Sunday, March 11, 2007

HAVANT'S TEN GOAL STORM PUTS THEM IN LEAD

In the words of the song, what a difference a day makes. Only forty-eight hours ago Bowdon were leading Men’s Division One. Yesterday’s top of the table clash against Havant resulted in Bowdon conceding first place, but only on goal difference. Today (Sunday) Havant played their game in hand against luckless Teddington, and put ten passed the struggling Londoners for no reply, of which Ahmed Ezz Mohamed was the leading scorer with five. None of the remaining fixtures look particularly attractive for either side’s prospects, but realistically Bowdon need two straight wins to stay in with a chance of taking the automatic promotion spot. Havant’s goal difference benefited from today’s meeting and stands at +40 as opposed to Bowdon’s +24. Although both clubs are guaranteed either a promotion or a play-off spot, yesterday’s match between Guildford and Canterbury demonstrated that there are no easy pickings amongst the bottom Premier Division sides.

It is not only in the Men’s Premier that this weekend has thrown up matches against the bottom sides. In the EHL North today, Lichfield beat bottom placed Nottingham to give themselves a slim hope of a play-off place.

Full EHL league tables will be posted to our main website later today.