The Non - League thread

[paultheroyal]

Didnt appreciate that the Chairman of Kidderminster Harriers is our very own Colin Gordon.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Colin ‘Scargill’ Gordon?

More left wing than David Ginola

Done well for himself

[Four Of Clubs]

Here's an early preview/schedule for this w/e

- FA Vase appeal done and dusted and Littlehampton re-instated - was some question hanging about as to whether Abbey Rangers might also get a reprieve/re-instatement and stage a 'face-off' with L'hampton to re-join this round - as Athletic Newham were thought to have transgressed legibility rules in the previous (3rd) Round too.
Unfortunate thing for Abbey is they lost on pens and Littlehampton were walloped 5-0!
...there's also the next round of the FA Trophy but none of our 'local' featured sides are involved.
Lower level representatives include Needham Market hosting Dartford, Cheshunt @ Stockport and Morpeth go to York

Saturday 12th February 2022

FA Vase 5th Round
1 Coventry Sphinx v Whitchurch Alport
2 North Shields v Rugby Town
3 Loughborough University v Abbey Hey (STEP06)
4 Anstey Nomads v Wythenshawe Town
5 Southall v Stansfeld (STEP06) @ Ashford Town(Mx)
6 Hamworthy United v Tunbridge Wells
7 Littlehampton Town v Brockenhurst
8 Newport Pagnell Town v Buckland Athletic

NAT
Eastleigh v Yeovil Town
Grimsby Town v Aldershot Town
17:20 Woking v Southend United live on BT Sport
NATN
Brackley Town v AFC Fylde - Gateshead won 3-0 v Blyth on Tuesday to grab top spot from Saints
NATS
Bath City v Dorking Wanderers
Billericay Town v Dulwich Hamlet
Chelmsford City v Hampton & Richmond Borough
Concord Rangers v Havant & Waterlooville
Eastbourne Borough v Maidstone United
Ebbsfleet United v Slough Town
Oxford City v Hemel Hempstead Town
St Albans City v Braintree Town
Welling United v Chippenham Town

SLP-C
Leiston v Banbury United
SLP-S
Chesham United v Salisbury
Farnborough v Yate Town - 'boro edged past Chesham at Cherrywood Rd on Tue - Mitch Parker with the decisive strike in 1st half injury time.
Harrow Borough v Kings Langley
Hartley Wintney v Dorchester Town
Hayes & Yeading United v Gosport Borough
Metropolitan Police v Hendon
Taunton Town v Swindon Supermarine
Walton Casuals v Beaconsfield Town
SL1-C
Berkhamsted v Thame United
Kidlington v Bedford Town
Waltham Abbey v North Leigh
Wantage Town v St Neots Town
Ware v Aylesbury United
Welwyn Garden City v Didcot Town
SL1-S
Evesham United v Highworth Town
Winchester City v Cinderford Town

IL-P
Corinthian-Casuals v Bowers & Pitsea
Leatherhead v Bognor Regis Town
IL1-SC
Basingstoke Town v Ashford Town (Middx)
Binfield v Bedfont Sports - 'Moles' shared the spoils in a stalemate with 10 man Chertsey at Hill Farm - att 187
Chalfont St Peter v Westfield
Chipstead v Bracknell Town - Chipstead won at 4th placed Hanwell on Tue night
Marlow v Staines Town - 'Blues' beaten badly (5-0) at South Park - trailed by 2 at HT, went down to 10 men soon after then shipped a further 3 in the last 10 mins.
Northwood v Guernsey
South Park v Hanwell Town
Thatcham Town v Sutton Common Rovers - 'Kingfishers' beaten at home by Ashford T. 0-2 midweek
Tooting & Mitcham United v Uxbridge

CCL-PN
Ascot United P-P Holyport - match hit by COVID in the 'port camp
Edgware Town v North Greenford United
Hanworth Villa v Egham Town
Virginia Water v Reading City
Wembley v CB Hounslow United
Wokingham & Emmbrook v Spelthorne Sports
CCL-PS
AFC Croydon Athletic v Walton & Hersham
Beckenham Town v Farnham Town
Camberley Town v Raynes Park Vale
Cobham v Frimley Green
Fleet Town v Balham
Horley Town v Guildford City
Knaphill v Badshot Lea
Molesey v Banstead Athletic
14:30 Sheerwater v Jersey Bulls
CCL-1
British Airways v Hilltop
Cove v London Lions
Eversley & California v AFC Hayes
FC Deportivo Galicia v AFC Aldermaston
Hillingdon Borough v Chalvey Sports
Kensington & Ealing Borough v Berks County
Langley v Bagshot
Rayners Lane v Enfield Borough
Sandhurst Town v Woodley United
Wallingford Town v Bedfont & Feltham
- saw Wallingford win comfortably (4-1) at Woodley (Rivermoor/Scours La) last night (Tue) raced into a 3 goal lead and then able to keep United at bay for long periods. Town have plenty of games in hand but have probably drawn too many already to make a serious challenge for the top spots - which appear to be sewn up between London Lions and Hilltop.
To be fair to the people running Reading City/Woodley they are bringing the venue up to a fairly acceptable standard now and not rushing things unduly.
Looks like there is some steady groundwork for improvement being done alongside the current clubhouse. That side of the ground has been laid to grass now and the car park is fully gravelled and not the potholed and randomly-boarded trip-fest it has been for yonks.
- inside the bar had come on leaps and bounds too .... with fresh-prepared hot food being provided - even for the 'lodgers' matches .... and the beer situation is much improved with far more choices stocked (bottles and draught) than has been the case in recent times.
... of course they have a long-way to go to remove the vestiges of 'Stalag Scours' that still prevails - much due to the surroundings/layout but they are making the effort - which is highly commendable.
-Now ..... if they could do a deal with 'Double-Barrelled' sited just the other side of the railway line .......

HELL- P
Chipping Sodbury Town v Shrivenham
Hallen v Royal Wootton Bassett Town
HELL-1
FC Stratford v Abingdon United
Milton United v Shortwood United

SSM-P
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Harefield United
Flackwell Heath P-P Tring Athletic ... Vids in the Home Squad!
Milton Keynes Irish v Holmer Green
Risborough Rangers v Hadley - Rangers back on track with a big win over Leverstock Green - recoverd top spot as New Salamis were held at home by Tring. Leighton stay 3rd, edging past Aylesbury Vale @ Haywood Rd 1-0 in front of over 200 on Tuesday.
SSM-1
Burton Park Wanderers v Thame United Reserves
Langford v Penn & Tylers Green
Rushden & Higham United v Kidlington Reserves

WESS-P
AFC Stoneham v Alresford Town
Alton v Portland United
WESS-1
Andover Town v Laverstock & Ford
East Cowes Victoria v Ash United - Ash suffered a 1-7 defeat down at New Street midweek
Millbrook v Fleet Spurs
Petersfield Town v Andover New Street
Whitchurch United v Totton & Eling

[Sutekh]

As it seems the brightest spot among our local sides this season, the Isthmian South Central results yesterday:

Basingstoke Town 1 - 0 Ashford Town (Middx)
Binfield 1 - 3 Bedfont Sports
Chalfont St Peter 1 - 1 Westfield
Chipstead 0 - 2 Bracknell Town
Marlow 4 - 2 Staines Town
Northwood 1 - 1 Guernsey
South Park 0 - 0 Hanwell Town
Thatcham Town 0 - 2 Sutton Common Rovers
Tooting & Mitcham United 1 - 1 Uxbridge

Table

Pos Club Pld W D L F A Pts
1. Bracknell Town 26 23 1 2 65 10 70
2. Uxbridge 25 15 6 4 48 28 51
3. Chertsey Town 25 15 6 4 50 32 51
4. Hanwell Town 25 15 5 5 62 25 50
5. Basingstoke Town 24 15 5 4 50 35 50
6. Marlow 23 14 4 5 39 20 46
7. Bedfont Sports 22 13 5 4 49 30 44
8. Binfield 24 9 6 9 38 40 33
9. South Park 25 8 7 10 46 38 31
10. Northwood 26 9 3 14 35 51 30
11. Ashford Town (Middx) 26 9 2 15 36 45 29
12. Chipstead 25 6 7 12 37 44 25
13. Westfield 26 5 10 11 30 38 25
14. Thatcham Town 26 6 7 13 37 49 25
15. Tooting & Mitcham United 25 6 6 13 33 42 24
16. Guernsey 19 5 5 9 37 40 20
17. Sutton Common Rovers 24 6 1 17 27 63 19
18. Chalfont St Peter 24 4 3 17 22 55 15
19. Staines Town 24 4 1 19 25 81 13

By my maths Bracknell need 16 points from their remaining 10 games to claim the title. Their next 2 games are Tooting at home and then a trip to Basingstoke.

Bracknell’s 10 goals conceded is the best in the top 8 tiers in the country. Thinking that perhaps watching Bracknell’s games for the rest of the season might help towards forgetting the farce that’s currently masquerading as a football club in RG2.

[Four Of Clubs]

...round-up of yesterday's NL results:

Saturday 12th February 2022

FA Vase 5th Round
1 Coventry Sphinx 3-3 Whitchurch Alport 3-4 pens
2 North Shields 2-0 Rugby Town
3 Loughborough University 3-0 Abbey Hey
4 Anstey Nomads 1-1 Wythenshawe Town 2-3 pens
5 Southall 0-0 Stansfeld – 4-2 4-2 pens
6 Hamworthy United 3-1 Tunbridge Wells att 661
7 Littlehampton Town 3-3 Brockenhurst att 1,276 - 4-1 pens
8 Newport Pagnell Town 1-1 Buckland Athletic att 1,186 - 4-3 pens

NAT
Eastleigh 0-0 Yeovil Town
Grimsby Town 3-1 Aldershot Town
Woking 2-3 Southend United – ‘Cards’ battled back from being 2 down on 10’ to level @ 2-2 early 2nd half, only for (yet another ex-Royal Academy lad) Harry Cardwell to grab the winner on 76’

NATN
Brackley Town 1-0 AFC Fylde Saints stay 2nd on GD as Gateshead won 4-0 away
NATS
Bath City 0-2 Dorking Wanderers
Billericay Town 2-0 Dulwich Hamlet
Chelmsford City 1-0 Hampton & Richmond Borough
Concord Rangers 3-1 Havant & Waterlooville
Eastbourne Borough 2-3 Maidstone United
Ebbsfleet United 1-2 Slough Town
Oxford City 2-0 Hemel Hempstead Town
St Albans City 0-1 Braintree Town
Welling United 1-0 Chippenham Town

SLP-C
Leiston 0-2 Banbury United – ‘Puritans’ stay 17 points clear
SLP-S
Chesham United 4-0 Salisbury
Farnborough 1-2 Yate Town
Harrow Borough 0-1 Kings Langley
Hartley Wintney 1-0 Dorchester Town
Hayes & Yeading United 1-1 Gosport Borough
Metropolitan Police 1-0 Hendon
Taunton Town 2-0 Swindon Supermarine
Walton Casuals 0-0 Beaconsfield Town
SL1-C
Berkhamsted 2-1 Thame United
Kidlington A-A Bedford Town – reportedly some serious aggro as the sides left the pitch at 45’ - league leaders ‘Eagles’ having just taken the lead – Kiddy refuse to take the field for 2nd half – Ol’ Bill involved - crowd was 156 approx. three times their average

Waltham Abbey 1-2 North Leigh
Wantage Town 1-2 St Neots Town ‘Freds fall to an 86’ winner’ but Colney Heath’s heavy defeat at FC Romania(6-1) drops them to the bottom – both sides are now well adrift of Hertford

Ware 5-2 Aylesbury United ‘Ducks have now lost 10 in 10’ – ironically their last league point was at current leaders Bedford, back in mid-Dec
Welwyn Garden City 2-0 Didcot Town
SL1-S
Evesham United 4-1 Highworth Town
Winchester City 3-1 Cinderford Town Winch stay 3rd as Frome edge past Sholing 1-0 and leaders Ciren beaten at Slimbridge

IL-P
Corinthian-Casuals 0-3 Bowers & Pitsea
Leatherhead 2-2 Bognor Regis Town
IL1-SC
Basingstoke Town 1-0 Ashford Town (Middx) att 465 – Stefan Brown with the winner on 81’
Binfield 1-3 Bedfont Sports att 121- ‘Moles’ undone by two late goals 86’ & last minute pen.
Chalfont St Peter 1-1 Westfield
Chipstead 0-2 Bracknell Town [i] – att 170 – brace from McLeish-White in the first half
Marlow 4-2 Staines Town
Northwood 1-1 Guernsey
South Park 0-0 Hanwell Town
Thatcham Town 0-2 Sutton Common Rovers
Tooting & Mitcham United 1-1 Uxbridge

CCL-PN
Edgware Town 0-4 North Greenford United
Hanworth Villa 3-0 Egham Town
Virginia Water 0-2 Reading City
Wembley 5-2 CB Hounslow United
Wokingham & Emmbrook 1-3 Spelthorne Sports
CCL-PS
AFC Croydon Athletic 3-4 Walton & Hersham
Beckenham Town 3-3 Farnham Town
Camberley Town 1-2 Raynes Park Vale
Cobham 2-1 Frimley Green
Fleet Town 0-2 Balham
Horley Town 1-0 Guildford City
Knaphill 1-1 Badshot Lea
Molesey 0-1 Banstead Athletic
Sheerwater 0-8 {EIGHT} Jersey Bulls was only 0-1 at H/T but an early Red card for the ‘Sheers’ eventually saw them implode 2nd half, conceding 4 in the last 10’
CCL-1
British Airways 0-1 Hilltop
Cove 2-2 London Lions – good result for struggling Cove – I think they fought back from 2 down vs 2nd placed Lions
Eversley & California 0-1 AFC Hayes
FC Deportivo Galicia 2-4 AFC Aldermaston – the ‘Atom Men’ seem to be picking up a few decent results of late and have climbed up to mid-table
Hillingdon Borough {SEVEN} 7-0 Chalvey Sports
Kensington & Ealing Borough 1-2 Berks County
Langley 0-2 Bagshot
Rayners Lane 3-1 Enfield Borough RL benefit from Lions’ surprise draw at Cove, to pinch 2nd spot behind Hilltop, who now lead the table by 7 pts and have games in hand.
Sandhurst Town {SEVEN} 7-0 Woodley United
Wallingford Town 4-1 Bedfont & Feltham

HELL- P
Chipping Sodbury Town 1-0 Shrivenham
Hallen 2-2 Royal Wootton Bassett Town
HELL-1
FC Stratford 0-0 Abingdon United
Milton United 1-1 Shortwood United

SSM-P
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 1-1 Harefield United
Milton Keynes Irish 1-1 Holmer Green
Risborough Rangers 0-0 Hadley
SSM-1
Burton Park Wanderers 3-1 Thame United Reserves
Langford 0-2 Penn & Tylers Green
Rushden & Higham United 3-0 Kidlington Reserves

WESS-P
AFC Stoneham 1-1 Alresford Town
Alton 4-2 Portland United
WESS-1
Andover Town 0-1 Laverstock & Ford att 236
East Cowes Victoria 2-1 Ash United
Millbrook 1-2 Fleet Spurs
Petersfield Town 1-3 Andover New Street
Whitchurch United 5-2 Totton & Eling

[bcubed]

Brackley 1 Fylde 0

Cracking game
Freezing cold
Superb long range shot from Shep Murombedzu
700 or so there

Almost forgot to check how Reading were doing. But unfortunately I did

[paultheroyal]

What's happened at Southend? That's a massive turnaround in form.

[paultheroyal]

Basingstoke vs Bracknell on 26th - Reading are away to Blackpool - great news - will go to that and expect a bumper crowd and hopefully close to 1000+

[Four Of Clubs]

What's happened at Southend? That's a massive turnaround in form.

...since you mention it, I had a quick peek on footballwebpages.co.uk - good for basic STEP1-4 Stats etc

Their last league defeat was 1-4 at Notts Co on 11/12 in front of over 6k ... they've won 7 and drawn 2 of the next 9 and are 2nd only to Stockport on the form table in that period.

Haven't looked closer to establish why - Phil Brown lost the gig back in October .... sacked following a fans protest after a 4-0 reverse vs Chesterfield.

Appointed ex-player Kevin Maher as Coach towards the end of that month but the results didn't pick up immediately.

[Royals and Racers]

Off to Thame FC’s ground tomorrow for the big B & B cup quarter final between Long Crendon and Wycombe Wanderers. They are expecting a big crowd, so should be a good atmosphere.

[Four Of Clubs]

...draw for the Quarter Final of the FA Vase:
(ties due Sat 12th March)

1 Whitchurch Alport v Newport Pagnell Town
2 Loughborough Students v Whythenshawe Town
3 Littlehampton Town v North Shields
4 Hamworthy United v Southall

...and the FA Trophy

1 Bromley v Solihull Moors
2 Needham Market v Stockport County
3 Notts County v Wrexham
4 Dagenham & Redbridge v York City


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...if I can 'stir my stumps' then I'm going to have a go at the big Andover 'derby' this evening (Tue) WESSEX Div 1 - New Street vs Town -saw this same fixture in the Oct before the VIDS and the crowd was over 250 so better try & get down there early!

UPDATE - which has been called OFF this PM waterlogged as has:

NATS Hungerford v Dartford

...along with most of the other 'likelies' on my short list......

[Four Of Clubs]

...needless to say 'Dudley' put paid to nearly all NL games around here on Tuesday, bar the B&B Q-F @ Thame featured elsewhere .... and a couple played on 'plastic'.

In Southern Premier - South : Hayes and Yeading walloped Harrow 4-2 to draw closer to leaders Farnboro, only 1 pt behind now and still have a game in hand and far superior GD.
In Isthmian One South Central Bedfont Sports beat Guernsey on Wed night 3-1 - to get above Marlow into 6th and move closer to 5th placed Basingstoke with a game in hand.
In CCL-PS Walton & Hersham bt Frimley Gn 2-1 to grab top spot but both Beckenham in 2nd and Jersey Bulls in 3rd have games in hand on them.

...bearing in mind 'Dudley's' immediate successor 'Storm Eunice', is set to wipe out the half of the nation not already under 8 ft of snow ...if you believe the Daily Mail (!) .... so the NL programme may be disrupted this coming w/e - particularly further west?
I suspect the Leagues may give dispensation to call off games early, where there are any longer distances between clubs?

Will try and update as best I can over Fri/Sat AM - but provisionally this is what is scheduled:

UPDATE Early call-offs being announced already and the SSML has adjudged clubs can call off as early as this PM without awaiting the match officials. I think a fair number of grounds may not have dried out from the rain this week?
UPDATE ii) Sat 19th Midday - have marked those games declared OFF in RED below - is raining again round and about so doubtless more will be postponed when match officials assess nearer KO

Saturday 19th February 2022

NAT
17:20 Maidenhead United v Boreham Wood live on BT Sport
Notts County v Eastleigh
Stockport County v Woking
Wealdstone v Wrexham
NATN
Curzon Ashton PP Brackley Town
NATS
Braintree Town v Hungerford Town
Chippenham Town v Eastbourne Borough
Dartford v Bath City
Dorking Wanderers v Chelmsford City
Dulwich Hamlet v St Albans City
Hampton & Richmond Borough v Tonbridge Angels
Havant & Waterlooville v Ebbsfleet United
Hemel Hempstead Town v Concord Rangers
Maidstone United v Oxford City
Slough Town v Welling United

SLP-S
Chesham United PP Weston-super-Mare
Farnborough PP Dorchester Town
Hayes & Yeading United v Poole Town
Merthyr Town v Kings Langley
Metropolitan Police v Tiverton Town
Salisbury v Beaconsfield Town
Swindon Supermarine v Hartley Wintney
Walton Casuals PP Yate Town - must be structural as this is 3G
SL1-C
Didcot Town v Thame United
Hertford Town v Kidlington
North Leigh v Harlow Town
St Neots Town v Aylesbury United
Wantage Town v Waltham Abbey
SL1-S
Highworth Town PP Larkhall Athletic
Willand Rovers PP Winchester City

IL-P
Enfield Town v Leatherhead
Merstham PP Corinthian-Casuals
IL1-SC
Ashford Town (Middx) v Marlow
Bedfont Sports v South Park
Bracknell Town PP Tooting & Mitcham United OFF Storm Damage
Chertsey Town v Basingstoke Town - 'Dragons' travel to 3rd placed Chertsey
Guernsey PP Chipstead
Hanwell Town v Thatcham Town
Staines Town v Chalfont St Peter
Sutton Common Rovers v Northwood
Westfield v Binfield

CCL-PN
Abbey Rangers v Ascot United
CB Hounslow United PP St Panteleimon see Bracknell
Edgware Town v Reading City
Egham Town PP Southall
North Greenford United v Hanworth Villa
Spelthorne Sports v Burnham
Tadley Calleva v Virginia Water
Windsor v Wokingham & Emmbrook
CCL-PS
Badshot Lea v Guildford City
Balham v Redhill @ AFC Croydon
Banstead Athletic PP Sheerwater
Beckenham Town v Knaphill
Camberley Town v Jersey Bulls
Colliers Wood United v Raynes Park Vale
Farnham Town PP Walton & Hersham
Fleet Town v Frimley Green
Molesey PP Horley Town
CCL-1
AFC Aldermaston PP Cove @ Thatcham
AFC Hayes PP British Airways
Bedfont & Feltham v Langley
Chalvey Sports v Berks County @ Burnham
Enfield Borough v Bagshot @ Wingate & Finchley
Hilltop v Sandhurst Town @ Hillingdon - 'Fizzers' travel to league leaders
London Lions v Kensington & Ealing Borough
London Samurai Rovers v Wallingford Town @ Hanworth V
Rayners Lane v FC Deportivo Galicia
Woodley United v Hillingdon Borough @ Rivermoor

HELL- P
Bishops Cleeve v Shrivenham @ Evesham
Royal Wootton Bassett Town v Fairford Town
HELL-1
Newent Town v Milton United
Shortwood United PP Abingdon United

- weather permitting - might continue 'ticking' some 'new' grounds in this league - have options @ Thornbury v Hereford Lads in the Premier (nr Brizzle) but that rarely survives poor weather .... or into rural Worcs/Warks for Div One games @ Pershore v Bourton or Studley v Malmesbury Vics
- had slipped my attention that Clanfield '85, Oxon-based, north of Faringdon/south of Witney - so only just outside our sphere of interest - (since I include Shrivenham/Highworth in that ) are on a great run of form, since i saw them lose unexpectedly a month or so back.
So much so they now head the Div One table but Studley would return there with a win and all the chasing pack (which includes Milton Utd & Pershore) have 3 or more games in hand on them.
...and with the latest onset of more wet stuff - my list is dwindling by the moment - so think I might give it a miss again

SSM-P
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos PP Broadfields United
Baldock Town v Flackwell Heath
Holmer Green PP Ardley United
Risborough Rangers PP Harefield United
SSM-1
Kidlington Reserves PP Letchworth Garden City Eagles
Long Crendon v Burton Park Wanderers @ Oxford City
Shefford Town & Campton v Amersham Town
Stotfold v Penn & Tylers Green

WESS-P
Alton v Amesbury Town
WESS-1
Andover New Street PP Ringwood Town
Andover Town v Verwood Town
Ash United v Millbrook
Fawley AFC v Petersfield Town
Fleet Spurs v Bemerton Heath Harlequins
Newport (IOW) PP Whitchurch United

[paultheroyal]

...draw for the Quarter Final of the FA Vase:
(ties due Sat 12th March)

1 Whitchurch Alport v Newport Pagnell Town
2 Loughborough Students v Whythenshawe Town
3 Littlehampton Town v North Shields
4 Hamworthy United v Southall

...and the FA Trophy

1 Bromley v Solihull Moors
2 Needham Market v Stockport County
3 Notts County v Wrexham
4 Dagenham & Redbridge v York City


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

...if I can 'stir my stumps' then I'm going to have a go at the big Andover 'derby' this evening (Tue) WESSEX Div 1 - New Street vs Town -saw this same fixture in the Oct before the VIDS and the crowd was over 250 so better try & get down there early!

UPDATE - which has been called OFF this PM waterlogged as has:

NATS Hungerford v Dartford

...along with most of the other 'likelies' on my short list......

Real shame County drew Wrexham - if that game was a final at Wembley you would be looking at around 50,000 gate.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Decent 2-0 win for Maidenhead v in-form Borehamwood played out in front of nearly 2.5k tonight Josh Kelly scores again.

9 points clear of the drop zone (and, with games in hand)…looks like another season in the top NL flight

[Four Of Clubs]

– lots of late call-offs much - to be expected with that 2nd bout of mid-PM rain, once the Gales had subsided – though all seemed to have cleared up round here by 14:00 – so probably wasn’t too late for a dash to Scours La but unfortunately that had been scrubbed out an hour or so earlier. Burnham might have been a better option for goals too?
My list of ‘new’ ticks was almost completely wiped out – possibly wise to stay in - as one of the few remaining choices that did survive ended 0-0 and one of the others started quite late, as the match official reportedly hadn't bothered travelling!.

Scores from the matches that did go ahead:

Saturday 19th February 2022

NAT
Maidenhead United 2-0 Boreham Wood att 2,324 - ’Magpies’ led through a goal from Josh Kelly around 30’ and added a late 2nd half goal from Nathan Blissett to halt Boreham Wood’s race for the top. Hosts go 9 points clear of Weymouth and the drop-zone, with games in hand on those around them – no-one else now in the bottom 6, in action today. Barnet grabbed a valuable point at Torquay.

Notts County 2-0 Eastleigh
Stockport County 1-0 Woking att 6,820 - ‘Hatters/Cobras’ win with the only goal mid-way 2nd half to go 6 points clear of Chesterfield – hosts had a player sent off after H/T too. ‘Cards’ now 6 without a win and are getting drawn down towards the relegation dog-fight –together with Eastleigh and Wealdstone: both losers today

Wealdstone 1-2 Wrexham – Visitors come from a goal down with only a couple of minutes left scoring on 88’ & 95’ to stay 7th
NATS
Braintree Town 1-0 Hungerford Town frustrating afternoon for ‘Crusaders’ at lowly Braintree – visitors stay in 10th
Chippenham Town 1-1 Eastbourne Borough
Dartford 2-0 Bath City
Dorking Wanderers 2-0 Chelmsford City
Dulwich Hamlet 0-0 St Albans City
Havant & Waterlooville 4-2 Ebbsfleet United
Hemel Hempstead Town 3-1 Concord Rangers
Maidstone United 2-1 Oxford City 2nd bt 3rd allowing Dartford to climb above City
Slough Town 2-1 Welling United apparently the weather somewhat ruined the contest but ‘Rebels’ hang on to the 3 points against the struggling ‘Wings’ - and go 12th.Goals in the 1st half from Kayani and Aaron Kuhl

SLP-S
Hayes & Yeading United 6-1 Poole Town H&Y recover top spot from Farnborough whose game at Cherrywood was called off.
Merthyr Town 0-1 Kings Langley
Metropolitan Police 1-0 Tiverton Town - Liam Ferdinand on target for the Ol’ Bill.
Salisbury 1-2 Beaconsfield Town 2nd half brace from Nathan Minhas
SL1-C
Didcot Town 0-2 Thame United- att 249 - 1st half goals from Pearce and Blake see Thame up to 7th
Hertford Town 1-4 Kidlington

IL1-SC
Bedfont Sports[/b] 4-0 South Park
Chertsey Town 0-0 Basingstoke Town - att 382 again testing conditions but Basingstoke sound proud of a hard-earned point against tough opposition – would appear ‘young’ Strudders (Paul Strudley) in goal did his admirable best

Sutton Common Rovers 1-2 Northwood

CCL-PN
Edgware Town 2-0 Reading City
Windsor 2-2 Wokingham & Emmbrook ‘Sumas’ came from a goal down (Horscroft 33’) to lead through Raggett and Holder-Spooner but Windsor levelled on 83’ (Lindell Stewart.)
CCL-PS
Beckenham Town 3-1 Knaphill
Camberley Town 1-2 Jersey Bulls ’Bulls’ grab the win with the last kick of the game (95’) – pitch was a challenge for both sides – perhaps any other away side than one travelling from Jersey, might have seen it postponed?

CCL-1
Bedfont & Feltham 4-2 Langley
Chalvey Sports 2-7 {SEVEN} Berks County
Enfield Borough 0-1 Bagshot good win for the bottom side
London Lions 1-0 Kensington & Ealing Borough
London Samurai Rovers 1-1 Wallingford Town
Rayners Lane {SEVEN} 7-0 FC Deportivo Galicia

HELL- P
Royal Wootton Bassett Town 0-1 Fairford Town near neighbours go home with three points thanks to an injury time penalty

SSM-1
Long Crendon 4-1 Burton Park Wanderers

WESS-P
Alton 4-2 Amesbury Town

[NathStPaul]

Went to the Maidenhead Boreham Wood match yesterday. Kids got in free so as you can imagine it was packed out which was great to see.

Thoroughly impressed with Maidenhead, controlled the game from start to finish and didn't really give Boreham Wood a sniff. Josh Kelly will 100% get a move to the football league in thr summer, no way are Maidenhead keeping hold of him.
Boreham Wood were absolutely awful, no idea how they are near the top of the league based off of the performance yesterday, think they have one eye on the FA Cup.

Been to Maidenhead twice now and really enjoyed myself on both occasions. Good grub, staff are great and they really aren't a bad little football team. Looking forward to going again.

9/10

[Sutekh]

Went to the Maidenhead Boreham Wood match yesterday. Kids got in free so as you can imagine it was packed out which was great to see.

Thoroughly impressed with Maidenhead, controlled the game from start to finish and didn't really give Boreham Wood a sniff. Josh Kelly will 100% get a move to the football league in thr summer, no way are Maidenhead keeping hold of him.
Boreham Wood were absolutely awful, no idea how they are near the top of the league based off of the performance yesterday, think they have one eye on the FA Cup.

Been to Maidenhead twice now and really enjoyed myself on both occasions. Good grub, staff are great and they really aren't a bad little football team. Looking forward to going again.

9/10

Been brilliant for them since arriving in tier 5 of the game. Practically the only semi-professional team at that level and just keep surviving each year. Alan Devonshire is brilliant keeping them up. Wonder if they'll ever turn professional?

[Royals and Racers]

BT Sport were very complimentary about Maidenhead as well.

[NathStPaul]

Their record against the top 7 is great, beaten all of them this season I believe. Staying in the league is an achievement for them which it looks like they'll comfortably do now, hope they can kick on next season.

[BraisingsteakRoyal]

Off to the Silverlake for Eastleigh vs Southend Utd tonight.

There's been a bit of an exodus over the last couple of weeks - first the manager and then maybe 4/5 of the younger/better players have been picked up by lower league sides - with loanees being brought in to replace them til the end of the season.

Either the club has just written the season off, or there is some deeper financial concern and its a fire sale.