The Non - League thread

[Sutekh]

Hope the link works - it made me laugh - gives you an idea of the new ground too.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=361492628427623

Now that’s class! And not a Trevor Francis tracksuit in sight either.

[mx]

I have found the answer to my own question lol. It is basically 30% of ground capacity. So in Basingstoke's case will be 400 this weekend.

Almost. It's 30% of the minimum capacity required by the ground grading rules for the league in question.
see Appendix C in this doc (we are in stage 2 now)
file:///C:/Users/Mark/Downloads/national-league-system-club-guidance-covid-19-return-to-football-24-september.pdf

Basingstoke are at Step 4. The minimum capacity for grounds at step 4 is 1,350, which x 30% = 405, which has been rounded down to 400.

So a step 4 club with a ground with a capacity of 13,500 and would still only be allowed 400 fans through the door.

Daft, but fair, I suppose in that all clubs have the same cap.

[Royals and Racers]

Thame Rangers 6 Woodley Utd 0 attendance 52. Before the game Thame had played 8 lost 8 GD F 3 A 26- so they have either signed some new players or Woodley are utter pish- not sure which but Thame played really well !!

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Reading City v Ardley on Saturday OFF due to Covid issues in one team, not sure which one.

[RFCMod]

Thame Rangers 6 Woodley Utd 0 attendance 52. Before the game Thame had played 8 lost 8 GD F 3 A 26- so they have either signed some new players or Woodley are utter pish- not sure which but Thame played really well !!

Do Rangers share the same ground as Thame United ?

[Royals and Racers]

Thame Rangers 6 Woodley Utd 0 attendance 52. Before the game Thame had played 8 lost 8 GD F 3 A 26- so they have either signed some new players or Woodley are utter pish- not sure which but Thame played really well !!

Do Rangers share the same ground as Thame United ?

Yes- all part of the Thame football partnership
Developments on the way https://www.thamefootball.co.uk/news/-a ... 36112.html

[Royals and Racers]

Reading City v Ardley on Saturday OFF due to Covid issues in one team, not sure which one.

Not Ardley end
https://www.readingcityfc.co.uk/post/cl ... tober-2020

[Royal Rother]

Agree with that, not even the “glamour” of someone at step 2, or someone from an entirely different league set up, just a trip to north London to play about as good as you can currently get in the Isthmian Premier (Haringey are currently equal top with 3 other sides) - still at least fans can go I suppose. Mind you I suspect Bracknell will raise their game being the ones with nothing to lose and they’ve had a bit of penalty practice!

Lost 5-1.

Wonder if there was an impact from OMA’s bad news going down at Bracknell?

Any update on that?

Won't be back at the club til Thursday, will do some digging.

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I appreciate it may be difficult / private / hearsay still but any update on this OMA?

[Old Man Andrews]

Lost 5-1.

Wonder if there was an impact from OMA’s bad news going down at Bracknell?

Any update on that?

Won't be back at the club til Thursday, will do some digging.

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I appreciate it may be difficult / private / hearsay still but any update on this OMA?

Yes, will private message.

[Four Of Clubs]

Reading City v Ardley on Saturday OFF due to Covid issues in one team, not sure which one.

...positive test among the City squad; after their game at RWBT on Saturday - hence this Tuesday's Cup tie at Long Crendon was scrubbed mid-PM; as was the forthcoming league game vs Ardley this Sat.

Flackwell v Westfields in the same section is also off at the w/e (COVID in the visitors squad) ... as is the hastily re-arranged fixture between the Heathens and Ardley - that's now been put back to Tue 27th (19:30 KO)

..here's a brief round-up of matches played this midweek....

Review W/C Monday 19th Oct

Tuesday 20th Oct
01 NAT
Wealdstone 3-2 Chesterfield - 'Stones' up to 9th

04 IL1-SC
Bedfont Sports 2-1 Chalfont St Peter
Chertsey Town 0-3 Marlow att 378
Hanwell Town 1-1 Northwood
Westfield 1-3 Hertford Town
- leaders Waltham Abbey drop their first points held 1-1 -by Chipstead on Tue
- Bracknell sit 2nd ahead on GD of Hanwell and two unlikely pace-setters: Ashford and Staines.

03 SLP-C
Nuneaton Borough 6-2 St Ives - att 305 also notable for the five goals scored by home forward Shamsi
04 SL1-C
North Leigh 2-2 St Neots Town att 150 – Nor Lye levelled on 91’
04 SL1-S
Frome Town 5-0 Highworth Town att 298
Winchester City 3-2 Bristol Manor Farm att178 - Winch in 4th AFC Totton go top after a 3-1 win at Larkhall on Wed night :Basingstoke are 2nd; Ciren T 3rd.

05 CCLP
Ascot United 3-1 CB Hounslow United
05 HELLP
Virginia Water 2-2 Burnham – a point sees ‘Blues’ claw their way off the bottom
[Wed] 06 HELL1E Thame Rangers 6-0 Woodley United – Rangers still in last place on GD, behind Woodley who have three games in hand.

05 WESSP
Alresford Town 0-3 Horndean
Fleet Town 2-2 Hamble Club
- att 160 - Was at this – ebbed/flowed nicely and probably a fair result – Fleet looked good going forward but were a bit lightweight in defensive midfield.
- Club working hard on the T&T front – entrance thru clubhouse – table service only. Food bar functioning though – stand looked quite full within the distancing measures.

NOTE - There is a meeting late this PM (Thu 22nd) of the STEP05 & 06 League Chairmen - not sure there's anything too significant on the surface but there's a lot of twitchiness around.
- specifically based upon the simple fact that no Agenda has been published/made publicly known - which is unusual.
They do meet routinely - but with the current situation some people are expecting the worst.
Presumably they will be discussing High-Tier zones - e.g. in the NW & NE - several leagues are shifting into semi-suspension already.
...more when I know it.......

[RFCMod]

Won't be back at the club til Thursday, will do some digging.

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I appreciate it may be difficult / private / hearsay still but any update on this OMA?

Yes, will private message.

Likewise OMA as it'll obviously effect Sandhurst as well

[Sutekh]

Notts County have withdrawn from the FA Cup this season due to the virus, King’s Lynn therefore get a w/o

[AthleticoSpizz]

Notts County have withdrawn from the FA Cup this season

oooo do they think they are...Manchester bloody United?

[Four Of Clubs]

Thame Rangers 6 Woodley Utd 0 attendance 52. Before the game Thame had played 8 lost 8 GD F 3 A 26- so they have either signed some new players or Woodley are utter pish- not sure which but Thame played really well !!

Do Rangers share the same ground as Thame United ?

Yes- all part of the Thame football partnership

...and the big win was very unlikely to have been 'selection' shennanigans', involving any Thame Utd 'Firsts'; as has occasionally been alleged about other 'Reserve'/Dev' sides suddenly getting an upswing in form. The respective clubs are more of an affinity than a partnership.

So 'Rangers' are semi-independent of 'United' - indeed United's Reserves have their own set-up in Hellenic TWO North
- Rangers vs Reserves even met in the League's Floodlit competition earlier this month. I believe the former grew out of the ex-Oxford Senior League side Oakley who were regular winners of the Slough Senior Cup.

No info as yet emerged from this 'mystery' gathering of STEP05/06 League Chairmen - can't remember which clubs' Twitter site I encountered it on now and the NLM hasn't picked up on the story that I have seen.

Here's the Preview of the w/e's NL:

Saturday 24th October

FA Cup 4th Qualifying ..all games at Level 5 or 6 venues B.C.D.
01 Darlington (6N) v Cambridge City (8IN)
02 Stafford Rangers (7N) v Skelmersdale United (9NWCP)
03 Solihull Moors (5) v Wrexham (5)
04 Banbury United (7SC) v Bury Town (8IN)
05 South Shields (7N) v F.C. Halifax Town (5)
06 Ilkeston Town (8NSE) v Hartlepool United (5)
07 F.C. United of Manchester (7N) v Guiseley (6N)
08 Brackley Town (6N) v Marske United (8NNW)
09 King's Lynn Town (5) (walkover) v Notts County (5)(withdrawn)
10 Stockport County (5) v Chesterfield (5)
11 A.F.C. Fylde (6N) v Altrincham (5)
12 Chester (6N) v Marine (8NNW)
13 Chorley (6N) (walkover) v Macclesfield Town (5) (withdrawn)
14 Maidenhead United (5) v Cray Valley (Paper Mills) (8ISE)
15 Canvey Island (8IN) v Cray Wanderers (7I)
16 Wealdstone (5) v Hayes & Yeading United (7SS)
17 Sutton United (5) v Bromley (5)
18 Tonbridge Angels (6S) v Taunton Town (7SS)
19 Hemel Hempstead Town (6S) v Hampton & Richmond Borough (6S)
20 Aldershot Town (5) v Woking (5)
21 Maldon & Tiptree (8IN) v Haringey Borough (7I)
22 Dagenham & Redbridge (5) v Hartley Wintney (7SS)
23 Leiston (7SC) v Barnet (5)
24 Weymouth (5) v Oxford City (6S)
25 Eastbourne Borough (6S) v Dulwich Hamlet (6S)
26 Eastleigh (5) v Weston super Mare (7SS)
27 Sholing (8SS) v Torquay United (5)
28 Bath City (6S) v Havant & Waterlooville (6S)
29 Boreham Wood (5) v Wimborne Town (7SS)
30 Yeovil Town (5) v Dover Athletic (5)
31 Bishop’s Stortford (7I) v St. Albans City (6S)
32 Concord Rangers (6S) v Chippenham Town (6S)

League (hope I've 'weeded out' sides involved in the Cup above)

02 NATS
Chelmsford City v Maidstone United
Ebbsfleet United v Hungerford Town

04 IL1-SC
Bedfont Sports v Marlow
Chalfont St Peter v Hanwell Town
Chertsey Town v Hertford Town
Harlow Town v Ashford Town (Middx)
Staines Town v Tooting & Mitcham United
Uxbridge v Chipstead
Waltham Abbey v Northwood
Westfield v Barking

03 SLP-C
Rushall Olympic v Kings Langley
03 SLP-S
Chesham United v Taunton Town
Farnborough v Beaconsfield Town
Swindon Supermarine v Truro City
Tiverton Town v Walton Casuals
04 SL1-C
Biggleswade v Aylesbury United
Didcot Town v Berkhamsted
Kidlington v Bedworth United
North Leigh v Coleshill Town
Wantage Town v Thame United
04 SL1-S
Basingstoke Town v AFC Totton
Highworth Town v Winchester City
Thatcham Town v Melksham Town

05 CCLP
Abbey Rangers v Camberley Town
Ascot United v Knaphill
Cobham v Hanworth Villa
Egham Town v Guildford City
Molesey v Sutton Common Rovers
Raynes Park Vale v Badshot Lea
Redhill v CB Hounslow United
Sheerwater v Frimley Green
Southall v Colliers Wood United
Spelthorne Sports v Banstead Athletic
06 CCL1
Ash United v British Airways
Bagshot v AFC Hayes @ Camberley
Bedfont & Feltham v Chessington & Hook United
Fleet Spurs v Cove
Godalming Town v FC Deportivo Galicia
Kensington & Ealing Borough v Dorking Wanderers Reserves
Tooting Bec v Farnham Town
Walton & Hersham v Eversley & California

05 HELLP
Brimscombe & Thrupp P-P Binfield COVID - visitors
Burnham v Royal Wootton Bassett Town
Easington Sports v Bishops Cleeve
Fairford Town v Tuffley Rovers
Holmer Green P-P Lydney Town COVID
Shrivenham P-P Windsor COVID - visitors
Virginia Water v Longlevens
06 HELL1E
[FRI] Langley Kidlington Reserves @ Slough FC
Abingdon Town v Risborough Rangers
Abingdon United v AFC Aldermaston
Chalvey Sports v Milton United
Holyport v Long Crendon
Penn & Tylers Green v Thame Rangers

05 WESSP
Blackfield & Langley v Alresford Town
Fleet Town v Hamworthy United
Tadley Calleva v Portland United
06 WESS1
Alton v Romsey Town
Andover Town v Hythe & Dibden
Downton v Whitchurch United
Fawley AFC v Andover New Street
Totton & Eling v Petersfield Town

... 'Destination Unknown ' as the song goes --- have a couple need 'ticking' in Hellenic West but I suspect my mate has Bexhill on the radar - no idea why - thnk the M23 is being dug up again one way or the other so need to plan the route for that one?

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Brimscombe & Thrupp v Binfield OFF - Covid

[AthleticoSpizz]

Well.....this is going well

[Four Of Clubs]

Well.....this is going well

..updated the preview above but Holmer G & Shrivenham games in Hellenic Premier also off due to virus

[Simmops]

What a result from 8th tier cray valley paper Mills, beating Maidenhead from behind

[Four Of Clubs]

What a result from 8th tier cray valley paper Mills, beating Maidenhead from behind

4th qualifying round draw

The South

13 Maidenhead United v Cray Valley (PM)

Magpies up against possibly the most obvious Giant-Killing act based upon their results so far in the competition.

..ahem!

...don't say you weren't warned.....

..tough luck on Hartley though .... only going down 0-1 at the Daggers.

[Royals and Racers]

From the FA website- think BST should be GMT

The draw for the first round proper of the Emirates FA Cup will take place on Monday 26 October and be screened live on our official Twitter and Facebook channels as well as BT Sport in the UK.

It will be part of BT Sport's live coverage of the fourth round qualifying tie between Bishop's Stortford and St Albans City (kick-off 7.45pm BST) that evening, the final tie of the round.

The draw is scheduled to take place before the game, at around 7.10pm BST.

And ahead of the draw, you can see which ball number all of the involved clubs will be in the list below.

1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY
2 AFC WIMBLEDON
3 BARROW
4 BLACKPOOL
5 BOLTON WANDERERS
6 BRADFORD CITY
7 BRISTOL ROVERS
8 BURTON ALBION
9 CAMBRIDGE UNITED
10 CARLISLE UNITED
11 CHARLTON ATHLETIC
12 CHELTENHAM TOWN
13 COLCHESTER UNITED
14 CRAWLEY TOWN
15 CREWE ALEXANDRA
16 DONCASTER ROVERS
17 EXETER CITY
18 FLEETWOOD TOWN
19 FOREST GREEN ROVERS
20 GILLINGHAM
21 GRIMSBY TOWN
22 HARROGATE TOWN
23 HULL CITY
24 IPSWICH TOWN
25 LEYTON ORIENT
26 LINCOLN CITY
27 MANSFIELD TOWN
28 MILTON KEYNES DONS
29 MORECAMBE
30 NEWPORT COUNTY
31 NORTHAMPTON TOWN
32 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
33 OXFORD UNITED
34 PETERBOROUGH UNITED
35 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
36 PORT VALE
37 PORTSMOUTH
38 ROCHDALE
39 SALFORD CITY
40 SCUNTHORPE UNITED
41 SHREWSBURY TOWN
42 SOUTHEND UNITED
43 STEVENAGE
44 SUNDERLAND
45 SWINDON TOWN
46 TRANMERE ROVERS
47 WALSALL
48 WIGAN ATHLETIC
49 DARLINGTON
50 SKELMERSDALE UNITED
51 SOLIHULL MOORS
52 BANBURY UNITED
53 SOUTH SHIELDS
54 HARTLEPOOL UNITED
55 FC UNITED OF MANCHESTER
56 BRACKLEY TOWN
57 KING'S LYNN TOWN
58 CHESTERFIELD
59 AFC FYLDE OR ALTRINCHAM
60 MARINE
61 CRAY VALLEY (PM)
62 CANVEY ISLAND
63 HAYES & YEADING UNITED
64 BROMLEY
65 TONBRIDGE ANGELS
66 HAMPTON & RICHMOND BOROUGH
67 WOKING
68 MALOON & TIPTREE
69 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE
70 BARNET
71 OXFORD CITY
72 DULWICH HAMLET
73 EASTLEIGH
74 TORQUAY UNITED
75 HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE
76 BOREHAM WOOD
77 YEOVIL TOWN
78 BISHOP'S STORTFORD OR ST ALBANS CITY
79 CONCORD RANGERS
80 CHORLEY