FAVERSHAM TOWN chiefs are in talks
with the Kent County League after
Terry Cordice's title chasers were told to end their campaign with
two
games in three days.
The Lilywhites have just four matches
left to play in the race for
the championship and promotion to the Kent League in their first
campaign
as a re-formed club.
They trail leaders Lewisham Borough
by two points but could strike
for home with victory over the South Londoners at Salters Lane on
Saturday,
29th April.
Yet Town - who are WITHOUT a match
this weekend - now play their last
game of the season away to Sheerness East just two days later on the
Monday night, according to fixtures released on Wednesday morning.
That is the same day the club have
organised an end-of-season golf
tournament for the squad, paid for by the Players' Pool, and chief
executive John Webb has launched an immediate appeal.
He said: "I have been in touch
with the league to express our
frustration about these fixtures. We haven't played a single game
all
season on a Monday night.
"Of course, golf days can be
rearranged even though it has been paid
for, but that is not the real issue here. We don't have a game this
weekend yet we are being asked to play two games in three days at
the
turn of the month.
"We note with interest that the
season now finishes on 11th May.
Surely, they could have found us a more appropriate sequence of
games
to finish with?
"After all, we are trying to win
the league - these are vitally
important games for the football club.
"I am hoping that the league
will have a change of heart. Common
sense should prevail here."
The race for the Premier Division
crown would appear to be a straight
contest between Faversham Town and Lewisham Borough but Sheerness
East
are also in with an outside chance.
The Islanders are making steady
progress up the table after a slow
start which saw them without a game for the first two weeks of the
season.
East still have 12 games to play but
can afford to lose to Town on
Monday, 1 May and still go on to claim the title.
Town's website -
www.favershamtownfc.co.uk - has compiled the title
run-in for all three teams which is as follows. It includes the
long-awaited trip to local rivals Norton Sports which will now take
place on Saturday, 22 April.
Premier Division Title Run-in
Saturday, 8 April
Lewisham Borough (Community) v Bromley Green
(Sheerness East in final of Kent Intermediate Challenge Shield)
Tuesday, 11 April
Norton Sports v Sheerness East
Saturday, 15 April
Bromley Green v Sheerness East
Faversham Town v Stansfeld O&B Club
Monday, 17 April
Sheerness East v Lewisham Borough (Community)
Wednesday, 19 April
Sheerness East v Bearsted
Saturday, 22 April
Cray Valley (PM) v Sheerness East
Norton Sports v Faversham Town
Old Roan v Lewisham Borough (Community)
Tuesday, 25 April
Milton Athletic v Sheerness East
Saturday, 29 April
Faversham Town v Lewisham Borough (Community)
Sheerness East v Rusthall
Monday, 1 May
Sheerness East v Faversham Town
Wednesday, 3 May
Sheerness East v Milton Athletic
Saturday, 6 May
Sheerness East v Snodland
Tuesday 9 May
Sheerness East v Old Roan
Thursday, 11 May
Premier Division
Sheerness East v Norton Sports
