Whyteleafe P Dulwich Hamlet P

Whyteleafe P Dulwich Hamlet P
Ryman League – First Division
Saturday 15th December 2001

Dulwich were left kicking their heels last Saturday when their scheduled match was called off two and a half hours before kick-off. Despite the attempts of Whyteleafe to get the game played, a heavy overnight frost had left the ground rock hard and after a 12-30 inspection the referee decided that the conditions were too dangerous for the match to go ahead. What was more infuriating was that by the advertised kick-off time, the pitch had thawed out sufficiently for the match to almost certainly take place as testified to by a number of supporters of both sides who had made the trip to Church Road only to find they had made a futile journey. At the time of writing it is hoped that the match can take place next Saturday 22nd December as neither side has a game scheduled for that date, although this has yet to be ratified by the Isthmian League.

Central Defender Al-James Hannigan has completed a transfer to Ryman League Division One promotion hopefuls, Bishop’s Stortford.

Although reluctant to leave Champion Hill, the chance to strengthen the Blues title challenge proved too tempting for the highly-experienced Hannigan who started his career as a junior at Arsenal and counts Enfield, Rushden & Diamonds, Yeovil Town and Slough Town among his former clubs in a highly successful career that has seen many medals come his way. Having joined Dulwich from St Albans back in January of this year, he has the rare distinction of having played under three managers at Dulwich in that time, Les Cleevely, Gwynne Beery and current incumbent Martin Eede. In his time he gained a cult following for his blunt assessments and although he never found the back of the net in his 41 appearances it was not for want of trying.