The Non - League thread

[Royals and Racers]

Hungerford 2 Taunton 1 attendance 347
Gary Johnson new manager at Taunton and saw his team take the lead on 6mins. Hungerford equalised on 64 mins and the winner on 90 +3 came courtesy of a Charlie Austin tap in.
Horsham beat Plymouth Parkway 4-0 attendance 655

[Crusader Royal]

Hungerford 2 Taunton 1 attendance 347
Gary Johnson new manager at Taunton and saw his team take the lead on 6mins. Hungerford equalised on 64 mins and the winner on 90 +3 came courtesy of a Charlie Austin tap in.
Horsham beat Plymouth Parkway 4-0 attendance 655

Oddly Farnham also beat Parkway 4-0 this evening…..

[Royals and Racers]

Hungerford 2 Taunton 1 attendance 347
Gary Johnson new manager at Taunton and saw his team take the lead on 6mins. Hungerford equalised on 64 mins and the winner on 90 +3 came courtesy of a Charlie Austin tap in.
Horsham beat Plymouth Parkway 4-0 attendance 655

Oddly Farnham also beat Parkway 4-0 this evening…..

Sorry my bad

[Four Of Clubs]

...wish I'd gone to Bulpit now - sounds like a raucous finish - suffered the usual domestic car availability issues so gave up
- I'm planning on hiding my own car keys in advance of the Boxing Day/Sat fixtures

.....and without further ado here they are :

Fri 26th Dec Boxing Day

NAT
Brackley Town v Forest Green Rovers
Braintree Town v Southend United
Eastleigh v Woking
Sutton United v Aldershot Town
Truro City v Yeovil Town
Wealdstone v Boreham Wood
NAT-N
Leamington v Bedford Town
13:00 Oxford City v Merthyr Town
NAT-S
13:00 Chesham United v Hemel Hempstead Town
Chippenham Town v Bath City
13:00 Dagenham & Redbridge v Hornchurch
Dorking Wanderers v Horsham
Eastbourne Borough v Worthing
13:00 Ebbsfleet United v Tonbridge Angels
Enfield Town v Chelmsford City
Farnborough v Hampton & Richmond Borough
Maidenhead United v Slough Town
13:00 Maidstone United v Dover Athletic
Salisbury v AFC Totton
Torquay United v Weston-super-Mare

SLP-C
Worcester City v Halesowen Town
SLP-S
Gosport Boro v Havant & Waterlooville

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Saturday 27th December
SLP-C
AFC Sudbury v Bury Town
Leiston v Needham Market
Real Bedford v St Ives Town
Royston Town v Bishop's Stortford
Spalding United v Stamford
Stourbridge v Banbury United
SLP-S
Bracknell Town v Farnham Town
Chertsey Town v Walton & Hersham
Dorchester Town v Weymouth
Hanwell Town v Uxbridge
Hungerford Town v Berkhamsted
Sholing v Basingstoke Town
Taunton Town v Gloucester City
Wimborne Town v Poole Town
SL1-C
Beaconsfield Town v Marlow
Flackwell Heath v Aylesbury United
Thame United v Leverstock Green
SL1-S
Bashley v Winchester City
13:00 Didcot Town v Swindon Supermarine

IL1-SC
Ascot United v Hartley Wintney
Binfield v Bedfont Sports
Bognor Regis Town v Fareham Town
Egham Town v South Park (Reigate)
Hayes & Yeading United v Southall
Hendon v Harrow Borough
Kingstonian v Raynes Park Vale
Littlehampton Town v Moneyfields
Metropolitan Police v Leatherhead
Westfield v Hanworth Villa

CCL-PN
Abingdon United v Kidlington
Amersham Town v North Greenford United
British Airways v North Leigh @ NGU
Harefield United v Hilltop
Reading City v Burnham
Virginia Water v Ashford Town (Middx) @ Slough
Wallingford & Crowmarsh v Ardley United
Wokingham Town v Milton United
CCL-PS
Badshot Lea v Alton
Camberley Town v Eversley & California
Epsom & Ewell v Corinthian-Casuals @ Chess 'n 'ook
Fleet Town v Knaphill
Guildford City v Cobham
Redhill v Chipstead
Thatcham Town v Tadley Calleva
Tooting & Mitcham United v Balham
CCL-1
Chalfont St Peter v London Samurai Rovers
FC Deportivo Galicia v Woodley United @ Bedfont
Hillingdon Borough v Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
PFC Victoria London v Brook House @ Ashford Town
Penn & Tylers Green v Rising Ballers Kensington
Spelthorne Sports v Spartans Youth

HELL-P
14:00 Highworth Town v Pershore Town
Cirencester Town v Royal Wootton Bassett Town
HELL-1
Carterton v Cheltenham Saracens
Wantage Town v Clanfield 85
Woodford United v Thame United Reserves

SSM-P
Kings Langley v Harpenden Town
Winslow United v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

SCE-P
Croydon v SE Dons

WESS-P
AFC Stoneham v Petersfield Town
Hamworthy Recreation v Andover New Street
WESS-1
Ash United v Frimley Green
Colden Common v Amesbury Town @ Winchester
Cove v Yateley United
Kintbury Rangers v AFC Aldermaston
Whitchurch United v Alresford Town

....and my usual best/seasonal wishes and HNY to all readers of this contant stream of blithering drivel !

[Royals and Racers]

And same to you FOC what would we do without you
Newbury Town have applied to go step 6.

[South Coast Royal]

A couple of proper local derbies in the south with teams only a few miles apart and some tense local rivalry:-

Wimborne v Poole
Dorchester v Weymouth

Guaranteed four figure crowds at both and probably a few red cards.

[Double C]

A couple of proper local derbies in the south with teams only a few miles apart and some tense local rivalry:-

Wimborne v Poole
Dorchester v Weymouth

Guaranteed four figure crowds at both and probably a few red cards.

Depends how far south you count, dont forget Croydon vs SE Dons

The former were top last year for ages, then the latter ended up raiding them for their manager and best players and there has been huge bad blood since then (including a very very unsavoury incident with a Croydon official and him saying stuff about one of the recently deceased SE Dons players dads on the sidelines out loud to them and him then having to wisely/luckily run out the ground with protection )

[Four Of Clubs]

...got my ticket (Home 'fan') for 'Magpies' v 'Rebels' @ York Rd tomorrow (26th)
- hope RBWM aren't being 'scroogey' on holiday parking charges like they were last year?

...need to decide on a Sat PM venue now ..... probably plump for a 'soft' option at Binfield though the fixture itself (v Bedfont Sports) is not that attractive ....
- also looking sideways at Guildford City, who welcome runaway leaders Cobham in the CCL-PS for the potential 'carnage' effect....doesn't always make for a decent game ....
- have a personal aversion to venturing inside the M25 on a holiday w/e - otherwise Chertsey v leaders W&H looked promising?

[Crusader Royal]

Going to Boxng Day local derby between Devizes and Calne. Devizes are unbeaten in the league this season, suspect they will remain do.

[Four Of Clubs]

Going to Boxng Day local derby between Devizes and Calne. Devizes are unbeaten in the league this season, suspect they will remain do.

- good crowd there too 511 (and Devizes won 4-1 I see) - actually some big crowds all around the Western League, even in Div One.
- I have tended to shun that rather of late as the 'footprint' has drifted much further west, what with all the Cornwall/Devon clubs being drawn in over the last couple of years.

Don't think the remaining 'Brizzle/Zummerset' clubs are too happy about that trend but the alternative for them is to drop out or hop over to the Hellenic League. Most of them appear to have gravitated down into the lower level anyway - with only about half a doz. left up in the Premier.
Admittedly Clevedon Town sit top of the pile currently.

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Will combine the Review of 26th & 27th results later......

Possibly off to Hungerford this PM : though not keen on M'ways over Xmas/NY ## ... Binfield/Fleet/Guildford/Ash more likely venues for me.

## i.e. M25 clockwise reportedly had 45 min delays between 15 & 17 yesterday PM

[Lighthouse]

A couple of proper local derbies in the south with teams only a few miles apart and some tense local rivalry:-

Wimborne v Poole
Dorchester v Weymouth

Guaranteed four figure crowds at both and probably a few red cards.

Was at the Dorchester game. Game delayed owing to crowd congestion Weymouth won 2 - 1. Unofficial crowd of 4,025. Can’t recall a crowd of this size for step 3 game. Also 2,500 at Wimborne

[South Coast Royal]

A couple of proper local derbies in the south with teams only a few miles apart and some tense local rivalry:-

Wimborne v Poole
Dorchester v Weymouth

Guaranteed four figure crowds at both and probably a few red cards.

Was at the Dorchester game. Game delayed owing to crowd congestion Weymouth won 2 - 1. Unofficial crowd of 4,025. Can’t recall a crowd of this size for step 3 game. Also 2,500 at Wimborne

Is Tommy under pressure at Dorchester?

[RFCMod]

Cracking win for Bracknell v high flying Farnham yesterday
2.0 in quite a cagey game, Farnham put the pressure on at the end but huffed and puffed to nothing eventually

Great crowd as well with 1300 in attendance

A few Royals in attendance with the standard heckling from BigFoot in the main stand as I wandered past

[South Coast Royal]

Some incredible crowds in the National League yesterday with York having over 7000 which is way more than they were getting as a league club.
There really wasn't a lot of difference between that league and DIv 2 so will the eagerly awaited and hoped for revised relegation and promotion extensions mean a proper Div 3 being created?

[Four Of Clubs]

NL Round-up

PART i) Fri 26th Dec Boxing Day

NAT
Brackley Town 1-0 Forest Green Rovers – first win since early Nov for ‘Saints’
Braintree Town 0-1 Southend United
Eastleigh 1-1 Woking
Sutton United 0-0 Aldershot Town
Truro City 1-0 Yeovil Town – att 3,148
Wealdstone 0-4 Boreham Wood
NAT-N
Leamington 2-2 Bedford Town
Oxford City 1-3 Merthyr Town
NAT-S
Chesham United 1-0 Hemel Hempstead Town
Chippenham Town 3-2 Bath City
Dagenham & Redbridge 2-3 Hornchurch
Dorking Wanderers 2-0 Horsham
Eastbourne Borough 0-3 Worthing
Ebbsfleet United 1-0 Tonbridge Angels
Enfield Town 0-4 Chelmsford City
Farnborough 0-2 Hampton & Richmond Borough
Maidenhead United 1-3 Slough Town – att 2,846
....was at this [as posted in TB Academy thread] - brief re-cap:
- big crowd (as above just under 3k - not great for viewing)
- Car Park (Stafferton) was free on BHs
- Slough battled really hard once 'Basil' was sent of for a stray elbow just before the break
- Jacob Borgnis contributed much - in DM mainly
- Adam Desbois, ex-RFC Academy keeper, made some wonder stops and 'Rebels' hung on a bit before finishing the game off on the break.
- Maidenhead were generally uninspired 'dump'
- no programme unless you subscribe on-line - is a flip-book thingy via their 'X' site but I haven't bothered to look for a way of printing it
(my mate likes to read these things - especially from games around where he 'grew up' in EBerks)

Maidstone United 1-0 Dover Athletic
Salisbury 3-1 AFC Totton
Torquay United 3-1 Weston-super-Mare

SLP-C
Worcester City 1-2 Halesowen Town
SLP-S
Gosport Boro 0-4 Havant & Waterlooville att 1,552 – Ryan Seager hat-trick as mid-table H&W thump PO chasing Borough

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PART ii) Saturday 27th December
SLP-C
AFC Sudbury 0-3 Bury Town
Leiston 0-1 Needham Market
Real Bedford 1-3 St Ives Town
Royston Town 2-1 Bishop's Stortford
Spalding United 3-0 Stamford
Stourbridge 1-1 Banbury United
SLP-S
Bracknell Town 2-0 Farnham Town - fast improving 'Robins now 5 wins in the last 6
Chertsey Town 0-1 Walton & Hersham – att 1,421
Dorchester Town 1-2 Weymouth
Hanwell Town 1-1 Uxbridge – att 634
Hungerford Town 0-3 Berkhamsted – att 400
Sholing 1-4 Basingstoke Town – att 584
Taunton Town 2-1 Gloucester City – att 1,192 - Gary Johnson's first game in charge of City
- they ended the game with 8 players!

Wimborne Town 0-2 Poole Town – att 2,500
SL1-C
Beaconsfield Town 4-1 Marlow
Flackwell Heath 3-0 Aylesbury United
Thame United 4-0 Leverstock Green
SL1-S
Bashley 0-2 Winchester City
Didcot Town 1-0 Swindon Supermarine – att 398

IL1-SC
Ascot United 0-0 Hartley Wintney
Binfield 1-1 Bedfont Sports
Bognor Regis Town 2-1 Fareham Town
Egham Town 3-1 South Park (Reigate)
Hayes & Yeading United 1-1 Southall
Hendon 0-1 Harrow Borough
Kingstonian 1-1 Raynes Park Vale
Littlehampton Town 0-3 Moneyfields
Metropolitan Police 1-4 Leatherhead
Westfield 1-0 Hanworth Villa – att 310

CCL-PN
Abingdon United 1-3 Kidlington
Amersham Town 1-4 North Greenford United
British Airways 6-1 North Leigh
Harefield United 3-2 Hilltop
Reading City 0-1 Burnham
Virginia Water 1-0 Ashford Town (Middx)
Wallingford & Crowmarsh 2-1 Ardley United
Wokingham Town 0-4 Milton United
CCL-PS
Badshot Lea 2-2 Alton
Camberley Town 2-2 Eversley & California
Epsom & Ewell 2-2 Corinthian-Casuals
Fleet Town 1-1 Knaphill
Guildford City 1-1 Cobham - excellent point for 'The Sweeney' against runaway leaders - also had a man sent off early 2nd half
- still 6 pts adrift though and have played more games than Balham and Thatcham immediately above them

Redhill 2-1 Chipstead
Thatcham Town 1-3 Tadley Calleva – att 296
Tooting & Mitcham United 2-1 Balham
CCL-1
Chalfont St Peter 2-0 London Samurai Rovers
FC Deportivo Galicia 3-1 Woodley United - only Woodley’s 2nd league defeat and their first away from home
Hillingdon Borough 5-3 Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
PFC Victoria London 1-2 Brook House - BH take over top spot on GD - beating the previous leaders - top three level on points
Spelthorne Sports 2-1 Spartans Youth

HELL-P
Highworth Town 1-1 Pershore Town
Cirencester Town 1-2 Royal Wootton Bassett Town - att 225
HELL-1
Carterton 1-2 Cheltenham Saracens
Wantage Town 3-0 Clanfield 85 - att 308
Woodford United 1-1 Thame United Reserves

SSM-P
Kings Langley 1-0 Harpenden Town
Winslow United 1-1 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos - att 297

SCE-P
Croydon 0-1 SE Dons - att 150 93’ winner

WESS-P
AFC Stoneham 3-1 Petersfield Town
Hamworthy Recreation 0-3 Andover New Street
WESS-1
Ash United 1-1 Frimley Green - att 126
....was at this: kept it low local and off-M'way
- though SatNav reckoned M3 from Bagshot was the quickest route?
- fairly tight local affair - grounds are only c. 4-5 miles apart
- FG looked the better side in possession but Ash worked very hard to get back into it late on
- another with no progs available - also got one o' they QR code thingies to d/load from but it wasn't up to date.
- floodlights pretty dim here too - they are tryiing to raise £20k to remedy that via 'gofundme' on their website ....but their link to it isn't working or I might have chipped in

Colden Common 3-1 Amesbury Town
Cove 3-0 Yateley United
Kintbury Rangers 1-2 AFC Aldermaston
Whitchurch United 4-0 Alresford Town

[Royals and Racers]

FOC- Gary Johnson is Taunton not Gloucester.