, Rochester 1 Erith & Belvedere 0, Whitstable 3 Beckenham 1. Corinthian 2 Bearsted 0.
Ashford v AFC Croydon, Beckenham v Corinthian, Cray Valley v Hollands & Blair, Crowborough v Rochester, Croydon v Bearsted, Deal v Sevenoaks, Erith & Belvedere v Whitstable, Fisher v Lordswood, Sheppey v Canterbury.
Erith & Belvedere v Sevenoaks, Whitstable v Corinthian. Rusthall ........ 30 21 7 2 81 29 70 Glebe ............ 26 21 3 2 79 16 66 K Sports........ 29 18 7 4 77 43 61 Kent F Utd..... 28 19 2 7 72 29 59 Sutton Ath..... 28 18 3 7 95 40 57 Lydd ............. 30 13 5 12 56 65 44 Holmesdale... 28 12 6 10 52 45 42 Bridon Rps .... 28 11 8 9 45 45 41 Phoenix Res .. 29 13 2 14 57 76 41 Forest Hill ..... 28 11 5 12 42 58 38 Snodland ...... 30 11 3 16 43 71 36 BEARSTED ASHFORD UNITED defeat ended a run of 12 successive wins but they still head the table on goal difference, after rivals Crowborough were held to a 1-1 home draw by Deal.
Kamurasi was sent off for handling outside his area, while West – already facing a two-game ban after getting his FC Elmstead . 28 9 7 12 42 48 34 Orpington...... 28 8 7 13 40 49 31 Eltham Pal .... 30 9 7 14 54 70 31 SC T’mead .... 27 8 5 14 41 53 29 Meridian ....... 30 8 2 20 42 66 26 Crockenhill ... 28 5 7 16 33 69 22 Gravesham ... 28 5 5 18 41 67 20 Lewisham ..... 29 4 3 22 36 91 15
Crockenhill 0 Snodland 1, FC Elmstead 1 K Sports 1, Gravesham 0 Holmesdale 1, Lewisham 3 Lydd 2, Rusthall 0 Phoenix Res 2.
Eltham Palace 3 Orpington 1, Holmesdale 0 Glebe 3.
Forest Hill v Eltham Palace, Glebe v K Sports, Kent Football Utd V Meridian, Lydd v Crockenhill, Orpington v Bridon Ropes, Phoenix Res v Holmesdale, SC Thamesmead v Gravesham, Sutton Ath v Rusthall.
Eltham Palace v SC Thamesmead, Holmesdale v Forest Hill, Snodland v FC Elmstead.
Lewisham v Crockenhill, Rusthall v Glebe. Punjab Utd .... 22 17 4 1 71 19 55 Peckham ...... 22 15 2 5 54 24 47 Borden Vill .... 22 14 3 5 66 31 45 Greenways.... 19 14 2 3 65 29 44 Kennington ... 21 13 4 4 53 35 43 Fav Strike ..... 20 12 2 6 43 29 38 Bexley .......... 20 10 3 7 51 29 33 Lydd Res ...... 26 9 4 13 56 70 31 Fleetdown..... 19 8 5 6 39 30 29 Staplehurst ... 24 9 2 13 51 66 29 Stansfeld ...... 21 7 7 7 50 46 28 Farnborough . 22 7 1 14 34 65 22 Hildenboro .... 26 5 2 19 34 78 17 Erith 147 Sp.. 18 4 4 10 33 49 16 Metrogas ...... 20 5 1 14 41 62 15 Guru Nanak .. 22 0 0 22 20 99 0 Kings Hill ...... 18 10 3 5 42 31 33 Hawkinge ..... 15 9 3 3 38 19 30 N Romney ..... 14 9 3 2 29 15 30 K Sports Res . 19 8 2 9 42 50 26 Ide Hill .......... 15 7 4 4 39 32 25 E Kent Coll .... 12 6 2 4 36 23 20 Rolvenden..... 17 6 3 8 32 37 20 Hollands Res. 15 6 1 8 26 30 18 Deal Comm... 15 4 2 9 28 44 14 Sutton Ath R . 14 3 3 8 28 32 12 Sth Darenth .. 14 2 2 10 17 44 8 Cuxton 91 ..... 13 12 1 0 58 7 37 Willesboro..... 13 11 2 0 72 22 35 W Farleigh .... 15 10 1 4 49 20 31 S’land Res .... 16 10 1 5 38 38 31 Deal Res ....... 17 8 0 9 36 44 24 N Romney R.. 15 4 1 10 23 50 13 Sheppey Res. 15 3 3 9 18 43 12 Aylesford ...... 14 3 2 9 17 42 11 Larkfield ....... 16 2 4 10 13 42 10 Ashford ......... 14 2 3 9 23 39 9
Bexley 0 Punjab Utd 1, Kennington 2 Borden Village 1, Peckham 3 Fleetdown Utd 0, Stansfeld OB 4 Guru Nanak 1, Staplehurst 0 Lydd Res 1.
K Sports Res 3 East Kent College 2, Kings Hill 2 Hollands & Blair Res 2, South Darenth 2 Rolvenden 1.
Deal Res 2 New Romney Res 1, Larkfield 2 Aylesford 0, Sheppey Res 3 Ashford 2, Snodland Town Res 3 West Farleigh 1.
Wateringbury 2 AEI Sports 0, Willesborough Ath 4 Burgess Hodgson 2. Romney 1 Hawkinge Town 1.
Bexley v Farnborough OBG, Borden Village v Hildenborough, Erith 147 Sports v Peckham, Fleetdown v Faversham Strike Force, Greenways v Guru Nanak, Kennington v Lydd Res, Metrogas v Staplehurst.
Deal Community Sports v South Darenth, East Kent College v Sutton Ath, Hawkinge v Rolvenden, Hollands & Blair Res v Ide Hill. marching orders at Cray Valley last month – went eight minutes from time, following a second yellow card.
United’s total of red cards now stands at 12, with player-boss Danny Lye set to need cover for Kamurasi and West, with both set to miss key games in the next few weeks.
A scrappy goalless first half saw Ryan Palmer replace Adrian Stone as United looked for something different, with the visitors putting nine men behind the ball.
Rory Hill was denied the chance to Smarden....... 14 10 2 2 47 23 32 Bromley Gr 13 10 1 2 47 20 31 Tenterden T .. 13 9 0 4 58 25 27 Ashford Dyn .. 14 6 1 7 51 44 19 Wittersham ... 14 5 3 6 33 49 18 Three Mariners13 4 1 8 23 20 13 Lydd T 3rds .. 14 3 2 9 20 46 11 S W’borough . 13 2 0 11 15 67 6 Kenn Res. ..... 14 11 2 1 81 20 35 Woodchurch . 15 8 2 5 52 35 26 Hythe Grov .... 15 8 2 5 46 36 26 Ashford Ath R 14 9 1 4 60 32 24 Tenterden R .. 14 6 3 5 52 37 21 Rolvenden R . 13 6 3 4 44 35 21 Folkestone ID.16 5 2 9 49 74 17 Smeeth & B .. 16 5 1 10 38 43 16 Biddenden .... 15 0 0 15 23131 0
Tenterden R 3 Ashford Ath AFC Loco ...... 11 8 1 2 55 24 25 Hamstreet....... 8 6 1 1 30 8 19 Market Hotel ... 8 6 1 1 25 11 19 Brewmaster .... 9 4 1 4 26 25 13 Mersham Spt .. 9 3 0 6 17 27 9 Charing Sun .... 8 2 0 6 16 34 6 Troggs FC ..... 11 1 0 10 12 52 3
Mersham Sports v Charing Sunday, Troggs v Hamstreet. Stan&Bea R .. 12 9 1 2 76 28 28 Kennington ... 10 7 3 0 26 8 24 Cheriton........ 12 8 1 3 38 33 21 Prince Albert . 12 5 2 5 42 34 17 AFC Loco R ... 10 4 0 6 42 44 12 open the scoring, before West picked up his first booking, followed soon afterwards by Kamurasi’s departure for handling the ball a yard outside the box under pressure from another-ex Ashford player, Peter Williams.
With no substitute keeper on the books, top scorer Shaun Welford took over between the posts.
Hill and Ben Davisson both went close for United, before their afternoon took another turn for the worse. West nudged Irvine just outside the box, with the striker seeming to be Shep Spartan .. 6 3 1 2 18 16 10 Lolzors FC..... 13 2 1 10 29 75 7 Sandgate ...... 11 0 1 10 17 50 1
Locomotive Res 7 Stanhope & Beaver Rangers 8, Kennington Sunday 3 Cheriton 0.
Loco Res v Shepway Spartans. Appledore ..... 14 11 2 1 59 25 35 Burton Grve .. 15 11 1 3 56 24 34 Ashford Cav .. 11 8 0 3 44 19 24 Mersham SR . 13 7 3 3 47 30 24 Willesboro A.. 14 6 2 6 56 49 20 Red Heathn ... 11 6 2 3 33 31 20 New Romny .. 16 4 2 10 31 62 14 Lydd Grass ..... 9 3 1 5 26 17 10 Givaudan ...... 15 1 2 12 17 68 5 Charing SR ... 14 1 1 12 13 57 4
Appledore 5 Ashford Cavaliers 1, Red Heathens 2 Charing Sunday Res 1, Willesborough Athletic 10 New Romney 1.
Ashford Cavaliers v Mersham Sports Res, Lydd Grasshoppers v Charing Sunday Res, Willesborough Athletic v Appledore. Aldington ...... 15 11 1 3 57 29 34 Ashstne Gal .. 14 10 2 2 82 34 32 Bromley Grn.. 13 8 1 4 54 30 25 White Hrse F . 12 7 3 2 46 26 24 Ashfrd U Clt .. 15 6 2 7 41 42 20 Fox Sunday ... 13 5 4 4 40 32 19 Kingsnrth Pil . 14 4 3 7 26 40 14 Ashfrd Spar... 16 3 2 11 20 65 11 Stour Valley .. 12 3 1 8 30 50 10 Troggs Res ... 14 2 1 11 14 62 7
Aldington 4 Ashstone Galacticos 6, Stour Valley 2 Ashford United Colts 5, Troggs Res 3 Fox Sun 2. tumbling already but that cut little ice with London referee Hossain Tavakkoli who pointed the way to the dressing room.
Three minutes later, Irvine stabbed home the winner as the Bears claimed three points, moving them a step closer to survival.
United’s protests continued after the final whistle with Fraser Walker booked for dissent.
Kamurasi, Savage (James 65 mins), Walker, Botterill, West, Kingwell, Goodchild, Davisson, Welford, Stone (Palmer 46 mins), Hill. Subs not used: Lavender, Ince, Eldridge. 219