The Non - League thread

[Royals and Racers]

Ascot are in the FA Vase semi-finals.
1-1 at FT- Ascot won 4-3 on pens

Brilliant. Ascot at Wembley perhaps, would be nice to see the place get on the map for something other than horses!

The holders as well Newport Pagnell also after a penalty shoot- out.

[Royals and Racers]

Congleton town also through on pens.
Corsham the final team through also on pens

[Royals and Racers]

Trophy and Vase semi-final draws are tomorrow(Monday) on Talksport 2 at 3pm.

[tmesis]

Bracknell win again, but only 241 there to see it, following on from a paltry 157 for their game v Salisbury in the week. Crowds 25% down for the season.

Maybe 'fair weather fans' in the very literal sense.

It's not difficult to see why, playing out of town in a tidy but very basic ground, they struggle to attract fans, but losing so many is a bit strange, especially as their form is very good now.

[Royality creeps In]

They need to get back to Brackers ASAP (Easier said then done I know)
Getting to Sandhurst from Bracknell by public transport is a mission despite its short distance.
Fickle train to Wokingham from Bracknell- Change to get the Gatwick line to Sandhurst and a good walk from the station.

I know you could drive but you wouldn't be able to have a few swift ones

[Four Of Clubs]

NL results from yesterday:

Saturday 11th March

FAT Q-Fs
Gateshead 0-0 Farsley Celtic - 4-2p
Maidstone United 2-2 Barnet - 3-4p
York City 1-2 Altrincham
Aldershot Town 0-2 F.C. Halifax Town

FAV Q-Fs
West Didsbury & Chorlton 1-1 Ascot United - 3-4p
Newport Pagnell Town 2-2 Atherstone Town - att 1,501 - 4-3p
Peacehaven & Telscombe 1-1 Corsham Town - att 1,253 - 2-3p
Congleton Town v Bury A.F.C. - att 1,120 - 5-4p


NAT
Eastleigh 1-0 Oldham Athletic
Notts County 3-1 Dorking Wanderers
Torquay United 1-2 Wealdstone
Woking 2-0 Maidenhead United
NATN
Banbury United 1-3 Buxton
Curzon Ashton 3-1 Brackley Town
NATS
Dartford 3-1 Farnborough
Hemel Hempstead Town 0-3 Oxford City
Slough Town 4-0 Hungerford Town ’Rebels’ up to 15th – Concord’s win at Welling drops Hungerford back to last – and all the other relegation candidates picked up some points too – with wins also for Chipp’num, Hampton & R and Dulwich

SLP-C
Kings Langley 2-0 Redditch United - KL haul themselves out of the bottom 4
SLP-S
Bracknell Town 2-0 Dorchester Town –att 241 - ‘Robins’ move up to 3rd goals from Grant and Herbert
Chesham United 2-2 Hanwell Town
Hartley Wintney 0-3 Beaconsfield Town
Merthyr Town 2-1 Truro City -att 546 – shock set-back for 2nd placed Truro – W-s-M now 6 points clear with 2 games in hand
Plymouth Parkway 2-1 Swindon Supermarine
Winchester City 0-1 Weston-super-Mare -att 274 – 'Winch' beaten by leaders
Yate Town 1-3 North Leigh -att 199 – Nor Lye crawl nearer to safety with a vital win over fellow strugglers – only 2 points behind Hendon now
SL1-C
Barton Rovers 1-0 Kidlington poor result for Kiddy at bottom club
Hertford Town 4-2 Thame United
Welwyn Garden City 1-1 Didcot Town

IL1-SC
Chertsey Town 2-5 Walton & Hersham - att 665 – W&H led 0-5 by the hour mark
Chipstead 1-3 Leatherhead
Marlow 2-0 Hanworth Villa - att 167
Merstham 2-0 Ashford Town (Middx)
Northwood 0-1 Basingstoke Town - att 304 – Cook with the decisive goal in the 1st half makes it 14 wins in a row – reports suggest they were ‘hanging on a bit’ in the 2nd half but came away with all three points to stay 4 pts clear at the top.

Southall 1-0 Bedfont Sports
Sutton Common Rovers 2-2 Thatcham Town visitors save a point on 90’
Uxbridge 1-1 Guernsey
Westfield 2-0 Tooting & Mitcham United

CCL-PN
Broadfields United 1-6 North Greenford United
Chalfont St. Peter 0-4 Reading City – ‘Cityzens’ in 2nd still 7 pts behind ‘Yellamen’ but have one game in hand – they led 0-4 by H/T.
Edgware & Kingsbury 3-0 Egham Town – surprise defeat for ‘Sarnies’ who slip to 4th- KO was 19:00 at SJP as ‘co-hosts’ Hendon were at home at 15:00.
Flackwell Heath 5-4 Wokingham & Emmbrook - att 175 – ‘Heathens’ edge the 9 goal thriller on 93’ and move up to 3rd
Hilltop 2-1 Holyport
London Lions 0-2 Burnham
Virginia Water 1-2 Spelthorne Sports
Wallingford & Crowmarsh 0-3 Wembley
CCL-PS
Abbey Rangers 2-1 Colliers Wood United
Badshot Lea 5-1 Redhill
Balham 1-0 Guildford City
Banstead Athletic 1-1 Alton
Camberley Town 1-0 Horley Town
Cobham 1-4 Farnham Town
Fleet Town 3-1 Frimley Green
Knaphill 0-0 Jersey Bulls
Tadley Calleva A-A Sheerwater - Abandoned around the hour mark with Tadley three up and 'Sheers' already down to 8 men – reportedly halted due to an ‘incident’ involving visiting player – neither club commenting further yet …..

CCL-1
AFC Aldermaston 2-3 Hillingdon Borough
British Airways 1-0 Cove
CB Hounslow United 0-1 FC Deportivo Galicia - ’Depor’ now 7 points clear of 2nd placed Langley
London Samurai Rovers 4-2 Sandhurst Town another poor result for ‘Fizzers’ @ 3rd place Rovers - their games in hand on the top few are draining away – host ‘in form’ P&TG at the SB Stadium on Tuesday

Penn & Tylers Green 2-1 Eversley & California five wins in a row for hosts lifts them to lower mid-table
Woodley United 3-0 Molesey

HELL- P
Hereford Pegasus 0-2 Royal Wootton Bassett Town
Wantage Town 2-1 Bradford Town
HELL-1
Abingdon United 2-0 Littleton
F C Stratford 0-0 Milton United
Pershore Town 3-1 Long Crendon

SSM-1
Holmer Green 0-1 Raunds Town
London Tigers 2-2 Wellingborough Whitworth
Moulton 1-1 Amersham Town
Thame United Reserves 1-1 Ampthill Town

WESS-P
Alresford Town 0-1 Hythe & Dibden Town marooned at the foot - were beaten 10-0 in midweek: only got 3 points all season - fall to a 2nd half pen
- Leaders AFC Portchester’s 100% home record went, beaten 2-3 by Moneyfields in front of 448 – still have a healthy 7 point lead over 3 sides ‘tied together’ : Horndean, Bemerton and AFC Stoneham - top three sides have all notched over 100 goals.
WESS-1
Andover New Street 6-1 Millbrook - ANS go top with Newport’s big loss (4-1) at Hamworthy Rec
Ash United 1-2 Fawley AFC
Ringwood Town 3-1 Andover Town
Romsey Town 2-0 Fleet Spurs
Verwood Town 3-6 Petersfield Town
Whitchurch United 2-1 Downton

[Royals and Racers]

Bracknell win again, but only 241 there to see it, following on from a paltry 157 for their game v Salisbury in the week. Crowds 25% down for the season.

Maybe 'fair weather fans' in the very literal sense.

It's not difficult to see why, playing out of town in a tidy but very basic ground, they struggle to attract fans, but losing so many is a bit strange, especially as their form is very good now.

Not sure i would describe it as very basic- they have a bar and a catering outlet(serves beer as well) new seating/standing stand. Decent floodlights as well.

[Sutekh]

Bracknell win again, but only 241 there to see it, following on from a paltry 157 for their game v Salisbury in the week. Crowds 25% down for the season.

Maybe 'fair weather fans' in the very literal sense.

It's not difficult to see why, playing out of town in a tidy but very basic ground, they struggle to attract fans, but losing so many is a bit strange, especially as their form is very good now.

Not sure i would describe it as very basic- they have a bar and a catering outlet(serves beer as well) new seating/standing stand. Decent floodlights as well.

Yes, certainly a step up on the awful cramped site at Larges Lane.

[NathStPaul]

I think when/if they can come back to Bracknell you'll see a big increase.

[tmesis]

I think when/if they can come back to Bracknell you'll see a big increase.

You would think/hope so, but I've not even heard any rumours about potential sites. Any move back is going to be years away. The risk will always be that the owner gets bored of subsidising the club and stops doing so.

In non-league, bankrolled clubs, and clubs moving out of their town, are seldom stories that end well.

I strongly believe the owner has every intention of moving the club back, but the 'going tits up' potential must be fairly high.

I'm sure I read that they haven't even sold Larges Lane yet, although most of it has been dug up.

[Royals and Racers]

Tadley Calleva’s abandonment seems to have been for a medical emergency- looks as if the Sheerwater player is now ok.

[Royal Rother]

I think when/if they can come back to Bracknell you'll see a big increase.

You would think/hope so, but I've not even heard any rumours about potential sites. Any move back is going to be years away. The risk will always be that the owner gets bored of subsidising the club and stops doing so.

In non-league, bankrolled clubs, and clubs moving out of their town, are seldom stories that end well.

I strongly believe the owner has every intention of moving the club back, but the 'going tits up' potential must be fairly high.

I'm sure I read that they haven't even sold Larges Lane yet, although most of it has been dug up.

Bit of a distant memory but I seem to recall, falsely or otherwise, that he wasn’t subsidising the club, it was in funds due to the property deals he had done on Larges Lane being in the club’s name?

[NathStPaul]

Tadley Calleva’s abandonment seems to have been for a medical emergency- looks as if the Sheerwater player is now ok.

A good friends son plays for Sheerwater, heard all about it yesterday. Tadley Calleva's medical staff were excellent by all accounts,

[Royalist]

I see Windsor FC might be subject to a takeover.

https://twitter.com/windsorfc/status/16 ... 8V-_A&s=19

I hope the club comes out of the current no ambition, no hope and no crowds era. There's nothing to inspire me to bother making the trip to watch them and hasn't for quite some time.

For a town as well off as Windsor to have a club just wither away (twice) so is sad.

[NathStPaul]

I see Windsor FC might be subject to a takeover.

https://twitter.com/windsorfc/status/16 ... 8V-_A&s=19

I hope the club comes out of the current no ambition, no hope and no crowds era. There's nothing to inspire me to bother making the trip to watch them and hasn't for quite some time.

For a town as well off as Windsor to have a club just wither away (twice) so is sad.

Always thought this. There is 100% a potential non-league giant of a club there, just needs the right ownership and plan.

[paultheroyal]

Tadley Calleva’s abandonment seems to have been for a medical emergency- looks as if the Sheerwater player is now ok.

Sheerwater were interestingly down to 8 players at the time and losing convincingly.

[NathStPaul]

Tadley Calleva’s abandonment seems to have been for a medical emergency- looks as if the Sheerwater player is now ok.

Sheerwater were interestingly down to 8 players at the time and losing convincingly.

What is it you are accusing the player of here exactly?

[paultheroyal]

Tadley Calleva’s abandonment seems to have been for a medical emergency- looks as if the Sheerwater player is now ok.

Sheerwater were interestingly down to 8 players at the time and losing convincingly.

What is it you are accusing the player of here exactly?

Seriously - sort yourself out.

Let me break this down for you.

Sheerwater had 8 players.
They were losing.

Medical emergency and dealt with.

I am not accusing you are insinuating. Seriously wind your neck in.

[paultheroyal]

Basingstoke and Walton continue to trade blows. That is going to be some game in a couple of weeks if this continues. I do feel Basingstoke are hanging on a bit, and if anyone is to crack it will be them, but hope i am very much wrong.

[Stranded]

Sheerwater were interestingly down to 8 players at the time and losing convincingly.

What is it you are accusing the player of here exactly?

Seriously - sort yourself out.

Let me break this down for you.

Sheerwater had 8 players.
They were losing.

Medical emergency and dealt with.

I am not accusing you are insinuating. Seriously wind your neck in.

TBF Paul, it was a totally irrelevant point given the nature of the previous message and the way it was worded definitely made it seem like you were suggesting something underhand at play - even if you didn't mean that, that's how it I read it initially, as I'm sure many others did too.