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All the latest from the local newspapers over the last few days...

Last Sunday our match was the main featured game, on the Ryman Premier Division pages of the 'Non League Paper' :

Ashley Carew's late penalty gave Dulwich a share of the spoils as two pre-season title favourites put their championship credentials to their first test.
It was a well-contested affair if a little cagey. Scott Shulton fired Hendon ahead midway through the second half.
But Greens keeper Joe Wright's rash penalty box challenge on substitute Calum Willock gave Carew his chance from 12 yards.
Neither manager was entirely satisfied with the afternoon's work, with Hendon boss Gary McCann the more disappointed after believing his side had done enough for victory.
He told The NLP: "There was an element of disappointment with the late equaliser. I thought we had done a superb job in controlling their dangermen. Our back four, and the full-backs Sam Flegg and Ollie Sprague especially, were outstanding. I was pleased that we kept to our plan throughout the game."
Dulwich manager Gavin Rose said: "I felt we had the majority of possession. Hendon let us play. But we could have been more clinical. I don't apologise for being intricate in possession. It is a matter of making the right decision in the attacking positions. We know it is a long hard season, and it is still very early days. We are a new group of players and we are still getting to know each other."
The first shot at goal didn't arrive until the 19th minute. Luke Tingey was beaten by a bad bounce, but Hamlet striker Jacob Erskine's shot was blocked by Ryan Wharton.
Hendon then had a couple of openings. First, from the game's first corner in the 25th minute, Wharton lifted the ball over Dulwich keeper Phil Wilson but could not get it under the crossbar.
Aaron Morgan then fired wide with the goal gaping after a good pass from Shulton.
Just before the break, Dulwich's Matt Drage rampaged out of defence and his drive flew narrowly over.
After the break, Hamlet's Mitchell Nelson nearly opened the scoring with a powerful header, saved low down by Wright at his near post.
Midway through the second half, Hendon took the lead. Shulton cut inside from the left, spotted Wilson slightly out of position and drilled the ball just inside the far post from a very narrow angle.
Dulwich seemed surprisingly resigned to their fate and although they sent on Willock and Jack Dixon, they didn't display much urgency.
Hendon seemed on course for a second consecutive one-nil win.
However, with two minutes of normal time remaining, Willock burst into the box. He was brought down by Wright and Ashley Carew slammed home the penalty.

On Tuesday, in the midweek edition of the 'South London Press', our early place at the summit of the Premier Division took the headline:

Dulwich Hamlet moved to the top of the Ryman League Premier Division table with a 1-1 draw at Hendon on Saturday.
Bit the Champion Hill outfit saw their 100 per cent start to the campaign came to an end as they needed a late Ashley Carew penalty to share the spoils at Earlsmead Stadium.
It was still enough to put Gavin Rose's men in pole position on goal difference and they are at home to Thamesmead in the Robert Dyas League Cup tonight.

Yesterday, in the weekly 'Southwark News', Gavin talking about his new look squad:

Hamlet boss Gavin Rose hope to go through the entire season with his current squad members after his side got their Ryman Premier League campaign off to a good start.
Dulwich have picked up seven points from nine available since the start of the season, dropping their firstp oints this campaign after drawing 1-1 away to Hendon on Saturday.
The Pink and Blues gaffer told the News he had no plans to add to his squad in the short term, and hoped this remained the situation throughout the campaign.
Rose said: "We are not looking to bring people in. We want people to bed in and it's not right to bring further people in as it can be unsettling. So we want it to be that way for say two, three or even four months, in fact we would be happy if we did not have to add to this squad for the whole season."
On Saturday Hamlet fell behind to Hendon, who like the Hamlet made it to the play-offs last campaign, when Scott Shulton opened the scoring only for Dulwich to level things up late on thanks to an Ashley Carew penalty.
Rose said of the contest: "It was a good game as it was quite tactical and they set up in such a way that there were a few conundrums for us to solve. It meant we had to attack, albeit with caution, and I thought it was a good game for this part of the season. We have had a high turnover of players and we were up against a side who were used to winning week in, week out at the end of last season with a lot of players who played on Saturday. So it bodes well for the future that we were able to get this result against them so early in the season."
He added: "We haven't been too far off in the last two seasons, and that is a credit to the set of players who didn't do too much wrong, but hopefully we will have what it takes in this squad to get us promoted."
On Tuesday night Hamlet got their Robert Dyas League Cup campaign underway against Thamesmead Town who they defeated 2-0. both goals were scored by Calum Willock who has now netted four goals for Dulwich this campaign.

And, finally, onto this morning's weekend copy of the 'South London Press':

Dulwich Hamlet manager Gavin Rose has insisted that his team will keep their feet on the ground despite extending their unbeaten start to the season to four games on Tuesday night.
Striker Calum Willock added his third and fourth goals of the campaign inside the first 20 minutes as the Champion Hill outfit won 2-0 against Thamesmead to progress to the second round of the Alan Turvey Trophy.
Rose said: "We've got pretty much a clean bill of health, with the likes of Charlie Penny now returning, and he was magnificent. We're confident in our group, we feel we have a good, committed team this year and we're delighted with how we have started. However we must remember it's only been four games and we may well have another 60 or so until the end of the season. We're all human and we're going to have off nights-it's about how we cope with that and come back stronger. We've started well in the last few years in the league, which definitely helps because we can really hit the ground running and believe in ourselves. We're all delighted with the start but there is a long, long way to go and we must remember that."
Rose was further boosted by the performances of new signings Penny and Willock, as the pair linked up well in the opening stages with the former laying on two assists.
"It's good for them to get a good run," he said. "Charlie's work rate for the team was top-notch and to see Calum continue his goal-scoring run was great. We've also got the likes of Jacob Erskine and Damian Scannell, and every single one of them are vital. We're happy they are in a good run of form at the moment-long may that continue."
Dulwich host Staines on Saturday.