The Non - League thread

[Royal Rother]

RR looked functional rather than exceptional

Cheek!

[NathStPaul]

There is a video of the punch up at Chertsey Town doing the rounds. Not managed to find it yet.

[Simmops]

There is a video of the punch up at Chertsey Town doing the rounds. Not managed to find it yet.

Think Malice at the Palace but non league

Chertsey should be kicked out the league or at least get a few lifetime bans

[NathStPaul]

Chertsey manager resigns following his antics last night.

[Simmops]

Chertsey manager resigns following his antics last night.

Blamed it on him moving to Lancaster or something instead of him assaulting supporters

[Sutekh]

Bracknell Town fixture at Chertsey abandoned right near the end, no idea why. Odd.

2 red cards for Chertsey, then the Chertsey player / manager went into the crowd and decked someone.

One would imagine all hell let loose then!

Bracknell had destroyed Chertsey and were leading 3-0 when it all went mental in the 82nd minute, wonder if the Isthmian League will let the result stand esp. given 2 Chertsey players were sent off for it?

[NathStPaul]

Bracknell Town fixture at Chertsey abandoned right near the end, no idea why. Odd.

2 red cards for Chertsey, then the Chertsey player / manager went into the crowd and decked someone.

One would imagine all hell let loose then!

Bracknell had destroyed Chertsey and were leading 3-0 when it all went mental in the 82nd minute, wonder if the Isthmian League will let the result stand esp. given 2 Chertsey players were sent off for it?

I'd have thought so given all the evidence points to the Chertsey manager being the cause of the incident. Yet to see or hear any evidence Bracknell contributed to the brawl or did anything to lead the referee to call the game off, sounds all Chertsey. The fact the manager resigned pretty much seals the deal.

[Sutekh]

There is a video of the punch up at Chertsey Town doing the rounds. Not managed to find it yet.

Think Malice at the Palace but non league

Chertsey should be kicked out the league or at least get a few lifetime bans

Reminds me of that headline from the 70s after the striker Gerry Queen got into a rumpus at Selhurst Park: “Queen in brawl at the Palace”.

[Royal Rother]

2 red cards for Chertsey, then the Chertsey player / manager went into the crowd and decked someone.

One would imagine all hell let loose then!

Bracknell had destroyed Chertsey and were leading 3-0 when it all went mental in the 82nd minute, wonder if the Isthmian League will let the result stand esp. given 2 Chertsey players were sent off for it?

I'd have thought so given all the evidence points to the Chertsey manager being the cause of the incident. Yet to see or hear any evidence Bracknell contributed to the brawl or did anything to lead the referee to call the game off, sounds all Chertsey. The fact the manager resigned pretty much seals the deal.

A neutral report I've seen suggests that although they were obviously the superior outfit Bracknell had been shithousing throughout the game - seems they are becoming deeply unpopular in the league.

Will see if I can dig it out.

[NathStPaul]

Bracknell had destroyed Chertsey and were leading 3-0 when it all went mental in the 82nd minute, wonder if the Isthmian League will let the result stand esp. given 2 Chertsey players were sent off for it?

I'd have thought so given all the evidence points to the Chertsey manager being the cause of the incident. Yet to see or hear any evidence Bracknell contributed to the brawl or did anything to lead the referee to call the game off, sounds all Chertsey. The fact the manager resigned pretty much seals the deal.

A neutral report I've seen suggests that although they were obviously the superior outfit Bracknell had been shithousing throughout the game - seems they are becoming deeply unpopular in the league.

Will see if I can dig it out.

Yeah I read that too. Still, no reason to go around headbutting people. They didn't do anything to warrant massive amounts of aggression at all really. There was some showboating going on and a bit of chat between some of the players but nothing out of the ordinary.

The best teams are always hated. Same at any level of the game really.

[Four Of Clubs]

Yet to see or hear any evidence Bracknell contributed to the brawl or did anything to lead the referee to call the game off, sounds all Chertsey.

A neutral report I've seen suggests that although they were obviously the superior outfit Bracknell had been shithousing throughout the game - seems they are becoming deeply unpopular in the league.

Will see if I can dig it out.

...was covered in some part in the link I'd posted above ..... from the neutral hopper reporting on NLM.

- I think I could easily believe that 'The Robins' are hardly innocent Angels, in all of this but doubt the League will contemplate looking beyond the facts of the (alleged) assault by a senior club representative, on a visiting a crowd member - however much of a loudmouthed @rse he may or may not have been.
- Bracknell seem to have have acquired an element of self-aggrandisement and some of their manner on the field rather reflects this
- they are NOT popular within the league (nor do they have to be of course - you don't tend to rack up points by being nice) but this is ONLY STEP04.
They've rapidly forgotten how suddenly they plummeted down through the pyramid and have only started to climb back up within the last ten years or so. Indeed at the end of 12/13 season at STEP06, they only finished above Chinnor on Goal Difference and were 1 point above Maidenhead Reserves!

Constantly good results & the finances to hoover up a lot of the local and not so local talent, have brought a 'big club' attitude to the fore sadly.
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Elsewhere this week in NAT-S Hungerford drew 1-1 with Havant & W.; Dorking Wdrs 4-3 Eastbourne Boro and Slough beat Bath 2-0.
- In the division above, 'The Sh!ts' were beaten 0-2 by Weymuff ; Woking fell by the same score at Yeovil and Eastliegh lost 0-1 at Chesterfield
- some surprise scores of note at: Wealdstone, who beat the leaders Grimsby 1-0 and Barnet who won 2-1 at Stockport.

In STEP03 Banbury came away from Royston with a 3-1 win and sit 3rd in SOUTHP-Central with games in hand.
In the Southern Premier - South Chesham shared the points with Beaconsfield (2-2) - late goals here confusing the hell out of the 'official league recorders' again this week - with two of the main sites registering it as 3-2 home win - the visitors were leading 0-2 but the 'Generals' scored theirs on 81' & 96'.

In Southern Div One S Winch came back empty handed from Frome losing 0-2 - decent turnout: 362.

Binfield in Bracknells' division won 2-1 up at Ashford Town

In the B&B Long Crendon progressed with a 1-0 win over Langley and among the CCL Cup games Tadley were a goal behind from about the hour mark to Jersey Bulls - conceded another around FT and then immediately scored themselves - too little too late.

....and finally .... last night (Wed) I managed to find my way up to :
Isthmian One South Central Bedfont Sports 4-0 Thatcham Town - M4 is a complete b@$£@rd with it's narrow lanes; 50 mph limits, that large vehicles seem to ignore and sudden closures - if it was a planned one overnight E-W from jn 6-8 I missed it - presume it's just the default condition now ! ... but I made it there (just) by KO and back via the M3.
Thatcham were pretty abject - lots of individual flair but couldn't string two passes together: got muscled off the ball whenever they crossed the half-way line and were occasionally catastrophic at the back.
- Chris Rackley returning after a spell away was probably culpable for two of the goals but wasn't given much cover by his back four all night.

[paultheroyal]

Bracknell had destroyed Chertsey and were leading 3-0 when it all went mental in the 82nd minute, wonder if the Isthmian League will let the result stand esp. given 2 Chertsey players were sent off for it?

I'd have thought so given all the evidence points to the Chertsey manager being the cause of the incident. Yet to see or hear any evidence Bracknell contributed to the brawl or did anything to lead the referee to call the game off, sounds all Chertsey. The fact the manager resigned pretty much seals the deal.

A neutral report I've seen suggests that although they were obviously the superior outfit Bracknell had been shithousing throughout the game - seems they are becoming deeply unpopular in the league.

Will see if I can dig it out.

Basingstoke vs Bracknell up soon - i will be going to that!

[NathStPaul]

I'd have thought so given all the evidence points to the Chertsey manager being the cause of the incident. Yet to see or hear any evidence Bracknell contributed to the brawl or did anything to lead the referee to call the game off, sounds all Chertsey. The fact the manager resigned pretty much seals the deal.

A neutral report I've seen suggests that although they were obviously the superior outfit Bracknell had been shithousing throughout the game - seems they are becoming deeply unpopular in the league.

Will see if I can dig it out.

Basingstoke vs Bracknell up soon - i will be going to that!

Don't cause any problems, Paul. No headbutting please.

[paultheroyal]

A neutral report I've seen suggests that although they were obviously the superior outfit Bracknell had been shithousing throughout the game - seems they are becoming deeply unpopular in the league.

Will see if I can dig it out.

Basingstoke vs Bracknell up soon - i will be going to that!

Don't cause any problems, Paul. No headbutting please.

lol - will try not too - look forward to reporting back

[Four Of Clubs]

...bit late with the preview sorry ....

Fixtures 30th October

...watch for late call-offs especially with 'local' visitors - I've removed some Postponements due to early failed pitch inspections (Staines/Tiverton/Alresford etc)

FA Trophy 3rd Qualifying Round
AFC Totton v Dorchester Town
Bedfont Sports v Harlow Town
Bedford Town v Stafford Rangers
Bishop's Stortford v Lewes
Bognor Regis Town v Waltham Abbey
Brentwood Town v AFC Sudbury
Canvey Island v Burgess Hill Town
Chertsey Town v Worthing
Chesham United v Bracknell Town
Chipstead v Whitehawk
Cinderford Town v Thatcham Town
Corby Town v Banbury United
Corinthian-Casuals v Cheshunt
Cray Wanderers v Kings Langley
East Thurrock United v Kingstonian
Enfield Town v Metropolitan Police
Farnborough v Bowers & Pitsea
Faversham Town v Leatherhead
Folkestone Invicta v Hendon
Frome Town v Poole Town
Gosport Borough v Salisbury
Hartley Wintney v Melksham Town
Hastings United v Felixstowe & Walton United
Hednesford Town v Peterborough Sports
Herne Bay v Binfield
Heybridge Swifts v Hayes & Yeading
Hitchin Town v Leiston
Horsham v Carshalton Athletic
Lowestoft Town v Yaxley
Margate v Beaconsfield Town
Marlow v Westfield
Merstham v Welwyn Garden City
Northwood v Berkhamsted
Paulton Rovers v Larkhall Athletic
Plymouth Parkway v Merthyr Town
Potters Bar Town v Haringey Borough
South Park v Harrow Borough
Sutton Coldfield Town v Newcastle Town
Thame United v Wimborne Town
Truro City v Cirencester Town
Uxbridge v Basildon United
Walton Casuals v Great Wakering Rovers
Weston-super-Mare v Taunton Town
Wingate & Finchley v Hornchurch
Witham Town v Hanwell Town
Yate Town v Willand Rovers


NAT
Barnet v Aldershot Town
Eastleigh v Maidenhead United
Woking v Altrincham
NATN
Brackley Town v Gloucester City
NATS
Chelmsford City v Havant & Waterlooville
Chippenham Town v Braintree Town
Dorking Wanderers v Dartford
Dulwich Hamlet v Hampton & Richmond Borough
Ebbsfleet United PP Bath City - Covid away squad
Hungerford Town v Maidstone United
Slough Town v Concord Rangers
St Albans City v Eastbourne Borough
Tonbridge Angels v Oxford City
Welling United v Billericay Town

SL1-C
AFC Dunstable v Aylesbury United
FC Romania v Kidlington
North Leigh v Biggleswade
SL1-S
Highworth Town v Bristol Manor Farm
Winchester City v Slimbridge

CCL-PN
Abbey Rangers v Tadley Calleva
CB Hounslow United v Hanworth Villa
Egham Town v Ascot United
North Greenford United v Holyport
Spelthorne Sports v Edgware Town
Wembley v Windsor
CCL-PS
Badshot Lea v Knaphill
Balham v Camberley Town@ AFC Croydon
Cobham v Horley Town
Colliers Wood United v Redhill
Fleet Town v Walton & Hersham
Molesey v Guildford City
Raynes Park Vale v Jersey Bulls
Sheerwater v Farnham Town
CCL-1
Bagshot v Langley @ Camberley
British Airways v Rayners Lane @ Bedfont & Feltham
Chalvey Sports v Eversley & California @ Burnham
Cove v Bedfont & Feltham
Hillingdon Borough v AFC Aldermaston
Kensington & Ealing Borough v AFC Hayes @ Hanwell
London Samurai Rovers v Enfield Borough @ Hanworth Villa
London Lions v Sandhurst Town - game switched to Lions ground Rowley La. EN5 3HW
Wallingford Town v Berks County
CCL-Cup
Beckenham Town v St Panteleimon
Virginia Water v Reading City @ Windsor
Wokingham & Emmbrook v AFC Croydon Athletic
Woodley United v FC Deportivo Galicia @ Scours La

HELLP
Fairford Town v Royal Wootton Bassett Town
Shrivenham v Bishops Cleeve
HELL-1
Abingdon United v Stonehouse Town
Milton United v Clanfield 85

SSMP
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Baldock Town
Flackwell Heath v Dunstable Town
Holmer Green v Leighton Town
Risborough Rangers v Harpenden Town
SSM-1
Bedford v Penn & Tylers Green
Buckingham Athletic v Amersham Town
Long Crendon v Rushden & Higham United

WESS-P
Alton v Hythe & Dibden
WESS-1
Andover New Street v Millbrook
Ash United v Newport (IOW)
Petersfield Town v Whitchurch United
Ringwood Town v Fleet Spurs
Verwood Town v Andover Town

...not sure of destination this PM - if anywhere - is a bit of crimp us KO-ing late evening so the CBA levels have risen - and restricts the range somewhat in the search for new grounds -
- will watch any further announcements re inspections and call mate later - see what he thinks .....half-revisit to 'new' place down at Sheerwater (they've moved over the road) would make sense, since neither of us has been yet - pretty sure it's 3G too so weather proof.

[Four Of Clubs]

Results from yesterday:

Saturday30th October

FA Trophy 3rd Qualifying Round
AFC Totton 2-0 Dorchester Town
Bedfont Sports 2-1 Harlow Town
Bedford Town 3-1 Stafford Rangers
Bishop's Stortford 2-0 Lewes
Bognor Regis Town 5-0 Waltham Abbey
Brentwood Town 3-0 AFC Sudbury
Canvey Island 3-0 Burgess Hill Town
Chertsey Town 0-2 Worthing
Chesham United 1-1 Bracknell Town -att 247 - 1-2 pens – during 90’ ‘Robins’ had levelled through Tarpey on 60’
Chipstead 2-1 Whitehawk
Cinderford Town 2-2 Thatcham Town 5-4p
Corby Town 0-1 Banbury United
Corinthian-Casuals 0-1 Cheshunt
SUN 15:00 Cray Wanderers v Kings Langley
East Thurrock United 0-6 Kingstonian
Enfield Town 2-1 Metropolitan Police
Farnborough 4-1 Bowers & Pitsea – att 320
Faversham Town 2-1 Leatherhead
Folkestone Invicta 2-1 Hendon
Frome Town 3-2 Poole Town
Gosport Borough 1-2 Salisbury
Hartley Wintney 2-1 Melksham Town – att 236
Hastings United 1-3 Felixstowe & Walton United
Hednesford Town 2-3 Peterborough Sports
Herne Bay 0-2 Binfield – att 263 Bunting and Harris (pen) late on for ‘Moles’
Heybridge Swifts 2-2 Hayes & Yeading 1-4p
Hitchin Town 1-3 Leiston
Horsham 2-3 Carshalton Athletic
Lowestoft Town 2-3 Yaxley
Margate 2-0 Beaconsfield Town
Marlow 4-3 Westfield – att 206
Merstham 1-3 Welwyn Garden City
Northwood 2-2 Berkhamsted 5-6p
Paulton Rovers 1-5 Larkhall Athletic
Plymouth Parkway 1-0 Merthyr Town
Potters Bar Town 2-0 Haringey Borough
South Park 0-1 Harrow Borough
Sutton Coldfield Town 0-0 Newcastle Town
Thame United 2-4 Wimborne Town
WED 3/11– 19:45 Tiverton Town v Swindon Supermarine
TUE 2/11 – 19:45 Truro City v Cirencester Town
Uxbridge 2-1 Basildon United
Walton Casuals 2-1 Great Wakering Rovers
Weston-super-Mare 3-2 Taunton Town
Wingate & Finchley 1-1 Hornchurch 5-4p
Witham Town 1-3 Hanwell Town
Yate Town 0-2 Willand Rovers


NAT
Barnet 2-1 Aldershot Town
Eastleigh 1-0 Maidenhead United
Woking 3-2 Altrincham
NATN
Brackley Town 1-0 Gloucester City
NATS
Chelmsford City 2-3 Havant & Waterlooville
Chippenham Town 1-1 Braintree Town
Dorking Wanderers 1-0 Dartford –att 1,019 Wanderers bt previously unbeaten league leaders thanks to an og in the last 5’ and move up to 4th
Dulwich Hamlet 4-3 Hampton & Richmond Borough – att 3,045
Hungerford Town 3-2 Maidstone United – ‘Crusaders’ climb to 8th – thanks to a Ryan Seager hat-trick - winner in added time
Slough Town 1-1 Concord Rangers – Rangers level on 93’ to spoil what could have been a perfect week for ‘Rebels’ – still took 7 pts from 9
St Albans City 2-1 Eastbourne Borough
Tonbridge Angels 0-2 Oxford City – City up to 3rd
Welling United 1-0 Billericay Town

SL1-C
AFC Dunstable 1-2 Aylesbury United
FC Romania 2-0 Kidlington
North Leigh 3-2 Biggleswade
SL1-S
Highworth Town 1-2 Bristol Manor Farm
Winchester City 4-0 Slimbridge

CCL-PN
Abbey Rangers 2-1 Tadley Calleva
CB Hounslow United 1-4 Hanworth Villa – ’Villa’ go top
Egham Town 1-1 Ascot United
North Greenford United {SEVEN} 7-0 Holyport
Spelthorne Sports 1-3 Edgware Town
Wembley 2-2 Windsor
CCL-PS
Badshot Lea 5-1 Knaphill 'Baggy Lea' stay 2nd behind W&H
Balham 2-1 Camberley Town
Cobham 0-1 Horley Town
Colliers Wood United 0-2 Redhill
Fleet Town 0-4 Walton & Hersham
Molesey 1-1 Guildford City
Raynes Park Vale 1-1 Jersey Bulls – late equalizer for Bulls having just gone down to 10 men - stay 7th but with plenty of games in hand to make up ground
Sheerwater 3-2 Farnham Town
CCL-1
Bagshot 1-0 Langley – Bagshot off the bottom – jump over Woodley
British Airways 1-5 Rayners Lane
Chalvey Sports 3-2 Eversley & California
Cove 2-2 Bedfont & Feltham
Hillingdon Borough 4-0 AFC Aldermaston
Kensington & Ealing Borough 2-1 AFC Hayes
London Samurai Rovers 2-5 Enfield Borough
London Lions 2-0 Sandhurst Town - ‘Fizzers’ beaten at leaders
Wallingford Town 3-2 Berks County
CCL-Cup
Beckenham Town 0-1 St Panteleimon
Virginia Water 3-3 Reading City 3-1p
Wokingham & Emmbrook 1-1 AFC Croydon Athletic 4-5p
Woodley United 2-3 FC Deportivo Galicia

HELLP
Fairford Town 0-2 Royal Wootton Bassett Town att 145
Shrivenham 0-4 Bishops Cleeve - Shrivvy lose to new leaders – as Cribbs were held at Calne
HELL-1
Abingdon United 1-3 Stonehouse Town
Milton United 2-1 Clanfield 85

SSMP
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 0-1 Baldock Town
Flackwell Heath 5-0 Dunstable Town
Holmer Green 0-8 {EIGHT} Leighton Town
Risborough Rangers 3-1 Harpenden Town att 165
SSM-1
Bedford 1-1 Penn & Tylers Green
Buckingham Athletic 4-1 Amersham Town
Long Crendon 1-3 Rushden & Higham United

WESS-P
Alton 3-0 Hythe & Dibden att 179
- Brockenhurst stay top (just) with a narrow win at Hamble but Horndean in 2nd and with games in hand, are galloping up fast behind them with an eye-watering GD too
– won {NINE} 9-0 yesterday on the IoW at Cowes Sports – who were respectably mid-table. Horndean have racked up 35 goals in their last 8 league games which includes a 0-0 at Portchester .

WESS-1
Andover New Street 3-3 Millbrook
Ash United 0-3 Newport (IOW)
Petersfield Town 1-0 Whitchurch United
Ringwood Town 1-3 Fleet Spurs
Verwood Town 2-2 Andover Town

[paultheroyal]

Horndean are flying - must be the infamous sloping pitch which gives Fleet Town a run for its money.

Cant wait for Bracknell vs Basingstoke Town on Saturday, bumper crowd and a great atmosphere.

[NathStPaul]

Horndean are flying - must be the infamous sloping pitch which gives Fleet Town a run for its money.

Cant wait for Bracknell vs Basingstoke Town on Saturday, bumper crowd and a great atmosphere.

What are you predicting, Paul? Bracknell were awful on Saturday against Chesham, think Basingstoke have a decent chance.

[paultheroyal]

Horndean are flying - must be the infamous sloping pitch which gives Fleet Town a run for its money.

Cant wait for Bracknell vs Basingstoke Town on Saturday, bumper crowd and a great atmosphere.

What are you predicting, Paul? Bracknell were awful on Saturday against Chesham, think Basingstoke have a decent chance.

Basingstoke are exceeding everyone's expectations. They have an excellent balance of seasoned non league pros, academy products and ex football league players, Brendan Rodgers son has just signed for them.

Tempers will flare, going for 3:1 - Basingstoke. This will be there first real proper test as promotion candidates.

[NathStPaul]

Horndean are flying - must be the infamous sloping pitch which gives Fleet Town a run for its money.

Cant wait for Bracknell vs Basingstoke Town on Saturday, bumper crowd and a great atmosphere.

What are you predicting, Paul? Bracknell were awful on Saturday against Chesham, think Basingstoke have a decent chance.

Basingstoke are exceeding everyone's expectations. They have an excellent balance of seasoned non league pros, academy products and ex football league players, Brendan Rodgers son has just signed for them.

Tempers will flare, going for 3:1 - Basingstoke. This will be there first real proper test as promotion candidates.

Going for horrible looking 0-1, reckon they'll be a red or two.