Rampant Rye put eight past Selsey

Wes Tate struck twice to put Rye two-up after 25 minutes of a one-sided Division One fixture at The Salts on Saturday, Scott Ramsay lashed home the third and Liam Upton added a solo fourth before the break.

Luke Woodley made it 5-0 with a superb individual goal, the sixth was an own goal and Ramsay struck twice more after missing a penalty to complete his hat-trick. Selsey pulled one back with a spot-kick of their own.

Elsewhere, Sidley United’s hopes of a decent run in the FA Vase are over following a disappointing 3-2 loss at home to Chichester City in second round qualifying. Scott McDonald and Marc Munday had put them 2-1 up at half time.

Westfield notched up a very good 2-0 win away to Wick in Sussex Division Two thanks to a goal in either half from Joe Barham, while Little Common fought out a goalless draw at home to Storrington.

Bexhill United went down 4-2 away to Dorking Wanderers in a match which finished 10-a-side. All the goals came in the second half, and Bexhill scored the first and last through penalties from Casey Ham and Dan Hill. Andy Garman was sent-off late in the first half.

Full reports will appear in Friday’s Observers.

Standings (played-points) - Sussex Division 1: RYE UNITED 11-27, 2 Pagham 8-24, 3 Peacehaven & Telscombe 9-19, 4 East Grinstead Town 10-16, 5 Three Bridges 8-15, 6 AFC Uckfield 9-14, 7 Redhill 6-13, 8 Lancing 7-12, 9 SIDLEY UNITED 7-12, 10 Lingfield 7-11, 11 Hassocks 8-10, 12 Crowborough Athletic 9-10, 13 Horsham YMCA 10-9, 14 Ringmer 8-7, 15 Worthing United 7-5, 16 St Francis Rangers 8-4, 17 Chichester City 5-3, 18 Selsey 5-3, 19 Shoreham 4-1, 20 Arundel 4-0.

Sussex Division 2: 1 East Preston 9-24, 2 Hailsham Town 9-22, 3 Dorking Wanderers 8-18, 4 Southwick 11-18, 5 Wick 9-15, 6 Rustington 9-15, 7 Littlehampton Town 7-14, 8 Storrington 10-14, 9 Mile Oak 9-12, 10 BEXHILL UNITED 8-10, 11 Seaford Town 6-9, 12 LITTLE COMMON 8-9, 13 WESTFIELD 7-8, 14 Oakwood 9-8, 15 Eastbourne United AFC 9-7, 16 Loxwood 7-5, 17 Midhurst & Easebourne 10-4, 18 Steyning Town 9-3.