The Non - League thread

[Dirk Gently]

Utter shambles in the combined counties Premier Division South where the play-off semi’s scheduled for this Saturday have had to be postponed. I think it’s all about Jersey’s points deduction and possibly Redhill might also have infringed the rules. The league say the judicial process has to be worked through.

Quite a farcical situation : you really have to feel for Jersey Bulls, as it seems they did what they understood they had to do to meet the rules.

The race for the Combined Counties Premier Division South title could hardly have been more exciting going into the final round of fixtures last weekend: Jersey Bulls led Redhill on goal difference, with Whyteleafe one point behind. The Bulls, the only one of those three playing at home, had sold out Springfield Stadium for the visit of Sandhurst. But on the Friday night they were informed that they were being deducted three points and fined £120 for fielding an illegible player in last month’s 4-0 win over Tooting & Mitcham. “We understand the frustration, the anger, and the disbelief from supporters. We feel it too,” the club said in a statement. “When we started this club, we had nothing but the dream of giving our island a football team it deserves, one that we hoped our wonderful island community would take to its hearts, and one that we knew could be successful in the English leagues. That dream is not over. We have achieved so much in such a short space of time that we must not let an error, a technicality, and a decision that is out of our hands divide us.” For most of the final afternoon Whyteleafe, who led Fleet Town from the 12th minute, were going up, only for Redhill to score a 93rd-minute winner and pip them, but still the identity of the champions is unknown. The Bulls, who also won on the final day, have submitted an appeal, saying there is “significant mitigation” concerning a “lack of clarity on the number of yellow cards” (the situation does, to be fair, sound a bit confusing: after the player picked up his 10th booking of the season he was left out for two games before returning to the team. But it turned out that one of those 10 bookings didn’t count because it came in the FA Vase, which meant he was not officially suspended until after his next one, his first after the club thought he had been suspended). The league is investigating and the playoffs – due to get under way on Saturday – have been postponed.

[Stranded]

Utter shambles in the combined counties Premier Division South where the play-off semi’s scheduled for this Saturday have had to be postponed. I think it’s all about Jersey’s points deduction and possibly Redhill might also have infringed the rules. The league say the judicial process has to be worked through.

Quite a farcical situation : you really have to feel for Jersey Bulls, as it seems they did what they understood they had to do to meet the rules.

The race for the Combined Counties Premier Division South title could hardly have been more exciting going into the final round of fixtures last weekend: Jersey Bulls led Redhill on goal difference, with Whyteleafe one point behind. The Bulls, the only one of those three playing at home, had sold out Springfield Stadium for the visit of Sandhurst. But on the Friday night they were informed that they were being deducted three points and fined £120 for fielding an illegible player in last month’s 4-0 win over Tooting & Mitcham. “We understand the frustration, the anger, and the disbelief from supporters. We feel it too,” the club said in a statement. “When we started this club, we had nothing but the dream of giving our island a football team it deserves, one that we hoped our wonderful island community would take to its hearts, and one that we knew could be successful in the English leagues. That dream is not over. We have achieved so much in such a short space of time that we must not let an error, a technicality, and a decision that is out of our hands divide us.” For most of the final afternoon Whyteleafe, who led Fleet Town from the 12th minute, were going up, only for Redhill to score a 93rd-minute winner and pip them, but still the identity of the champions is unknown. The Bulls, who also won on the final day, have submitted an appeal, saying there is “significant mitigation” concerning a “lack of clarity on the number of yellow cards” (the situation does, to be fair, sound a bit confusing: after the player picked up his 10th booking of the season he was left out for two games before returning to the team. But it turned out that one of those 10 bookings didn’t count because it came in the FA Vase, which meant he was not officially suspended until after his next one, his first after the club thought he had been suspended). The league is investigating and the playoffs – due to get under way on Saturday – have been postponed.

Surely though there must be a system that records suspensions etc that clubs can either access or you know, ask the question of the league? i.e. Joe Bloggs just picked up his 10th booking of the season but 1 was in the Vase - is he suspended or not?

[Sutekh]

Utter shambles in the combined counties Premier Division South where the play-off semi’s scheduled for this Saturday have had to be postponed. I think it’s all about Jersey’s points deduction and possibly Redhill might also have infringed the rules. The league say the judicial process has to be worked through.

Quite a farcical situation : you really have to feel for Jersey Bulls, as it seems they did what they understood they had to do to meet the rules.

The race for the Combined Counties Premier Division South title could hardly have been more exciting going into the final round of fixtures last weekend: Jersey Bulls led Redhill on goal difference, with Whyteleafe one point behind. The Bulls, the only one of those three playing at home, had sold out Springfield Stadium for the visit of Sandhurst. But on the Friday night they were informed that they were being deducted three points and fined £120 for fielding an illegible player in last month’s 4-0 win over Tooting & Mitcham. “We understand the frustration, the anger, and the disbelief from supporters. We feel it too,” the club said in a statement. “When we started this club, we had nothing but the dream of giving our island a football team it deserves, one that we hoped our wonderful island community would take to its hearts, and one that we knew could be successful in the English leagues. That dream is not over. We have achieved so much in such a short space of time that we must not let an error, a technicality, and a decision that is out of our hands divide us.” For most of the final afternoon Whyteleafe, who led Fleet Town from the 12th minute, were going up, only for Redhill to score a 93rd-minute winner and pip them, but still the identity of the champions is unknown. The Bulls, who also won on the final day, have submitted an appeal, saying there is “significant mitigation” concerning a “lack of clarity on the number of yellow cards” (the situation does, to be fair, sound a bit confusing: after the player picked up his 10th booking of the season he was left out for two games before returning to the team. But it turned out that one of those 10 bookings didn’t count because it came in the FA Vase, which meant he was not officially suspended until after his next one, his first after the club thought he had been suspended). The league is investigating and the playoffs – due to get under way on Saturday – have been postponed.

Surely though there must be a system that records suspensions etc that clubs can either access or you know, ask the question of the league? i.e. Joe Bloggs just picked up his 10th booking of the season but 1 was in the Vase - is he suspended or not?

Personally, given the number of club secretaries that do their job as a volunteer while running normal jobs etc.. it’s unsurprising errors creep in here and there. Surely no player should be considered suspended though until the county FA (or league depending on who controls the discipline records) write to and/or email the club concerned to advise that so and so is suspended for x games. If that is how things operate then clearly the club have dropped a ricket.

Incidentally Jersey beat Sandhurst 1-0 so finished top of the table before the deduction. Sandhurst were relegated from the Premier as a result.

Overall doesn’t sound like a deliberate case to flout the rules but then non league is completely unforgiving and rarely seems to be lenient over things like this, so expect Jersey to be in the play offs, v Fleet I think it’ll be.

[Four Of Clubs]

NL Fixtures:

Saturday 26th April

NAT
Barnet v Aldershot Town
Ebbsfleet United v Maidenhead United
Forest Green Rovers v Oldham Athletic
Southend United v Wealdstone
Woking v Eastleigh

NAT-N
Brackley Town v Farsley Celtic
Spennymoor Town v Oxford City

NAT-S
Dorking Wanderers v Chesham United
Farnborough v Maidstone United
Hemel Hempstead Town v Torquay United
Slough Town v Hampton & Richmond Borough
Truro City v St Albans City

SLP-C
AFC Sudbury v Harborough Town
AFC Telford United v Royston Town
Alvechurch v Lowestoft Town
Bromsgrove Sporting v Bishop's Stortford
Kettering Town v Banbury United
Leiston v Biggleswade Town
Redditch United v Hitchin Town
St Ives Town v Stratford Town

SLP-S
Basingstoke Town v Merthyr Town
Frome Town v AFC Totton
Gloucester City v Gosport Borough
Hanwell Town v Plymouth Parkway
Havant & Waterlooville v Wimborne Town
Hungerford Town v Dorchester Town
Poole Town v Chertsey Town
Sholing v Bracknell Town
Tiverton Town v Marlow
Walton & Hersham v Swindon Supermarine
Winchester City v Taunton Town

SL1-C
Aylesbury United v Enfield
Beaconsfield Town v Ware
North Leigh v Biggleswade
Stotfold v Flackwell Heath
Thame United v Real Bedford
Welwyn Garden City v Kidlington

SL1-S
Thatcham Town v Tavistock
Yate Town v Didcot Town

IL1-SC
Ashford Town (Middx) v Southall
Badshot Lea v Raynes Park Vale
Binfield v Farnham Town - was at Stubbs La last night ,as reported - att 145
- Guernsey W2-0 and kept their survival hopes alive without too many alarms.
'Moles' big striker Lindo off around the 20' mark: replaced by recent arrival ex-Royals Academy product Lynford Sackey.
Movement and passing was a level above those around him but no end product, in keeping with the rest of the youthful Binfield forward line.
- badly could have done with introducing a bit of guile, in the shape of a fit Mitch Parker but think his multiple registrations have taken him off elsewhere
- is still featured in the squad listings and did turned out for them late last month?

Hanworth Villa v Horndean
Harrow Borough v Guernsey
Hartley Wintney v Leatherhead
Kingstonian v Ascot United
Moneyfields v Rayners Lane
South Park (Reigate) v Hayes & Yeading United
Sutton Common Rovers v Metropolitan Police
Westfield v Uxbridge

CCL-PN Play-off Semi Final
Amersham Town v Harefield United
Bedfont Sports v North Greenford United

CCL-PS Play-off Semi Final deferred pending League decision on Jersey & Redhill

CCL-1 Play-off Semi Final
Penn & Tylers Green v Eversley & California
Westside v Belstone

SCE-1
Clapton Community v Forest Hill Park

WESS-P PO Final
Fareham Town v Andover New Street – ANS beat the odds and overcame runners-up AFC Stoneham 3-4 on pens after a 1-1 draw
- Final to be staged at Fareham’s Cams Alders – they beat Hamble Club 2-0 in the other S-F

WESS-1
Alresford Town v Verwood Town
East Cowes Victoria v Ash United
Frimley Green v Fleetlands
Romsey Town v Whitchurch United

[Royals and Racers]

Abingdon Utd 2 Wantage 0 in the play-off final tonight - the crowd was probably over 1000
Edit 1621- new ground record.

[Sutekh]

National League North and South promotion scores 40 mins in….

North

Brackley 3-0 Farsley
Hereford 0-1 Scunthorpe
Southport 1-0 Kidderminster

Brackley are currently being promoted to the National League.

South

Dorking 0-0 Chesham
Eastbourne 2-0 West-super-Mare
Enfield 0-0 Worthing
Hemel 0-2 Torquay
Tonbridge 0-2 Boreham Wood
Truro 4-1 St Albans

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s brother plays for Truro! Torquay currently need to win 5-0 to overhaul Truro.

[Sutekh]

Truro do it! Champions of National South on GD after beating Stalebuns 5-2, Torquay enter the play offs after beating Hemel 4-1. Truro’s first season in their new stadium and a side apparently tipped for relegation by the media so a quite amazing season. Looking forward to their games with Morecambe, Carlisle and Gateshead being arranged for midweek!

Hope Maidenhead won’t miss out on the trip to Cornwall.

Final National League games for the club trying to avoid the drop (played on Monday May 5th at 3pm):

Maidenhead United (49 pts) v Boston United
Solihull Moors v Dagenham & Redbridge (51 pts)
Wealdstone* (50 pts) v Halifax Town

* Wealdstone currently playing and losing 1-0 at Southend.

Basically Maidenhead MUST beat Boston and hope Dagenham lose and Wealdstone don’t win.

[bcubed]

Brackley have finally done it!
National League here we come....

Never saw it coming tbh
A very comfortable win against bottom placed Farsley was predictable. Southport (with nothing to play for) beating leaders Kidderminster 2 1 was far from anyone's thinking

Great day for the club
Great atmosphere
But the last time we can drink on the terraces

[AthleticoSpizz]

Brackley have finally done it!
National League here we come....

Never saw it coming tbh
A very comfortable win against bottom placed Farsley was predictable. Southport (with nothing to play for) beating leaders Kidderminster 2 1 was far from anyone's thinking

Great day for the club
Great atmosphere
But the last time we can drink on the terraces

you took your time about bloddy time too, what took you so long?

Decent size crowd?

[Sutekh]

Brackley have finally done it!
National League here we come....

Never saw it coming tbh
A very comfortable win against bottom placed Farsley was predictable. Southport (with nothing to play for) beating leaders Kidderminster 2 1 was far from anyone's thinking

Great day for the club
Great atmosphere
But the last time we can drink on the terraces

you took your time about bloddy time too, what took you so long?

Decent size crowd?

1,691

[AthleticoSpizz]

Ta

[bcubed]

What he said ^^

On the pitch after

Not quite the excitement of a Madstad pitch invasion but pretty good

[AthleticoSpizz]

Congrats

Traversed ‘that fixture sign’ on the A43 Friday, and wondered how it would play out for you…..you are going to be missed in the play-offs tho’

[bcubed]

Congrats

Traversed ‘that fixture sign’ on the A43 Friday, and wondered how it would play out for you…..you are going to be missed in the play-offs tho’

Ha ha
It won't be the same for sure!!

[Sutekh]

Farsley Celtic have had a rough season! Relegated from NLN after spending the season sharing at Buxton. Started ripping up their pitch last summer to replace with a 4G pitch but owners started running out of money and the club is now in a right state. Have been running appeals for funds to see the season out and not won a game since Boxing Day. Chairman has stepped down but owners don’t want to sell…

[Four Of Clubs]

NL Round-up

Saturday 26th April

NAT
Barnet 4-0 Aldershot Town – att 4,990 - ‘Bees’ Champions
Ebbsfleet United 0-2 Maidenhead United - ‘Magpies’ survive to the last w/e
– actually B/H Monday when they need to beat Boston and hope Wealdstone lose or draw with PO bound Halifax
- or 'Daggers' lose at Solihull.
- a draw and a Wealdstone defeat would also be enough.

Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Oldham Athletic
Southend United 3-0 Wealdstone
Woking 2-2 Eastleigh

NAT-N
Brackley Town 5-0 Farsley Celtic - many congrats to 'Saints'
Spennymoor Town 1-0 Oxford City

NAT-S
Dorking Wanderers 2-0 Chesham United – first eliminator PO sees 'Wanderers' go to Boreham Wood tomorrow night (Tue)
- the other tie is on Wed evening - Worthing v Maidstone

Farnborough 2-2 Maidstone United
Hemel Hempstead Town 1-4 Torquay United
Slough Town 1-0 Hampton & Richmond Borough
Truro City 5-2 St Albans City

SLP-C
AFC Sudbury 1-5 Harborough Town
AFC Telford United 1-1 Royston Town
Alvechurch 3-2 Lowestoft Town
Bromsgrove Sporting 2-3 Bishop's Stortford
Kettering Town 2-2 Banbury United
Leiston 2-3 Biggleswade Town
Redditch United 4-0 Hitchin Town
St Ives Town 2-2 Stratford Town

SLP-S
Basingstoke Town 4-0 Merthyr Town – att 1,495
Frome Town 0-4 AFC Totton
Gloucester City 2-2 Gosport Borough
Hanwell Town 2-1 Plymouth Parkway
Havant & Waterlooville 2-0 Wimborne Town
Hungerford Town 1-2 Dorchester Town
Poole Town 3-1 Chertsey Town
Sholing 2-1 Bracknell Town – ‘Robins’ stay up on GD
Tiverton Town 3-2 Marlow
Walton & Hersham 4-1 Swindon Supermarine
Winchester City 1-1 Taunton Town – draw not enough for 'Winch' who are relegated on the last day, along with Supermarine
- PO S-Fs are on Wed 30th:
AFC Totton v Dorchester
Walton & H v Gloucester City
- Final on B/H Monday – some potential ‘sell-outs’ there

SL1-C
Aylesbury United 2-2 Enfield
Beaconsfield Town 0-3 Ware
North Leigh 0-2 Biggleswade
Stotfold 0-1 Flackwell Heath – ‘Heathens’ have home advantage on Wed in PO S-F vs Barton Rovers
Thame United 1-2 Real Bedford
Welwyn Garden City 3-0 Kidlington

SL1-S
Thatcham Town 2-0 Tavistock
Yate Town 1-0 Didcot Town

https://southern-football-league.co.uk/ ... n%2037.pdf

IL1-SC
Ashford Town (Middx) 0-5 Southall
Badshot Lea 2-3 Raynes Park Vale
Binfield 0-3 Farnham Town
Hanworth Villa 5-2 Horndean
Harrow Borough 0-3 Guernsey –a win not enough to save them as Met Pol won at SCR, with 2 goals in the last 10’
Hartley Wintney 0-2 Leatherhead
Kingstonian 2-2 Ascot United
Moneyfields 6-5 Rayners Lane
South Park (Reigate) 2-1 Hayes & Yeading United
Sutton Common Rovers 0-2 Metropolitan Police
Westfield 0-1 Uxbridge
- PO S-Fs are also on Wed 30th:
Hanworth Villa v Ascot Utd
Uxbridge v Kingstonian
- Final on Sunday 4th

CCL-PN Play-off Semi Final
Amersham Town 1-2 Harefield United
Bedfont Sports 3-1 North Greenford United
- Final at Sports on Sat PM

CCL-PS Play-off Semi Final – still pending League decision

CCL-1 Play-off Semi Final
Penn & Tylers Green 2-2 Eversley & California -2-4p
Westside 2-0 Belstone
- Final at Westside (CWU) on Fri eve

SCE-1
Clapton Community 1-1 Forest Hill Park – Faversham SF Champions – FHP/SED ‘host’ Croydon in the S-F on Wed evening

WESS-P PO Final
Fareham Town 2-1 Andover New Street -att 1,103

WESS-1
Alresford Town 4-2 Verwood Town – Alresford host E.Cowes on Sat PM in the S-F PO
East Cowes Victoria 3-2 Ash United
Frimley Green 3-1 Fleetlands – these two go again at each other, on Fri evening, in the other PO
Romsey Town 1-3 Whitchurch United

-some unfortunate ‘domestics’ restricted my departure time and range on Sat PM - (also partly the 'knock-on' effect of this being a day or so late )
– so opted for 2nd vs 3rd in the HPFL Div One at Overton United (vs Crofton Saints – based near Lee-on-Solent)
– finished 1-1 neither could force a win to threaten Broughton’s (small village between Romsey, Salisbury and Andover) hold on the title.
‘Saints’ get runners-up spot and I think, promotion to the ‘Senior’ Division, if they can avoid defeat this Saturday 3rd at home to 2nd bottom Whiteley
– game been moved to Fareham’s Cams Alders Ground
Crowd of over 200 which is pretty decent for what is effectively STEP08
- some very happy jumping about from a small gang in the corner at FT, were identified to me as Broughton players!  

[Sutekh]

Bit of an “on the beach” performance from Merthyr there!

[Royals and Racers]

Watching Flackwell Heath v Barton Rovers semi in the Southern League central Div 1 play-offs. Hopefully goals !!!

[Royals and Racers]

Watching Flackwell Heath v Barton Rovers semi in the Southern League central Div 1 play-offs. Hopefully goals !!!

Flackwell won 2-0 with a goal in each half. Barton finished with 9 men after a sending off in each half.
Flackwell will now meet Berkhamsted FC in the final away on Monday after they beat Hadley 5-0 tonight in the other semi.

[Four Of Clubs]

Flackwell won 2-0 with a goal in each half. Barton finished with 9 men after a sending off in each half.
Flackwell will now meet Berkhamsted FC in the final away on Monday after they beat Hadley 5-0 tonight in the other semi.

...sadly Ascot fell at the penultimate hurdle last night in a 1-2 defeat at Hanworth Villa who now go to Uxbridge for the Final.

Uxbridge conceded an equaliser on 100' for the game to go to ET but progressed vs Kingstonian on pens.

A lot of last nights POs and eliminators had some fairly 'crazy' conclusions .....
- in SLP-S AFC Totton rescued themselves at home to Dorchester having been two behind very late on.
They levelled and even led ALL within added on injury time only for Dorchester to claw back to 3-3 on 115'. Totton then won in ET on 118'.

Gloucester took W&H to ET - won on pens after the additional 1/2 hr