The Non - League thread

[Royals and Racers]

Really bad news for Maidenhead- Josh Kelly has joined Solihull Moors.

[Four Of Clubs]

...just to keep the thread ticking over - no 'local' NL League fixtures about today bar a few more Pre-Season Friendlies - but STEP05/06 start today - Kent/Sussex/United Counties and Western Leagues.

... a few more that are on the 'preview' radar get going during this midweek - may post up any notables in due course.

Ascot's FA cup tie H v Cribbs has been brought forward to Friday night.

Possibly braving the no-Trains/Holiday traffic today and heading for a 'new tick' down the other side of Brizzle.

WEST1 Nailsea & Tickenham v Warminster

Thought about a few more 'possibles' to the east but the M25 is (*&^ed nr Chertsey .... and again round in Kent...

[tmesis]

Went up to Wakefield, or more accurately to Featherstone, as they play at Featherstone Rovers' ground.

Unlike when they moved Emley to Wakefield, this incarnation seems to be fairly popular. 361 there yesterday in the NCEL1. Still pretty lost in a ground that holds 7000 though.

It didn't look like anyone had cleaned the seats for about 10 years though, or swept the terraces for about a year.

Formed in the summer of 2019, last year was the first time Wakefield were able to complete a season, as their first two where cancelled due to covid.

Without being unkind, it has to be said the Featherstone isn't the most attractive town in the world.

Chatted a bit to a northern premier league official before the game. It turns out Robbie Savage, as a director of Macclesfield, seems to be the same delight to work with now as he was in his playing days.

[Royals and Racers]

Local match tonight
Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Premier Division North
Wokingham & Emmbrook vs Wallingford & Crowmarsh

[Royal Rother]

Bedfont FC have suffered significant damage from a huge grass fire that spread through the area yesterday.

From a Twitter pic looks like the pitch has been burnt but haven't seen anything about the full extent of damage.

Edit: Main pitch and clubhouse unaffected, but 50% of junior pitches damaged.

[Franchise FC]

Local match tonight
Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Premier Division North
Wokingham & Emmbrook vs Wallingford & Crowmarsh

I’m giving that my vote for longest game title

[Royal Rother]

Must have been posted already (somewhere) but I haven’t seen it so....

Mikele Leigertwood will be turning out for Wokingham and Embrook this season.

[Royals and Racers]

Must have been posted already (somewhere) but I haven’t seen it so....

Mikele Leigertwood will be turning out for Wokingham and Embrook this season.

Yes has told them that if and when his commitments with the Royals U 18`s allow he will come and support the club and maybe play a few games.

[genome]

Don't think Southend thought the name of their West Stand through

[bcubed]

Don't think Southend thought the name of their West Stand through

[Four Of Clubs]

Must have been posted already (somewhere) but I haven’t seen it so....

Mikele Leigertwood will be turning out for Wokingham and Embrook this season.

Yes has told them that if and when his commitments with the Royals U 18`s allow he will come and support the club and maybe play a few games.

...summoned up just enough post-work stamina and enthusiasm to trundle over to Lowther Rd, Emmbrook for W&E v W&C in CCL Prem North
- ended 1-1 in front of over 200.
- fairly unremarkable contest - visitors grabbed a very early lead and had the best of the 1st period but 'Sumas' came back into it more and levelled around the hour mark.

Neither side really threatened nor deserved to win it to be fair & even. On this very early showing I doubt either will be close to honours in Apr/May. Very dry pitch and of course a tad warm late evening - so perhaps unfair to judge so prematurely
- the clubhouse was decidedly on the 'uncomfortable' end of the spectrum - even with all the doors open.

..saw Mikele's name in the prog. but I don't think he was there last night - and he's not one you'd easily miss on/around the home bench - bearing in mind his size/stature!

Elsewhere Farnham got a creditable 1-1 draw at Babbs Mead with Jersey Bulls, in the Southern section of the CCL Premier. Crowd reportedly topped 600!
- and that's a ground that would get cramped fairly quickly - hasn't got the largest of surrounds.

Our featured sides were in action in the Hellenic Premier - relegated Wantage shared 6 goals with Corsham : Shrivenham went down 0-2 at home to RG St G from Bristol & RWBT overcame the 'Mangoes' of Mangotsfield - also relegated from the SL - 1-0 - the crowd there got close to 200.

In the Wessex Premier there was a remarkable 7-1 away win for newly promoted Bemerton @ Blackfield & Langley - Alresford won 2-1 at Shaftesbury. In Div One Ash were edged out by the odd goal in seven by Newport(IoW) whilst free-scoring Andover New Street punished the new boys from Fleetlands 4-0.

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here's a early preview of this w/e's NL

Saturday 6th August

FA Cup Extra Prelim (only showing games moved from Sat - which were all on previous thread above somewhere)

Friday 5th (19:45 KOs)
126 Ascot United v Cribbs
133 Bishop's Cleeve v Wantage Town
185 Baffins Milton Rovers v Alton
Sun 7th (15:00 unless shown)
13:00 108 Edgware & Kingsbury v Hoddesdon Town
142 Stansfeld v Wembley
161 Little Common v Chatham Town

NAT
Aldershot Town v Solihull Moors
Altrincham v Maidstone United
Barnet v FC Halifax Town
Dagenham & Redbridge v Gateshead
Dorking Wanderers v Chesterfield
Notts County v Maidenhead United
Scunthorpe United v Yeovil Town
Southend United v Boreham Wood
Torquay United v Oldham Athletic
Wealdstone v Bromley
Wrexham v Eastleigh
York City v Woking
NATN
Brackley Town v Scarborough Athletic
Curzon Ashton v Banbury United
NATS
Bath City v Dartford
Chelmsford City v St Albans City
Cheshunt v Hampton & Richmond Borough
Dulwich Hamlet v Braintree Town
Ebbsfleet United v Chippenham Town
Havant & Waterlooville v Slough Town
Hemel Hempstead Town v Farnborough
Hungerford Town v Concord Rangers
Oxford City v Eastbourne Borough
Taunton Town v Welling United
Weymouth v Tonbridge Angels
Worthing v Dover Athletic

SL Premier Central
Kings Langley v Mickleover
SL Premier South
Bracknell Town v Weston-super-Mare
Dorchester Town v North Leigh
Hanwell Town v Truro City
Hartley Wintney v Swindon Supermarine
Metropolitan Police v Hayes & Yeading United
Plymouth Parkway v Chesham United
Salisbury v Beaconsfield Town
Winchester City v Poole Town

CCL-1
Berks County v Molesey @ Binfield - ground has had some further improvements apparently incl. more seats
British Airways v AFC Aldermaston @ Bedfont SPORTS 18:00 KO - 'recent fire issues at 'The Orchard', entailed shifting the game next door to 'Sports' 3G ground.
Brook House v Cove - Home side revert to their ‘old’ club name (from AFC Hayes)
FC Deportivo Galicia v Penn & Tylers Green @ Bedfont Sports - P&TG transferred from the SSML
Hillingdon Borough v Sandhurst Town
Langley v CB Hounslow United @ Slough FC
London Samurai Rovers v Eversley & California @ Hanworth Villa
'Rising Ballers' Kensington v Bedfont @ Hanwell Town
Westside v Rayners Lane @ Colliers Wood – Westside returning to CCL after a season in the Southern Counties East (f.k.a. Kent) League
Woodley United v Spartans Youth @ Reading City – Spartans up out of the Middx County league will be lodging at Northwood FC
- Chalvey Sports have dropped back to the Thames Valley League and seemingly decamped from Burnham

HELL-1
Abingdon United v Bourton Rovers
Milton United v Littleton
Southam United v Long Crendon - Hosts based between Leamington and Banbury - moved up from the Oxfordshire Senior leagues though actually in Warwicks – LC returning from a brief spell in the SSML – still lodging at Oxford City’s Court Place

SSM-1
Amersham Town v Rugby Borough
Ampthill Town v Thame United Reserves
Holmer Green v Lutterworth Athletic
Northampton Sileby Rangers v London Tigers

WESS-1
Andover Town v Hamworthy Recreation - visitors up from the Dorset Premier
Ash United v Fleetlands – away side promoted from the Hants Premier
Petersfield Town v Downton
Ringwood Town v Fleet Spurs
Verwood Town v Whitchurch United

[paultheroyal]

Seen highlights of a few non league games this week - striking thing is the lack of grass on a number of these pitches, or basically a brown pitch. Pitches will get hammered in the winter for sure.

[Four Of Clubs]

here's the NL 'featured' results from this w/e so far - some FA Cup ties on today - might be getting to Little Common v Chatham (in Bexhill) if the Orbital is orbiting....

Saturday 6th August

FA Cup Extra Prelim replays back in place this season
118 Ashton & Backwell United 0 -2 Aylesbury United att:
119 Flackwell Heath 4 - 0 Keynsham Town att: 252
120 Brimscombe & Thrupp 2 - 1 Fairford Town att: 72
121 Ardley United 3 - 2 Wokingham & Emmbrook att:
122 Longlevens 2 - 3 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos att: 91
123 Risborough Rangers 0 - 1 Holyport att: 175
124 Highworth Town 0 - 2 Reading City att: 89
125 Tuffley Rovers 1 - 2 Slimbridge att: 186
126 Ascot United (Fri 7.45) 2 - 1 Cribbs att:
127 Clevedon Town 2 - 1 Chalfont St. Peter att: 95
128 Burnham 1 - 1 Easington Sports att: 79
129 Thornbury Town 1 - 3 Chipping Sodbury Town att: 81
130 Royal Wootton Bassett Town 1 - 1 Windsor att: 119
131 Bitton 1 - 3 Cinderford Town att: 71
132 Cadbury Heath 2 - 2 Mangotsfield United att: 170
133 Bishop's Cleeve (Fri 7.45) 4 - 1 Wantage Town att: 250
134 Roman Glass St.George 3 - 1 Tring Athletic att: 95
135 Lydney Town 2 - 4 Kidlington att: 170
136 Didcot Town 1 - 1 Shrivenham att: 166
137 Canterbury City 1 - 1 Newhaven att: 95
138 Raynes Park Vale 1 - 1 Erith & Belvedere att:
139 Rusthall 3 - 2 Loxwood att: 222
140 Glebe 4 - 3 Holmesdale att: 144
141 Horsham Y.M.C.A. 0 - 3 Beckenham Town att: 111
142 Stansfeld (Sun 3.00) - Wembley att:
143 Virginia Water 1 - 0 Hilltop att:
144 Whitehawk 0 - 0 K Sports att:
145 Banstead Athletic (at Sheerwater) 0 - 1 Sheerwater att:
146 Southall 0 - 0 Redhill att: 58
147 Harefield United 3 - 2 Lordswood att: 110
148 Pagham 0 - 4 Erith Town att: 115
149 Chipstead 1 - 2 Tunbridge Wells att: 110
150 Punjab United 2 - 1 Balham att: 63
151 Alfold 1 - 4 Knaphill att: 117
152 East Grinstead Town 1 - 0 Hollands & Blair att: 143
153 Lancing 4 - 0 Roffey att:
154 Oxhey Jets 1 - 3 Phoenix Sports att: 123
155 Deal Town 2 - 2 Egham Town att:
156 Hassocks 1 - 0 Lingfield att: 124
157 Broadfields United 1 - 2 Guildford City att:
158 Sutton Athletic 1 - 0 Welling Town att: 70
159 Eastbourne Town 2 - 1 Steyning Town att: 152
160 Crowborough Athletic 2 - 3 Crawley Down Gatwick att:
161 Little Common (Sun 3.00) - Chatham Town att:
162 Faversham Town 0 - 1 Colliers Wood United att:
163 Horley Town 0 - 5 Sevenoaks Town att:
164 Westfield 2 - 0 Eastbourne United att: 102
165 Peacehaven & Telscombe 2 - 2 A.F.C. Croydon Athletic att: 151
166 Three Bridges 3 - 0 Whitstable Town att: 129
167 Chichester City 4 - 0 Frimley Green att: 140
168 Athletic Newham P - P Sheppey United att:
169 A.F.C. Uckfield Town 1 - 4 Midhurst & Easebourne att: 86
170 Northwood 2 - 1 South Park (Reigate) att: 128
171 Saltdean United 0 - 8 {EIGHT} Ashford Town (Middlesex) att: 123
172 Walton & Hersham 2 - 2 Kennington att: 303
173 Littlehampton Town 3 - 1 Broadbridge Heath att: 429
174 Cobham 0 - 3 Tooting & Mitcham United att:
175 Abbey Rangers 0 - 3 Hanworth Villa att: 207
176 Fisher 0 - 0 Sutton Common Rovers att: 168
177 Bexhill United 2 - 3 North Greenford United att: 97
178 Bearsted 3 - 3 Spelthorne Sports att: 111
179 A.F.C. Varndeanians 0 - 1 Hythe Town att: 90
180 Bradford Town 0 - 4 Hamworthy United att: 113
181 Alresford Town 2 - 2 Laverstock & Ford att: 91
182 Fareham Town 3 - 1 Hythe & Dibden att: 216
183 Badshot Lea 4 - 0 Brockenhurst att: 111
184 Lymington Town (at Portland U.) 2 - 0 Portland United att: 110
185 Baffins Milton Rovers (Fri 7.45) 4 - 1 Alton att: 230
186 Warminster Town 0 - 2 Andover New Street att: 101
187 Welton Rovers 0 - 1 United Services Portsmouth att:
188 Thatcham Town 2 - 3 Horndean att: 151
189 Corsham Town 0 - 2 A.F.C. Portchester att:
190 Shaftesbury 0 - 0 Camberley Town att: 87 (aban'd 55 mins injury)
191 Larkhall Athletic 4 - 1 Folland Sports att: 100
192 Westbury United 2 - 1 Bournemouth F.C. att: 102
193 Cowes Sports 1 - 0 Hamble Club att: 93
194 Fleet Town 1 - 3 Newport (IoW) att:
195 Christchurch (at Blackfield & L.) 2 - 3 Blackfield & Langley att: 69
196 Tadley Calleva 2 - 6 Wincanton Town att:
197 Moneyfields (at Bemerton H.H.) 5 - 0 Bemerton Heath Harlequins att: 65
198 A.F.C. Stoneham 2 - 1 Bashley att:
199 Street 1 - 2 Helston Athletic att:
200 Buckland Athletic 2 - 1 Exmouth Town att: 216
201 Willand Rovers 2 - 1 Wellington A.F.C. att: 217
202 Liskeard Athletic 1 - 4 Shepton Mallet att:
203 Torpoint Athletic 1 - 1 Millbrook att: 221
204 Tavistock 2 - 3 Brixham att: 141
205 Falmouth Town 2 - 1 Saltash United att: 330
206 Bideford 1 - 0 Bridgwater United att: 213
207 Sherborne Town 1 - 1 Ilfracombe Town att: 126
208 Barnstaple Town 1 - 1 Mousehole att:

NAT
Aldershot Town 1-4 Solihull Moors
Altrincham 1-1 Maidstone United
Barnet 2-0 FC Halifax Town
Dagenham & Redbridge 2-2 Gateshead
Dorking Wanderers 2-2 Chesterfield – ‘Spirites’ keeper sent off on 30’ mark yet led 0-2 at HT Wanderers fought back to grab their first point in the first game at this level
Notts County 3-0 Maidenhead United
Scunthorpe United 2-1 Yeovil Town
Southend United 0-1 Boreham Wood
Torquay United 0-0 Oldham Athletic
Wealdstone 3-2 Bromley
Wrexham 2-1 Eastleigh
York City 2-0 Woking
NATN
Brackley Town 2-0 Scarborough Athletic
Curzon Ashton 1-2 Banbury United
NATS
Bath City 0-2 Dartford
Chelmsford City 1-1 St Albans City
Cheshunt 3-2 Hampton & Richmond Borough
Dulwich Hamlet 2-1 Braintree Town
Ebbsfleet United 3-0 Chippenham Town
Havant & Waterlooville 3-1 Slough Town
Hemel Hempstead Town 1-0 Farnborough
Hungerford Town 0-1 Concord Rangers
Oxford City 1-3 Eastbourne Borough
Taunton Town 0-0 Welling United
Weymouth 1-3 Tonbridge Angels
Worthing 1-1 Dover Athletic

SL Premier Central
Kings Langley 2-2 Mickleover
SL Premier South
Bracknell Town 2-2 Weston-super-Mare att 296 Esprit and Bowerman put Robins 2 up inside 15’ but W-s-M grabbed one before H/t and levelled on 97’
Dorchester Town 2-1 North Leigh
Hanwell Town 1-3 Truro City
Hartley Wintney 0-3 Swindon Supermarine
Metropolitan Police 2-1 Hayes & Yeading United
Plymouth Parkway 2-2 Chesham United att 575
Salisbury 1-0 Beaconsfield Town
Winchester City 0-3 Poole Town att 366

CCL-1
Berks County 4-0 Molesey [
British Airways 0-2 AFC Aldermaston
Brook House 1-4 Cove -
FC Deportivo Galicia 3-0 Penn & Tylers Green
Hillingdon Borough 2-7 {SEVEN} Sandhurst Town
Langley 4-3 CB Hounslow United
London Samurai Rovers 6-2 Eversley & California
'Rising Ballers' Kensington 1-2 Bedfont
Westside 3-2 Rayners Lane
Woodley United 2-1 Spartans Youth

HELL-1
Abingdon United 1-1 Bourton Rovers
Milton United 3-1 Littleton
Southam United 2-5 Long Crendon

SSM-1
Amersham Town 3-2 Rugby Borough
Ampthill Town 6-1 Thame United Reserves
Holmer Green 1-5 Lutterworth Athletic
Northampton Sileby Rangers 2-1 London Tigers

WESS-1
Andover Town 4-2 Hamworthy Recreation
Ash United 4-3 Fleetlands –
Petersfield Town 2-2 Downton
Ringwood Town 4-2 Fleet Spurs
Verwood Town 4-3 Whitchurch United

[Sutekh]

Interesting website looking to cover Berkshire’s football teams at all levels this season:

https://www.footballinbracknell.co.uk/f ... -part-one/

[Tom Canning]

Interesting website looking to cover Berkshire’s football teams at all levels this season:

https://www.footballinbracknell.co.uk/f ... -part-one/

Thanks for flagging us Sutekh! We aim to provide coverage of the men's and women's game across the county and one or two bits just across the border. Look out in the next few weeks for a brand new fixtures and results space that means it'll all be a bit more automatic.

Any questions on the local game let me know!

[Royal Rother]

Looking forward to seeing Windsor's new look team tonight.

Thankfully most of the squad assembled by previous manager have gone and the returning Mick Woodham is quckly pulling together a bunch of players who (reports suggest) look to have bit more fight about them.

After 12 years of barely missing a home game and travelling to many grounds in the middle of nowhere my enthusiasm had waned considerably - the last couple of years have been pretty dismal, even though we finished 7th last season. The manager made zero effort to connect with the fans, as did most of his team, and that really does count for a lot at this level.

[Four Of Clubs]

not a good night for our local sides in the FA Cup Extra Prelims last night (Tue 9th)

...the aforementioned Windsor were beaten 0-2 at Stag Meadow by RWBT who host Reading City in the next round.

There's a lengthy report on their website:
https://rwbtfc.co.uk/team/141/ft/report/00004765

There were also replay exits for Burnham (on pens at Easington), Egham, Alresford and Shrivenham beaten 3-4 in a thriller by Diddy.

Camberley's re-scheduled game down at Shaftesbury ended 2-2 so back to Krooner next week?

Spelthorne & Southall did progress to the Preliminary Round on 20th Aug.

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I did manage the long haul down to E.Sussex (Bexhill) for Little Common 1-2 Chatham Town - not much to write about - tight game played at a fairly new facility on a dry bumpy surface, inside a big public park shared with Cricket (but NOT overlapping)
- that's why the game was shifted back 24 hrs. They only moved back to Bexhill last season after lodging along the coast at Eastbourne Borough's stadium for a few years.
Plenty of noisy away fans in a crowd that looked close to 300 but was officially only 230 odd?
Very little shade.

[paultheroyal]

not a good night for our local sides in the FA Cup Extra Prelims last night (Tue 9th)

...the aforementioned Windsor were beaten 0-2 at Stag Meadow by RWBT who host Reading City in the next round.

There's a lengthy report on their website:
https://rwbtfc.co.uk/team/141/ft/report/00004765

There were also replay exits for Burnham (on pens at Easington), Egham, Alresford and Shrivenham beaten 3-4 in a thriller by Diddy.

Camberley's re-scheduled game down at Shaftesbury ended 2-2 so back to Krooner next week?

Spelthorne & Southall did progress to the Preliminary Round on 20th Aug.

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I did manage the long haul down to E.Sussex (Bexhill) for Little Common 1-2 Chatham Town - not much to write about - tight game played at a fairly new facility on a dry bumpy surface, inside a big public park shared with Cricket (but NOT overlapping)
- that's why the game was shifted back 24 hrs. They only moved back to Bexhill last season after lodging along the coast at Eastbourne Borough's stadium for a few years.
Plenty of noisy away fans in a crowd that looked close to 300 but was officially only 230 odd?
Very little shade.

I continue to admire your commitment to the non league scene.

[paultheroyal]

Off to Basingstoke Town on Saturday. They really do need to get out of the division this season. It appears Leatherhead are the money bag team in this division and ones to beat. In other Reading FC related news Martin Williams is the manager of Whitchurch United.

As for Basingstoke Town - The return to the Camrose is now officially dead with all government and court roads now officially blocked.

Its now a simple process. Council work with Basingstoke Town to find them a suitable sight with Leisure Park and Manydown being talked about (which could take years) or, probably my preferred choice, kick Hampshire FA out of the Winklebury Complex, send them down to Stoneham, and then develop Winklebury. It is very plausible to turn that venue into a Conference Football Stadium. Infrastructure is in place. Also, for whatever reason, location works. Crowds of around 600 on a quiet day since they have moved are doubled to what they were experiencing at the Camrose and that was at a higher level. Town deserves a decent stadium and facilities.

[Royal Rother]

not a good night for our local sides in the FA Cup Extra Prelims last night (Tue 9th)

...the aforementioned Windsor were beaten 0-2 at Stag Meadow by RWBT who host Reading City in the next round.

There's a lengthy report on their website:
https://rwbtfc.co.uk/team/141/ft/report/00004765

Nice report but they make it sound like Windsor were more threatening than they actually were.

It's a very young team and they will learn but after a promising first 10 minutes, in truth, we never really threatened against a well-organised outfit who snuffed us out with some comfort. Can't recall a single shot on target.