CURRENT TABLE - BOTTOM SEVEN ONLY
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
| POS | TEAM | P | GD | PTS | FORM |
| 16 | POTTERS BAR TOWN | 26 | -4 | 29 | LLLLLD |
| 17 | MARGATE | 24 | -4 | 28 | DDLLDL |
| 18 | AFC HORNCHURCH | 25 | -4 | 27 | DLWDLW |
| 19 | BURGESS HILL TOWN | 25 | -22 | 24 | WWWDLL |
| 20 | WINGATE & FINCHLEY | 24 | -24 | 24 | LWLLLL |
| 21 | HARLOW TOWN | 26 | -24 | 23 | DLLDWL |
| 22 | WHITEHAWK | 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).
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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