Monday 21 January 2019

BOSTIK PREMIER LEAGUE - DROP WATCH

BOSTIK PREMIER DIVISION 
CURRENT TABLE - BOTTOM SEVEN ONLY 
POSTEAMPGDPTSFORM
16 POTTERS BAR TOWN  26 -4 29 LLLLLD 
17MARGATE  24 -4 28 DDLLDL 
18AFC HORNCHURCH 25 -4 27 DLWDLW 
19BURGESS HILL TOWN  25 -22 24 WWWDLL 
20 WINGATE & FINCHLEY 24 -24 24 LWLLLL 
21HARLOW TOWN  26 -24 23 DLLDWL 
22WHITEHAWK  25 -19 20 WLLLDW 

There are still many games to play in the Bostik Premier battle to avoid relegation but it's Whitehawk who are currently bottom. They have recently benefited from Vanarama National South side Welling United's (managed by former Hawk's boss Steve King) recent budget cuts with the signings of midfelder/striker John Paul Kissock and defender Yannis Ambroisine.   

Both have played for the Sussex side before with JP making 33 appearances in their 2014/15 Vanarama South play-off season and Ambroisine signing from Leatherhead midway through last season playing 22 games before moving to The Wings during the summer. 

The results have been much more positive for Jude MacDonald's side with two wins and a draw in their last six games. Their 1-3 win at Kingstonian on Saturday was really impressive and they will look to build on this when they host Carshalton Athletic next Saturday. 

Just above The Hawks are The Hawks. Harlow Town have six wins from their twenty-six league games so far but like Whitehawk have improved of late with some good results. Going in the last 20 minutes of their game at title challenging Dorking Wanderers at the weekend they were 2-3 up but goals from David Ray (79th min), Matthew Briggs (90 mins) and Luke Moore (in injury time) made the result look comfortable for the home side which obviously doesn't tell the story of the game. This came on the back of a fantastic 2-1 home win over Haringey Borough last weekend. 

Matthew Foy, currently on loan from League Two side Cambridge United, scored twice for The Hawks in Saturday's game. 

The third team currently occupying the relegation zone are Wingate and Finchley who parted company with Manager Glen Little who had only been in charge since the end of October when Nicky Shorey had stepped down after joining the club with Little on the coaching staff at the beginning of October. He had replaced Keith Rowland who had left the club after a three year spell in charge. 

The blues have brought in former director of football Dave Norman who will oversee things in the short term. He is also currently working as 'Executive Director Sport & Education' for Rhyl FC who are currently third in the Huws Gray Alliance League which is step two on the Welsh league system. 


Wingate have been shipping goals of late which is one of the first things they will need to stop should they wish to beat the drop. They have let in seventeen goals in their last six league games of which five have been defeats. Their next two league games come at home to Tonbridge Angels (tomorrow evening) and Brightlingsea Regent (on Saturday). 


WINGATE & FINCHLEY, HARLOW TOWN AND WHITEHAWK CURRENTLY OCCUPY THE BOTTOM THREE BUT WHO WILL AT THE END OF THE SEASON?

Burgess Hill Town, AFC Hornchurch, Margate and Potters Bar Town are just above the relegation zone. 

Margate made a double signing prior to Saturday's narrow 1-0 defeat at top of the table Haringey Borough. Bradley Stevenson joins on an initial month long loan from League One side Gillingham - The midfielder has recently spent a loan spell with Bostick South-East side Cray Wanderers and has played in some Gillingham's checkatrade trophy games this season. Also joined on loan for the rest of the season is Crystal Palace winger Joseph Hungbo, 19, who has been scoring goals in The Eagles various academy sides.  

Stevenson started the game at Coles Park with Hungbo coming off the bench. 

The Scholars have recently announced a fund raising appeal to raise £10,000 which will put towards necessary ground improvements needed to meet the Football Association requirement for Step three. They need to add a stand with 100 seats and a further covered stand for 100 spectators before the deadline of 31st March or they will be relegated at the end of the season. 

With regular goalkeeper Berkley Laurencin suspended joint manager's Lee O'Leary and Scott Cousins have brought in Nik Tzanev on loan from League One side AFC Wimbledon. Tzanev was born in New Zealand and came through the Brentford academy and made his full international debut in June 2018 when New Zealand won 1-0 over Chinese Taipei in the 2018 Intercontinental Cup. Myer Bevan, who was with the Vancouver Whitecaps, scored the only goal in that game. 

They have also signed Ben Ward-Cochrane who was with the club in their successful 2017/18 promotion season. He joins from Bostik South-Central side Hertford Town and scored in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Bognor Regis Town which ended a run of five successive losses for the club. 

FORTHCOMING BOSTIK PREMIER FIXTURES

Monday 21st January 
Carshalton Athletic v AFC Hornchurch 

Tuesday 22nd January
Brightlingsea Regent v Worthing 
Dorking Wanderers v Enfield Town 
Wingate & Finchley v Tonbridge Angels 

Wednesday 23rd January 
Lewes v Margate 

Saturday 26th January 
Burgess Hill Town v Bishop's Stortford
Corinthian-Casuals v Bognor Regis Town 
Folkestone Invicta v Kingstonian 
Harlow Town v Lewes 
Margate v Leatherhead 
Merstham v AFC Hornchurch
Potters Bar Town v Dorking Wanderers 
Tonbridge Angels v Haringey Borough 
Whitehawk v Carshalton Athletic 
Wingate & Finchley v Brightlingsea Regent 
Worthing v Enfield Town 

Wednesday 30th January
Merstham v Worthing 

Saturday 2nd February 
AFC Hornchurch v Corinthian-Casuals 
Bishop's Stortford v Merstham
Bognor Regis Town v Tonbridge Angels 
Brightlingsea Regent v Whitehawk 
Dorking Wanderers v Folkestone Invicta 
Enfield Town v Margate 
Haringey Borough v Burgess Hill Town 
Kingstonian v Worthing 
Leatherhead v Wingate & Finchley 
Lewes v Potters Bar Town 

Monday 4th February 
Haringey Borough v Brightlingsea Regent 

Tuesday 5th February
Bishop's Stortford v Enfield Town 
Burgess Hill Town v Harlow Town 
Folkestone Invicta v Corinthian-Casuals 
Margate v Dorking Wanderers 
Whitehawk v Leatherhead 
Worthing v Carshalton Athletic 

Wednesday 6th February 
Kingstonian v Potters Bar Town 
Lewes v Tonbridge Angels 
Merstham v Bognor Regis Town 

Saturday 9th February
Bognor Regis Town v AFC Hornchurch
Brightlingsea Regent v Merstham 
Carshalton Athletic v Haringey Borough 
Corinthian-Casuals v Lewes 
Dorking Wanderers v Kingstonian 
Enfield Town v Burgess Hill Town 
Harlow Town v Folkestone Invicta 
Leatherhead v Bishop's Stortford 
Tonbridge Angels v Margate 
Wingate & Finchley v Whitehawk 
Worthing v Potters Bar Town 

Saturday 16th February
AFC Hornchurch v Enfield Town 
Bishop's Stortford v Bognor Regis Town
Burgess Hill Town v Tonbridge Angels
Folkestone Invicta v Wingate & Finchley 
Haringey Borough v Leatherhead 
Kingstonian v Carshalton Athletic 
Lewes v Dorking Wanderers 
Margate v Brightlingsea Regent 
Merstham v Corinthian-Casuals 
Whitehawk v Potters Bar Town 
Worthing v Harlow Town 

Tuesday 19th February 
Whitehawk v Burgess Hill Town 
Wingate & Finchley v Bishop's Stortford 

Saturday 23rd February 
Bognor Regis Town v Haringey Borough
Brightlingsea Regent v Kingstonian 
Carshalton Athletic v Lewes 
Corinthian-Casuals v Margate 
Dorking Wanderers v Bishop's Stortford 
Enfield Town v Folkestone Invicta 
Harlow Town v Whitehawk 
Leatherhead v AFC Hornchurch 
Potters Bar Town v Burgess Hill Town 
Tonbridge Angels v Merstham 
Wingate & Finchley v Worthing 

Tuesday 26th February 
Margate v Carshalton Athletic

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