The Non - League thread

[Four Of Clubs]

...and here's the NL round-up from yesterday -

Sat 22nd Nov

NAT
Aldershot Town 1-2 Woking – att 4,279
Brackley Town v York City
Eastleigh 0-2 Hartlepool United
Morecambe 0-0 Yeovil Town
Truro City 2-3 Sutton United
Wealdstone 1-1 Forest Green Rovers
NAT-N
Chorley 1-0 Bedford Town
Marine 0-0 Oxford City
NAT-S
Dagenham & Redbridge 1-0 Maidenhead United –5th straight loss for ‘Magpies’
Dorking Wanderers 3-1 Maidstone United
Ebbsfleet United 2-1 Chesham United
Enfield Town 5-1 Farnborough
Slough Town 1-2 Worthing

SLP-C
Alvechurch 0-2 Banbury United
Bishop's Stortford 0-0 Bury Town
Real Bedford 1-1 Quorn
Royston Town 1-1 Barwell
Spalding United 3-0 Needham Market
St Ives Town 0-2 Redditch United
Stamford P-P AFC Sudbury
Stratford Town 2-1 Leiston
SLP-S
Gloucester City 2-0 Chertsey Town
Hanwell Town 1-1 Wimborne Town
Poole Town 1-0 Basingstoke Town
Uxbridge 1-3 Farnham Town
Walton & Hersham 0-0 Hungerford Town
Yate Town 4-1 Bracknell Town
SL1-C
Aylesbury United 0-2 Hitchin Town
Hertford Town 4-3 Beaconsfield Town
Leighton Town 6-1 Enfield
Milton Keynes Irish 4-1 Marlow[/color]
Rayners Lane 1-4 Thame United
SL1-S
Exmouth Town 2-1 Didcot Town
Portishead Town 3-2 Winchester City - Winch 3 down at the break, couldn’t complete the comeback 2nd half – stay 2nd
Swindon Supermarine 1-3 Frome Town

IL1-SC
AFC Portchester 3-2 Kingstonian
Bedfont Sports 2-2 Leatherhead
Binfield 1-2 Bognor Regis Town
Egham Town 1-2 Hendon
Hartley Wintney 3-0 Hayes & Yeading United
Metropolitan Police 2-1 Ascot United
Raynes Park Vale 2-2 Hanworth Villa
Southall 2-1 Harrow Borough
Westfield 1-3 Moneyfields

CCL-PN
Fri 21st
Hilltop 2-1 Edgware & Kingsbury
Kidlington 3-1 North Leigh
Milton United 1-0 Holyport

Abingdon United P-P Virginia Water
Amersham Town 1-9 {NINE} Harefield United
Ardley United P-P Reading City
British Airways P-P Windsor & Eton
Burnham 1-1 Broadfields United
Wallingford & Crowmarsh 2-1 Ashford Town (Middx) – W&C move up to 2nd
Wokingham Town 0-2 North Greenford United
CCL-PS
Alton 1-3 Horley Town
Balham 2-2 Camberley Town
Cobham 5-1 Sheerwater
Corinthian-Casuals 2-0 Fleet Town
Epsom & Ewell A-A Badshot Lea - Ref called it off at HT
Eversley & California 1-4 Tadley Calleva
Guildford City 0-4 Tooting & Mitcham United
Knaphill 1-2 Thatcham Town - upset for the form book: lowly ‘Kingfishers’ winning at 2nd placed ‘Knappers’
Sutton Common Rovers 4-1 Chipstead
CCL-1
Berks County 3-2 Spelthorne Sports
Colliers Wood United 4-2 Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Holmer Green 1-2 Westside
London Samurai Rovers 2-2 PFC Victoria London – PFC back top on GD from Woodley
Oxhey Jets 2-3 Sport London e Benfica
Penn & Tylers Green 3-0 Molesey
Rising Ballers Kensington 2-3 Brook House
Spartans Youth 1-6 Hillingdon Borough @ Bedfont FC
Wembley 6-4 Chalfont St Peter
Woodley United P-P Sandhurst Town

HELL-P
Highworth Town 3-2 Corsham Town
Cirencester Town 5-1 Droitwich Spa
Cribbs 1-2 Royal Wootton Bassett Town

HELL-1
Carterton 0-7 {SEVEN} Redditch Borough
Thame United Reserves P-P Malmesbury Victoria
Wantage Town 5-4 Cheltenham Saracens

SCE-1
SE Dons 4-2 Sheppey Sports

SSM-P
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 2-1 AFC Welwyn

WESS-P
Andover New Street 2-2 Hamble Club
Petersfield Town A-A East Cowes Victoria -Abandoned 10’ after KO – torrential rain
WESS-1
AFC Aldermaston 0-1 Ash United
Alresford Town P-P Folland Sports
Colden Common 4-0 Whitchurch United- 2nd defeat in a week drops Jam Boys to 3rd
Frimley Green 1-1 Amesbury Town
Hamworthy United 4-0 Yateley United
Kintbury Rangers P-P Fawley AFC
Newport (IoW) P-P Cove

TVL-P

Finchampstead 0-5 Newbury Town @ Finchampstead

[Royals and Racers]

Some cracking local derbies on the fixture list for tomorrow.
Flackwell Heath v Beaconsfield and Holmer Green v Penn & Tylers Green FC are 2 of note. I am however going elsewhere up the M4 to a new ground for me Uxbridge v Sholing on the 3g pitch. Knowing my luck a 0-0 will be in the cards
Interestingly i have found out that Uxbridge were formed in 1871 which of course is the exact same year as the Royals.

[Royals and Racers]

Maidenhead Utd have announced that at the end of this week Alan Devonshire is stepping away from team management.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Maidenhead Utd have announced that at the end of this week Alan Devonshire is stepping away from team management.

is it AD ‘stepping away’? or is it the “we thank him for his services” ‘mutual agreement’ sacking?

Been there forever

[Royals and Racers]

Walton & Hersham manager Billy Rowley has left the club to take up a position with a club higher up the pyramid.

[Royals and Racers]

Walton & Hersham manager Billy Rowley has left the club to take up a position with a club higher up the pyramid.

Joined Yeovil Town today.

[Clyde1998]

Ended up at Thatcham Town tonight. They’re playing Cobham.

[Clyde1998]

Ended up at Thatcham Town tonight. They’re playing Cobham.

1-0 Cobham at half-time.

[Royals and Racers]

Some cracking local derbies on the fixture list for tomorrow.
Flackwell Heath v Beaconsfield and Holmer Green v Penn & Tylers Green FC are 2 of note. I am however going elsewhere up the M4 to a new ground for me Uxbridge v Sholing on the 3g pitch. Knowing my luck a 0-0 will be in the cards
Interestingly i have found out that Uxbridge were formed in 1871 which of course is the exact same year as the Royals.

Results
Flackwell Heath 3 Beaconsfield 1
Holmer Green 0 Penn & Tylers Green 1
Uxbridge 0 Sholing 2

Uxbridge ground i found difficult to find but was really impressed by the facilities and £1 entrance for concessions is a steal ! Sholing impressed me as a well organised side who deserved the win.

[Clyde1998]

Ended up at Thatcham Town tonight. They’re playing Cobham.

1-0 Cobham at half-time.

3-1 Cobham in the end; Thatcham never looked like winning. Cobham are quite a way clear at the top of the league, with games in hand.

[Four Of Clubs]

NL Preview for this w/e

Sat 29th Nov

NAT
Forest Green Rovers v Southend United
Hartlepool United v Truro City
Rochdale v Eastleigh
Solihull Moors v Wealdstone
Sutton United v Gateshead
Woking v Brackley Town
York City v Aldershot Town
NAT-N
Bedford Town v Darlington
Oxford City v King's Lynn Town
NAT-S
Chesham United v Dorking Wanderers – ‘Generals beaten 3-1 at ‘Daggers’ on Tue night
Dover Athletic v Slough Town – ‘Rebels’ came back from 0-2 at HT to grab a very late & vital win over Totton
- they won 3-2 at Arbour Pk in midweek: goals on 48' 86' & 90' (pen) – and drag themselves out of the bottom 4

Farnborough v Ebbsfleet United
Maidenhead United v Chippenham Town – ‘Magpies‘ thrashed Salisbury 6-0 at the Ray Mac midweek – 5 different goal-scorers
- meanwhile struggling Chipp’num shared the points with Farnboro 2-2 at Hardenhuish on Tue evening – grabbed 2 very late goals – had been 2 down inside 15’

SLP-C
AFC Sudbury v Bromsgrove Sporting
Banbury United v Stamford
Bury Town v Stratford Town
Halesowen Town v Bishop's Stortford
Leiston v Real Bedford
Needham Market v Alvechurch
Quorn v St Ives Town
Redditch United v Spalding United
SLP-S
Basingstoke Town v Walton & Hersham – ‘Dragons’ lost 0-1 at Yate midweek – host league leaders
- ‘Swans’ lost their manager, Billy Rowley, to Yeovil earlier this week – won 2-0 v ‘Berko’ on Tue
- now sit 5 pts clear of Gloucester beaten at home by Farnham who sit 4th

Berkhamsted v Poole Town – ‘Dolphins’ now 5th played out a crazy 5-5 with bottom club Tivvy midweek
- was 4-4 at half time and the 10th goal came with nearly half-an-hour left

Bracknell Town v Hanwell Town – ‘Robins’ foiled by a late leveller at Evesham ,midweek – conceded an 87’ pen after Esprit had given them a 1st half lead
- Hanwell’s game vs Hungerford was off

Chertsey Town v Plymouth Parkway
Farnham Town v Yate Town
Hungerford Town v Taunton Town
Weymouth v Uxbridge
SL1-C
Beaconsfield Town v AFC Dunstable
Enfield v Flackwell Heath – ‘Heathens’ won the local derby with Beaconsfield 3-1
Hitchin Town v Leighton Town
Marlow v Stotfold – poor result for ‘Blues’, lost 0-2 @ Aylesbury (Chesham) on Wed night
Northwood v Aylesbury United – ‘Ducks’ win (above) lifts them out of the bottom four
Thame United v Hadley – Thame beaten 1-3 at Leaders Leighton on Tue
SL1-S
Didcot Town v Frome Town – ‘Diddy beaten 0-2 at Bps Cleeve midweek
Hartpury v Swindon Supermarine – ‘marine’s game called off on Monday
Tavistock v Winchester City – ‘Winch’ 3-0 winners over Westbury on Tue night – travel to bottom placed side

IL1-SC
Ascot United v Littlehampton Town
Fareham Town v Raynes Park Vale
Hanworth Villa v Metropolitan Police
Harrow Borough v Egham Town
Hayes & Yeading United v South Park (Reigate)
Hendon v Hartley Wintney
Horndean v Binfield
Kingstonian v Bedfont Sports
Leatherhead v Westfield - 1st vs 2nd
15:30 Moneyfields v Southall - KO put back to attract 'numbers' from the early Champ'ship KO at nearby Fratton Pk. Offering a reduced entry deal for any ticket holders from that match.
I wish Reading City/Woodley would think about a similar arrangement but purely on timing rather than money (I doubt the numbers would be worth it.)
I'm invariably stuck in traffic and generally give up and go home rather than fight my way cross-town to Scours after one of our 12:30 matches
- might help if a) our Car Parks weren't a sh!£sh0w to exit regardless of crowd size and b) the A33 wasn't such a regular @r$epa!n to use on a Sat

CCL-PN
Fri 28th 19:45 Hilltop v Virginia Water

Abingdon United v Wokingham Town –big crowd (191) midweek here, saw near neighbours W&C edge the game 2-1 stay 2nd behind Ardley, who won @ bottom club E&K
Ashford Town (Middx) v Holyport
Broadfields United v Ardley United
Harefield United v Kidlington
North Leigh v British Airways
Reading City v Amersham Town
Wallingford & Crowmarsh v Edgware & Kingsbury
Windsor & Eton v North Greenford Utd – fixture has been reversed –W&E away game now in Feb?
CCL-PS
Badshot Lea v Cobham
Camberley Town v Alton
Fleet Town v Balham
Guildford City v Chipstead
Horley Town v Abbey Rangers
Redhill v Knaphill
Sheerwater v Corinthian-Casuals
Tadley Calleva v Sutton Common Rovers
Thatcham Town v Eversley & California –‘Kingfishers’ stay in the bottom 2 beaten 1-3 at the Mettal Stadium on Tue by leaders Cobham.
- ‘Hammers’ are now 13 points clear

Tooting & Mitcham United v Epsom & Ewell
CCL-1
Brook House v PFC Victoria London – surprising 0-3 defeat for leaders PFC at Berks Co on Tue
Chalfont St Peter v Rising Ballers Kensington
Colliers Wood United v London Samurai Rovers
Hillingdon Borough v Wembley
Holmer Green v Woodley United
Molesey v FC Deportivo Galicia
Oxhey Jets v Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Penn & Tylers Green v Westside
Spartans Youth v Langley
Spelthorne Sports v Sandhurst Town
Sport London e Benfica v Bedfont

HELL-P
14:00 Highworth Town v Cirencester Town
Cinderford Town v Royal Wootton Bassett Town - RWBT beaten 2-4 @ home by leaders RG St G midweek
HELL-1
Brimscombe & Thrupp v Carterton
Clanfield 85 v Wantage Town
Newent Town v Thame United Reserves

SCE-1
Chessington & Hook United v Greenways
Rochester United v SE Dons ##

## probably just for DD/DC's benefit (or maybe he knows more?)
- SE Dons seem to have been 'turfed out' of the London Senior Trophy
They 'won' their original first round tie, 3-0 at Croydon FC but the 'Trams' have since progressed to R2 where they beat FC Baresi 6-0 this week
- no-official explanation has emerged as yet but some speculation on NLM is following 2 possible streams of reasoning:

i) (this one is very likely - as a lot of County Cups have complex admin/regulations ) Player ineligibility/registration issues
OR
ii) their move to g/s at Chatham may now exclude their participation, as they are no longer inside the M25 - but that's a rather 'flaky' and as yet unsubstantiated ruling. It's also pretty certain that a few other clubs involved currently, g/s outside the Orbital?

SSM-P
Dunstable Town v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Kings Langley v Kempston Rovers

WESS-P
Andover New Street v Sherborne Town
Christchurch v Petersfield Town
WESS-1
Ash United v Cove
Clanfield v Alresford Town
Colden Common v Totton & Eling @ Winchester
Fawley AFC v Yateley United
Kintbury Rangers v United Services Portsmouth
Newport (IoW) v AFC Aldermaston
Whitchurch United v Frimley Green

TVPL-P (Cup) 14:00
Maidenhead Town v Goring United @ Burnham FC
Newbury Town v Farnham Common United @ Faraday Road

- combination of weather/cba-ness and transport 'issues' (eldest had nabbed my car again) meant I didn't venture off the sofa midweek.
Had intended to try a rare TVP-L midweek game at Henley Town on Wed but that got rained off ...

[Double C]

## probably just for DD/DC's benefit (or maybe he knows more?)
- SE Dons seem to have been 'turfed out' of the London Senior Trophy
They 'won' their original first round tie, 3-0 at Croydon FC but the 'Trams' have since progressed to R2 where they beat FC Baresi 6-0 this week
- no-official explanation has emerged as yet but some speculation on NLM is following 2 possible streams of reasoning:

i) (this one is very likely - as a lot of County Cups have complex admin/regulations ) Player ineligibility/registration issues
OR
ii) their move to g/s at Chatham may now exclude their participation, as they are no longer inside the M25 - but that's a rather 'flaky' and as yet unsubstantiated ruling. It's also pretty certain that a few other clubs involved currently, g/s outside the Orbital? [/color]
]

I read somewhere it was a player reg issue, to do with their constant injuries meaning they are having 3 or 4 new players every week it seems

Away to Rochester, who I are one of the few unbeaten teams left now