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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 07

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2011/12 UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L GF GA GD PTS

1 Winchester City 42 33 5 4 138 39 99 104

2 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 42 28 6 8 104 39 65 90

3 Christchurch 42 26 7 9 78 45 33 85

4 Moneyfields 42 26 6 10 105 62 43 84

5 GE Hamble 42 27 3 12 90 53 37 84

6 Downton 42 24 4 14 80 65 15 76

7 Hamworthy United 42 21 8 13 69 62 7 71

8 Romsey Town 42 21 4 17 77 66 11 67

9 Bournemouth 42 18 10 14 61 54 7 64

10 Alton Town 42 19 4 19 74 83 -9 61

11 Totton & Eling 42 17 8 17 80 77 3 59

12 Fareham Town 42 14 14 14 77 68 9 56

13 Newport IOW 42 17 5 20 59 80 -21 56

14 Lymington Town 42 16 5 21 63 78 -15 53

15 Alresford Town 42 14 8 20 62 80 -18 50

16 Blackfield & Langley 42 12 7 23 63 79 -16 43

17 Horndean 42 10 8 24 47 68 -21 38

18 Hayling United 42 10 8 24 59 104 -45 38

19 Fawley 42 10 7 25 56 81 -25 37

20 New Milton Town 42 10 6 26 64 108 -44 36

21 Brading Town 42 10 6 26 54 102 -48 36

22 Laverstock & Ford 42 7 5 30 59 126 -67 26



SYDENHAMS LEAGUE CUP 2011/12- THE STORY First Round - Brading Town 4-1 Hayling United Brockenhurst 2-2 aet Team Solent (Brockenhurst won 4-1 on penalties) Downton 1-0 Hythe & Dibden Fleet Spurs 1-2 Petersfield Town Ringwood Town 1-4 Bemerton Heath Harlequins Romsey Town 1-0 AFC Portchester Whitchurch United 2-6 Winchester City Warminster Town 3-2 Fawley AFC Second Round - Alresford Town 2-6 Moneyfields Alton Town 6-0 US Portsmouth Amesbury Town 0-5 Romsey Town Bemerton Heath Harlequins 3-0 Hamworthy United Bournemouth 7-0 Stockbridge Brockenhurst 5-1 Andover New Street Christchurch 1-0 Warminster Town Downton 2-1 Blackfield & Langley East Cowes Vics 2-0 Fareham Town Laverstock & Ford 2-1 Pewsey Vale Lymington Town 2-1 Brading Town Newport (IOW) 2-0 Horndean Petersfield Town 1-2 Tadley Calleva Totton & Eling 2-3 Cowes Sports Verwood Town 1-2 New Milton Town Winchester City 0-0 aet GE Hamble (GE Hamble won 4-3 on penalties) Third Round - Alton Town 2-4 Moneyfields [Moneyfields removed for playing ineligible player] Bournemouth 5-0 Lymington Town Brockenhurst 4-1 Laverstock & Ford Cowes Sports 2-2 aet Bemerton Heath Harlequins (Bemerton Heath Harlequins won 5-4 on penalties) GE Hamble 1-2 Downton Newport (IOW) 1-0 East Cowes Victoria Romsey Town 1-0 New Milton Town Tadley Calleva 0-3 Christchurch Quarter Finals - Bournemouth 4-0 Bemerton Heath Harlequins Brockenhurst 2-2 aet Alton Town (Brockenhurst won 4-2 on penalties) Christchurch 3-1 Romsey Town Newport IOW 2-4 Downton Semi Finals Bournemouth 0-1 Brockenhurst [at New Milton Town] Christchurch 2-1 Downton [at Hamworthy United] Final Christchurch 3 (Griffin, Osborne 2) Brockenhurst 1 (Kenna) [at Bemerton Heath Harlequins]



Graham Kemp’s Christchurch ended their best ever campaign by lifting the League Cup, dominating the closing stages to run out worthy winners. In brief a goal from Sam Griffin gave Christchurch a 23rd minute lead and that was how the game stood at the interval. Warren Kenna levelled the tie with an outrageous 30 yard lob shortly after the resumption. Against the overall run of play Christchurch regained the lead when Ben Osborne rounded Badgers’ Scott O’Rourke following a pinpoint long ball from Mark Smith. Russell Cook was denied at least twice more before Osborne converted a late penalty to make the tie safe. Elsewhere, London was the host for the 30th Summer Olympics, whilst Greece, who hosted the first Olympic games of the modern era was financially “saved” as a result of a Eurozone bailout. It was the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, and who can forget the James Bond parachute jump shown on TV as part of the opening ceremony for the aforementioned sporting festivities, and keeping things MI6, Bond’s Skyfall pressed for top film but missed out to The Avengers. Whitney Houston who appeared in a recent edition of our Newsletter died in February 2011. On the grass, Manchester City won the Premiership and Chelsea again won the FA Cup, this time by the best of three against Liverpool, and also at Wembley the (first) all-Northern League FA Vase final between Dunston UTS and West Auckland Town ended in a 2-0 win for the Tyneside outfit. In local county FA competitions the four cups were decided as below- Dorset Dorchester Town 2-0 Wimborne Town Hampshire Eastleigh 2-0 AFC Totton Wiltshire Calne Town 2-1 Bemerton Heath Harlequins Russell-Cotes Bemerton Heath Harlequins 2-0 Christchurch Former members went down in the battle of the Magpies and two other member clubs battled it out in front of just over 2,300 spectators at St Marys in the Hampshire equivalent, Eastleigh triumphing with goals from Chris Flood and Mitchell Nelson to give the Spitfires’ their first ever Senior Cup Final victory. For only the second time in around 50 years the Russell-Cotes Cup left the county of Hampshire bound for Wiltshire with Bemerton’s 2-0 win over Christchurch in an all-Wessex affair. However on the opposite side of the coin so to speak, in the Wiltshire Senior Cup, the Harlequins conceded two early goals at Chippenham thanks to a Tyler Sibbick penalty in the first minute and a Levi Cox strike on 20, before Danny Young netted six minutes before the break. Unfortunately, ugly scenes after the final whistle took the gloss off the event- the least said the better. Season 2011/12 and the Wessex League’s twenty fifth anniversary -1986-87 seems a long time ago - and much to the good had happened in the period in between. The Premier Division consisted of twenty-two Clubs – no change in number from the previous season – but had lost two and gained two. Poole Town had been promoted to the Southern League while Brockenhurst, founder members of the League, were relegated for the first time. In their place, promoted from Division One, came Downton and Horndean whilst Hamble ASSC had one of their periodic name changes and were now known as GE Hamble. Just five of the Clubs shown in the final Table are no longer with the League -Winchester, Moneyfields and Blackfield & Langley have moved to higher spheres, Hayling United are one of the kingpins of the Hampshire Premier League while Brading withdrew in the close season and returned to the Island League. They had served eight seasons with the Wessex League and finished in fourth place in 2010/11 but problems behind the scenes and financial restrictions caused them to return to their roots so to speak. The League on the field was rather dominated by Winchester City who carried all before them and finished fourteen points clear of Bemerton Heath, their nearest rivals. Both Clubs, along with Moneyfields, topped the one hundred goal mark with Jamie White claiming no less than 51 goals for the Champions. The established partnership of Jack Slade and Joe Sanger accounted for 46 goals between them for Bemerton while the long serving Steve Hutchings topped the Moneyfields charts with 28. At the bottom Laverstock & Ford won their opening game 7-3 but then lost the next three, conceding fourteen goals in the process, and things sadly did not get any better over the course of the campaign.



The Premier Division in season twenty six ended with Winchester, worthy Champions, being promoted to the Southern League while, with Brading withdrawing, only Laverstock & Ford being relegated to Division One. As we will have read above, the League Cup went to Christchurch with a 3-1 defeat of Brockenhurst at Bemerton’s Western Way Ground with the likely favourites, Winchester, falling at the second hurdle. A comfortable 6-2 victory at Whitchurch was followed by a trip to Hamble where they were held to a goalless draw before losing 4-3 in the penalty shootout. In the two National Cup Competitions, the FA Cup and FA Vase, Bournemouth were very much the main flag bearer for the Division, this week we’ll just concentrate on the former. The Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup saw a number of Clubs progress, sadly many at the hands of fellow Wessex League Clubs with the usual restriction on the Draw by the FA, although there were wins against “outside” competition for Alresford and Lymington over Devizes and Sherborne respectively. There was also a much savoured tie on the Island with Newport winning 4-1 at Cowes Sports. In the Preliminary Round no fewer than six Clubs came out on top to progress with four all Wessex ties. Bournemouth, Blackfield, Newport and Brockenhurst ended the hopes of Totton & Eling, Winchester, First Division AFC Portchester and Lymington- the last two being after replays - while Moneyfields defeated near neighbours Gosport Borough and Horndean overcame Bridport at Five Heads Park. The First Qualifying Round saw something of a cull however with only Bournemouth, winners over Newport, and our Division One representatives Whitchurch proving successful over fellow Division One side, Brockenhurst. The Poppies then held Truro City to a goalless draw before going out by the odd goal in five on a midweek evening in Cornwall, whilst the Jamboys went down at first time of asking at Longmeadow against Gloucester City, the story for our Division One sides will be covered next week.

F/A Cup 2011/12 Extra Preliminary Round Alresford Town 4-0 Devizes Town Alton Town 1-1 New Milton Town Blackfield & Langley 3-1 G E Hamble Bridport 2-2 Hayling United Cove 0-2 AFC Portchester Cowes Sports 1-4 Newport IOW Downton 3-3 Brockenhurst Hamworthy United 1-2 Bournemouth Lymington Town 3-2 Sherborne Town (at Brockenhurst) Moneyfields 2-0 Christchurch Petersfield Town 1-2 Hartley Wintney Pewsey Vale 0-2 Bishop Sutton Romsey Town 0-1 Brading Town Shrewton United 1-0 Fleet Spurs Totton & Eling 5-1 Fareham Town Verwood Town 0-4 Horndean Whitchurch United 3-2 Bemerton Heath Harlequins Winchester City 5-0 Ringwood Town Extra Preliminary Round Replays Brockenhurst 4-2 Downton Hayling United 0-2 Bridport New Milton Town 0-6 Alton Town Preliminary Round AFC Portchester 2-2 Newport IOW Alresford Town 1-4 Hartley Wintney Fleet Town 4-3 Alton Town



Horndean 3-1 Bridport Lymington Town 1-1 Brockenhurst Moneyfields 2-1 Gosport Borough Totton & Eling 1-2 Bournemouth Whitchurch United 2-1 Brading Town Winchester City 1-3 Blackfield & Langley Preliminary Round Replays Brockenhurst 2-1 Lymington Town Newport IOW 2-1 AFC Portchester First Qualifying Round Bournemouth 2-1 Newport IOW Godalming Town 1-1 Moneyfields Hungerford Town 3-1 Horndean Sholing 2-1 Blackfield & Langley Whitchurch United 2-0 Brockenhurst First Qualifying Round Replays Moneyfields 1-3 Godalming Town Second Qualifying Round Bournemouth 0-0 Truro City Whitchurch United 0-2 Gloucester City Second Qualifying Round Replays Truro City 3-2 Bournemouth

We’ll look at the FA Vase next week. But before then, here is the full FA Vase history for our only (local) club to have participated in every competition since inception in 1974/75- Brockenhurst with some 108 ties played as at the end of 2019/20. Ironically their best season at time of writing was their first experience of the competition disposing of Newbury Town, Cowes (before they linked with Whites Sports), Gosport Borough and Cadbury Heath before a 4-1 home reverse at the hands of Stamford. Last week we mentioned that the Badgers were one of a select few who’d entered each of the Vase competitions, so though it only right to show that record, there’ll be a story running in the next couple of editions covering this achievement.

BROCKENHURST – THEIR FA VASE STORY FROM 1974/75

1974-75 1st Round Newbury Town Home 1-0 2nd Round Cowes Away 3-1 3rd Round Gosport Borough Away 1-1 3rd Round Replay Gosport Borough Home 3-0 4th Round Cadbury Heath Home 2-1 5th Round Stamford Home 1-4 1975-76 1st Round Frimley Green Away 3-1 2nd Round Worthing Home 1-0 3rd Round Chichester City Home 2-0 4th Round Hungerford Town Away 1-2 1976-77 2nd Round Gosport Borough Away 1-2 1977-78 1st Round Swaythling Home 1-3



1978-79 Preliminary Round Sholing Sports Home 1-3 1979-80 Preliminary Round First Tower United Home 1-3 1980-81 Preliminary Round Thatcham Town Away 1-2 1981-82 Preliminary Round Maidenhead Town Away 3-1 1st Round Arundel Home 2-1 2nd Round Yate Town Home 1-0 3rd Round Newbury Town Away 1-0 4th Round Molesey Home 1-1 4th Round Replay Molesey Away 0-1 1982-83 Preliminary Round Horsham Away 1-1 Preliminary Round Replay Horsham Home 1-0 1st Round Amesbury Town Away 0-1 1983-84 Preliminary Round Wimborne Town Home 6-1 1st Round Port of Bristol Home 2-1 2nd Round Yate Town Away 0-1 1984-85 Preliminary Round Hungerford Town Home 1-2 1985-86 Preliminary Round Westbury United Home 0-4 1986-87 Preliminary Round Didcot Town Away 3-1 1st Round Hungerford Town Away 0-4 1987-88 Extra Preliminary Round Clanfield Home 3-1 Preliminary Round Vale Recreation Home 2-2 Preliminary Round Replay Vale Recreation Away 4-4 Preliminary Round 2nd Replay Vale Recreation Away 1-9 1988-89 Preliminary Round Abingdon United Home 2-4 1989-90 Preliminary Round Eastleigh Home 0-4 1990-91 Extra Preliminary Round Christchurch Away 1-2 1991-92 Extra Preliminary Round BAT Sports Home 4-0 Preliminary Round Romsey Town Home 1-2 1992-93 Extra Preliminary Round Bicester Town Away 1-1 Extra Preliminary Round Replay Bicester Town Home 1-0 Preliminary Round Thatcham Town Away 0-2 1993-94 Preliminary Round Thatcham Town Away 1-1 Preliminary Round Replay Thatcham Town Home 1-1 Preliminary Round 2nd Replay Thatcham Town Home 0-3



1994-95 Preliminary Round Swindon Supermarine Away 2-1 1st Round Egham Town Away 2-6 1995-96 1st Qualifying Round Ryde Sports Home 0-4 1996-97 2nd Qualifying Round Kintbury Rangers Away 5-3 1st Round Dawlish Town Home 5-2 2nd Round Bridgwater Town Away 1-2 1997-98 1st Qualifying Round Cowes Sports Home 1-2 1998-99 2nd Qualifying Round Chard Town Home 5-1 1st Round Newquay Away 0-2 1999-00 2nd Qualifying Round East Preston Home 2-4 2000-01 1st Qualifying Round Chatham Town Home 3-1 2nd Qualifying Round Moneyfields Away 2-1 1st Round Didcot Town Home 4-3 2nd Round Paulton Rovers Home 3-2 3rd Round Biggleswade Town Away 5-2 4th Round Taunton Town Home 1-4 2001-02 2nd Round Sandhurst Town Home 4-4 2nd Round Replay Sandhurst Town Away 2-1 3rd Round Croydon Athletic Away 2-5 2002-03 1st Round Hailsham Town Away 2-1 2nd Round Bemerton Heath Harlequins Home 1-0 3rd Round Winchester City Home 0-7 2003-04 2nd Qualifying Round Hillingdon Borough Away 2-3 2004-05 2nd Qualifying Round Westfield Away 3-0 1st Round Thamesmead Town Home 0-3 2005-06 2nd Qualifying Round Chipstead Away 2-1 1st Round Abingdon United Home 2-1 2nd Round Egham Town Home 2-2 2nd Round Replay Egham Town Away 1-0 3rd Round Bournemouth Away 2-1 4th Round Bury Town Home 0-2 2006-07 2nd Round Sherborne Town Home 1-3 2007-08 2nd Qualifying Round Devizes Town Away 1-0 1st Round Holmer Green Away 4-0 2nd Round Crawley Down Home 4-1 3rd Round Bitton Away 1-3

Taunton won the Vase this season, beating Berkhamsted Town 2-1 in the Final, at Villa Park.



2008-09 1st Qualifying Round Milton United Away 1-2 2009-10 2nd Qualifying Round Bournemouth Away 2-1 1st Round Laverstock & Ford Away 2-1 2nd Round Tavistock Away 3-1 3rd Round Dawlish Town Away 1-3 2010-11 1st Qualifying Round Crowborough Athletic Home 4-1 2nd Qualifying Round Molesey Away 1-4 2011-12 2nd Qualifying Round Cove Home 2-0 1st Round Blackfield & Langley Away 1-2 2012-13 1st Qualifying Round Cowes Sports Away 0-3 2013-14 1st Qualifying Round Hayling United Home 5-0 2nd Qualifying Round Warminster Town Home 0-2 2014-15 1st Qualifying Round Moneyfields Away 0-4 2015-16 1st Qualifying Round Bournemouth Away 3-4 2016-17 1st Qualifying Round Ringwood Town Home 5-0 2nd Qualifying Round Bournemouth Away 1-3 2017-18 1st Qualifying Round Shaftesbury Away 5-4 2nd Qualifying Round Godalming Town Away 5-3 1st Round Crediton United Home 2-1 2nd Round Hamble Club Away 4-5 2018-19 2nd Qualifying Round United Services Portsmouth Away 2-0 1st Round Longwell Green Sports Away 3-1 2nd Round Bradford Town Home 0-4 2019-20 2nd Qualifying Round Laverstock & Ford Away 4-0 1st Round Bishops Cleeve Away 3-2 2nd Round Plymouth Parkway Home 0-3

WHAT A SIDE

…or should that be Waterside. A look at the three teams on the Waterside, within the SO45 postcode area, and how they match against other in the five years from 2004 to 2009 when they all plied their trade in our second tier. There always has to be a winner and by the very nature of the beast a loser as well. Over the five years though there has been little to choose between them, apart from a couple of big wins here and there.

B&L FAW H&D 2004/05 Blackfield & Langley XXX 3-1 6-0 Fawley AFC 1-4 XXX 0-3 Hythe & Dibden 1-1 2-1 XXX



PL W D L F A GD PTS

Blackfield & Langley 4 3 1 0 14 3 11 10

Fawley AFC 4 0 0 4 3 12 -9 0

Hythe & Dibden 4 2 1 1 6 8 -2 7

Nobody managed the double over their nearest and dearest although Blackfield went unbeaten and notched the biggest win of the season in December when they beat Hythe at Gang Warily. Fawley failed to trouble the points board with four defeats from four games.


PL W D L F A GD PTS


Fawley AFC 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 8

Hythe & Dibden 4 0 2 2 2 7 -5 2

No real big winners this time, with the best win coming at Fawley where again it was Hythe who came out on the end of a derby defeat, this time 3-0. Oilers goals coming from Matt Hardiman, Dan Mackenzie and Ian Moore on that occasion in mid-April.


PL W D L F A GD PTS

Blackfield & Langley 4 0 0 4 5 10 -5 0

Fawley AFC 4 4 0 0 14 4 10 12

Hythe & Dibden 4 2 0 2 6 11 -5 6

Fawley managed to do the double over both their neighbours this season scoring 14 and just four leaked, Half of those conceded at home against Blackfield. Blackfield were the season whipping boys, failing to get a single point but it was a close thing on the road, losing both by the odd goal in five. The biggest winning margin was a 6-1 win for Fawley at Jones Lane Matt Monk for the hosts but Dan Mackenzie hit a hat trick for the Oilers with Matt Hardiman, Callum Earl and Danny Gibbons also on target on the 27 March.


PL W D L F A GD PTS


Fawley AFC 4 4 0 0 14 2 12 12

Hythe & Dibden 4 0 1 3 1 14 -13 1



Again it was Fawley who took the local bragging rights winning all four derby games. Blackfield’s 5-0 win at Hythe saw Adeyemi Oke hit a hat trick whilst Gary Male and Michael Durdey also hit singles. Fawley hit eight without reply on their own patch and only concede two on their travels. Poor Hythe could only find the net on one occasion- in the 4-2 reverse at home against Fawley.


PL W D L F A GD PTS


Fawley AFC 4 0 1 3 4 7 -3 1

Hythe & Dibden 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5

It was a close run thing goals wise in the final year under review with Blackfield this time in the ascendancy locally going undefeated but unable to double up over Hythe who held them to a share of the spoils at home, winning their other three by the odd goal in three. Fawley suffered a reverse in form by failing to net three points having to make do with just the one point, and that coming on their travels. With these statistics we can draw the conclusion that in the SO45 postcode area, or given the results, ESSO 45 area it is the Oilers of Fawley who are the top team on the Waterside over these five years and to a certain extent this is reflected in the overall ranking of the clubs at the end, Fawley with a 9.6 average place finish, Blackfield 9.8 and Hythe & Dibden back on 14.4. But perhaps surprisingly not a clear cut picture overall with just the dozen points separating the three.

OVERALL TABLE PL W D L F A GD PTS

Fawley AFC 20 10 3 7 41 27 14 33 Blackfield & Langley 20 8 5 7 36 25 11 29 Hythe & Dibden 20 5 6 9 20 45 -25 21

A STAG DO TO FORGET A return to the FA Vase this week and the Second Qualifying Round in 2017-18 when Whitchurch United travelled to Windsor. As an aside, during my days at Andover in the Southern League trips to what was then Windsor & Eton were always highly enjoyable -superb hospitality and always the friendliest of welcomes – but even then some of their Officials were worried about the financial health of the Club and after winning the South and West Division in 2010-11 the Club folded and a new side, known as Windsor FC was formed and continued playing at the Stag Meadow Ground when accepted in to the Combined Counties League. On to the season in question and at the start of same the Club had been moved laterally to the Hellenic Premier Division and at the time of the tie were in ninth position in the table. This meant they were a step higher than Whitchurch – fourteenth in Wessex One – and with a home draw were favourites for the tie. Windsor had defeated Western League Devizes Town in the First Qualifying Round while Whitchurch had received a bye and on a glorious afternoon weather wise the first thing of note – and it would be impossible to have missed same – was the home side’s wonderfully garish kit. Impossible to describe – an abstract swirl of red, green and yellow both front and back on a primarily red background. I think! Whilst there was a difference in Standard in line with their respective levels in the Pyramid, there was also a large difference in experience, The Wessex League side contained a large number of youngsters whilst Windsor had players with Southern League experience and in the case of Barry Hayles, Football League



experience. Hayles was now 45 years old and had played in excess of 150 games for both Fulham and Stevenage and had also represented numerous other Clubs, including three spells at Truro, and scored goals at each and every one. Seemingly living in the area, he was enjoying playing and coaching at the Club and helping the youngsters. Whitchurch got off to the worse possible start, going a goal down inside three minutes and were three down at the break, having been unfortunate with an effort from Lloyd Thompson that rebounded off the crossbar and the scoreline at that stage was perhaps harsh. The second half however was a totally different story and sadly Whitchurch had basically given up long before the end, in some ways letting down their Club and Manager. Goals came at will and the eight at the end could easily have been double figures and the comment by one visiting Official after the seventh goal that “these were the worst three match officials he had seen in thirty years” hardly summed up the afternoon. It was a bad day at the Office and Windsor built on the win by going on to reach the last eight in the Competition, beating Hamble Club on the way, before losing to Stockton Town. Two other points from the afternoon. A first class and unusually sized Programme

that, rather than being sponsored overall, had a different sponsor for eery page and the planes going in or out of Heathrow occasionally took one’s mind off the goals. I recall an Andover game at Uxbridge once where the planes overhead were infinitely more interesting than the game – but that is another story, Apologies to the present Whitchurch for recalling this but there are times when you have to take the good with the bad.

CLUB NEWS The poles and lamps from the former Chestnut Avenue home of AFC Stoneham have been put to good use, as after many years of trying, Fleetlands have finally erected floodlights at Lederle Lane. Plenty to do though before the lights can be used for matches. We have a new Manager at Cockrams. Shaftesbury have appointed former Wimborne Manager Danny Holmes.

WEEK 7 ROUND UP The FA have advised that the administration fee charged for any yellow cards incurred in a game (excluding single cautionable offences punished by the sin-bin) is increasing from £10 to £12 per card this season. Here are the fixtures as at time of going to print, through to the end of the calendar year. No dates for the outstanding Portsmouth Senior Cup games as yet. The Emirates FA Cup and Buildbase FA Vase draw is due for release on Tuesday 18th August. This list of course is subject to change at short notice. Tuesday/Wednesday September 1st/2nd Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Saturday September 5th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Fleet Town AFC Stoneham v Lymington Town Alresford Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Blackfield & Langley v Fareham Town Brockenhurst v Cowes Sports Hamble Club v Tadley Calleva Hamworthy United v Christchurch

Horndean v Bournemouth Portland United v Bashley Shaftesbury v Amesbury Town Division One Andover Town v Fawley AFC Downton v Alton Laverstock & Ford v U.S. Portsmouth Newport IoW v Andover New Street Petersfield Town v Folland Sports Ringwood Town v East Cowes Vics Romsey Town v New Milton Town



Totton & Eling v Bemerton Heath H’quins Verwood Town v Hythe & Dibden Spare: Whitchurch United Tuesday September 8th Premier Division Alresford Town v Amesbury Town Bashley v Hamworthy United Christchurch v Portland United Cowes Sports v Blackfield & Langley Fareham Town v AFC Portchester Horndean v Fleet Town Lymington Town v Brockenhurst Shaftesbury v Bournemouth Tadley Calleva v AFC Stoneham Wednesday September 9th Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamble Club Friday September 11th Division One Fawley AFC v Verwood Town Saturday September 12th Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round Division One Alton v Andover Town Andover New Street v Petersfield Town Bemerton Heath H’quins v Newport IoW East Cowes Vics v Downton Folland Sports v Ringwood Town New Milton Town v Laverstock & Ford U.S. Portsmouth v Totton & Eling Whitchurch United v Romsey Town Spare: Hythe & Dibden Tuesday September 15th Sydenhams League Cup 1st Round AFC Portchester v Horndean Alresford Town v Hamworthy United Andover Town v Bournemouth Cowes Sports v Brockenhurst Lymington Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Sydenhams League Cup 2nd Round Alton v Totton & Eling Bashley v Andover New Street Bemerton Heath H’quins v Shaftesbury Downton v New Milton Town Fareham Town v Christchurch Fleet Town v Romsey Town Hythe & Dibden v Newport IoW Laverstock & Ford v Blackfield & Langley Petersfield Town v Verwood Town U.S. Portsmouth v Tadley Calleva

Wednesday September 16th Sydenhams League Cup 1st Round Whitchurch United v Portland United Sydenhams League Cup 2nd Round Fawley AFC v Folland Sports Saturday September 19th Buildbase FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v Portland United Lymington Town v Fleet Town Tuesday/Wednesday September 22nd/23rd Emirates FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round Saturday September 26th Premier Division AFC Portchester v AFC Stoneham Amesbury Town v Brockenhurst Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamworthy United Bashley v Horndean Blackfield & Langley v Shaftesbury Bournemouth v Hamble Club Christchurch v Alresford Town Fareham Town v Portland United Fleet Town v Cowes Sports Tadley Calleva v Lymington Town Division One Andover New Street v Totton & Eling Bemerton Heath H’quins v Petersfield Town Fawley AFC v Laverstock & Ford Folland Sports v Romsey Town New Milton Town v Andover Town Newport IoW v Verwood Town Ringwood Town v Hythe & Dibden U.S. Portsmouth v Downton Whitchurch United v East Cowes Vics Spare: Alton Tuesday September 29th Division One Alton v U.S. Portsmouth Andover Town v Andover New Street Downton v Bemerton Heath H’quins East Cowes Vics v Newport IoW Hythe & Dibden v Fawley AFC Laverstock & Ford v Whitchurch United New Milton Town v Ringwood Town Romsey Town v Verwood Town Totton & Eling v Folland Sports Spare: Petersfield Town Saturday October 3rd Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Hamworthy United



Amesbury Town v Fareham Town Bashley v Alresford Town Brockenhurst v Christchurch Cowes Sports v Tadley Calleva Fleet Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Hamble Club v Blackfield & Langley Lymington Town v Bournemouth Portland United v AFC Portchester Shaftesbury v Horndean Division One Andover New Street v Romsey Town East Cowes Vics v Alton Hythe & Dibden v Bemerton Heath H’quins Laverstock & Ford v Totton & Eling Petersfield Town v Downton Ringwood Town v Newport IoW U.S. Portsmouth v Folland Sports Verwood Town v Andover Town Whitchurch United v New Milton Town Spare: Fawley AFC Tuesday October 6th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Hamble Club AFC Stoneham v Cowes Sports Alresford Town v Fleet Town Blackfield & Langley v Bashley Bournemouth v Amesbury Town Brockenhurst v Portland United Christchurch v Lymington Town Hamworthy United v Shaftesbury Horndean v Baffins Milton Rovers Tadley Calleva v Fareham Town Saturday October 10th Buildbase FA Vase 2nd Qualifying Round Division One Andover Town v U.S. Portsmouth Bemerton Heath H’quins v Whitchurch United Fawley AFC v Downton Folland Sports v Alton Newport IoW v Hythe & Dibden Petersfield Town v New Milton Town Ringwood Town v Andover New Street Romsey Town v East Cowes Vics Verwood Town v Laverstock & Ford Spare: Totton & Eling Tuesday October 13th Premier Division Portland United v AFC Stoneham Division One Alton v Petersfield Town

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



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

U.S. Portsmouth v Hythe & Dibden Verwood Town v Andover New Street Whitchurch United v Fawley AFC Spare: Folland Sports Tuesday November 3rd Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Horndean Bashley v Brockenhurst Blackfield & Langley v Tadley Calleva Bournemouth v AFC Portchester Christchurch v Baffins Milton Rovers Fareham Town v Alresford Town Fleet Town v Shaftesbury Hamble Club v Cowes Sports Lymington Town v Hamworthy United Portland United v Amesbury Town Saturday November 7th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Bashley Amesbury Town v Lymington Town Blackfield & Langley v AFC Stoneham Bournemouth v Alresford Town Brockenhurst v Baffins Milton Rovers Christchurch v Tadley Calleva Cowes Sports v Horndean Hamworthy United v Hamble Club Portland United v Fleet Town Shaftesbury v Fareham Town Division One Andover New Street v U.S. Portsmouth Bemerton Heath H’quins v Alton Downton v New Milton Town Fawley AFC v East Cowes Vics Folland Sports v Andover Town Newport IoW v Whitchurch United Petersfield Town v Verwood Town Ringwood Town v Romsey Town Totton & Eling v Hythe & Dibden Spare: Laverstock & Ford Tuesday November 10th Premier Division Amesbury Town v AFC Stoneham Division One Alton v Totton & Eling Andover Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins East Cowes Vics v Folland Sports Hythe & Dibden v Andover New Street Laverstock & Ford v Downton New Milton Town v U.S. Portsmouth Romsey Town v Fawley AFC



Verwood Town v Ringwood Town Spare: Newport IoW Wednesday November 11th Division One Whitchurch United v Petersfield Town Saturday November 14th Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Bournemouth Alresford Town v AFC Portchester Baffins Milton Rovers v Shaftesbury Bashley v Fareham Town Brockenhurst v Hamworthy United Cowes Sports v Lymington Town Fleet Town v Blackfield & Langley Hamble Club v Portland United Horndean v Christchurch Tadley Calleva v Amesbury Town Division One Alton v Laverstock & Ford Bemerton Heath H’quins v Verwood Town Downton v Newport IoW East Cowes Vics v New Milton Town Folland Sports v Andover New Street Hythe & Dibden v Romsey Town Petersfield Town v Fawley AFC Ringwood Town v Totton & Eling U.S. Portsmouth v Whitchurch United Spare: Andover Town Tuesday November 17th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Baffins Milton Rovers Alresford Town v Hamble Club Bashley v Christchurch Blackfield & Langley v Amesbury Town Brockenhurst v Shaftesbury Fareham Town v Cowes Sports Fleet Town v Tadley Calleva Hamworthy United v Bournemouth Lymington Town v Horndean Saturday November 21st Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Hamble Club Amesbury Town v Cowes Sports Baffins Milton Rovers v Bashley Bournemouth v Fareham Town Christchurch v Fleet Town Hamworthy United v Tadley Calleva Horndean v Brockenhurst Lymington Town v Blackfield & Langley Portland United v Alresford Town

Shaftesbury v AFC Portchester Division One Andover New Street v East Cowes Vics Downton v Hythe & Dibden Fawley AFC v U.S. Portsmouth Laverstock & Ford v Folland Sports Newport IoW v Alton Petersfield Town v Ringwood Town Romsey Town v Andover Town Totton & Eling v New Milton Town Whitchurch United v Verwood Town Spare: Bemerton Heath H’quins Saturday November 28th AFC Portchester v Horndean Baffins Milton Rovers v Amesbury Town Bashley v Fleet Town Bournemouth v Brockenhurst Christchurch v AFC Stoneham Cowes Sports v Hamworthy United Fareham Town v Hamble Club Portland United v Blackfield & Langley Shaftesbury v Lymington Town Tadley Calleva v Alresford Town Division One Alton v Whitchurch United Andover Town v Totton & Eling Bemerton Heath H’quins v Romsey Town East Cowes Vics v Petersfield Town Folland Sports v Newport IoW Laverstock & Ford v Andover New Street New Milton Town v Hythe & Dibden Ringwood Town v Fawley AFC Verwood Town v U.S. Portsmouth Spare: Downton Tuesday December 1st Premier Division AFC Portchester v Christchurch Bashley v Amesbury Town Blackfield & Langley v Bournemouth Cowes Sports v Alresford Town Hamble Club v Shaftesbury Hamworthy United v Fareham Town Horndean v Tadley Calleva Saturday December 5th Premier Division Alresford Town v AFC Stoneham Amesbury Town v AFC Portchester Blackfield & Langley v Baffins Milton Rovers Bournemouth v Cowes Sports Fareham Town v Christchurch



Fleet Town v Brockenhurst Horndean v Hamworthy United Lymington Town v Hamble Club Shaftesbury v Portland United Tadley Calleva v Bashley Division One Andover New Street v Bemerton Heath H’quins Fawley AFC v Alton Folland Sports v Whitchurch United Hythe & Dibden v East Cowes Vics Newport IoW v Laverstock & Ford Ringwood Town v Andover Town Romsey Town v Downton Totton & Eling v Verwood Town U.S. Portsmouth v Petersfield Town Spare: New Milton Town Saturday December 12th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Hamworthy United AFC Stoneham v Fareham Town Amesbury Town v Fleet Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Cowes Sports Bashley v Bournemouth Brockenhurst v Tadley Calleva Christchurch v Blackfield & Langley Hamble Club v Horndean Portland United v Lymington Town Shaftesbury v Alresford Town Division One Andover Town v Newport IoW Downton v Totton & Eling

Fawley AFC v Bemerton Heath H’quins Laverstock & Ford v Romsey Town New Milton Town v Andover New Street Petersfield Town v Hythe & Dibden U.S. Portsmouth v East Cowes Vics Verwood Town v Alton Whitchurch United v Ringwood Town Spare: Folland Sports Saturday December 19th Premier Division Alresford Town v Brockenhurst Bournemouth v Portland United Christchurch v Shaftesbury Cowes Sports v Bashley Fareham Town v Horndean Fleet Town v AFC Stoneham Hamble Club v Amesbury Town Hamworthy United v Blackfield & Langley Lymington Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Tadley Calleva v AFC Portchester Division One Alton v New Milton Town Andover New Street v Downton Bemerton Heath H’quins v Folland Sports East Cowes Vics v Verwood Town Hythe & Dibden v Whitchurch United Petersfield Town v Andover Town Ringwood Town v Laverstock & Ford Romsey Town v Newport IoW Totton & Eling v Fawley AFC Spare U.S. Portsmouth

PRE SEASON ROUND UP Apologies, but I missed a result from the pre-season roundup last weekend where Blackfield & Langley beat Infinity 3-2 at Gang Warily. Moving to the last seven days- here in brief is what happened on the pitch.

Tuesday 11 August

Alton 1-1 AFC Portchester

Blandford United 0-0 Downton

Bush Hill 1-2 Romsey Town

Fareham Town 1-1 Winchester City

Fawley 0-3 AFC Totton

Fleetlands 2-5 Hamble Club

Hamworthy Recreation 0-3 Bournemouth

Merley Cobham Sports 0-6 Hamworthy United

Northwood St John 0-3 Newport IOW

Petersfield Town 1-4 Baffins Milton Rovers

Ringwood Town 3-2 Christchurch



Romsey Town 2-2 Clanfield

Selsey 0-5 Horndean

Stockbridge 1-5 AFC Stoneham

Wimborne Town 2-1 Verwood Town

Wednesday 12 August

Salisbury 5-2 Lymington Town

Shanklin 1-0 East Cowes Victoria

Tadley Calleva 2-2 Cove

Whitchurch United 3-0 Hungerford Town Swifts

Thursday 13 August

Bournemouth Sports 0-1 Bashley

Sturminster Marshall 1-1 Verwood Town

Friday 14 August

Folland Sports 0-0 Hamble Club

Horndean 3-4 Moneyfields

Newport IOW 6-3 Niton

Poole Town 2-3 Lymington Town

Saturday 15 August

Amesbury Town 2-2 Cove

Andover New Street 0-3 Salisbury

Andover Town 4-5 Hungerford Town Swifts

Brockenhurst 0-4 Chichester City

Bush Hill 2-2 Bashley

Clanfield 0-4 Fleet Town

Cowes Sports 1-2 Romsey Town

Farnham Town 2-0 Fleet Town

Hamworthy United 6-1 Balti Sports

Hythe & Dibden 2-1 Blackfield & Langley

Laverstock & Ford 7-0 Cricklade

Lewes 2-1 AFC Portchester

Liphook United 1-5 AFC Stoneham

Midhurst & Easebourne 4-4 Alton

Petersfield Town 2-1 Hayling United

Selsey 1-6 Bemerton Heath Harlequins

Stockbridge 0-1 Totton & Eling

Tadley Calleva 3-0 Hartley Wintney

United Services Portsmouth 5-0 Baffins Milton Rovers

Wincanton Town 1-0 Shaftesbury We’ll start the roundup with details of games on the Tuesday, first up and the first “Cup” of the season being the Steve Moore Cup being contested once again between Verwood Town and Wimborne Town. This season at Cuthbury, the Magpies collecting the trophy with a 2-1 win. Diop Evans the scorer for the Potters. It ended goalless at Blandford School between Blandford United and Downton in a game where chances were far and few between. Ringwood Town won a best of five contest against Christchurch Max Wilcock with a double for the visitors in answer to Shaun Prentice, Ben Harris and Sam Brown. The Hammers hit six without reply at Merley Cobham Sports. Scoring for Hamworthy United were James Guthrie with a hat trick, Eddie Hodge and a double from Cameron Munn.



Romsey Town had two squads in action. One winning by the odd goal in three at Bush Hill with goals from Jack Odam and Geoff Dunn. Elsewhere James Clifton and Josh Bowerman notched in the 2-2 draw at the Bypass where Clanfield were the guests. AFC Stoneham visited Stockbridge and came away with a 5-1 win with goals from Sam Woodward with a pair, James Parker-Trott, Scott Hills and Callum Laycock. Two goals were shared at Cams Alders where Fareham Town entertained Winchester City, Archie Wilcox netting for the Creeksiders. A short trip up the A3 resulted in a 4-1 win for Baffins Milton Rovers over Petersfield Town thanks to goals from Tyler Moret with a double, Callum Dart and Kurt Watts, the Rams scorer remains unknown. A trip east for Horndean saw them score five without reply at Selsey. Harry Jackson doing the damage with a hat trick. Mark Smith and Robbie Taw also on the scoresheet. Back to the west and Bournemouth collected a three goal haul against Hamworthy Recreation. Will Prior, Lewis Harvey and Jamie Wilson scoring for the Poppies. Honours were even at Alton where AFC Portchester were the guests. The Brewers took the lead through Matt Benham with Craig Harding replying. On the Isle of Wight Newport IOW kept a clean sheet against Island League side Northwood St John. Jordan Browne, Jake Wright and George Holmes netting in the 3-0 win. At Fleetlands, Hamble Club overcame the hosts 5-2. Will Gange and Jack Nicholas each weighing in with a double. Tom Bridle was also on target. Moving on 24 hours on another humid evening, there was further action for some of our teams, we’ll start on the Isle of Wight where Shanklin secured a 1-0 victory over East Cowes Victoria. Back on the mainland, Tadley Calleva shared four goals with Cove at Everest College, both goals for the hosts from Josh Drew. At Longmeadow Whitchurch United netted three without reply against Hungerford Town Swifts thanks to goals from Rory Wood, Nick Yeomans and Lloyd Thompson. Lymington Town went down 5-2 against Salisbury, unfortunately at time of writing they’ve not responded as far as scorers are concerned. Two games on Thursday, firstly out at Churchill Close, between Sturminster Marshall and Verwood Town it ended all square at one each. Joe Petty netting for the Potters, and at the Broadway Lane home of Bournemouth Electric, Bashley secured a 1-0 win over Bournemouth Sports with an early goal from Harry McGrath. Friday night saw Folland Sports and Hamble Club end goalless whilst there were seven between Horndean and Moneyfields with the visitors netting four of them, hosts’ goals from Harry Jackson, Miles Everett and Connor Duffin; finally Lymington Town won by the odd goal in five against Poole Town- again scorers have not been provided. The early Saturday morning game saw United Services Portsmouth run in five without reply against Baffins Milton Rovers Dan Sibley bagged a brace with Declan Seiden, Tom Jeffes and James Franklyn also on target. Another morning game saw Fareham Town go down by the odd goal in three to Gosport Borough- Casey Scott-Bartlett the marksman for the Creeksiders. Dan Cann hit a hat trick for Hamworthy United in a 6-1 victory over Balti Sports. Lee Francis, Adam Costello and James King also on the scoresheet. Another hat trick man was George Bowerman for Alton, who were pegged back from a lead to finish four apiece. Billy Wright also on target. At the Dell, Laverstock & Ford hit seven without reply against Wiltshire League side Cricklade, Chae Sykes and Jake Rawkins both contributing doubles with Lewis Wakeford, James McSorley and Archie Lovegrove also finding the net. Steve Ramsey scored first at Lewes, but AFC Portchester eventually went down by the odd goal in three. Petersfield Town won by the best of three against Hayling United with goals for the Rams from Marvin Orepo and Charlie Merritt. Adam Holloway and David Parry on target for Amesbury Town in their two all draw with Cove. Sorry but that is all I can fit due to space limitations this week.

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