The Non - League thread

[The Cube]

FA Vase S-F draw
- ties on Sat 5th April - Hartpury may get switched to the Sunday for Rugby
Andover New St v AFC Whyteleafe
Hartpury Uni. v Whitstable

FA Vase semis are still over two legs. Fixtures above are the second legs. First legs are 29 March.

[Four Of Clubs]

FA Vase S-F draw
- ties on Sat 5th April - Hartpury may get switched to the Sunday for Rugby
Andover New St v AFC Whyteleafe
Hartpury Uni. v Whitstable

FA Vase semis are still over two legs. Fixtures above are the second legs. First legs are 29 March.

...yeah spotted that after posting .... the Trophy S-Fs are one-off ties .... the NLM site where I picked this up from, is invariably a bewildering mess of ancillary stats for all the FA comps - so little wonder I didn't interpret it properly!

...I s'pose the 'powers that be' will be hoping for a Whyteleafe v Whitstable Final - should the other two progress the Stadium will be pretty empty - even for a Vase Final.

[Four Of Clubs]

NL Results

Sat Mar 8th

NAT
Aldershot Town 3-1 Gateshead – lengthy delay during 1st half due to medical emergency in the crowd
Barnet 1-0 Dagenham & Redbridge – ‘Bees’ now 11 pts clear of York
Boston United 2-2 Woking - ‘Cards’ led twice but had to settle for a draw after a 92’ equalizer
Eastleigh 1-1 Hartlepool United
Maidenhead United 0-1 Sutton United
Rochdale 4-1 Wealdstone
York City 1-1 Forest Green Rovers
NAT-N
Brackley Town 2-0 Alfreton Town – – att 1,017 - Chester’s defeat at Chorley means ‘Saints’ grab top spot
- now a point clear of ‘Scunny’ thanks to a brace from Matt Lowe – returned to the club from Accrington

Oxford City 0-7 {SEVEN} Buxton – ‘City’ were down to 10 men but were already 4 behind by then
NAT-S
Dorking Wanderers 2-2 Chelmsford City
Slough Town 1-1 Farnborough – att 1,017
Worthing 3-0 Chesham United – Worthing overtake DW at the top

SLP-C
AFC Sudbury 1-2 Leiston
Alvechurch 1-0 Redditch United
Barwell 0-1 Stamford
Bishop's Stortford 1-0 Hitchin Town
Bromsgrove Sporting 1-1 AFC Telford United
Halesowen Town 0-0 Banbury United
Kettering Town 2-3 St Ives Town
Royston Town 1-1 Lowestoft Town
SLP-S
Basingstoke Town 1-3 Chertsey Town
Bracknell Town 3-1 Marlow
Dorchester Town 0-2 Gosport Borough
Hanwell Town 3-3 Walton & Hersham
Havant & Waterlooville 4-1 Sholing
Hungerford Town 1-0 Gloucester City
Merthyr Town 2-1 Swindon Supermarine
Poole Town 3-2 Winchester City
Taunton Town 2-3 Plymouth Parkway
Tiverton Town 0-0 Frome Town
Wimborne Town 2-1 AFC Totton – att 998
SL1-C
Aylesbury United 0-3 Thame United
Beaconsfield Town 3-1 Welwyn Garden City
Berkhamsted 2-0 Flackwell Heath
Stotfold 3-0 North Leigh
Ware 0-0 Kings Langley
SL1-S
Bideford 1-1 Thatcham Town
Helston Athletic 0-3 Didcot Town

https://southern-football-league.co.uk/uploads/documents/originals/Edition%2030.pdf

IL1-SC
Fri 7th Sutton Common Rovers 0-1 Ashford Town (Middx)
Ascot United 1-1 Southall
Badshot Lea 1-2 Moneyfields
Farnham Town 2-1 Uxbridge – att 676
Harrow Borough 0-0 Kingstonian
Hayes & Yeading United 1-0 Guernsey
Metropolitan Police 3-0 Horndean
Rayners Lane 1-1 Hanworth Villa
Raynes Park Vale 1-1 Leatherhead
South Park (Reigate) 3-3 Binfield – ‘Moles’ come back from 3 down in the last 15’ : 2 goals from Ethan Lindo one from Tyler D’Cruz
Westfield 1-0 Hartley Wintney – set-back defeat for the ‘The Row’s’ PO chances – drop to 7th

CCL-PN
Bedfont Sports 2-2 Amersham Town
Burnham 3-1 Milton United
– was at this pretty sparse crowd – official att only 36
– ‘Blues’ worthy winners tho' Milton grabbed one back late on at 0-2 to raise some nerves in the home camp but they pulled away with a late 3rd on the break as United sought a point.
- hosts close in on Holyport in last PO spot
Edgware & Kingsbury 5-0 Ardley United
North Greenford United 1-1 Wokingham Town
Reading City 4-2 Broadfields United
Risborough Rangers 2-2 British Airways
Wallingford & Crowmarsh 0-3 Harefield United
Wembley 0-3 Egham Town – ‘Sarnies’ back on top after Amersham held at 3rd placed Bedfont Sports – they also have 2 games in hand
CCL-PS
Abbey Rangers 2-2 Knaphill
Camberley Town 0-3 Redhill
Chipstead 0-2 Guildford City
Cobham 4-0 Sheerwater
Corinthian-Casuals 0-1 Alton
Fleet Town 0-1 Balham
Jersey Bulls 6-1 Horley Town
Spelthorne Sports 1-4 Sandhurst Town
Tooting & Mitcham United 1-1 Tadley Calleva
CCL-1
Belstone 2-1 Colliers Wood United
Brook House 3-2 Yateley United
Holmer Green 1-0 Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Hillingdon Borough 1-3 Windsor & Eton – W&E now 14 pts clear at the top with 9 to play
Langley 2-3 Rising Ballers Kensington
London Samurai Rovers 2-0 Penn & Tylers Green
Molesey 1-2 Chalfont St Peter
Oxhey Jets 0-2 Eversley & California
Spartans Youth 1-2 Windsor
Westside 2-1 Bedfont

HELL-P
Lydney Town 0-4 Highworth Town
Pershore Town 1-2 Royal Wootton Bassett Town
HELL-1
Abingdon United 0-3 Redditch Borough – att 156 – not the outcome PO chasing ‘Us’ wanted against their near rivals
Carterton FC 2-2 Bewdley Town
Kidlington Res 0-2 Shortwood United
Wantage Town 4-0 Cheltenham Saracens

SCE-1
Sheppey Sports 1-1 Forest Hill Park

SSM-P
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 2-0 Colney Heath

WESS-P
Andover New Street 2-3 Millbrook
WESS-1
AFC Aldermaston 2-1 Verwood Town
Alresford Town 2-0 Folland Sports
Amesbury Town 1-1 Ash United
Fawley AFC 4-0 Frimley Green – shock result for 2nd placed FG, walloped at 2nd bottom Fawley
Newport (IoW) 3-2 Whitchurch United

[Royals and Racers]

Re above Bracknell won 4-1 not 3-1.

[Four Of Clubs]

Re above Bracknell won 4-1 not 3-1.

.... Now you mention it the official League site (Pitching In) originally had 3-1 but listed 4 goals for 'Robins' - every now and then the goal times on there go screwy and mess the result up.
(often because they try to be clever & show mins and secs)
- not that they can plausibly be accurate to that degree.

The other site I cross-check for league positions and form etc (FWP) probably took the result feed from them.

Seems Jordan Esprit got two goals in a 4' spell late on, after goals from Seb Bowerman & Dan Roberts. 'Blues' had grabbed a shock lead on around 20'....

[Lighthouse]

Had a look at the attendances this weekend in the National League South and noticed that of the 13 games, 9 had attendances of 1000+ and another of 991. I remember looking at fixtures in the 1970’s hardly any fixtures in non league had gates of 1000. These increases are not just confined to this division but across the board. Is this due to football’s overall popularity or are fans drifting away from the PL/EFL?

[bcubed]

Had a look at the attendances this weekend in the National League South and noticed that of the 13 games, 9 had attendances of 1000+ and another of 991. I remember looking at fixtures in the 1970’s hardly any fixtures in non league had gates of 1000. These increases are not just confined to this division but across the board. Is this due to football’s overall popularity or are fans drifting away from the PL/EFL?

Based on nothing other than gut feel and my own reason for going more, I'd say it was the latter

[AthleticoSpizz]

Had a look at the attendances this weekend in the National League South and noticed that of the 13 games, 9 had attendances of 1000+ and another of 991. I remember looking at fixtures in the 1970’s hardly any fixtures in non league had gates of 1000. These increases are not just confined to this division but across the board. Is this due to football’s overall popularity or are fans drifting away from the PL/EFL?

Based on nothing other than gut feel and my own reason for going more, I'd say it was the latter

well yes, and, that imho, the quality of Non League football (both pitchside and faciility wise) has improved drastically in the past 30 or so years……..that, and some degree of better media (mainly online) coverage