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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2019/20 EDITION NUMBER 26

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STAT ATTACK

LEADING GOALSCORERS- LEAGUE GAMES ONLY

PREMIER DIVISION DIVISION ONE Craig Harding Alresford Town 16 Justin Bennett Bemerton Heath H’quins 24 Bobby Scott Horndean 12 James Franklyn United Services Portsmouth 16 Dan Wooden AFC Portchester 12 Liam Magee Romsey Town 14 Freddie Bullard Brockenhurst 11 Lee Vint Verwood Town 14 Dom Falco Lymington Town 10 Connor Kelly Newport IOW 13 Jamie Symes Portland United 10 [four on eleven] Ethan Taylor Solent University 10

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

33

DIVISION ONE

20

PREMIER DIVISION Top three league attendances

Fleet Town v Brockenhurst 241 28 September Bashley v Alresford Town 221 7 September AFC Portchester v Fareham Town 220 29 October

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 Portland United 50 Christchurch 16 US Portsmouth 61 Petersfield Town 17 Alresford Town 49 AFC Stoneham 18 Bemerton Heath 59 Hythe & Dibden 20 Lymington Town 46 Baffins Milton Rovers 21 Whitchurch United 48 US Portsmouth 25 Hamworthy United 44 AFC Portchester 23 Alton 46 Bemerton Heath 26 Fareham Town 43 Bashley 23 Downton 46 Laverstock & Ford 28 Horndean 43 Fareham Town 27 Andover New Street 44 Newport IOW 28



“DIPPING” IN THE POOLE

Poole Town, as they are now, were formed in 1890 through a merger of Poole Hornets and Poole Rovers and played in the Dorset League, the Hampshire League and, after the First World War, the Western League. The Club moved to the Stadium in Poole in 1934 and changed their name to Poole Town. What happened when football resumed after the war is unclear but records show that the Club played in the Western League from 1930/31 until 1956/57 with an unexplained break in 1934/35. It is interesting to note that in that “initial” season in 1930/31 they played in Division Two of the Western League, finishing ninth behind the Champions, Portland United. In 1957/58 they moved up in to the Southern League, playing primarily in the Premier Division until a disastrous season in the Southern Division in 1995/96 – they secured only one point from forty games and conceded 188 goals -saw them move back to the Hampshire League. The one point gained was a game at the County Ground against Bashley. They had been forced to leave the Stadium a couple of years earlier – when the Greyhound Track was widened leaving insufficient room for Football - and ground grading problems

meant that they could not play at a higher level than the Hampshire League. Between 1994 and 2000 they led a somewhat nomadic existence, playing at Hamworthy United, Holt United and Haskells Recreation Ground (off Ringwood Road in Newtown) before moving to their present base at Tatnam in 2000. Having improved the ground to meet the necessary Ground Grading criteria they joined the Wessex League in 2004/05 where they stayed for seven seasons. Their overall League Record over those seasons makes impressive reading:-

PL W D L F A Pts 292 212 36 44 819 283 672

They were League Champions in each of the final three seasons and were League Cup Runners Up in 2010 whilst the number of goals scored averages out at over one hundred per season. Record Wessex win; Home: 10-0 v Horndean, 21 April 2009 - Away: 7-0 v Hayling United, 28 March 2009 and defeat; Home: 1-5 v Wimborne Town, 23 April 2009 - Away: 0-4 v Winchester City, 10 September 2005 From the Wessex League they moved to the Southern League and it has largely been progress both on and off the field ever since having at one stage reached the National League South, and today they are only one step below that level. They have enjoyed something of a monopoly as regards the Dorset Senior Cup and especially appearances in the Final having won the trophy sixteen times and been runners on a further nineteen occasions. Their name will also always be associated nowadays with Charlie Austin who scored 48 goals for the Club in 42 appearances before moving in to the professional ranks with Swindon, Burnley, QPR and Southampton and continuing to score goals. It is perhaps ironic that having been deemed surplus to requirements at St. Marys at the end of last season he is regularly scoring goals at West Bromwich Albion – which is more than can be said at present of Saints as a team! But back to Poole Town. They enjoyed their spell in the Wessex League – the League can surely say they helped them get back on their feet – and they are to be congratulated on what they have achieved since moving up the footballing ladder.



CLUB NEWS

AFC Stoneham are delighted to announce that they’ll officially move to their new stadium in Stoneham Lane next week, with the first game there currently scheduled to be the Hampshire Senior Cup tie against Sholing. This also seems to be an opportune moment to remind everyone that it will be a requirements of Hampshire county FA to register for access. In order to do so, please visit the County website - http://www.hampshirefa.com/news/2019/jun/18/register-to-use-stoneham-lane-football-complex Here is a reminder about the story- Hampshire FA have been appointed as operators of the £9 million Stoneham Lane Football Complex facility. They are part of the Parklife Project which is an FA initiative to ensure the income generated at the football clubs is put back into funding grassroots football within the local area. In order to enter the facility, ALL users will need to register beforehand. The FA and Sport England require the data generated from registrations and the reception turnstiles to analyse trends and participation. Furthermore registration is compulsory to meet their safeguarding requirements amongst other things. Each registration will be sent a unique QR code that will give them access via the turnstile. Registration is simple and it should take no longer than 2 minutes. Please visit the website (link above). All enquiries can be sent to [email protected]. Andover New Street are pleased to announce the appointment of John Ward and Chris White as Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively. John has had a long association with New Street over many years and his knowledge and drive, allied to Chris’s experience, will help to take the Club forward both on and off the field. The Club would like to thank Glen Butterfield and Paul Reidy for their help in respect of the position this season and all at Foxcotte welcome John and Chris in their new roles. It seems I was a bit premature in reporting that River Smith had moved to Hamworthy United from Shaftesbury. Apologies to all parties involved. We do note however that Zak Pickett has moved from Romsey to Amesbury over the Christmas break, and that striker Justin Bennett- with 24 league goals for Bemerton; has signed dual registration forms for Blackfield & Langley.

FIXTURES UPDATE The game between East Cowes Vics and Newport that was postponed on Boxing Day will go back in on Tuesday January 21st (with a KO of19.45). The more eagle-eyed amongst you will have seen that the M27 Motorway is now not going to be closed on the weekend of January 11th. The only alteration to the published fixture list that is going to be make is to change Bemerton's opponents from Laverstock & Ford to East Cowes Vics. The revised date for the Bemerton/Laverstock game will become Saturday February 8th. The motorway closure now involves Saturday February 1st. As luck would have it, the fixture list for that date is kind in terms of travelling across Southampton so do not expect wholesale changes. There are a couple of fixtures in the Premier Division that will be problematic. The revised fixture list is as follows and of course will be subject to alteration at little or no notice. Saturday January 4th 2020 Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Alresford Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Lymington Town Bashley v Amesbury Town Bournemouth v Fareham Town Cowes Sports v AFC Portchester Fleet Town v Christchurch Hamble Club v Shaftesbury Hamworthy United v Tadley Calleva Horndean v Portland United

Solent University v Brockenhurst Division One Alton v Newport IoW Andover New Street v Totton & Eling Downton v Andover Town East Cowes Vics v Whitchurch United Fawley AFC v Bemerton Heath H’quins Folland Sports v Petersfield Town (14.00) New Milton Town v Romsey Town U.S. Portsmouth v Hythe & Dibden Verwood Town v Laverstock & Ford

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Tuesday January 7th 2020 Dorset Senior Cup Semi Final Verwood Town v Weymouth Russell-Cotes Cup 2nd Round AFC Portchester v Fareham Town Christchurch v Fawley AFC Russell-Cotes Cup Quarter Finals AFC Totton v Lymington Town Wiltshire Senior Cup Quarter Final Wroughton v Laverstock & Ford Bournemouth Senior Cup Quarter Final Downton v Bashley North Hants Senior Cup Semi Final Tadley Calleva v Whitchurch United Salisbury Hospital Cup Quarter Final Shaftesbury v Bemerton Heath H’quins Thursday January 9th 2020 Russell-Cotes Cup 2nd Round Sholing v Horndean Southampton Senior Cup 3rd Round Bashley v QK Southampton Friday January 10th 2020 Premier Division Tadley Calleva v Alresford Town Saturday January 11th 2020 Buildbase FA Vase 4th Round Christchurch v Sutton Common Rovers Premier Division AFC Portchester v AFC Stoneham Amesbury Town v Bournemouth Baffins Milton Rovers v Fleet Town Bashley v Shaftesbury Brockenhurst v Hamworthy United (14.00) Fareham Town v Hamble Club Horndean v Cowes Sports Solent University v Portland United Division One Andover Town v Petersfield Town Bemerton Heath H’quins v East Cowes Vics Fawley AFC v Andover New Street Hythe & Dibden v Totton & Eling Newport IoW v New Milton Town Romsey Town v Downton U.S. Portsmouth v Alton Verwood Town v Ringwood Town Whitchurch United v Folland Sports Tuesday January 14th 2020 Hampshire Senior Cup 3rd Round AFC Stoneham v Sholing Hampshire Senior Cup Quarter Finals

Andover New Street v Moneyfields Bashley v Eastleigh Sydenhams League Cup 3rd Round Baffins Milton Rovers v Brockenhurst Portsmouth Senior Cup Quarter Final U.S. Portsmouth v Horndean Wednesday January 15th 2020 Southampton Senior Cup 3rd Round Fawley AFC v Lymington Town Thursday January 16th 2020 Portsmouth Senior Cup Quarter Final U.S. Portsmouth Reserves v Fareham Town Saturday January 18th 2020 Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Baffins Milton Rovers Alresford Town v Amesbury Town Bashley v Portland United Christchurch v AFC Portchester Fareham Town v Brockenhurst Hamble Club v Cowes Sports Hamworthy United v Fleet Town Lymington Town v Tadley Calleva Shaftesbury v Horndean Solent University v Bournemouth Division One Alton v Andover Town Downton v Verwood Town Folland Sports v Laverstock & Ford (14.00) New Milton Town v Whitchurch United Newport IoW v Romsey Town Petersfield Town v Fawley AFC Ringwood Town v Hythe & Dibden Totton & Eling v East Cowes Vics U.S. Portsmouth v Andover New Street Tuesday January 21st 2020 Premier Division Alresford Town v Fleet Town Division One Andover Town v Downton Bemerton Heath H’quins v Fawley AFC East Cowes Vics v Newport IoW Hythe & Dibden v Folland Sports New Milton Town v Andover New Street Petersfield Town v Alton Verwood Town v Romsey Town Bournemouth Senior Cup Semi Finals Hamworthy United v Downton or Bashley Lymington Town v Brockenhurst Portsmouth Senior Cup Quarter Final Paulsgrove v Baffins Milton Rovers (at Baffins)



Southampton Senior Cup 3rd Round Sholing v Hamble Club Saturday January 25th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Lymington Town Bashley v Hamble Club Brockenhurst v Horndean Christchurch v Baffins Milton Rovers Cowes Sports v AFC Stoneham Fleet Town v Bournemouth Hamworthy United v Amesbury Town Portland United v Tadley Calleva Shaftesbury v Alresford Town Solent University v Fareham Town Division One Andover New Street v Laverstock & Ford Andover Town v New Milton Town Bemerton Heath H’quins v Ringwood Town East Cowes Vics v Petersfield Town Fawley AFC v Newport IoW Folland Sports v Downton Hythe & Dibden v Andover Town New Milton Town v Alton Romsey Town v U.S. Portsmouth Verwood Town v Whitchurch United Monday January 27th 2020 Premier Division Solent University v Amesbury Town Tuesday January 28th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Tadley Calleva AFC Stoneham v Horndean Bournemouth v Bashley Brockenhurst v Baffins Milton Rovers Cowes Sports v Fareham Town Hamworthy United v Hamble Club Lymington Town v Portland United Shaftesbury v Christchurch Aldershot Senior Cup 2nd Round Alton v British Army Under 23s Camberley Town v Alresford Town Salisbury Hospital Cup Quarter Final Downton v Shrewton United Laverstock & Ford v Andover Town Saturday February 1st 2020 Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Hamworthy United Alresford Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Amesbury Town v Tadley Calleva Bournemouth v Cowes Sports

Brockenhurst v AFC Portchester Hamble Club v Horndean Lymington Town v Christchurch Portland United v Fareham Town Shaftesbury v Fleet Town Solent University v Bashley Division One Downton v Fawley AFC Folland Sports v Alton Laverstock & Ford v New Milton Town Newport IoW v Ringwood Town Petersfield Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins Totton & Eling v Andover New Street U.S. Portsmouth v East Cowes Vics Verwood Town v Andover Town Whitchurch United v Hythe & Dibden Tuesday February 4th 2020 date reserved for Bournemouth Senior Cup Final Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Amesbury Town Alresford Town v Fareham Town Bournemouth v Christchurch Cowes Sports v Baffins Milton Rovers Fleet Town v Tadley Calleva Horndean v AFC Portchester Shaftesbury v Portland United Division One Andover New Street v Alton Hythe & Dibden v Romsey Town Laverstock & Ford v Andover Town Totton & Eling v Ringwood Town Wednesday February 5th 2020 Division One Fawley AFC v Folland Sports Whitchurch United v Petersfield Town Friday February 7th 2020 Division One Totton & Eling v Romsey Town Saturday February 8th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Hamworthy United Alresford Town v AFC Stoneham Amesbury Town v Portland United Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamble Club Christchurch v Fleet Town Fareham Town v Cowes Sports Horndean v Solent University Lymington Town v Bournemouth Shaftesbury v Brockenhurst Tadley Calleva v Bashley



Division One Bemerton Heath H’quins v Laverstock & Ford East Cowes Vics v Andover New Street Fawley AFC v Alton Folland Sports v Newport IoW New Milton Town v Verwood Town Petersfield Town v Ringwood Town U.S. Portsmouth v Andover Town Whitchurch United v Downton Tuesday February 11th 2020 Sydenhams League Cup Quarter Final Alresford Town v Hamble Club Baffins MR or Brockenhurst v AFC Stoneham (Wednesday Feb 12 if Baffins) Saturday February 15th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Christchurch AFC Stoneham v Tadley Calleva 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 Bemerton Heath H’quins v Downton East Cowes Vics v New Milton Town Fawley AFC v U.S. Portsmouth Folland Sports v Andover Town Ringwood Town v Laverstock & Ford Romsey Town v Alton Totton & Eling v Petersfield Town Tuesday February 18th 2020 Sydenhams League Cup Quarter Final Christchurch v Bournemouth Totton & Eling v Portland United Saturday February 22nd 2020 Premier Division Alresford Town v Bashley Baffins Milton Rovers v AFC Stoneham Bournemouth v Portland United Brockenhurst v Hamble Club Christchurch v Tadley Calleva Cowes Sports v Hamworthy United Fareham Town v Lymington Town Fleet Town v AFC Portchester Horndean v Amesbury Town

Solent University v Shaftesbury Division One Downton v Andover New Street Fawley AFC v Andover Town Hythe & Dibden v Bemerton Heath H’quins Laverstock & Ford v Alton New Milton Town v Petersfield Town Newport IoW v Whitchurch United Romsey Town v Totton & Eling U.S. Portsmouth v Ringwood Town Verwood Town v Folland Sports Tuesday February 25th 2020 Salisbury Hospital Cup Quarter Final Amesbury Town v Salisbury Saturday February 29th 2020 Premier Division Amesbury Town v Fleet Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Bashley Cowes Sports v Alresford Town Hamble Club v Bournemouth Hamworthy United v Shaftesbury Horndean v Christchurch Lymington Town v Brockenhurst Portland United v AFC Stoneham Solent University v AFC Portchester Tadley Calleva v Fareham Town Division One Alton v Totton & Eling Andover Town v Andover New Street Downton v U.S. Portsmouth East Cowes Vics v Laverstock & Ford Folland Sports v Romsey Town New Milton Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins Petersfield Town v Hythe & Dibden Ringwood Town v Whitchurch United Verwood Town v Newport IoW Saturday March 7th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Amesbury Town Alresford Town v Bournemouth Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamworthy United Bashley v Horndean Brockenhurst v Portland United Fareham Town v Shaftesbury Fleet Town v Hamble Club Lymington Town v AFC Stoneham Solent University v Christchurch Tadley Calleva v Cowes Sports Division One Andover New Street v New Milton Town



Bemerton Heath H’quins v Verwood Town Downton v Ringwood Town Fawley AFC v Laverstock & Ford Hythe & Dibden v East Cowes Vics Newport IoW v Alton Romsey Town v Andover Town Totton & Eling v Folland Sports Whitchurch United v U.S. Portsmouth Friday March 13th 2020 Division One 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 Petersfield Town Andover Town v Whitchurch United East Cowes Vics v Ringwood Town Folland Sports v Bemerton Heath H’quins Laverstock & Ford v Newport IoW New Milton Town v Downton Romsey Town v Hythe & Dibden Verwood Town v Fawley AFC 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 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 Saturday March 28th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Baffins Milton Rovers Christchurch v Brockenhurst Fareham Town v Amesbury Town Hamworthy United v Bashley Horndean v AFC Stoneham Lymington Town v Hamble Club Portland United v Fleet Town Shaftesbury v Cowes Sports Tadley Calleva v Bournemouth Division One Alton v Downton Andover New Street v Bemerton Heath H’quins Folland Sports v Fawley AFC Hythe & Dibden v New Milton Town Newport IoW v Totton & Eling Ringwood Town v U.S. Portsmouth Romsey Town v East Cowes Vics Verwood Town v Petersfield Town Whitchurch United v Laverstock & Ford Saturday April 4th 2020 Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Shaftesbury Amesbury Town v Alresford Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Horndean Bournemouth v Solent University Brockenhurst v Fleet Town Christchurch v Fareham Town Cowes Sports v Portland United 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 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 Saturday April 11th 2020 Premier Division Bournemouth v Fleet Town Brockenhurst v Alresford Town Cowes Sports v Amesbury Town Hamble Club v Tadley Calleva



Hamworthy United v AFC Portchester Horndean v Baffins Milton Rovers Lymington Town v Solent University Portland United v Christchurch Shaftesbury v Bashley Division One Andover New Street v Newport IoW Bemerton Heath H’quins v U.S. Portsmouth Downton v Petersfield Town East Cowes Vics v Fawley AFC Hythe & Dibden v Alton Laverstock & Ford v Totton & Eling Ringwood Town v Folland Sports Romsey Town v Verwood Town 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 Solent University v Cowes Sports Division One Alton v Romsey Town Andover Town v Ringwood Town Fawley AFC v New Milton Town Folland Sports v Andover New Street Newport IoW v Downton Totton & Eling v Bemerton Heath H’quins U.S. Portsmouth v Laverstock & Ford Verwood Town v Hythe & Dibden Whitchurch United v East Cowes Vics

WEEKEND RESULTS

Friday 27 December 2019 Division One New Milton Town 1-1 Ringwood Town 78 Joe Petty 63 Ryan Hamm 45+2

Saturday 28 December 2019 Premier Division AFC Portchester 0-1 Alresford Town 180

Craig Harding 33

Brockenhurst 2-3 Bournemouth 114 Will Tickle [pen] Mal Thomas [3] Freddie Bullard Christchurch 3-1 Hamble Club 96 Luke Stone 1 Nathan Lynch 82 [pen] Brad Cherrett 4 [pen] Matt Neale 81 Fleet Town 1-1 Horndean 141 Aaron Redford 10 Ben Anderson 6

Lymington Town 3-2 Cowes Sports 69 Rian Drake Jimmy Wykes 18 Ali Zintany Jared Wetherick 23 Luke Churchill Portland United 2-3 Hamworthy United 140 Ben Morris Eddie Hodge 25, 30 Ed Bastick Ollie Davis 26

Shaftesbury 5-3 Amesbury Town 58 River Smith [2] Zak Pickett Aaron Laney OG Oli Lowes Billy Connor [pen] Matt Hindle Tadley Calleva 1-2 Solent University 104 Nick Bignall 4 Jean-Pierre Alexander 29

Ethan Taylor 68



Division One Alton 2-1 Verwood Town 163 Stuart Green 27, 62 Lee Vint 75

Andover Town 1-0 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 147 Josh Bertie East Cowes Victoria 1-0 Folland Sports 65 Jimmi Burton 54 Hythe & Dibden 1-0 Fawley AFC 120 Mig Dark 30 Laverstock & Ford 4-2 Downton 201 Chae Sykes [2] Tom Moseley [2] Russell Jones Archie Lovegrove Petersfield Town 1-3 United Services Portsmouth 175 Matt Low 35 Tom Jeffes 50

Liam Kyle 62 Dec Seiden 80 [pen]

Totton & Eling 0-2 Whitchurch United 98 Ryan Long 22 Jamie Blackburn 52

WEEKEND MATCH REPORTS

Roger Allen writes NEW MILTON TOWN 1-1 RINGWOOD TOWN DESPITE a heavy pitch and neither side showing a particularly high skill level, this was an entertaining local derby with a draw being a fair result. The first chance came on 5 minutes when a shot from distance by Milton's Aaron Scott just cleared the bar. Typical of the game the action transferred straight to the other end and Ben Harris fired over. The best chance of the early part of the game came shortly after, when a slip by a New Milton defender allowed Harris to feed Jack Hannam but his powerful shot was parried to safety by New Milton's keeper, Luke Dennison. On the half hour Dennison had a scare as a shot by Hannam squirmed from his grasp but he recovered quickly to save the ball before it crossed the line. However his next action was more assured as he produced a good save to deny Jo Manley. Shortly after, at the other end, Scott dragged a hot wide.

The game moved into stoppage time and Ringwood picked a good time to take the lead. A shot by Harris was parried by Dennison but Ryan HAMM followed up to bundle the ball over the line despite the efforts of a couple of defenders to block his effort. HT 0-1 Pictured left- Ground Grading Officer Ian Harley presents New Milton Manager Nigel Green with the MJM Sports Kappa Respect November award for Division One. Ringwood probably shaded the first half but the second half was more even but no less enjoyable. In the early stages Harris shot just wide for Ringwood then Harrison Clarke was brought down just outside the penalty area after exchanging passes with Harris. However the subsequent free kick came to nothing. On 63 minutes New Milton got the equaliser. Joe PETTY was released by a through ball and, after taking it round keeper Nick Harvey, he finished for a well taken goal. Shortly after New Milton came close to gaining the lead from a corner. Dean Robertson's attempted shot was deflected over.



There was one final scare for the home side as a Hamm shot from 20 yards took a huge deflection off a New Milton defender and just looped over the bar. So honours even and an identical score for the second fixture between these clubs and there was nothing to suggest that they will not be as close come the end of the season. FT 1-1 Roger Allen writes HYTHE & DIBDEN 1-0 FAWLEY AT the outset of this report let me say how good it was to see the Chairman, Ian Hoare, in the crowd for this keenly contested local Waterside derby. The game was very hard fought and close with Fawley probably shading possession but Hythe having the bulk of the chances particularly in the second half. It took nearly 20 minutes for either side to create a clear chance when Fawley striker, Mark Lilley, fired into the Hythe net only to be denied by an offside flag. Shortly after Hythe's Mig Dark had a shot that was deflected over but on the half hour the goal arrived that was ultimately to prove the winner. Fawley's defence got into an awful tangle in the middle of their half and DARK was able to pick up the loose ball and chip advancing goalkeeper Jamie Bruce from just inside the penalty area. Bruce got a hand to the shot but was unable to stop the ball going into goal. Rich Bridle had a chance for Hythe shortly after which cleared the bar and Charlie Crane for Hythe had the ball in the net but his effort was disallowed because the ball had gone out of play in the build-up. HT 1-0 Immediately on the restart Dark had a shot which was deflected wide but the game's first controversial incident happened shortly after in the other penalty area when Fawley had a concerted shout for a penalty turned down by the referee. Hythe then had a succession of chances that they spurned with Zac Willis, Bengyela Ngwa, Liam Goulding and Crane all firing wide - the latter guilty of a bad miss in front of an open goal. During this period Fawley had another shout for a penalty rejected by the referee. Still the home team weren't finished with missing chances. Sam Floyd headed just wide then the Fawley keeper Bruce mishit a clearance to Filippos Terzidis. With the keeper badly out of position Terzidis advanced to the edge of the penalty area but, by taking one touch too many, he had allowed a defender to get back onto the line to block his shot. FT 1-0

Club Rep Greg

Dickson is presenting

the Management

team at Alton with

the Division One Club

of the Month Award

for November. Left to

right- Jack Harris

(Assistant Manager),

Kev Adair (Manager),

Greg Dickson, Carl

Harris (Assistant

Manager).



LEAGUE TABLES

RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Alresford Town 20 14 2 4 49 33 16 44

2 AFC Stoneham 18 12 2 4 35 18 17 38

3 AFC Portchester 18 12 1 5 42 23 19 37

4 Christchurch 17 11 3 3 35 16 19 36

5 Hamble Club 20 10 4 6 31 28 3 34

6 Lymington Town 19 10 3 6 46 28 18 33

7 Portland United 19 9 5 5 50 29 21 32

8 Horndean 19 8 7 4 43 29 14 31

9 Fareham Town 17 9 3 5 43 27 16 30

10 Baffins Milton Rovers 16 10 0 6 32 21 11 30

11 Bashley 18 9 2 7 32 23 9 29

12 Hamworthy United 20 8 4 8 44 39 5 28

13 Brockenhurst 19 8 2 9 40 31 9 26

14 Tadley Calleva 18 6 3 9 25 35 -10 21

15 Shaftesbury 20 6 2 12 27 42 -15 20

16 Fleet Town 18 5 4 9 30 31 -1 19

17 Solent University 22 4 3 15 36 79 -43 15

18 Bournemouth 19 4 2 13 18 44 -26 14

19 Cowes Sports 19 3 2 14 19 48 -29 11

20 Amesbury Town [*] 18 1 2 15 17 70 -53 2

RANK DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 United Services Portsmouth 19 13 3 3 61 25 36 42

2 Alton 19 13 2 4 46 29 17 41

3 Hythe & Dibden 18 11 5 2 43 20 23 38

4 Downton 19 11 3 5 46 31 15 36

5 Andover New Street 16 11 2 3 44 34 10 35

6 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 19 11 1 7 59 26 33 34

7 Whitchurch United 21 10 2 9 48 41 7 32

8 Andover Town 21 7 6 8 30 35 -5 27

9 Newport (IoW) 17 8 1 8 39 28 11 25

10 Petersfield Town 15 7 4 4 22 17 5 25

11 Laverstock & Ford 18 7 4 7 30 28 2 25

12 Romsey Town 16 8 1 7 39 39 0 25

13 New Milton Town 20 4 7 9 24 47 -23 19

14 Verwood Town 16 5 2 9 31 39 -8 17

15 Ringwood Town 18 4 4 10 33 47 -14 16

16 Fawley AFC 18 3 5 10 26 43 -17 14

17 Totton & Eling 19 4 2 13 17 46 -29 14

18 East Cowes Victoria 18 3 4 11 25 49 -24 13

19 Folland Sports 17 2 2 13 17 56 -39 8

[*] – points adjustment made



WEEK TWENTY TWO ROUND UP

t last a week when we had virtually all matches played – just two postponements and an unfortunate abandonment – and thanks to all who ensured their pitches were playable after the rain of the past week. The matches “lost” were the Premier Division clash between Fareham and Baffins Milton Rovers

and Andover New Street’s visit to Romsey in Division One whilst AFC Stoneham against Bashley was abandoned at the break because of floodlight failure with the visitors a goal ahead. Leaders Alresford, after a couple of difficult fixtures on the road, returned to winning ways in yet another potentially difficult clash when a single goal from Craig Harding, very much their main man as regards goals at present, gave them all three points at AFC Portchester. Christchurch maintained their unbeaten home record with a 3-1 win over Hamble Club – a penalty for each side converted by Brad Cherrett and Nathan Lynch respectively among the goals – but Portland, not for the first time of late, slipped up at home. Visitors Hamworthy United were three goals up at the break – two from Eddie Hodge – and though the home side pulled two back in the second half it was not enough as the Hammers maintain their progress under Tim Sills. Lymington continue to push themselves closer to the leading group and a best of five goal win over Cowes Sports gave them three more points. Three different scorers for the home side and Jared Wetherick back in the Cowes ranks with a goal after a long break. Fleet Town and Horndean shared two goals and the points at Calthorpe Park but Brockenhurst’s poor run of results continued with a 3-2 home defeat by Bournemouth, their fourth consecutive loss on home soil. Mal Thomas notched a hat trick in an important win for the visitors. Solent University bounced back from last week’s heavy defeat with a 2-1 win at Tadley Calleva, Ethan Taylor scoring the winner as they came from a goal down, but still no joy for Amesbury as they went down 5-3 at Shaftesbury, the first time the home side have scored five this season with River Smith scoring two and seemingly dispelling suggestions that he had returned to Hamworthy. At the end of the day Alresford’s lead is back at six points with the same number of points covering the next six Clubs. In Division One the leadership for once remained unchanged with US Portsmouth retaining top spot after an impressive 3-1 win at Petersfield, the home Club’s first League defeat in ten matches. Alton are a point behind after a 2-1 home win over Verwood, two goals from Stuart Green making it seven wins in a row, with Lee Vint the Verwood marksman. A lone goal from Mig Dark gave Hythe & Dibden the points in the Waterside derby with Fawley, with the visitors going down again to the narrowest of defeats, almost a story of their season. Bemerton Heath, who appear to have now lost Justin Bennett as well as George Hallahan – a severe dent in their strike-power – went down to a single goal at Andover Town as Josh Bertie maintained his recent goal scoring run and the largest crowd of the day, saw a highly entertaining game at Laverstock with the home side defeating Downton by four goals to two. Chae Sykes scored twice for the home side and Tom Moseley claimed both the visiting goals. Whitchurch ended a run of four defeats with a two goal win at Totton & Eling and finally on Saturday a first home win of the season for East Cowes Vics with Jimmi Burton scoring the only goal of the game against Follands. Earlier in the week the Boxing Day meeting between Vics and Newport fell victim to the weather and on Friday evening New Milton and Ringwood took a point apiece from a one all draw. Reverting to the subject of attendances it was a remarkably good day for same and there were five above one hundred in the Premier Division – topped by 180 at Portchester – and five in Division One where both Alton and Petersfield exceeded the 150 mark and Laverstock and Downton battled it out in front of 201 spectators, it is surely financially viable to play at Holiday times? Apologies, but no space for Neighbourhood Watch or the Attendance statistics this week.

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