Ramsay heads Rye to victory

Scott Ramsay scored the only goal of a forgettable Sussex County Football League Division One fixture with a glancing header from a 69th minute cross by Danny Ellis.

In another uneventful Division One game, Sidley United picked up a creditable 0-0 draw away to Redhill. Kevin Bird missed a good chance early on and both sides struck the crossbar during the second half.

Scott McDonald scored a hat-trick to make it 21 for the season as Bexhill United thrashed Clymping 5-0 at The Polegrove in Division Two. Chris Gould and manager Gerard Moyse completed the scoring.

Little Common suffered a heartbreaking 3-2 loss away to leaders Lancing after clawing their way back from two-down to equalise with 10 men only to concede a late winner. Casey Ham and Lewis Hole were on target.

Westfield suffered a fourth consecutive defeat after being hammered 6-1 at home to promoted Worthing United despite David Pugh netting his 31st goal of the campaign.

Full reports on each of these games will appear in Friday’s Observers.

Sidley United clinched the Reserve Section (East) title, meanwhile, courtesy of a 2-0 victory away to neighbours Little Common. Matt Dadswell and Asher Grindle grabbed the goals.

Standings (played-points) - Division 1: 1 Crawley Down 32-83, 2 Peacehaven & Telscombe 35-67, 3 Three Bridges 35-67, 4 Pagham 35-65, 5 RYE UNITED 32-62, 6 Hassocks 36-62, 7 East Grinstead Town 32-61, 8 Redhill 34-53, 9 Arundel 33-49, 10 Crowborough Athletic 36-47, 11 Ringmer 34-46, 12 SIDLEY UNITED 37-45, 13 Selsey 35-43, 14 Wick 35-42, 15 Hailsham Town 35-40, 16 Chichester City 35-38, 17 Lingfield 33-38, 18 St Francis Rangers 35-29, 19 Shoreham 36-28, 20 Eastbourne United AFC 35-10.

Division 2: 1 Lancing 31-74, 2 Worthing United 32-69, 3 AFC Uckfield 30-67, 4 BEXHILL UNITED 33-60, 5 Loxwood 31-55, 6 Seaford Town 31-53, 7 Mile Oak 31-49, 8 WESTFIELD 31-46, 9 Littlehampton Town 34-45, 10 Storrington 32-43, 11 Southwick 31-43, 12 Rustington 29-40, 13 LITTLE COMMON 31-39, 14 East Preston 32-33, 15 Midhurst & Easebourne 31-26, 16 Steyning Town 31-24, 17 Oakwood 30-15, 18 Clymping 33-12.