Ramsgate sign defender Taofiq Olomowewe from Welling United after player-boss Jamie Coyle suffers knee injury in league leaders' win at Sevenoaks

Ramsgate moved four points clear at the top of Isthmian South East after beating Sevenoaks on Saturday - but victory came at a cost.

Player-boss Jamie Coyle suffered a knee injury which will keep him out for a month, while Lee Prescott is struggling with his calf and will be sidelined for a week or so.

They join Ben Fitchett, who damaged ankle ligaments in Coyle’s first game in charge - a 2-0 win over Littlehampton - on the treatment table.

As a result, Rams were hoping to make a couple of signings in time for tonight’s top v bottom clash at home to Faversham, having brought in left-back Tom Carlse from Lewes at the end of last week.

The first of those is centre-back Taofiq Olomowewe, a former Burnley under-23s defender, who joins from National South club Welling.

Ramsgate have taken seven points from Coyle’s first three games to move from third to first, building on the midweek 1-1 draw at Beckenham with goals from Gil Carvalho and Jack Paxman in a 2-1 win at Sevenoaks.

They’re going well under their new manager but injuries are a concern.

“We’ve had some good performances, which I’m really pleased with, but we’ve picked up some important injuries,” said Coyle, speaking before the Olomowewe deal went through.

“I did my knee on Saturday, so that’s me done for a month, Prescott is struggling with his calf and we lost Ben Fitchett last week.

“It’s not great but we’ve got a couple of signings on the horizon, who want to come in and will give us a bit of quality, and hopefully we’ll have them in by Wednesday.”

Ramsgate lost 4-2 at home to Sevenoaks earlier this season and had learned from the experience going into the return game.

“It was a really good win," said Coyle.

“They were one of the favourites to win the league at