The Non - League thread

[Four Of Clubs]

Do BBCRB still ignore NL football?

...certainly don't have the round-up in depth as I'm sure they used to have a few years back - Adie often chats with Jason B and Drax after their CONF-South games on Sat PMs but presumably they don't have time to 'go lower' unless one of our local sides does well in a Cup competition - believe they've mentioned Diddy and Hungerford in passing but its rare.

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Decided against battling along the M4 last night - was considering a visit to Staines v Magpies - slightly pleased I wimped out as it ended 0-0.

Ended up much closer down at Hartley Wintney - on another gluepot pitch as they beat CCLP basement side Bedfont Sports 5-2. Elsewhere there's a thread on odd co-incidences - I chucked something in a bin - glancing after it and noticed discarded within a perfectly good programme from HW's game at the w/e A v Horley. hardly co-incidental BUT I visited Horley just the once 5-6 years ago when they played that season's champions in the last match of the season (Merstham/Chipstead - can't recall) but nagging source of regret that they'd run out of programmes on the day!
... just a little thing to cheer me up!

[AthleticoSpizz]

BBCRB, Adi Williams in particular, regularlty feature Hungerford, including calls to Bobby Wilkinson.

[Four Of Clubs]

BBCRB, Adi Williams in particular, regularlty feature Hungerford, including calls to Bobby Wilkinson.

...shows I don't listen to it all that regularly (or even regularlty) ... and Wiki has him as ''Ady'' not Adie or Adi .... could this be another Dellor-like-pendant-fest like the pronunciation of ''Le Fondra'' or ''Le Fondray'' ....

...Wilkinson is of course very close to RFC so its understandable he gets a mention - bit sad they they don't bring up RTFC or HIghmoor occasionally?

[Four Of Clubs]

... tomorrow's NL fixtures - not sure what the weather is doing - (I'm not alone there!) - but it is still pretty damp underfoot around here - my lads' games have already been called off (again):

Saturday 25th January 2014

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

13 Hanworth Villa v Eastbourne United
14 Hanwell Town v Ashford United
16 East Preston v Brantham Athletic

CONFP
Aldershot Town v FC Halifax Town
Lincoln City FC v Woking
CONFN
Brackley Town v Workington
Leamington v Oxford City
CONFS
Basingstoke Town v Sutton United
Bishops Stortford v Whitehawk
Boreham Wood v Dover Athletic
Bromley v Hayes & Yeading Utd
Chelmsford City v Dorchester Town
Concord Rangers v Staines Town
Eastbourne Borough v Bath City
Eastleigh v Ebbsfleet United
Farnborough v Tonbridge Angels
Havant & Waterlooville v Maidenhead United
Weston-Super-Mare v Gosport Borough

SOUTHP
Banbury United v Bideford
Burnham v Bashley
Poole Town PP Chesham United - first to go officially - been rough on the S.Coast again today - eldest stranded at So'ton; trying to fly out to Channel Islands for w/e - relocated himself to the local Travelodge.
Truro City v Hungerford Town
SOUTH1C
Barton Rovers v Slough Town
Beaconsfield SYCOB v Daventry Town
Chalfont St Peter v Royston Town
Chertsey Town v Rugby Town
Egham Town v Potters Bar Town
Kettering Town v Ashford Town (Middx)
Marlow v St Ives Town
Uxbridge v Leighton Town
SOUTH1S&W
Cirencester Town v Godalming Town
Evesham United v Didcot Town
Guildford City v Wimborne Town
North Leigh v Thatcham Town
Yate Town v Fleet Town

CCLP
Badshot Lea v Croydon
Camberley Town v Ash United
Chessington & Hook United v Raynes Park Vale
Colliers Wood United v Horley Town
Epsom & Ewell v Alton Town
Frimley Green v Wembley
Hartley Wintney v Windsor
Mole Valley SCR v Bedfont Sports
Molesey v Cove
South Park v Farnham Town
CCL1
AFC Croydon Athletic v South Kilburn
Banstead Athletic v Eversley & California
Bedfont & Feltham v Sheerwater
14:00 Farleigh Rovers v Cobham
Knaphill v CB Hounslow United
14:00 Spelthorne Sports v Dorking
Staines Lammas v Sandhurst Town

HELLP
Highmoor Ibis v Newbury - a win for H/I would put them within 2 pts of current leaders Ardley - but as I said somewhere above, they have 9 of their remaining 13 fixtures away from Palmer Park including trips to Wantage, Ascot and RTFC.
HELL1W
14:15 Letcombe v North Leigh United Res
HELL1E
Chinnor v Burnham Res
HELL Challenge Cup R3
037 Ardley United v Cirencester Town 'Dev'
038 AFC Hinksey v Abingdon United (tie switched - now being played @ Northcourt Rd AUFC)
13:45 039 Easington Sports v Rayners Lane
040 Flackwell Heath v Highworth Town
041 Milton United v Shortwood United Reserves
13:45 042 Purton v Ascot United
043 Shrivenham v Wantage Town
044 Tytherington Rocks v Binfield
HELL Supp R2
011 Carterton v New College Swindon
012 Cheltenham Saracens v Tuffley Rovers
013 Fairford Town v Oxford City Nomads
014 Lydney Town v Brimscombe & Thrupp
016 13:45 Finchampstead v Henley Town
017 Hook Norton v Kidlington
018 Maidenhead United Res v Reading Town
019 13:45 Wokingham & Emmbrook v Thame United

WESSP
Whitchurch United v Bemerton Heath Harlequins
Winchester City v Downton
WESS1
Andover Town v East Cowes Victoria
Fleet Spurs v United Services Portsmouth
Tadley Calleva v Team Solent

[AthleticoSpizz]

BBCRB, Adi Williams in particular, regularlty feature Hungerford, including calls to Bobby Wilkinson.

...shows I don't listen to it all that regularly (or even regularlty) ... and Wiki has him as ''Ady'' not Adie or Adi .... could this be another Dellor-like-pendant-fest like the pronunciation of ''Le Fondra'' or ''Le Fondray'' ....

...Wilkinson is of course very close to RFC so its understandable he gets a mention - bit sad they they don't bring up RTFC or HIghmoor occasionally?

Its ok ...I was going to call him "willo".

Agree with your comment about tour local lower-denominator teams tho'

[AthleticoSpizz]

Guernsey player Richard Powell given a 2 year ban (possibly, quite rightly) for a head-butt during an GFA Cup fixture back in November.

Should've bit him instead Richard......cue the GFA/FA differing standards...for what is basically, a vile event

[Four Of Clubs]

Its ok ...I was going to call him "willo".

Agree with your comment about our local lower-denominator teams tho'

... now , there's a thing - went to Hartley Wintney a couple of season's back - and there was a ex-Royals striker, slightly older/slower/rounder, Martin Williams now back in Central Mid as skipper & pulling the strings as you'd expect for one of a loftier past. He'll always be 'Skittles' to me but he was being called 'Willo' by all and sundry on & off the pitch.

Banged in a very late equaliser in that match H v Guernsey too - with a classy driven swerving free-kick, which I think - true to his 'nickname' that I was more familar with, he'd 'earned' on the edge of the box.

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....unsurprisingly Postponements starting to come in early to save some longer trips:

SOUTHP Truro v Hungerford OFF

.... expect with the amount of rain out there now, we'll see plenty more gone locally tomorrow AM.

[AthleticoSpizz]

mmm interesting, willo being the shortage of Williams i guess

I watched Jerry Williams at W&E a couple of decades ago (shhhh dont tell RR ffs), funny enough, his nickname was ....erm....willo

[Royal Rother]

And I watched Martin Williams play for Windsor and Eton about 5 years ago. He had 2 or 3 seasons there.

At that level he was class, but dodgy knees meant he couldn't really train so eventually he moved on / retired (obviously not though!).

And yes, he was Willo at Windsor. The W&E fans were politely amused when I told them him his nickname at Reading.

[Four Of Clubs]

I watched Jerry Williams at W&E a couple of decades ago (shhhh dont tell RR ffs), funny enough, his nickname was ....erm....willo

... evokes another lasting memory - this time of 'quiet George' ; a stalwart of us lot, up the back few steps of the ''Toilehurst End'' yonks ago at EP. George was never one to shout or rant or cheer or boo .... or speak very much at all truth be known, though he had a way with the odd pithy quip. (Not even sure his name was actually George - it's just what we knew him as - still have a nodding acquaintance with him when we occasionally cross paths outside the MadStad after the game) ....

Anyway - on one memorable occasion - probably early 80s - Jerry Williams -who'd finally carved out a regular starting position for himself at RB - as opposed to sub-forward/winger - caused George to became increasingly agitated.
He'd progressed up the field from very deep on a mazy run, albeit at Glenn-Little-like-pace. His cries of encouragement (Go on, Jerry, Go on! etc etc) grew uncharacteristically loud & louder as he approached the opposition penalty area: - only ending in a final very un-PC outburst of disappointment - with a painful prolonged deafening howl of ''SPASTIC!'' (sorry!) - when our young hero managed to shank the ball way over the Burger Kiosk up at the back of the stand. - I think someone had to go down into the Hades-like Gents under the stand to retrieve the ball - not sure they wanted it back!

...wasn't long after, that Jerry looked as if he might be about to repeat the trick and with half of us eyeing up how George would react - on this wonderful cusp of excitement - THIS time our beloved Jerry managed to ping the ball from wide out on the right, like a bullet across the keeper and into the far top corner of the net !

Can't believe he made 300 + appearances for us - though he was here for 12 years starting as 16 yr old.

... and incidentally Jerry W turned out for Windsor (& Eton) well over 20 years ago - after a brief spell with the Sh!ts.

[AthleticoSpizz]

V. Early 90's I would've seen him, 92/93????.

Windsor were relatively big-league non-league then...their biggest concern was hating Conference League Slough Town iirc. JW was still a class act, but time was telling on him, very much his downward spiral moment.

My car-share, "Evo" Richard Evans was their top scoring #9 then, he went on to trials with John Becks Cambridge United before finally getting sold onto Sutton Utd only to score a hat-trick against a full strength Tottenham side in a pre-season friendly (which incidently made a two inch feature on the back page of the NOTW the next day).

With local W&E crowds of 400+ there was even a footballing life outside of the pro game

20 years + well hell yes

[Terminal Boardom]

And with postponements in mind, Hartley Wintney v Windsor is off. If anyone wants to experience non league football at its most interesting, I would recommend Hanworth Villa v Eastbourne in the Vase. Highly recommended even if some of the guys down there are big into Chelsea - and not in a nice, gentlemanly way if you get my drift.

[Royalist]

Wonder how many games that kicked off finished?!

Interesting to see Ryan Bird, Ex Burnham, scored on his debut on loan at Cambridge. Would Cambridge of even considered him if he was still in non league? Doubt it!

[Four Of Clubs]

Wonder how many games that kicked off finished?!

... a fair number started and didn't make it much beyond H/T

- including the one I opted for up north of Aylesbury at South Mids One: Winslow 4-1 Langford abandoned on 45'.
- away side rock-bottom and only turned up with one sub, were reduced to ten men on about 1/2 hr by two injuries - so probably weren't keen to emerge from the dressing room after half time.
Really came down in torrents across the Chilterns and on the way home hit a real 'ford' like puddle up between Xmas Common and Nettlebed - fortunately nothing coming in the opposite direction - couldn't believe the water was settling so high up!

Saturday 25th January 2014

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

13 Hanworth Villa 2-2* Eastbourne United (aet Eastbourne win {Seven} 7-2 – HV had two Red cards in ET)
14 Hanwell Town PP Ashford United
16 East Preston 3-0 Brantham Athletic

CONFP
Aldershot Town 2-2 FC Halifax Town
Lincoln City FC 2-2 Woking
CONFN
Brackley Town 1-1 Workington
Leamington A-A Oxford City on 15’
CONFS
Basingstoke Town 0-1 Sutton United
Bishops Stortford P-P Whitehawk
Boreham Wood 2-2 Dover Athletic
Bromley 2-1 Hayes & Yeading Utd
Chelmsford City P-P Dorchester Town
Concord Rangers P-P Staines Town
Eastbourne Borough 3-2 Bath City
Eastleigh 3-1 Ebbsfleet United
Farnborough P-P Tonbridge Angels
Havant & Waterlooville P-P Maidenhead United
Weston-Super-Mare 0-1 Gosport Borough

SOUTHP
Banbury United 1-0 Bideford
Burnham 1-1 Bashley
Poole Town PP Chesham United
St Albans 5-0 Arlesey Town – only mentioned since StAlebuns stuck three in in 2nd Half injury time
Truro City P-P Hungerford Town
SOUTH1C
Barton Rovers P-P Slough Town
Beaconsfield SYCOB 1-0 Daventry Town
Chalfont St Peter 0-1 Royston Town
Chertsey Town 2-6 Rugby Town
Egham Town 6-0 Potters Bar Town
Kettering Town P-P Ashford Town (Middx)
Marlow 3-3 St Ives Town – 2 more for ex-Mole Davies I.
Uxbridge A-A Leighton Town on 64’
SOUTH1S&W
Cirencester Town A-A Godalming Town on 45’
Evesham United P-P Didcot Town
Guildford City P-P Wimborne Town
North Leigh P-P Thatcham Town
Yate Town {Seven} 7-0 Fleet Town – no respite for Fleet Town still bottom - only one win and six draws – aggregate v Yate this season 0-13.

CCLP
Badshot Lea A-A Croydon
Camberley Town 3-1 Ash United
Chessington & Hook United P-P Raynes Park Vale
Colliers Wood United 3-1 Horley Town
Epsom & Ewell 0-3 Alton Town – big shock here though Alton’s form has picked up significantly – now beaten 2 of the top 3 in quick succession and have escaped the drop zone for the moment.
Frimley Green P-P Wembley
Hartley Wintney P-P Windsor
Mole Valley SCR P-P Bedfont Sports
Molesey 0-3 Cove – another shock here – though Cove are markedly better on the road.
South Park P-P Farnham Town
CCL1
AFC Croydon Athletic 1-0 South Kilburn
Banstead Athletic P-P Eversley & California
Bedfont & Feltham 6-1 Sheerwater
Farleigh Rovers 3-1 Cobham
Knaphill 2-1 CB Hounslow United
Spelthorne Sports 4-0 Dorking
Staines Lammas 6-1 Sandhurst Town

HELLP
Highmoor Ibis A-A Newbury 70’ – seemingly more behind this by some accounts. H/I down to 8 men – and generally lost all discipline.
– reportedly a lot of intimidatory behaviour directed towards opposition and a young Ref from the home side.
– Assessor in attendance too so may be some follow-up– not sure how much of this is being borne along by the general ill-feeling the rest of the league’s supporters have towards the Palmer Pk outfit. I’d proffer that a lot of it is the usual ‘Chat Room jealousy’ towards a side having an unexpectedly good season and challenging for top spot.

HELL1W
Letcombe A-A North Leigh United Res on 82’ – no lights here either so they could hardly have waited for it to ‘blow over’.
HELL1E
Chinnor P-P Burnham Res
HELL Challenge Cup R3
037 Ardley United P-P Cirencester Town 'Dev'
038 AFC Hinksey 3-3 Abingdon United aet 2-2 on 90’ Ab Utd win 3-2 on pens
039 Easington Sports P-P Rayners Lane
040 Flackwell Heath P-P Highworth Town
041 Milton United A-A Shortwood United Reserves on 32’
042 Purton 1-4 Ascot United
043 Shrivenham A-A Wantage Town on 45’ Shrivvy surprisingly leading 3-2 at the time
044 Tytherington Rocks 2-0 Binfield
HELL Supp R2
011 Carterton P-P New College Swindon
012 Cheltenham Saracens A-A Tuffley Rovers on 17’
013 Fairford Town 2-3 aet Oxford City Nomads
014 Lydney Town P-P Brimscombe & Thrupp
016 Finchampstead 2-2 Henley Town aet Henley win 3-2 on pens
017 Hook Norton P-P Kidlington
018 Maidenhead United Res P-P Reading Town
019 Wokingham & Emmbrook P-P Thame United

WESSP
Whitchurch United P-P Bemerton Heath Harlequins
Winchester City P-P Downton
WESS1
Andover Town {ELEVEN} 11-0 East Cowes Victoria
Fleet Spurs 2-0 United Services Portsmouth
Petersfield Town {FOURTEEN} 14-0 Andover New Street
Tadley Calleva P-P Team Solent

[dizzynewheights]

Maidenhead Utd remain unbeaten in 2014

[6 Million Dollar Man]

I'm off to the Conference South top of the table clash tomorrow night..Bromley v Eastleigh. Bromley 13 points clear at the top, although Eastleigh have 3 games in hand

[6 Million Dollar Man]

Just watching the highlights of Bromley's win over Hayes and Yeading...Jamie Young in goal for the visitors

And Pierre Joseph Dubois is a regular for Bromley

[Royalist]

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/ ... hes-11991/

Conference rejects 3G pitches. Early adopters Maidstone done over. Southern/Ryman Prem sides surely not going to go for 3G now then.

[Royal Rother]

Where's FoC?

No inspection planned at Stag Meadow. Sun shining so should get a decent crowd if it stays that way as many games will be called off already.

[Four Of Clubs]

Where's FoC?

No inspection planned at Stag Meadow. Sun shining so should get a decent crowd if it stays that way as many games will be called off already.

... as usual grabbing time between shifts of Dad's Taxi Runs ... and a spot of the lurgy my youngest kindly gave us from earlier this week!

Didn't post yesterday as I could see the rain intervening big time across the NL programme - will give my remaining list a quick run through and post what's left in an hour or so.

Looks as if I'm staying local - for one thing don't fancy driving a long way in the wet with a runny nose - and the 'new' ticks further away have probably all 'gone' by now.

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Wahey - IN before the Edit window...

here's what's survived at 10:00 AM - NOTE both CCL & Hellenic will probably have later call offs this AM - none (bar Windsor & Camberley) are hopeful in the Comb Counties and a raft of 'higher' NL clubs round here have called off in the last 1/2 hr. I wouldn't hold out much hope of the Southern league games going ahead either - will pop back in later and update if poss.

Looks like I'm in for the afternoon in too

Saturday 1st February 2014

FA Vase R4 (rescheduled ties – winners A v Ampthill Town on 15th Feb)
14 Hanwell Town v Ashford United

CONFP
Woking v Forest Green Rovers
CONFN
Brackley Town v Solihull Moors - was an inspection due mid-AM

CONFS
Bath City v Bishops Stortford
Dover Athletic v Chelmsford City
Ebbsfleet United v Weston-Super-Mare
Sutton United V Boreham Wood

SOUTHP
Bideford v Burnham
Chesham United v Hitchin Town
SOUTH1C
AFC Hayes v Barton Rovers
Ashford Town (Middx) v Aylesbury
Leighton Town v Chalfont St Peter
Potters Bar Town v Marlow
Royston Town v Chertsey Town
Rugby Town v Beaconsfield SYCOB
Slough Town v Egham Town
SOUTH1S&W
Didcot Town v Bridgwater Town
Shortwood United v Swindon Supermarine
Thatcham Town v Tiverton Town

CCLP
Alton Town v Bedfont Sports
Camberley Town v Chessington & Hook United
Cove v South Park
Farnham Town v Mole Valley SCR
Frimley Green v Epsom & Ewell - touchline was reportedly waterlogged BEFORE the rain on Friday PM
Hanworth Villa v Colliers Wood United - very unlikely
Horley Town v Molesey
Raynes Park Vale v Hartley Wintney
Wembley v Badshot Lea
Windsor v Croydon
CCL1
AFC Croydon Athletic v CB Hounslow United
Bedfont & Feltham v Staines Lammas
Dorking v Spelthorne Sports
(at Banstead Athletic FC)
Epsom Athletic v Knaphill
14:00 Farleigh Rovers v Worcester Park
Sandhurst Town v Banstead Athletic - 'Devels' game next door was called off yesterday
14:00 Sheerwater v Eversley & California

HELLP
Flackwell Heath v Holyport
Kidlington v Highmoor Ibis
Thame United v Bracknell Town
HELL1E
Milton United v Finchampstead


WESSP
Sholing v Whitchurch United
Totton & Eling v Alresford Town
WESS1
Fleet Spurs v Hayling United
Stockbridge v Petersfield Town