Rye into another cup semi-final

The Sussex County League Division One leaders booked their place in the last four of the Sussex RUR Charity Cup with a 4-2 win at home to Oakwood on Saturday.

Goals from Matt Maclean, Scott Ramsay and Luke Woodley put Rye three-up at half time. Division Two strugglers Oakwood cut the gap to 3-2 before Sam Adams made sure for Rye with a late fourth.

Elsewhere it was a bad weekend for the area’s Sussex League clubs. Sidley United lost 2-1 away to Worthing United in Division One despite taking the lead through Allan McMinigal on his return to the club.

Bexhill United conceded three times in the first nine minutes en route to a 3-1 reverse at home to Storrington in Division Two. Josh Elliott-Noye pulled one back after Storrington were reduced to 10 men.

Little Common’s run of three consecutive wins and clean sheets in the same division came to an end with a 2-1 loss away to Rustington. Anthony Cooper scored Common’s goal.

Also in Division Two, Westfield went down 2-0 at home to Dorking Wanderers. Full reports on each of these matches will appear in Friday’s Observers.

Standings (played-points) - Division 1: 1 RYE UNITED 22-50, 2 Pagham 19-47, 3 Hassocks 22-42, 4 Lancing 21-40, 5 Three Bridges 17-37, 6 Peacehaven & Telscombe 21-36, 7 Redhill 19-34, 8 SIDLEY UNITED 22-33, 9 Lingfield 19-32, 10 AFC Uckfield 23-32, 11 Crowborough Athletic 25-31, 12 East Grinstead Town 25-30, 13 Horsham YMCA 23-29, 14 Selsey 19-24, 15 Worthing United 22-23, 16 Ringmer 21-21, 17 Arundel 20-17, 18 Shoreham 22-17, 19 St Francis Rangers 25-14, 20 Chichester City 19-8.

Division 2: 1 East Preston 18-47, 2 Hailsham Town 17-41, 3 Dorking Wanderers 16-35, 4 Storrington 21-32, 5 Mile Oak 21-31, 6 Littlehampton Town 17-29, 7 Wick 18-28, 8 Southwick 19-27, 9 Rustington 19-26, 10 BEXHILL UNITED 19-24, 11 Eastbourne United AFC 19-22, 12 LITTLE COMMON 19-19, 13 Steyning Town 20-19, 14 Loxwood 18-19, 15 Seaford Town 16-16, 16 WESTFIELD 16-15, 17 Oakwood 18-15, 18 Midhurst & Easebourne 17-10.