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[Four Of Clubs]

Yesterday's results from the few games that were on:

FA Vase R4 14 Hanwell Town PP Ashford United rescheduled for Tue 4th Feb – will be switched to Ashford if Hanwell’s pitch declared unfit before Tue PM

CONFN
Brackley Town 1-0 Solihull Moors
CONFS
Bath City 2-1 Bishops Stortford
Dover Athletic 2-2 Chelmsford City
Ebbsfleet United 1-1 Weston-Super-Mare

SOUTHP
Bideford 4-0 Burnham
Chesham United 1-2 Hitchin Town
SOUTH1C
Leighton Town 1-1 Chalfont St Peter
Rugby Town 0-1 Beaconsfield SYCOB

SOUTH1S&W
Didcot Town 2-2 Bridgwater Town
Thatcham Town 3-1 Tiverton Town

CCLP
Camberley Town 2-0 Chessington & Hook United
Windsor 0-1 Croydon

HELLP
Kidlington 3-2 Highmoor Ibis - first defeat for H/I in quite a while - indeed since they were beaten by Kiddy at Palmer Park back in October.
Thame United 0-1 Bracknell Town
HELL1E
Milton United 2-1 Finchampstead

[Royalist]

Notice Gosport are in the semis of the FA Trophy with Sammy Igoe still playing! Wonder if the final is televised?

Saw some photos of SYCOB's pitch having a few large puddles on it on Saturday morning yet Stag Meadow was fine! I know the pitches/care/money spent on them are different but THAT different?!

[AthleticoSpizz]

Notice Gosport are in the semis of the FA Trophy with Sammy Igoe still playing! Wonder if the final is televised?

Indeed.

He scored and earned an 8 out of 10 motm rating in the NLP

On a day where J oyster scored for Gateshead (who are up to fourth in the Conf...assistant manager being Mr Darren Caskey)

[Four Of Clubs]

Notice Gosport are in the semis of the FA Trophy with Sammy Igoe still playing! Wonder if the final is televised?

Indeed.

He scored and earned an 8 out of 10 motm rating in the NLP

...and another local NL journey man forward ex-Camberley, Aldershot (twice) ,Torquay and 'stoke (twice) marksman Tim Sills got the other for Gosport.

..draw live on TalkSh!te on Tue AM - other two definitely in the S-Fs are Grimsby and Camb Utd - with the Sh!ts rescheduled tie @ Havant & W booked for Tue eve.

S-F over two legs to be played w/e 15th & 22nd Feb

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FA Vase 5th Round ties to be played Sat 15th Feb

1 Eastbourne United v Morpeth Town
2 Ampthill Town v Hanwell Town or Ashford United
3 Dunston UTS v Brightlingsea Regent
4 Sholing v Larkhall Athletic
5 Hadleigh United v Wisbech Town
6 Spennymoor Town v Newcastle Benfield
7 East Preston v St Andrews
8 West Auckland Town v Hallen

[Terminal Boardom]

Notice Gosport are in the semis of the FA Trophy with Sammy Igoe still playing! Wonder if the final is televised?

Saw some photos of SYCOB's pitch having a few large puddles on it on Saturday morning yet Stag Meadow was fine! I know the pitches/care/money spent on them are different but THAT different?!

A few years ago, W&EFC spent a lot of money on a drainage system. All things considered, it was money well spent.

[dizzynewheights]

Hereford:

http://www.herefordunited.co.uk/news/ar ... 38423.aspx

[Royalist]

A few years ago, W&EFC spent a lot of money on a drainage system. All things considered, it was money well spent.

Rather it was spent on other things but yeah the benefits are being reaped by the new club.

[Royalist]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... le-6680357

Red Nev and Ryan Giggs looking at buying Salford City. Is there any 'academy' sides in the pyramid after Team Bath folded other than this lot who are going to be playing games at the Richo Arena?! http://www.coventryobserver.co.uk/2014/ ... 95804.html

Plenty of young players who don't get pro deals but hope to work their way in so surprised there isn't more of them dotted around.

[Four Of Clubs]

Is there any 'academy' sides in the pyramid after Team Bath folded other than this lot who are going to be playing games at the Richo Arena?!

..can't give a definitve 'yay' or 'nay' on this -

- certainly none like 'Team Baah' - as their city rivals occasionally referred to them - other than perhaps by name in our local (featured) leagues.

'New College Swindon' have recently stepped up from Wilts leagues into Hellenic Div One and certainly down nr Soton/Pompey there a few Step06/07 Wessex and Hants clubs that may have sprung out of academic foundations - such as Team Solent; University of Portsmouth; the 're-born' Andover Town - who were grown out of something to do with Sparsholt College.

Bit nearer still in the N.Berks there is Westminster - who play out of College facilities up nr Botley.

The highest 'academy' like club I could find in the south are C.R.C. (Cambridge Regional College) who are feeder club for United:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_ ... ollege_F.C.

... they currently reside in STEP05 Eastern Counties League - so I s'pose might make Isthmian/Ryman North One day - should their constitution be carefully worded enough?

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Can't see there being much of a Preview from me for tomorrow - with much more heavy rain forecast across the south - in spite of the sunny spells now - my lads game tomorrow was called off quite early yesterday.

I'll try and post the flotsam/jetsam still floating sometime late tomorrow AM.

....actually ventured up to York Rd this midweek - saw some very sorry soggy Magpies finish well beaten (0-3) by the 'Seagulls' from Weston-super-Mud. Farnborough helped out by seeing off Tonbridge at Cherrywood Rd - and I believe the other strugglers around Maidenhead who played, dropped points too.

I also noticed the Sh!ts bowed out of the Trophy Q-F on Tuesday - going down 4-1 at Havant - who now play Gosport in the Semi's.

In the Vase: the much delayed 4th round game at Hanwell - was postponed again during the day on Tuesday and will now be played at Ashford United (Kent) this Saturday - though their hastily re-arranged/re-instated midweek league game H v Canterbury was postponed - also due to waterlogging and it don't look good for this w/e. Problem is the 5th Round ties are due to be played w/e 15th and the FA will be very keen to get this one over with.

... other games that were played on Tue:
- in the Southern League - Sluff bt Aylesbury 2-0 - Chesham put EIGHT past Banbury in the Premier, Egham bt Ashford (Mx) 4-0 and Hungerford bt Burnham 7-3 in the League Cup - although I believe there's been a bit of an exodus at The Gore as, sadly the money has rumoured to have run out.

...AND huge shock down at Cove in the CCLP; where they registered their first HOME league win of this season at the 11th attempt 3-2 v Badshot Lea. After S.Park and E&E up at the top, Cove do have the best AWAY record in the division !

..... Then the rains came again and wiped out all of Wednesday's fixtures.

[Four Of Clubs]

Saturday 8th Feb

…much as expected; very few have survived the latest deluge

FA Vase R4 (rescheduled ties from last w/e)

14 Hanwell Town PP Ashford United @ Ashford Utd (Kent) - re-scheduled for Tue 11th

....as @ 12:00 today these were still ON

CONFP
Salisbury v Alfreton
CONFS
Bath City v Whitehawk
Eastbourne Borough v Dorchester Town
SOUTHP
Burnham v Chesham United
SOUTH1C
Beaconsfield SYCOB v Chalfont St Peter
Dunstable Town v Egham Town

SOUTH1S&W
Merthyr Town v Guildford City
Paulton Rovers v Fleet Town

CCLP
Badshot Lea v Hanworth Villa
Colliers Wood United v Alton Town
Croydon PP Frimley Green
Mole Valley SCR v Horley Town
CCL1
Banstead Athletic v Sheerwater
Dorking v Sandhurst Town - no idea where this is being played though if it is?
EDIT - was scheduled to be at Horley FC

HELLP
Newbury v Binfield - was confirmed as ON about 2 hours ago but those heavens don't look too friendly - eeek : Hailstorm in RG1 !

WESSP
Alresford Town PP Fawley
Winchester City PP Bemerton Heath Harlequins
..sorry these two called off in the last 1/2 hr or so

[Four Of Clubs]

Results from the very few that were played:

CONFP
Salisbury 0-0 Alfreton – 'Whites' stay in 8th place visitors in 3rd behind Luton & Camb Utd.
CONFS
Bath City 3-1 Whitehawk
Eastbourne Borough 0-1 Dorchester Town

SOUTHP
Burnham P-P Chesham United - called OFF at 14:00
Truro 1-6 Hemel Hempstead - 'Tudors' now 14 point clear at the top
SOUTH1C
Beaconsfield SYCOB P-P Chalfont St Peter – called off about 14:30 ish
Dunstable Town 0-1 Egham Town – surprise win for the ‘Sarnies’ at the morning leaders – Rugby Town grab top spot with a 6-1 thumping of 5th placed Royston
SOUTH1S&W
Merthyr Town {TWELVE} 12-0 Guildford City
Paulton Rovers 1-2 Fleet Town – another shock here; Fleet now only three points adrift of City, whose GD took a real hammering at Merthyr.

CCLP
Badshot Lea P-P Hanworth Villa
Colliers Wood United 2-2 Alton Town
Mole Valley SCR P-P Horley Town
CCL1
Banstead Athletic P-P Sheerwater
Dorking P-P Sandhurst Town

HELLP
Newbury P-P Binfield – also a very late call off by match Ref - plenty of people in the ground as it was a lone survivor in the area - or so most had thought!

[Royalist]

Apparently the pitch at Staines is flooded and was on sky sports news as was Abingdon's. No idea how clubs can keep going when they have month after month of no home game to get money in!

[Terminal Boardom]

Staines are fortunate to the extent that there is a private members gym in their main stand which I sure would help to pay the bills.

[Royalist]

Might be wrong but i don't think they get any money from that. Think it just has the bar.

[Four Of Clubs]

Sorry - left it very late to try and get the last dregs of what is still on this PM - pretty close to f£ck ALL!

Saturday 15th Feb

FA Trophy Semi-Final 1st Leg
Cambridge Utd v Grimsby Town

FA Vase 5th Round
Ampthill Town v Hanwell Town - Hanwell won their much delayed 4th round tie 2-1 at Ashford United last Thursday

CONFP
Barnet v Tamworth
CONFS
Dorchester Town v Bromley
Dover Athletic v Bath City
Ebbsfleet United v Staines Town
Whitehawk v Farnborough
CONFN
Brackley Town v Gloucester City

SOUTHP
Chesham United v Frome Town
Hungerford Town v AFC Totton
St Neots Town v Burnham

SOUTH1C
Chalfont St Peter v Uxbridge
Leighton Town v Northwood
Marlow v Dunstable Town
Royston Town v Aylesbury
Slough Town v Aylesbury United
SOUTH1S&W
Clevedon Town v Bishops Cleeve
Thatcham Town PP Yate Town - must've gone in the last few minutes
Wimborne Town v Cirencester Town

CCLP
Raynes Park Vale v South Park
CCL1
Epsom Athletic v Sheerwater

HELLP
Abingdon United v Kidlington

[Royalist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_knLyGiRpI

Live streaming radio coverage of the Slough match

[Four Of Clubs]

Yesterday's results :

Saturday 15th Feb

FA Trophy Semi-Final 1st Leg
Cambridge Utd 2-1 Grimsby Town

FA Vase 5th Round
Ampthill Town 3-1 Hanwell Town aet 1-1 at FT - draw for Q-Fs to be made tomorrow - Wisbech are the only other side definitely through.

CONFP
Barnet 1-0 Tamworth
Gateshead 0-2 Woking
Luton 7-0 Hereford - att 7k plus
Southport 3-1 Salisbury City
CONFS
Dorchester Town 3-2 Bromley
Dover Athletic 2-0 Bath City
Ebbsfleet United 3-0 Staines Town
Whitehawk 3-1 Farnborough
- Magpies only stay out of the bottom 4 on GD - were due to host fellow strugglers Gosport on Tue night this week but their visitors have to play their reschduled Trophy S-F @ Havant & W.
Basingstoke go to Cherrywood Rd on Tue night looking to stay in the top half of the table.
CONFN
Brackley Town P-P Gloucester City

SOUTHP
Chesham United 2-1 Frome Town
Hungerford Town 4-0 AFC Totton
St Neots Town 4-2 Burnham

SOUTH1C
Chalfont St Peter 1-1 Uxbridge
Leighton Town 1-3 Northwood
Marlow 2-1 Dunstable Town - both goals from ex-Yellaman Bennett - Dunstable were top and took the lead on 5'.
Royston Town 2-0 Aylesbury
Slough Town 5-3 Aylesbury United
SOUTH1S&W
Clevedon Town P-P Bishops Cleeve
Wimborne Town 0-1 Cirencester Town

CCLP
Raynes Park Vale P-P South Park
CCL1
Epsom Athletic P-P Sheerwater

HELLP
Abingdon United 1-1 Kidlington
- Chose this one – M40 was playing silly buggers otherwise I might have tried for Chesham or Sluff – good local tussle – Ab Utd had the edge but were poor up front – bright sunny skies – strong gusty wind and the pitch looked fine.
The town itself looks somewhat besieged by floods though. I drove back on A415/A4074 and their near neighbours Ab. Town (as featured on SSN above) won’t be playing at home for a while yet – pitch still submerged. Hellenic League will have to move fast to try and get some kind of new groundsharing arrangements in place for the two sides that currently use Culham Rd. (‘Abbots’ and AFC Hinksey)
- The only other ‘local’ NL games in that area that were played; at Lambourn, (who ironically folded earlier this season but are letting any other clubs in the area use their facilities if needed) Ardington & Lockinge lost out by the odd goal in seven to Berinsfield in N.Berks Div One and a N.Berks Charity Shield Q-F was played @ Dorchester. The drainage in that specific area must be astonishing - think its surrounded by Lakes and old Gravel/Shale Pits so appears bone dry half an hour after a cloudburst.

[Terminal Boardom]

Binfield v Windsor tonight in the B&B Senior Trophy semi-final. By all accounts, this will go ahead.

[Four Of Clubs]

Binfield v Windsor tonight in the B&B Senior Trophy semi-final. By all accounts, this will go ahead.

...well I wos there - looked a good turn out from the Stag M'dow crew too and evidently enjoyed the result - att official 192 - plenty huddled out of the constant but light drizzly stuff.

Clever worked opener for Moles - nice finish by Carl Withers too - but suspect his legs gave up early 2nd half trying to track some livewire runners through midfield for the visitors. Continually managed to turn the Binfield back four - which isn't the quickest, maybe missing a few regulars too - and Windsor could/should have had more.

Equaliser early-ish 2nd half, screaming free-kick - following a daft challenge on the edge of the box, as home side failed to clear the ball under pressure. Windsor winner from the penalty spot - didn't see the incident clearly but seemingly a needless handball about 15' from the end.

Moles tried to up the pace and had some success down the left (Seb Bowerman had switched over from the right) but rarely produced enough threatening deliveries. May well have been suffering from inactivity - haven't played a league game since Boxing Day - they did manage to hit the far post as a player slid in from a narrow angle.

Ref's patience snapped - with Moles back-line continually whinging at every dead ball - and sent two of them off in one go (2nd Yellows) near the end, as they surrounded him for the umpteenth time, to moan about Windsor's (understandable) time-wasting.

- I s'pose the lesson for Binfield is you won't win enough games without a forward line - they've sold off a series of them in recent times - latest being Cornell to Sluff. JJ runs hard but is too often left isolated or prone to poor choice on the ball - and he's not the biggest either. Will need to address this if they wish to start challenging at the upper end of the table next season - too late now I'd guess.

So Windsor deservedly progress to the Final v Abingdon Utd or RTFC - that semi- is due to be played @ Abingdon tomorrow (that's the Abingdon side whose pitch is currently ABOVE water )- weather permitting - there's s'posed to be lots more wet stuff on the way tomorrow PM/Eve .

[Royal Rother]

Thanks for that, I couldn't go last night. Shame.

Nice to have a final to look forward to as we won't be winning the league.