All the new on The Hamlet from our two local newspapers over the last few days

Tuesday's midweek edition of the 'South London Press' concentrated on our emphatic FA Cup win over Shoreham

Cup progress a Shore thing in Dulwich rout

Dulwich Hamlet breezed through to the second qualifying round of the FA Cup after a 6-0 mauling of Sussex County League Division One side Shoreham at Champion Hill on Saturday.
The game was sewn up by half-time as Dulwich raced into a 4-0 lead thanks to goals from Nyren Clunis, Xavier Vidal and a brace from Erhun Oztumer-one from the penalty spot. The draw for the next round was made yesterday lunchtime and Dulwich will travel to fellow Ryman League Premier Division side Margate on September 28. They host Faversham Town in the Isthmian Charity Shield tonight.

On Thursday the main Hamlet article in the sportspages of the weekly 'Southwark News' featured summer signing Billy Crook:

Hamlet via Hoddle and Ferguson

Midfielder Billy Crook has taken a circuitous route to his home club of Dulwich which has brought him into contact with some of the biggest names in British football.
The 23-year-old hopes a good season for himself and Hamlet will see him rejoin the professional game, having been signed as a pro at Peterborough by Darren Ferguson.
A revolving door of managers during his year as a pro saw him seeking work elsewhere at the end of his twelve-month deal, and he headed off to Spain to spend time at the Glenn Hoddle Academy.
The ex-William Penn pupil said: "I like to play in a technical style and they [Hoddle Academy] like to focus on that out there. I was working with Hoddle, Graham Rix and Nigel Spackman so in terms of coaching its some of the best coaching I have had. There was hardly any running, it was all keep-ball and technical stuff."
Having been on the books of Crystal Palace from the gae of twelve, before a move to Peterborough as a sixteen-year-old, Crook decided to ply his trade in the non-league rather than return to the Spanish academy after his initial stint there.
Since becoming a semi-pro he has had stints at Tooting, Carshalton and Met Police before returning to the club on his doorstep.
He added: "I wanted to stay in the Ryman Premier League level otherwise I may have gone to Dulwich sooner, but when they got promoted the opportunity came to go there and I took it."
Having had a taste of high level technical coaching Crook has been impressed by both the players and staff at Champion Hill.
"Although Hamlet are in the same league as the Met Police I consider it a step up. That's because you get bigger crowds and you get scouts down here more often due to the style the club play." Crook explained.
"Also the coaches here are very good. I have not come across better coaches than Gavin and his team."
The midfielder is now ready to have another shot at professional football and he hopes his success this season will go hnad and hand with the club, and both can benefit from his time at Champion Hill.
Crook said: "As far as the team is concerned, and maybe we don't want to make a big thing of this, but we want to go for promotion again. I don't see why we can't and I think teams will be surprised when they play us, we are not a regular Ryman team. As long as the team does well scouts will come and watch us and hopefully people will say he's [Crook] a good player."

There was also a small piece on the FA Cup draw, and recent games:

Down to Margate for Hamlet

Dulwich have an away draw against fellow Ryman Premier Division side Margate in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup.
The game will take place on September 28, just four days after the same duo meet in a league contest.
Hamlet secured the tie by disposing of Shoreham 6-0 in the first qualifying round last weekend.
Goals from Erhun Oztumer (2), Ian Daly, Nyren Clunis, Xavier Vidal and Mathieu Boyer saw Hamlet ease through the contest.
On Tuesday night Dulwich picked up a piece of early season silverware when they secured the Ryman Charity Shield with a 3-1 win against Faversham Town. Daly, Kevin James and Marcel Henry-Francis got the Hamlet goals.
This Saturday Dulwich are at home to Canvey Island, a 3pm kick off, before Margate come to Champion Hill on Tuesday night.

In the main body of the same 'Southwark News' there was a large news story on the listinf of our Champion Hill Stadium:

Hamlet fans list ground as asset to community

Stadium first in London to be given status

A supporters' group have taken a step towards securing the future of Champion Hill football stadium by successfully listing it as a 'community asset'.
The move is an attempt by Dulwich Hamlet Supporters' Trust to help retain the ground as a football stadium as the current lease held by the football club, a separate organisation to the ground owners, expires in 2015.
Whether this lease is renewed is currently in a state of flux as previous ground freeholders, DHPD Ltd, have gone into administration and new freeholders are being sought by administrators Harris Lipman.
The successful 'asset' application, with help from south London football bloggers 'Tales from the Pigeon Stands', has been approved by the council and the stadium the first London football ground to be given such a status.
Eddie Muraszko, Chair of the Trust, said: "We are delighted that the council has agreed to the listing. These powers are designed to give the community greater chance to secure the future of community assets like the stadium. While it is only limited protection we are pleased to have the added safeguard it does provide, on top of the ground's designation as Other Open Space which the Supporters' Trust successfully secured a few years ago."
The 'asset' status last for five years and means community groups now have a right to bid for the ground should it be put up for sale.
Should any group wish to lodge a bid they will be given six months to raise the finances to back up their application. There is no obligation for any new owners to sell to the group at the end of this period however.
Councillor Veronica Ward, Southwark Council's Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure, Sport and Volunteering said: "We are glad the Supporters' Trust have taken this step and we are happy to have listed it. Dulwich Hamlet is an important part of the community and we look forward to seeing plans for its future."
Nick McCormack, owner of Dulwich Hamlet Football Club, said: "We are involved in discussions with regard to the new lease which are encouraging and look like being worthwhile. An announcement is expected to be made on this in the next couple of months."
Currently there are three other buildings with community asset status in Southwark. They are the Old School Keepers House in Peckham, The Grange pub in Bermondsey and the Huntsman and Hound pub in Walworth.
The Ivy House pub in Nunhead has just re-opened as a boozer after a community group successfully used the government legislation to purchase it after securing it as an 'asset'.

Yesterday, in the weekend edition of the 'South London Press', the main headline featured the FA Cup draw:

DOWN TO MARGATE

Dulwich Hamlet will face Margate twice in five days next week in league and cup action.
The first encounter between the two sides comes next Tuesday at Champion Hill in the Ryman League Premier Division, before Dulwich travel to Hartsdown Park in the FA Cup second qualifying round the following Saturday.
The Gate overcame high-flying league rivals Kingstonian in the previous round.
Just one point separates them from The Hamlet as they sit in fifth and sixth respectively-with Margate a solitary point ahead-and Dulwich boss Gavin Rose is expecting a stern test.
"Margate are one of the top teams in our league,"he said. "Last season they were top for many months before their manager left for Dover. They have got a winning habit and we have had a report on them and it is very impressive. They will be a very good test of where we are at."
Before that though, Dulwich have to negotiate a potentially tricky encounter at home to Canvey Island in the league tomorrow. They will have to do so without the help of wide midfielder Nyren Clunis, who went off with a medial ligament strain in Tuesday nights's dominant Isthmian Ryman Charity Shield over Faversham Town at Champion Hill. He could be out for a couple of weeks. Defender Mathieu Boyer is also a doubt. He was originally in the starting 11 for the midweek fixture but picked up a groin strain in the warm-up, while right-midfielder Dean Lodge is waiting for bruising to go down in his foot after taking a kick on the metatarsal a couple of weeks ago. Ellis Green was substituted during the game as a precaution to ensure Rose had at least one wide midefielder available for tomorrow's game. In better news, Jerome Walker could be available after being given an extended period of rest to shake off a hamstring injury.
Canvey Island had won three games in a row to move away from the relegation zone prior to a home loss to Billericay Town on Tuesday. "Canvey Island have been in good form recently so they will be confident," Rose said. "I watched them earlier this season and we know it will be a tough game but we will go out for the three points, especially as we are at home."
Ian Daly gave the hosts the lead from the penalty spot on Tuesday after Green had been upended. The home side controlled possession for long periods of the first half and were unlucky not to double their advantage as half-time approached. Abdul Mansaray and Marcek Henry-Francis combined with the latter firing straight at Simon Overland in the Faversham goal. Kevin James eventually doubled the lead as the substitute glanced his header into the net on the hour mark from Green's perfect left-wing cross. Two successful spot-kicks within two minutes brought the score to 3-1 as Wayne Wilson netted for the visitors before Marcel Henry-Francis restored the two-goal cushion from 12 yards. Phil Wilson ensured captain Peter Adeniyi lifted the shield as the stopper produced a superb reflex save to deny Renford Tenyue at the death.
"It's always nice to pick up silverware and it keeps up the winning habit," Rose said. " You'd take another medal all day long."
Rose rested regular first-teamers Erhun Oztumer, Kevin James and Lewis Gonsalves for the tie-with Abdul Mansaray, Pinnock, Daly and Adeniyi coming into the side.
"It was a game neither side needed really but both teams treated the game with respect," Rose said. "The result showed that from our point of view. It was good to be able to rest a few players and the lads we brought in did very well."
Top-scorer Oztumer continues to be at the centre of speculation linking him with a move up the football pyramid, but Rose is not worried about all the talk. "We want people to talk about him and come watch him, especially if there are suitors higher," he said. "The boy has done very well and above all he's a good lad and a top player. He works really hard and it was nice to give him a rest on nights like Tuesday."

The 'South London Press' also ran the story about the ground designation, alongside the above piece:

Champion Hill's long-term future is strengthened

Dulwich Hamlet's Champion Hill Stadium has become the first football ground in London to be listed as an "asset of community value."
The listing follows an application made in August by the Dulwich Hamlet Supporters Trust, with help from South London football bloggers "Tales from the Pigeon Stands." The listing lasts for five years and means any owner of the property has to apply to the council before they can sell the freehold or a lease longer than 25 years. Community groups then have six weeks to decide whether they would like to express an interest in bidding for the property. If they do, the owner is not able to sell for six months, although they don't have to sell to the community group. Until spring 2012, the freehold for the stadium was owned by DHPD Ltd, which had borrowed £1.2m to buy it from Kings College. It then went into adminstration, believed to be owing far more than the original sum borrowed. As well as being home to Dulwich Hamlet for almost a century, Champion Hill has also been used by Fisher Athletic, Millwall Lionesses and London FA representative sides. In the 1930s, the original stadium attracted crowds of more than 20,000. The continuing uncertainty and specualtion about the stadium that the admininstration caused threw a spotlight on the need to ensure that Dulwich supporters were given maximum opportunity to influence the future. Dulwich is not alone in taking this action. Manchester United's Old Trafford and Oxford United's Kassam Stadium have already been confirmed as assets of community value and there are at least 15 more nominations in process.
Dulwich Hamlet Supporters Trust chairman Eddie Muraszko said the group was delighted that the council had agreed to the listing. "These powers are designed to give the community greater chance to secure the futre of community assets like this stadium," he said. "While it is only limited protection, we are pleased to have the added safeguard it does provide."
Many football teams-especially non-league clubs in London-have lost their stadiums over the last 20 years after owners sold up. "Our aim is to make sure that Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is not added to this list and to ensure that, on top of the success the club is having on the field, it has a sustainable future in it's long-term home," Muraszko added.
Tom Hall of Supporters Direct-the national umbrella body for supporters trusts-also welcomed the decision. "The facility, despite significant uncertainly as to its future for a number of years, has continued to provide value to its communities and the clubs that use the stadium," he said. "Wehope it is the first step in securing its future and potentially under community ownership. We congratulate Dulwich Hamlet Supporters Trust on this achievement."