Fantasy Island

RYMAN PREMIER DIVISION Att: 727 CANVEY ISLAND – 1 [OG 47] SUTTON UNITED – 3 [Jinadu 43. Bailey 57p. J.Nurse 88] The last couple of weeks have been a bit ropey for the U’s. Losing a long unbeaten record at Bedford, then an awful defeat at home to Maidenhead, the captain & prized midfielder having […]

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Unsurprising Result

RYMAN PREMIER DIVISION Att: 600 SUTTON UNITED – 0 CANVEY ISLAND – 1   [Duffy 26] After picking up 3 vital points at Harrow during the week, the U’s faced another tough encounter, this time with title favourites Canvey making the trip down from Essex. As if their expensively assembled side wasn’t enough to deal […]

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If You’re Name’s Not Down…

RYMAN PREMIER DIVISION Att: 643 SUTTON UNITED – 0 CANVEY ISLAND – 2  [Chenery 68. Gregory 82] You’re not getting in! Yep, like a spotty 16 year old with dodgy ID and black socks over their white trainers trying to get into ‘Legends’ on a Saturday night, our attempt to mildly crash the Ryman Premier […]

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Bargain Bucket

RYMAN PREMIER DIVISION – 31/8/2002 Att: 779 CANVEY ISLAND – 1  [Duffy 18] SUTTON UNITED – 1   [Bolt 11] With Sutton’s surprisingly decent start to the season still baffling us just a tadge, we headed to Canvey optimistic of nicking something. Which is a stark contrast to last year when we travelled to the […]

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Tale Of 2 Pens

RYMAN PREMIER DIVISION Att: 808 CANVEY ISLAND – 1  [Tilson p45] SUTTON UNITED – 1  [Haworth 62] Going to Canvey late in the season was always marked down as a tough one. In fact we were kind of hoping that they’d have the title wrapped up before we got anywhere near this little bit of […]

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Morroccan & Rolling

RYMAN PREMIER DIVISION Att: 574 SUTTON UNITED – 1  [OG 29] CANVEY ISLAND – 4  [Boylan 71. Vaughan 77.79. Knight 88] Now, when you’ve played as badly as the U’s have in the last couple of weeks and hardly managed an effort on goal, the last thing you need is a visit from the team […]

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Six on the Island

RYMAN PREMIER DIVISION Att: 331 CANVEY ISLAND – 6  [Vaughan 22.46. Gregory 48. Tilson 53. Duffy 78. Clark 90] SUTTON UNITED – 2 [Williams 48. Whitmarsh 55] Match Reporter: Bob Who went to Morcambe last season and came back thinking “How the fuck did we lose that 6-2?” when we nearly had them in the […]

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Identity Crisis

RYMAN PREMIER DIVISION Att: 652 SUTTON UNITED – 0      CANVEY ISLAND – 1 [Vaughan 47] Ah you bastards. After the flowing football of Tuesday night, we thought that an entertaining &  competitive game might possibly also ensue today. But sadly we were wrong. It was the second rate 5-3-2/3-5-2 ‘scared of our opponents/un-adventurous’ […]

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Treasure Island It Ain’t!

FA TROPHY 3rd ROUND Att: 719 SUTTON UNITED – 1   [Winston 4] CANVEY ISLAND – 0 After the U’s recent disappointing Conference form, I think it’s fair to say we weren’t exactly chuffed to be paired with Ryman Premier side Canvey in the Trophy. Currently sitting in the top 6 of our former home and […]

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