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Great Wakering Rovers v Brentwood Town – LIVE
Great Wakering Rovers 0-2 Brentwood Town Basildon United 2-4 Bowers & Pitsea Morecambe 1-2 Dagenham & Redbridge —————————— FULL TIME: And the curtain calls on a very entertaining evening at Burroughs Park. Great Wakering Rovers can’t be faulted for effort, but Brentwood Town were simply too good. Edgar and Butterworth were particularly impressive and the whole team looked good. I’d fancy them to go up if they make the...
read moreSt. Luke’s Fun Run
Congratulations to all of the people involved in the St. Lukes Fun Run. First reports suggest that a good amount of money was raised, and we will keep you posted on the total amount in due course. Below are the winners: Males: 1 – Robin Jones 188: 57:31 2 – Phil Dickens 306: 57:32 3 – Mark Penny 232: 57:40 Females: 1 – Emily Smith 060: 1:13:38 2 – Victoria Peacock 183: 1:14:22 3 – Madeline Painting 079: 1:14:54 Share/Bookmark
read moreBillericay Town v Cray Wanderers – LIVE
Billericay Town 3-1 Cray Wanderers Concord Rangers 2-1 Leatherhead Lewes 2-2 East Thurrock United Tooting & Mitcham United 0-1 Canvey Island Grays Athletic 1-1 Harlow Town Ware 0-2 Tilbury Basingstoke 3-1 Thurrock Morecambe 1-0 Southend United Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Dagenham & Redbridge Bowers & Pitsea 2-1 Enfield 1893 —————————— FULL TIME: So there we are, what looked to be a rout turned into a hard fought win in the end. A decent...
read moreBasildon United v Southend Manor – LIVE
Basildon United 0-4 Southend Manor Canvey Island 0-0 Dagenham & Redbridge (Canvey win 6-5 on penalties) East Thurrock United 1-0 Lewes Thurrock 0-1 Farnborough Aldershot Town 2-0 Southend United —————————— FULL TIME: And the curtain comes down on tonight’s proceedings. Great effort from the Bees, particularly in the second half, but they were outclassed, if truth be told. Southend Manor, meanwhile, could well win the title. A class outfit. Have...
read moreRugby: Thurrock And Basildon Title Bids Power On
London One North Thurrock 53-7 Rochford Hundred Thurrock top with a 12 point lead. ————— London Two North East Basildon 22-5 Chelmsford Basildon in 2nd, just seven points from the top. Old Streetonians 14-14 Canvey Island Canvey remain 10th, one point and place above the relegation zone. ————— Essex One Billericay 54-0 Clapton Billericay in 2nd position, just a couple of points from the top. ————— Essex Two Dagenham 74-0 ...
read moreEast Thurrock United v Margate – LIVE
Canvey Island 0-2 Billericay Town Carshalton 0-1 Concord Rangers East Thurrock United 3-0 Margate Thamesmead Town 1-5 Grays Athletic Tilbury 1-1 Needham Market Thurrock 1-1 Maidenhead United Dagenham & Redbridge 0-5 Cheltenham Town Southend United 1-0 Crewe Alexandra Barkingside v Bowers & Pitsea Basildon United v Haringey & Waltham Development Thurrock 53-7 Rochford Hundred —————————– FULL TIME: And so the Rocks revival...
read moreThis Weekend’s Fixtures
FOOTBALL Canvey Island v Billericay Town Carshalton v Concord Rangers East Thurrock United v Margate Thamesmead Town v Grays Athletic Tilbury v Needham Market Thurrock v Maidenhead United Barkingside v Bowers & Pitsea Basildon United v Haringey & Waltham Development Dagenham & Redbridge v Cheltenham Town Southend United v Crewe Alexandra —————————— RUGBY Thurrock v Rochford Hundred Basildon v Chelmsford Old Streetonians ...
read moreSCHOOLS SONY AWARD
Sony Radio Award for Schools 2012 SCHOOLS SONY AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT GATEWAY 97.8 Would like to announce that the programme Canvey floods made by the radio club at Kent’s Hill Junior school Benfleet, has won the Documentary/feature award category of the Schools Sony Awards. Michelle Durant who organized the programme broke the news this morning. The young students will win – £750 OF SONY EQUIPMENT TO THE SCHOOL CHILDREN A TRIP TO SONY HQ PICK UP AN AWARD The programme aired on Gateway 97.8 in September 2011 Naturally everyone...
read moreSnow watch News
Snow has hit most of Basildon and East Thurrock- for all the latest information please click on Winter watch on this site and keep listening to Gateway 97.8. Winter watch kicked in on Sunday 5/2/12 – with live updates on the situation. this will continue throughout the day. we will be updating all information throughout Please click on Winter watch on front page of our web site for the latest school closures Share/Bookmark
read moreEast Thurrock United v Carshalton Athletic – LIVE
East Thurrock United 1-1 Carshalton Athletic Canvey Island 3-2 Lowestoft Town Hastings United 0-0 Billericay Town Kingstonian 0-1 Concord Rangers Tilbury 2-1 Grays Athletic Thurrock 0-0 Havant & Waterlooville Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Dagenham & Redbridge Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Southend United Barking 2-1 Bowers & Pitsea Stansted 1-2 Basildon United Rugby Diss 3-10 Thurrock Woodford 15-20 ...
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