The Non - League thread

[Four Of Clubs]

...not much NL action midweek :
- in SLP-S Basingstoke edged past Hanwell 3-2 and Farnham went down 3-4 at Havant (Ryan Seager with all 4 for the Hawks) in the re-arranged fixture ('Shirtgate' late October.)

Berks Co v Staines & Lammas CCL D1 Cup tie abandoned at HT at Ascot last night (Wed) - frozen (3/4G pitch)
Aldermaston's WESS-1 game vs Cove at Thatcham was called OFF early PM too

...the w/e temps 'locally' are forecast to be slightly up (Beeb currently says Sat is clear but cold) and it's been raining, so that might thaw a few more, assuming they are dry enough?

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Sat 10th Jan 2026

FA Cup 3rd Round
Boreham Wood v Burton Albion
17:45 Grimsby Town v Weston-super-Mare
12:15 Macclesfield v Crystal Palace

FA Trophy 4th Round
Bath City v Southend United
Walton & Hersham v Brackley Town
Yeovil Town v Alvechurch
Eastleigh v Southport
Marine v Gloucester City
Kidderminster Harriers P-P Morecambe
Chatham Town v Carlisle United
Wealdstone v Dagenham & Redbridge
Hornchurch P-P AFC Telford United
Ebbsfleet United v Forest Green Rovers
Hereford v AFC Fylde
Tamworth P-P Rochdale
FC Halifax Town P-P Anstey Nomads
Leatherhead v Horsham
Scunthorpe United P-P Clitheroe

NOTE – missing tie - Woking drawn at home to Macclesfield who are still in the FA Cup

League
NAT
Aldershot Town v Solihull Moors
Sutton United v York City
Woking v Hartlepool Utd

NAT-N
Curzon Ashton P-P Bedford Town
Oxford City v Buxton
NAT-S
Chesham United P-P AFC Totton
Chippenham Town P-P Slough Town
Farnborough v Chelmsford City

SLP-C
AFC Sudbury v Bishop's Stortford
Leiston v Kettering Town
Real Bedford v Needham Market
Royston Town v Bury Town
Stamford v St Ives Town
Worcester City v Banbury United
SLP-S
Bracknell Town v Berkhamsted
Chertsey Town v Tiverton Town
Dorchester Town v Uxbridge
Hanwell Town v Poole Town
Hungerford Town[/b] P-P Farnham Town
Wimborne Town v Basingstoke Town
SL1-C
Beaconsfield Town v Enfield
Flackwell Heath v Biggleswade Town
Hertford Town v Marlow
Stotfold v Aylesbury United
Thame United v Welwyn Garden City
SL1-S
Didcot Town v Falmouth Town
Swindon Supermarine P-P Brixham AFC
Winchester City v Frome Town

IL1-SC
Ascot United v Hanworth Villa
Binfield P-P Harrow Borough
Egham Town P-P Horndean
Hayes & Yeading United v Fareham Town
Kingstonian v Hartley Wintney
Littlehampton Town v Southall
Westfield P-P Bedfont Sports

CCL-PN
Amersham Town v Hilltop
Ardley United P-P Milton United
Ashford Town (Middx) v North Greenford United
British Airways P-P Wallingford & Crowmarsh
Burnham v North Leigh
Harefield United v Abingdon United
Kidlington v Reading City
Virginia Water v Edgware & Kingsbury @ Slough
Windsor & Eton v Holyport
CCL-PS
Alton v Cobham
Balham v Corinthian-Casuals
Chipstead P-P Fleet Town
Eversley & California P-P Badshot Lea
Knaphill P-P Tooting & Mitcham United
Redhill v Guildford City
Sheerwater v Abbey Rangers
Tadley Calleva] P-P Camberley Town
Thatcham Town P-P Horley Town
CCL-1
Fri Langley 2-3 PFC Victoria London @ Slough
Bedfont v Brook House
FC Deportivo Galicia v Spelthorne Sports @ Bedfont Sports
Hillingdon Borough v Colliers Wood United
Holmer Green P-P Wembley
London Samurai Rovers v Molesey @ H.Villa
Penn & Tylers Green v Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Rising Ballers Kensington P-P Woodley United
Westside v Spartans Youth @ CWU

HELL-P
Highworth Town P-P Fairford Town
Royal Wootton Bassett Town v Slimbridge
HELL-1
Redditch Borough P-P Carterton
Shortwood United P-P Thame United Reserves
Wantage Town v Newent Town

SCE-1
Chessington & Hook United P-P Bridon Ropes
Halls AFC v SE Dons

SSM-P
Harpenden Town v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Risborough Rangers P-P Kings Langley

WESS-P
Andover New Street P-P Hythe & Dibden
Wincanton Town P-P Petersfield Town
WESS-1
Alresford Town v AFC Aldermaston
Ash United v Colden Common
Clanfield v Yateley United
Cove v Ringwood Town
Folland Sports v Whitchurch United
Frimley Green v Lymington Town
Newport (IoW) v Kintbury Rangers

TVL-P 14:00
Finchampstead v Maidenhead Town
Goring United v Wargrave
Woodcote v AFC Winkfield

B&B Senior Trophy (Charles Twelftree) Quarter Finals
13:30 Great Missenden P-P Burghfield
13:30 Old Bradwell Utd v Winslow Utd Dev
13:30 Marcham v Newbury Town
14:00 Westwood Wdrs v MK Irish Res

[Royals and Racers]

Spartan South Midland Premier side Harlow Town have been place into administration.

[Four Of Clubs]

Spartan South Midland Premier side Harlow Town have been place into administration.

...not a good sign - they resigned from the Southern League half-way through 22-23 and dropped into the Eastern Counties League - South (STEP06) for the following season.
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...here's a round-up of yesterday's matches that survived the frost/wet

Sat 10th Jan 2026

FA Cup 3rd Round
Boreham Wood 0-5 Burton Albion
17:45 Grimsby Town 3-2 Weston-super-Mare
12:15 Macclesfield 2-1 Crystal Palace

FA Trophy 4th Round
Walton & Hersham 1-0 Brackley Town
Yeovil Town 0-0 Alvechurch - 3-1 on pens
Chatham Town 1-0 Carlisle United
Wealdstone 1-0 Dagenham & Redbridge
Ebbsfleet United 0-2 Forest Green Rovers
Hereford 2-2 AFC Fylde - 3-4 on pens
Leatherhead 2-3 Horsham

League
NAT
Aldershot Town 1-5 Solihull Moors – Moors 4 up by H/T
Sutton United 1-2 York City
Woking 4-0 Hartlepool Utd
NAT-N
Oxford City 2-1 Buxton –att 643 much needed win for City vs PO chasing Buxton – both sides scoring in 2nd half added time – hosts winning on 94’
NAT-S
Farnborough P-P Chelmsford City –very late call--off

SLP-C
AFC Sudbury 0-2 Bishop's Stortford
Leiston 4-1 Kettering Town
Worcester City 0-1 Banbury United
SLP-S
Bracknell Town P-P Berkhamsted – another very late call--off
Chertsey Town 4-3 Tiverton Town
Dorchester Town 0-2 Uxbridge
Hanwell Town 1-1 Poole Town
Wimborne Town 1-1 Basingstoke Town – Joseph Barough on target for ‘stoke
SL1-C
Beaconsfield Town 4-0 Enfield
Flackwell Heath P-P Biggleswade Town – called off very close to 15:00
Hertford Town 2-0 Marlow
Stotfold 2-1 Aylesbury United
SL1-S
Didcot Town 4-2 Falmouth Town
Winchester City 1-3 Frome Town – Winch beaten by leaders

IL1-SC
Ascot United 1-3 Hanworth Villa – 2 goals from Liam Ferdinand
Hayes & Yeading United 4-3 Fareham Town
Kingstonian 2-2 Hartley Wintney
Littlehampton Town 1-1 Southall

CCL-PN
Amersham Town 2-2 Hilltop
Ashford Town (Middx) 5-1 North Greenford United
Burnham 2-0 North Leigh
Harefield United 2-2 Abingdon United
Kidlington 1-3 Reading City
Virginia Water 2-1 Edgware & Kingsbury @ Slough
Windsor & Eton 5-2 Holyport att 326 – healthy crowd for this local match-up
- went to this glad I chose it over Farnboro/Bracknell
- ‘port who are struggling badly this term were good value for their early lead but folded rather 2nd half - once W&E got going
- some quality movement from the hosts too – with plenty of games in hand, if they can stay fit they will be creditable challengers in this division.
- might need to tighten up the back four a touch for the better sides in this section.
- continued Vase run might distract them slightly – in the last 16 - Home v Fisher next w/e
- no major changes to the ground since my last visit Aug 24 – lights a bit ‘dim’ late PM?
- under the stand loos now refurbished - long awaited that – just need to do something about poor visibility through the side panels in the upper part of the seated area
- no draught ale in the clubhouse currently : food/hot drinks from a tea ‘table’ outside the bar and local ‘market’ grill doing burgers & hot-dogs (sausages not Franks)
-prog free with admission which is nice - chappy at the turnstile recognized my Royals ‘Apple wallet’ logo

CCL-PS
Alton 1-2 Cobham – ‘Hammers’ still 18 points clear
Balham 1-3 Corinthian-Casuals
Redhill 2-2 Guildford City
Sheerwater 1-2 Abbey Rangers
CCL-1
Bedfont 5-1 Brook House
FC Deportivo Galicia 2-2 Spelthorne Sports
Hillingdon Borough 1-1 Colliers Wood United
London Samurai Rovers 1-1 Molesey
Penn & Tylers Green 3-0 Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Westside 4-0 Spartans Youth

HELL-P
Royal Wootton Bassett Town 0-3 Slimbridge
HELL-1
Wantage Town {SEVEN} 7-1 Newent Town

SCE-1
Halls AFC 0-3 SE Dons

SSM-P
Harpenden Town 3-2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

WESS-1
Alresford Town 4-4 AFC Aldermaston
Ash United 3-4 Colden Common
Clanfield 0-3 Yateley United
Cove A-A Ringwood Town – Ref abandoned game on 65’ – deemed goalmouth had frozen
Folland Sports {SEVEN} 7-3 Whitchurch United
Frimley Green 6-0 Lymington Town
Newport (IoW) 3-3 Kintbury Rangers

TVL-P
Finchampstead 1-4 Maidenhead Town
Goring United 2-2 Wargrave
Woodcote 5-1 AFC Winkfield

B&B Senior Trophy (Charles Twelftree) Quarter Finals
Westwood Wdrs 2-1 MK Irish Res

[AthleticoSpizz]

Interestingly* (or probably not.)
Eyewitness in attendance, account
Private helicopter landed at Scours this afternoon with two well dressed gentlemen disgorged and heading to some kind of meeting in the boardroom.

Prime estate buyers?….nah it’s Scours

[BraisingsteakRoyal]

Suffered through the Eastleigh v Southport rearranged FA Trophy fixture last night, which Southport rightfully won 2-0. Fair play to the 14 away fans who made the journey twice in the space of 4 days. They were in good spirits.

On Saturday, having only found out about the postponement 400 metres from the ground (the Southport fans were rightly fuming...) we strolled straight past and paid £7 (children free) to watch a very entertaining and classy AFC Stoneham side put 9 (nine) goals past Downtown without reply in a Wessex Premier League game. Interestingly* the Downton goalie is ex-Stoneham (+ a load of other clubs across NL) and the highlight of his game was offering out a couple of 14 year old lads for inferring that he had a "noncy haircut".

[Four Of Clubs]

...not much action survived the downpours again this midweek - though does seem to be drier currently, than was forecast at the start of the week so some better prospects for tomorrow perhaps??
-I didn't brave the big local derby at Binfield - didn't have a car - anyway.
Here's the (very) few highlights of those matches that did go ahead:
Tue:
NAT-S Slough were beaten 1-2 at bottom club Chipp’num
CCL-PN
Ab.U won 3-1 at home to the ‘Sumas’ – att 104 – U’s 2 up inside 10’ Richardson with a consolation pen for Wokingham early 2nd half but the 2 goal lead was soon restored.
Reading City nipped up the M4 to Arbour Pk and came away with 3 pts, besting the lodgers (VW) 1-0 – att only 49.
In Div One there were wins for Bedfont FC and Staines Lammas – Berks Co were held 0-0 by London Samurai @ Ascot – crowd of only 39. ‘Hoppers’ evidently not drawn to that by the prospect of play on the 3G either?

Wed:
IL1-SC Binfield 3-1 Ascot - att 123 a brace from Amari Fashanu
SL1-S Winch picked up a 2-1 win at Tavistock and move up to 3rd
- home side reduced to 10 men early 2nd half with City already one up

...this w/e NL games - next round of the Vase (last 32)

Sat 17th Jan 2026

FA Vase 4th Round
Barnstaple Town v AFC Stoneham
Benfleet v Punjab United
Bilston Town v Gresley Rovers
Chadderton v North Shields
Cockfosters FC v Crawley Down
Coventry United v Oadby Town
Downton v Slimbridge
Droylsden v Sherwood Colliery
Great Yarmouth Town v Haywards Heath Town
Hallen v Hythe & Dibden
Harpenden Town v Whitstable Town
Heather St Johns v Gornal Athletic
Reading City v Lymore Gardens
South Liverpool v Winsford Utd
West Didsbury & Chorlton AFC v Nelson
Windsor & Eton v Fisher

NAT
Brackley Town v Yeovil Town
Eastleigh v Aldershot Town
Sutton United v Forest Green Rovers
Wealdstone v Woking
NAT-N
Bedford Town v Southport
Macclesfield v Oxford City
NAT-S
Farnborough v Chesham United
Hampton & Richmond Borough v Dorking Wanderers
Hemel Hempstead Town v Slough Town
Maidenhead United v Enfield Town

IL1-SC
Ascot United v Egham Town
Fareham Town P-P Hartley Wintney -still waterlogged - failed preliminary Fri PM inspection
Hanworth Villa v Horndean
Hayes & Yeading United v Bognor Regis Town
Hendon v AFC Portchester
Leatherhead v Binfield
Metropolitan Police v Harrow Borough
Moneyfields v Kingstonian
Raynes Park Vale v Bedfont Sports
South Park (Reigate) v Southall
Westfield v Littlehampton Town

SL P-C
AFC Sudbury v Harborough Town
Banbury United v St Ives Town
Barwell v Real Bedford
Bury Town v Bromsgrove Sporting
Halesowen Town v Royston Town
Leiston v Stourbridge
Needham Market v Stratford Town
Redditch United v Bishop's Stortford
SLP-S
Berkhamsted v Basingstoke Town
Bracknell Town v Sholing
Chertsey Town v Dorchester Town
Farnham Town v Evesham United
Tiverton Town v Hanwell Town
Uxbridge v Plymouth Parkway
Weymouth v Walton & Hersham
Wimborne Town v Hungerford Town
SL1-C
[b]Aylesbury United v AFC Dunstable @ Chesham
Beaconsfield Town[/b] v Leighton Town - Rams take on league leaders
Hitchin Town v Marlow
Stotfold v Flackwell Heath
Thame United v Biggleswade
SL1-S
Bideford v Didcot Town
Brixham AFC v Winchester City
Portishead Town v Swindon Supermarine

CCL –PN
Amersham Town v Milton United
Burnham v Virginia Water
Harefield United v Ashford Town (Middx)
Holyport v Hilltop
Kidlington v Edgware & Kingsbury
North Greenford United v Ardley United
North Leigh v Broadfields United
Wallingford & Crowmarsh v Abingdon United
Wokingham Town v British Airways
CCL-PS
Alton v Corinthian-Casuals
Badshot Lea v Sutton Common Rovers
Camberley Town v Thatcham Town
Cobham v Abbey Rangers - 1st v 2nd
Fleet Town v Tadley Calleva
Guildford City v Balham
Horley Town v Redhill
Knaphill v Epsom & Ewell
Sheerwater v Chipstead
Tooting & Mitcham United v Eversley & California
CCL-1
Fri 16th 19:45 Langley v Sport London e Benfica @ Slough
Colliers Wood United v Chalfont St Peter
FC Deportivo Galicia v Westside @ Bedfont Sports FC
Oxhey Jets v Brook House
PFC Victoria London v Hillingdon Borough @ Ashford T
Rising Ballers Kensington v London Samurai Rovers @ Northwood
Spartans Youth v Holmer Green @ Bedfont FC
Staines & Lammas (Middlesex) v Molesey @ Spelthorne
Wembley v Woodley United

HELL-P
Tuffley Rovers v Royal Wootton Bassett Town
HELL-1
Carterton v Stonehouse Town

SEC-1
Chessington & Hook United v FC Elmstead
SE Dons v Greenways

SSM -P
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Arlesey Town
Haringey Borough v Risborough Rangers

WESS –P
Brockenhurst v Andover New Street
Portland United v Petersfield Town
WESS-1
AFC Aldermaston v Blackfield & Langley @ Thatcham
Amesbury Town v Alresford Town
Colden Common v Folland Sports
Frimley Green v Newport (IoW)
Kintbury Rangers v Ringwood Town
Totton & Eling v Ash United
United Services Portsmouth v Whitchurch United
Yateley United v Cove

TVL –P 14:00
Goring United v AFC Winkfield
B&B Trophy QF 13:30
Great Missenden v Burghfield
Marcham v Newbury Town
Old Bradwell United v Winslow Utd ‘Dev’
Berks Trophy Centre Sen 14:00
Henley Town v Westwood Wanderers
Woodcote v Finchampstead

[Four Of Clubs]

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[Four Of Clubs]

NL Results

Sat 17th Jan 2026

FA Vase 4th Round
Barnstaple Town 1-2 AFC Stoneham
Benfleet 0-2 Punjab United
Cockfosters FC 2-1 Crawley Down
Downton 0-0 Slimbridge – H win 4-3 on pens
Great Yarmouth Town A-A Haywards Heath Town – att 635 – Abandoned due to thick fog around the hour mark
Hallen 1-1 Hythe & Dibden
Harpenden Town 1-4 Whitstable Town
Reading City 1-2 Lymore Gardens –att 198 ‘Cityzens’ let a half time lead slip - beaten by 80’ goal

NAT
Brackley Town 2-1 Yeovil Town – 3rd win in a row for ‘Saints’
Eastleigh 1-4 Aldershot Town – att 2,699
Sutton United 1-1 Forest Green Rovers
Wealdstone 1-0 Woking
NAT-N
Bedford Town 2-3 Southport
Macclesfield 3-0 Oxford City
NAT-S
Farnborough 0-1 Chesham United
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0-2 Dorking Wanderers
Hemel Hempstead Town 0-3 Slough Town
Maidenhead United 3-0 Enfield Town

IL1-SC
Ascot United 0-3 Egham Town
Hanworth Villa {NINE} 9-0 Horndean
Hayes & Yeading United 2-1 Bognor Regis Town
Hendon 2-4 AFC Portchester
Leatherhead 4-5 Binfield att 440 ...astonishing win for ‘Moles’ at league leaders
- were 3 down at HT & roared back to be 5-3 up by 90’
- a brace apiece for Fashanu and Boakye
- Binfield 3rd in 6 game form table with 4 wins in that run – though still 3 pts adrift of safety in the table that matters
– they do have 4 games in hand on Southall immediately above them and three on the pack above that

Metropolitan Police 3-1 Harrow Borough
Moneyfields 3-0 Kingstonian
South Park (Reigate) 3-3 Southall

SLP-C
AFC Sudbury 1-3 Harborough Town
Barwell 0-2 Real Bedford
Bury Town 1-1 Bromsgrove Sporting
Halesowen Town 2-1Royston Town
Leiston 0-0 Stourbridge
Needham Market 1-0 Stratford Town
Redditch United 0-0 Bishop's Stortford
- leaders Spalding leave it very late in their 4-3 win at Quorn – 3 goals after 85’, 2 in stoppage time.
SLP-S
Berkhamsted 1-0 Basingstoke Town
Bracknell Town 4-2 Sholing
Farnham Town 1-1 Evesham United
Tiverton Town 0-2 Hanwell Town
Uxbridge 1-2 Plymouth Parkway
Weymouth 3-1 Walton & Hersham
Wimborne Town 1-1 Hungerford Town
- Havant & W beat 3rd placed Gloucester 3-0 hat-trick for Ryan Seager
SL1-C
Aylesbury United 6-0 AFC Dunstable
Beaconsfield Town 2-2 Leighton Town – ’Rams’ 2 up at HT: long-time league leaders Leighton, grab 2 very late goals to salvage a point.
Hitchin Town 2-0 Marlow – att 824 - Hitchin take over top spot
Stotfold 2-4 Flackwell Heath
Thame United 2-1 Biggleswade
SL1-S
Bideford 2-0 Didcot Town
Brixham AFC 1-1 Winchester City
Portishead Town 0-0 Swindon Supermarine

CCL –PN
Burnham 2-0 Virginia Water
Harefield United 0-3 Ashford Town (Middx)
Holyport 3-1 Hilltop
Kidlington 2-1 Edgware & Kingsbury
Wallingford & Crowmarsh 5-2 Abingdon United
CCL-PS
Alton 3-2 Corinthian-Casuals
Badshot Lea 4-2 Sutton Common Rovers
Camberley Town 0-2 Thatcham Town
Cobham 2-1 Abbey Rangers - 1st v 2nd
Fleet Town 1-1 Tadley Calleva att 296
- got to this: decided to stay local rather than risk an earlier KO low-level County game, that might have been weather affected
- Town should have been ‘home and hosed’ in this, led at HT with a pen in added time.
- visitors were reduced to 10 2nd half for a 2nd pen award – which was blazed against the bar.
- Tadley battled on and got a barely deserved share of the points with almost the last kick of the game.

Horley Town 3-1 Redhill
Knaphill 1-0 Epsom & Ewell
Sheerwater 1-1 Chipstead
Tooting & Mitcham United 2-1 Eversley & California
CCL-1
Colliers Wood United 4-0 Chalfont St Peter
FC Deportivo Galicia 3-2 Westside
Oxhey Jets 0-4 Brook House
PFC Victoria London 1-2 Hillingdon Borough
Rising Ballers Kensington 0-1 London Samurai Rovers
Spartans Youth 2-0 Holmer Green
Staines & Lammas (Middlesex) 2-3 Molesey
Wembley 1-1 Woodley United

HELL-P
Tuffley Rovers 2-3 Royal Wootton Bassett Town

SEC-1
SE Dons 3-0 Greenways

SSM -P
Haringey Borough 1-1 Risborough Rangers
Kings Langley {EIGHT} 8-0 Baldock Town

WESS –P
Portland United 4-0 Petersfield Town
WESS-1
AFC Aldermaston 0-3 Blackfield & Langley
Amesbury Town 2-2 Alresford Town
Colden Common 0-0 Folland Sports
Frimley Green 5-1 Newport (IoW)
Yateley United 6-0 Cove

TVL –P
Goring United 1-3 AFC Winkfield
B&B Trophy QF
Great Missenden 1-4 Burghfield
Marcham 4-1 Newbury Town
Old Bradwell United 2-0 Winslow Utd ‘Dev’

[tmesis]

NL Results

Bracknell Town 4-2 Sholing

Bracknell were 0-2 on 85 minutes and still 1-2 down in the 93rd. Quite a late turnaround.


Strangest result of the day, albeit definitely not local, was Curzon Ashton v Telford in the National League North.

Both teams were boringly mid-table, with Curson Ashton two points above Telford. No sendings off or any clue what happened, but the final score was Curzon Ashton 0 Telford 8.

[Double C]

Fa sunday cup round of 16 today

My local-ish team, BN Dons, travelled to Salisbury to play a team from the Andover and District league,called Tidworth Town. TT won 3-1, so considering Dons absolutely destroyed the best team in Berkshire 6-1, TT must be a tidy team.

I read they have an international player from St Vincent or something

Also

HIGHGATE 1-4 East London Ballers

Didnt expect that to be such a mauling of the holders tbh

[Four Of Clubs]

Fa sunday cup round of 16 today

My local-ish team, BN Dons, travelled to Salisbury to play a team from the Andover and District league,called Tidworth Town. TT won 3-1, so considering Dons absolutely destroyed the best team in Berkshire 6-1, TT must be a tidy team.

...report on NLM in the FA Sunday Cup thread - tie was switched to the 3G at Shaftesbury: 2 points to note.....

i) States TT brought in a few of their squad players, who regularly turn out at STEP06, for this tie - they have c. 40 odd registered

ii) 2 Red cards for BND might suggest they followed BAPCO's example from their meeting in that previous round and somewhat self-destructed!?

[Double C]

Fa sunday cup round of 16 today

My local-ish team, BN Dons, travelled to Salisbury to play a team from the Andover and District league,called Tidworth Town. TT won 3-1, so considering Dons absolutely destroyed the best team in Berkshire 6-1, TT must be a tidy team.

...report on NLM in the FA Sunday Cup thread - tie was switched to the 3G at Shaftesbury: 2 points to note.....

i) States TT brought in a few of their squad players, who regularly turn out at STEP06, for this tie - they have c. 40 odd registered

ii) 2 Red cards for BND might suggest they followed BAPCO's example from their meeting in that previous round and somewhat self-destructed!?

2) quite possible then as those sorts of teams who win alot (bapco and bnd) probably get a bit pissed off when they come up against good players and teams

I need to see what happened in that Highgate game

They never EVER EVER (and I mean ever) lose like that, let alone really even lose

[Lighthouse]

Eastleigh 1 Aldershot 4. Low quality game but featuring 3 former RFC players for the Shots. Boyce-Clarke in goal, his handling was quite tidy. He didn’t have a great deal to do although he charged out of his area unnecessarily allowing Blair to equalise. James Henry was anonymous and was substituted. Josh Barrett had a very good game used the ball well and found space intelligently it’s a shame he’s in such poor physical shape as there’s a decent player there.
Eastleigh are really poor with very little quality other than Blair and Saunders up front.

[Double C]

Fa sunday cup 1/4s

Think ELB will win it, against home bargains (Liverpool) in the final

1 Hartlepool AFC Supporters v Sunderland Southwick
2 Home Bargains v Long Whatton
3 East London Ballers v Shire United
4 Squirrel Taverners v Tidworth Town

[Four Of Clubs]

NL Review

Midweek - Only a handful of games survived the wet – with Wed night seeing the worst of the downpours

Tuesday – Woking progressed to the last 16 in the FA Trophy, beating ‘media luvvies’ Macc 2-1 @ Kingfield – now face a fairly daunting trip just across the M25 to SLP-S leaders Walton & Hersham.

NAT Eastleigh suffered a heavy defeat (1-4) away at Southend whilst Brackley battled hard for a point down at Truro – ‘Saints’ let a 2 goal lead slip but levelled in the last 15’ having gone behind.
- leaders York won 3-0 at 3rd placed Carlisle in front of over 7k. Rochale moved 2nd with a 1-0 win at Solihull and Boreham Wood now 3rd slipped up at home to Scunthorpe.

SLP-S Hungerford were thrashed 2-7 {SEVEN} at Bulpit by Farnham
SL1-C Marlow went down 0-4 at OTR v Flackwell crowd was 224

CCL-PN Windsor held at lowly Amersham, Ab Utd got an impressive 3-2 win away at form side Ashford.
Leaders Burnham were beaten 0-2 at an undoubtedly swampy North Greenford and VW shared points with Ardley at Slough
CCL-PS Eversley v Baggy Lea was abandoned after a flood light failure in the first 15’ & Thatcham also cut short - waterlogged mid-game at Redhill
- there were wins for Fleet , Tadley (who move inside the PO positions) and Sheerwater
CCL-1 Woodley drew a blank at home to Spartans in a game I was quite surprised went ahead, as conditions in RG1 definitely worsened late PM early eve?

Wednesday was a complete wash-out ‘locally’ even incl. Ascot at Southall (Hayes & Yeading) on 3G.
Other games postponed were Farnboro v Chelmsford, Guildford v Cor-Cas & Henley v Maidenhead Town in the TVL

...here’s this w/e schedule – the current Beeb forecasts suggests it is supposed to be fairly wet thru Friday but drying out round here from late AM so hopefully more local fixtures will proceed than of late?:

Sat 24th Jan 2026

FA Vase 4th Round - re-scheduled ties – : 5th Round (last 16) ties due on the 7th Feb.
Windsor & Eton v Fisher Athletic
– should they progress, W&E drawn away at Punjab United - SE Counties Premier side, play in the suburbs of Gravesend

Sun 25th 15:00
Gt Yarmouth v Haywards Heath
– winners host Wessex leaders AFC Stoneham

Other 5th Round ties to note :
- holders Whitstable host SSM side Cockfosters and in other ‘local’ (southern) interest Wessex Premier's Downton (S of Salisbury) will host Reading City’s conquerors Lymore Gdns

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NAT
Aldershot Town v Carlisle United
Altrincham v Boreham Wood
Brackley Town v Hartlepool United
Eastleigh v FC Halifax Town
Gateshead v Wealdstone
Rochdale v Truro City
17:30 Scunthorpe United v Forest Green Rovers
Tamworth v Sutton United
Woking v Yeovil Town
NAT-N
Alfreton Town v Bedford Town
Oxford City v AFC Fylde
NAT-S
Chesham United v Maidenhead United
Dorking Wanderers v Chippenham Town
Eastbourne Borough v Farnborough
Slough Town v Tonbridge Angels

IL1-SC
Fri 23rd 19:45 Binfield v Hayes & Yeading United
Bedfont Sports v Ascot United
Egham Town v Fareham Town
Harrow Borough v Leatherhead
13:45 Hartley Wintney v Westfield - early KO due to vandalism at ground damaging the lights!
Littlehampton Town v Hanworth Villa
Southall v Metropolitan Police - @ Hayes & Y.

SLP-C
Alvechurch v Bury Town
Bishop's Stortford v Kettering Town
Harborough Town v Leiston
Real Bedford v Worcester City
Royston Town v Quorn
Spalding United v Banbury United - Puritans at league leaders
St Ives Town v Halesowen Town
Stamford v Needham Market
SLP-S
Basingstoke Town v Weymouth
Evesham United v Chertsey Town
Hanwell Town v Gosport Borough
Hungerford Town v Bracknell Town
Plymouth Parkway v Farnham Town
Walton & Hersham v Poole Town
Yate Town v Uxbridge
SL1-C
AFC Dunstable v Thame United
Flackwell Heath v Rayners Lane
Leighton Town v Aylesbury United
London Lions v Beaconsfield Town
Marlow v Northwood
SL1-S
Didcot Town v Melksham Town
Winchester City v Swindon Supermarine

CCL –PN
Amersham Town v Wallingford & Crowmarsh
Ardley United v Burnham
British Airways v Ashford Town (Middx) @ NGU
Broadfields United v Hilltop @ Rayners La
14:00 Harefield United v Kidlington
Holyport v North Greenford United
Milton United v Wokingham Town @ Wallingford & C.
North Leigh v Reading City
CCL-PS
Balham v Alton @Tooting & M
Chipstead v Badshot Lea
Corinthian-Casuals v Abbey Rangers
Eversley & California v Epsom & Ewell
Horley Town v Guildford City
Knaphill v Cobham - 2nd host 1st
Redhill v Camberley Town
Sutton Common Rovers v Tooting & Mitcham United
Tadley Calleva v Sheerwater
Thatcham Town v Fleet Town
CCL-1
Fri 23rd 19:45 Langley v Oxhey Jets @ Slough
Chalfont St Peter v Brook House
Hillingdon Borough v Bedfont
Holmer Green v FC Deportivo Galicia
London Samurai Rovers v Sandhurst Town @ H.Villa
Molesey v Colliers Wood United
PFC Victoria London v Penn & Tylers Green @ Ashford T
Spartans Youth v Berks County @ Bedfont FC
Spelthorne Sports v Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Westside v Rising Ballers Kensington @ CWU
Woodley United v Sport London e Benfica @ Rivermoor

HELL-P
14:00 Highworth Town v Tuffley Rovers
Hereford Pegasus v Royal Wootton Bassett Town
HELL-1
Carterton v Shortwood United
Clanfield 85 v Newent Town
Thame United Reserves v Malmesbury Victoria
Wantage Town v FC Stratford

SEC-1
Banstead Athletic v SE Dons
Chessington & Hook United v Rochester United

SSM -P
Crawley Green v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Risborough Rangers v Cockfosters

WESS –P
Andover New Street v New Milton Town
Petersfield Town v Bemerton Heath Harlequins
WESS-1

Alresford Town v Fawley AFC
Ash United v AFC Aldermaston
Cove v Totton & Eling
Kintbury Rangers v Hamworthy United
Romsey Town v Yateley United
United Services Portsmouth v Frimley Green
Whitchurch United v Colden Common


TVL –P 14:00
AFC Winkfield v Burghfield @ ’Timbers’ (VIRGINIA WATER)
Henley Town v Goring United @ Mill La
Reading YMCA v Westwood Wanderers @ Scours La/Atrium

Berks Trophy Centre Sen
Maidenhead Town v Wargrave @ Burnham FC

[Sutekh]

Quick roundup of current (Jan 22) league tables for many of our local clubs:

National League tables

Southern League tables

Isthmian South Central table

Combined Counties league tables

Hellenic league

[Double C]

FA Vase 4th Round - re-scheduled ties – : 5th Round (last 16) ties due on the 7th Feb.
Windsor & Eton v Fisher Athletic
– should they progress, W&E drawn away at Punjab United - SE Counties Premier side, play in the suburbs of Gravesend

Interestingly both Punjab and Fisher have played the se dons in the same Cup competition this season (a league one)

They beat Punjab and got smashed 4-1 against Fisher.

[Four Of Clubs]

...lots of early call offs ....
will try a round up later tomorrow AM but so far games called off (failed INSP) at....
Hungerford (v Bracknell)
Kingstonian
Plymouth Parkway
Southall (3G @ Hayes & Y again !!)
Chess & Hook
Aldershot
Woking

...not had time for a full sweep Sat AM but games OFF at:
Real Bedford
Hartley W
Amersham
BA (@ NGU)
Holyport
N.Leigh
Eversley & C
Molesey
Woodley (@ Reading City)
Highworth
Petersfield
Kintbury
US Portsmouth

[Four Of Clubs]

NEWSFLASH/UPDATE :W&E exit the Vase 3-4 on pens @ FT, after a 1-1 draw with Fisher - more later (traffic is moving in SCL car pk..... )

[Four Of Clubs]

NL Review

Sat 24th Jan 2026

FA Vase 4th Round - ties held over from the 17th
Windsor & Eton 1-1 Fisher Athletic att 596 – 3-4 on pens at FT - hosts reduced to 10 men in stoppage time
Great Yarmouth 0-1 Haywards Heath –att 663

Revised 5th Round draw – ties due 7th Feb
1 Hallen v Gornal Athletic
2 Bilston Town v Droylsden
3 Coventry United v North Shields
4 West Didsbury & Chorlton AFC v Winsford United
5 Punjab United v Fisher
6 Downton v Lymore Gardens
7 Haywards Heath Town v AFC Stoneham
8 Whitstable Town v Cockfosters

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NAT
Altrincham 3-1 Boreham Wood
Brackley Town 0-0 Hartlepool United – 'Saints' 5 games unbeaten now
Eastleigh 2-3 FC Halifax Town
Rochdale 2-0 Truro City
Scunthorpe United 3-2 Forest Green Rovers
Tamworth 0-1 Sutton United
NAT-N
Alfreton Town 1-2 Bedford Town
Oxford City 1-0 AFC Fylde – impressive win for City over 2nd placed visitors
NAT-S
Chesham United 1-1 Maidenhead United
Dorking Wanderers 2-1 Chippenham Town
Eastbourne Borough 1-2 Farnborough
Slough Town 2-3 Tonbridge Angels

IL1-SC
Fri 23rd Binfield 3-2 Hayes & Yeading United –att 154 – 2-2 at HT ‘Moles’ win on 80’ goal from Boakye
- 2nd in the 6 game form table: 4 wins and a draw
- move up level with Southall and have 3 games in hand

Bedfont Sports 1-0 Ascot United - 'Yellamen' in free-fall: lost 5 of the last 6 and sit only 4 pts above Binfield
Egham Town 5-2 Fareham Town – ‘Sarnies’ go nap against doomed Fareham – who are rooted to the foot of the table and 17 points from safety
Harrow Borough 0-2 Leatherhead – ‘Tanners’ stretch lead at the top to 5 pts
Littlehampton Town 2-2 Hanworth Villa

SLP-C
Alvechurch 1-3 Bury Town
Bishop's Stortford 0-2 Kettering Town
Harborough Town 3-2 Leiston
Royston Town 1-2 Quorn
Spalding United 1-2 Banbury United – great win for ‘Puritans’ at league leaders, Chris Wreh with winner on 87’
St Ives Town 0-4 Halesowen Town
Stamford 1-0 Needham Market
SLP-S
Basingstoke Town 1-2 Weymouth
Evesham United 1-1 Chertsey Town
Hanwell Town 2-1 Gosport Borough
Walton & Hersham 1-2 Poole Town – att 1,024 - successive defeats for leaders ‘Swans’ – ‘Dolphins’ in 2nd are 8pts behind
Yate Town 2-0 Uxbridge
SL1-C
AFC Dunstable 1-6 Thame United
Flackwell Heath 2-2 Rayners Lane
Leighton Town {SEVEN} 7-1 Aylesbury United
London Lions 2-2 Beaconsfield Town
Marlow 2-0 Northwood
SL1-S
Didcot Town 2-0 Melksham Town
Winchester City 2-2 Swindon Supermarine – att 373 City drop a place as Malvern win and go 2nd behind leaders Frome

CCL –PN
Ardley United 1-4 Burnham
Broadfields United 3-2 Hilltop
Harefield United 1-1 Kidlington
Milton United 1-5 Wokingham Town
CCL-PS
Balham 3-0 Alton
Chipstead 3-1 Badshot Lea
Corinthian-Casuals 2-2 Abbey Rangers
Horley Town 3-1 Guildford City
Knaphill 2-3 Cobham - att 210 as leaders win at 2nd placed ‘Knappers’ to go 19 pts clear
Redhill 6-0 Camberley Town
Sutton Common Rovers 0-1 Tooting & Mitcham United
Tadley Calleva 2-2 Sheerwater
Thatcham Town 3-2 Fleet Town – much needed win for Kingfishers who ease away from the drop-zone
CCL-1
Fri Langley 2-2 Oxhey Jets
Chalfont St Peter 2-6 Brook House
Hillingdon Borough 3-1 Bedfont
Holmer Green 5-1 FC Deportivo Galicia
London Samurai Rovers 1-0 Sandhurst Town
PFC Victoria London 0-2 Penn & Tylers Green
Spartans Youth 2-1 Berks County
Spelthorne Sports 1-1 Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Westside {EIGHT} 8-2 Rising Ballers Kensington
HELL-P
Highworth Town 3-2 Tuffley Rovers
Hereford Pegasus 2-2 Royal Wootton Bassett Town
HELL-1
Carterton 2-1 Shortwood United
Clanfield 85 0-4 Newent Town
Thame United Reserves 0-2 Malmesbury Victoria
Wantage Town 1-2 FC Stratford –att 255 ‘Freds’ knocked off top spot by visitors

SEC-1
Banstead Athletic 1-4 SE Dons

SSM -P
Crawley Green 2-3 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Risborough Rangers 0-3 Cockfosters

WESS –P
Andover New Street 2-0 New Milton Town
WESS-1
Alresford Town 1-1 Fawley AFC
Ash United 0-2 AFC Aldermaston
Cove 2-0 Totton & Eling
Romsey Town 1-0 Yateley United
Whitchurch United 2-0 Colden Common – ‘Jam Boys’ win at league leaders and move up to 2nd behind new leaders Fleetlands

TVL –P
Henley Town 2-2 Goring United
Westwood Wanderers 2-0 Reading YMCA

Berks Trophy Centre Sen
Maidenhead Town 1-2 Wargrave