W/E 22/3/14 Results affecting Town

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UP-TO-DATE LEAGUE ON 22/3/14


P W D L F A DIF PTS
1 Peacehaven & Telscombe 36 25 8 3 98 44 +54 83
2 Leatherhead 37 22 7 8 73 38 +35 73
3 Guernsey 37 21 8 8 83 51 +32 71
4 Folkestone Invicta 36 20 7 9 80 46 +34 67
5 Hastings United 35 20 5 10 57 48 +9 65
6 Faversham Town 36 16 10 10 66 51 +15 58
7 Burgess Hill Town 35 16 9 10 61 50 +11 57
8 Merstham 35 16 7 12 57 50 +7 55
9 Walton Casuals 35 17 3 15 64 72 -8 54
10 Ramsgate 38 15 7 16 74 70 +4 52
11 Tooting & Mitcham United 39 14 10 15 67 63 +4 52
12 Hythe Town 34 14 6 14 58 57 +1 48
13 Worthing 37 13 7 17 63 79 -16 46
14 Horsham 36 12 9 15 56 61 -5 45
15 Walton & Hersham 36 12 7 17 64 72 -8 43
16 Sittingbourne 34 11 9 14 49 54 -5 42
17 Chipstead 36 12 6 18 61 71 -10 42
18 Herne Bay 33 11 8 14 53 54 -1 41
19 Whitstable Town 33 10 8 15 42 51 -9 38
20 Three Bridges 34 10 6 18 47 68 -21 36
21 Corinthian-Casuals 34 8 8 18 45 62 -17 32
22 Redhill 33 8 6 19 50 67 -17 30
23 Crawley Down Gatwick 33 8 6 19 43 89 -46 30
24 Eastbourne Town 34 4 9 21 48 91 -43 21

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Although Town have not had a mid-week game this week other results have not gone entirely our way. Corinthian Casuals beat Worthing with prolific scorer Jamie Byatt getting the only goal. On Tuesday Redhill lost 3-4 to Burgess Hill and on Thursday Sittingbourne equalised in the 90th minute against them. Having the 2 points snatched away at the last minute might be very useful to us in the final analysis. Tony Reid's Walton and Hersham won their local derby with Walton Casuals 5-1 to climb to nearly halfway up the table. We have only 12 games left and even though the final few are very winnable the next 4 are difficult to say the least. Hastings are the visitors Saturday and they will be intent on staying in their play-off position and on Wednesday we go to title-chasing Leatherhead. Next Saturday we go to Ramsgate where their squad will be out to impress the experienced new manager who has just been appointed. On Tuesday April 1st away to Whitstable who will be welcoming back their 20 year old Scott Heard from training and playing trial matches for Chesterfield. Johan Ter Horst, who was Folkestone's match winner here a couple of weeks ago, has signed a contract with Hull City.

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If we fail to avoid relegation it should give us some local derbies next season. Unless something amazing happens Eastbourne United will be coming up from Div 2. Hailsham looked to be certainties for relegation but Arundel and Worthing seeming likely to go down and problems at Rye could give them a lifeline.