Whitstable Town and Sheppey United deliver thumping 9-0 wins as Faversham Town, Deal Town, Ashford United, Sittingbourne and Sevenoaks Town progress from FA Cup preliminary round
It proved to be an incredible - and goal-laden - weekend in the FA Cup preliminary round for Kent clubs!
Both Whitstable and Sheppey delivered thumping 9-0 successes against Edgware & Kingsbury and Eastbourne United, respectively.
The vastly-experienced Joe Healy and fellow midfielder Bradley Schafer struck hat-tricks for Jamie Coyle’s troops at Edgware & Kingsbury.
Defender Will Thomas and forward Dean Grant, along with Theo Osinfolarin’s stoppage-time penalty, completed the scoring for Whitstable, who have already got 19 goals from only four competitive league fixtures in all competitions this campaign.
At 5-0, home player David Agyemang and midfielder Mikey Dalton, of the Oystermen, were dismissed.
Oliver Modeste also was handed his marching orders at the death for Edgware & Kingsbury.
Whitstable’s win was their biggest-ever in the competition.
It was a similar story for Kevin Watson’s Isthmian South East Ites in front of a crowd of 300 at Holm Park.
Dover loan forward Rolando Onu netted a first-half hat-trick, playmaker Jacob Lambert contributed a treble of his own, skipper Danny Leonard bagged a brace, and substitute Daniel Bradshaw rounded off the scoring in stoppage time.
Faversham were 4-2 victors at Isthmian South East divisional rivals Merstham.
Two-goal Eniye Amgbaduba and playmaker Nathan Wood were among the goals for Tommy Warrilow’s Lilywhites, alongside Jack Parter, originally from Faversham.
Deal - thumped 6-1 at Faversham in the league in midweek - edged past divisional rivals Crowborough Athletic.
Striker Rory Smith claimed the encounter’s only goal.
Goals from Liam Gillies, Louis Collins, captain Gary Lockyer and substitute Bruno Tavares saw Ashford to a 4-1 triumph against Southern Counties East