No surprises that only a handful of non-league games took place on Saturday afternoon in the local area with waterlogged pitches causing most games to be postponed. In the Ryman Premier Division just two games took place where Thamesmead Town went in at half time with a 3-1 lead at home to Billericay Town and were looking at gaining there fifth league win of the season. The Blues fought back and thanks to their centre-forward Ricky Sappleton's equaliser in the 4th minute of injury time they picked up a well earned point. The ex Bishops Stortford player bagged a brace on the day along with a goal from Richard Halle. The Mead's goals came from Shamir Mullings, Rashid Kamara and Baff Adae. This game was watched by a crowd of 146 which is The Mead's second highest league attendance of the season so far behind the 202 which watched their local derby game versus Dulwich Hamlet.
The other game was played on the 3G surface at The Gallagher Stadium where Hendon gained a very respectable point against Maidstone United. The away side went down to 10 men just prior to half time when Jefferson Louis was red carded but that didn't stop them going 0-1 up via Carl McCluskey just after the break. Zac Attwood equalised for the home side in front of 1,583. Ex Towner Adam Wallace featured for Hendon coming on as a 84th minute subsitute for Anthony Thomas.
In the Ryman Division One (North) Soham Town Rangers went second in the table thanks to a 4-1 home victory over Redbridge and Dereham Town played out a 2-2 draw at home to Brentwood Town.
In the Calor League Premier Division St Albans City beat the conditions and got their home game versus Frome Town played. It was worth it as they ran out 4-0 winners in front of 363 people.
All games in the Essex Senior League and Spartan South Midlands League were called off.
A number of games were played in the Middlesex County League thanks mainly to the 3G pitches that were available. A great game took place in the Premier Division where 3rd placed Sporting Hackney won 4-3 against 2nd placed Cricklewood Wanderers on the artificial surface at Mabley Green. Hackney had been 2-3 down on 85 minutes but made it 3-3 and then 4-3 in the 94th minute.
In the eight Essex Olympian League divisions just two games took place both on 3G pitches. In the Senior Division Two Ryan lost 3-5 to Tody at Wadham Lodge and in Reserve Division One Canning Town Res recorded a 2-1 home victory versus White Ensign Reserves at The West Ham Community Pitches in Beckton.
Just one game took place in the Hertfordshire Senior County League in the Premier Division where Bushey Sports Club continued their good form thrashing Standon and Puckeridge 5-0.
More rain is forecast to fall over the next few days so some of the scheduled midweek games may be called off as well with some clubs now facing big fixture backlogs and it hasn't even snowed yet!!!
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