The Non - League thread

[Four Of Clubs]

NL Results and some Reviews of where we are at currently

Saturday 9th April

NAT
Aldershot Town 2-1 Boreham Wood – vital win for Sh!ts in their efforts to stave off relegation – their first since January – helped by Kings Lynn only drawing 2-2 with Yeovil – ‘Linnets’ remain 5 points behind with 6 to play – and Aldershot have played 2 games less.

Dover Athletic 0-1 Maidenhead United Kelly on 92’ – ‘Athletic’ remain bottom on -3 points
FC Halifax Town 2-1 Woking
Wealdstone 1-2 Chesterfield
Wrexham 3-2 Eastleigh
- Stockport stay top ahead of Wrexham by 8 points with a 5-0 win over Southend on the late live showing – in front of 7,738 @ Edgeley Park.
- Looks very much as if Weymouth will join Dover in National South next season as the ‘Terras’ are 11 points from safety albeit with 8 games left.
- with Kings Lynn Town very likely to go down with these two, there should not be too much shuffling around between N & S for STEP02, as the Norfolk side will probably be 'forced' North where their previous incarnation (minus the ‘Town’) struggled badly financially, possibly as a result and eventually folded in 2010.

NATN
Brackley Town 1-0 York City – ‘Saints’ hold on to top spot by 1 point
- Gateshead in 2nd also win 4-3 at home to Chester – both have 6 to play.

NATS
Chelmsford City 1-1 Tonbridge Angels
Chippenham Town 1-2 Maidstone United - visitors head the table by 7 points from Dorking Wanderers and have 5 games left
Concord Rangers 3-1 Bath City
Dartford 1-1 Hemel Hempstead Town
Dulwich Hamlet 0-2 Oxford City
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2-0 Billericay Town
Havant & Waterlooville 4-0 Braintree Town
Hungerford Town 0-2 St Albans City - this drops 'Crusaders' out of the last PO Spot but there are still half a dozen clubs vying for 7th place currently held by StAlebuns - and even Slough could add themselves to this melee with a good run

Slough Town 2-2 Eastbourne Borough
Welling United 2-4 Ebbsfleet United

SLP-C
Barwell 2-6 Banbury United – Champions turning on the style - 2 each for Wreh, Stevens and Roberts
SLP-S
Beaconsfield Town 3-5 Tiverton Town
Farnborough 2-0 Poole Town move 3rd, three points behind H&Y with a game in hand – play Hendon, Hartley W and the possible winner takes all on the last day (23rd) down at Taunton
Hayes & Yeading United 4-0 Yate Town H&Y stay top with 2 games to play (v Chesham & Hartley W.) but 2nd & 3rd both have a game in hand
Kings Langley 1-2 Swindon Supermarine
Merthyr Town 0-3 Chesham United
Metropolitan Police 1-2 Taunton Town - this result most likely reduces the title contest to a three horse race now – Taunton’s win here snuffing out Met Pols' chances of the title as they are now 4 points behind the leaders and have dropped to 4th with only 2 games left.
- Taunton host Yate on Tuesday night and can go three points clear of Hayes with a win – they then travel to close rivals Tivvy on Easter Mon finishing off with the bumper clash at home to Farnborough

Truro City 2-0 Walton Casuals
Wimborne Town 0-0 Hartley Wintney
SL1-C
Aylesbury United 3-1 Kempston Rovers
Biggleswade 1-2 Didcot Town
Harlow Town 0-0 Kidlington
North Leigh 0-0 Hertford Town
St Neots Town 0-0 Thame United
Wantage Town 0-1 Colney Heath
SL1-S
Barnstaple Town 4-0 Highworth Town
Winchester City 3-0 Melksham Town City hanging on to last PO spot just ahead of AFC Totton
- Plymouth Parkway top of this division just above long-time leaders Frome by GD of 1 goal and with game in hand. PP beaten 1-3 at Ciren T yesterday att 700+ - host mid-table Highworth on Tuesday then relegated Mangoes on Saturday
- I may venture down to that one for my 'Holiday Special' this year .......

IL-P
Folkestone Invicta 2-2 Corinthian-Casuals
Wingate & Finchley 1-1 Leatherhead
IL1-SC
Ashford Town (Middx) 2-1 Thatcham Town
Basingstoke Town 3-2 South Park
Chertsey Town 2-0 Binfield
Chipstead 0-0 Hanwell Town
Guernsey 2-1 Chalfont St Peter
Marlow 4-1 Sutton Common Rovers
Northwood 1-1 Westfield
Tooting & Mitcham United 0-1 Bedfont Sports
Uxbridge 2-1 Staines Town
- Probably only 2 down from this division with the demise pre-season of Whyteleafe and that almost certainly will be Staines and Chalfont
- In the PO spots currently are: Chertsey, Bedfont Sports, Basingstoke and Hanwell but with 5 games still to play Uxbridge and Marlow are still in touching distance.

CCL-PN
Abbey Rangers 6-0 North Greenford United
Burnham 0-5 Southall
Edgware Town 1-2 Hanworth Villa
Egham Town 2-0 Wokingham & Emmbrook
Holyport 1-1 Reading City
Spelthorne Sports 0-1 CB Hounslow United
Wembley 0-4 Tadley Calleva
Windsor 1-1 St Panteleimon
CCL-PS
Balham 1-1 Knaphill
Banstead Athletic 1-0 Colliers Wood United
Camberley Town 3-1 Fleet Town
Farnham Town 3-1 Cobham
Frimley Green 4-1 Guildford City
Horley Town 0-1 Beckenham Town
Jersey Bulls 0-1 Badshot Lea Baggy Lea win it with an early goal and go 4th level with RPV. I think this might be ‘Bulls’ first genuine league defeat at their ‘proper’ home (Springfield) since joining the pyramid –a remarkable run – though with much truncated seasons 19/20 & 20/21 that actually only adds up to 30 games – Fixture congestion probably caught up with them this term, along with some quite breath-taking consistency from the two top sides in this Division this season: Beckenham and Walton &H.
Jersey still have 5 games left to play, all at home.

Redhill 2-1 Sheerwater
Walton & Hersham 1-0 Raynes Park Vale
CCL-1
AFC Aldermaston 0-0 Bedfont & Feltham
AFC Hayes 4-2 Chalvey Sports
FC Deportivo Galicia 5-2 Woodley United
Hillingdon Borough 2-0 Enfield Borough
Kensington & Ealing Borough 5-0 Cove
London Lions 0-1 Berks County
Rayners Lane 1-0 British Airways
Wallingford Town 3-1 Hilltop
- Top two both beaten - with leaders Lions upset by Berks County – Wallingford (in 4th) with a decent chance of finishing 3rd as Rayners only have one game left and although they are 6 points ahead of Town the latter have 7 games remaining.

SSM-P
Flackwell Heath 1-1 Hadley att 425 - was free admission game - visitors level in the last minute
Leverstock Green 0-3 Risborough Rangers
New Salamis {EIGHT] 8-1 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
- Top two both win - RR still 2 games in hand and 3 points behind leaders New Salamis
- ‘Heathens’ back in 5th behind Hadley and Leighton –those positions unlikely to change.

SSM-1
Ampthill Town 1-3 Amersham Town
Burton Park Wanderers 3-2 Penn & Tylers Green
Kidlington Reserves 1-3 Shefford Town & Campton
Long Crendon 0-5 Wellingborough Whitworth
- All the goals in the 2nd half – a hopper arriving at Oxford City’s ground to see the Oxon FA Intermediate Cup Final missed the goals for this match but in his intended game which KO’d at 17:15 saw Woodcote beat Easington Sports ‘Dev’ 1-0

Thame United Reserves 1-3 Raunds Town
- Stotfold comfortable winners of this division well clear of Winslow in 2nd - barring a complete collapse –
- our ‘featured’ sides more or less all finishing mid-table: though understandably the two Reserve outfits had patchier seasons, presumably due to first team call-ups and both have seen a severe dip in form as the season runs to a close – Thame’s 2nd string had started reasonably well too.
- Perennial strugglers Amersham picked up some respectability with four wins in the last 6 and a very decent win at 4th place Ampthill yesterday.

WESS-P
Alton 3-0 Cowes Sports
Brockenhurst 1-0 Alresford Town
WESS-1
Andover Town 5-1 Totton & Eling
Ash United 1-7 {SEVEN} Andover New Street
Newport (IOW) {EIGHT} 8-0 Fleet Spurs
Whitchurch United 1-1 Petersfield Town
- Yet again this is the ‘go to’ League for ‘goal whoring’ (another less-than-delightful NL-hopping term)
- in the Premier, 6 of the matches on Saturday yielded 37 goals including a 12-2 @ Fareham in front of a crowd close to 300
- Losing Vase semi-finalists Hamworthy were already Champions: 7 points clear of 2nd placed Bashley with only 2 games left apiece.
- ‘Hammers' can reach 100 goals for the season, if they get 3 in their remaining fixtures but will join FOUR other clubs on that mark already – 3rd placed Shaftesbury have scored a bewildering 121 – Fareham who notched a round dozen yesterday alone – have scored 112 ..... but also shipped 96
- Five clubs at the lower end have conceded over 100 – pride of place to poor Amesbury - Fareham’s victims - and well adrift in bottom place – they have been breached a staggering 157 times and have a GD of -128 !
- In Div One it rained goals too: seeing 36 in the highest half-dozen games – including an 8, a 7 and three 5s
- Top spot currently held by Bemerton Heath (from a western suburb of Salisbury) but ANS are still within reach of honours: both have 1 game (Folland in 3rd have finished and although Newport IoW can draw level if they win their last game and the other 2 lose - they are 20 goals worse off). Top four are only separated by 3 points and as per the Premier, have all scored over 100 goals. New Street have racked up 7 on five occasions since mid-Feb.
- The division comes to a close on Good Friday – BHH host Andover Town who are 6th; ANS are on IoW but at struggling East Cowes.
- Newport IoW – been playing at Smallbrook Stadium this season (Speedway?) - host the 'Jam Boys' of Whitchurch – who are in lower mid-table.
- Fleet Spurs who sat rooted to the bottom for most of the season, eventually scrambled above Totton & Eling with better form in the New Year.

[Four Of Clubs]

Fixtures for the Easter Holiday Program: -I've covered Friday and Saturday, as I may not get time to post between days - possibly v.early start on the Saturday (see below )

Good Friday 15th April …not much on locally below the top two Steps

NAT
Eastleigh v Bromley
Maidenhead United v Weymouth
Southend United v Wealdstone
Woking v Torquay United
Yeovil Town v Aldershot Town
NATN
Leamington v Brackley Town
NATS
Bath City v Havant & Waterlooville
Billericay Town v Dartford
Braintree Town v Concord Rangers
Dorking Wanderers v Chippenham Town
Eastbourne Borough v Welling United
Ebbsfleet United v Dulwich Hamlet
Hemel Hempstead Town v Hampton & Richmond Borough
Oxford City v Hungerford Town
St Albans City v Chelmsford City
Tonbridge Angels v Slough Town

IL1-SC
19:45 Binfield v Marlow
13:00 Westfield v Basingstoke Town so you could easily walk over the road for the Cards' 15:00 game at Kingfield vs Torquay!
13:00 Staines Town v Bracknell Town @ Bedfont Sports

HELL- P
19:45 Royal Wootton Bassett Town v Shrivenham

SSM-1
19:30 Penn & Tylers Green v Amersham Town

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Easter Saturday 16th April

SLP-C
Hitchin Town v Banbury United
SLP-S
Beaconsfield Town v Merthyr Town
Chesham United v Gosport Borough
Hartley Wintney v Truro City
Hendon v Farnborough
Swindon Supermarine v Wimborne Town
Walton Casuals v Tiverton Town
Yate Town v Kings Langley
- Taunton went three points clear in midweek with a 2-1 win over Yate in front of 1068

SL1-C
Barton Rovers v Aylesbury United
Didcot Town v Waltham Abbey
FC Romania v North Leigh
Kidlington v St Neots Town
Thame United v Ware
Wantage Town v Kempston Rovers
SL1-S
Evesham United v Winchester City
Highworth Town v AFC Totton
- am targeting the league leaders in this one - Plymouth Parkway vs Mangotsfield - holiday traffic permitting - hopefully everyone will have got to where they're going by mid-AM tho' the M5 may easily f£(& this up - wanted to go long distance as is the norm for me on Easter Sat. but all of the West Devon/Cornish sides I need to visit decided to play the day before this year
- Parkway beat Highworth 2-0 midweek att: 628 - 'Mangoes' would be relegated if they don't win here.

IL-P
Corinthian-Casuals v Horsham
Leatherhead v Folkestone Invicta
IL1-SC
Chalfont St Peter v Northwood
13:00 Guernsey v Bedfont Sports
Hanwell Town v Tooting & Mitcham United
South Park v Ashford Town (Middx)
13:00 Staines Town v Bracknell Town @ Bedfont Sports
Sutton Common Rovers v Chertsey Town
Thatcham Town v Uxbridge

CCL-PN
Abbey Rangers v St Panteleimon
Ascot United v Windsor
Egham Town v Tadley Calleva
North Greenford United v Edgware Town
Southall v Spelthorne Sports @ Ashford T (Mx)
CCL-PS
Balham v Molesey @ AFC Croydon
Banstead Athletic v Badshot Lea
Beckenham Town v Guildford City Beckenham re-took top spot from W&H with a 4-0 win at Redhill on Wednesday.
Cobham v Walton & Hersham
Farnham Town v Knaphill
Fleet Town v Horley Town
Frimley Green v Raynes Park Vale
Jersey Bulls v Redhill
CCL-1
Bagshot v AFC Aldermaston @ Camberley
Bedfont & Feltham v FC Deportivo Galicia
Enfield Borough v Berks County @ Wingate & F
Eversley & California v Hilltop saw the 'Boars' push leaders (London Lions) all the way on Tue night, ended up losing 1-2 to a very late goal - now welcome 2nd placed Hilltop who surprisingly stumbled again at home to lowly Bagshot on Wed evening sharing four goals. Lions lead the table by 6 with both sides having 4 to play.

Hillingdon Borough v Cove bottom club Cove shipped NINE at Deportivo midweek
Langley v British Airways @ Slough
Sandhurst Town v Chalvey Sports
Wallingford Town v London Samurai Rovers Town stay 4th behind Rayners Lane - dropped points at Bedfont & Feltham on Tue in a 2-2 draw.
Woodley United v Rayners Lane @ Reading City - United got a very creditable win midweek at (Binfield) Berks County

SSM-P
Ardley United v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Broadfields United v Flackwell Heath
Hadley v New Salamis
Leighton Town v Milton Keynes Irish
Risborough Rangers v Holmer Green RR drew level with New Salamis midweek with a win over Harefield - have inferior GD but still one game in hand. Would not expect Holmer G to worry them unduly whereas Salamis are at 3rd placed Hadley. I believe the top two have already had promotion confirmed - most likely to the Southern One Central? Not sure about NS and their ground situation though - currently lodge at Haringey.

SSM-1
London Tigers v Thame United Reserves @ Amersham
Long Crendon v Buckingham Athletic @ Oxford C
Winslow United v Kidlington Reserves
- Stotfold confirmed as Champions of this division midweek

WESS-P
Alresford Town v Horndean
Shaftesbury v Alton
WESS-1
Bemerton Heath Harlequins v Andover Town
East Cowes Victoria v Andover New Street
Fleet Spurs v Ringwood Town
Laverstock & Ford v Ash United
Millbrook v Petersfield Town
Newport (IOW) v Whitchurch United

...and a couple of other lower level niceties ...
HELL2S
Kintbury Rangers v Carterton
Letcombe v Faringdon Town

[Four Of Clubs]

Results so far over the Holiday period:

Good Friday 15th April

NAT
Eastleigh 0-2 Bromley
Maidenhead United 2-0 Weymouth -att 2,056 Donnelan & Kelly 93’
Southend United 0-1 Wealdstone
Woking 0-1 Torquay United
- my third game of the day – wandered over the road from Westfield
- stale - both sides cancelling each other out – defences on top - one quick break early first half from former Cards midfielder Armani Little. Big crowd - I think I heard 3k plus over the Tannoy
– was definitely a bit crammed in the Kingfield Road end and not many empty seats down the far end big-seated stand – fair away following too.

Yeovil Town 0-2 Aldershot Town
NATN
Leamington 0-0 Brackley Town Gateshead win 6-0 at Guiseley to re-take top spot.
NATS
Bath City 0-0 Havant & Waterlooville
Billericay Town 0-2 Dartford
Braintree Town 0-1 Concord Rangers
Dorking Wanderers 3-0 Chippenham Town
Eastbourne Borough 3-3 Welling United
Ebbsfleet United 2-1 Dulwich Hamlet
Hemel Hempstead Town 1-0 Hampton & Richmond Borough
Oxford City 1-0 Hungerford Town
St Albans City 0-3 Chelmsford City
Tonbridge Angels 0-1 Slough Town Tenconi with a near post finish after a terrific run down the left by young CB Dandy

IL1-SC
Binfield 1-1 Marlow - att 322 - dropped points here probably means ‘Blues’ miss out on the POs – 5 points off with only 2 games left - ‘Moles’ may finish a creditable 8th in their first season up at this level

Westfield 0-2 Basingstoke Town
- got to this after the morning Cup Final at Burnham – not much of a contest Basingstoke rather coasted to a win with the mercurial Paul ‘Strudders’ Strudley much untroubled between the sticks.

Staines Town 0-3 Bracknell Town - routine win for ‘Robins’ - led by three at H/T - reportedly could have been far more – the obligatory Seb Bowerman (pen) amongst the goals – puts him top of the Division’s scorer charts on 27, I believe – not checked but I‘m fairly certain a significant proportion of these have come from the spot.

HELL- P
Royal Wootton Bassett Town 2-1 Shrivenham att 156

SSM-1
Penn & Tylers Green 3-2 Amersham Town

- As above started nice and early with a trundle up to 'The Gore' for the Slough Town Challenge Cup Final between two leading lights in the E.Berks league.
- Singh Sabha Slough 1-2 Old Windsor – nice sized crowd enjoyed a close fought contest with OW coming out on top with a late goal and wresting the Cup from holder Sabha.
- These two are both vying for the title in the EBL Premier too – with OW having games in hand on 1st (Britwell) and 2nd (Sabha) – but now Cricket is in full a swing this league has often suffered from a lot of late ‘cry-offs’
- so with upward of half-a-doz games left for the top clubs I'm not too sure how it will play out. Fixtures are showing as scheduled to run through to the end of May but I seriously doubt that will be the case, based on past experience.
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Easter Saturday 16th April

SLP-C
Hitchin Town 0-2 Banbury United
SLP-S
Beaconsfield Town 3-4 Merthyr Town
Chesham United 4-2 Gosport Borough
Hartley Wintney 4-1 Truro City 2nd half hat-trick for Lucias Vine - forward on loan from the Sh!ts
Hendon 0-1 Farnborough Hodges on the mark again giving ‘boro a vital three points before their trip to leaders Taunton next w/e
- they sit alongside Hayes & Yeading - three points behind the Somerset side and all have 2 to play.
- ‘boro host Hartley W tomorrow (Easter Mon) – whilst H&Y have slightly tougher prospect at home to Chesham– who are chasing a PO spot themselves: they then go to Hartley on the final day - so ‘The Row’ may have a big say in where the title ends up.
- Taunton go to mid-table Tivvy

Swindon Supermarine 3-1 Wimborne Town
Walton Casuals 3-2 Tiverton Town
Yate Town 3-1 Kings Langley

SL1-C
Barton Rovers 1-1 Aylesbury United
Didcot Town 1-2 Waltham Abbey - a 94’ winner bagged by Prince Domafriyie – the other goal was scored by the equally exotic sounding, Ace’a Laurent formerly of Concord and Billericay
FC Romania 0-1 North Leigh Nor Lye still chasing a faint chance of the POs but trail WGC by 2 points with 2 left – their remaining games aginst Diddy and relegated Colney Heath.
Kidlington 1-1 St Neots Town
Thame United 0-1 Ware
Wantage Town 3-0 Kempston Rovers a 'better late than never' big win for ‘Freds’ may also condemn the visitors to the relegation PO lottery
SL1-S
Evesham United 1-5 Winchester City – goals from Barron, Brooks and a hat-trick from Balmer keeps City in the PO hunt – 2 points above Totton with 2 to play.
Highworth Town 0-3 AFC Totton

… bit of a slog but we made it to….
Plymouth Parkway 4-0 Mangotsfield –att 660 - no real contest but a good day was had by all (apart from the ‘visitors’ who are probably relegated after 20 years at STEP03/04 – though the ‘Mangoes’ didn’t actually ‘set much alight’ with only one promotion in that time.)
- Nice enough stadium in a sports complex up on a hill in the northern suburbs of the City.
- may need to do a bit of work on the pitch for next season though – may ease if they decide (as is rumoured to be likely) to evict their lodgers (Truro).

IL-P
Corinthian-Casuals 0-3 Horsham
Leatherhead 0-1 Folkestone Invicta
IL1-SC
Chalfont St Peter 1-0 Northwood
13:00 Guernsey 3-4 Bedfont Sports
Hanwell Town 3-1 Tooting & Mitcham United
South Park 1-0 Ashford Town (Middx)
Sutton Common Rovers 1-5 Chertsey Town
Thatcham Town 1-0 Uxbridge

CCL-PN
Abbey Rangers 3-2 St Panteleimon
Ascot United 0-0 Windsor
Egham Town 1-1 Tadley Calleva
North Greenford United 2-0 Edgware Town
Southall 2-0 Spelthorne Sports
CCL-PS
Balham 6-2 Molesey
Banstead Athletic 1-2 Badshot Lea
Beckenham Town 3-0 Guildford City
Cobham 0-2 Walton & Hersham
Farnham Town 1-0 Knaphill
Fleet Town 2-0 Horley Town
Frimley Green 0-4 Raynes Park Vale
Jersey Bulls 2-1 Redhill
CCL-1
Bagshot 3-0 AFC Aldermaston
Bedfont & Feltham 1-2 FC Deportivo Galicia
Enfield Borough 2-3 Berks County
Eversley & California 2-1 Hilltop
Hillingdon Borough 1-3 Cove
Langley 1-1 British Airways
Sandhurst Town 3-0 Chalvey Sports
Wallingford Town 6-4 London Samurai Rovers
Woodley United 0-6 Rayners Lane

SSM-P
Ardley United 3-2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Broadfields United 5-1 Flackwell Heath
Hadley 1-1 New Salamis
Leighton Town 2-2 Milton Keynes Irish att 430
Risborough Rangers 4-1 Holmer Green - RR back on top still with a game in hand as Salamis drop points at Hadley. A win for Rangers at Tring Athletic on this Tuesday evening, would confirm the title - a draw or less would mean they'd need to avoid defeat when Salamis are the visitors next w/e.
SSM-1
London Tigers 1-2 Thame United Reserves
Long Crendon 4-1 Buckingham Athletic
Winslow United 2-3 Kidlington Reserves

WESS-P
Alresford Town 0-3 Horndean
Shaftesbury 5-2 Alton
- Hamworthy Champions – Bashley runners-up – they may now enter POs dependent upon PPG which is fairly decent I think - Alton finished 10th Alresford 14th
WESS-1
Bemerton Heath Harlequins 3-1 Andover Town Andover unable to assist their close neighbours by halting BHH’s charge to the title.
East Cowes Victoria 0-2 Andover New Street - ANS now go into a promotion PO round against Salisbury-based Lav. & Ford (Tue 19th) and along with Folland who travel to Newport IoW (Wed 20th) this midweek.

Fleet Spurs 1-1 Ringwood Town
Laverstock & Ford 5-0 Ash United
Millbrook 2-6 Petersfield Town
Newport (IOW) 3-1 Whitchurch United

..and finally …. apols that BOTH lower level Hellenic games mentioned in the preview were rescheduled at short-notice from Saturday to later in the month

RWBT did play again today on the Hellenic ‘Hop’ schedule and were beaten 0-2 by Corsham in front of over 340.

[Four Of Clubs]

...at the risk of 'dampening my own powder' so soon after posting a Review - here's the programme of tomorrow's NL fixtures:

Easter Monday 18th April

NAT
Aldershot Town v Dagenham & Redbridge
Bromley v Maidenhead United
Dover Athletic v Woking
Torquay United v Eastleigh
Wealdstone v Boreham Wood
NATN
Brackley Town v Boston United
NATS
Chelmsford City v Billericay Town
Chippenham Town v Oxford City
Concord Rangers v Ebbsfleet United
Dartford v Maidstone United
Dulwich Hamlet v Tonbridge Angels
Hampton & Richmond Borough v St Albans City
Havant & Waterlooville v Eastbourne Borough
Hungerford Town v Bath City
Slough Town v Hemel Hempstead Town
Welling United v Dorking Wanderers

SLP-C
Banbury United v Alvechurch
SLP-S
Farnborough v Hartley Wintney
Harrow Borough v Walton Casuals
Hayes & Yeading United v Chesham United
Kings Langley v Hendon
Merthyr Town v Swindon Supermarine
Metropolitan Police v Beaconsfield Town
Tiverton Town v Taunton Town
SL1- C
AFC Dunstable v Thame United
Aylesbury United v Berkhamsted
North Leigh v Didcot Town
Wantage Town v Kidlington
SL1- S
Cirencester Town v Highworth Town
Winchester City v Lymington Town

ILP
Carshalton Athletic v Corinthian-Casuals
Kingstonian v Leatherhead
IL1-SC
Ashford Town (Middx) v Hanwell Town
Basingstoke Town v Binfield
Bracknell Town v Westfield
Chertsey Town v Bedfont Sports
Chipstead v Sutton Common Rovers
14:00 Guernsey v South Park
Marlow v Thatcham Town
12:45 Tooting & Mitcham United v Staines Town
Uxbridge v Chalfont St Peter

CCL-PN (11:30 KOs unless stated)
Ascot United v Abbey Rangers
Edgware Town v St Panteleimon
Holyport v Wokingham & Emmbrook 'Sumas' need a point here to secure STEP05 for next season. Port will need a win to give themselves any chance of climbing above their opponents in the final game the following week (23rd) . A task most probably beyond them anyway as they have to travel to runners-up Southall - whilst Wok & Emm face VW at Lowther Rd.
- it would take a very unlikely combination of results for CB Hounslow to escape the drop - as they only have one game left at free-scoring North Greenford.

Reading City v Egham Town
13:30 Windsor v North Greenford United
CCL-PS (11:30 unless stated)
Badshot Lea v Farnham Town
Camberley Town v Frimley Green
Molesey v Colliers Wood United
Redhill v Banstead Athletic
Sheerwater v Guildford City
13:00 AFC Croydon Athletic v Balham
13:00 Knaphill v Cobham
13:00 Raynes Park Vale v Beckenham Town
14:00 Jersey Bulls v Horley Town
15:00 Walton & Hersham v Fleet Town
CCL-1 (11:30 unless stated)
AFC Aldermaston v Woodley United
Berks County v Eversley & California
British Airways v Langley
Chalvey Sports v Bagshot
Cove v Wallingford Town
FC Deportivo Galicia v Hillingdon Borough
London Samurai Rovers v Bedfont & Feltham
Rayners Lane v AFC Hayes
13:30 Kensington & Ealing Borough v Sandhurst Town
14:00 Hilltop v Enfield Borough

SSM-1
Kidlington Reserves v Letchworth Garden City Eagles
Raunds Town v London Tigers
Shefford Town & Campton v Amersham Town
Stotfold v Penn & Tylers Green

[Sutekh]

...at the risk of 'dampening my own powder' so soon after posting a Review - here's the programme of tomorrow's NL fixtures:

Easter Monday 18th April

NAT
Aldershot Town v Dagenham & Redbridge
Bromley v Maidenhead United
Dover Athletic v Woking
Torquay United v Eastleigh
Wealdstone v Boreham Wood
NATN
Brackley Town v Boston United
NATS
Chelmsford City v Billericay Town
Chippenham Town v Oxford City
Concord Rangers v Ebbsfleet United
Dartford v Maidstone United
Dulwich Hamlet v Tonbridge Angels
Hampton & Richmond Borough v St Albans City
Havant & Waterlooville v Eastbourne Borough
Hungerford Town v Bath City
Slough Town v Hemel Hempstead Town
Welling United v Dorking Wanderers

SLP-C
Banbury United v Alvechurch
SLP-S
Farnborough v Hartley Wintney
Harrow Borough v Walton Casuals
Hayes & Yeading United v Chesham United
Kings Langley v Hendon
Merthyr Town v Swindon Supermarine
Metropolitan Police v Beaconsfield Town
Tiverton Town v Taunton Town
SL1- C
AFC Dunstable v Thame United
Aylesbury United v Berkhamsted
North Leigh v Didcot Town
Wantage Town v Kidlington
SL1- S
Cirencester Town v Highworth Town
Winchester City v Lymington Town

ILP
Carshalton Athletic v Corinthian-Casuals
Kingstonian v Leatherhead
IL1-SC
Ashford Town (Middx) v Hanwell Town
Basingstoke Town v Binfield
Bracknell Town v Westfield
Chertsey Town v Bedfont Sports
Chipstead v Sutton Common Rovers
14:00 Guernsey v South Park
Marlow v Thatcham Town
12:45 Tooting & Mitcham United v Staines Town
Uxbridge v Chalfont St Peter

CCL-PN (11:30 KOs unless stated)
Ascot United v Abbey Rangers
Edgware Town v St Panteleimon
Holyport v Wokingham & Emmbrook 'Sumas' need a point here to secure STEP05 for next season. Port will need a win to give themselves any chance of climbing above their opponents in the final game the following week (23rd) . A task most probably beyond them anyway as they have to travel to runners-up Southall - whilst Wok & Emm face VW at Lowther Rd.
- it would take a very unlikely combination of results for CB Hounslow to escape the drop - as they only have one game left at free-scoring North Greenford.

Reading City v Egham Town
13:30 Windsor v North Greenford United
CCL-PS (11:30 unless stated)
Badshot Lea v Farnham Town
Camberley Town v Frimley Green
Molesey v Colliers Wood United
Redhill v Banstead Athletic
Sheerwater v Guildford City
13:00 AFC Croydon Athletic v Balham
13:00 Knaphill v Cobham
13:00 Raynes Park Vale v Beckenham Town
14:00 Jersey Bulls v Horley Town
15:00 Walton & Hersham v Fleet Town
CCL-1 (11:30 unless stated)
AFC Aldermaston v Woodley United
Berks County v Eversley & California
British Airways v Langley
Chalvey Sports v Bagshot
Cove v Wallingford Town
FC Deportivo Galicia v Hillingdon Borough
London Samurai Rovers v Bedfont & Feltham
Rayners Lane v AFC Hayes
13:30 Kensington & Ealing Borough v Sandhurst Town
14:00 Hilltop v Enfield Borough

SSM-1
Kidlington Reserves v Letchworth Garden City Eagles
Raunds Town v London Tigers
Shefford Town & Campton v Amersham Town
Stotfold v Penn & Tylers Green

How does promotion/relegation work in the CCL this season given the fact that weirdly the league is “regionalised” at step 5 but not at step 6?

Does the league offer two candidates for promotion to step 4 or will Hanworth and either Beckenham or Walton have have a play off to decide who gets promoted?

Also I note that the CCL-N is only playing with 18 clubs while CCL-S has 20 so is North going to gain 2 clubs or is South going to lose 2 as aren’t the authorities trying to standardise the leagues and number of games throughout each step? If it’s the former then surely no-one should be relegated from CCL-N (l’m presuming that 4 would be promoted from CCL-1)?

[Four Of Clubs]

How does promotion/relegation work in the CCL this season given the fact that weirdly the league is “regionalised” at step 5 but not at step 6?

Does the league offer two candidates for promotion to step 4 or will Hanworth and either Beckenham or Walton have have a play off to decide who gets promoted?

Also I note that the CCL-N is only playing with 18 clubs while CCL-S has 20 so is North going to gain 2 clubs or is South going to lose 2 as aren’t the authorities trying to standardise the leagues and number of games throughout each step? If it’s the former then surely no-one should be relegated from CCL-N (l’m presuming that 4 would be promoted from CCL-1)?

...simple answer...... I'm not sure
.. There is a thread over on NLM but predominantly discussions seem to be looking at STEP03/04 ups and downs which has a puzzling PO configuration based upon PPG and throws up a few odd potential matches.

At STEP05 I believe top sides are up across the board subject to grading : 2nd/3rds can be involved in POs v sides finishing 2nd/3rd bottom at STEP04.
However this is also further complicated by some clubs at STEP04 retrospectively failing the grading inspections - one rumour was than Binfield might be in trouble in that respect (insufficient seats) and that in Diddy's division Welwyn Garden City and Colney H will be demoted ..... the latter are bottom 2 anyhow.
Reprieves will be handed out on PPG too I suspect so no reprieve likely for the 'Freds' who before today were in bottom position in that league.

Re relegation FROM STEP05 and specifically the CCL .... it's been stated that the bottom club in both Premier sections will be relegated in spite of the differential you pointed out N&S :18 & 20.

I'm even less aware of how promotion FROM STEP06 works but suspect that the top 2 in CCL-1 will go up (probably to N) and there may be some shuffling about, that'll give some hope of advancement to Eversley, Wallingford or Rayners Lane ....again grading permitting - all three have been making big improvements to their grounds over the last couple of seasons.

I'll dig again once more results have made the finishing positions clearer - but I do know Holyport v W&Emm finished 1-1 this lunchtime .... so the 'Sumas' are almost certainly safe.
(Would probably have gone there before the dreadfully dull game this PM at the SCL but my eldest had changed his mind about his needs ..... and sloped off with my car .... I could have gone in the missus' motor but that might have meant the MiL & SiL arriving earlier as they'd have come to us, rather than as planned my wife going over to them in Cav.

[NathStPaul]

Nice to see Binfield giving Basingstoke a good dicking. Binfield have had a really decent season.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Brackley shit-canning it again in the National North

Hungerford discreetly slipping away from the play-offs in the South

[Four Of Clubs]

Round-up of yesterday's scores....

Easter Monday 18th April

NAT
Aldershot Town 0-2 Dagenham & Redbridge
Bromley 0-0 Maidenhead United
Dover Athletic 1-4 Woking – goals from Kabamba (2) and Longe-King plus an (og) had the ‘Cards’ four up before the hour mark
Torquay United 0-0 Eastleigh
Wealdstone 2-0 Boreham Wood
NATN
Brackley Town 0-1 Boston United – ‘Saints’ undone around 86’ – Gateshead came from two down at HT to beat Darlo 4-2 - now head the table by 4 points with 4 games left
NATS
Chelmsford City 2-1 Billericay Town
Chippenham Town 1-0 Oxford City
Concord Rangers 1-2 Ebbsfleet United
Dartford 0-1 Maidstone United
Dulwich Hamlet 1-1 Tonbridge Angels
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0-0 St Albans City
Havant & Waterlooville 3-0 Eastbourne Borough
Hungerford Town 0-3 Bath City
Slough Town 2-0 Hemel Hempstead Town
Welling United 0-4 Dorking Wanderers

SLP-C
Banbury United 2-1 Alvechurch att 1,349 – Puritans reach the 99 point mark with one game to go.
SLP-S
Farnborough 2-0 Hartley Wintney att 934 - brace for Mitch Parker against one of his (many) former clubs.
- 'boro would need a 6 goal win at Taunton next week,just to overtake them and even with that rather far-fetched eventuality, they would most likely be pipped to the title anyway by H&Y, providing they beat Hartley, who are also 20 goals better off than Taunton

Harrow Borough 0-0 Walton Casuals
Hayes & Yeading United 2-0 Chesham United
Kings Langley 4-2 Hendon
Merthyr Town 1-3 Swindon Supermarine
Metropolitan Police 4-1 Beaconsfield Town two for Liam Ferdinand
Tiverton Town 0-1 Taunton Town att 1,546 leaders win it thru a very early goal (4’)
SL1- C
AFC Dunstable 1-1 Thame United
Aylesbury United 0-1 Berkhamsted
North Leigh 3-0 Didcot Town att 307
Wantage Town 2-1 Kidlington
SL1- S
Cirencester Town 1-0 Highworth Town
Winchester City 5-1 Lymington Town

ILP
Carshalton Athletic 1-2 Corinthian-Casuals
Kingstonian 2-2 Leatherhead
IL1-SC
Ashford Town (Middx) 0-1 Hanwell Town
Basingstoke Town 1-4 Binfield 'stoke go into their final game away vs 2nd bottom Chalfont, still a point clear of Uxbridge in the last PO spot - Uxbridge have a tricky away game at South Park whose form has picked up recently.

Bracknell Town 4-0 Westfield Dave Tarpey amongst the goals (2)
Chertsey Town 0-1 Bedfont Sports Sports leapfrog Chertsey into 2nd place and host Champions Bracknell in the regular season closer - (meanwhile 'Curfews' travel down to Thatcham)
- the sides are level on points with 'Sports' 3 goals better off.
Chipstead 1-1 Sutton Common Rovers
Guernsey 1-1 South Park
Marlow 0-1 Thatcham Town
Tooting & Mitcham United 3-1 Staines Town
Uxbridge 3-1 Chalfont St Peter

CCL-PN
Ascot United 3-3 Abbey Rangers
Edgware Town 3-2 St Panteleimon
Holyport 1-1 Wokingham & Emmbrook
Reading City 0-3 Egham Town
Windsor 3-1 North Greenford United
CCL-PS
Badshot Lea 3-1 Farnham Town
Camberley Town 0-1 Frimley Green
Molesey 0-4 Colliers Wood United
Redhill 1-2 Banstead Athletic
Sheerwater 2-3 Guildford City
AFC Croydon Athletic 0-1 Balham
Knaphill 5-1 Cobham
Raynes Park Vale 2-0 Beckenham Town Beckenham get another chance at taking the PS title next Sat - which they'll grab from new leaders W&H should they overcome their visitors Camberley
Jersey Bulls 3-2 Horley Town
Walton & Hersham 4-1 Fleet Town
CCL-1
AFC Aldermaston 4-1 Woodley United
Berks County 1-2 Eversley & California
British Airways 2-3 Langley
Chalvey Sports 0-1 Bagshot
Cove 1-3 Wallingford Town
FC Deportivo Galicia 2-0 Hillingdon Borough
London Samurai Rovers 0-2 Bedfont & Feltham
Rayners Lane 2-2 AFC Hayes
Kensington & Ealing Borough 2-1 Sandhurst Town
Hilltop 1-1 Enfield Borough

SSM-1
Kidlington Reserves 1-4 Letchworth Garden City Eagles
Shefford Town & Campton 1-2 Amersham Town
Stotfold 3-2 Penn & Tylers Green att 201

[AthleticoSpizz]

Freds…two wins on the bounce ???…gotta be the first time forever

[Royals and Racers]

Risborough Rangers ground has failed a ground grading inspection for a higher level and have been refused promotion- they are appealing the decision.

[Loafer]

Risborough Rangers ground has failed a ground grading inspection for a higher level and have been refused promotion- they are appealing the decision.

What's the criteria for all the different levels?

Must be a bit of a jump from one league to another

[Royals and Racers]

Risborough Rangers ground has failed a ground grading inspection for a higher level and have been refused promotion- they are appealing the decision.

What's the criteria for all the different levels?

Must be a bit of a jump from one league to another

https://www.thefa.com/get-involved/play ... nd-grading

[Four Of Clubs]

...quick preview for this w/e

Saturday 23rd April

NAT
Altrincham v Wealdstone
Eastleigh v Barnet
Solihull Moors v Aldershot Town
Woking v Wrexham
NATN
Darlington v Brackley Town
NATS
Billericay Town v Bath City
Chelmsford City v Slough Town
Chippenham Town v Dulwich Hamlet
Dartford v St Albans City
Dorking Wanderers v Concord Rangers
Hampton & Richmond Borough v Hungerford Town
Hemel Hempstead Town v Maidstone United
Oxford City v Braintree Town
Tonbridge Angels v Ebbsfleet United
Welling United v Havant & Waterlooville
- still half a doz. games left for some in the National Leagues as well as having 'extended' POs 2nd thru 7th

SLP-C
Banbury United v Alvechurch
SLP-S
Beaconsfield Town v Truro City
Chesham United v Wimborne Town
Hartley Wintney v Hayes & Yeading United
Poole Town v Metropolitan Police
Salisbury v Kings Langley
Swindon Supermarine v Tiverton Town
Taunton Town v Farnborough - Taunton in the driving seat due to GD superiority but a defeat vs Farnboro here would let H&Y back in for the title if they win at Hartley
Walton Casuals v Dorchester Town
- Met Pol are secure in a PO spot finishing 4th, leaving 5th open for Weston who are H v Harrow or Chesham, a point behind, H v relegated Wimborne
- Merthyr are down with them or might enter the relegation PO lottery - if that even is a thing at STEP03 - need to check that?

SL1-C
Bedford Town v Aylesbury United
Colney Heath v North Leigh
Didcot Town v Ware
FC Romania v Wantage Town
Kidlington v Welwyn Garden City
Thame United v Harlow Town
- Bedford Champions Nor Lye hanging on to last PO spot with Berko, Ware and AFC Dunstable. Welwyn could overtake them but have failed grading anyhow and could be SSML bound.

SL1-S
Bristol Manor Farm v Winchester City
Highworth Town v Willand Rovers
Lymington Town v Frome Town
Plymouth Parkway v Cinderford Town
- Parkway almost certainly champions: are 3 pts and 8 goals better off than Frome

IL-P
Corinthian-Casuals v Cheshunt
Leatherhead v Potters Bar Town
IL1-SC
Bedfont Sports v Bracknell Town currently 2nd vs 1st (Champions).
- Bedfont will finish 2nd or 3rd alongside Chertsey and they will both then have Home advantage in this midweeks' POs - opponents will be two from Hanwell or Basingstoke or Uxbridge probably in any combination, dependent upon tomorrow's results.

Binfield v Chipstead
Chalfont St Peter v Basingstoke Town
Hanwell Town v Guernsey
South Park v Uxbridge
Staines Town v Northwood
Sutton Common Rovers v Ashford Town (Middx)
Thatcham Town v Chertsey Town
Westfield v Marlow

CCL-PN
Ascot United v Egham Town
Hanworth Villa v St Panteleimon
North Greenford United v CB Hounslow United
Reading City v Burnham
Southall v Holyport
Spelthorne Sports v Abbey Rangers
Tadley Calleva v Edgware Town
Wokingham & Emmbrook v Virginia Water
CCL-PS
14:00 Balham v Sheerwater
Beckenham Town v Camberley Town home side need a win to pinch the title back off of Walton & H.
Cobham v Molesey
Farnham Town v Colliers Wood United
Frimley Green v AFC Croydon Athletic
Guildford City v Banstead Athletic
Jersey Bulls v Fleet Town
Raynes Park Vale v Horley Town RPV would confirm 3rd place with a point
Redhill v Badshot Lea
CCL-1
AFC Hayes v Cove
Bagshot v Kensington & Ealing Borough
Bedfont & Feltham v Berks County
Chalvey Sports v London Samurai Rovers
Enfield Borough v Eversley & California
Hillingdon Borough v British Airways
Langley v Rayners Lane
London Lions v Woodley United

HELLENIC League Completed – S-F POs for Div One this coming weekend – (Studley were champions)
Clanfield 85 v Hereford Pegasus
Worcester Raiders v Pershore

SSM-P
Arlesey Town v Flackwell Heath
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Harpenden Town
Holmer Green v Baldock Town
Risborough Rangers v New Salamis - RR beaten at Tring midweek so all on the final game for the title
– as mentioned they have failed grading for promotion anyway so there may now be a play-off possibly involving Hadley and Leighton?

SSM-1
Amersham Town v Long Crendon
Penn & Tylers Green v Winslow United
Shefford Town & Campton v Kidlington Reserves

WESSEX League - completed – midweek matches:
D1 PO S-Fs
ANS 0-3 Laverstock & Ford
Newport (IoW) 2-2 Folland Sports H w 5-4 pens

[Four Of Clubs]

...results 'n bits from yesterday:

Saturday 23rd April

NAT
Altrincham 4-2 Wealdstone
Eastleigh 2-3 Barnet – ‘Bees’ nick it on 94’ (De Havilland – apt since they were playing the similarly things-aviation-related ‘Spitfires’
Solihull Moors 2-1 Aldershot Town
Woking 2-1 Wrexham – att 2,697 –surprise win for ‘Cards’ temporarily derails 2nd placed Wrecsam’s attempts to catch leaders Stockport – the ‘Hatters/Cobras’ lost at Yeovil – both sides have 5 games to play and the gap is 7 pts.
- A point further back in 3rd are the ‘Shaymen’ who also went down 0-1 at Southend making an unfortunate hat-trick for the top three.
- POs are 2nd to 7th so the next four all made up some ground with home wins: Solihull, Chesterfield, Grimsby and Notts Co – Dagenham in 8th disappointingly dropped points at home to relegation threatened Kings Lynn.
- The Linnets are now 7 points adrift of the Sh!ts but only have three games left; so they look destined for the drop with Weymouth & still on null points Dover

NATN
Darlington 0-2 Brackley Town – leaders Gateshead were held 1-1 @ Kettering so ‘Saints’ get back to within 2 points both clubs have 3 games left
NATS
Billericay Town 1-2 Bath City
Chelmsford City 1-1 Slough Town – ‘Rebels’ have a late ‘goal’ controversially ruled out. Probably, like Hungerford, now have too much ground to make up to grab a PO spot but travel to Concord on Tue evening for a must-win game that could get them back to within 2 points of 7th

Chippenham Town 2-0 Dulwich Hamlet
Dartford 3-1 St Albans City
Dorking Wanderers {SEVEN} 7-2 Concord Rangers Wanderers are still 4 points behind ‘Stones’ both clubs have three games left
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2-0 Hungerford Town
Hemel Hempstead Town 0-4 Maidstone United
Oxford City 1-1 Braintree Town
Tonbridge Angels 0-1 Ebbsfleet United
Welling United 2-2 Havant & Waterlooville

SLP-C
Needham Market 1-4 Banbury United big win sees Puritans reach the 102 point mark
SLP-S
Beaconsfield Town 1-2 Truro City
Chesham United 5-0 Wimborne Town
Hartley Wintney 2-2 Hayes & Yeading United –att 577 H&Y came back from 2 down at HT but all rather in vain as the title went to Taunton. H&Y host W-s-M on Tue 26th in the PO S-F
Poole Town 5-2 Metropolitan Police – high jinx in stoppage time here as Met Pol levelled at 2-2 on 90’ only for the ‘Pirates’ to grab THREE goals in added time - reportedly 91’ 92’ 93’ – that’s if the notoriously flaky SL website is to be believed – Poole twitter feed is less extreme though they do report their third only arrived on 89’!!

Salisbury 0-2 Kings Langley
Swindon Supermarine 2-0 Tiverton Town
Taunton Town 2-1 Farnborough att 2,203 – Taunton are Champions - win the game on 86’ – Boro finish 3rd behind H&Y and host Met Pol in the PO S-F on Tue 26th.
Walton Casuals 1-1 Dorchester Town

SL1-C
Bedford Town 2-1 Aylesbury United
Berkhamsted 0-1 St Neots Town
Colney Heath 3-2 North Leigh – Kiddy’s heavy home defeat to WGC coupled with this surprise result, ensured Nor Lye dropped out of the PO frame.
Didcot Town 3-1 Ware
FC Romania 3-2 Wantage Town
Kidlington 1-7 Welwyn Garden City
Thame United 3-1 Harlow Town
- as reported - WGC failed grading but their appeal was upheld so they should enter the POs having finished 5th and would travel to Berkhamsted with AFC Dunstable hosting Ware in the other S-F: the League are deciding upon that today apparently?
- The ‘Eagles’ of Bedford are Champions and return to STEP03 after an 8 year absence.
- - Thame finished 8th - with Diddy back in 13th Aylesbury 14th Kidlington 17th and the ‘Freds’ occupied bottom place with Colney’s win over NL.

SL1-S
Bristol Manor Farm 2-2 Winchester City Winch finish 4th and take on Ciren Town at the Corinium Stadium in the PO S-F this coming Tue 26th – the other S-F sees Frome host Bristol M-F
Highworth Town 3-3 Willand Rovers
Lymington Town 0-5 Frome Town
Plymouth Parkway 3-0 Cinderford Town – att 1,362 - Parkway Champions

IL-P
Corinthian-Casuals 1-1 Cheshunt
Leatherhead 2-0 Potters Bar Town
IL1-SC
Bedfont Sports 1-1 Bracknell Town att 186
Binfield 1-2 Chipstead
Chalfont St Peter 0-2 Basingstoke Town
Hanwell Town 4-1 Guernsey
South Park 4-2 Uxbridge
Staines Town 1-8 {EIGHT} Northwood
Sutton Common Rovers 1-0 Ashford Town (Middx)
Thatcham Town 0-5 Chertsey Town
Westfield 3-1 Marlow
- POs this midweek:
Chertsey v Basingstoke
Bedfont Sports v Hanwell

CCL-PN
Ascot United 1-2 Egham Town
Hanworth Villa 6-0 St Panteleimon Villa complete the season unbeaten W30 D4 - remarkable effort
North Greenford United 4-0 CB Hounslow United
Reading City 3-2 Burnham
Southall 1-0 Holyport
Spelthorne Sports 3-2 Abbey Rangers
Tadley Calleva 4-2 Edgware Town
Wokingham & Emmbrook 0-0 Virginia Water
- Ascot finished 6th; Windsor 7th but quite a distance behind - Reading City 9th with Tadley up in a commendable 10th place in their inaugural season at this level - following a fairly disasterous start.
- Burnham, VW and Wok & Emm flirted with the drop but finished safe enough with CBH and Holyport most probably down to Div One depending upon 'movings and shakings' elsewhere
- as has been pointed out already the balance of numbers N & S at Premier level might yet mean a different outcome?
- I think there are only two clubs on the way up from Div One but reportedly three going down - so something has to be re-calibrated somewhere - unless there's a raft of inbound clubs from the Surrey or Middx leagues etc ...I'll hitch up my anorak and go 'digging' for more info......

CCL-PS
Balham 1-2 Sheerwater
Beckenham Town 3-0 Camberley Town 'Becks' grab the title on the last day from W&H in front of a crowd of 820 !!
- been a season-long, width-of-a-fag-paper-close-tussle between two very decent outfits - especially having finished so far above 'Bulls' who were thought to be pre-season certs for promotion from this league. (in some areas)
- to be fair to the Island-side they were ultimately undone by the impact of the health crisis much delaying the start of their season - particularly the ability to host games. This meant they ended catching-up with a long run of games at home - following what was a relatively disastrous experiment of borrowing grounds for 'home' fixtures and a resultant drop in form ; the weather and the excess travelling augmented these factors.
I think they have found the fundamental 'bungee-like' limiting effect of trying to get a competitive match-squad together for travel to midweek games on the mainland. I'm sure they are robust enough to come again next season.
- They may well be casting a furrowed brow up a level, toward their 'neighbours' Guernsey. Their own form has fallen off a cliff somewhat since promotion, possibly due to similar effects of travel (even further inland now in some cases - though the re-alignment of the Isthmian South Central may have helped slightly), weather and availability.

Cobham 3-3 Molesey
Farnham Town 0-0 Colliers Wood United
Frimley Green 0-3 AFC Croydon Athletic
Guildford City 2-2 Banstead Athletic
Jersey Bulls P-P Fleet Town – moved to next Sat 30th April issues with flight availability
Raynes Park Vale 2-0 Horley Town
Redhill 1-2 Badshot Lea
CCL-1
AFC Hayes 5-0 Cove
Bagshot 0-3 Kensington & Ealing Borough
Bedfont & Feltham 1-2 Berks County
Chalvey Sports 1-4 London Samurai Rovers
Enfield Borough 1-2 Eversley & California
Hillingdon Borough 0-1 British Airways
Langley 3-1 Rayners Lane
London Lions 6-0 Woodley United
Sandhurst 5-0 AFC Aldermaston
Wallingford Town 2-1 FC Deportivo Galicia Town still have an outside chance of runners-up spot but it won't come easy : they play 2nd placed Hilltop away @ Hillingdon) on Tuesday night then host leaders and promoted as Champions London Lions in their last regular game of the season at Hithercroft next Sat. (30th)
- there are POs for promotion here - with Eversley also involved - confirmed as finishing in 5th behind Wallingford and Rayners Lane.

HELLENIC Completed – S-F POs for Div One
Clanfield 85 0-4 Hereford Pegasus
Worcester Raiders 3-0 Pershore

SSM-P
Arlesey Town 1-2 Flackwell Heath
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 0-4 Harpenden Town
Holmer Green 1-1 Baldock Town
Risborough Rangers 0-2 New Salamis -RR lose title on the last day to closest rivals on their own turf – poignant rather that they’d failed grading too – so a double-whammy delivered this week
- Flackwell who started off the season woefully - albeit with a decent cup run if I remember correctly - saw Marcus R leave - then picked up with a rebuilt squad, to finish a none too shabby 6th
- An improbable win for London Colney at Leverstock dropped Holmer Green to last place

SSM-1
Amersham Town 0-1 Long Crendon
Penn & Tylers Green 0-3 Winslow United
Shefford Town & Campton {EIGHT} 8-0 Kidlington Reserves

WESSEX One PO Final
Newport (IoW) 2-3 Laverstock & Ford – aet att 488

- serious issues on the A322/M3/M25 junctions @ mid-day - so opted to head North - though still had to skirt planned closures on M4 of course - (long-queues joining M40 @ Wycombe) and ended up just S of St Neots for:

UCL-Premier South Eynesbury Rovers 1-3 Coventry United - att 220 - functional enough STEP05 ground with all the right comforts
- fairly decent food on offer - bar adequate - badge and programme available - decent atmosphere plenty of parking etc etc
- game itself was a bit 'up and down' but neither side had much to play for in upper mid-table.
- journey was a bit of a slog back down through rural S.Cambs/Beds but I found a decent Pub tucked away S of Biggleswade. (The Green Man at Stanford)
- SatNav then got very 'antsy' along the A6 which meant I still had to skirt the outer limits of Luton and eventually gave up my creative self-navigation and re-joined a thankfully free-flowing M1 - back down home via M25 M40 A404

[AthleticoSpizz]

Thanks as always FoC, great stuff, but you might want to revisit that Banbury result

[Four Of Clubs]

Thanks as always FoC, great stuff, but you might want to revisit that Banbury result

Oops ...and can't blame the SL website for that one either ... shoddy editing by your correspondent - hopefully corrected now.......

...in other late news Welwyn's 2nd stage appeal against their exclusion from the POs, has been turned down today and Nor Lye take their place after all -have to go to Berkhamsted in the S-F's

Hadley reportedly promoted from SSMP instead of Risborough, who were also appealing their grading-failure. Having been there a few times I can see the issue - one end of the ground is no official access with just a simple roped barrier preventing access to the pitch too and a gate into a field behind that more or less directly abuts the pitch -- had time to do something about that too reportedly ?
No idea why they can't develop that end either - there isn't anything there, unless of course they don't 'own' it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
....and assuming the aforementioned much-maligned SL site is accurate - here's the line up of the STEP04 v STEP05 playoffs .... some odd pairings there?

SATURDAY 30 APRIL 2022 – 3pm kick-offs

1 Histon FC v Consett FC

2 *Kempston Rovers FC v Eccleshill United FC

3 *Cinderford Town FC v Skelmersdale United FC

4 Chalfont St Peter FC v Boldmere St Michaels FC

5 Witham Town FC v Saffron Walden Town FC

6 Lancing FC v Newhaven FC

...they've attempted some kind of explanation .... (The * denotes a Southern League club)

Initially, there were sixteen planned fixtures, which would have seen all Step 4 clubs finishing 4th and 3rd from bottom host matches against all 2nd-placed Step 5 clubs.

Owing to a host of historical vacancies, the number of fixtures has been reduced to 6.

[paultheroyal]

Off to Chertsey on Wednesday, hopefully Basingstoke Town playing away from home will suit them as home form has been shocking.

[paultheroyal]

You seriously have to ask who makes football decisions at a higher level.

National League play off to be held at West Ham stadium. The top 7 clubs are all very much northern. We’re they hoping Dagenham would make it to the final?

Absolutely outrageous. Since decision announced they have had to turn comments off on Twitter.

[paultheroyal]

Actually excited for tonights game - Basingstoke Town are far better on their travels, lets hope they put in a performance. Be amazing to get out of this division after their couple of seasons of woes.