What the papers said...

Over the last week in the local & non-league press...what on earth have they been saying? Read on...

Last Sunday, in the 'Non League Paper' was the match report for our comfortable enough victory over Needham Market:

Dulwich Hamlet moved up to second with this victory over Needham Market in front of a bumper Champion Hill crowd.
Newcomer Adam Mills went close for the Marketmen with an early header, but Dulwich gradually took control with Nyren Clunis and Nana Boakye-Yiadom missing decent chances.
Nathan Ferguson forced visiting keeper Danny Gay into a full-length save on 20 minutes, and Mark Weatherstone headed Michael Chambers' far-post cross wide.
Hamlet opened the scoring in the 31st minute, Ferguson beating Gay with a precise 20-yard shot into the bottom corner.
The Marketmen squandered a great chance to equalise three minutes later when Mills' penalty-kick was brilliantly saved by Preston Edwards following a clumsy aerial challenge by Weatherstone on Jack Simmons.
But Dulwich pressed hard as the interval approached. Gay made an important double-save from Boakye-Yiadom, before the striker increased Hamlet's lead with a tidy finish from Ferguson's through ball.
The second half was a bit of an anti-climax.
And except when Edwards made a fine late save from Luke Ingram, the Marketmen never threatened a comeback.
STAR MAN: Nathan Ferguson (Dulwich Hamlet)
ENTERTAINMENT: *** (out of a possible five stars)

The Tuesday non-league column in the 'South London Press' had a Hamlet headline:

Dulwich Hamlet moved up to second in the Bostik League Premier Division with a 2-0 win over Needham Market on Saturday.
A huge crowd of 2,417-with supporters choosing how much to pay for entrance-saw goals from Nathan Ferguson and Nana Boakye-Yiadom secure a seventh victory in 11 matches for the South Londoners to sit just a point behind leaders Billericay Town.
Just six matches in the National League had bigger gates and only York City (2,732 v. Brackley Town) could surpass that figure in National League South or North.

And so to the weekly 'Southwark News' with The Hamlet getting much smaller column inches than either lowly Step Six outfit Fisher, or even the Fisher under sixteens!

Dulwich Hamlet made it five wins in a row to continue their promotion charge with a 2-0 victory over Needham Market at Champion Hill at the weekend.
Om Non-League Day, 2,417 fans saw first-half strikes from Nathan Ferguson and Nana Boakye-Yiadom seal the points for Gavin Rose's side and move them to within a point of Billericay Town at the top of the Bostik Premier League table.
It was an impressive result given the number of injuries Hamlet had that meant youth players Mohomed Mohamed and Caio Guimares were on the bench.
Dulwich had goalkeeper Preston Edwards to thank for their clean sheet after he saved Adam Mills' penalty following Marc Weatherstone's foul.
Hamlet were comfortable after the break as the visitors failed to really threaten, with Edwards only tested once when he got down well to push away an effort from Luke Ingram.
Hamlet are away at Staines Town this Saturday. Kick-off is 3pm.

And, lastly, to Friday's weekend edition of the 'South London Press', this focussed on one of the goalscorers from the Needham Market match:

Nathan Ferguson reckons that dropping out of the professional game has had some plusses.
The 21-year-old midfielder joined Dulwich Hamlet in August and scored a fine long-range effort in Saturday's 2-0 win over Needham Market.
Port Vale released Ferguson at the end of January. He had been working part-time alongside playing non-league at Bromley for the final months of the previous campaign.
He said: "It brings you back down to earth because it gives you that hunger again to make it as a footballer. I was so used to football being my job and I had to refocus working a regular day job as opposed to playing football every day. I've been in and out of professional football-being on the outside does humble you. It becomes less about your ego. There is no looking down on anyone else because it's a level playing field. You have to prove yourself- nobody cares that you were at a professional club. I haven't signed permanently yet because I joined at the end of pre-season. Gavin [Rose] brought me in on a short-term basis to help me get up to speed and try to get some game time. We said we would review it after a few months but hopefully, it will become a long-term deal."
A season-high crowd of 2,417 were at Champion Hill on Saturday-punters deciding their own entrance fee. Ferguson supplied an assist for Nana Boakye-Yiadom to leave Dulwich second in the Bostik League Premier Division.
Ferguson said: "The atmosphere at Dulwich is very positive, particularly compared with the Football League-where the fans will abuse you a lot quicker if things aren't going well. I like that because it gives confidence to the players, knowing the fans aren't on your back."
Ferguson was on the books of Dagenham & Redbridge as a teenager before joining Grays Athletic at 18, when he was first spotted by Hamlet manager Rose.
"I played against Dulwich for Grays Athletic a few years ago and it was the biggest crowd I had ever played in front of," Ferguson said. "I was signed by Burton seven months later but I always remember thinking that if I ended up playing in this division long-term, I would want to play for Dulwich. Gavin came to watch me play for Bromley last season and I reached out to him to attend a training session when I was without a club."
Rose is in his ninth season in charge at Champion Hill and is one of the longest-serving bosses in the non-league game.
Ferguson said: "The aim for myself is to stay in the team and help us win promotion. The way Dulwich is set up as a club, we should not be in this league. We should be pushing for the Conference. Gavin has created such a professional set-up. Joining another professional club is always at the back of my mind but I try to focus on the present, because anything can happen in football. I firmly believe you're only as good as your last game."
Dulwich face the difficult task of competing with big-spending Billericay Town for automatic promotion.
Ferguson said: "I don't fear any team in this league. We have a strong squad and I don't feel there's any side that is stronger than us."