It may have been freezing conditions for many in the first
weekend of December, and although some games did fall, some did also take place
in both the Essex Senior League & Thurlow Nunn First Division South,
including two FA Vase ties as well, lets see what happened shall we…..
Isuzu FA Vase Third Round
Athletic Newham 0 Erith Town 2
Terry Mac side Athletic Newham have bowed out of the
competition after they were beaten at home by Southern Counties East side Erith
Town. The visitors grabbed a first half lead when James Dyer nodded home a
rebound after a Henry Arnold header had been saved, and the visitors doubled
their lead just past the hour mark when a Ladic Malconian effort went in off
the post, and these goals proved enough for the visiting side to progress.
Romford 3 Mildenhall Town 0
Hosts Romford pulled off a superb win to progress through to
the Final 64 of the Vase as three second half goals saw off Thurlow Nunn
Premier Mildenhall Town at Rookery Hill. Romford
took a deserved lead after 56 minutes. A powerful run by Hassan Nalbant on the
left ended with his shot being parried by Pope, but with the ball running into
the six-yard box, Ash Siddik pounced to roll the ball into the far corner of
the net, and then Boro made the game safe with two late goals. Jacob
Wiggins hit a peach of a through ball that Hassan Nalbant took in his stride
before calmly finishing past Pope for Boro’s second, and then deep into stoppage
time Bradley Mott ran onto another incisive through ball, nicked the ball past
the advancing Pope, and rolled the ball into an empty net to seal an empathic
Boro win.
The other three FA Vase ties
scheduled to take place this weekend, Fakenham Town v Great Wakering Rovers,
Tilbury Vs Saffron Walden Town & Walsham le Willows Vs White Ensign, were
all postponed and will be played next Saturday instead.
Essex Senior League
Little Oakley 1 Halstead Town 2
The Humbugs are up to sixth in the
table and just a point off the play-off spots after they netted a narrow win
against Oakley at the Memorial Ground. Kane Gilbert gave the visitors the lead
just before half time when he sent a header beyond Lawlor but the hosts pegged
Halstead back five minutes into the second period when Harry Mann netted, but
Gilbert was to net again fifteen minutes from time to win the contest, Gilbert
the quickest to react after Lawlor was unable to hold onto the ball to hand The
Humbugs a ninth win this campaign.
Sporting Bengal United 5 Ilford 4
Hosts Sporting Bengal continued
their amazing life back in the ESL as they climbed to the summit of it
following a bonkers nine goal thriller against Ilford at Mile End. Hosts
Skipper Sam Edwards found the bottom corner from the edge of the box after
eighteen minutes to give Sporting the lead, but Ilford then equalised after a clinical
finish from Okuguni, however Sporting then regained the lead when Daniel Pepple
produced a sharp finish, only to then see Ilford level before the break from
the spot. A mad start to the second half then ensued, Alagi netted straight
after the break to hand the hosts the lead once again only to see those plucky
Foxes level immediately, before Pepple then grabbed his second of the contest
to hand Sporting a 4-3 lead. Pepple then completed his hat-trick twelve minutes
into a bonkers early second half period when he pounced on a mistake from the
keeper, and although Ilford did pull one back to make it interesting, Sporting
held on to record another win and continue their amazing season to date.
Takeley 3 Coggeshall Town 2
Hosts Takeley netted a late winner
to see off bottom side Coggeshall Town at Station Road, Kieran Southgate gave
the hosts an early lead but saw The Seedgrowers level from the spot through Leandro,
but the visitors were then reduced to ten men after a rash challenge from
Oseyemi before the break. Costi-Marian Varsoi then gave Takeley the lead early
in the second period, only to see Coggeshall level again after some sloppy
defending from the home side allowed Louis Dunne to capitalise, but Caoilan
McGettigan netted in the 89th minute to seal victory for the hosts.
All other scheduled games this
weekend in the ESL were postponed.
Let’s see what that does to the
table…..
Right, let’s have a brief look at
the results and standing’s in the Thurlow Nunn First Division South this
weekend…..
Benfleet 3 May & Baker 2
Brimsdown 1 Barkingside 2
Burnham Ramblers 0 Wormley Rovers 2
Clapton Community 4 Park View 0
Dunmow Town 5 St Margaretsbury 2
Hutton 1 Enfield Borough 0
NW London 3 Cannons Wood 2
Southend Manor 4 Newbury Forest 2
Hutton remain in pole position and
with a game in hand at the top after their narrow win over Enfield Borough,
Clapton Community netted another thumping win at The Old Spotted Dog to stay on
their coat tails as their unbeaten run continues, Benfleet, Dunmow Town and
Wormley see out the top five after they all netted wins too. Cannons Wood fall
out of these places after they were surprisingly beaten at NW London.
Southend Manor are now only eight
points off the play offs after they netted a decent home win over a sliding
Newbury Forest at Southchurch Park, Barkingside netted a good win at Brimsdown
in their mid-table battle, whilst down at the bottom Park View are now three
points adrift of the rest after they lost and NW London won, although it
remains tight down there for sure, Bakers, Ramblers, St Mags & Enfield
Borough all lost so failed to put any daylight between themselves and the ones
below.
Anyway that’s where both leagues
are right now, thanks for reading…..
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