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The Millers make the trip to the northern terminus of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway on Tuesday evening for a game which has been re-arranged twice, with both the previous dates, Saturday 6th January and Tuesday 5th March postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Our Opponents:
Hythe Town nicknamed The Cannons recently announced that manager Steven Watt was leaving. Last season they took advantage of the Millers and the Ites sharing the points on the final Saturday of the season to leapfrog both clubs and claim the final play off spot by finishing n 5th place having themselves beaten Haywards Heath Town 4-0 that same afternoon. They went on to beat Ramsgate 4-3 on penalties after it finished 1-1 aet in the play off semi final the following Tuesday evening. Three days later on the Friday they lost 1-0 to Whitehawk in the final.

This season they currently sit in 13th place on 43 points after 36 games. They have experienced problems with their pitch this season resulting in a number of postponements. As a consequence they have been playing catching up in recent weeks sometimes playing twice midweek on Tuesday and Thursday. This has taken it's toil and they come into this game having lost all of their last ten league games, a run which started on the 21st March when they lost 2-1 at home to Beckenham Town. Two days later they suffered a 2-0 defeat at the Artic Stadium against the Millers. On Saturday under new manager Sammy Moore and assistant Darren Beale they looked destined to take a point at Broadbridge Heath only to concede two added time goals to lose 2-0. Their top goalscorer in all competitions is Johan Caney-Bryan with 18 followed by Jake Embery and Aaron Barnes both on 11.

The Millers:
Valley will be looking to stay on track in pursuit of the league title and with it promotion to the Isthmian Premier Division. This is their game in hand on title rivals Ramsgate. Both sides currently have 89 points with the Rams on top virtue of a goal difference of +66 against Valley +65. After tonights game both teams have one game left to play, Rams at home to Three Bridges and Valley away at Horndean. Clearly three points against the Cannons would go a long way to securing the title with Valley needing a minimum of four points from their final two games.
It promises to be compelling viewing, hope to see you there.

Previous Meetings
Cray Valley v Hythe
League
Season 2022/23 Home W 2-0 Away D 1-1
Season 2021/22 Home W 4-0 Away W 4-2
Season 2019/20 Covid Home D 1-1
Played 5
Won 3
Drew 2
Lost 0

Last Meeting
PITCHING IN ISTHMIAN LEAGUE SE DIV
CRAY VALLEY (PM) 2 HYTHE TOWN 0 - 7 Jan 2023 - ATT 130
Goals CV- Bennett 67, Gayle 77
Match Report and Photos:
https://www.crayvalleypmfc.com/teams/228820/match-centre/1-10701622/report

Last Meeting at Reachfields
PITCHING-IN ISTHMIAN LEAGUE SE DIV
HYTHE TOWN 1 CRAY VALLEY (PM) 1 - 5th Nov 2022 - ATT 169
Goals: HT - Caney-Bryan 16
CV - Bennett 27
Match Report and Photos:
https://www.crayvalleypmfc.com/teams/228820/match-centre/1-10701517/report

Details of all previous meetings can be found at:
https://www.crayvalleypmfc.com/a/season-202324--opponents-previous-meetings-62212.html?page=12

South East Fixtures

Tue 23 Apr 2024KO: 19:30

East Grinstead Town

Horndean

Match details

Match date

Tue 23 Apr 2024

Kickoff

19:45

Attendance

264

Competition

South East

League position

Cray Valley PM

Hythe Town

Team overview

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