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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2019/20 EDITION NUMBER 36

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of your Newsletter, if you have anything to contribute, please do get in touch by email- [email protected] You can keep up to date with all the news from around the League by following us on Twitter at - @Sydwessex You are more than welcome to use any material (excluding attributed photographs) but it would be appreciated if any material used is acknowledged. It is hoped you enjoy reading this each week. With readership quite widespread, not only within our own competition, but across the three counties and beyond- if ANY club has anything they’d like to have published in here, whether that be a request for helpers, promotion of forthcoming events, items required or available for sale please contact the Newsletter Editor. As a general reminder- Match Reports, player news and photos are always welcome- it is your Newsletter!

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LEAGUE NEWS

The above mentioned posters have been updated; the new version can be found on the Sydenhams League website - Information / Form & Programme Downloads / Race Relations or email the Newsletter Editor for a copy. Please ensure that you download, print copies and laminate or equivalent, for display in your changing rooms, club house and ground. The league’s officers will be checking to see that these posters are displayed, failing to display these posters will result in an automatic £50.00 fine. With thanks for your cooperation.



NOW HEAR THIS

The Sydenhams Wessex Football League Show is the official podcast of the Sydenhams Wessex League. We’re on air live from the 103.9 Voice FM studios in Southampton from 3pm to 5pm every Sunday and you can also listen live on www.voicefmradio.co.uk from anywhere in the world. You can listen again afterwards, 1 hour after the show has finished via the same website and there is also a Voice FM App you can download to your Phone I-Pad or Computer device. Our aim is to promote all local football but specifically the 39 teams of the Sydenhams Wessex League. We have had managers, chairmen, players, press officers and secretaries joining us as studio guests and phone guests; from all our League clubs, as well as guests from local teams both higher up and lower down the pyramid. This is your show and is a platform for your club to promote its events and raise its profile. If your club produces post-match interviews please either email us a copy of the audio or give permission for us to play them on air straight from your website or social media sites, as we will aim to play them on the show. Please come and join us one Sunday – either live in the studio or on the phone. You can email us on either [email protected] or [email protected] Thanks- Cliff Pledge and Greg Dickson

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STAT ATTACK

LEADING GOALSCORERS- LEAGUE GAMES ONLY

PREMIER DIVISION DIVISION ONE Scott Hills AFC Stoneham 20 Justin Bennett Bemerton Heath Harlequins 32 Craig Harding Alresford Town 18 Connor Kelly Newport IOW 22 Sam House Lymington Town 16 James Franklyn US Portsmouth 19 Bobby Scott Horndean 15 Liam Magee Romsey Town 19 Dom Falco Lymington Town 14 Tom Moseley Downton 19 Harry McGrath Bashley 14 Lee Vint Verwood Town 19 Jason Parish Baffins/AFC Portchester 14 Chae Sykes Laverstock & Ford 17 Dan Wooden AFC Portchester 14 Josh Bertie Andover Town 16

Details are based on clubs being up to date with records on Full Time at time of publication and may or may not include League goals from this weekend.

THE LEAGUE GOALS

COUNT THIS WEEK-

PREMIER DIVISION

42

DIVISION ONE

17

PREMIER DIVISION Top three league attendances

Fleet Town v Brockenhurst 241 28 September AFC Stoneham v Alresford Town 221 8 February Bashley v Alresford Town 221 7 September

DIVISION ONE Top three league attendances

Newport IOW v East Cowes Victoria 304 26 August Andover New Street v Andover Town 248 8 October Laverstock & Ford v Downton 201 28 December

PREMIER DIVISION GOALS DIVISION ONE GOALS Sharpest Meanest Sharpest Meanest AFC Portchester 72 Christchurch 19 US Portsmouth 86 Petersfield Town 26 Alresford Town 70 AFC Stoneham 33 Bemerton Heath 80 Hythe & Dibden 29 Hamworthy United 70 Baffins Milton Rovers 35 Andover New Street 75 US Portsmouth 33 AFC Stoneham 65 Lymington Town 36 Newport IOW 73 Newport IOW 36 Lymington Town 65 Horndean 38 Hythe & Dibden 67 Bemerton Heath 38 Portland United 65 [three on] 40 Downton 60 Downton 38 Fareham Town 64 [two on} 54 Laverstock & Ford 43

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY- Saturday 2 May, Sydenhams League Cup Final, Crest Finance Stadium, home of AFC Portchester. KO 15:00

LEAGUE NEWS

Clubs have until 31st March to register any new players for the remainder of the season, with any 7 day notice of approach needing to be sent to a player’s current club (NO MATTER WHAT SATURDAY LEAGUE THEY ARE REGISTERED WITH) by 24th March. After 5.00pm on the 31st March ANY new registration or transfer of registration will be declined or will be approved by the Board ONLY.



BANKES CHARITY CUP NEWS

The secretary role of the Bankes’ charity football competitions is to become vacant as from September 2020. Any secretary with some experience, from a club perhaps no longer playing or someone who wants new challenge! Please contact Steve Small on 07970030107 or through the website www.bankescup.co.uk The Bankes Charity Cup Football Competition, based in Dorset, dates back to 1889 and is open to clubs who are affiliated to the Dorset County FA or other County Associations. They run leagues from Under 15s to Adults and all profits are donated to local charities. Celebrating their 130th Anniversary last year, the Bankes Charity Cup donated some £1,400 to local charities from the 2018/2019 Season.

A TRIP TO CAMERON COUNTRY

Still browsing through the Programmes (only a couple of hundred or so more to go) and a match in the First Round Proper of the FA Vase in 2014 that paired Newport with Hook Norton in Oxfordshire. The Hellenic League side had defeated Tadley at home in the previous round and now provided the opposition for Newport’s opening game in the Competition. Hook Norton is a small and attractive, largely residential town some nineteen miles north of Witney and five miles north west of Chipping Norton, the area in which David Cameron resides/resided with the “Chipping Norton Set” and represented in Parliament. The ground was not the easiest to find, one or two local residents when asked had no knowledge of same, but when finally located was a typical Hellenic league ground with little concerns for the niceties of Ground Grading. If you imagine the ground as nine squares, a la Sudoku puzzle, the smart Clubhouse was in the top right hand square with the pitch occupying the middle and bottom squares on the left hand side with the area in front

of the clubhouse the cricket ground. It was a fair walk from the Dressing Room, which were in the Clubhouse, to the pitch which was separated from the cricket ground by a single rope strung between numerous posts. There were signs in the Clubhouse and on the corner of the ground stating that standing on the roped off side was “not allowed under any circumstances”. If the attendance on the day was one hundred then seventy per cent of same stood along the rope, the majority complete with pints of beer! [Mention of Ground Grading and back to last week’s piece involving the Western Isles, one of which is Eriskay. If you have a moment google Eriskay FC and the pictures of their ground. No hassle with Ground Grading, people in dug outs, admission charges, covered accommodation, hard standing etc. Absolutely brilliant!] The home side were mid table in the Hellenic League West while Newport were a step higher and actually leading the Wessex Premier Division at the time and on a sloping and rather bumpy pitch the difference was obvious as the Island side ran out 2-0 winners thanks to goals from Scott Jones and Tom McInnes, both, from memory, in the second half. Memory also suggests that Newport introduced a young Substitute late in the game who quickly collected a red card but lest memory is wrong mention of his name is spared. Other long standing Island names in the visitors line up on the day were Gary Streeter, Darren Powell and Iain Seabrook. Newport defeated Loxwood from Sussex in the next round 3-2, Jones again finding his name on the scoresheet, before losing to perpetual Vase rivals Ascot United in the confines of the famous Racecourse, conceding three without reply. Conversation with the Hook Norton Secretary – he was also Chairman and largely responsible for a very good Programme – on the day elicited the universal problem of lack of helpers off the field and two seasons later they withdrew from the Hellenic League for that reason. There was no football at the ground for a season before the Club reformed in the Witney & District League Division 3 and they currently top Division, still some way short of their previous status. Sadly, not an unfamiliar occurrence across the football spectrum and we wish them well for the future.

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FA COMPETITIONS 2020/21

It’s that time of the year, and the Football Association have this weekend circulated their annual communication concerning applications for next season! The wording for the FA Cup indicates that there may be a reduction of clubs accepted from Steps 5 and 6. To apply for next season's FA Cup, FA Vase and FA Youth Cup, clubs need to use the direct link shown below to submit application and payment online. The application is ONLY available for online completion and online payment by credit or debit card, and an individual can make the payment with a personal card on the Clubs behalf. Entry Criteria and Ground Standards for FA Competitions 2020-21 has been forwarded to club Secretaries and should be read before clicking on the link below to complete the application. https://eventspace.thefa.com/FA/participant/arrangement.aspx?id=306061 On successful completion of the online application and online payment, the applicant will receive an on screen confirmation and an automatic email confirmation will be sent to the participant from the FA. However, this does NOT constitute acceptance into the specified Competition(s). The closing date is Wednesday 1 April 2020. A list of entries accepted will be published on the FA’s website in July 2020. If you require any further information or assistance with completing the application, clubs will need to please email [email protected] or call 0800 1691863 x 4583 / 4622. Thanks and good luck everyone!

MIDWEEK RESULTS

Tuesday 3 March 2020

Wiltshire Senior Cup Semi Final

Corsham Town 2-3 Bemerton Heath Harlequins ? Ben Pring Justin Bennett [2] Nick Chandler Jordan Matthews

Sydenhams League Cup Quarter Final

AFC Stoneham 3-2 Baffins Milton Rovers 82 Scott Hills 10, 61 Tommy Tierney 32 Calum Laycock 17 Ashton Leigh 58

Alresford Town 1-2 Hamble Club ? Sam Tonks 32 John McKie 52, 85

Premier Division

Christchurch 0-1 Hamworthy United 61

James King 88

Fareham Town 2-2 Brockenhurst 55 Gary Austin Mitch Speechley-Price [2] Simon Woods

Solent University 3-3 Bashley 77 Luke Mitchell 47 Conor Whiteley 1, 80 Callum Beasley 70 Lewis Ross 51 pen John Wallace 82

Division One

Andover New Street 3-1 Petersfield Town 97 Luke Hooper 60, 88, 92 Jordan Geddes 22

Hythe & Dibden 2-1 Romsey Town 75 Owen Fee [pen] Nathan Gray Mig Dark

Verwood Town 3-1 Fawley AFC 46 Callum Butler 4, 90+6 Dec Hartigan 66 Owen Nicholson 13

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Portsmouth Senior Cup Quarter Final

United Services Portsmouth 2-5 Horndean 52 George Root 36 Alfie Lis 17 Elliott Turnbull 66 Connor Duffin 26

Greg Peel 72

Ben Anderson 79

Fuzz Kanjanda 83

Salisbury Hospitals Charity Cup Quarter Final

Laverstock & Ford 0-0 Andover Town ? [5-4 on penalties]

Aldershot Senior Cup 2nd Round

Fleet Town 2-1 Staines Town ? Aaron Redford Tayo Oyebola 77 Malachi Thomas

Thursday 5 March 2020

Portsmouth Senior Cup Quarter Final

United Services Portsmouth Reserves 0-2 Fareham Town ?

Jack Nicholls 31

Simon Woods 81

MIDWEEK MATCH REPORTS

John Gorman writes ANDOVER NEW STREET 3-1 PETERSFIELD TOWN IF Andover New Street achieve their aim of promotion to the Premier Division at the season’s end, they may

look upon this game as a defining moment as they conjured up three points from a seemingly hopeless position to the delight of the majority of the hundred or so people present. After receiving the January Club of the Month Award prior to kick off it appeared after forty five minutes that the perceived “curse” of same had struck again, but the second half was very much a different story. Kitman Ken Hardy and Physio Pete Tunney are shown here collecting the award. With the customary Respect proceedings abandoned before kick-off the home side made very much the brighter start with visiting keeper Matt Petts saving at Shane Lock’s feet in the opening seconds. Reece Rusher won two corners in quick succession and a free kick was cleared after a mighty scramble in the six yard box but the anticipated goal did not come as Petersfield worked their way in to the game and then took the lead, albeit still rather against the run of play, after twenty minutes. Jazz Beavis was cautioned for a challenge just inside his own half and in a sense suffered further punishment as the free kick was hoisted in to

the area and the tall Jordan GEDDES rose highest to loop his header over goalkeeper Chris Wing. Worse was to follow for both Beavis and New Street as Beavis immediately launched himself in to another challenge and collected a second yellow card, though the evening could have done without the unedifying sight of half the visiting side crowding the referee and pointing to the Dressing Rooms. Rafa Ramos was inches too high and then substituted – sacrificed may be a better word - as the home side were forced to bolster their midfield. Petersfield’s Marvin Orepo, whose pace troubled the home defence all evening, broke clear on the left with his low cross causing mild panic in the area and a Rusher free kick at the other end was straight at Petts. Luke Hooper made ground only to be pulled back by the offside flag and when Orepo and Matt Law combined for the visitors Wing saved bravely at the latter’s feet to bring an incident packed opening half to a close. HT 0-1



New Street juggled their ranks on the re-start with Matt Scott moving in to midfield and, as in the first half, started the brighter. Rusher saw one shot saved and was too high with another before Law broke away only for Wing to save with his legs and Orepo was stopped by a superb tackle by Jake Curtis as the visitors demonstrated they were still in the game. But a mistake after fourteen minutes cost them dearly. A routine long ball was totally missed by a defender and the speedy HOOPER raced clear to slot the ball past Petts. All square. Rusher limped off, a seemingly further blow for the home side, and play was end to end with Shane Long too high for Street and substitute Will Webb dragging a shot across goal from a promising position at the other end. Adam Pearson came on for his New Street debut and the game entered the last five minutes with a sharing of the points looking likely, despite a neutral spectator close by insisting that New Street would win and three minutes from time he was proved right. Scott headed the ball down from a free kick and HOOPER initially juggled it over his shoulder before turning and lifting it over the keeper. A class goal from a very promising player who then completed his hat trick in stoppage time with another cool finish as the goalkeeper advanced. A sterling performance by the home side and whilst the plaudits go to Hooper the game was otherwise decided in midfield , an area which Petersfield dominated in the first half but became Street’s domain after the break. An entertaining evening and credit to all – players and officials alike. There were yellow cards but they were warranted and that is all one asks in any game. FT 3-1 Mike Robins writes VERWOOD TOWN 3-1 FAWLEY ENTERTAINING game that was perhaps closer than the score suggests, with the visitors perhaps unlucky not to have opened their account in the first half, but the opening goals went the way of the Potters that saw Callum BUTLER on the edge of the penalty area and the ball sat up nicely for him to strike it first time into the bottom corner. The main threat for the Oilers was Tom Munday and he tested the home defence on a number of occasions with perhaps the best chance on ten minutes when the onrushing Lewis Connors stumbled as the ball reached him and the chance was gone, Munday then spooned the ball over after a good pass from Declan Hartigan caught the home defence out. Verwood extended their lead on 13 minutes, when Owen NICHOLSON found the net from around 30 yards that Fawley keeper Reece Mitchell had no chance of reaching. Josh Hall came close to adding a third but they couldn’t find the net again in the half, but at the other end Christos Papakonstantinou threaded a ball through to Hartigan and his low cross was held by Shane Cooper under some pressure. On the half hour mark a low cross from the left by Connors was just too far in advance of any attacker and Hartigan also had a chance but couldn’t get the ball out from under his feet in order to get a shot off. As the half drew to a close Lee Vint had a solo effort that didn’t pay off and the Potters were grateful to see centre half Charlie Gajic clear the ball off the line. HT 2-0 Long periods of the second half belonged to Fawley with a decent free kick by Papakonstantinou well held by Cooper, and it was perhaps not a surprise that the next goal would be an away one. With 66 minutes gone HARTIGAN found himself unmarked just ten yards out and fired low beyond the reach of Cooper to bring the Oilers back into contention at 2-1. With the visitors pushing for a second Verwood were able to get behind them but couldn’t find a way of adding a third, Vint had two half chances before the game was sealed deep into added on time by BUTLER when his shot slipped through Mitchell’s gloves and trickled into the net. Fawley barely had time to re-start before the game was brought to a finish and Verwood are now unbeaten in six with four wins in that spell. FT 3-1



MIDWEEK ROUNDUP

As ever in midweek a miscellany of matches and Competitions and for a welcome change most of them were played as the weather relented. Three games in the Sydenhams League Cup and defeat for the holders, Baffins Milton Rovers, at AFC Stoneham. The tie was switched to Stoneham’s ground because of the ongoing pitch problems at Baffins and the “host” went through by the odd goal in five. Scott Hills scored twice, taking his season’s tally in all Competitions to twenty four, with Callum Laycock also on target whist Tommy Tierney and Ashton Leigh netted for the holders. Hamble Club joined Stoneham in the last four after a 2-1 win at Alresford – John McKie netting both the visitors’ goals after Sam Tonks had opened the scoring for the home side. The third scheduled tie between Totton & Eling and Portland fell victim to a waterlogged pitch. Three games also in both the Premier Division and Division One. In the former Christchurch and Hamworthy switched their fixture to New Milton -thanks to all three Clubs for their efforts – and it was the “Hammers” who came out on top with James King scoring the only goal of the game. Fareham and Brockenhurst shared four goals and the points at Cams Alders with the trusty duo of Gary Austin and Simon Woods on the mark for the home side and Mitchell Speechley-Price netting twice for the Badgers. There was a feast of goals in the third game as Solent University switched their home game to the Forest and gained a welcome point in a three all draw with Conor Whiteley scoring twice for the “Bash”. In Division One Andover New Street were a goal down and a player down after some twenty five minutes against Petersfield at Foxcotte Park but came back to win 3-1 with a second half hat trick from Luke Hooper. Hythe & Dibden gained reward for a lot of work in ensuring the pitch was playable with a 2-1 defeat of Romsey – goals from Owen Fee and Mig Dark against one from Nathan Gray and, like New Street, stay very much in the promotion race. In the third game Verwood continued their recent good form in defeating Fawley 3-1 at Potterne Park with Callum Butler scoring twice.

On to the various Cup Competitions and congratulations to Bemerton Heath on reaching the Final of the Wiltshire Senior Cup. In a game played at Southern League Melksham’s ground they came back from two goals down at the break to defeat Western League Corsham Town 3-2, with Justin Bennett scoring twice and Jordan Matthews claiming the third. They now await the outcome of the other semi-final between Calne Town and Wroughton- which is scheduled for Wednesday 11 March at Melksham.

Fleet Town went through to the Third Round of the Aldershot Senior Cup with a first class 2-1 defeat of Ryman League Staines Town – goals from Aaron Redford and Malachi Thomas – while in the Salisbury Hospitals Cup Laverstock & Ford went through on penalties against Andover Town after neither side could muster a goal in the statutory ninety minutes. The other scheduled game in the same Competition between Amesbury and Salisbury was postponed, again because of a waterlogged pitch. Finally Horndean moved in to the last four of the Portsmouth Senior Cup with a 5-2 win at US Portsmouth with five different players contributing the goals. A welcome relief to get so many games played.

FIXTURE CHANGES Latest list of changes as at Wednesday 4 March, listed here and included within the updated list. LEAGUE CUP

New Date Home Away Old Date 10-Mar Portland United v Totton & Eling New fixture (tie switched) 24-Mar AFC Stoneham v Christchurch/Bournemouth New fixture 24-Mar Portland United/Totton & Eling v Hamble Club New fixture



PREMIER DIVISION

New Date Home Away Old Date 17-Mar Baffins Milton Rovers v Bournemouth 18-Apr 17-Mar Cowes Sports v Alresford Town 29-Feb 17-Mar Fareham Town v Hamble Club 29-Feb 18-Mar Brockenhurst v Baffins Milton Rovers 13-Apr 25-Mar Baffins Milton Rovers v AFC Portchester 01-Apr 31-Mar Amesbury Town v Brockenhurst 29-Feb 31-Mar Bashley v AFC Portchester 25-Feb 31-Mar Bournemouth v Christchurch 10-Mar 31-Mar Hamble Club v Lymington Town 25-Feb 31-Mar Horndean v Baffins Milton Rovers 11-Apr 04-Apr Baffins Milton Rovers v Bashley 29-Feb 04-Apr Hamble Club v Horndean 24-Mar 07-Apr Shaftesbury v Portland United 24-Mar 07-Apr Tadley Calleva v Fareham Town 25-Feb 11-Apr Baffins Milton Rovers v Horndean 04-Apr 13-Apr Portland United v AFC Stoneham 10-Mar 13-Apr Tadley Calleva v Shaftesbury 07-Apr 21-Apr Bournemouth v Tadley Calleva 29-Feb 22-Apr Baffins Milton Rovers v Fleet Town new fixture

DIVISION ONE

New Date Home Away Old Date 17-Mar Andover Town v Andover New Street 29-Feb 17-Mar Folland Sports v Romsey Town 29-Feb 17-Mar Newport IoW v Fawley AFC 25-Feb 24-Mar Andover New Street v Ringwood Town 25-Feb 31-Mar Bemerton Heath Harlequins v Downton 03-Mar 31-Mar Petersfield Town v Hythe & Dibden 29-Feb 07-Apr East Cowes Vics v Laverstock & Ford 29-Feb 07-Apr Hythe & Dibden v Totton & Eling 25-Feb 07-Apr Romsey Town v Andover New Street 17-Mar 07-Apr Verwood Town v Newport IoW 29-Feb 14-Apr Laverstock & Ford v Alton 25-Feb 14-Apr Petersfield Town v Romsey Town 25-Feb 14-Apr Totton & Eling v Andover New Street 07-Apr 21-Apr Romsey Town v Totton & Eling 10-Mar 25-Apr Andover New Street v Hythe & Dibden 21-Apr

FIXTURE LIST Tuesday March 10th 2020 Sydenhams League Cup Quarter Final Christchurch v Bournemouth Portland United v Totton & Eling Premier Division Alresford Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Brockenhurst v Hamble Club Lymington Town v Fleet Town Solent University v Amesbury Town Division One Downton v Andover New Street Hythe & Dibden v Petersfield Town Laverstock & Ford v East Cowes Vics

Verwood Town v Folland Sports Aldershot Senior Cup Quarter Final Ash United v Alton Southampton Senior Cup Semi Final Blackfield & Langley v Bashley (at AFC Totton) Wednesday March 11th 2020 Division One Fawley AFC v Andover Town Thursday March 12th 2020 Russell-Cotes Cup Quarter Final Sholing v Bemerton Heath H’quins Premier Division Fareham Town v Baffins Milton Rovers



Horndean v Christchurch Friday March 13th 2020 Division One Petersfield Town v Fawley AFC Totton & Eling v U.S. Portsmouth Saturday March 14th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Portland United AFC Stoneham v Solent University Alresford Town v Lymington Town Bashley v Brockenhurst Christchurch v Shaftesbury Cowes Sports v Fleet Town Hamble Club v Amesbury Town Horndean v Fareham Town Tadley Calleva v Baffins Milton Rovers Division One Andover New Street v Alton Andover Town v Downton East Cowes Vics v Ringwood Town Folland Sports v Bemerton Heath H’quins Laverstock & Ford v Newport IoW New Milton Town v Whitchurch United Romsey Town v Hythe & Dibden Monday March 16th 2020 Premier Division Solent University v Portland United Tuesday March 17th 2020 Russell-Cotes Cup Semi Final Alton v Lymington Town Premier Division Amesbury Town v Fleet Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Bournemouth Christchurch v Tadley Calleva Cowes Sports v Alresford Town Fareham Town v Hamble Club Horndean v Bashley Division One Andover Town v Andover New Street Folland Sports v Romsey Town (at Romsey) Newport IoW v Fawley AFC Petersfield Town v Verwood Town Totton & Eling v East Cowes Vics Salisbury Hospital Cup Quarter Final Shaftesbury v Bemerton Heath H’quins Thursday March 19th 2020 Premier Division Brockenhurst v Baffins Milton Rovers Saturday March 21st 2020 Premier Division

AFC Portchester v Bashley Baffins Milton Rovers v Portland United Bournemouth v Horndean Brockenhurst v Shaftesbury Christchurch v Amesbury Town Cowes Sports v Tadley Calleva Fareham Town v AFC Stoneham Fleet Town v Lymington Town Hamble Club v Solent University Hamworthy United v Alresford Town Division One Andover New Street v Verwood Town (KO 14:00) Bemerton Heath H’quins v Alton Downton v Hythe & Dibden East Cowes Vics v Andover Town Fawley AFC v Whitchurch United Laverstock & Ford v Romsey Town Petersfield Town v Folland Sports Totton & Eling v New Milton Town U.S. Portsmouth v Newport IoW Portsmouth Senior Cup Semi Finals Scheduled for this week Monday March 23rd 2020 Premier Division *Solent University v Bournemouth Tuesday March 24th 2020 Sydenhams League Cup Semi Final AFC Stoneham v Christchurch/Bournemouth Portland United/Totton & Eling v Hamble Club Premier Division Brockenhurst v Fareham Town *Christchurch v Lymington Town Division One Andover New Street v Ringwood Town Hythe & Dibden v Bemerton Heath H’quins Petersfield Town v Alton *Totton & Eling v Fawley AFC Isle of Wight Gold Cup Quarter Final Brading Town v East Cowes Vics Newport IoW v Northwood St Johns Wednesday March 25th 2020 Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v AFC Portchester Saturday March 28th 2020 Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v Alresford Town Brockenhurst v AFC Portchester Christchurch v Cowes Sports Fareham Town v Amesbury Town Hamworthy United v Bashley



Horndean v AFC Stoneham Lymington Town v Hamble Club Portland United v Fleet Town Solent University v Shaftesbury Tadley Calleva v Bournemouth Division One Alton v Downton Andover Town v Ringwood Town Folland Sports v Fawley AFC Hythe & Dibden v New Milton Town Newport IoW v Totton & Eling Romsey Town v East Cowes Vics U.S. Portsmouth v Andover New Street Verwood Town v Petersfield Town Whitchurch United v Laverstock & Ford Monday March 30th 2020 Premier Division Solent University v Cowes Sports Tuesday March 31st 2020 Premier Division Amesbury Town v Brockenhurst Bashley v AFC Portchester Bournemouth v Christchurch Fareham Town v Portland United Hamble Club v Lymington Town Horndean v Baffins Milton Rovers Division One Bemerton Heath H’quins v Downton Newport IoW v Laverstock & Ford Petersfield Town v Hythe & Dibden Totton & Eling v Romsey Town U.S. Portsmouth v Ringwood Town Saturday April 4th 2020 Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Shaftesbury Amesbury Town v Alresford Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Bashley Bournemouth v Solent University Brockenhurst v Fleet Town Christchurch v Fareham Town Cowes Sports v Portland United Hamble Club v Horndean Hamworthy United v Lymington Town Tadley Calleva v AFC Portchester Division One Alton v Ringwood Town Andover New Street v Whitchurch United Bemerton Heath H’quins v Romsey Town East Cowes Vics v Fawley AFC Folland Sports v New Milton Town

Laverstock & Ford v Hythe & Dibden Petersfield Town v Newport IoW Totton & Eling v Downton U.S. Portsmouth v Verwood Town Tuesday April 7th 2020 Premier Division Christchurch v Brockenhurst Shaftesbury v Portland United Tadley Calleva v Fareham Town Division One East Cowes Vics v Laverstock & Ford Hythe & Dibden v Totton & Eling Romsey Town v Andover New Street Verwood Town v Newport IoW Wednesday April 8th 2020 Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v AFC Stoneham Saturday April 11th 2020 Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v Horndean Bournemouth v Fleet Town Brockenhurst v Alresford Town Christchurch v AFC Stoneham Cowes Sports v Amesbury Town Hamble Club v Tadley Calleva Hamworthy United v AFC Portchester Lymington Town v Solent University Portland United v Fareham Town Shaftesbury v Bashley Division One Andover New Street v Newport IoW Andover Town v Whitchurch United Bemerton Heath H’quins v U.S. Portsmouth Downton v Petersfield Town East Cowes Vics v New Milton Town Hythe & Dibden v Alton Laverstock & Ford v Totton & Eling Ringwood Town v Folland Sports Romsey Town v Verwood Town Monday April 13th 2020 Premier Division Amesbury Town v Bournemouth Fleet Town v Bashley Portland United v AFC Stoneham Division One East Cowes Vics v Verwood Town (13.00) Tuesday April 14th 2020 Premier Division Christchurch v AFC Portchester Tadley Calleva v Shaftesbury



Division One Laverstock & Ford v Alton Petersfield Town v Romsey Town Totton & Eling v Andover New Street Saturday April 18th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Hamble Club AFC Stoneham v Brockenhurst Alresford Town v Portland United Amesbury Town v Lymington Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Christchurch Bashley v Bournemouth Fleet Town v Hamworthy United Horndean v Tadley Calleva Shaftesbury v Cowes Sports Solent University v Fareham Town Division One Alton v Romsey Town Fawley AFC v New Milton Town Folland Sports v Andover New Street Newport IoW v Downton Ringwood Town v Petersfield Town Totton & Eling v Bemerton Heath H’quins U.S. Portsmouth v Laverstock & Ford Verwood Town v Hythe & Dibden Whitchurch United v East Cowes Vics Tuesday April 21st 2020 Premier Division Bournemouth v Tadley Calleva Division One Romsey Town v Totton & Eling Wednesday April 22nd 2020 Premier Division

Baffins Milton Rovers v Fleet Town Saturday April 25th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Christchurch Baffins Milton Rovers v Amesbury Town Bashley v Fareham Town Bournemouth v Shaftesbury Brockenhurst v Cowes Sports Fleet Town v Solent University Hamble Club v Alresford Town Hamworthy United v Horndean Portland United v Lymington Town Division One *Andover New Street v Hythe & Dibden Fawley AFC v U.S. Portsmouth *Folland Sports v Andover Town (at Andover Town) New Milton Town v Downton Newport IoW v Bemerton Heath H’quins Ringwood Town v Laverstock & Ford Romsey Town v Alton Totton & Eling v Petersfield Town Verwood Town v East Cowes Vics Spare: Whitchurch United *subject to North Hants Senior Cup Final being moved Tuesday April 28th 2020 Russell-Cotes Cup Final …and finally- Saturday May 2nd 2020 Sydenhams League Cup Final at AFC Portchester

DORSET SENIOR CUP 2019/20- THE STORY

1st Round Portland United 1-4 Poole Town Sherborne Town 1-2 Dorchester Town Swanage Town & Herston [at Verwood] 1-5 Verwood Town Byes: Bridport, Hamworthy United, Shaftesbury, Weymouth, Wimborne Town Quarter Final Dorchester Town 7-0 Hamworthy United Verwood Town 4-2 Bridport Weymouth 2-0 Poole Town [holders] Wimborne Town 5-1 Shaftesbury Semi Final Dorchester Town 4-1 Wimborne Town Weymouth 5-0 Verwood Town Final- at Dorchester Dorchester Town 2-4 Weymouth



DISCIPLINE- THE TABLES WHERE YOU DON’T WANT TO BE TOP

CAUTIONS C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 SB TOTAL Alresford Town 42 8 4 2 56 Amesbury Town 35 2 3 1 8 49 Andover New Street 38 3 3 4 48 Downton 36 5 4 3 48 Lymington Town 31 6 4 5 46 Baffins Milton Rovers 38 3 1 3 45 Cowes Sports 36 1 3 4 44 Fleet Town 33 1 4 6 44 Hamble Club 39 3 2 44 AFC Portchester 31 4 2 1 5 43 Andover Town 33 3 4 3 43 Christchurch 36 2 1 4 43 Fawley AFC 35 3 2 3 43 United Services Portsmouth 35 2 3 3 43 East Cowes Victoria Athletic 33 1 2 6 42 Tadley Calleva 31 1 4 2 4 42 AFC Stoneham 29 6 4 2 41 Portland United 29 5 1 6 41 Hythe & Dibden 36 3 1 40 Fareham Town 34 1 1 1 2 39 Laverstock & Ford 32 2 2 1 2 39 Newport (IOW) 28 2 4 5 39 Bournemouth 29 1 2 6 38 Folland Sports 30 4 2 2 38 Petersfield Town 33 2 1 2 38 Romsey Town 33 2 1 2 38 Shaftesbury Town 33 2 2 37 Brockenhurst 28 2 2 4 36 Horndean 29 1 1 5 36 Ringwood Town 25 4 3 4 36 Bashley 26 3 2 1 3 35 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 23 2 2 7 34 Whitchurch United 28 2 4 34 Solent University 27 2 2 1 32 Totton & Eling 29 2 1 32 Verwood Town 26 3 3 32 Hamworthy United 14 1 6 1 8 30 New Milton Town 25 1 1 3 30 Alton 23 1 2 2 28 Pewsey Vale 16 2 2 20 TOTAL 1,227 6 105 86 3 1 1 137 1,566

C1 - Unsporting Behaviour [1,227]

C2 - Dissent by Word or Action [6]

C3 - Persistently infringing the Laws of the Game [105]

C4 - Delays the restart of play [86]

C5 - Fails to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner kick/free kick [3]

C6 - Entering or re-entering the field of play without permission of the Referee [1]

C7 - Deliberately leaving the field of play without permission of the Referee [1]

Sin Bin [137]



STANDARDS XC 5C S1 S11 S4 S5 S6 S7 TOTAL Amesbury Town 2 2 1 1 1 3 10 Downton 1 4 1 2 1 1 10 East Cowes Victoria Athletic 4 3 1 2 10 Horndean 4 2 4 10 Lymington Town 6 1 1 1 9 Andover New Street 4 1 1 1 1 8 New Milton Town 2 2 2 2 8 Newport (IOW) 1 1 1 1 4 8 United Services Portsmouth 5 3 8 Andover Town 2 1 3 1 7 Fleet Town 1 1 4 1 7 Folland Sports 2 2 3 7 Hamble Club 5 1 1 7 Hamworthy United 3 1 3 7 Portland United 4 1 1 1 7 Shaftesbury Town 2 2 3 7 Baffins Milton Rovers 2 1 2 1 6 Bashley 4 1 1 6 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 2 1 2 1 6 Brockenhurst 1 2 2 1 6 Cowes Sports 1 2 3 6 Fareham Town 1 3 1 1 6 Laverstock & Ford 1 3 1 1 6 Tadley Calleva 1 1 2 1 1 6 Alresford Town 4 1 5 Bournemouth 3 1 1 5 Christchurch 3 1 1 5 Hythe & Dibden 2 1 1 1 5 Petersfield Town 2 1 1 1 5 Ringwood Town 2 1 1 1 5 Whitchurch United 2 2 1 5 AFC Portchester 1 2 1 4 Romsey Town 3 1 4 Totton & Eling 1 1 1 1 4 AFC Stoneham 1 1 1 3 Fawley AFC 2 1 3 Solent University 2 2 Verwood Town 2 2 Alton 1 1 TOTAL 5 93 25 40 5 17 9 42 236

XC - Continuing Misconduct - 10 Cautions in a Season [5]

5C - Continuing Misconduct - First 5 Cautions [93]

S1 - Serious Foul Play [25]

S2 - Violent Conduct [40]

S4 - Denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball [5]

S5 - Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by physical means resulting in a free kick or penalty kick [17]

S6 - Use of offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures [9]

S7 - Receiving a second caution in the same match [42]



MISCONDUCT E10 E12 E1 E20 E3c E3k E3h MP TOTAL Baffins Milton Rovers 1 2 1 1 5 Fareham Town 1 1 1 1 1 5 Andover New Street 1 2 3 Lymington Town 1 1 1 3 AFC Portchester 1 1 2 Alton 1 1 2 Andover Town 1 1 2 Horndean 1 1 2 Newport (IOW) 1 1 2 Portland United 2 2 Amesbury Town 1 1 Bashley 1 1 Brockenhurst 1 1 Christchurch 1 1 Cowes Sports 1 1 East Cowes Victoria Athletic 1 1 Fleet Town 1 1 Folland Sports 1 1 Hamworthy United 1 1 Laverstock & Ford 1 1 Solent University 1 1 Tadley Calleva 1 1 United Services Portsmouth 1 1 TOTAL 2 2 2 5 5 11 3 11 41

FA Rule E10 - (Player) Failed to comply with a decision of the Association [2]

FA Rule E12 - (Club) Failed to comply with a decision of the Association [2]

FA Rule E1 - Failed to comply with Rules and Regulations of the Football Association [2]

FA Rule E20 - Failed to ensure Players and/or Officials and/or Spectators conducted themselves in an orderly fashion [5]

FA Rule E3c - Improper Conduct against a Match Official (including abusive language/behaviour) [5]

FA Rule E3k - Improper Conduct (including foul and abusive language) [11]

FA Rule E3h - Improper Conduct (including violent conduct and threatening and/or abusive language/behaviour) [3]

MP - Multi Player Misconduct [11]

COUGHS AND SNEEZES SPREAD DISEASES

The FA is actively monitoring and adopting Government advice, and as a matter of good practice would recommend that Leagues and Clubs adopt the same approach. Please feel free to share this guidance. Given the current situation and guidance issued by the Public Health Authorities, the League feel it is advisable and prudent that the following be temporarily suspended until further notice: The pre-match handshakes as part of the RESPECT campaign by players and officials, Handshakes by captains and officials at the toss of the coin prior to the start of the match. Handshakes by players and officials after the final whistle. This will take effect from 3rd March until further notice. There may be more notices at short notice and the co-operation of clubs would of course be welcome during this difficult period.

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PORTSMOUTH SENIOR CUP 2019/20

The draw for the Semi Final was made late last week, here is how it affects our teams still in the competition. A berth in the Final at Fratton Park at stake. The games are to be scheduled in week commencing 20 March, the outstanding Denmead Moneyfields Quarter Final is scheduled for 18th March.

Quarter Final Denmead [at Moneyfields] - Moneyfields [Holders]

Paulsgrove [at Baffins] 0-4 Baffins Milton Rovers

United Services Portsmouth 2-5 Horndean

United Services Portsmouth Reserves 0-2 Fareham Town

Semi Final Baffins Milton Rovers - Horndean

Denmead or Moneyfields - Fareham Town

IT IS THE SAME EVERYWHERE !

Each season the FA order the League to finish its season by the last Saturday in April. Because of the extraordinary weather we are currently experiencing, they have given us some leeway to use the midweek following April 25th to arrange games that do not involve promotion or relegation clubs. This is by far the worst season we have experienced since we’ve been operating under an end of season deadline and it is going to need some flexibility and co-operation from clubs to meet this requirement, including March 7th there are either 8 or 9 Saturdays left in the season – “either” because the writer is not sure as to whether the additional week almost grudgingly granted by the FA includes the Saturday, which falls in May. Taking the 14 Step Five Leagues all are struggling with the fixtures as the following will show:-

LEAGUE GAMES LEFT STRUGGLING CLUBS Combined Counties 242 1 Club with 17, 1 Club with 16 and 2 Clubs with 15 to play Eastern Counties 224 1 Club with 15 to play Essex Senior 202 1 Club with 13 to play Hellenic 182 2 Clubs with 15 to play Midland Football 268 2 Clubs with 16 and 2 Clubs with 15 to play North West Counties 220 1 Club with 14 and 3 Clubs with 13 to play Northern Counties East 264 1 Club with 13 and 1 Club with 15 to play Northern 232 1 Club with 12 to play Southern Combination 242 2 Clubs with 16 to play Southern Counties East 240 1 Club with 17 to play Spartan South Midlands 262 1 Club with 16 to play United Counties 256 2 Clubs with 16 to play Western 252 2 Clubs with 18 to play Wessex 228 1 Club with 16 to play

This actually simplifies things since the question of home and away fixtures has to be taken in to account or who has yet to play whom. ( I remember in my far off Sunday Football days when a very confident but rather inadequate Fixture Secretary reached the point where eight Clubs in a Twelve Club division all had one game to play – and all against the same Club!). All the above Leagues owe a huge debt to their Fixture Secretaries and to the cooperation of the Clubs. It is also interesting to note that the oft held assumption that the weather is always worse in the North does not seem to have greatly affected the Northern League. If anybody is interested enough to check this and finds errors then they are down to my mental arithmetic, doing it in a hurry and trying, without any great deal of success, to find whether it is still possible to use my ticket to get to Jersey on the 7th!



WEEKEND RESULTS

Saturday 7 March 2020

Premier Division

AFC Portchester 6-2 Amesbury Town 85 Alex Baldacchino 38, 64 Zak Pickett Pete Castle 41 Billy Connor Dan Wooden 70, 78 Jason Parish 71

Alresford Town 4-1 Bournemouth 44 Mike Gosney [2] Edgar Zanin Craig McAllister Duarte Martins

Bashley 0-2 Horndean 132

Alfie Lis

Bobby Scott

Brockenhurst 1-5 Portland United 69 Mitch Speechley-Price [pen] Ryan McKechnie 5, 17, 90+2

Ben Morris 13

Bailey Rowe 70

Fareham Town 5-1 Shaftesbury 66 OG River Smith Jack Breed [pen] Gary Austin [2] Josh Benfield

Fleet Town 3-2 Hamble Club 85 Dan Bone 67, 79 Charlie Wagstaffe 8 Taylor Watts 72 Mike Byrne 51

Lymington Town 2-0 AFC Stoneham 69 Sam House Alex Sawyer

Solent University 0-6 Christchurch 29

Max Wilcock 20, 74, 76

Kyle Graham 21

Ash Pope 82, 87

Tadley Calleva 2-0 Cowes Sports 48 Clive Makoni Callum Cleary



Division One

Andover New Street 1-0 New Milton Town 108 Luke Hooper 16

Bemerton Heath Harlequins 1-1 Verwood Town 53 George Plank Lee Vint

Downton 1-1 Ringwood Town 69 Dan Savage Ryan Hamm

Fawley AFC 0-3 Laverstock & Ford 58

Tommy Campbell-Smith 2

Russell Jones 52

Chae Sykes 79

Newport (IoW) 3-0 Alton 106 Jordan Browne 41, 55 Connor Kelly 59

Romsey Town 0-3 Andover Town 86

Adam Pattison

Harrison Hale

Tom Pattison

Whitchurch United 1-2 United Services Portsmouth 112 George Bishop 5 Josh Hazell 16

George Root 87

LEAGUE TABLES

RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 Alresford Town 29 21 2 6 70 40 30 65 2.24138

2 AFC Stoneham 30 20 3 7 65 33 32 63 2.10000

3 AFC Portchester 28 19 2 7 72 40 32 59 2.10714

4 Christchurch 25 17 3 5 53 19 34 54 2.16000

5 Lymington Town 28 16 4 8 65 36 29 52 1.85714

6 Horndean 28 14 8 6 63 38 25 50 1.78571

7 Hamworthy United 31 14 5 12 70 57 13 47 1.51613

8 Fareham Town [pts adjusted] 26 15 4 7 64 41 23 46 1.76923

9 Bashley 28 14 3 11 55 40 15 45 1.60714

10 Portland United 27 13 5 9 65 42 23 44 1.62963

11 Hamble Club 28 13 4 11 45 47 -2 43 1.53571

12 Tadley Calleva 28 11 3 14 48 59 -11 36 1.28571

13 Baffins Milton Rovers 22 11 1 10 39 35 4 34 1.54545

14 Fleet Town 27 9 6 12 50 48 2 33 1.22222

15 Brockenhurst 26 9 4 13 47 46 1 31 1.19231

16 Shaftesbury 29 7 3 19 37 74 -37 24 0.82759

17 Solent University 27 5 4 18 44 95 -51 19 0.70370

18 Bournemouth 27 4 4 19 23 65 -42 16 0.59259

19 Cowes Sports 29 3 4 22 35 80 -45 13 0.44828

20 Amesbury Town [pts adjusted] 27 3 2 22 29 104 -75 8 0.29630



RANK DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 United Services Portsmouth 28 20 4 4 86 33 53 64 2.28571

2 Andover New Street 24 18 2 4 75 44 31 56 2.33333

3 Hythe & Dibden 24 16 6 2 67 29 38 54 2.25000

4 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 27 17 2 8 80 38 42 53 1.96296

5 Downton 27 16 4 7 60 38 22 52 1.92593

6 Alton 27 15 4 8 54 44 10 49 1.81481

7 Newport (IoW) 26 15 3 8 73 36 37 48 1.84615

8 Laverstock & Ford 25 11 5 9 53 43 10 38 1.52000

9 Whitchurch United 30 11 3 16 53 58 -5 36 1.20000

10 Petersfield Town 24 9 7 8 32 26 6 34 1.41667

11 Andover Town 29 9 7 13 40 54 -14 34 1.17241

12 Verwood Town 26 9 5 12 46 57 -11 32 1.23077

13 Romsey Town 24 9 4 11 54 60 -6 31 1.29167

14 Ringwood Town 28 6 10 12 50 65 -15 28 1.00000

15 New Milton Town 28 4 10 14 28 69 -41 22 0.78571

16 Fawley AFC 27 5 5 17 41 68 -27 20 0.74074

17 Totton & Eling 22 5 3 14 24 55 -31 18 0.81818

18 East Cowes Victoria 24 4 5 15 29 64 -35 17 0.70833

19 Folland Sports 26 3 3 20 28 92 -64 12 0.46154

FORM GUIDE- SIX PACK

RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A LAST SIX

1 AFC Portchester 6 5 1 0 21 11 WWWDWW

2 Christchurch 6 5 0 1 15 1 WWWWLW

3 Alresford Town 6 5 0 1 14 5 WWLWWW

4 Portland United 6 4 0 2 13 6 WLLWWW

5 Hamworthy United 6 4 0 2 15 9 LLWWWW

6 Tadley Calleva 6 4 0 2 17 12 LWWWLW

7 Fareham Town 6 4 1 1 14 10 WWLWDW

8 Horndean 6 3 1 2 10 6 WDLLWW

9 Lymington Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 WWDLLW

10 AFC Stoneham 6 3 0 3 17 12 WLWLWL

11 Fleet Town 6 2 2 2 14 14 WDLLDW

12 Bashley 6 2 1 3 10 11 WLWLDL

13 Solent University 6 2 1 3 10 17 WLWLDL

14 Baffins Milton Rovers 6 1 1 4 7 14 LLLLDW

15 Shaftesbury 6 1 1 4 6 17 LDLWLL

16 Hamble Club 6 1 0 5 8 17 WLLLLL

17 Cowes Sports 6 0 2 4 10 17 LDDLLL

18 Brockenhurst 6 0 2 4 5 15 DLLLDL

19 Bournemouth 6 0 2 4 5 17 LLDDLL

20 Amesbury Town 6 0 0 6 6 30 LLLLLL



RANK DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A LAST SIX

1 Newport (IoW) 6 5 1 0 21 3 WWDWWW

2 Hythe & Dibden 6 5 1 0 24 9 WDWWWW

3 United Services Portsmouth 6 5 1 0 14 3 DWWWWW

4 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 6 5 1 0 14 7 WWWWWD

5 Andover New Street 6 5 0 1 20 7 WWLWWW

6 Verwood Town 6 3 3 0 10 6 WDDWWD

7 Downton 6 3 1 2 9 4 WWWLLD

8 Laverstock & Ford 6 3 1 2 16 13 WLWDLW

9 Alton 6 2 2 2 6 8 WDDWLL

10 Ringwood Town 6 1 4 1 9 8 DDDLWD

11 Totton & Eling 6 2 1 3 12 18 WLLLDW

12 Petersfield Town 6 1 3 2 5 7 DLWDDL

13 Andover Town 6 1 1 4 9 18 LLLDLW

14 East Cowes Victoria 6 1 1 4 4 15 DLLWLL

15 Fawley AFC 6 1 0 5 9 14 LLWLLL

16 Romsey Town 6 0 3 3 8 16 DDLDLL

17 New Milton Town 6 0 3 3 2 11 LDLDDL

18 Whitchurch United 6 1 0 5 2 12 LLWLLL

19 Folland Sports 6 0 1 5 7 27 LLDLLL

ATTENDANCE STATS

PREMIER DIVISION 1819 AVGE 1920 AVGE +/- +/- AS A %

AFC PORTCHESTER 112.5789 108.8667 -3.7123 -3.30%

AFC STONEHAM 52.7222 84.7500 32.0278 60.75%

ALRESFORD TOWN 52.6316 55.5625 2.9309 5.57%

AMESBURY TOWN 62.6667 50.7857 -11.8810 -18.96%

BAFFINS MILTON ROVERS 74.0000 60.8750 -13.1250 -17.74%

BASHLEY 156.1580 154.9333 -1.2247 -0.78%

BOURNEMOUTH 50.1053 58.5000 8.3947 16.75%

BROCKENHURST 106.4740 110.3636 3.8896 3.65%

CHRISTCHURCH 79.3684 79.7000 0.3316 0.42%

COWES SPORTS 136.0000 111.7143 -24.2857 -17.86%

FAREHAM TOWN 85.8421 82.2143 -3.6278 -4.23%

FLEET TOWN 0.0000 116.8667 116.8667 0.00%

HAMBLE CLUB 71.8947 70.9167 -0.9780 -1.36%

HAMWORTHY UNITED 103.1050 90.3571 -12.7479 -12.36%

HORNDEAN 65.1579 56.6923 -8.4656 -12.99%

LYMINGTON TOWN 70.4211 77.9375 7.5164 10.67%

PORTLAND UNITED 121.6840 115.8667 -5.8173 -4.78%

SHAFTESBURY 48.1053 49.0625 0.9572 1.99%

SOLENT UNIVERSITY FC 46.5263 50.4615 3.9352 8.46%

TADLEY CALLEVA 78.0000 80.2308 2.2308 2.86%



DIVISION ONE 1819 AVGE 1920 AVGE +/- +/- AS A %

ALTON 85.2222 126.2000 40.9778 48.08%

ANDOVER NEW STREET 97.0000 108.9167 11.9167 12.29%

ANDOVER TOWN 92.5000 115.9231 23.4231 25.32%

BEMERTON HEATH H'QUINS 50.4737 59.3571 8.8834 17.60%

DOWNTON 70.8889 76.4000 5.5111 7.77%

EAST COWES VICTORIA 58.7778 65.2500 6.4722 11.01%

FAWLEY AFC 45.3333 64.2857 18.9524 41.81%

FOLLAND SPORTS 36.3333 30.5833 -5.7500 -15.83%

HYTHE & DIBDEN 74.4118 79.5000 5.0882 6.84%

LAVERSTOCK & FORD 66.2222 109.9091 43.6869 65.97%

NEW MILTON TOWN 63.8889 51.2000 -12.6889 -19.86%

NEWPORT (IOW) 110.6470 113.8462 3.1992 2.89%

PETERSFIELD TOWN 65.5556 94.2727 28.7171 43.81%

RINGWOOD TOWN 36.4444 38.1333 1.6889 4.63%

ROMSEY TOWN 108.0000 86.1667 -21.8333 -20.22%

TOTTON & ELING 106.6110 96.1250 -10.4860 -9.84%

US PORTSMOUTH 24.8889 55.2308 30.3419 121.91%

VERWOOD TOWN 50.5556 46.2308 -4.3248 -8.55%

WHITCHURCH UNITED 50.1667 58.7333 8.5666 17.08%



NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

RANK DORSET PREMIER PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 Hamworthy Recreation 16 15 1 0 66 19 47 46 2.87500

2 Merley Cobham Sports [*] 18 15 1 2 87 23 64 43 2.38889

3 Westland Sports 17 13 1 3 48 24 24 40 2.35294

4 Gillingham Town 24 13 0 11 58 42 16 39 1.62500

5 Dorchester Sports 22 10 7 5 56 41 15 37 1.68182

6 Bournemouth Sports (Parley) [*] 23 12 4 7 52 38 14 37 1.60870

7 Balti Sports 22 10 7 5 49 35 14 37 1.68182

8 Blandford United 17 9 4 4 53 31 22 31 1.82353

9 Holt United 23 9 3 11 48 47 1 30 1.30435

10 Corfe Castle 24 7 3 14 44 76 -32 24 1.00000

11 Swanage Town & Herston 19 7 2 10 40 46 -6 23 1.21053

12 Bridport Reserves 22 7 2 13 44 66 -22 23 1.04545

13 Shaftesbury Reserves 19 6 3 10 39 56 -17 21 1.10526

14 Sturminster Newton United 21 5 3 13 31 68 -37 18 0.85714

15 Portland United Reserves [*] 23 5 4 14 37 76 -39 16 0.69565

16 Sherborne Town Reserves 20 4 2 14 25 60 -35 14 0.70000

17 Wareham Rangers 20 3 3 14 31 60 -29 12 0.60000

Corfe Castle 0-5 Bournemouth Sports (Parley) Portland United Reserves 1-3 Wareham Rangers Sturminster Newton United 4-1 Holt United

RANK HAMPSHIRE PREMIER PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 Infinity 24 20 4 0 85 21 64 64 2.66667

2 Paulsgrove 27 16 6 5 68 41 27 54 2.00000

3 Bush Hill 19 15 3 1 75 16 59 48 2.52632

4 Fleetlands 23 14 4 5 71 36 35 46 2.00000

5 Hayling United 24 13 4 7 54 31 23 43 1.79167

6 Stockbridge 24 12 2 10 60 39 21 38 1.58333

7 Overton United 23 10 3 10 47 50 -3 33 1.43478

8 Liphook United 22 9 5 8 56 49 7 32 1.45455

9 Colden Common 18 8 4 6 60 35 25 28 1.55556

10 Clanfield 22 8 3 11 45 46 -1 27 1.22727

11 Lyndhurst 21 6 3 12 29 68 -39 21 1.00000

12 Liss Athletic 22 6 3 13 35 83 -48 21 0.95455

13 Sway 22 5 2 15 36 77 -41 17 0.77273

14 Winchester Castle 22 4 2 16 24 58 -34 14 0.63636

15 Locks Heath 22 3 4 15 28 69 -41 13 0.59091

16 Chamberlayne Athletic 23 4 0 19 26 80 -54 12 0.52174

Chamberlayne Athletic 1-6 Bush Hill Colden Common 1-4 Paulsgrove Hayling United 4-2 Clanfield Locks Heath 4-4 Liphook United

Lyndhurst 0-3 Infinity Overton United 2-2 Fleetlands Stockbridge 4-0 Sway Winchester Castle 3-3 Liss Athletic



RANK WILTSHIRE SENIOR PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 Shrewton United 20 13 3 4 62 30 32 42 2.10000

2 Corsham Town Reserves 21 12 5 4 56 30 26 41 1.95238

3 Kintbury Rangers 19 12 4 3 58 25 33 40 2.10526

4 Wroughton 15 12 3 0 58 13 45 39 2.60000

5 Melksham Town Reserves 20 11 4 5 55 30 25 37 1.85000

6 Purton 21 10 5 6 53 37 16 35 1.66667

7 Royal Wootton Bassett Town Dev [*] 22 10 5 7 42 33 9 32 1.45455

8 Cricklade Town 20 9 1 10 52 52 0 28 1.40000

9 Frome Collegians AFC 21 6 5 10 42 47 -5 23 1.09524

10 Marlborough Town 22 6 4 12 35 57 -22 22 1.00000

11 Trowbridge Town 15 6 1 8 35 27 8 19 1.26667

12 Stratton Juniors 19 5 3 11 24 48 -24 18 0.94737

13 Malmesbury Victoria Dev 18 4 2 12 29 64 -35 14 0.77778

14 Pewsey Vale [*] 17 3 1 13 14 80 -66 8 0.47059

15 Ludgershall Sports 16 1 0 15 17 59 -42 3 0.18750

Corsham Town Reserves 2-2 Shrewton United Cricklade Town 3-4 Frome Collegians AFC Marlborough Town 1-0 Pewsey Vale Purton 2-2 Wroughton

RANK WYVERN PREMIER PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 Wimborne Town 19 13 2 4 66 41 25 41 2.15789

2 Poole Town 21 12 2 7 67 36 31 38 1.80952

3 Sholing 16 10 2 4 40 24 16 32 2.00000

4 Hamble Club 13 9 2 2 46 19 27 29 2.23077

5 Fareham Town 17 8 4 5 42 40 2 28 1.64706

6 AFC Stoneham 16 7 4 5 40 41 -1 25 1.56250

7 Christchurch 17 6 3 8 31 32 -1 21 1.23529

8 Gosport Borough 11 6 2 3 31 22 9 20 1.81818

9 Horndean 15 6 2 7 30 40 -10 20 1.33333

10 Baffins Milton Rovers 16 5 3 8 33 43 -10 18 1.12500

11 Romsey Town 17 4 1 12 23 46 -23 13 0.76471

12 Totton & Eling 13 3 3 7 21 35 -14 12 0.92308

13 AFC Portchester 14 3 1 10 26 40 -14 10 0.71429

14 Downton 17 3 1 13 29 66 -37 10 0.58824

Hamble Club 4-1 Christchurch Horndean 0-3 Totton & Eling Poole Town H-W Romsey Town Sholing 1-3 Baffins Milton Rovers

[*] Points adjustment made



ROUND UP ACROSS THE PATCH The weekend in brief and we’ll start in the In the National League where Eastleigh earned a point with a goalless draw at Wrexham and are currently sitting in 16th place in the table. There were no Dorset Premier games affecting the top five, but Bournemouth Sports scored five without reply at Corfe to go fifth and Wareham Rangers close the gap at the foot of the table courtesy of a 3-1 win at Portland. There was a full programme in the Hampshire Premier, the first for a long time. Infinity stay ten points clear following a 3-0 win at Lyndhurst, second placed Paulsgrove also won on the road, 4-1 at Colden Common- but it was Bush Hill who had the biggest win with a 6-0 win over Chamberlayne with the game being switched to their Millbrook home. Fleetlands however found Overton a tough nut to crack where four goals and the points were shared. The top two in Wiltshire clashed and it ended honours even at two each and there was a similar result at Purton where Wroughton were the visitors. Southern League Premier Division South where former members Blackfield & Langley and Poole Town share two goals and the points at Gang Warily, whilst Gosport Borough earned a single goal victory at Beaconsfield Town and Salisbury won a best of three home game over Merthyr Town. In the west of Dorset, Wimborne Town went down to a 1-0 defeat at struggling Dorchester Town. In Division One South Sholing travelled to North Devon and earned a point in a goalless draw at Barnstaple Town. AFC Totton had a 4-2 reverse at Cinderford Town. A better day though for our other former members. Thatcham Town go top after a 4-0 win at Mangotsfield Town and Moneyfields ground out a 1-0 home win over Highworth Town. Finally in this section, Winchester City won by the odd goal in three at Slimbridge, and the table below shows who is currently in the shake up for end of season joy or gloom. The asterisk indicates former Wessex member clubs.

RANK DIVISION ONE SOUTH PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 Thatcham Town [*] 27 18 4 5 66 28 38 58 2.14815

2 Frome Town 28 17 7 4 57 27 30 58 2.07143

3 Larkhall Athletic 27 14 7 6 45 37 8 49 1.81481

4 Winchester City [*] 27 14 6 7 53 37 16 48 1.77778

5 Melksham Town 28 14 5 9 58 51 7 47 1.67857

6 Cirencester Town 27 14 3 10 58 38 20 45 1.66667

7 Paulton Rovers 27 13 6 8 61 43 18 45 1.66667

8 Cinderford Town 26 13 4 9 59 45 14 43 1.65385

9 Evesham United 28 11 8 9 52 50 2 41 1.46429

10 Sholing [*] 25 12 2 11 39 33 6 38 1.52000

11 Bideford 28 10 7 11 49 50 -1 37 1.32143

12 Slimbridge 26 11 2 13 54 53 1 35 1.34615

13 Highworth Town 28 8 8 12 36 41 -5 32 1.14286

14 Willand Rovers 24 10 2 12 32 37 -5 32 1.33333

15 Bristol Manor Farm 27 8 6 13 31 44 -13 30 1.11111

16 AFC Totton [*] 27 7 8 12 39 53 -14 29 1.07407

17 Mangotsfield United 29 8 4 17 46 65 -19 28 0.96552

18 Moneyfields [*] 25 7 6 12 37 50 -13 27 1.08000

19 Basingstoke Town [pts adjusted] 27 5 4 18 34 76 -42 18 0.66667

20 Barnstaple Town 27 5 1 21 26 74 -48 16 0.59259



WEEK THIRTY-TWO ROUND UP

hursday’s downpour happily did not cause as much damage as feared with only three games postponed across the two Divisions, though two of those added to the number of home games still outstanding for Baffins Milton Rovers and Totton & Eling.

So just nine games played in the Premier Division – Baffins v Hamworthy was postponed – and no fewer than forty two goals scored. Leaders Alresford weighed in with four against Bournemouth – two for Mike Gosney – and AFC Portchester scored six against bottom Club Amesbury with two goals apiece for Alex Baldacchino and Dan Wooden; Zak Pickett with one of the replies from Amesbury- and we hear that this was the defender’s last appearance for the Wiltshire side as he moves back south to link up again with Lymington Town. Second placed AFC Stoneham went down 2-0 at Lymington, only their third loss on the road, with Sam House and Alex Sawyer on the mark for the home side. Christchurch also scored six, as Solent University’s search for a home win continued, with Max Wilcock claiming a hat trick, Ash Pope two and Kyle Graham one and there were two scores of five to add to the overall tally, Portland and Fareham both going nap on the day. Portland inflicted Brockenhurst’s fourth defeat in their last five matches helped by a hat trick from Ryan McKechnie – that should get him a mention in next week’s Matchday Programme – and Gary Austin scored twice as Fareham extended Shaftesbury’s long run without an away win. This followed the Creeksiders’ win over Us Portsmouth on Thursday that took them in to the last four of the Portsmouth Senior Cup. Back to Saturday and the Premier Division and the meeting between Bashley and Horndean was every bit as close as expected with goals from Alfie Lis and Bobby Scott giving the visitors the points. Hamble Club’s poor away record let them down again as they lost by the odd goal in five at Fleet Town and at the same end of the county Tadley made it four wins in a row scoring twice against Cowes Sports without any reply from the Yachtsmen. At the end of all that Alresford lead by two points and Horndean have climbed in to the top six. Goals were in shorter supply in Division One and none of those at the top of the table found points easy to come by on the day, Whitchurch staged a “Community Day” and were rewarded with a three figure attendance but could not prevent US Portsmouth returning South with the points after a best of three goal victory. Luke Hooper followed his midweek hat trick with the only goal of the game for New Street at home to New Milton – a good showing by the visitors – and draw specialists Ringwood shared the points at Downton after Ryan Hamm’s goal had been cancelled out by the home side’s Dan Savage. Verwood Town continued their fine current form with a one all draw at Bemerton – George Plank and Lee Vint the marksmen – and with the Hythe & Dibden clash with East Cowes Vics postponed, Newport edged closer to the top six with a 3-0 win over Alton with two goals from Jordan Browne. There was a similar scoreline at Romsey where Andover Town came out on top following a long series of defeats at the Bypass Ground with the brothers Pattison both on the score sheet. Laverstock & Ford proved too strong for Fawley, winning 3-0 on the Waterside –Tommy Campbell-Smith, Russell Jones and Chae Sykes the scorers – leaving the home side slipping dangerously close to relegation waters. US Portsmouth still lead the table by eight points but most of the Clubs in pursuit have games in hand and promotion is still on the cards for perhaps as many as seven Clubs. If one can interject a personal note- I went to Jersey yesterday to see Jersey Bulls win Division One of the Combined Counties League with eleven matches still to play. They have won every game and have a goal difference of +92. The opposition flew over from Heathrow and the plane was delayed because of a broken seatbelt! and they arrived at the ground at 2.20. Both sides wanted to start at 3.15 but the referee (no further comment) insisted on 3.45 which became 3.52 so I was forced to miss the second half in order to get home. And the name of the opposition on the day? British Airways. You could not make it up !

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