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HOLMESDALE 0-4 WHITSTABLE TOWN
Go Cardless Kent Senior Trophy First Round
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Stephen McCartney reports from Oakley Road

A strong Whitstable Town booked their place in the last 16 of the Kent Senior Trophy with a convincing victory over their second-placed league rivals Holmesdale.

Jamie Coyle made only a couple of changes to the side that were thrashed 5-1 at National League side Wealdstone in The FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round at the weekend - and a brace apiece from Bradley Schafer and Javaun Splatt, 24, sealed progress in the County Cup competition.

With 38-year-old Joe Healy bossing the middle of the park, Whitstable Town had plenty of possession at Oakley Road.

Recalled left-back Jayden Boulton raced down the left and whipped in a great cross from within the channel, which was met by Healy’s left-footed hooked volley, which brought in a fine save from Holmesdale keeper Charlie Wealands.

Holmesdale missed a glorious chance in the 32^nd minute when winger Nathan Palmer twisted and turned Finlay Cotton before putting it on a plate for right-winger Kayden Turner-Bernard, who lashed his first time shot high over the crossbar.

Holmesdale’s attacking midfielder Callum Keeble (who launched nine long throws into the Whitstable box during the game) whipped in a cross from the left channel, which crashed off Daniel Colmer’s crossbar.

However, Whitstable Town grabbed the lead – against the run of play at the time – in the 44^th minute, courtesy of a costly mistake from Holmesdale’s right-back Jude Jeffery.

Finn O’Mara’s long ball was met by Dean Grant’s head outside the box and Jeffery’s poor back header was intercepted by Schafer, who chipped the ball over Wealands with a clinical finish.

Holmesdale started the second half on the front foot with Jeffery and Turner-Barnard linking up well down the right during the home side's best spell of the game before the hour.

Healy and Splatt linked up from a short corner on the right and Healy’s cross was met by centre-half Jake McIntyre’s head, which cleared the crossbar.

Holmesdale missed another glorious chance to score, following Keeble’s fifth long throw, which was flicked on at the near-post by seven-goal striker Lewis Heywood-Oriogun but Turner-Bernard once again lacked composure when it mattered in the box and lashed his shot over.

Whitstable keeper Colmer went route one to release Splatt in behind Holmesdale centre-half Micquelle Murray, to clinically find the bottom far corner when he only had Wealands to beat, as Whitstable Town doubled their lead in the 64^th minute.

Colmer palmed over to deny Turner-Bernard, who cut in from the right wing and cracked a shot at goal from 30-yards, before being forced off with an ankle injury.

Holmesdale then capitulated as a fine pass from substitute attacker Chris Alhassan put Schafer through on goal, who skipped past the advancing keeper before slotting into the bottom far corner in the 77^th minute to score his tenth goal of the season.

Cotton and Schafer then linked up down the right and a woeful clearance from Holmesdale’s substitute right-back Reelwan Lugboso was gobbled up by Splatt, who fired his ninth goal of the season into the bottom left-hand corner, as last season’s Kent Senior Trophy runners-up progressed.

The ninth-placed Oystermen were without Connor Wilkins (illness) and Richardo Thompson (groin), while O’Mara (thigh strain) and Theo Osinfolarin (Achillies) were nursing knocks in Bromley tonight.

Andy Constable’s Holmesdale, meanwhile, were without William Bell (hamstring), Alfie Clark (suspended) and Malachi Hudson (family commitments).

Due to work commitments, the full match report and reaction from Andy Constable and Matt Longhurst to follow either late on Thursday night or on Friday.

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ERITH TOWN 2-1 SHEPPEY UNITED
Isthmian League South East Division
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Stephen McCartney reports from Bayliss Avenue

ERITH TOWN manager Adam Woodward says he is happy that his side were out of the Isthmian League South East Division relegation zone tonight but not happy with his side’s current position in the bottom six after grabbing their first home league win of the season over a wasteful Sheppey United.