The Non - League thread

[Linden Jones]

Bedford Town was the last ground I heard explicit racist abuse directed at players from a wide range of supporters, back in 2000

[Royal Rother]

Woodley Utd v Windsor tonight is postponed due to waterlogged pitch.

[mx]

Round-up of today's 'local' NL:-


Winchester City[/b] 2-3 Bideford - City trailed twice - levelled with about 10' left but conceded again within 5'.

and we missed a pen.

Frustrating game, compounded by the fact that I had to drive so couldn't even have a beer, and I missed the win over S*****n Supermarine mid week. Frustrating sums up our whole season - we are close to being a decent side, but just can't get it right sometimes. Still 7th, but with the league re-organisation this is the best chance we will get for years to go up.

But with crowds around 150, is there much point?

The talk on our board is around Pat Cox, a striker who we are rumoured to be paying a lot for. The cognescenti reckon he does a lot of good work, holding the ball up etc, but he isn't scoring goals. 4 of his 12 were in the Hampshire Senior Cup against inferior opposition. God help us if Oli Bailey gets injured.

Simba Mlambo is back from injury which is a big plus, but Dan Williamson went off injured, which is a bugger and apparently we have a lot of injuries for the trip to North Leigh tomorrow.

[bcubed]

crackin’ result for Brackley there against the “big-news” boys

They’re having a great season

Agree re: Bedford comments.....most featureless and charmless place

Fantastic win for Brackley. Wish I'd gone
Looks like Salford will walk the League though

And harsh comments on Bedford. It's very nice down by the river

[Four Of Clubs]

And harsh comments on Bedford. It's very nice down by the river

..fair enough - evidently never got to see it's good side & judgement of course clouded by it's residents, that I met through work - who were singularly unedifying for the most part -

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... a few noteworthy results from a fairly sparse NL midweek -

FA Trophy 3Q Replays

(Tue) Slough 1-1 Hendon aet - A win on pens 0-3
(Wed) Farnborough 1-2 Hartley Wintney - Hartley progress to a home tie in the 1st Round Proper vs Bromley on Sat Dec 16th

...other 1st Round ties involving our 'featured' local sides:

Chesham v W-S-M
Woking v Maidenhead
E.Thurrock v Aldersh!t
Braintree v Brackley Town


NAT
Bromley 0-2 Aldershot

SLP
Basingstoke Town 3-3 Weymouth - Terras grab point on 90'
Chesham Utd 1-3 Stratford Town
SL1E
Chalfont St P 0-1 Aylesbury Utd - late winner from much traveled Tre Mitford (incl spells at Burnham, Windsor, Staines and most recently Hayes & Yeading with whom I think he is dual-registered etc)

Fleet Town 3-0 Egham
Hayes & Yeading 0-2 Beaconsfield Town 'Rams join a cluster of four clubs at the top all on 35 points AFC R&D lead on GD with Moneyfields & AFC Dunstable making up the leading quartet.

Marlow 3-1 Hanwell
Moneyfields 2-3 Uxbridge - surprise set-back for the long time leaders - and first league defeat of the season
Thame Utd 3-3 Northwood
SL1W
North Leigh 1-2 Winchester City

CCLP
(Wed) Colliers Wood 1-2 CB Hounslow
Farnham 0-0 Bedfont Sports

HELLP
Oxford City Nomads 2-3 Highworth Town - leaders soon back on the winning trail following 2 draws. Now 10 points clear of Thatcham and 12 of Bracknell who both have games in hand
RWBT {SEVEN} 7-3 Binfield

[AthleticoSpizz]

(Wed) Farnborough 1-2 Hartley Wintney - Hartley progress to a home tie in the 1st Round Proper vs Bromley on Sat Dec 16th

looking like a bit of a biggie for HW....Bromley currently managed by ex-Royal “forgotten man” Neil Smith.

[Hoop Blah]

HELLP
Oxford City Nomads 2-3 Highworth Town - leaders soon back on the winning trail following 2 draws. Now 10 points clear of Thatcham and 12 of Bracknell who both have games in hand

It took a 90+4 minute winner from the penalty spot for Highworth though, and Nomads had a player sent off in the 72nd minute too. They played a couple of weeks ago and Highworth stuffed them 7-0.

[Royalist]

Looks like the future of Windsor Fc is up in the air at current level. I suspect the crown estate win this battle.

http://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/sport/ ... ref=twtrec

[Royal Rother]

Strictly speaking without a lease the future has always been up in the air.

This is just another attempt to move things forward, but we are dealing with a bunch of arrogant cnuts who believe they are above all of this nonsense and have never engaged on any level other than treating the football club as if it were shit on their shoes - and as you can imagine, that is not easy.

[Royalist]

Strictly speaking without a lease the future has always been up in the air.

This is just another attempt to move things forward, but we are dealing with a bunch of arrogant cnuts who believe they are above all of this nonsense and have never engaged on any level other than treating the football club as if it were shit on their shoes - and as you can imagine, that is not easy.

Her Majesty holds a grudge from that money HMRC missed out on clearly.

For the crown estate this amount of cash at stake really isnt a pressing issue.

[Royal Rother]

I do find it interesting and unusual for the Observer the way the article is written.

The writer seems to be stating as fact that the Crown Estates have reneged on the deal as if he is aware of the facts, i.e. not saying “Kevin Stott says that....”

[Four Of Clubs]

NL Preview

Sat 2nd December

FA Cup 2nd
01 Woking v Peterborough United (Sun 2.00)
02 Milton Keynes Dons v Maidstone United
03 Newport County v Cambridge United (Sun 2.00)
04 Wycombe Wanderers v Leatherhead
08 Slough Town v Rochdale (Mon 7.45) (B.T. Sport 1) - SOLD OUT
11 Mansfield Town v Guiseley (Sun 2.00)
12 Gateshead v Luton Town (Sun 2.00)
15 A.F.C. Fylde 1-1 Wigan Athletic
17 (Sat 12.30) Notts County v Oxford City
18 Forest Green Rovers v Exeter City
19 Fleetwood Town v Hereford
20 Coventry City v Boreham Wood

FA Vase 3rd
18 Tring Athletic v Berkhamsted
19 Welwyn Garden City v Biggleswade
20 Lordswood v Bracknell Town
21 Beckenham Town v Eastbourne Town
22 Horley Town v Baffins Milton Rovers
23 Walton & Hersham v Windsor
24 Crowborough Athletic v Westfield
25 Whitstable Town v Chichester City
26 Thatcham Town v Sevenoaks Town
27 Christchurch v Newport (IoW)
28 Sholing v Blackfield & Langley
29 Plymouth Parkway v Westfields
30 Hamble Club v Horndean
31 Bridgwater Town v Melksham Town
32 Bradford Town v Team Solent


NAT
Torquay United v Aldershot Town
Wrexham v Maidenhead United
NATN
Brackley Town v Stockport County
NATS
Bath City v Hemel Hempstead Town
Bognor Regis Town v Concord Rangers
Chelmsford City v Hungerford Town
Chippenham Town v Whitehawk
Gloucester City v Eastbourne Borough
Poole Town v Dartford
Truro City v St Albans City
Wealdstone v Braintree Town
Welling United v East Thurrock United
Weston-super-Mare v Hampton & Richmond Borough

ILP
Kingstonian v Dorking Wanderers @ Leatherhead
Needham Market v Staines Town

CCLP
AFC Hayes v Camberley Town
Abbey Rangers v Banstead Athletic
CB Hounslow United v Balham
Epsom & Ewell v Guildford City
Farnham Town v Sutton Common Rovers
Godalming Town v Redhill
Hanworth Villa v Chertsey Town
Spelthorne Sports v North Greenford United
CCL1
Badshot Lea v Eversley & California
Bagshot v Kensington Borough
Bedfont & Feltham v FC Deportivo Galicia
Chessington & Hook United v Ash United
Cobham v Farleigh Rovers
Cove v Staines Lammas
Raynes Park Vale v Frimley Green
Sheerwater v AC London
Worcester Park v South Park Reserves

HELLP
Abingdon United v Royal Wootton Bassett Town
Ascot United v Brimscombe & Thrupp
Binfield v Longlevens
Burnham v Lydney Town
Fairford Town v Highmoor Ibis
Highworth Town v Woodley United
HELL1E
14:00 Penn & Tylers Green v Didcot Town Reserves
Holyport v Wokingham & Emmbrook
Milton United v Henley Town
Sandhurst Town v Chinnor
Thame Rangers v Chalfont Wasps
Virginia Water v Bicester Town
HELL1W
14:00 Letcombe v Headington Amateurs

WESSP
Andover Town v Hamworthy United
Fareham Town v Alresford Town
Petersfield Town v Bournemouth
WESS1
AFC Stoneham v Tadley Calleva
Alton v United Services Portsmouth
Laverstock & Ford v Whitchurch United

[peterroyal76]

1-0 Win for Burnham today. The game was evenly matched and Burnham nicked it at the end. Burnham subbed their keeper at half time due to his inability to kick. The management don’t seem to be endearing themselves to some (signed on) players in favour of some ringers (confirmed to me by management). Maybe I’m being a bit naive but the management team don’t seem to do things entirely the correct way.

Has anyone heard rumours about money disappearing with previous managers?

[Royal Rother]

Yes. No further comment on that.

I’ve seen Burnham twice since Paris took charge (Windsor beat them on both occasions) and have been distinctly unimpressed with him and his assistants. Constantly bawling at the players and officials and the way they berated an 18yo making his debut against an ex Premier League striker in Barry Hayles was outrageous - I commented on it here at the time.

I have also heard that players are not happy.

[peterroyal76]

Cheers RR! I won’t mention it again!
I spoke to a couple of players and some are definitely not happy with things. Players are turning up to training (sometimes only seven there) and then being left out for ringers. As an interesting fact or maybe not so interesting fact both Burnham keepers were making their debuts today.

[mx]

2-0 win for Winchester City over Evesham United today. Scrappy first half, with two evenly matched teams cancelling each other out. One shot on target.

2nd half was altogether different. Winch made 2 substitutions 15 ish mins into the second half, and both went on to score, including our 17 yr old big hope, IK Hill. Oli Bailey got clattered and went off , and Evesham were lucky to finish with 11 men.

Decent crowd too (171) - good turn out from Evesham's travelling fans.

[Royal Rother]

Cheers RR! I won’t mention it again!
I spoke to a couple of players and some are definitely not happy with things. Players are turning up to training (sometimes only seven there) and then being left out for ringers. As an interesting fact or maybe not so interesting fact both Burnham keepers were making their debuts today.

Blimey, we saw 2 different keepers in the 2 games which were only very recent.

The 1st keeper we saw had a bit of banter with us lot behind his goal and our thoughts after the game was that he didn’t try too hard to disguise the impression that he might not be buying into the regime.

[Royal Rother]

Walton & Hersham 1-2 Windsor

Unbelievable.

Superb game. W&H had much the better of the 1st half, calling our keeper to make 3 excellent saves, and defenders to make 2 goal line clearances and another last ditch tackle / block.

We came out with much more intent in the 2nd half and although still under the cosh at times, were shading it until we went 1 down with about 15 Minutes left.

Substitutions and a change of formation and we started to pour on the pressure and after 87 mins got just rewards when a header looped over the keeper, hit the top of the cross bar, almost bounced on it a 2nd time, but was nodded home on the line by teenage midfielder Bradley Pearce.

Windsor had the momentum and created several more chances although W&H still had a chance to win as the game was fully stretched. Then in the 95th minute with virtually the last kick of the game Pearce got his 2nd with a cracking strike at the near post.

Cue memorable celebrations - best fun at a Windsor game for many years.

[Four Of Clubs]

NL Results:

Sat/Sun 2nd/3rd December

FA Cup 2nd
01 Woking 1-1 Peterborough United (Sun 2.00)
02 Milton Keynes Dons 4-1 Maidstone United
03 Newport County 2-0 Cambridge United (Sun 2.00)
04 Wycombe Wanderers 3-1 Leatherhead (Sun 2.00)
08 Slough Town v Rochdale (Mon 7.45) (B.T. Sport 1)
11 Mansfield Town 3-0 Guiseley (Sun 2.00)
12 Gateshead 0-5 Luton Town (Sun 2.00)
15 A.F.C. Fylde 1-1 Wigan Athletic (Fri 7.55) (BBC)
17 (Sat 12.30) Notts County 3-2 Oxford City
18 Forest Green Rovers 3-3 Exeter City
19 Fleetwood Town 1-1 Hereford
20 Coventry City 3-0 Boreham Wood (Sun 2.00)

FA Vase 3rd
18 Tring Athletic 1-0 Berkhamsted
19 Welwyn Garden City 1-2 Biggleswade
20 Lordswood 0-1 Bracknell Town
21 Beckenham Town 2-3 Eastbourne Town aet
22 Horley Town 4-1 Baffins Milton Rovers
23 Walton & Hersham 1-2 Windsor
24 Crowborough Athletic 1-0 Westfield
25 Whitstable Town 0-2 Chichester City
26 Thatcham Town 3-1 Sevenoaks Town - att 145 2 first half goals from Cooper-Clarke
27 Christchurch 0-1 Newport (IoW)
28 Sholing 0-1 Blackfield & Langley
29 Plymouth Parkway v Westfields
30 Hamble Club 2-1 Horndean
31 Bridgwater Town 2-2 Melksham Town
32 Bradford Town 4-0 Team Solent
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NAT
Torquay United 0-0 Aldershot Town
Wrexham 2-0 Maidenhead United
NATN
Brackley Town 3-2 Stockport County
NATS
Bath City 0-0 Hemel Hempstead Town
Bognor Regis Town 1-2 Concord Rangers
Chelmsford City 1-1 Hungerford Town
Chippenham Town 2-1 Whitehawk
Gloucester City 1-2 Eastbourne Borough
Poole Town 0-1 Dartford
Truro City 1-2 St Albans City
Wealdstone 3-1 Braintree Town
Welling United 0-3 East Thurrock United
Weston-super-Mare 1-2 Hampton & Richmond Borough

ILP
Kingstonian 0-0 Dorking Wanderers
Needham Market 1-2 Staines Town

…apologies for the omission of the Southern League fixtures from the Preview – no idea how that happened!

SLP
Stratford Town 2-2 Farnborough - 93’ leveller from Cureton
Weymouth 1-0 Chesham United att 602 only goal from a certain Abdulai Baggie recently arrived from Poole
SL1E
AFC Rushden & Diamonds 2-0 Hartley Wintney att 483 Hartley lose at current leaders
Aylesbury United 1-6 Cambridge City
Barton Rovers 1-2 Ashford Town (Middx)
Beaconsfield Town 2-2 Northwood
Chalfont St Peter 3-0 Marlow
Egham Town 1-2 Thame United
Fleet Town 2-2 Kempston Rovers
Moneyfields 0-2 Bedford Town - 'Eagles' evidently putting aside their issues from last week to hand Moneyfields a 2nd successive defeat
Uxbridge 3-0 Hayes & Yeading United att 256
SL1W
Cinderford Town 1-1 North Leigh
Didcot Town 4-0 Slimbridge
Kidlington 2-0 Bishops Cleeve
Salisbury A-A Bideford - game Abandoned in 1st half by Ref following fight - Whites three up but down to 10 men when a visiting player was also dismissed which sparked the trouble.
Swindon Supermarine 2-1 Paulton Rovers
Winchester City 2-0 Evesham United

CCLP
AFC Hayes 2-2 Camberley Town
Abbey Rangers {SIX} 6-3 Banstead Athletic
CB Hounslow United 5-0 Balham
Colliers Wood Utd 0-2 Bedfont Sports
Epsom & Ewell 1-3 Guildford City
Farnham Town 0-1 Sutton Common Rovers
Godalming Town 1-0 Redhill
Hanworth Villa 1-5 Chertsey Town
Spelthorne Sports 3-0 North Greenford United
CCL1
Badshot Lea 2-1 Eversley & California - defeat for Boars sees them slip behind Cobham & Sheerwater and Worcs Pk who lead are now 10 points clear
Bagshot 1-3 Kensington Borough
Bedfont & Feltham 4-5 FC Deportivo Galicia
Chessington & Hook United 3-6 {SIX} Ash United
Cobham 1-1 Farleigh Rovers
Cove 0-1 Staines Lammas
Raynes Park Vale 2-4 Frimley Green
Sheerwater 5-1 AC London
Worcester Park 6-0 South Park Reserves

HELLP
Abingdon United 6-1 Royal Wootton Bassett Town – RWBT's own site bemoans their Jekyll & Hyde nature this season – seemingly when they lose; they lose big-time 30 goals conceded in their 8 league defeats so far.
– all more puzzling following a 7-3 romping win in midweek over Binfield. Yesterday may have been down to absences up front, causing them to adopt a different formation but they evidently couldn't/didn’t adapt up against a lower mid-table opponent.

Ascot United 4-0 Brimscombe & Thrupp - didn’t see this one coming either; Yellamen had only gained 1 point in their previous 7 league games. B&T were 6th albeit quite a way behind the leading pack.

Binfield 3-2 Longlevens
Burnham 1-0 Lydney Town
Fairford Town 3-1 Highmoor Ibis - H/I stay bottom and stuck in quite a rut, especially with their two closest rivals picking up rare wins. They welcome an in-form Ab. Utd to Scours/Rivermoor on Monday evening

Flackwell Heath 3-1 Tuffley Rovers
Highworth Town {SIX} 6-0 Woodley United – Worthians now 12 points clear of Wantage who now move up to 2nd place.
Wantage Town 4-1 Oxford City Nomads – played Friday night
HELL1E
Penn & Tylers Green 2-2 Didcot Town Reserves
Holyport 3-0 Wokingham & Emmbrook
Milton United 7-0 Henley Town
Sandhurst Town 4-1 Chinnor
Thame Rangers 3-2 Chalfont Wasps
Virginia Water 4-2 Bicester Town - impressive win for VW over current league leaders.
HELL1W
Letcombe 0-2 Headington Amateurs

WESSP
Andover Town 1-2 Hamworthy United - leaders slip to first home defeat against 3rd placed side
Fareham Town 3-0 Alresford Town
Petersfield Town 2-2 Bournemouth
WESS1
AFC Stoneham 0-2 Tadley Calleva – with leaders New St not in action, Tadley made up some ground – the pair meet at Barlows Pk next Saturday
Alton 0-1 United Services Portsmouth
Laverstock & Ford 1-0 Whitchurch United

[double d]

Crazy that Abdulai Bell-Baggie has dropped so far down the league's. He was seen as somewhat as a golden boy in the academy at Reading when he was there.