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[Royals and Racers]

Short trip to Scours lane this evening for my 1st FA Cup action of the season as Reading City replay against Cirencester Town.

[Royals and Racers]

Short trip to Scours lane this evening for my 1st FA Cup action of the season as Reading City replay against Cirencester Town.

Reading City 2 Cirencester 0
After a fairly even goalless 1st half
City took control woth 2 well taken goals. Both sides finished with 10 men with late sending offs in separate incidents. Reading City home to Didcot in the next round.

[Four Of Clubs]

...I've also been 'up for the Cup' this midweek :

Mon : saw SCR beat divisional rivals Guildford 1-0 at Carshalton's ground in their FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round. replay - was a pretty insipid affair but City had paid the price for letting Rovers pinch a 1-1 in the final secs of stoppage time in the first game on Sat.
Sutton Common Rovers now host CCL-PN Harefield on the 16th - The 'Hares' overcame Peacehaven AET this evening in their replay.

Tue : nipped up to the Northcourt for Ab. Utd 1-2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos aet (FT 1-1) att: a very healthy 354
- also needed a replay following a 90' plus loads leveller for AVD.
...almost identical pattern tonight - tho' Abingdon Utd led after going down to 10 men on 10' - a needless elbow right in front of the Ref. - maybe a 'hanger-on' from the first tie?
U's still bossed the game for long periods but AVD pressed wider and higher very late on and yet again managed to draw level - equalizer on 90 + 7. Home sides' misery compounded when AVD scored a 2nd on 120 +2' - they'll now host Oldland Abbotonians (from Brizzle) in the Preliminary Round

...elsewhere our featured sides fortunes in the Cup replays were as follows :
Ashford T bt Eastbourne Town 3-2 (2-2 at FT) visitors scored on 90' - 'Tangerines' down to 10 men from the hour mark
Hilltop beaten 4-1 at Deal
Virginia Water 'lodging' at Arbour Park this season, edged past Thornbury, from the Hellenic 3-2 @ FT

- the Bedfont Sports v Guernsey replay - which might have been my first choice, was p'poned pending an FA decision over Guernsey's admission they fielded an ineligible player. So usual 'fun 'n games' around the CCL - though to be fair Guernsey this term, are in the Southern Combination Premier.
It would appear the Islanders couldn't get on any flights for tonight - so the tie was already in serious doubt.
Bedfont Sports not amused as they'd already cancelled a match booking for their lodgers Deportivo (CCL-1) on the understanding the replay would go ahead on Tue evening?

In league action elsewhere
(CCL-PN)
- Burnham grabbed a 1-0 win at British Airways (now playing up at NGU) and moved top with 2 wins from 2
(CCL-PS)
- wins for Alton (2-0 vs Camberley) , Badshot Lea (3-2 vs Cor-Cas) and Cobham: impressive 4-0 romp at Tooting & M.
(CCL-1)
Bedfont 3-0 Wembley
Berks Co 1-0 CWU
Holmer Gn 2-0 Sandhurst Town
Spelthorne 1-1 Molesey

Wed (Tonight) have choice of Cup games at Hayes & Yeading (Southall v Little Common [Bexhill]),
RWBT v Lydney - tho they're in the same division in the Hellenic so slightly less appeal.
Also league games at Beaconsfield (CCL-PN Milton v NGU) & in the Wessex One: Whitchurch v Amesbury

[Double C]

...I've also been 'up for the Cup' this midweek :

Mon : saw SCR beat divisional rivals Guildford 1-0 at Carshalton's ground in their FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round. replay - was a pretty insipid affair but City had paid the price for letting Rovers pinch a 1-1 in the final secs of stoppage time in the first game on Sat.
Sutton Common Rovers now host CCL-PN Harefield on the 16th - The 'Hares' overcame Peacehaven AET this evening in their replay.

Tue : nipped up to the Northcourt for Ab. Utd 1-2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos aet (FT 1-1) att: a very healthy 354
- also needed a replay following a 90' plus loads leveller for AVD.
...almost identical pattern tonight - tho' Abingdon Utd led after going down to 10 men on 10' - a needless elbow right in front of the Ref. - maybe a 'hanger-on' from the first tie?
U's still bossed the game for long periods but AVD pressed wider and higher very late on and yet again managed to draw level - equalizer on 90 + 7. Home sides' misery compounded when AVD scored a 2nd on 120 +2' - they'll now host Oldland Abbotonians (from Brizzle) in the Preliminary Round

...elsewhere our featured sides fortunes in the Cup replays were as follows :
Ashford T bt Eastbourne Town 3-2 (2-2 at FT) visitors scored on 90' - 'Tangerines' down to 10 men from the hour mark
Hilltop beaten 4-1 at Deal
Virginia Water 'lodging' at Arbour Park this season, edged past Thornbury, from the Hellenic 3-2 @ FT

- the Bedfont Sports v Guernsey replay - which might have been my first choice, was p'poned pending an FA decision over Guernsey's admission they fielded an ineligible player. So usual 'fun 'n games' around the CCL - though to be fair Guernsey this term, are in the Southern Combination Premier.
It would appear the Islanders couldn't get on any flights for tonight - so the tie was already in serious doubt.
Bedfont Sports not amused as they'd already cancelled a match booking for their lodgers Deportivo (CCL-1) on the understanding the replay would go ahead on Tue evening?

In league action elsewhere
(CCL-PN)
- Burnham grabbed a 1-0 win at British Airways (now playing up at NGU) and moved top with 2 wins from 2
(CCL-PS)
- wins for Alton (2-0 vs Camberley) , Badshot Lea (3-2 vs Cor-Cas) and Cobham: impressive 4-0 romp at Tooting & M.
(CCL-1)
Bedfont 3-0 Wembley
Berks Co 1-0 CWU
Holmer Gn 2-0 Sandhurst Town
Spelthorne 1-1 Molesey

Wed (Tonight) have choice of Cup games at Hayes & Yeading (Southall v Little Common [Bexhill]),
RWBT v Lydney - tho they're in the same division in the Hellenic so slightly less appeal.
Also league games at Beaconsfield (CCL-PN Milton v NGU) & in the Wessex One: Whitchurch v Amesbury

Oh yeah that's another funny one with the Island team! And I wss going to ask you

Why on earth did they get put there?! They are so far away

Do they pay teams to come visit them?

Southern combination is my local non-league league , living in Burgess Hill
(Of which note I have my first ever season ticket to BH town who hilariously went up in the PO final over a team which got 100+ points in the season ). They are now step 3 which is a super tough league this year.

Anyway
.......

[Sutekh]

...I've also been 'up for the Cup' this midweek :

Mon : saw SCR beat divisional rivals Guildford 1-0 at Carshalton's ground in their FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round. replay - was a pretty insipid affair but City had paid the price for letting Rovers pinch a 1-1 in the final secs of stoppage time in the first game on Sat.
Sutton Common Rovers now host CCL-PN Harefield on the 16th - The 'Hares' overcame Peacehaven AET this evening in their replay.

Tue : nipped up to the Northcourt for Ab. Utd 1-2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos aet (FT 1-1) att: a very healthy 354
- also needed a replay following a 90' plus loads leveller for AVD.
...almost identical pattern tonight - tho' Abingdon Utd led after going down to 10 men on 10' - a needless elbow right in front of the Ref. - maybe a 'hanger-on' from the first tie?
U's still bossed the game for long periods but AVD pressed wider and higher very late on and yet again managed to draw level - equalizer on 90 + 7. Home sides' misery compounded when AVD scored a 2nd on 120 +2' - they'll now host Oldland Abbotonians (from Brizzle) in the Preliminary Round

...elsewhere our featured sides fortunes in the Cup replays were as follows :
Ashford T bt Eastbourne Town 3-2 (2-2 at FT) visitors scored on 90' - 'Tangerines' down to 10 men from the hour mark
Hilltop beaten 4-1 at Deal
Virginia Water 'lodging' at Arbour Park this season, edged past Thornbury, from the Hellenic 3-2 @ FT

- the Bedfont Sports v Guernsey replay - which might have been my first choice, was p'poned pending an FA decision over Guernsey's admission they fielded an ineligible player. So usual 'fun 'n games' around the CCL - though to be fair Guernsey this term, are in the Southern Combination Premier.
It would appear the Islanders couldn't get on any flights for tonight - so the tie was already in serious doubt.
Bedfont Sports not amused as they'd already cancelled a match booking for their lodgers Deportivo (CCL-1) on the understanding the replay would go ahead on Tue evening?

In league action elsewhere
(CCL-PN)
- Burnham grabbed a 1-0 win at British Airways (now playing up at NGU) and moved top with 2 wins from 2
(CCL-PS)
- wins for Alton (2-0 vs Camberley) , Badshot Lea (3-2 vs Cor-Cas) and Cobham: impressive 4-0 romp at Tooting & M.
(CCL-1)
Bedfont 3-0 Wembley
Berks Co 1-0 CWU
Holmer Gn 2-0 Sandhurst Town
Spelthorne 1-1 Molesey

Wed (Tonight) have choice of Cup games at Hayes & Yeading (Southall v Little Common [Bexhill]),
RWBT v Lydney - tho they're in the same division in the Hellenic so slightly less appeal.
Also league games at Beaconsfield (CCL-PN Milton v NGU) & in the Wessex One: Whitchurch v Amesbury

Can’t see any mention of Reading City 2 Cirencester Town 0

[Royals and Racers]

...I've also been 'up for the Cup' this midweek :

Mon : saw SCR beat divisional rivals Guildford 1-0 at Carshalton's ground in their FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round. replay - was a pretty insipid affair but City had paid the price for letting Rovers pinch a 1-1 in the final secs of stoppage time in the first game on Sat.
Sutton Common Rovers now host CCL-PN Harefield on the 16th - The 'Hares' overcame Peacehaven AET this evening in their replay.

Tue : nipped up to the Northcourt for Ab. Utd 1-2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos aet (FT 1-1) att: a very healthy 354
- also needed a replay following a 90' plus loads leveller for AVD.
...almost identical pattern tonight - tho' Abingdon Utd led after going down to 10 men on 10' - a needless elbow right in front of the Ref. - maybe a 'hanger-on' from the first tie?
U's still bossed the game for long periods but AVD pressed wider and higher very late on and yet again managed to draw level - equalizer on 90 + 7. Home sides' misery compounded when AVD scored a 2nd on 120 +2' - they'll now host Oldland Abbotonians (from Brizzle) in the Preliminary Round

...elsewhere our featured sides fortunes in the Cup replays were as follows :
Ashford T bt Eastbourne Town 3-2 (2-2 at FT) visitors scored on 90' - 'Tangerines' down to 10 men from the hour mark
Hilltop beaten 4-1 at Deal
Virginia Water 'lodging' at Arbour Park this season, edged past Thornbury, from the Hellenic 3-2 @ FT

- the Bedfont Sports v Guernsey replay - which might have been my first choice, was p'poned pending an FA decision over Guernsey's admission they fielded an ineligible player. So usual 'fun 'n games' around the CCL - though to be fair Guernsey this term, are in the Southern Combination Premier.
It would appear the Islanders couldn't get on any flights for tonight - so the tie was already in serious doubt.
Bedfont Sports not amused as they'd already cancelled a match booking for their lodgers Deportivo (CCL-1) on the understanding the replay would go ahead on Tue evening?

In league action elsewhere
(CCL-PN)
- Burnham grabbed a 1-0 win at British Airways (now playing up at NGU) and moved top with 2 wins from 2
(CCL-PS)
- wins for Alton (2-0 vs Camberley) , Badshot Lea (3-2 vs Cor-Cas) and Cobham: impressive 4-0 romp at Tooting & M.
(CCL-1)
Bedfont 3-0 Wembley
Berks Co 1-0 CWU
Holmer Gn 2-0 Sandhurst Town
Spelthorne 1-1 Molesey

Wed (Tonight) have choice of Cup games at Hayes & Yeading (Southall v Little Common [Bexhill]),
RWBT v Lydney - tho they're in the same division in the Hellenic so slightly less appeal.
Also league games at Beaconsfield (CCL-PN Milton v NGU) & in the Wessex One: Whitchurch v Amesbury

Can’t see any mention of Reading City 2 Cirencester Town 0

Probably it was thought that my report posted just after 10pm last evening was sufficient

[Sutekh]

...I've also been 'up for the Cup' this midweek :

Mon : saw SCR beat divisional rivals Guildford 1-0 at Carshalton's ground in their FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round. replay - was a pretty insipid affair but City had paid the price for letting Rovers pinch a 1-1 in the final secs of stoppage time in the first game on Sat.
Sutton Common Rovers now host CCL-PN Harefield on the 16th - The 'Hares' overcame Peacehaven AET this evening in their replay.

Tue : nipped up to the Northcourt for Ab. Utd 1-2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos aet (FT 1-1) att: a very healthy 354
- also needed a replay following a 90' plus loads leveller for AVD.
...almost identical pattern tonight - tho' Abingdon Utd led after going down to 10 men on 10' - a needless elbow right in front of the Ref. - maybe a 'hanger-on' from the first tie?
U's still bossed the game for long periods but AVD pressed wider and higher very late on and yet again managed to draw level - equalizer on 90 + 7. Home sides' misery compounded when AVD scored a 2nd on 120 +2' - they'll now host Oldland Abbotonians (from Brizzle) in the Preliminary Round

...elsewhere our featured sides fortunes in the Cup replays were as follows :
Ashford T bt Eastbourne Town 3-2 (2-2 at FT) visitors scored on 90' - 'Tangerines' down to 10 men from the hour mark
Hilltop beaten 4-1 at Deal
Virginia Water 'lodging' at Arbour Park this season, edged past Thornbury, from the Hellenic 3-2 @ FT

- the Bedfont Sports v Guernsey replay - which might have been my first choice, was p'poned pending an FA decision over Guernsey's admission they fielded an ineligible player. So usual 'fun 'n games' around the CCL - though to be fair Guernsey this term, are in the Southern Combination Premier.
It would appear the Islanders couldn't get on any flights for tonight - so the tie was already in serious doubt.
Bedfont Sports not amused as they'd already cancelled a match booking for their lodgers Deportivo (CCL-1) on the understanding the replay would go ahead on Tue evening?

In league action elsewhere
(CCL-PN)
- Burnham grabbed a 1-0 win at British Airways (now playing up at NGU) and moved top with 2 wins from 2
(CCL-PS)
- wins for Alton (2-0 vs Camberley) , Badshot Lea (3-2 vs Cor-Cas) and Cobham: impressive 4-0 romp at Tooting & M.
(CCL-1)
Bedfont 3-0 Wembley
Berks Co 1-0 CWU
Holmer Gn 2-0 Sandhurst Town
Spelthorne 1-1 Molesey

Wed (Tonight) have choice of Cup games at Hayes & Yeading (Southall v Little Common [Bexhill]),
RWBT v Lydney - tho they're in the same division in the Hellenic so slightly less appeal.
Also league games at Beaconsfield (CCL-PN Milton v NGU) & in the Wessex One: Whitchurch v Amesbury

Can’t see any mention of Reading City 2 Cirencester Town 0

Probably it was thought that my report posted just after 10pm last evening was sufficient

Missed it as it’s too early

[Four Of Clubs]

...I've also been 'up for the Cup' this midweek :

Can’t see any mention of Reading City 2 Cirencester Town 0

Probably it was thought that my report posted just after 10pm last evening was sufficient

'zackly !

Oh yeah that's another funny one with the Island team! And I was going to ask you

Why on earth did they get put there?! They are so far away

Do they pay teams to come visit them?

...putting them in the SCEL would be about as straightforward as the CCL, re travelling. They must have a deal to fly in/out of Gatwick at a reduced rate too?
....and they DO pay towards flights (and perhaps accommodation where required) for all visiting clubs: as do Jersey Bulls, now in the League above (IL1-South East - the one where BH won the PO)

..... also I thought I'd read, within the rather bewildering 'Re-structuring' thread on NLM, that the powers that be in the FA/Respective Leagues, were reluctant to see Guernsey and Jersey Bulls in the same division. That could be behind why Guernsey DIDN'T drop back down to the CCL for this season. Might have been brokered before Jersey won the POs for the CCL-PS - that outcome was much delayed post-season - ironically in this case, by player administration/ineligibility issues.

Guernsey finished 4th in their first season up at STEP04 promoted in 13/14 after successive promotions. but never hit such heights again and have since struggled in the main.
Both Channel Island clubs 'suffer' rather from unforeseen fixture congestion late season - where various travel/weather issues have caused postponements. Indeed the leagues have sanctioned a kind of 'travelling groundshare', whereby the CI clubs base themselves around Gatwick for a week or more and play remaining fixtures at any available venues on the mainland - I recall even Ascot was 'borrowed' on one occasion?

'Bulls' might go further as they have the backing and a completely re-furbed stadium. Evidently dosh aplenty around BOTH CI clubs.
Guernsey have also just moved into a new Stadium Victoria Park
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...and "while you're down there" - as it were - here's the games for this w/e
- I'll be hoping to perform - but probably failing miserably - the 'Cross 'ding dash' to Scours after the early SCL KO
- I usually give up around 15:30 whilst still crawling along Berkeley Ave!

Saturday 9th August

NAT
(now the ‘Enterprise’ National league)
Altrincham v Aldershot Town
Brackley Town v Eastleigh
Wealdstone v Truro City
Woking v Carlisle United
York City v Sutton United
NAT-N
AFC Fylde v Oxford City
Bedford Town v Alfreton Town
NAT-S
Chippenham Town v Dorking Wanderers
Farnborough v Eastbourne Borough
Maidenhead United v Chesham United
Tonbridge Angels v Slough Town

SLP-C
Real Bedford v Spalding United
Stratford Town v Banbury United
SLP-S
Basingstoke Town v Wimborne Town
Berkhamsted v Bracknell Town
Farnham Town v Hungerford Town
Gloucester City v Gosport Borough
Havant & Waterlooville v Taunton Town
Poole Town v Hanwell Town
Tiverton Town v Chertsey Town
Uxbridge v Dorchester Town
Walton & Hersham v Plymouth Parkway
Weymouth v Evesham United
Yate Town v Sholing
SL1-C
(We’ve ’lost’ Nor Lye and Kidlington from here but a few more sides have transferred in/been promoted from our ‘local’ leagues)
Aylesbury United v Leverstock Green
Barton Rovers v Marlow
Flackwell Heath v London Lions (formerly Maccabi Lions - based between Borehamwood & Barnet)
Hertford Town v Thame United
Milton Keynes Irish v Welwyn Garden City
Rayners Lane v Biggleswade
Stotfold v Beaconsfield Town
SL1-S
(as above – the ‘departing’ Thatcham have been replaced by two previously featured SLP-S sides, to keep ‘Diddy’ company.)
Portishead Town v Didcot Town
Swindon Supermarine v Exmouth Town
Winchester City v Hartpury University

IL1-SC
AFC Portchester v Bognor Regis Town
Bedfont Sports v Kingstonian
Binfield v Horndean
Egham Town v Harrow Borough
Hartley Wintney v Hendon
Metropolitan Police v Hanworth Villa
Raynes Park Vale v Fareham Town
South Park (Reigate) v Hayes & Yeading United
Southall v Moneyfields
Westfield v Leatherhead

CCL-PN
Amersham Town v Wokingham Town
British Airways v Abingdon United @ NGU
Burnham v Kidlington
Edgware & Kingsbury v Holyport
Harefield United v Milton United
North Leigh v Hilltop
Reading City v Ashford Town (Middx)
Virginia Water v North Greenford United @ Slough
Wallingford & Crowmarsh v Broadfields United
Windsor & Eton v Ardley United
CCL-PS
Fri 8th Aug Epsom & Ewell v Balham @ Cobham
Badshot Lea v Abbey Rangers
Camberley Town v Sutton Common Rovers
Cobham v Corinthian-Casuals
Fleet Town v Eversley & California
Horley Town v Chipstead
Redhill v Tadley Calleva
Sheerwater v Knaphill
Thatcham Town v Guildford City
Tooting & Mitcham United v Alton
CCL-1
Fri 8th Aug Langley v Colliers Wood United @ Slough
Brook House v Berks County
Chalfont St Peter v Bedfont
Hillingdon Borough v Oxhey Jets
Holmer Green v Rising Ballers Kensington
Molesey v PFC Victoria London
Penn & Tylers Green v London Samurai Rovers
Sandhurst Town v Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Spartans Youth v FC Deportivo Galicia @ Bedfont
Spelthorne Sports v Sport London e Benfica
Westside v Wembley @ CWU

HELL-P
Highworth Town v Cribbs - 'Worthians beaten 0-1 at Corsham on Tue night
Royal Wootton Bassett Town v Cirencester Town
HELL-1
Ludlow Town v Thame United Reserves
Newent Town v Carterton - Carterton beaten at home by 'new boys' Woodford United on Tuesday evening
- that's Woodford Halse in W.Northants, about halfway between Daventry and Banbury. Another rather puzzling allocation decision to put them in the Hellenic - the Village is quite a way north of former Hellenic-club, Easington Sports based in Banbury, who are now 'settled' in the United Counties League
- 'bigger fag-packet' anyone??
- Woodford Utd spent seven seasons up at STEP04 in the late-00s/early-10s - before a catastrophic campaign in 12/13 saw them fail to get a single point from 42 games: GD of over -160 .
- Dropped into the UCL where the following season (13/14) they 'improved' enough to finish with 3 pts from one win! Though there GD was -200
- somehow hung-on for another three seasons in the lower reaches, before disappearing altogether from the Pyramid into the RFLs (County Level) around the Northants Combination Leagues

Wellington v Wantage Town - 'Freds' pinched a 1-0 win at Thame Ressies midweek

SSM-P
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Potton United
Kings Langley v Crawley Green
Sawbridgeworth Town v Risborough Rangers

SCE-1
SE Dons v Croydon

WESS-P
Downton v Petersfield Town - newly promoted Town edged past ANS at Love Lane midweek
Sherborne Town v Andover New Street
WESS-1
Ash United v Newport (IoW)
Blackfield & Langley v Alresford Town
Fleetlands v AFC Aldermaston
Frimley Green v Colden Common
Kintbury Rangers v Cove
Totton & Eling v Folland Sports
Whitchurch United v United Services Portsmouth
Yateley United v Romsey Town