Five Losses and a Draw: A Grim Weekend for West Kent's SCEFL Clubs

It was a rough weekend for West Kent's Southern Counties East clubs. All five Premier Division sides from the area - Bearsted, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, Larkfield & New Hythe and Snodland Town - lost on Saturday, and only Staplehurst Monarchs, in the First Division, avoided defeat.

Fisher: Gibbons, Alaka, Kamara, Garcia, Deh

Bearsted: Falade (3), Day

Bearsted led 3-2 at half-time but couldn't hold on, beaten 5-4 in the highest-scoring game of the weekend. Elijah Falade's hat-trick and a Matt Day goal weren't enough, as league leaders Fisher's Gibbons, Alaka, Kamara, Garcia and Deh all got on the scoresheet to complete the turnaround.

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Rusthall: Sahni, Osideko

Faversham Strike Force: Taylor, Esumobi, own goal (Bissett)

Faversham Strike Force led at half-time and held on at The Jockey Farm Stadium, Taylor and Esumobi's goals - plus a second-half own goal - proving enough to beat Rusthall 3-2 despite a fightback from Sahni and Osideko.

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Hollands & Blair: Gething, Gillies (pen)

A Gething goal and a Gillies penalty gave Hollands & Blair - now unbeaten in six league games - a comfortable 2-0 home win over Tunbridge Wells.

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Phoenix Sports: Barnes (pen)

Larkfield & New Hythe's run without a win stretched to five games, a Barnes penalty enough to see off the West Kent side at Mayplace Road East.

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AFC Greenwich Borough: Ryan

Snodland Town's run of six league games unbeaten ended at home, a Ryan goal enough to give AFC Greenwich Borough the points at The G I Landscapes Stadium. Source: footballwebpages.co.uk

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SCEFL Premier Division - all five West Kent clubs sit in the bottom two-thirds of the table, Bearsted and Snodland Town the highest-placed on goal difference:

Pos	Team	P	Pts
1	Fisher	10	23
2	Hollands & Blair	9	19
3	Kennington	9	14
4	AFC Greenwich Borough	7	14
5	Faversham Strike Force	10	14
6	Bearsted	8	13
7	Snodland Town	9	13
8	Phoenix Sports	10	13
9	Chislehurst Glebe	10	13
10	Sutton Athletic	8	12
11	Rusthall	8	12
12	Corinthian	7	11
13	SE Dons	6	10
14	Tunbridge Wells	9	9
15	Larkfield & New Hythe	10	9
16	Beckenham Town	9	8
17	Petts Wood & Holmesdale	7	7
18	Erith & Belvedere	8	3

Staplehurst Monarchs were the exception to West Kent's weekend, holding out for a goalless draw away at Greenways to stay sixth in the First Division. It's the second 0-0 of the season for a Monarchs side that has now kept three clean sheets in five league games.

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