The Non - League thread

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Truro to Macclesfield on a midweek?! Yikes!

They made a trip to Margate for a league game, that's further I think. They have some monster trips to the SE for most away games

[Four Of Clubs]

...sorry it's a bit late this week - with the long run of RFC matches at the M'stad, I've 'taken my eye off the ball' so to speak

- here's today's NL fixtures (still plenty of postponements about too) :

Saturday 23rd November

FA Vase 4th Round
3 Morpeth Town v North Shields
6 Sunderland RCA v Sleaford Town
7 Newton Aycliffe v Marske United
8 Bowers & Pitsea v Sutton Common Rovers
- SCR trying to become the third CCLP side to make the last 16: joining Hartley W & Camberley - the other 'local leagues' survivors are 1 WESTERN (Bristol MF) 1 WESSEX (Salisbury) 1 HELLENIC (Kidlington) and 1 SOUTH MIDS (Berkhamstead)

16 Bodmin Town v Ipswich Wanderers

NAT
Macclesfield Town v Aldershot Town
Woking v FC Halifax Town
NATN
North Ferriby United v Brackley Town
NATS
Bath City v Concord Rangers
Bishop's Stortford v Gosport Borough
Chelmsford City v Whitehawk
Eastbourne Borough v Wealdstone
Ebbsfleet United v Margate
Havant & Waterlooville v Basingstoke Town - 'Dragons' off the bottom, replaced by Hawks who they travel to for a real 6 pointer
Hayes & Yeading Utd v Hemel Hempstead Town
Oxford City v St Albans City
Sutton United v Dartford
Truro City v Maidenhead United

ISTHP
Farnborough v Merstham

SOUTHP
Biggleswade Town v Hungerford Town
Slouth Town v Hitchin
SOUTH1C
Chalfont St Peter v Aylesbury United
Egham Town v Barton Rovers
Godalming Town v St Ives Town
Leighton Town v Fleet Town
Northwood v Beaconsfield SYCOB
SOUTH1S&W
Bashley v Banbury United
Burnham v Taunton Town
Cinderford Town v Winchester City
Evesham United v Didcot Town
North Leigh v Swindon Supermarine
Slimbridge v Marlow
Wantage Town v Yate Town

CCLP
Ashford Town (Middx) v Chessington & Hook United
Bedfont Sports v Westfield
Colliers Wood United v Camberley Town
Farnham Town v Spelthorne Sports
Guildford City v Hanworth Villa
Hartley Wintney v AFC Hayes
Horley Town v Cove
Knaphill v Chertsey Town
Redhill v Badshot Lea
Windsor v Epsom & Ewell
CCL1
Ash United v Dorking
CB Hounslow United v Banstead Athletic
Dorking Wanderers Res v South Park Res
Epsom Athletic v Cobham
Eversley & California v Sheerwater
Sandhurst Town v Farleigh Rovers
14:00 Staines Lammas v Frimley Green
14:00 Worcester Park v Abbey Rangers

HELLP
Brackley Town Saints v Ascot United
Highmoor-Ibis v Kidlington
Milton United v Flackwell Heath
Royal Wootton Bassett v Oxford City Nomads
Thame United v Brimscombe & Thrupp
Thatcham Town v Longlevens AFC
Tuffley Rovers v Ardley United
HELL1E
14:15 Old Woodstock Town v Chalfont Wasps
14:15 Penn & Tylers Green v Headington Amateur's
Didcot Town Res' v Henley Town
Holyport v Woodley United
Reading Town v Chinnor
B&B Intermediate Cup Q-F
13:30 Finchampstead v Letcombe
13:30 Cookham Dean v Pitstone & Ivinghoe
13:30 Hale Leys United v Risborough Rangers
Olney Town v Westwood United

WESSP
Whitchurch United v Fawley
WESS1
Alton Town v New Milton Town
Andover New Street v Totton & Eling
East Cowes Victoria v Pewsey Vale
Hythe & Dibden v Fleet Spurs
Tadley Calleva v Laverstock & Ford

[Royal Rother]

Fully expecting a 5th successive defeat for Windsor today.

Kyle Hough always seems to score against us plus we aren't very good at the moment.

As TB said elsewhere this week, there's nobody in the team who you want to see on the ball because they make things happen. Every member of the team is hard-working but pretty average.

[Royal Bison]

Finally took in a Salisbury game today and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Cheap tickets and parking, terracing, a good burger, oh and Steve Claridge practically exploding every two minutes.

Saw Peter Castle who was playing for Sholing. He's certainly been eating well since he left Reading!

[Royal Rother]

Fully expecting a 5th successive defeat for Windsor today.

Kyle Hough always seems to score against us plus we aren't very good at the moment.

As TB said elsewhere this week, there's nobody in the team who you want to see on the ball because they make things happen. Every member of the team is hard-working but pretty average.

Ain't football just like that...?

Of course, it was Windsor 2-1 E&E

Some new starters added a little bit to Windsor today, and we looked a better outfit than of late against a team I really thought was likely to give us a bit of a spanking. Well done for upping it today.

Enjoyable game.

Mix of good and poor from the officials which at least is a bit better than we've had in other recent games.

[Four Of Clubs]

Finally took in a Salisbury game today and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Cheap tickets and parking, terracing, a good burger, oh and Steve Claridge practically exploding every two minutes.

Saw Peter Castle who was playing for Sholing. He's certainly been eating well since he left Reading!

...agreed the RayMac does somewhat stand out for it's facilities at this current level - most probably at the root of why the 'Whites' have been in such godawful strife off the pitch, for over a decade. Had a string of very dodgy owners too I believe.... Council regularly rumoured to have been on the point of bulldozing the whole lot and putting more housing on the site.

Crowd of 786 yesterday too. Salisbury trek up to Nuneaton Griff next Saturday, for their Vase 5th Round tie - get through that and their odds will surely start shortening drastically to win the thing.
Indeed if the later draws are kind, we could get a real heavyweight clash at Wembley of two former greats competing for the National STEP05 & below prize. Hereford have a possibly tricksy tie away at local side Hartley Wintney - and I expect there's at least a couple of 'big' Northern hitters left in the competition too - more of that next week.....

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here's a round-up of yesterday's NL results - weather was actually kinder that I thought it would be, with most thawing out and not suffering with too much wet-stuff.

Saturday 23rd December

FA Vase 4th Round
3 Morpeth Town P-P North Shields
6 Sunderland RCA 3-2 Sleaford Town
7 Newton Aycliffe 2-0 Marske United
8 Bowers & Pitsea 3-0 Sutton Common Rovers
16 Bodmin Town P-P Ipswich Wanderers

NAT
Macclesfield Town 0-2 Aldershot Town
Woking 1-1 FC Halifax Town
NATN
North Ferriby United 2-1 Brackley Town
NATS
Bath City 0-1 Concord Rangers
Bishop's Stortford 2-0 Gosport Borough
Chelmsford City 4-3 Whitehawk
Eastbourne Borough 3-0 Wealdstone
Ebbsfleet United 1-2 Margate
Havant & Waterlooville 1-0 Basingstoke Town bad one to lose but at least ‘Dragons’ stay off the bottom thanks to StAlebuns mauling at Oxford
Hayes & Yeading Utd 1-1 Hemel Hempstead Town
Oxford City 4-1 St Albans City
Sutton United 2-0 Dartford
Truro City 4-4 Maidenhead United Magpies - trailled 3-1 at HT and 4-2 with 10’ left Dave Tarpey got his 3rd and 4th goals on 80' & 89' to grab a point for the visitors.

ISTHP
Farnborough 0-3 Merstham

SOUTHP
Biggleswade Town 1-4 Hungerford Town
Slough Town 1-0 Hitchin
SOUTH1C
Chalfont St Peter 3-2 Aylesbury United
Egham Town 0-2 Barton Rovers
Godalming Town 1-1 St Ives Town
Leighton Town 1-0 Fleet Town
Northwood P-P Beaconsfield SYCOB
SOUTH1S&W
Bashley 0-5 Banbury United
Burnham 1-3 Taunton Town
Cinderford Town P-P Winchester City
Evesham United 0-1 Didcot Town
North Leigh 1-2 Swindon Supermarine
Slimbridge 2-0 Marlow
Wantage Town P-P Yate Town

CCLP
Ashford Town (Middx) {SEVEN} 7-1 Chessington & Hook United
Bedfont Sports 1-0 Westfield
Colliers Wood United 1-4 Camberley Town
Farnham Town 1-0 Spelthorne Sports
Guildford City 0-0 Hanworth Villa
Hartley Wintney 3-0 AFC Hayes
Horley Town 3-0 Cove
Knaphill 4-0 Chertsey Town
Redhill P-P Badshot Lea
Windsor 2-1 Epsom & Ewell
CCL1
Ash United 2-3 Dorking
CB Hounslow United Ab Banstead Athletic - due to player injury
Dorking Wanderers Res 2-3 South Park Res
Eversley & California 6-0 Sheerwater
Sandhurst Town P-P Farleigh Rovers
Staines Lammas 6-2 Frimley Green
Worcester Park 1-1 Abbey Rangers

HELLP
Brackley Town Saints 1-4 Ascot United
Highmoor-Ibis 2-0 Kidlington - big win for H/I who had been on a real slump – Kiddy may have had one eye on their Vase campaign which resumes next w/e with a long trip to Cleethorpes. Appears as if they ‘rested’ a few regulars too.
Milton United 2-3 Flackwell Heath
Royal Wootton Bassett 3-0 Oxford City Nomads
Thame United 1-2 Brimscombe & Thrupp
Thatcham Town 3-1 Longlevens AFC
Tuffley Rovers 3-5 Ardley United
HELL1E
Old Woodstock Town 5-0 Chalfont Wasps
Penn & Tylers Green 2-0 Headington Amateur's
Didcot Town Res' 0-7 {SEVEN} Henley Town
Holyport 6-0 Woodley United - that’s eight straight league and cup defeats now, with over 40 goals conceded in that run – still just above RTFC on Goal Difference though. OWT’s big (and surprising) win over Wasps, sees them leap over both Scours Lane outfits.

Reading Town 1-1 Chinnor

B&B Intermediate Cup Q-F
Finchampstead 1-2 Letcombe AET – Finch exit the cup and have another tough game in the League's Challenge Cup this Tuesday evening, away at Binfield.
Cookham Dean 4-3 Pitstone & Ivinghoe AET – the Thames Valley Premier (ex-Reading Senior league) side progress to the Semi-Finals.
Hale Leys United 1-2 Risborough Rangers
Olney Town 3-2 Westwood United

WESSP
Whitchurch United 2-0 Fawley - ‘Jam Boys’ slowly crawling away from the drop zone – now three league wins in a row at home.
WESS1
Alton Town 2-0 New Milton Town
Andover New Street 0-7 {SEVEN} Totton & Eling
East Cowes Victoria 2-3 Pewsey Vale - only Vale’s 2nd win of the campaign – coming immediately after their first (admittedly over a month ago, what with the dreadful weather down in Wilts) - sees them leapfrog Vics and get off the bottom.

Hythe & Dibden 5-1 Fleet Spurs
Tadley Calleva 3-0 Laverstock & Ford

[Four Of Clubs]

...a few games on locally this midweek but heavy rain is forecast from mid-PM tomorrow (Tue) through to early evening, so the dreaded late P-P may figure largely - especially amongst this weeks Cup matches - which of course will then knock-on into next weeks fixtures.

EDIT - in line with what I'd initially thought somewhat pessimistically ...
.. ALL tonights 'local' NL games are reported Postponed APART from (as at 18:00 Tue) the B&B Trophy Tie at Holmer G v Milton

... and Windsor's CCLP trip to Bedfont Sports - and the Middx Cup Tie next door between Bedfont & Feltham and Woodford Utd

... expect even these three are merely awaiting the 'final sentence' from the respective match refs when they arrive.

Being optimistic - here's what's scheduled 'locally' - and not so -involving 'local sides':

FA Trophy 2nd Round
Cheltenham v Oxford City - winners go to Woking on the 6th Feb

NAT
Altrincham v Woking
NATS
Dartford v Wealdstone
Maidenhead Utd v Whitehawk
Havant & W v Bps Stortford

Southern 1 Central
Hanwell v Egham
Southern 1 S&W
Didcot v Burnham

Southern League Cup R3
Potters Bar v Slough

Hants Senior Cup Q-F
Fleet Town v Lymington

Middx Senior Cup Q-F
Ashford Town v Harrow Borough
Northwood v Spelthorne Sports

Surrey Senior Cup R3
Badshot Lea v Merstham
19:30 Knaphill v Chipstead

Combined Counties Premier
AFC Hayes v E&E
Bedfont Sports v Windsor - saw this very fixture a year or two back - November 2013
Farnham v Westfield
Horley v Chertsey
Raynes Pk Vale v Camberley
Redhill v Guildford

Hellenic Floodlit Cup Q-F
Ardley Utd v Flackwell Heath
Carterton v Ascot - (free entry)
Thatcham v Thame
Hellenic Challenge Cup R3
Finchampstead v Binfield at Hill Farm (aka Stubbs) Lane Binfield FC

Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy Q-F
Holmer Green v Milton Utd - slightly tempted by this; if can get down into and back up out of Wycombe in good time-Handy X usually the clincher here - and not too many others nearby to divert to
WESSEX 1
Ringwood v Tadley Calleva
(Wednesday 27th)
Fleet Spurs v New Milton

[CountryRoyal]

Been up in Manchester recently, saw Salford beat Buxton 2-0 the other day and last night took in a dull goalless draw between Curzon Ashton and Stalybridge Celtic.

[sputnik]

ex- England international joins non leaguers...



Longford AFC, based in Gloucestershire, have lost all 18 games this season, scoring one goal and letting in 179.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-35428976

[Four Of Clubs]

...and Windsor's trip over to Bedfont Sports was called off by the match ref - though they did play the Middx Cup tie next door at 'The Orchard'

...the B&B Trophy Q-F tie did go ahead too - with Holmer Green prevailing 5-3 over Milton Utd
- wish I'd ventured out now instead of fuming in front of the TV for 2 3/4 hrs watching the Dippers spawn through on pens.

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...here's tomorrow's NL matches - still some doubt locally with a lot of pitches not drying out sufficiently -

Fixtures Saturday 30th January

The FA Vase – 4th Rd Proper
3 Morpeth Town v North Shields
16 Bodmin Town v Ipswich Wanderers passed inspection today (Fri) BUT v. doubtful as more heavy rain forecast

The FA Vase – 5th Rd Proper
2 Sunderland RCA v Bristol Manor Farm
3 Camberley Town v Newton Aycliffe
5 Cleethorpes Town v Kidlington
6 Nuneaton Griff v Salisbury
7 Ashford United v Dunston UTS
8 Hartley Wintney v Hereford - 09:00h pitch inspection

NAT
Aldershot Town v Kidderminster Harriers
Woking v Barrow
NATN
Brackley Town v Solihull Moors
NATS
Basingstoke Town v Ebbsfleet United
Chelmsford City v Sutton United
Eastbourne Borough v Bath City
Gosport Borough v Dartford
Hemel Hempstead Town v Weston-Super-Mare
Maidenhead United v Havant & Waterlooville
Maidstone United v Concord Rangers
Margate v Bishop's Stortford
St Albans City v Truro City
Wealdstone v Hayes & Yeading Utd
Whitehawk v Oxford City

ISTHP
Canvey Island v Farnborough
Needham Market v Staines Town
SOUTHP
Bideford v Slough Town
Dorchester Town v Chesham United
Hungerford Town v Kettering Town
SOUTH1C
Aylesbury United v Fleet Town
Beaconsfield SYCOB v AFC Rushden & Diamonds
Chalfont St Peter v Northwood
Egham Town v Bedford Town
Godalming Town v Aylesbury
SOUTH1S&W
Bashley v Mangotsfield United
Burnham v Larkhall Athletic
Didcot Town v Shortwood United
Marlow v Wantage Town
Tiverton Town v Winchester City
Yate Town v North Leigh

CCLP
AFC Hayes v Badshot Lea
Ashford Town (Middx) v Colliers Wood United
Chertsey Town v Redhill
Chessington & Hook United v Farnham Town
Cove v Raynes Park Vale
Knaphill v Horley Town
Spelthorne Sports v Windsor
Sutton Common Rovers v Bedfont Sports
Westfield v Guildford City
CCL1
Ash United v CB Hounslow United
Banstead Athletic v Sandhurst Town
Bedfont & Feltham v Epsom Athletic
Dorking v Worcester Park
14:00 Farleigh Rovers v Eversley & California
Frimley Green v Dorking Wanderers Res
14:00 Sheerwater v Cobham
South Park Res v Staines Lammas

HELLP
...playing tonight (Friday 29th)
Bracknell Town v Binfield - expecting a big turnout for this one - usually gets well over 200 - would have trotted along me'self but 'domestics' have intervened as usual

Abingdon United v Thatcham Town
Ardley United v Thame United
Brimscombe & Thrupp v Highmoor-Ibis
Flackwell Heath v Lydney Town
Highworth Town v Ascot United
Milton United v Tuffley Rovers
Oxford City Nomads v Brackley Town Saints
Royal Wootton Bassett v Longlevens AFC
HELL1E
14:15 Chalfont Wasps v Chinnor
14:15 Headington Amateurs v Reading Town
14:15 Penn & Tylers Green v Finchampstead
Rayners Lane v Bicester Town
Woodley United v Didcot Town Res

WESSP
Andover Town v Brockenhurst
Moneyfields v Whitchurch United
WESS1
Christchurch v Tadley Calleva
Fleet Spurs v Alton Town
Laverstock & Ford v Andover New Street
Pewsey Vale v Portland United

[Four Of Clubs]

.... as I 'writted' was likely above .... plenty off today. Hellenic seems to have fared better - only Brimscomb v H/I reported OFF so far - when compared to CCL where at least half the Premier programme has already gone and most of Div One ... knew something was amiss locally, when lad's game at Cintra was called off around 8:30 this AM.

Hartley's big Vase game is also off, as is Windsor's trip to Spelly.

In the Southern Sluffs long trip to Bodmin is OFF as are matches at Egham & Godalming in the Central division : Marlow & Diddy's game still on according to the league site in the S&W.

No 'local' games on in WESSEX One - though Andover v Brockenhurst seems to have survived in the Premier section.

HandY's game at Wealdstone is OFF in the NATIONAL South as is Gosports game v Dartford.

[Royal Rother]

My football fix this weekend will be at The Gore to see Windsor's rather exciting U15s team in a County cup semi against Burnham.

[Four Of Clubs]

Results Saturday 30th Jan

The FA Vase – 4th Rd Proper
3 Morpeth Town P-P North Shields
16 Bodmin Town 1-3 Ipswich Wanderers

The FA Vase – 5th Rd Proper
2 Sunderland RCA 2-3 Bristol Manor Farm – a real upset here for the ‘southern softies’: Brizzle M-F prevailing over many people’s current favourites to lift the thing.
3 Camberley Town 5-0 Newton Aycliffe - storming win for Town over much fancied ‘Newtonians’ from Co. Durham - visitors packed full of recent Vase winners.
5 Cleethorpes Town 1-2 Kidlington – good to see Kiddy keeping the Hellenic flag fluttering in the Vase too.
6 Nuneaton Griff 0-3 Salisbury
7 Ashford United 1-1 Dunston UTS
- There is quite a groundswell amongst the midland/southern-based fans of NL against the recent predominance of Northern winners of the Vase (Sholing were quite an exception a couple of years back) – with many accusations of sides regularly shunning promotion to keep their chances of taking national silverware.
- The fact the northern-based fans often come on to the NL site bigging up their standard of play and facilities over their southern counterpart, has fuelled the debate. They’ll have very crinkly mouths this AM though, following this set of results, with only two Northern sides in the last eight now : one of those (Dunston from Gateshead: winners in 11-12) still face a tricky replay v Ashford Utd (from Kent) who are no mugs and of course were formerly from much higher up the pyramid themselves
- All quite upsetting for our Northern Anorak fraternity, [Cliché ALERT!!] who are probably out the back kicking their wives/whippets/whatever as I write! Ominously though the other possible survivors are North Shields who are the current holders. I would still expect Hereford or Salisbury to feature in the Final – though both are hardly atypical of southern-based Vase entrants and of course are unlikely to be able to defend it should they win at Wembley, as both are most likely to be at STEP04 in 16-17 hence become ineligible to enter.

NAT
Aldershot Town 1-0 Kidderminster Harriers
Woking 2-2 Barrow
NATN
Brackley Town 0-1 Solihull Moors
NATS
Basingstoke Town 1-2 Ebbsfleet United - very late sickener conceded to league leaders (90’)
Chelmsford City 0-2 Sutton United
Eastbourne Borough 5-2 Bath City
Hemel Hempstead Town 5-5 Weston-Super-Mare - ‘Tudors’ 3-0 up and 4-2 up at H/T – W-S-M fight back to level, then go down to 10 men and fall behind again to level finally on 88’
Maidenhead United 2-2 Havant & Waterlooville
Maidstone United 2-2 Concord Rangers
Margate 1-1 Bishop's Stortford
St Albans City 0-1 Truro City
Whitehawk 2-1 Oxford City

ISTHP
Canvey Island 1-0 Farnborough
Needham Market P-P Staines Town

SOUTHP
Dorchester Town 2-1 Chesham United
Hungerford Town 2-1 Kettering Town
SOUTH1C
Aylesbury United 0-1 Fleet Town
Beaconsfield SYCOB 4-0 AFC Rushden & Diamonds
Chalfont St Peter 0-3 Northwood
- Top two both beaten heavily above and a welcome three points for Fleet at the soggy 'Ducks' – puts some daylight between them and the probable drop-zone

SOUTH1S&W
AFC Totton 2-2 Evesham United
Didcot Town 2-2 Shortwood United
Marlow 0-1 Wantage Town - vital win for ‘Freds’ in the struggle to keep out of the bottom two – looks bad for Burnham the only side below them (other than doomed and STILL pointless Bashley)
Wimborne Town 0-2 Banbury United
Yate Town 1-3 North Leigh – Nor Lye skip over Winchester to return to the play-off spots

CCLP
Ashford Town (Middx) 1-1 Colliers Wood United
Chertsey Town 5-1 Redhill
Cove 0-1 Raynes Park Vale – encouragingly close result for bottom side Cove – who still have only 3 points from their 20 matches this season. Might pop along to Squirrels lane this midweek to see how they get on, when they are scheduled to host Camberley (weather permitting) – could be carnage though….

Sutton Common Rovers 3-2 Bedfont Sports
CCL1
Banstead Athletic 1-1 Sandhurst Town
Frimley Green 4-0 Dorking Wanderers Res

HELLP
Abingdon United 1-5 Thatcham Town
Ardley United 2-3 Thame United
Flackwell Heath 2-0 Lydney Town
Highworth Town 2-2 Ascot United
Milton United 0-3 Tuffley Rovers
Oxford City Nomads 1-1 Brackley Town Saints
Royal Wootton Bassett 0-1 Longlevens AFC
- top two pulling away now with 'Kingfishers' big win at Abingdon keeping them 2 point clear of 'Heathens': - amongst the chasing pack Kiddy were in Vase action whilst Highworth & Ascot shared the points and lose ground.
No real change at the foot with everyone losing, apart from Tuffley who got a vital 3 points at fellow strugglers Milton and Sumas who were in 'losers' Cup action below.
- some loud rumblings emerging that the Hellenic League may go for a 22 team Premier next term, which throws the plight of the bottom six into a new perspective - with not that many sides eligible to come up from Div One
HELL1E
Headington Amateurs 2-2 Reading Town
Hellenic Supplementary 1st Round
Letcombe 1-2 Wokingham & Emmbrook

WESSP
Andover Town 2-2 Brockenhurst

[AthleticoSpizz]

Two q's FoC

When is the Vase draw

and what's happened at Scours? RT picking up some decent points in recent games...when it looked like a Bashley-like haul would be on the cards

[Four Of Clubs]

Two q's FoC

When is the Vase draw

and what's happened at Scours? RT picking up some decent points in recent games...when it looked like a Bashley-like haul would be on the cards

i) Vase: probably tomorrow AM sometime - see link from the official FA site:

http://www.thefa.com/news/competitions/ ... ope-290116

... and I'd forgotten Berkhamsted still await the winners of Morpeth v N.Shields in the 5th Round - which is now scheduled for tomorrow night (Monday 1st Feb) at N.Shields.
That means there are still half of the 5th Round ties to be resolved - all scheduled for NEXT Saturday 6th Feb (includes Hartley Wintney v Hereford - which is all ticket.)

ii) RTFC : no idea - presumably they've gathered in enough players from the middling/upper levels of the TVL to build an outfit with a bit of shape and fight about it - good battling point at Head Ams yesterday too.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Thanx for the Vase stuff....hopefully, they do replays and regardless of the progression thing, HW must really get that draw.....assuming of course that they will get the share of the predicted 3k+ gate at Edgar Street

[Hoop Blah]

I'm not sure on Reading Town's little resurgence (I've not seen them play). I don't think there's been a massive change in personnel but they have signed Josh Blackwood who wasn't playing for them earlier in the season. He's the type of attacking player who can make quite a difference and scored in both their wins.

I think the biggest difference is perhaps a bit of discipline and the fact they managed to beat the two of the teams around them at the bottom in Wantage (against 10 men) and Old Woodstock (with 10 men).

[Four Of Clubs]

Any of you ever been to a Hampton & Richmond game? Worth a visit?

... many, many years ago - some Cup Tie vs Newport approx. 01-02 I think - big -ish crowd - ground coped easily - parking a bit of a squeeze around there - think I parked somewhere back near the railway station.

Avoid like the plague if there's any Gee Gees on @ KP that day.....- Tredder is probably your best bet for more useful advice .... if he's still posting??


... and here's the draw for the FA Vase QFs - scheduled for Feb 20th - if they can get all of the previous rounds done and dusted:

Hartley Wintney or Hereford v Camberley Town
Salisbury v Ashford United or Dunston UTS
Berkhamsted or North Shields or Morpeth Town v Bristol Manor Farm
Ipswich Wanderers or Bowers & Pitsea v Kidlington

...I'd like to see most of the teams in bold make up the semis.

[Linden Jones]

Any of you ever been to a Hampton & Richmond game? Worth a visit?

Nice little ground. Decent pubs in the vicinity. Good location few minutes walk from the Thames.

[Royalist]

Worth trying out Hamtpon and Richmond if only for the childish "come on beavers" shouts