The printed press...

Here's what the newspapers have been saying over the last fortnight

Almost two weeks ago the 'Non League Paper' reported on our excellent FA Trophy victory down on the South Coast:

Dulwich Hamlet produced a fantastic last 20 minutes to come from behind and knock National League South Whitehawk out of the FA Trophy.
There was little to choose between the sides early on, with Mike West and then Ramon Marimon off target for the hosts before Danny Mills saw his low drive saved by Preston Edwards.
The Hawks then missed a gilt-edged chance to go ahead just before the break. Debutant Connor Tighe led a counter-attack down the right, and his ball then picked out Mills, but his tame effort was straight at Edwards.
It took the hosts just 40 seconds to break the deadlock in the second half. Kevin Lisbie won a challenge with Matt Drage and the ball fell to West who burst through and finished well from 12 yards.
Mills was then denied by Edwards with a fine double save. West's cross from the right picked out the striker, whose low volley was well saved by the keeper, before the former England C man did brilliantly to keep out his second effort.
The Hawks were dealt a blow after the hour, however, as keeper Tom Stewart was taken off after suffering a head injury, with Ross Flitney making a return to action.
However, the visitors drew level soon after when a poor clearance from Dan Harding found Ibrahim Kargbo whose cross from the right picked out Gavin Tomlin, who headed past Flitney.
It was Hamlet who then went ahead 14 minutes from time, as Tomlin met a cross from the left and his glancing header found the far corner.
And Gavin Rose's side made sure of the win ten minutes from time. Ashley Carew made no mistake from a Nyren Clunis cross and Carew made it 4-1 late on, netting the rebound after Flitney had saved his penalty.
Star Man: Gavin Tomlin (Dulwich Hamlet)
ATT: 530
Entertainment: **** (out of a possible five stars)
Referee: Antony Coggins 8/10

The following Tuesday, in the midweek edition of the 'South London Press' the headline was all about the Trophy:

Hamlet cruise into the last 16

Dulwich Hamlet had few problems moving into the last 16 of the FA Trophy after a 4-1 win at Whitehawk.
Gavin Tomlin and Ashley Carew both netted twice for Gavin Rose's side but the tie was scoreless at the break.
Dulwich fell behind a minutes into the second half when Matt Drage lost the ball and Michael West ran through to beat Preston Edwards.
Preston Edwards pulled off a vital double save to deny Whitehawk making it 2-0.
Hamlet levelled matters on 72 minutes. Ibrahim Kargbo's cross was headed in by Tomlin.
A few minutes later and the South Londoners moved in front. Tomlin again in the right place from Nyren Clunis' delivery.
Clunis punished a short backpass to set up Ashley Carew to convert.
Former Fulham keeper Ross Flitney made a flying stop to keep out a Kargbo effort.
The final goal came from the penalty spot after Ibra Sekajja was brought down. Carew's strike was saved but he followed up to head in the rebound.

On the Thursday the 'Southwark News' continued on the trophy theme:

Hamlet flurry sets up Iron tie

Dulwich Hamlet will play Braintree Town in the last sixteen of the FA Buildbase Trophy after Sunday's 4-1 win over Whitehawk.
Hamlet produced a sensational last eighteen minutes after falling a goal behind just after half-time when Whitehawk's Michael West ran through to beat goalkeeper Preston Edwards.
The home side should have gone two goals up in the 55th minute, but Edwards made a stunning double save to keep Hamlet's cup hopes alive.
Whitehawk lost their goalkeeper Thomas Stewart in the 65th minute, with Ross Flitney coming on.
Flitney saved from Nyren Clunis before the visitors finally made the breakthrough in the 72nd minute when Ibrahim Kargbo pounced on a loose ball to cross for Gavin Tomlin to head home.
Whitehawk were rocked, and fell behind three minutes later and it was Tomlin again applying the finish, this time from an accurate Clunis cross.
Eight minutes from time Hamlet finished the tie as contest. Ashley Carew firing home another cross from Clunis.
And Carew got his second late on when he finished the rebound to the net after Flitney had saved his penalty.
There will be some Millwall interest in Hamlet's tie with Braintree as Lions midfielders Kris Twardek and Kyron Farrell are on loan at The Iron.
The fixture will take place at the IronmongeryDirect Stadium at 3pm on Saturday February 4.

The week concluded in the midweek copy of the 'South London Press', with a large feature on one of our double goalscorers against Whitehawk:

DULWICH INDEBTED TO CAREW
Gavin Rose has hailed Ashley Carew as Dulwich Hamlet's most consistent player since Erhun Oztumer's exit.
The midfielder netted twice in last weekend's 4-1 FA Trophy win at Whitehawk. A trip to Conference outfit Braintree lies in wait next in that competition.
And Rose says Carew has helped to fill the void left by Oztumer, who was sold to Peterborough in the summer of 2014.
"A lot of people tell me about his weaknesses, but I try to look at the positives," said Dulwich boss Rose. "This is his third season with us and he always gets into double figures for goals and assists. That's what counts in matches. Sometimes he can look a bit languid in his style and the question is if he is at the races at times. But when you get to know Ashley you know he cares about his football. In two years here he has not had a day off, he doesn't want to miss it. Performance-wise since Erhun has gone he has been our most consistent performer over a period of time. Nyren Clunis and Ethan Pinnock have also done well too."
Gavin Tomlin also claimed a brace in Hamlet's latest success.
"He's been injury-plagued this season and has a suspension as well, which mean he has missed a fair few games," said rose. "But he has weighed in with about 13 goals. He's the sort of person who assists a lot for the team as well. I'm happy with his return and there are more goals to come."
Rose is looking forward to facing Braintree, who lost 5-2 at Millwall in the FA Cup second round.
"I definitely think we've got an opportunity to still advance," he said. "They are in the league above Whitehawk but I don't think the margins are massive-especially in a one-off game. We will be going there with the mentality of progressing. I've followed them a little bit because they've had a few of our ex-players there-George Elokobi went on loan and Craig Barrett is with them now. Our scouting is not much different to normal. We watch anyone we play. You've always got to bear in mind what you are looking to do in a match-that is at the forefront of your mind. It's not all about the opposition but you have got to look at their strengths and weaknesses, hone in on them a little bit more."
Dulwich are in the final Ryman Premier division play-off spot. Leiston's 4-0 win over Canvey Island on Tuesday night saw them open up a five-point lead above them-and they have four matches in hand. When asked about the standings Rose replied: "I haven't looked. You have a rough idea of how you're doing. We've played s few more games than other teams and we know if they win games when we're not in action that we're going to be affected by that. Our job is to pick u points consistently between now and the end of the season to put pressure on those sides because they'll have played quite a few games in a short period of time, which will take its toll on them. It was a brilliant performance from the whole team at Whitehawk. Just our mentality was good-we tried to stand toe-to-toe with them and they are a really good side in their own right. Once we scored the equaliser the belief in our team went to another level and we'd already been playing well. We created chances and took them, something which we haven't done brilliantly this year."

With the Billericay Town match being postponed very late on in the day last Saturday, after the hosts didn't have an early pitch inspection, there was no reports in the most recent 'Non League Paper' or the midweek 'South London Press'. Likewise on Thursday, there was nothing in the 'Southwark News', after our London Senior Cup tie at home to Barkingside also bit the dust, due to a frozen pitch.

So the only reporting this week came in yesterday's weekend 'South London Press', which talked about one of our out-on-loan players:

Carr could still feature: Rose

Dulwich Hamlet boss Gavin Rose has not ruled out Daniel Carr playing a part in the club's Ryman Premier Division run-in.
The former Huddersfield Town striker re-joined the Champion Hill outfit in the summer but was recently loaned to Leatherhead Town.
And Carr has netted twice in defeats for his temporary team, who are managed by former Fulham and Hull midfielder Jimmy Bullard.
Rose is clear that the door is not closed for the 23-year-old. He said: "There is definitely no reason why he can't come back. At the moment it's just about getting him minutes, building his confidence and form. We'll review it towards the end of his loan. I'm very open about the situation with Daniel. He's scored goals for us- he didn't have a bad return- but then he had a spell out injured and was never really match fit when he'd been with us. It was an ankle injury. We felt this was better for him in the short term and it would give us the chance to get another one in who was up to speed in Dipo Akinyemi. Daniel's loan is initially for two months. He's got another five or six weeks left and already scored twice."
Hamlet dropped out of the play-off positions at the weekend and travel to fourth-placed Leiston, who could go top if they win their matches in hand. "Sometimes it's good for us to be playing a team which has ambitions to win the game-because we do face ones that don't and it can be hard to break them down," said Rose. "We'll only play our normal way-which is to win, whether we are home or away. It will make for an interesting game."
Louis Michel-Yamfam and Chris Millar have been sent back to Charlton. The duo joined on loan in mid-December. "It was low-risk because luckily enough I've got a long friendship with Jason Euell at Charlton," said Rose. He said the boys needed to get into a men's atmosphere but once both had played a game for us they had injuries and were unable to recover quickly. It is still a very competitive level. We've got to weigh up giving young men experience or doing what is best for the football club. The football club is always going to come first."
After this weekend Dulwich have a clear week to prepare for their FA Trophy tie at Braintree Town. The Ryman League have agreed to move their Alan Turvey Trophy tie, which was scheduled to be midweek. "It's a great gesture from the league," said Rose. "We're still representing the league and they probably think it is good if we extend our run in it. It comes in a period when we have played quite a few games. This helps us if we want to do well in each game and have a little bit of respite, it's much-welcome."