by Four Of Clubs » 
          09 Apr 2023 12:28
         
         
        
       
       
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My 2nd choice was the derby at Andover........ Andover New Street had won 5-4 with a last minute goal, after being 0-4 down. Oh well. You win some, you lose some.
...and with a crowd at New St of over 300 [332]  - hadn't realised the extent of the turn-around.
Great to see the club doing so well and most-recently rising above their near rivals - though Town are strictly speaking a Phoenix-club and are still re-building somewhat at the Portway - were 'demoted' for refusing promotion out of the Wessex Premier league as recently as 18/19. 
ANS were perennially Wessex League whipping boys thru the 00's and 10's but they've really come on a lot in the last few years - even getting promotion pre-Vids but dropping back immediately. 
They've done a lot of work recently at Foxcotte - but it's a god-awfully difficult ground to find if you've not been before.
I tried on my very first visit many years back, to get to it from Andover ring-road - not sure the signage has improved but it's nigh on impossible unless your a local I'd imagine - didn't get there til close to Half-Time!   
 
- now I've been a few times -  the best approach from the north is to head off the main road down (A343) and over Charlton Down before you get to Enham Alamein.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Results Easter Saturday (April 8th)
SLP-C
Nuneaton Borough	1-1
	Kings Langley   - Bedford and Hednesford now confirmed as relegated with AFC R&D - KL are 5 points adrift in 4th bottom with only 3 games leftSLP-S
Hartley Wintney 0-0	Weston-super-Mare -
 att 394  - HW also 5 points from safety with only 3 games remaining.
- Hendon immediately above them have 2 games in hand. Nor Lye behind them on GD, have 4 games remaining: Harrow and Yate both a point further back with 3 left.Plymouth Parkway	1-1	Hanwell Town
Swindon Supermarine	1-2	
Bracknell Town 'Robins' back in 2nd place above Truro - early 2nd half goals from Burden and Grant put them 2 up - 'marine's Williams responded around the hour mark with his 30th of the season  - Town are now 5 points behind W-s-M with a game in hand - host Beaconsfield tomorrow 
- whilst W-s-M and Truro host what passes for 'local' derbies vs Tiverton and Parkway respectively.Winchester City	3-0	Hayes & Yeading United 
 - a brace for Warren BentleyYate Town	2-1	Metropolitan Police
SL1-C
Highworth Town	2-3	Walthamstow
Kidlington	0-4	Biggleswade
Thame United	3-1	Kempston Rovers
Waltham Abbey 	0-1	
Aylesbury United IL1-SC
Ashford Town (Middx)	0-5	
Westfield
Chertsey Town	2-1	Tooting & Mitcham United
Chipstead	3-1	
Thatcham TownGuernsey	0-0	Walton & Hersham 
- att 862Leatherhead	1-0	Hanworth Villa
Marlow	1-3	South Park
Merstham	2-2	Bedfont Sports
Uxbridge	4-3	
Binfield - next up on Easter Monday : Basingstoke @ Thatcham:  W&H host relegation threatened Merstham. 
With PO spots being grappled over there are two intriguing match-ups with Hanworth (5th) hosting Northwood (4th) and Binfield (7th) at home to Marlow (3rd)  CCL-PN
Ascot United	 3-0 	Harefield United	
 'Yellamen' nearly there now - on 84 points - 14 clear of City after their defeat at 3rd placed 'Sarnies'- though Egham do have a game in hand and can reach 87 points.Burnham	 5-1	Hilltop	
Chalfont St Peter	 0-1 	
Virginia Water	
Egham Town	 2-1	
Reading City	
Flackwell Heath	 2-2 	Broadfields United	
Holyport	 2-2 	Wembley	
Wallingford & Crowmarsh	 1-1 	Spelthorne Sports	
Windsor	 1-3	Oxhey Jets	
 disastrous result for Windsor vs bottom club Jets - Windsor stay above on GD but Jets have a game in hand - probably due to their recently postponed game at Stag meadow vs 'lodgers' VW   Wokingham & Emmbrook
 Wokingham & Emmbrook	 2-0 	North Greenford United	
CCL-PS
AFC Croydon Athletic	 0-1 	
Badshot Lea	
Abbey Rangers	 2-2
	Knaphill	Banstead Athletic	 0-1 	Colliers Wood United	
Farnham Town	  2-2	
Camberley Town		- att 477 Frimley Green	 0-5 	Balham	
Guildford City	 1-1 	Redhill	
Horley Town	 1-4 	
Alton	Jersey Bulls	 2-1 	
Fleet Town	- att 649 - Town's goal a consolation in added timeRaynes Park Vale	 4-2 	
Sheerwater	
Tadley Calleva	 0-4	Cobham	
CCL-1 
AFC Aldermaston	 0-2 	London Samurai Rovers	 
Bagshot	 2-2	
Woodley United	 Berks County	 1-2 	
Penn & Tylers Green	 leaders beaten at 'home' but stay top as 2nd and 3rd drew with each other - allowing Samurai into 3rd placeBritish Airways	 2-1 	Brook House	 
FC Deportivo Galicia	 3-3 	
Langley	  Hillingdon Borough	 1-0 	Spartans Youth	
Molesey	 1-4 	Bedfont	
Rayners Lane	 4-0 	Rising Ballers Kensington	
Sandhurst Town	3-2  	
Cove	Westside	  4-0	CB Hounslow United	 
SSM-P
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos		 1-4 		Ardley United 
Leighton Town		 3-0 		
Risborough Rangers  att 604 - leaders Town with GD a factor now 3 points from confirming the title - R.Rgrs sit 3rd - 5 points behind Stotfold.SSM-1 
Burton Park Wanderers		 1-0 		Thame United Reserves	Holmer Green		 3-1		Moulton	
London Tigers		 2-4 		Lutterworth Athletic	
Rugby Borough		 1-4 		
Amersham Town	  Town up into the 4 PO spots thumping 3rd placed BoroughWESS-P
Bournemouth 3-1 
Alresford Town- leaders AFC Portchester beaten at home by 3rd placed Horndean in front of 1,458 
- visitors still have 6 games to play and are 8 points behind 
- Portchester aka 'The Royals' only have 2 games left both away at 4th (Hamble) and 6th (Bemerton) placed clubs - so not a given that they'll get the title - which is remarkable having led the table and been unbeaten for so long throughout the season. 
Salisbury-based Bemerton beat their cross-City rivals Lav. & Ford 4-0 in front of a crowd of over 300.WESS-1
Andover New Street	 5-4 	
Andover Town	
Ash United	 3-2	
Fleet Spurs	
Whitchurch United	 0-1 	
Petersfield Town