Tuesday, February 22, 2005

BEANEY MAKES ISTHMIAN LEAGUE CENTENARY SQUAD

Dulwich midfield prodigy Kenny Beaney will be in exalted company including David Clarke, captain of Yeading FC against Newcastle United in the FA Cup, when Champion Hill hosts a match between the FA and the Ryman Isthmian League to celebrate the centenary of the competition’s institution on March 8th 1905. Of the current members of the league, only Clapton have been members longer than Dulwich who joined three years later. The game takes place at Champion Hill on Monday 7th March, kicking off at 7:30 p.m. The squad of 17 named by Ryman League representative manager Jack Pearce includes primarily Premier Division players although alongside Beaney in the squad there is the name of AFC Wimbledon’s ace striker Robert Ursell. The full squad is Paul Nicholls (Chelmsford City), Dean Marney (Harrow Borough), Ollie Adedeji (Braintree Town), Pat Sappleton (Billericay Town), Alex Haddow (Eastleigh), Liam Collins (Worthing), David Clarke (Yeading), Fiston Manuella (Staines Town), Robert Ursell (AFC Wimbledon), Alex Revell, (Braintree Town), Andy Forbes (Eastleigh), James Hasell (Leyton) Richard Jolly (Wealdstone), Leon Hunter (Billericay Town), Michael Shinn (Heybridge Swifts), Alex Stanley (Yeading) and Kenny Beaney (Dulwich Hamlet).