The Non - League thread

[stealthpapes]

Motto of the day: Should have gone to Sporting Khalsa.

[Hoop Blah]

That’s 3 out of 3 for ‘city’ isn’t it?.....a bit like last season.

No Mitch Parker etc. to desert them this time, but how long until the implosion and another ensuing relegation scrap?

From what I've seen they've not signed a load of money chasing superstars for the level this season so there should be hope for them that they can keep the squad together.

Obviously if they've unearthed a couple of crackers for that level there is a real threat that they'll get their heads turned by someone with a bit more budget, but I don't think they're throwing the money around like before.

[Four Of Clubs]

From what I've seen they've not signed a load of money chasing superstars for the level this season so there should be hope for them that they can keep the squad together.

Obviously if they've unearthed a couple of crackers for that level there is a real threat that they'll get their heads turned by someone with a bit more budget, but I don't think they're throwing the money around like before.

...correct - I think they've picked up a fair number of recently ex-Flackwell lads, who have a proven success rate at this level. When I watched last week they also had Khalid Simmo - flying winger - who they'd picked out of the RFC Academy - and he certainly stood out.

Here's the round up of scores from this w/e NL.

Saturday 10th August

FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round

99 Fairford Town 3-2 Enfield 1893
100 AFC Hayes 1-1 Wembley
101 Clanfield 85 1-3 Shortwood United
102 Dunstable Town 3-2 Chipping Sodbury Town
103 Slimbridge 1-0 Edgware Town
104 Tuffley Rovers 1-1 North Greenford United
105 Royal Wotton Bassett Town 1-1 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
106 Abingdon United 1-2 Brimscombe & Thrupp
107 London Tigers 0-2 Thame Rangers
108 Newport Pagnell Town 6-2 Cheltenham Saracens
109 Leverstock Green 1-1 Ardley United
110 Oxhey Jets 0-4 Flackwell Heath
Tue 13/08 19:45 111 Burnham v Tring Athletic
112 Bishop’s Cleeve 3-0 Easington Sports
113 Wantage Town 1-1 Brackley Town Saints
114 Leighton Town 4-1 Thornbury Town
115 Shrivenham 1-1 Holmer Green
116 Harefield United 3-0 Lydney Town
117 Longlevens 3-0 Malmesbury Victoria
118 Winslow United 2-3 Roman Glass St George (Sunday) att 258
119 AFC Croydon Athletic 1-0 Virginia Water
120 Loxwood 1-1 Abbey Rangers
Fri 09/08 121 Balham 1-0 Rusthall
122 Crawley Down Gatwick 0-2 Newhaven
123 Cray Valley (PM) 2-1 Chatham Town
124 Erith & Belvedere 1-1 Peacehaven & Telscombe (Sunday)
125 Bridon Ropes 3-1 Broadfields United
126 Tunbridge Wells 1-1 Pagham
127 Corinthian 1-2 Little Common
128 Walton & Hersham 2-4 Southall
129 Horley Town 2-2 Bearsted
130 Egham Town 2-2 Lancing
131 Lordswood 0-1 Steyning Town Community
132 CB Hounslow United 2-1 Sheerwater
133 Horsham YMCA 2-1 Croydon
134 Saltdean United 6-1 Eastbourne United
135 Chertsey Town 1-1 Cobham
136 Tower Hamlets 2-1 Selsey
137 Chichester City 3-1 Erith Town
Fri 09/08 138 Bexhill United 1-6 (SIX) Eastbourne Town @ Eastbourne Town
139 Hassocks 2-0 Langney Wanderers
140 Arundel 2-0 Banstead Athletic
141 Redhill 2-1 K Sports
142 Glebe 3-1 Hollands & Blair
143 Colliers Wood United 2-3 Shoreham
144 Sheppey United 4-1 East Preston
145 Guildford City 3-2 Tooting Bec
146 Punjab United 0-1 Broadbridge Heath
147 Sutton Athletic 3-2 Deal Town
Fri 09/08 148 Sutton Common Rovers 1-1 Molesey
149 Spelthorne Sports 1-1 Lingfield
150 Greenwich Borough 2-3 Canterbury City
151 Crowborough Athletic 1-2 AFC Vardeanians
152 Welling Town 1-4 AFC Uckfield Town
153 Hanworth Villa 3-2 Fisher
154 Beckenham Town 4-3 Raynes Park Vale att 65
- Got to this – just – M25 playing up as usual – part of the green & pleasant suburbia up between Bromley and Croydon – not that far from Crystal Palace.
- for a 4-3 was rather underwhelming – Becks ground into a 4-1 lead early 2nd half – had greater threat going forward. RPV woke up far too late and narrowed the gap to 1 in the final throes but were simply not at the same level and never really threatened to get parity.
- Home side reduced to 10 but it didn’t affect the balance of play unduly.

155 Solent University 0-3 Portland United
156 Shaftesbury 1-4 Knaphill
157 Cowes Sports 0-4 Lymington Town
158 Fleet Town 2-2 Farnham Town
159 Brockenhurst 0-2 AFC Stoneham
160 Bournemouth 2-1 Frimley Green
161 Windsor 0-3 Reading City att 132
162 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 3-3 Andover New Street
163 Sholing 1-0 Tadley Calleva
164 Ascot United 2-2 Badshot Lea – replay @ Badshot Lea Tue eve
165 Binfield 3-2 United Services Portsmouth
166 Romsey Town 1-5 Hamble Club
167 Amesbury Town 2-7 {SEVEN} Christchurch
168 Westbury United 0-1 Fareham Town
169 Hamworthy United 3-0 Bashley
170 AFC Portchester 2-2 Hythe & Dibden
171 Horndean 5-3 Camberley Town
172 Town 0-0 Baffins Milton Rovers
173 Cheddar 2-3 Bradford Town
174 Bitton 2-1 Bridport
175 Wellington AFC 1-1 Cribbs
176 Keynsham Town 0-1 Brislington
177 Exmouth Town 2-0 Barnstaple Town att 301
178 Saltash United 1-2 Clevedon Town
Fri 09/08 179 Plymouth Parkway 1-0 Buckland Athletic
180 Willand Rovers 2-1 AFC St Austell
181 Tavistock 3-0 Hengrove Athletic
14:00 182 Street 4-1 Odd Down
183 Shepton Mallet 3-1 Cadbury Heath
184 Bridgwater Town 1-0 Hallen

- Sunday PM headed up to Northampton for FA Cup tie Northampton ON Chenecks 2-3 Godmanchester Rovers
- The ‘ON’ stands for ‘Old Northamptonians’ and this is deepest Rugby territory – easily three times the spectators for the football were up in the posh clubhouse bar watching the ‘Egg-Chasing’ – it was a bit torrential but dried up eventually for a fairly decent tussle – the visitors from nr Huntingdon carried a bit more firepower.
- Air Ambulance landed on the outfield (shares with Cricket) to attend to a big RTA on the junction just outside the ground. News reports suggest later it was following on from Police pursuit of a stolen car.

League

NAT
Maidenhead United 0-1 Hartlepool United att 1,330
Solihull Moors 2-1 Aldershot Town
Woking 1-0 Harrogate Town – att 1,470 Cards sit in 5th
NATS
Braintree Town 0-4 Wealdstone
Chippenham Town 2-0 Billericay Town
Concord Rangers 2-1 Slough Town – ‘Rebels’ one of four sides on 0 points from 3 – Ben Harris levelled an early opener at the start of the 2nd period but they conceded again about 10’ later.
Dartford 1-1 Havant & Waterlooville
Dorking Wanderers 3-1 Tonbridge Angels – ‘newboys’ DW sit level with three clubs on 3 from 3; the others being leaders on GD Concord and Dulwich
Dulwich Hamlet 2-1 St Albans City
Eastbourne Borough 1-1 Oxford City
Hampton & Richmond Borough 1-2 Hemel Hempstead Town
Hungerford Town 1-3 Maidstone United
Welling United 0-3 Bath City
Weymouth 4-1 Chelmsford City
NATN
York City 1-0 Brackley Town
- In this division, Hereford part company with manager Marc Richards, after three games – had 4 points from their first 2 but the boss was ditched after defeat at Kings Lynn?

SLP-C
Redditch United 0-0 Banbury United
SLP-S
Chesham United 2-0 Salisbury
Dorchester Town 1-0 Beaconsfield Town
Farnborough 1-4 Poole Town
Tiverton Town 2-2 Hayes & Yeading United
Wimborne Town 0-0 Hartley Wintney

CCL1
Ash United 1-4 Dorking Wanderers Res
Bagshot 2-1 Epsom & Ewell
British Airways 0-2 Cove
Chessington & Hook United 3-0 Bedfont & Feltham
Eversley & California 0-2 Westside
Fleet Spurs 4-2 Godalming Town
Kensington & Ealing Boro 2-3 Sandhurst Town

HELL1E
Chalvey Sports 1-0 Wallingford Town
Didcot Town Development 2-0 Long Crendon
Milton United 0-6 Risborough Rangers
Penn & Tylers Green 1-2 Kidlington Development
Woodley United 1-2 Abingdon Town - minor surprise – Flackwell manager Marcus R’s kid-brother has taken over the reins at Town and gets a very decent away win for his first serious match in charge. Hope he can keep his squad together – rumoured to have included a lot from the TV/Reading Leagues.
Big test up next (tomorrow Tue 13th ) – H v very near neighbours Ab. United at Culver Rd - I might go, if I don't fancy one of the many FA Cup Extra Preliminary replays - of which there are close to 30 in total on Tue - that includes about 10 relatively nearby too - and another half doz. or more the following night.
- Woodley bounced back tonight (Mon 12th ) with a close 4-3 win over Marlow Utd @ Rivermoor/Scours

- tonight (Mon) I trundled along to a game, in the division above and saw Binfield 2-0 Virginia Water att 171
- was actually quite closely fought and 'Moles' rather rode their luck (can a Mole ride? ) in front of their own area. Missed a pen late on which would have put an unfair slant on the game itself. Both keepers were in very good form on the night. Binfield a tad sharper in front of their opponents goal.
- still; important win and keeps them top, with 3 from 3.

Fri: Wokingham & Emmbrook 2-0 AFC Aldermaston att 183 - under ‘Sumas’ new lights at Lowther Rd.

WESS1
Andover Town 0-1 Newport (IoW)
Downton 4-2 Alton
Petersfield Town 2-1 East Cowes Victoria
Pewsey Vale 0-2 Ringwood Town
Whitchurch United 1-0 Fawley AFC

[Sutekh]

Slough 1-1 Weymouth
Torquay 0-2 Maidenhead

[Four Of Clubs]

Slough 1-1 Weymouth
Torquay 0-2 Maidenhead

... more later ... esp. Cup replays but some league highlights from elsewhere:
NAT
Sh!ts 0-1 Bromley
Chesterfield 1-2 Woking
NATN
Brackley 1-1 Kings Lynn
NATS
Bath City 2 1 Hungerford Town
Billericay Town 2 1 Welling United
Hemel Hempstead Town 1 0 Dulwich Hamlet
Maidstone United 0 0 Eastbourne Borough
Oxford City 3 2 Hampton & Richmond Borough
Slough Town 1 1 Weymouth - first points and they stay off the bottom - occupied by H&R with 0 pts
St Albans City 0 3 Braintree Town - off the foot in some style
Tonbridge Angels 1 0 Concord Rangers
Wealdstone 1 0 Chippenham Town

SLP-S
Beaconsfield Town 1 3 Chesham United - 'Rams' bottom ; 'Generals' one of 5 sides with 2 from 2 - table headed by Truro.
Hartley Wintney 1 2 Swindon Supermarine
Hayes & Yeading United 2 3 Harrow Borough
Walton Casuals 0 2 Farnborough

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...as promised results from Tue/Wed locally below STEP04 - including the many Extra Preliminary replays:


Tue 13th Aug
FAC Ex Prelim
111 Burnham 2-1 Tring Athletic att 107
FAC Ex Prelim replays
040 Westfields 4-1 Congleton att 132
100 Wembley 3-1 A.F.C. Hayes att 71
104 N.Greenford 2-1 Tuffley att 56
105 Aylesbury P.V. 1-0 Royal Wootton Bassett att 204
- Was at this - tight affair in front of a big crowd - as scoreline suggests
- Vale down to 10 men with about 30’ left RWBT battered them but could force a leveller – lost a player of their own late on, following a very late and desperate lunge by a big CB to win the ball upfield.
- Ground is tucked away in the ‘crown’ of Aylesbury up in the north west 'quarter' - just off the A41 Bicester Rd – so bit of an awkward one for midweek – need to avoid Town Centre at all costs.
- Back home via Thame with BBC Baaarks fading in and out – none the wiser as to how our pen shoot-out @ Adams Pk had gone!

109 Ardley 3-1 Leverstock Green att 66
115 Holmer Green 1-1 Shrivenham (AET, 1-1) (4-5p) att 78
120 Abbey Rgrs 2-0 Loxwood att 78
130 Lancing 4-4 Egham (AET, 2-2) (2-4p) att 87
135 Cobham 2-4 Chertsey att 164
148 Molesey 0-1 Sutton C.R.
149 Lingfield 0-4 Spelthorne Sp. att 80
158 Farnham 1-2 Fleet T. att 141
162 Andover New St. 3-2 Bemerton att 144
164 Badshot Lea 2-1 Ascot att 123
170 Hythe & D. 3-2 A.F.C. Portchester att 122
175 Cribbs 5-1 Wellington att 102

CCL-P
Knaphill 0-0 CB Hounslow United
Sheerwater 3-5 Balham
CCL1
Wembley 3-2 AFC Hayes
HELL1E
Abingdon Town 1-5 Abingdon United – relatively healthy attendance of 80 at this
Didcot Town Development 4-2 Langley
Holyport 2-1 AFC Aldermaston
Risborough Rangers 4-1 Kidlington Development – ‘new boys’ transferred in from S.Mids, RR are the early pace-setters – Diddy ‘Dev’ are also 3 from 3
Wokingham & Emmbrook 1-2 Chalvey Sports
(played Monday 12th at Scours La)
Woodley United 4-3 Marlow United

Wed 14th Aug
FAC Ex Prelim replays
113 Brackley T. Saints 1-2 Wantage att 116
172 Baffins 2-1 Alresford att 110

CCL-P
Colliers Wood United 2-2 Raynes Park Vale - very early days of course but CWU go top with 7 pts from 3 games but four sides just behind them with 2 wins from 2; Baggy Lea, Ascot, Balham & Spelthorne
CCL1
FC Deportivo Galicia 0-6 Jersey Bulls – 'Bulls' head the table with 6 pts, 1 goal better off than other ’new boys’ Westside – who oddly enough are not staging their home games solely at Croydon – seem to be scheduled to play their Vase tie in a couple of weeks on a Sunday at Chess ‘n Hook?
C&H also have 2 wins from 2 as do Fleet Spurs.

HELLP
Longlevens AFC 2-3 Lydney Town
HELL1E
Thame Rangers 2-3 Milton United – bit of an upset on recent form this - last season Thame Rgrs only beaten once at home in the league - by eventual Champions Burnham

[Four Of Clubs]

NL Fixtures

Saturday 17th August

NAT
AFC Fylde v Woking
Aldershot Town v FC Halifax Town
17:20 Barrow v Yeovil Town - live on BT Sport
Dover Athletic v Torquay United - approx. 10hr round trip minimum – not the longest but on that combination of roads probably pretty harrowing and prone to lengthy hold-ups
Maidenhead United v Chorley
NATN
Brackley Town v Altrincham
NATS
Hungerford Town v Chippenham Town
Maidstone United v Slough Town
St Albans City v Dorking Wanderers – DW down to earth after three straight wins – battered 6-0 at Havant midweek.
Welling United v Oxford City

IL1-SC
Ashford Town (Middx) v Chalfont St Peter
Bedfont Sports v Hanwell Town
Chipstead v Bracknell Town
Marlow v Barking - not quite sure how Barking have ended up in the 'South Central' section - presumably no room in the North and they were the most westerly near Dagenham, so got 'turfed' over ?

Northwood v Westfield
Uxbridge v Chertsey Town
Ware v Staines Town

SLP-C
Banbury United v Royston Town
SLP-S
Beaconsfield Town v Farnborough
Hartley Wintney v Harrow Borough
Hayes & Yeading United v Weston-super-Mare
Taunton Town v Chesham United
Walton Casuals v Tiverton Town
SL1-C
Aylesbury United v Corby Town - 'Ducks' still lodging at Chesham
Bedford Town v Thame United
Kempston Rovers v Didcot Town
Kidlington v Daventry Town
North Leigh v Berkhamsted - rumours mid-season 18-19 of their intended demotion were premature - they did scramble enough points together in the last quarter of the campaign to send the other Aylesbury and one of the Dunstables down to South Mids.

Welwyn Garden City v Wantage Town
SL1-S
Basingstoke Town v Barnstaple Town @ Winchester City
Bristol Manor Farm v Winchester City
Highworth Town v Frome Town
Thatcham Town v Willand Rovers

CCLP
Abbey Rangers v Guildford City
Banstead Athletic v Knaphill
CB Hounslow United v Molesey
Egham Town v Balham
Hanworth Villa v Camberley Town
Raynes Park Vale v Frimley Green
Redhill v Ascot United
Sheerwater v Badshot Lea @ Woking
Spelthorne Sports v Cobham
Sutton Common Rovers v Southall
CCL1
AFC Hayes v Ash United
Bagshot v FC Deportivo Galicia @ Camberley
Bedfont & Feltham v Farnham Town
Cove v Walton & Hersham
Dorking Wanderers Res v Fleet Spurs
13:00 Godalming Town v Jersey Bulls
Kensington & Ealing Boro v Eversley & California
Sandhurst Town v Chessington & Hook United
Tooting Bec v British Airways
Westside v Epsom & Ewell

HELLP Challenge Cup
Bishops Cleeve v Malmesbury Victoria
Chalvey Sports v Abingdon Town @ Arbour Park
Clanfield 85 v Hereford Lads Club
Didcot Town Development v Holyport
Easington Sports v Virginia Water
Fairford Town v New College Swindon
- could be horrifying for the ‘Stundents’ of NCS
- presumably still struggling for numbers out of term time – not that they improved demonstrably last season after September.
- So far this season have played three league games; ALL away losing 0-13, 1-14 and 1-8 and a GD of -33 – and Fairford are Premier league – look away!
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Faringdon Town v Brimscombe & Thrupp
Flackwell Heath v Marlow United
Hazlemere Sports v AFC Aldermaston
Letcombe v Tuffley Rovers
Longlevens AFC v Malvern Town
Lydney Town v Cirencester Town Dev'
Shortwood United v Bourton Rovers
Shrivenham v Moreton Rangers
Stonehouse Town v Royal Wootton Bassett Town
Taplow United v Reading City
Thame Rangers v Yateley United
Tytherington Rocks v Headington Amateurs
Wallingford Town v Burnham
Westfields v Swindon Robins
Woodley United v Windsor

WESSP
Alresford Town v AFC Portchester
Fareham Town v Fleet Town
Solent University v Tadley Calleva
WESS1
Andover Town v Fawley AFC
Petersfield Town v Andover New Street
Pewsey Vale v New Milton Town
Whitchurch United v Verwood Town

- think our Plan A is to head off into the darkest hinterland of N.Essex somewhere between Braintree and Colchester, for Coggeshall v AFC Sudbury
- the hosts are jointly owned and sponsored by Olly Murs - and he gets to sit on their bench all -track-suited up - when he's not touring presumably?

[Old Man Andrews]

Binfield won 9-0 this evening.

[The Enfield Royal71]

Went to Maidenhead today. Great game and win.

They couldn't go up could they? It was be incredible. They got some tidy players. That Josh Kelly and their keeper are very good.

[Royal Rother]

Good to see Kelly doing well. He used to play for my son’s team when they were 9yo. And played for Windsor a few times when he was 16.

[mx]

Saw the highlights of Maidenhead's game in the pub - good win for them.

Winchester City got our first ever point against Bristol Manor Farm - we were 3-1 down, away, with 15 mins left, but came away with a draw against a fancied side. I'll take that.

Meanwhile, Basingstoke Town had 268 at our ground for their "home" game against Barnstaple, but lost 4-3. Not a good start to life at Step 4, particularly as Barnstaple were only saved from relegation last season due to Street's resignation.

The bank holiday game between Winch and B'stoke should be a big crowd though.

[Four Of Clubs]

NL round-up from this w/e:

Saturday 17th August

NAT
AFC Fylde 1-4 Woking – Cards in 2nd spot after 4th win in 5 – Solihull Moors head the pile.
Aldershot Town 1-1 FC Halifax Town
Barrow 1-0 Yeovil Town
Dover Athletic 1-2 Torquay United - Inih Effiong ex-Woking and Chesham amongst others- with a late consolation for the Whites
Maidenhead United 4-1 Chorley –att 1172 - 2 injury time goals for Danny Whitehall sees Magpies soar up to 5th
NATN
Brackley Town 1-0 Altrincham
NATS
Hungerford Town 1-1 Chippenham Town
Maidstone United 1-1 Slough Town
St Albans City 1-1 Dorking Wanderers
Welling United 3-1 Oxford City

IL1-SC
Ashford Town (Middx) 0-4 Chalfont St Peter
Bedfont Sports 0-4 Hanwell Town
Chipstead 2-0 Bracknell Town –‘Robins‘ slip to opening day defeat following two 2nd half goals
Marlow 3-1 Barking
Northwood 0-3 Westfield
Uxbridge 2-2 Chertsey Town
Ware 3-3 Staines Town

SLP-C
Banbury United 2-0 Royston Town
SLP-S
Beaconsfield Town 1-3 Farnborough
Hartley Wintney 3-4 Harrow Borough
Hayes & Yeading United 1-2 Weston-super-Mare
Taunton Town 3-2 Chesham United
Walton Casuals 1-3 Tiverton Town
SL1-C
Aylesbury United 0-0 Corby Town
Bedford Town 2-1 Thame United
Kempston Rovers 1-0 Didcot Town
Kidlington 0-1 Daventry Town
North Leigh 1-2 Berkhamsted
Welwyn Garden City 2-1 Wantage Town
SL1-S
Basingstoke Town 3-4 Barnstaple Town
Bristol Manor Farm 3-3 Winchester City
Highworth Town 0-1 Frome Town
Thatcham Town 2-0 Willand Rovers - att 145 Kingfishers beat new boys in from the Western League.

- not a very distinguished start for our STEP04 featured sides - the only wins registered were by Ch St P, Westfield, Thatcham and Marlow.

- we picked up a 'new tick' in 'Norf' Essex
Coggeshall Town 3-1 AFC Sudbury att 212 - fairly pleasant new-ish build on the western edge of the Town - which sits off the A120 halfway betwixt Braintree and Colchester.
Boosted by an input of funds from their part-owner muso-celeb Olly Murs. He was present too; happily chatting to visiting fans and allowing selfies/signing things etc after the match.
- M25/M11 relatively OK though outward sh!te nr M4-M25 approach & again M40 jn -> Watford - meant our 'spare' time disappeared and we arrived close to KO and too late for the 'Anorak' staple-necessity of a prog.
- The 'Seed Growers' saw off their visitors from Suffolk without too much difficulty.

- intriguingly (or not ) there is also a Coggeshall United - formed in 2017 ( !) by an ex-Dagenham/Histon/Billericay and Canvey Island player. They are known as 'The Weavers' & groundshare at Town's West St - not that there are any logos or badges about that I noticed -- originally members of the Essex Suffolk & Border League - they progressed to the Eastern Counties League, where they were runners-up last season.
- Their Wiki entry states : "they are the second largest club in Coggeshall after Coggeshall Town."

CCLP
Abbey Rangers 0-0 Guildford City
Banstead Athletic 0-3 Knaphill
CB Hounslow United 0-0 Molesey
Egham Town 1-6 {SIX} Balham - relegated 'Sarnies' not doing too well; sit rooted to last place with three defeats and a GD of -9.
Hanworth Villa 1-2 Camberley Town
Raynes Park Vale 1-1 Frimley Green
Redhill 1-2 Ascot United - Yellamen 3 from 3 - at the top with two other clubs – leaders on GD Balham and Spelthorne
Sheerwater 3-1 Badshot Lea
Spelthorne Sports 2-0 Cobham
Sutton Common Rovers 5-5 Southall – away side twitter described it as ’more like basketball’
CCL1
AFC Hayes {SEVEN} 7-3 Ash United
Bagshot 3-0 FC Deportivo Galicia
Bedfont & Feltham 0-1 Farnham Town
Cove A-A Walton & Hersham - Abandoned serious injury to home player, early 2nd half - score 1-1
Dorking Wanderers Res 0-1 Fleet Spurs
Godalming Town 0-5 Jersey Bulls - ‘Bulls’ top the table already have GD of +14 only other sides with 100% –Fleet Spurs, Farnham & W&H but latter only completed 1 game. Spurs due to visit Jersey next Sunday.

Kensington & Ealing Boro 3-0 Eversley & California
Sandhurst Town 1-0 Chessington & Hook United
Tooting Bec 3-3 British Airways
Westside 1-3 Epsom & Ewell
- Four clubs ‘pointless’; three local clubs too - E&C, Godalming, Ash (and Deportivo)

HELLENIC Challenge Cup
Bishops Cleeve 1-0 Malmesbury Victoria
Chalvey Sports {SEVEN} 7-1 Abingdon Town
Clanfield 85 0-5 Hereford Lads Club
Didcot Town Development 2-3 Holyport
Easington Sports 0-1 Virginia Water
Fairford Town {SEVEN} 7-1 New College Swindon - not quite as traumatic for NCS as I’d anticipated.
Faringdon Town 1-7 {SEVEN} Brimscombe & Thrupp
Flackwell Heath 2-1 Marlow United
Hazlemere Sports 2-2 AFC Aldermaston - H win 4-2 pens - AFC not having a great start to the campaign - and only 2 points from 12 in the league
Letcombe 1-3 Tuffley Rovers
Longlevens AFC 2-6 {SIX} Malvern Town - bit of a humbling for Premier side at home to one of the new Div One sides
Lydney Town 4-1 Cirencester Town Dev'
Risborough Rangers 3-0 Heyford Athletic
Shortwood United {SIX} 6-0 Bourton Rovers
Shrivenham 2-3 Moreton Rangers
Stonehouse Town 3-5 Royal Wootton Bassett Town
Taplow United 0-10 {TEN} Reading City
Thame Rangers 3-1 Yateley United
Tytherington Rocks 0-1 Headington Amateurs
Wallingford Town 0-2 Burnham
Westfields {EIGHT} 8-0 Swindon Robins
Woodley United 2-2 Windsor- Windsor's first win - edge it 6-7 on pens having levelled late on through Adam Kirby

Friday results
Binfield {NINE} 9-0 Chalfont Wasps
Chinnor 0-3 Wokingham & Emmbrook – nice to see the home club managed to raise a side for this tie.
- Their ‘firsts’ folded on the season’s eve and withdrew from Div One East but they do appear to have enough about them to run a side in Div Two North for 19-20 – where their Reserves were placed
- Hope they can sustain it – spent a lot of money on a lovely facility there and have been long serving members of the Hellenic since merger with the Chiltonian at the start of this Millennium

WESSP
Alresford Town 4-1 AFC Portchester – Town 3 from 3 sit 2nd behind Poole–based Hamworthy
Fareham Town 4-2 Fleet Town
Solent University 2-4 Tadley Calleva
WESS1
Andover Town 2-3 Fawley AFC
Petersfield Town 2-4 Andover New Street - ANS looking to bounce back at first attempt lead the table on goals scored – but usual whipping-boys Folland do have a game in hand and are 2 from 2.

Pewsey Vale 0-0 New Milton Town - first point for Vale
Whitchurch United 1-1 Verwood Town

[KC Royal]

Went to Maidenhead today. Great game and win.

They couldn't go up could they? It was be incredible. They got some tidy players. That Josh Kelly and their keeper are very good.

Interesting that he's become a Northern Ireland U21 international this year. Saw him for Walton Casuals a couple of years ago in the FA Cup, and IIRC won and scored a penalty (a penalty I missed being given as I was too busy putting my drink in the bin )
If i'd known then he was a Maidenhead loanee I would have paid more attention to how he played...

Been an incredible start for Maidenhead, was wondering too how far they could go this season. They've become more professional training 3 days a week at Bisham Abbey now. One of the players said it was like joining a new club. But the ground would prevent them from being eligible for the playoffs wouldn't it?

[The Enfield Royal71]

Went to Maidenhead today. Great game and win.

They couldn't go up could they? It was be incredible. They got some tidy players. That Josh Kelly and their keeper are very good.

Interesting that he's become a Northern Ireland U21 international this year. Saw him for Walton Casuals a couple of years ago in the FA Cup, and IIRC won and scored a penalty (a penalty I missed being given as I was too busy putting my drink in the bin )
If i'd known then he was a Maidenhead loanee I would have paid more attention to how he played...

Been an incredible start for Maidenhead, was wondering too how far they could go this season. They've become more professional training 3 days a week at Bisham Abbey now. One of the players said it was like joining a new club. But the ground would prevent them from being eligible for the playoffs wouldn't it?

I think quite a lot have teams have that issue. Such a stupid rule.

[Royalist]

Pretty surprised York Road is fit for the national league although its probably been done up slightly since i last went. It's a weird league with a true mix of pro and semi pro from well supported clubs to low 100's. Clubs not having good enough stadiums to go up isn't that rare in non league but when its in a league that really feels like a true mix of non league and football league its a little jarring.

I see Windsor's chairman has stepped down. I wonder what that means with regards to the set up at the club after there was a piece in the local paper with fans saying they were fed up with it! Ironically it's someone from Windsor Homeless project charity ( Called James Anderson!) which is what they fear Windsor could become with no lease sorted.

[John Smith]

Went to Maidenhead today. Great game and win.

They couldn't go up could they? It was be incredible. They got some tidy players. That Josh Kelly and their keeper are very good.

Interesting that he's become a Northern Ireland U21 international this year. Saw him for Walton Casuals a couple of years ago in the FA Cup, and IIRC won and scored a penalty (a penalty I missed being given as I was too busy putting my drink in the bin )
If i'd known then he was a Maidenhead loanee I would have paid more attention to how he played...

Been an incredible start for Maidenhead, was wondering too how far they could go this season. They've become more professional training 3 days a week at Bisham Abbey now. One of the players said it was like joining a new club. But the ground would prevent them from being eligible for the playoffs wouldn't it?

I think quite a lot have teams have that issue. Such a stupid rule.

If they did pull off the miraculous, surely the could groundshare for a season? With Wycombe?

[StellaPlease]

Interesting that he's become a Northern Ireland U21 international this year. Saw him for Walton Casuals a couple of years ago in the FA Cup, and IIRC won and scored a penalty (a penalty I missed being given as I was too busy putting my drink in the bin )
If i'd known then he was a Maidenhead loanee I would have paid more attention to how he played...

Been an incredible start for Maidenhead, was wondering too how far they could go this season. They've become more professional training 3 days a week at Bisham Abbey now. One of the players said it was like joining a new club. But the ground would prevent them from being eligible for the playoffs wouldn't it?

I think quite a lot have teams have that issue. Such a stupid rule.

If they did pull off the miraculous, surely the could groundshare for a season? With Wycombe?

No way Maidenhead will go up. I went to the Chesterfield game a couple of weeks ago and they already look better than last season, to be fair. Just think there's stronger, full time outfits in the league that will eventually get the better if them. They tend to start seasons well then drop off but I do enjoy my visits down there if Reading aren't playing.

Yeah, if the miracle did happen then Wycombe would be the obvious choice but Maidenhead simply can't build on their current ground. Where would they go?

[Denver Royal]

I think quite a lot have teams have that issue. Such a stupid rule.

If they did pull off the miraculous, surely the could groundshare for a season? With Wycombe?

No way Maidenhead will go up. I went to the Chesterfield game a couple of weeks ago and they already look better than last season, to be fair. Just think there's stronger, full time outfits in the league that will eventually get the better if them. They tend to start seasons well then drop off but I do enjoy my visits down there if Reading aren't playing.

Yeah, if the miracle did happen then Wycombe would be the obvious choice but Maidenhead simply can't build on their current ground. Where would they go?

Was a regular at Maidenhead for many years when I lived in town. York Rd is the oldest football ground in the country, right? Would the ground actually close if they got promoted?

Anyone old enough to remember an old fan there called Harry who used to stand behind the goal? He wore an old hat and was very vocal well in to old age. I think he sold newspapers in town? He took a lot of abuse from younger fans, but usually took it well, though sadly he was attacked on a couple of occasions as I recall.

Anyway, I last went there to a game a couple years ago. What exactly would they need to have done to their ground for compliance for promotion? (I don't read the Advertiser much any more, so haven't heard lately).

[Old Man Andrews]

At Bracknell Town. Currently 2-0 up at half time. They look strong.

[Royal Rother]

Windsor 5-1 Holmer Green

Well that was better! Unexpectedly impressive performance after going 1 down although the scoreline was rather “unfair” on Holmer Green.

[StellaPlease]

At Bracknell Town. Currently 2-0 up at half time. They look strong.

Thought I recognised you.