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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 13

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STAT ATTACK

LEAGUE GOALS COUNT THIS WEEK

PREMIER DIVISION 39 DIVISION ONE 43

LEADING GOALSCORERS – LEAGUE GAMES ONLY Details are based on clubs being up to date with records on Full Time at time of going to press and or may not include League goals from this weekend.

PREMIER DIVISION Rudi Blankson Baffins Milton Rovers 4 Ashley Elson Alresford Town 3 Ash Pope Christchurch 3 Tommy Scutt Baffins Milton Rovers 3

DIVISION ONE Russell Jones Laverstock & Ford 5 Clayd Roach Folland Sports 3 Scott Sanderson Alton 3 Chae Sykes Laverstock & Ford 3

WATCHING BRIEF Top three League attendances

PREMIER DIVISION AFC Portchester V AFC Stoneham 232 26 September Bashley V Horndean 220 26 September Fareham Town V AFC Portchester 211 8 September

DIVISION ONE Romsey Town V New Milton Town 218 5 September Andover Town V Fawley 148 5 September Downton V Alton 146 5 September

SHARPEST AND MEANEST Leading goalscoring teams in the League and the meanest defences

PREMIER DIVISION SHARPEST MEANEST Fareham Town 15 Hamworthy United 1 Baffins Milton Rovers 12 Lymington Town 1 Horndean 11 Blackfield & Langley 2 Fleet Town 10 AFC Portchester 3 Hamworthy United 8 Christchurch 3 Bournemouth 8

DIVISION ONE SHARPEST MEANEST Laverstock & Ford 15 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 1 Folland Sports 11 Andover New Street 2 Alton 10 Folland Sports 3 United Services Portsmouth 10 Romsey Town 3 Andover Town 9 United Services Portsmouth 5 Ringwood Town 9



MIDWEEK RESULTS

Sunday 20 September Buildbase FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round Newport (IOW) 2-2 Calne Town 151 [5-3 on penalties] Lewis McCarron 26 Connor Kelly 63 pen Jamie Walters 77 Joe Craig 79 Tuesday 22 September Emirates FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round Christchurch 2-1 Dorchester Town 300 OG 49 Tom Blair 8 Harvey Wright 90 Cowes Sports 0-5 Weston Super Mare 300

Chris Knowles 37, 71 Jacob Jagger-Cane 44 Lloyd Humphries 52 Keiran Thomas 57

Frome Town 4-1 AFC Stoneham 238 Jake Jackson 3 Sam Woodward 37 Joe O'Loughlin 21 Kane Simpson 34 Jon Davies 81 Tadley Calleva 0-1 Truro City 297

Alex Battle 38

MIDWEEK MATCH REPORTS

Tuesday 22 September Emirates FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round COWES SPORTS 0-5 WESTON-SUPER-MARE THIS was a big ask for step 5 side Cowes against opponents who play two levels higher but had only commenced their season last Saturday. But there was a lot between the teams on the evening writes Gary Day. The key moments came ten minutes or so either side of half-time when the Seagulls notched four of their goals. They could have scored more but for some fine keeping by Ed Hatt. Right from the outset the Somerset side played fine cohesive football but some gallant early defending by the Yachtsmen kept them at bay. Some overplaying out of the Weston defence produced a chance for Phillips whose effort was blocked by a defender. Weston had a half-hearted handball shout in the Cowes penalty box but all they got was a corner. Cowes continued to work hard at the back to quell the Weston tide but when they had the ball Cowes struggled to put moves together. This was contrary to Weston whose good pass and move play looked like simplicity but was, of course, well drilled. Hall almost put Weston in front when he took a cross field pass on the volley from a wide position but Hatt adjusted well to palm the ball out at his near post. Jagger-Cane and Waite fired over and just when the home gathering wondered whether Sports could take a 0-0 situation into half-time, some good work down the left involving Grubb and Hall saw a dangerous cross into the box and the lunging KNOWLES knocked it home. McFarlane put in a good cross for Cowes which was headed clear but, a minute before the break, Cowes were opened up and JAGGER-CANE’s header drifted home, despite the despairing attempt by a defender to clear, the referee’s assistant confirming the ball to be over the line. HT 0-2. Considering the journey made by the visiting side, half-time was sensibly taken on the pitch by the teams and within ten minutes, the second half commenced. This half started in the same way as the first had finished and Weston had already caused problems to Cowes before HUMPHRIES struck a well-controlled half-volley from 25-yards into the corner (Cowes a bit unlucky claiming a foul in the build-up). It was soon four when a corner was partially cleared and a good pass left THOMAS to shoot home. It was suddenly looking like a long



evening for the home side. KNOWLES added his second for the Seagulls, a neat volley from a Jones cross and Hatt made a good save, touching over a Grubb shot. Phillips tried a distant shot for Cowes but keeper Parnell was down to save. Weston had an opportunity to score a sixth goal when Knowles was tripped in the area and the same player looked for his hat-trick but Hatt got a strong hand to his firm spot-kick. A great run down the right by Wykes almost brought Cowes a consolation but Phillips missed his header in the middle. FT: 0-5 in front of a COVID restricted capacity crowd of 300. So, who remembers the days of 7.30pm kick-offs and the game finishing at ten-past nine? Yes, this was a rarity in this-day-and-age! Add to that, with the absence of the fast service late in the evening, the ‘slow boat’ from East Cowes was necessary. To do this a short stretch of the River Medina must be crossed and with the floating bridge once again out of action, an open top motor launch was taken. The sight of twelve face-masked people sat on it on the crossing in the dark was surreal … akin to a prison escape film! But remember, no more than a few months ago it would certainly have aroused suspicion. Times change!

MIDWEEK ROUND UP

Only four games to cover, all in the Emirates FA Cup and all involving member Clubs facing higher ranked opposition. The honours on the night go to CHRISTCHURCH, the only winners, who came from a goal down to defeat Dorchester by two goals to one at Hurn Bridge. Tom Blair put the Southern League Premier South

Club ahead only for an own goal and a Harvey Wright strike to give our side a famous victory. Wright’s goal came in the 90th minute and if you are going to score a winning goal then that is very much the time to do so! Given their relative closeness in the geographical sense it is a surprise that this is the first time the two Clubs had met in the Competition. Their exploits will see them gain the chance to add a further £3,375 to the coffers should they win at the next stage, this is certainly a carrot if one is needed. They stand to collect £1,125 if they fall. TADLEY CALLEVA did themselves and the League proud in what could well be the biggest game in their history, only

going down to Truro, again from the Southern League Premier, by a single goal at Barlows Park. Alex Battle scored for the Cornish visitors in the first half and a strong defensive performance from the hosts ensured there were no further goals but they did not, on the night, have the firepower at the other end. COWES SPORTS also faced Southern League Premier opposition with Weston Super Mare making the long trip to the Island and proving too strong for the Yachtsmen. Two up at the break, they added a further three in the second half to emphasise the difference in standard having, incidentally, defeated Fareham at the same stage in the Competition last season. AFC STONEHAM were the only one of our four sides who had to travel, journeying to Somerset to meet Frome Town from the Southern League South. Conceding a goal in the third minute was not the start they would have wanted and despite a goal from Sam Woodward they were 3-1 down at the break and there was one more goal in the second half making the final score 4-1. All three of our Clubs had the maximum permitted attendances while the Frome/Stoneham tie attracted 238 spectators. One offshoot for Christchurch is that on the same evening their former player, Harry Cornick, came on as a second half Substitute for Luton Town against Manchester United. Well done to all our Clubs, not only for the performances on the field, but for dealing with the off field problems and extra work in these unusual times, no doubt magnified because it was the FA Cup.



FA YOUTH CUP

For this season's competition, players who were born on or after 1 September 2002 and before 1 September 2005 are eligible to compete. There were 552 teams entered in this years competition, an increase of nine with 75 being new, or at least not entering last season, including our own member clubs Bemerton Heath Harlequins, Hamworthy United and United Services Portsmouth. Preliminary Round - in the week commencing Monday 07 September Alton 0-4 AFC Portchester (Thursday 10th) Bracknell Town 2-2 Fleet Town [4-5 on penalties] (Wednesday 9th) Hamble Club 1-2 Bemerton Heath Harlequins [at Bemerton] (Monday 7th) Hamworthy United 6-0 Gosport Borough (Sunday 13th) Sholing 2-2 AFC Stoneham [4-5 on penalties] (Wednesday 9th) United Services Portsmouth 5-1 Bournemouth F.C. (Wednesday 9th) 1st Qualifying Round - in the week commencing Monday 21 September Bemerton Heath Harlequins 2-4 Totton & Eling (Monday 21st) Brockenhurst 5-0 AFC Portchester (Thursday 24th) Fleet Town 3-0 Clanfield 85 (Monday 21st) Hamworthy United 3-1 Havant & Waterlooville (Tuesday 22nd) United Services Portsmouth 9-0 Fareham Town (Tuesday 22nd) Wimborne Town 6-3 AFC Stoneham (Thursday 24th) 2nd Qualifying Round - in the week commencing Monday 05 October Reading City v Fleet Town Eastleigh v Hamworthy United Totton & Eling v Wimborne Town United Services Portsmouth v Weymouth Poole Town v Brockenhurst There are 82 ties at this stage, and we will see the 24 Conference sides enter the Competition- Aldershot Town, Altrincham, Barnet, Boreham Wood, Bromley, Chesterfield, Dagenham & Redbridge, Dover Athletic Eastleigh, FC Halifax Town, Hartlepool United, Kings Lynn Town, Maidenhead United, Notts County, Solihull Moors, Stevenage, Stockport County, Sutton United, Torquay United, Wealdstone, Weymouth, Woking, Wrexham and Yeovil Town. 3rd Qualifying Round - in the week commencing Monday 19 October 1st Round - by the closing Saturday 07 November The 47 League 1 and League 2 sides enter at this stage, although Barrow are missing 2nd Round - by the closing Saturday 21 November 3rd Round - by the closing Saturday 12 December The 42 Premiership and Championship sides enter at this stage, although Brentford and Wycombe Wanderers are missing. 4th Round - by the closing Saturday 16 January 5th Round - by the closing Saturday 06 February Quarter Final - by the closing Saturday 27 February Semi Final - by the closing Saturday 20 March Final - by the closing Saturday 24 April



THIRTY SIX NIL

As most people interested in football will know the above represents the highest score ever recorded in a First Class Fixture and happened a very long time ago. As far back as 1885-86 in fact in the Scottish Cup which was already in its thirteenth year. One wonders as to what football was like then with the initial thought as to whether there were crossbars but research shows they came in to being in 1875, replacing tape which until then had been stretched between the posts. The game in question was of course between ARBROATH and BON ACCORD, two of the one hundred and thirty four Clubs that entered the Competition. These were divided in to seven areas on a geographical basis and, presumably because of the difficulty of travel, there was only one area relating to the North of the Country. The “famous” result happened in the First Round with the winners fifteen up at half time and their centre forward finishing with thirteen, against a side that had only been in existence for a year or so and soon folded. What is generally perhaps unknown is that on the same day in the same Competition Dundee Harps defeated Aberdeen Rovers thirty five nil. Goals were in plentiful supply with other scores of sixteen, (Queens Park) fifteen, (Renton) and three of eleven. That was Round One and the goals continued to flow for the two high scorers in Round Two with Arbroath scoring nine and the Dundee side four and they continued in the same vein in Round Three with seven and eight respectively. Those two rounds also produced scores of fifteen ( Airdrieonians) twelve, eleven and two tens. There were also thirteen withdrawals over the first two Rounds. Come Round Four and both sides were drawn away for the first time. Arbroath lost 5-3 at Hibernian – still one of the leading Scottish Clubs of today – whilst the Harps lost six nil to Vale of Leven, who are also still in existence today but playing lower down the Scottish Pyramid. There were three more Rounds before the Final, which was between Queens Park and Renton, the holders, with the former taking the Trophy for the eighth time in the thirteen years of the Competition. Renton is a small village some three miles from Dumbarton and the north bank of the Clyde and the Football Club joined the Scottish League in 1880 but were expelled in the same season for “financial irregularities”. Times have not changed in some respects! They re-joined again the following year before withdrawing in to local football after seven seasons, finally folding in 1922. Arbroath of course are long time members of the Scottish League but Bon Accord only lasted for two or three years. It is suggested that there is a Club of that name now playing in the Aberdeen Amateur League but they do not appear in the five Divisions that were operating last season. The real hard luck story of the affair however belongs to Dundee Harps, At the end of their first game the referee reported the score as 37-0 but the Club Secretary insisted it was 35-0 and that was the reported result. Had they accepted the referee’s version their name would be in the record books and known to all. Football can be cruel in a number of ways.

CLUB NEWS

We heard last weekend that three Managers have decided to move on. Callum Brooks at Portland United, Jody Rivers at Downton and John Smith at Andover New Street. Danny Dolan and Jamie Coleman will take on the role at Foxcotte Park with John moving to a Director of Football role. Ben Smith looks to be in sole charge now at Downton, whilst we await an update as regards a permanent replacement at the New Grove, although it’s been reported Gary Bailey and Mark Carter have taken the role on an interim basis. Doubtless readers will recall Jesse Waller-Lassen from Team Solent days, the midfielder featured in #Hashtag United’s penalty shoot-out Emirates FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round win over Soham Town Rangers on Monday, which was available on BBC i-player. He marked the occasion with a well taken equaliser around six minutes from the end to send the game to penalties and then converted the winner in the 4-2 win. A date has been arranged for the 2019/20 Portsmouth Senior Cup semi-final clash between Baffins Milton Rovers and Horndean – it’ll be on Wednesday 11 November at the PMC Stadium. A date for the tie involving



Fareham Town at Moneyfields is yet to be confirmed. The last I had was that the Final would be played at Fratton Park, but given the current pandemic situation, that may well be changed. Alton are delighted to announce a new and inspiring partnership with Keep Attacking™ – A motivational brand and mantra from Brian Wood MC. Keep Attacking™ is a mindset concept born and driven from personal experiences. Its founder, Brian Wood MC, was awarded the Military Cross, one of Britain’s highest awards for gallantry in combat, by Her Majesty the Queen, following his courageous leadership under enemy fire in Iraq. Brian’s military experience has equipped him to deliver highly inspirational and compelling sessions, sharing his experiences from the battlefield and suggesting ways that the lessons he has learnt can be applied in the corporate and sporting world.

The club will be welcoming Brian’s sessions to develop a winning mindset and encourage teamwork throughout the club. The stand at the Anstey Enclosure now carries a bold symbol of the new partnership and the senior teams will train in Keep Attacking™ sportswear to follow the mantra and compete at a high level. A Winning Mindset "We are very happy to have agreed this partnership. Hopefully we can carry out and honour the logo, mantra and what it stands for. Keep Attacking™ will

help us mentally in games as we align our values and also extend this to everyday life as well. KA." Kevin Adair, Alton FC First Team Manager Resilient Sportswear Keep Attacking™ has a custom and limited range of apparel, designed to assist those who need drive and motivation. It provides awareness for mental resilience. A double-barrelled word with a single meaning – Keep Attacking™. "I am delighted to partner with Alton FC – A club with a good attitude that is going in the right direction which provides safe and competitive football for over 40 teams in the local community. I will be aiming to help all of the teams and age ranges at Alton FC to improve performance and educate the clubs values." Brian Wood MC, Keep Attacking™ Alton FC is currently the home of Brian’s youngest son, Charlie, who is currently playing in the U12s. Whatever your story, whatever your background, whatever you are facing right now - Follow Alton FC and our new partnership mantra, Keep Attacking.

SYDENHAMS LEAGUE CUP

Amesbury Town or Horndean v Folland Sports Bemerton Heath Harlequins v Christchurch Blackfield & Langley v East Cowes Victoria or Andover Town Newport IoW or Baffins Milton Rovers v Bashley Romsey Town v Alton United Services Portsmouth v Brockenhurst or Ringwood Town Verwood Town v Hamworthy United or AFC Stoneham Whitchurch United or Hamble Club v New Milton Town No date at time of writing for Amesbury Town v Horndean and Hamworthy United v AFC Stoneham, in the Second Round, but United Services and New Milton will know who their opposition is at the end of this week- Brockenhurst v Ringwood is on Tuesday and Whitchurch v Hamble is on Wednesday. The tie at East Cowes is scheduled for 3rd October, Newport 6th October and Bemerton on 10th October.



COVID-19 GUIDANCE UPDATE Clubs will have had their attention drawn to the Government’s recently updated guidance on test and trace, and specifically a new section on the use of official NHS QR codes. This has important implications for us all. By maintaining records of staff, customers and visitors, and displaying an official NHS QR poster, you will help NHS Test and Trace to identify and notify people who may have been exposed to the virus. By now clubs must have registered for an official NHS QR code and as of now, must display the official NHS QR poster- for avoidance of doubt this will be a legal requirement. The NHS COVID-19 app has a feature that allows users to quickly and easily ‘check in’ to each venue by scanning the code. The information stays on the user’s phone. For our clubs you do not have to ask people who choose to ‘check in’ using the official NHS QR code to provide their contact details. If there is an outbreak associated with a venue, a message will be sent to the relevant app users with the necessary public health advice. The App was made available in the latter stages of last week and there have already been TV adverts concerning it, in the teething stages so there may be a few technical issues. But regardless of that, Clubs will need to continue their current test and Trace process. This will help to avoid the reintroduction of lockdown measures and support the country to return to, and maintain, a more normal way of life. In addition to maintaining and sharing records where requested and displaying an official NHS QR Code poster, clubs must also continue to follow other government guidance to minimise the transmission of COVID-19. This includes maintaining a safe working environment and following social distancing guidelines. Failure to comply will result in Government issued fines. For further information please note that the NHS has an FAQ section on their QR code website: https://faq.covid19.nhs.uk/category/?id=CAT-01043&parentid=CAT-01027 and also a QR helpline at the bottom of this page queries are best directed here if the FAQs do not help: https://www.gov.uk/create-coronavirus-qr-poster The FA have also updated their guidance and this may be found here: https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/sep/10/updated-covid-19-guidance-for-grassroots-nls-wfp-100920

EMIRATES FA CUP PRIZE FUND ALLOCATION

TEAM EXTRA PREL 1Q TOTAL Christchurch £ 1,125.00 £ 1,444.00 £ 2,250.00 £ 4,819.00 AFC Stoneham £ 1,125.00 £ 1,444.00 £ 750.00 £ 3,319.00 Cowes Sports £ 1,125.00 £ 1,444.00 £ 750.00 £ 3,319.00 Tadley Calleva £ 1,125.00 £ 1,444.00 £ 750.00 £ 3,319.00

These are the top four, a further seven stand to pocket £1,606, namely AFC Portchester, Bashley, Bemerton Heath Harlequins, Fawley, Hamble Club, Hamworthy United and Lymington Town. And then there was one. The Christchurch total will increase with their 2nd Qualifying Round game, but congratulations to all our teams on their efforts to reach the stage they did in these uncertain times.

FIXTURES Up to and including Saturday 31st October and subject to change at short notice.Tuesday September 29th Sydenhams League Cup 2nd Round Brockenhurst v Ringwood Town Premier Division

Christchurch v Lymington Town Horndean v Baffins Milton Rovers Division One Alton v U.S. Portsmouth

https://faq.covid19.nhs.uk/category/?id=CAT-01043&parentid=CAT-01027

https://www.gov.uk/create-coronavirus-qr-poster

https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/sep/10/updated-covid-19-guidance-for-grassroots-nls-wfp-100920



Andover Town v Andover New Street Downton v Bemerton Heath H’quins East Cowes Vics v Newport IoW Hythe & Dibden v Fawley AFC Romsey Town v Verwood Town Totton & Eling v Folland Sports Spare: Petersfield Town Wednesday September 30th Sydenhams League Cup 2nd Round Whitchurch United v Hamble Club Saturday October 3rd Emirates FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round Christchurch v Gloucester City Sydenhams League Cup 2nd Round East Cowes Vics v Andover Town Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Hamworthy United Amesbury Town v Fareham Town Bashley v Alresford Town Cowes Sports v Tadley Calleva Fleet Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Hamble Club v Blackfield & Langley Horndean v Shaftesbury Lymington Town v Bournemouth Portland United v AFC Portchester Division One Andover New Street v Romsey Town Hythe & Dibden v Bemerton Heath H’quins Laverstock & Ford v Totton & Eling Petersfield Town v Downton Ringwood Town v Newport IoW U.S. Portsmouth v Folland Sports Verwood Town v Alton Whitchurch United v New Milton Town Spare: Fawley AFC Tuesday October 6th Sydenhams League Cup 2nd Round Newport IoW v Baffins Milton Rovers Sydenhams League Cup 3rd Round Romsey Town v Alton Premier Division AFC Portchester v Hamble Club AFC Stoneham v Cowes Sports Alresford Town v Fleet Town Blackfield & Langley v Bashley Bournemouth v Amesbury Town Christchurch v Portland United Hamworthy United v Shaftesbury Tadley Calleva v Fareham Town Division One

Laverstock & Ford v Whitchurch United New Milton Town v Ringwood Town Wednesday October 7th Premier Division Lymington Town v Brockenhurst Division One Fawley AFC v Verwood Town Totton & Eling v Bemerton Heath H’quins Saturday October 10th Buildbase FA Vase 2nd Qualifying Round Ash United v Bashley Bournemouth v Blackfield & Langley Brockenhurst v AFC Stoneham Cowes Sports v Pagham Fareham Town v Badshot Lea Farnham Town v Petersfield Town Fleet Town v Shrivenham Horndean v Westbury United Lymington Town v Hamble Club New Milton Town v Totton & Eling Newport IoW v Alton Romsey Town v Ringwood Town Tadley Calleva v Frimley Green U.S. Portsmouth v AFC Portchester Whitchurch United v Verwood Town Sydenhams League Cup 3rd Round Bemerton Heath H’quins v Christchurch Premier Division Hamworthy United v Baffins Milton Rovers Portland United v Amesbury Town Shaftesbury v Alresford Town Division One Andover New Street v Hythe & Dibden Fawley AFC v Downton Folland Sports v East Cowes Vics Laverstock & Ford v Andover Town Tuesday October 13th Premier Division Bashley v Lymington Town Brockenhurst v Christchurch Portland United v AFC Stoneham Division One Alton v Petersfield Town Andover Town v Whitchurch United Downton v Andover New Street Hythe & Dibden v Folland Sports Laverstock & Ford v Bemerton Heath H’quins New Milton Town v Verwood Town Newport IoW v Fawley AFC Romsey Town v U.S. Portsmouth



Totton & Eling v East Cowes Vics Spare: Ringwood Town Saturday October 17th Premier Division Amesbury Town v Christchurch Baffins Milton Rovers v Tadley Calleva Bournemouth v Fleet Town Cowes Sports v Portland United Fareham Town v Brockenhurst Hamble Club v Bashley Hamworthy United v Alresford Town Horndean v Blackfield & Langley Lymington Town v AFC Portchester Shaftesbury v AFC Stoneham Division One Andover New Street v Alton Bemerton Heath H’quins v New Milton Town East Cowes Vics v Andover Town Folland Sports v Fawley AFC Hythe & Dibden v Laverstock & Ford Petersfield Town v Newport IoW U.S. Portsmouth v Ringwood Town Verwood Town v Downton Whitchurch United v Totton & Eling Spare: Romsey Town Tuesday October 20th Russell-Cotes Cup Final (2019/2020) Sholing v Lymington Town [at Sholing] Premier Division Alresford Town v Horndean Brockenhurst v Blackfield & Langley Christchurch v Bournemouth Cowes Sports v AFC Portchester Fareham Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Fleet Town v Hamble Club Portland United v Hamworthy United Tadley Calleva v Shaftesbury Saturday October 24th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Brockenhurst AFC Stoneham v Bashley Amesbury Town v Horndean Baffins Milton Rovers v Bournemouth Blackfield & Langley v Alresford Town Fleet Town v Hamworthy United Hamble Club v Christchurch Lymington Town v Fareham Town Shaftesbury v Cowes Sports Tadley Calleva v Portland United

Division One Alton v Romsey Town Andover Town v Hythe & Dibden Downton v Whitchurch United Fawley AFC v Andover New Street Laverstock & Ford v East Cowes Vics New Milton Town v Folland Sports Newport IoW v U.S. Portsmouth Ringwood Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins Totton & Eling v Petersfield Town Spare: Verwood Town Tuesday October 27th Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Brockenhurst Division One Andover New Street v Whitchurch United Bemerton Heath H’quins v U.S. Portsmouth Downton v Ringwood Town Hythe & Dibden v Alton Newport IoW v Totton & Eling Romsey Town v Petersfield Town Verwood Town v Folland Sports Spare: Andover Town, East Cowes Vics, Laverstock Wednesday October 28th Division One Fawley AFC v New Milton Town Saturday October 31st Premier Division AFC Portchester v Blackfield & Langley Alresford Town v Lymington Town Baffins Milton Rovers v AFC Stoneham Bashley v Shaftesbury Brockenhurst v Hamble Club Cowes Sports v Christchurch Fareham Town v Fleet Town Hamworthy United v Amesbury Town Horndean v Portland United Tadley Calleva v Bournemouth Division One Alton v Ringwood Town Andover Town v Downton East Cowes Vics v Bemerton Heath H’quins New Milton Town v Newport IoW Petersfield Town v Laverstock & Ford Romsey Town v Totton & Eling U.S. Portsmouth v Hythe & Dibden Verwood Town v Andover New Street Whitchurch United v Fawley AFC Spare: Folland Sports



LEAGUE NEWS The League Chairman had given notice of a 'ZOOM' meeting to be held this morning commencing at 10.30 am, this has been postponed due to the FA postponing their Step 5 and 6 Leagues meeting on 24th September. Once we know when the Step 5 and 6 Leagues meeting has been re-arranged a new date for the Covid-19 Zoom meeting will be arranged. With the closure of clubhouses at 22:00 under the new restrictions, the League is prepared to be flexible in permitting earlier kick off times for midweek fixtures. With immediate effect clubs can mutually agree to bring kick off times forward from 19:45 to 19:30 providing that, where officials have been appointed to games, they also agree and the League is advised in good time so that websites can be changed. With each Division playing every midweek through October will home clubs take the initiative where they want to take advantage of the earlier kick off time. This also applies to League Cup ties. In the Emirates FA Cup, Christchurch have been drawn at home to National League North side Gloucester City. The tie will be at Hurn Bridge on Saturday 3 October, the hosts will be arranging ticket news over this weekend. The Tigers will not be strangers, as they visited back in 2005/06 in a 1st Qualifying Round Replay after a goalless draw and the hosts won 3-0 that evening, more of the same wouldn’t go amiss and we wish them well in their quest.

WEEKEND RESULTS

Friday 25 September

Division One

Fawley AFC 1-3 Laverstock & Ford 86

Dylan Knight 78 Lewis Barr 5

Jake Rawkins 25

Dom Jackson 75

Saturday 26 September

Premier Division

AFC Portchester 2-0 AFC Stoneham 232 Lee Wort Barry Mason

Amesbury Town 2-2 Brockenhurst 89 Chris Boothe Freddie Bullard 9. 30 Adam Holloway

Baffins Milton Rovers 0-4 Hamworthy United 125

Eddie Hodge 53, 60, 71

Adam Costello 64

Bashley 1-0 Horndean 220 Harry Morgan 63 pen

Blackfield & Langley 2-1 Shaftesbury 58 Sami Makhloufi Jordan Matthews River Smith

Bournemouth 1-1 Hamble Club 73 Lewis Chambers 3 Josh Batt 5

Christchurch 2-2 Alresford Town 111 Mickey Finch 63 Ashley Elson 41 Luke Stone 79 Louis Russell 77



Fareham Town 8-2 Portland United 123 Josh Benfield [3] Josh Camp Tom Settle Eder Batista Callum Benfield Casey Bartlett-Scott Luke Slade Charlie Cooper

Fleet Town 6-1 Cowes Sports 129 Billy Oram [3- (2 pen)] George Holmes Mal Thomas Rowan Sharratt Brad Passfield

Tadley Calleva 0-2 Lymington Town 92

Luke Churchill

Owen Fee

Division One

Andover New Street 3-1 Totton & Eling 133 Brett Denham 43, 60 OG 86 Mikey Davis 79

Bemerton Heath Harlequins 4-1 Petersfield Town 64 Kane O'Keefe 33 Marvin Orepo 10 Justin Bennett 41, 87 (pen) Arshia Sheibatzadeh 90

Folland Sports 1-0 Romsey Town 111 Connor Rowe

New Milton Town 3-3 Andover Town 75 Morgan Turner 6 Josh Bertie [2] Ben Cooper 34 Tom Pattison (pen) Tyrrell Sampson 59

Newport (IOW) 5-3 Verwood Town 116 Connor Kelly [2] Matt Vining Aleks Przespolewski Diop Evans Jordan Browne Harvey Elsom Joe Craig

Ringwood Town 5-0 Hythe & Dibden 34 Ryan Hamm [2] Ben Harris [2] Joe Petty

United Services Portsmouth 5-1 Downton 47 Dec Seiden (pen) Tom Moseley Andy Todd [2] James Franklyn [2]

Whitchurch United 3-1 East Cowes Victoria 52 Ryan Long Jimmi Burton George Bishop Nick Yeomans

WEEKEND MATCH REPORTS

Saturday 26 September Division One WHITCHURCH UNITED 3-1 EAST COWES VICS FIRST victory and points of the season for Whitchurch in a game that they deserved to win with the visitors not helped by having to play for the best part of an hour with ten men. On a bright afternoon and in a chilly



wind the home side made the best possible start with a goal inside two minutes writes John Gorman. After some preliminary sparring in midfield Whitchurch made some ground down the right and the low cross was turned home by Ryan LONG from the edge of the six yard box, and the striker was denied an almost instant second when keeper Karl Steinborn-Busse narrowly beat him to a through ball way outside his penalty area. Play was very much in the East Cowes half and the keeper rescued his side with a smart reflex save as Long again was first to a cross. George Bishop showed good control on the left but his shot was deflected wide before a golden chance to increase the lead after twenty minutes. A corner from the left, the usual scrimmaging in the area, a blast on the whistle and though there had been no appeal of any sort the referee cautioned a defender and awarded a penalty though sadly, from my position on the half way line I have no idea as to why. Perhaps justice was done after a fashion when Nick Yeomans rather scooped the kick over the crossbar. After a hold up whilst one of the goal nets was repaired, Vics’ Tyler Greenslade broke clear on the left but his cross evaded both sets of shirts in the area before at the other end two corners in succession for the Jamboys with Nick Beattie’s header from the second landing on top of the net, seven minutes from the break and it was 2-0 as Bishop cut in from the left, his shot was deflected off a defender and Ryan Gregory, almost instinctively, handled it on the line. Penalty and an unavoidable red card and BISHOP made no mistake from the spot and within two minutes it was three. Vics were still sorting themselves out at the back and right back Connor Bloomfield’s cross was firmly headed home by YEOMANS. Bishop troubled the defence all afternoon and was inches wide of the far post whilst the visitors were not helping themselves by conceding too many free kicks in dangerous areas and one taken by Craig Rutledge was turned by Long in to Jamie Blackburn’s path but the shot was too high and also the last action of the half. HT 3-0 Whilst it was Whitchurch that struck early in the opening half East Cowes showed they were still in the game with a goal after just four minutes, It owed a lot to the home side’s defending but was also a good finish, Goalkeeper Konrad Szymaniak came way out of his area towards his left touchline and attempted to exchange passes with a defender, somehow it all went wrong, despite the closeness of the two players to each other, and Jimmi BURTON skilfully steered the loose ball in to the unguarded net. Minutes later the keeper again ventured way out of his area and beat the oncoming forward to the ball by a matter of inches and at this stage, and in fairness for most of the second half, it was easy to forget that the visitors were a man short. Another cross from Bloomfield passed unhindered across the six yard box before the referee, who had enjoyed a good first half, must have felt the yellow card burning a hole in his pocket as he produced it three times in as many minutes for challenges that looked routine from the side lines. Another Whitchurch free kick saw a Matt Page header skim the top of the crossbar as the game begam to peter out. Burton was a lone hand up front for Vics and always outnumbered and Yeomans and Blackburn were both wide for the visitors before, with the temperature dropping alarmingly despite it still being September, the final whistle bought an almost welcome halt to the proceedings. There will be better games and there will be worse games but Whitchurch will be happy to get their points total up and running and Vics will no doubt be rueing the unfortunate, but correct, red card. FT 3-1 Saturday 26 September Premier Division CHRISTCHURCH 2-2 ALRESFORD TOWN THE phrase "after the Lord Mayors show" was heard a few times around Hurn Bridge this afternoon but that was an unfair description of a Christchurch performance that was not short on effort but lacked that little spark of luck in and around the penalty area writes Roger Allen. Their opponents, Alresford Town, with a completely new team are still settling in but, despite spending most of the afternoon under pressure, they gave a dogged performance and were never behind in the game. Both sides had early chances as Nick Swann shot wide for the home side and Ashley Elson shot weakly when well-placed for Alresford. In the 9th minute Christchurch should have taken the lead when they were



awarded a penalty as Max Wilcock was barged over by Kayode Conteh. The kick was taken by Ash Pope but his shot was high over the crossbar. Christchurch continued to dominate the goalmouth action as Ron Frost's long throws started to trouble the Alresford defence. Wilcock headed over from one such throw then Mickey Finch volleyed wide. At the other end George Sheridan shot straight at Lewis Gunstone-Gray. On 41 minutes Alresford took the lead. ELSON's pace had caused trouble for Billy Walker and Harvey Wright at the heart of the home defence and a moment of indecision left the central striker a clear run on goal and he placed the ball coolly past Gunstone-Gray. HT 0-1

Playing down the slope Christchurch were always going to enjoy territorial advantage in the second half and so it proved. But it looked like being one of those afternoon's that the ball would just not drop for them in and around the penalty area. However on 63 minutes their luck changed. Again it was an assault on the Alresford defence from wide out that fell to FINCH on the edge of the goal area and his close range shot found the net. Next up it was Ron Frost who warmed the

fingers of Magpies keeper, Aaron Bufton, from long range but the keeper was more than up to the task as he was for most of the afternoon. From the resulting corner Christchurch suffered a blow as some dissent from their captain Billy Walker led to a sin bin that was to cost his side dear. Before Christchurch could rearrange at the back, Louis RUSSELL squeezed the ball past Gunstone-Gray on 77 minutes. Russell was lucky to still be on the field after the referee had taken a very lenient view of some blatant time wasting which could have earned the player a second yellow card. Two minutes later Christchurch, still with 10 players, were back on level terms. Again it was goalmouth scramble but this time it was substitute Luke STONE that scored from close range. Apart from an effort from Alresford sub, Jack Francis, which drifted wide, that was the end of the goalmouth action for the afternoon. All in all probably a fair result - after all the effort they put in, it was hard to deny that Alresford were worth a point. FT 2-2

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

We start again this week in the Dorset Premier League Hamworthy drop out of the top three after losing a best of seven game against near neighbours Merley Cobham but Westlands stay top courtesy of goal difference after they won by the odd goal in three against Dorchester. Balti rattled in four without reply at basement side Wareham to move into third. In the Hampshire Premier League Bush Hill took advantage of Infinity dropping points against Stockbridge, to close the gap at the top to four points, although the pressure is still on with both Paulsgrove and Liphook closing up as well. With just the one game in the Hampshire Combination & Development Football League yesterday, Salisbury and United Services sharing four goals and the points. Salisbury stay top but have played more than nearest rivals Wimborne Town.

Blandford United 3 - 3 Bournemouth Sports Bridport Reserves 0 - 1 Sherborne Town Reserves Gillingham Town 5 - 2 Swanage Town & Herston Hamworthy Recreation 3 - 4 Merley Cobham Sports Portland United Reserves 1 - 1 Sturminster Newton United Shaftesbury Reserves 4 - 6 Holt United Wareham Rangers 0 - 4 Balti Sports Westland Sports 2 - 1 Dorchester Sports

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RANK DORSET PREMIER PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Westland Sports 4 4 0 0 11 2 9 12

2 Merley Cobham Sports 4 4 0 0 11 4 7 12

3 Balti Sports 4 3 0 1 11 5 6 9

4 Sherborne Town Reserves 4 3 0 1 6 3 3 9

5 Hamworthy Recreation 4 2 1 1 17 7 10 7

Bush Hill 4 - 0 Clanfield Chamberlayne Athletic 1 - 1 Overton United Colden Common 1 - 1 Fleetlands Infinity 1 - 1 Stockbridge Liphook United 3 - 2 Hayling United Liss Athletic 0 - 3 Locks Heath Lyndhurst 0 - 4 Winchester Castle Paulsgrove 6 - 2 Sway

RANK HAMPSHIRE PREMIER PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Infinity 7 5 2 0 24 8 16 17

2 Bush Hill 6 4 1 1 24 5 19 13

3 Paulsgrove 4 4 0 0 21 5 16 12

4 Liphook United 5 4 0 1 17 9 8 12

5 Stockbridge 7 3 2 2 10 15 -5 11

LEAGUE TABLES

RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Fareham Town 5 4 0 1 15 7 8 12

2 Blackfield & Langley 4 3 1 0 5 2 3 10

3 Horndean 5 3 0 2 11 10 1 9

4 Hamworthy United 3 2 1 0 8 1 7 7

5 Baffins Milton Rovers 4 2 1 1 12 6 6 7

6 AFC Portchester 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 6

7 Lymington Town 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 6

8 Bashley 3 2 0 1 3 4 -1 6

9 Christchurch 3 1 2 0 6 3 3 5

10 Alresford Town 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5

11 Brockenhurst 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5

12 Bournemouth 5 1 2 2 8 11 -3 5

13 Fleet Town 4 1 1 2 10 8 2 4

14 AFC Stoneham 3 1 0 2 7 5 2 3

15 Shaftesbury 4 1 0 3 7 9 -2 3

16 Tadley Calleva 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 3

17 Hamble Club 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2

18 Amesbury Town 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 1

19 Portland United 4 0 1 3 5 19 -14 1

20 Cowes Sports 3 0 0 3 1 8 -7 0



























RANK DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Laverstock & Ford 4 4 0 0 15 6 9 12

2 Folland Sports 3 3 0 0 11 3 8 9

3 Andover Town 4 2 1 1 9 10 -1 7

4 United Services Portsmouth 3 2 0 1 10 5 5 6

5 Alton 3 2 0 1 10 7 3 6

6 Ringwood Town 3 2 0 1 9 6 3 6

7 Romsey Town 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 6

8 Andover New Street 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 6

9 Petersfield Town 4 2 0 2 6 9 -3 6

10 Newport (IOW) 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4

11 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3

12 East Cowes Victoria 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 3

13 Whitchurch United 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 3

14 Hythe & Dibden 2 1 0 1 2 6 -4 3

15 Verwood Town 3 0 1 2 6 9 -3 1

16 New Milton Town 3 0 1 2 5 8 -3 1

17 Fawley AFC 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 0

18 Totton & Eling 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0

19 Downton 3 0 0 3 3 11 -8 0

WEEK 4 ROUND UP

A lot of goals yesterday with 82 spread across the two Divisions, including Friday night’s game, which averages out at over four games a goal. Good for spectators, not so good for defenders writes John Gorman. First mention in the Premier Division goes, by a short head, to Hamworthy United. Baffins is never an easy place to get a result so 4-0 is highly creditable with a goal from Adam Costello adding to a hat trick from Eddie Hodge.

Close behind in the credit stakes come Fareham Town who more than added to Portland’s early season woes with an 8-2 victory at Cams Alders. Three from Josh Benfield and singles from Casey Bartlett-Scott, Tom Settle, Luke Slade, Charlie Cooper and Callum Benfield propelled “the Creeksiders” to the top of the table, while Portland’s goals came from Josh Camp and Eder Baptista. Nigel Long (left) and John Bailey (right) certainly picked the right one yesterday. The Fareham legends with over 500 appearances between them were at Cams Alders for the game.

The largest attendance of the day was at AFC Portchester where the home side scored twice without reply against AFC Stoneham courtesy of goals from Lee Wort and Barry Mason. One imagines the cumulative career



total goals credited to those two must be quite high! Bashley were not far behind in terms of attendance and rewarded the faithful with a single goal defeat of Horndean, Harry Morgan’s strike making it two defeats in a row for the visitors. Blackfield & Langley maintained their unbeaten record, goals from Sami Makhloufi and River Smith outweighing one from Shaftesbury’s Jordan Matthews, while Lymington made it two wins out of two with goals from Luke Churchill and Owen Fee at Tadley who failed to find the net in reply. A good point for Alresford with a two all draw at Christchurch - Mickey Finch and Luke Stone for the home side and Ashley Elson and Louis Russell for the visitors – and the points were also shared at Victoria Park. Lewis Chambers scored for Bournemouth with Josh Batt’s reply earning visitors Hamble Club their first point of the campaign. Draw number three was at Amesbury with the home side also securing their first point in sharing four goals with Brockenhurst. Freddie Bullard scored both the visiting goals with Christian Boothe and Adam Holloway earning the welcome home point. Lastly, but due much praise, was the outcome at Calthorpe Park, where Fleet probably recorded their best result since re-joining the League with a 6-1 demolition of Cowes Sports. Billy Oram led the way with a hat trick, backed up by Mal Thomas, Rowan Sharratt and Brad Passfield with George Holmes replying for the Islanders. Division One commenced the weekend Programme on Friday evening with Laverstock & Ford making it four wins from four with a 3-1 win at Fawley. The Wiltshire side were two up at the break through Lewis Barr and Jake Rawkins with Dom Jackson adding a third in the second half against one from Dylan Knight, leaving Fawley still seeking their first point. There were three Saturday games where the home side scored five. The first on the Island where Newport and Verwood amassed eight between them. Connor Kelly(2), Aleks Przespolewski, Jordan Browne and Joe Craig with the five and Matt Vining, Diop Evans and Harvey Elsom getting on the scoresheet for the visitors. Downton have had an awful start to the season by last season’s standard and it did not get any better at Burnaby Road with a 5-1 defeat at the hands of US Portsmouth. Familiar goalscorers all round with Andy Todd (2), James Franklyn( 2) and Dec Seiden for the home side and a consolation from Tom Moseley. In the midweek Preview it was suggested that on last season’s form the visit to Ringwood of Hythe & Dibden would probably mean an away win but things could change over the close season. And change it was as Ringwood scored five without reply with two goals apiece from Ryan Hamm and Ben Harris and one from Joe Petty. One goal behind were Bemerton Heath playing their first League game of the season for various reasons and marking it with a 4-1 victory over Petersfield. Justin Bennett with a pair, Kane O’Keefe and Arshia Sheibatzadeh did the damage after Marvin Orepo had given the Rams an early lead. Andover Town moved in to third place in the table after an entertaining three all draw at New Milton – goals from Ben Cooper, Tyrrell Sampson and Morgan Turner against two from Josh Bertie and one from Adam Pattison for the Town – while Andover New Street rediscovered their goal touch with a 3-1 win over Totton & Eling. Brett Denham with a double and new signing Mikey Davis for the Street and an own goal constituting the reply for the Millers. Follands made it nine points out of nine with a single goal victory over Romsey, Connor Rowe the marksman, and Whitchurch got off the mark with a 3-1 defeat of East Cowes Vics. Ryan Long, George Bishop and Nick Yeomans for the home side, who also missed a penalty, and a Jimmi Burton goal for Vics who played for an hour with ten men after a handball offence on the goal line. A full Programme completed, thanks for all the information and more so for coping with the conditions under which games are having to be played at present, we’ll close with these three words.

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