HARLOW TOWN, ROMFORD & AFC SUDBURY MAKE HEADLINES FOR THE RYMAN NORTH

It was a great day for Town's fellow Ryman North teams in the FA Trophy with Harlow Town and AFC Sudbury both beating Ryman Premier teams to go through to the next round. The Hawks outplayed Carshalton Athletic at Barrows Field winning 2-0 and AFC Sudbury put in a storming performance by thrashing FA Cup heroes Hendon 5-1 in Suffolk. Romford also recorded a fantastic victory at AFC Totton who have been very strong at home up until yesterday. Thamesmead Town are also in the hat having drawn 0-0 at Folkestone Invicta with the replay this mid-week. Grays Athletic play Cinderford Town this afternoon.

In the league Town who were top prior to last Saturday's defeat are now in 9th place. How tight the league is this season in only underlined by the fact if we win on Tuesday night against in-form Potters Bar Town we could move level with the three teams currently on 24 points. Needham Market find themselves top due to their superior goal difference. It's an important game at Goldsdown Road as even the Scholars who are now level on points with Town can move level with the top teams who are now seperated only by the afformentioned goal-difference. Needham Market have games in hand over all their fellow challengers (four against W&F but only one over Town and Harlow Town) with their strength underlined by the fact the current top three league goalscorers all play for the Suffolk side. Craig Parker has 9, with Sam Newson and Nathan Stone on 7 goals each. Dan Forward, Mark Kirby and Rudi Hall represent Enfield Town on three goals each in the top-goalscorers table.

Current League Table
                           P W D L  GF GA GD Pts 
1. Needham Market          9 8 0 1  28  9 19  24 
2. Harlow Town            10 8 0 2  17  9  8  24 
3. Wingate & Finchley     13 7 3 3  25 21  4  24 
4. Thamesmead Town        12 7 2 3  20 15  5  23 
5. Heybridge Swifts       13 6 4 3  25 13 12  22 
6. Romford                11 6 4 1  16  5 11  22 
7. Maldon & Tiptree       13 7 1 5  26 22  4  22 
8. East Thurrock United   11 6 3 2  23 13 10  21 
9. Enfield Town           10 7 0 3  20 10 10  21 
10.Potters Bar Town       12 6 3 3  23 19  4  21 
11.Great Wakering Rovers  12 5 3 4  19 19  0  18 
12.Brentwood Town         10 5 1 4  20 16  4  16 
13.AFC Sudbury            11 4 4 3  19 18  1  16 
14.Grays Athletic         11 4 2 5  15 17 -2  14 
15.Waltham Abbey          14 2 8 4  18 23 -5  14 
16.Cheshunt               12 3 4 5  15 18 -3  13 
17.Ware                   14 4 1 9  17 28 -11 13 
18.Ilford                 12 2 3 7  13 24 -11  9 
19.Tilbury                13 3 0 10 12 25 -13  9 
20.Leyton                 13 1 5  7 11 25 -14  8 
21.Redbridge              12 1 3  8 11 26 -15  6 
22.Waltham Forest         14 0 4 10 12 30 -18  4

This week's Ryman North fixtures - 

TUESDAY 
Enfield Town     v Potters Bar Town  
SATURDAY 
Enfield Town     v Wingate & Finchley
Grays Athletic   v Brentwood Town
Harlow Town      v Cheshunt
Heybridge Swifts v Great Wakering Rovers
Ilford           v Maldon & Tiptree
Needham Market   v Potters Bar Town
Redbridge        v Waltham Forest
Thamesmead Town  v AFC Sudbury
Tilbury          v East Thurrock United
Waltham Abbey    v Romford
Ware             v Leyton