Here's the round up from our papers over the last week

Unsurprisingly a lot of the write-ups covered what supporters have been calling 'wallgate', following the collapse of the sub-standard pitch wall & subsequent abandonment of last week's match at Leatherhead.

The story led the non-league column in the midweek edition of the 'South London Press' last Tuesday:

Dulwich hit brick wall as game is called off

Dulwich Hamlet were left frustrated on Saturday after their Ryman League Division South match against third-placed Leatherhead was abndoned with 12 minutes to go when they were leading 2-0. Daniel Carr struck twice for Dulwich, the second coming in the 78th minute. But as he celebrated, a wall collapsed behind the goal. The debris was cleared but the referee called the game off for health and safety reasons. Hamlet host Ryman Premier side Kingstonian in the Isthmian League Cup quarter-finals tonight.

The wall was the main topic of conversation in the weekly 'Southwark News' on Thursday, too:

Wall collapse denies Hamlet win

Dulwich were denied three points against Leatherhead after the collapse of a small wall behind a goal led to the game being abandoned due to health and safety concerns. With twelve minutes remaining Dulwich fans celebrated the goal that would seemingly clinch the game, but the wall came away near them leading officials to cal la halt to proceedings. Hamlet had taken a first half lead when Daniel Carr casually beat keeper Andy Young after an Ellis Green cross had left him home free from the six-yard line. In the last fifteen minutes of the game Carr found space in the box to drill a poweful shot beyond Young and put Dulwich on course to stay neck and neck with Maidstone at the top of the Ryman League South. However as he received the adulation of the travelling fans a wall collapsed. Despite the debris being cleared the referee made the decision to abandon the contest. Hamlet's game against Kingstonian in the League Cup on Tuesday evening was cancelled for the third time, on this occassion due to a waterlogged pitch. It has been rescheduled for next Tuesday.

Abandoning game was unfair on us-Hamlet's Eede

The controversial decision to abandon Hamlet's game against Leatherhead on Saturday with twelve minutes remaining, with Dulwich 2-0 ahead, was unfair on the players, club secretary Martin Eede stated.
A small wall collapsed as Hamlet fans celebrated the second of Daniel Carr's two goals on Saturday but the brickwork around their feet came away leading to the ref to cal la halt to proceedings.
No serious injuries were reported as a result of the incident and fans, including visiting Hamlet supporters, cleared away the ofending material in order that the game could be completed.
But the game was called off with Hamlet in the ascendancy to the astonishment of travelling fans and other members of the Dulwich entourage.
Eede told the News: "It's unfair on our boys who worked so hard in difficult conditions to put themselves in a position to win the game. If anything the pitch should have caused the game to be called off but it went ahead and the boys dealt with it. Then to have this is just not fair to them and the work they put in. I can't see another scenario other than the match being replayed at some point although of course that decision is in the hands of others."
Hamlet may find out their fate after a Ryman League meeting today. They could be awarded the points, lose them or have to replay the game with league rules giving the committee the scope to make any of decisions.
Eede also felt that the referee was hasty to call off the game as work had been done to clean away any material that could cause harm.
He added: "He gave it just five to ten minutes and then abandoned the game. I have told the ref and we have put in a report to the FA that this decison was taken too quickly. Our fans were celebrating and the wall came away, the ones who were celebrating were the type of fans who you always welcome at your club and I attach no blame to them. In fact some of them spent time clearing the stuff away."
Eede went on to add he expected to hear by the weekend if the Hamlet will have to replay the contest against Leatherhead.

There then followed another piece on the Club meeting with fans, sceduled for next Saturday evening, after our home match with Merstham:

Meeting after Champion Hill owners go bust

Dulwich Hamlet's board have called a fans meeting to ease fears after the company that owns Champion Hill went into administration.
The meeting wil ltake place on Saturday February 9 at 5.30pm, after the home game against Merstham, with all fans urged to come along and quiz the board.
A posting on the club website states the following: "Most of you will have been aware that the company which our Club leases the ground from has gone into administration, so-although the Football Club itself is not in immediate danger of administration-there are some uncertain times ahead, with regard to Champion Hill Stadium."
Club Secretary Martin Eede said: "The point of the meeting is so all the supporters of the club can come along and hear what is going on. If you have any questions you need to come along and ask. I am not going to pre-empt the meeting by saying much more than that as it is right that fans should hear what we have to say first when we talk to them face to face."
Eede will be joined at the meeting by club owner Nick McCormack who will explain the current situation to fans and he will field questions from supporters as will Chairman Jack Payne and Eede.
The latter added: "We want to tell the fans what will be happening going forward and we want them to hear it from us directly. So do come along and attend the meeting to find out."

Finally, our last coverage of the week, in our local printed papers, came in the weekend copy of the 'South London Press' yesterday:

Abandoned Leatherhead game should be a win for Dulwich
RESULT SHOULD BE HELL FOR LEATHER

Dulwich Hamlet boss Gavin rose believes his side should be awarded the win after their league match against Leatherhead last Saturday was abandoned with just over 20 minutes to go.
dulwich were leading 2-0 at the time in the Ryman League Division One South fixture, when a wal lcollapsed behind the goal amidst celebrations after Daniel Carr had scored his second of the match to seemingly put the game beyond third-placed Leatherhead. However, the referee decided to bring a premature end to proceedings, citing health and safety as the main reason, even though the debris was cleared.
At the time we went to press, The Hamlet were waiting to hear the FA's verdict as to whether the resultv would be allowed to stand. Whatever the decision, Rose concedes that Dulwich must accept it and move on. He revealed that the club would not be appealing if the FA declared that the game should be replayed.
" We didn't believe the referee's decision to be the correct one," Rose said. " There wasn't long left and we had just got a second goal to kill them off. No real effort was made to secure the area but at the end of the day the decision was made and we have to live with that. If we have to play it again, so be it- we'll just have to go and beat them again. We've made our feelings clear but we won't appeal against the final decision. There is no point crying about something that is in the past- we would rather focus on the games we have coming up and get on with the rest of our season. It was a real shame because we played really well. It was an interesting, tactical game that I think we shaded."
For Rose, the main concern is the number of games his side might have to play in a short space of time. As well as the possibility of having to replay at Leatherhead game, Dulwich have had several postponements in recent weeks to the weather and progression in cup competitions.
"We have a small squad and we will have to get top performances from the lads week in, week out", Rose said. "I'm not worried about the lack of games this month making us lose our momentum because the boys always do their best to win games, so the interruption to our schedule makes no difference in that respect. But we will have a lot of games to cram in and it could stretch our resources."
Despite the problems the fixture provokes, Rose is still confident there is enough talent in the youth set-up to bolster the first-team squad if needs be.
"Our young players have been exceptional too, so if we have to call up players from the youth team I wil have every faith that they will do a good job," he said. "We are also looking into the possibility of bringing in loans or unattached players to boost the squad."
Dulwich travel to Horsham this weekend as they attempt to overhaul Maidstone United at the top of the table.
"They will be tough opponents," Rose said. "They have a small pitch so it will be a tight and competitive game. We will play in the same manner we always do but we might have to move the ball about a bit wuicker because they wil lbe closing us down quicker. Horsham have got enough to at least get to the play-offs but hopefully we can continue our good run. We just want to get into our stride and carry on winning games."
If the Leatherhead result does not stand, midfielder Luke Hickie may stil have one game of a suspension to serve. Defender Josh Turner has not yet recovered from an ankle injury sustained in the Isthmian League Cup win over Wealdstone, while Ethan Pinnock is likely to be out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.