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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2019/20 EDITION NUMBER 25

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STAT ATTACK

LEADING GOALSCORERS- LEAGUE GAMES ONLY

PREMIER DIVISION DIVISION ONE Craig Harding Alresford Town 16 Justin Bennett Bemerton Heath H’quins 24 Bobby Scott Horndean 12 James Franklyn United Services Portsmouth 16 Dan Wooden AFC Portchester 12 Liam Magee Romsey Town 14 Freddie Bullard Brockenhurst 10 Lee Vint Verwood Town 14 Dom Falco Lymington Town 10 Connor Kelly Newport IOW 13 Jamie Symes Portland United 10 Robbie Owen Downton 11 Cameron Beard Hamworthy United 9 Josh Bertie Andover Town 11 Sam House Lymington Town 9 Tom Moseley Downton 11

Details are based on clubs being up to date with records on Full Time at time of publication and may or may not include League goals from this weekend.

THE LEAGUE GOALS

COUNT THIS WEEK-

PREMIER DIVISION

14

DIVISION ONE

7

PREMIER DIVISION Top three league attendances

Fleet Town v Brockenhurst 241 28 September Bashley v Alresford Town 221 7 September AFC Portchester v Fareham Town 220 29 October

DIVISION ONE Top three league attendances

Newport IOW v East Cowes Victoria 304 26 August Andover New Street v Andover Town 248 8 October Laverstock & Ford v Bemerton Heath H’quins 200 8 October

PREMIER DIVISION GOALS DIVISION ONE GOALS Sharpest Meanest Sharpest Meanest Alresford Town 48 Christchurch 15 Bemerton Heath 59 Petersfield Town 14 Portland United 48 AFC Stoneham 18 US Portsmouth 58 Hythe & Dibden 20 Fareham Town 43 Baffins Milton Rovers 21 Whitchurch United 46 US Portsmouth 24 Lymington Town 43 AFC Portchester 22 Alton 44 Bemerton Heath 25 AFC Portchester 42 Bashley 23 Andover New Street 44 Laverstock & Ford 26 Horndean 42 Hamble Club 25 Downton 44 Downton 27



ALDERWAY TO ALDERMASTON

AFC Aldermaston were formed in 1952 as AWRE FC and changed their name to AFC Aldermaston in the late sixties or early seventies. They commenced in local football before moving from the Reading & District League to the Hellenic League for season 1979/80. After seven seasons at that level they voluntarily returned to the Reading League before, despite being based in Berkshire, they joined the Hampshire League Division Three in 1991/92. They moved up and down the various Divisions prior to becoming members of the Wessex League in 2004/05 before opting out at the end of the 2009/10 season because of problems over Ground Grading. It is interesting to note that when they left us, they were in Division One along with such as AFC Portchester, Shaftesbury, Warminster Town and the Champions that season ASSC Hamble. Such was their location in the North East of the County that games at such as Shaftesbury and Warminster involved round trips of 130-140 miles. Over six seasons in the Sydenhams Wessex League the Clubs record read as follows:-

PL W D L F A Pts 222 46 22 154 299 677 160

The figures are “marred” by two seasons - 2008 and 2010 – when they finished in last place in the table conceding 161 and 163 goals respectively and amassing only four points in their final season. From here they moved to the Hampshire Premier League where they met such as AFC Stoneham, Team Solent and Hamble Club before, after four seasons, joining the Thames Valley League which was, or is, the

old Reading Senior League. After just two seasons they re-applied for promotion to Step Six and opted for the Hellenic rather than the Sydenhams League and are members of the Division One East, finishing 3rd of 13 last term. To their credit, and hopefully this does not sound condescending, the Club has survived and coped with various ups and downs and, to be truthful, very little success but their ground problems – more anon – will surely prevent them going any higher. Before last season, their best standings over the years have been 7th in the Hellenic (1979/80), 4th in Hampshire Premier Three (1991/92) and 9th in our Division Three back in (2005/06). This season they were accepted into the Buildbase FA Vase and received a bye to the 2nd Qualifying Round but went down at home to Binfield 3-1. In 2017/18 they scored twice but conceded three to Romsey in a 1st Qualifying Round tie also at their Recreation Ground home. This piece was “inspired” by recent conversation with a “non-Wessex” colleague who visited the Club for the first time in early December. The writer has not been there since 2013 but it appears to have not changed at all from

that time or indeed from when they left the Wessex League. As previously stated, they left the Wessex League of their own volition but as to whether they could not or chose not to achieve the required ground grading others with longer (and better) memories than mine will be aware. What it disproves again, with no disrespect to the Club, is the FA’s assertion that Ground Grading is standard across all levels across the Country. We wish our former Club well for the future.



CLUB OF THE MONTH AWARDS

CLUB OF THE MONTH MJM SPORTS-KAPPA RESPECT AWARD

Apologies, but I made a

mistake in the layout for the awards, so the grid on the left

corrects the position for last

month.

Premier Division Premier Division Aug-19 Alresford Town Cowes Sports Sep-19 AFC Portchester AFC Portchester Oct-19 Christchurch Solent University FC Nov-19 Christchurch Hamworthy United

CLUB OF THE MONTH MJM SPORTS-KAPPA RESPECT AWARD

Division One Division One Aug-19 Hythe & Dibden Ringwood Town Sep-19 Petersfield Town Whitchurch United Oct-19 United Services Portsmouth Pewsey Vale Nov-19 Alton New Milton Town

SYDENHAMS LEAGUE CUP QUARTER FINAL

The draw for the Quarter Final was on the Sydenhams Wessex League Football Show on Voice FM last week, here is how the matches look- Quarter Final Alresford Town v Hamble Club [11 February] Baffins Milton Rovers or Brockenhurst v AFC Stoneham Christchurch v Bournemouth [18 February] Totton & Eling v Portland United [18 February] …and looking further ahead, the Semi Finals Baffins Milton Rovers or Brockenhurst or AFC Stoneham v Christchurch or Bournemouth Totton & Eling or Portland United v Alresford Town or Hamble Club

PORTSMOUTH SENIOR CUP- QUARTER FINAL

The draw for this was recently made on expressfm- on the “Over The White Line” show, and here are the details. Last season Moneyfields collected the Trophy.

Quarter Final

Denmead [at Gosport or Moneyfields] v Gosport Borough or Moneyfields

Paulsgrove [at Baffins] v Baffins Milton Rovers

United Services Portsmouth v Horndean

United Services Portsmouth Reserves v Fareham Town

CLUB NEWS

There’s a new member of the Centurions club, with Crit Clarke recently hitting the 100 mark for Portland United, and further east, Coby Wilson has recently racked up 150 appearances for Hamble Club. Couple of Christmas presents in the form of transfers are noted, River Smith has returned to Hamworthy United after spells at Bournemouth and Shaftesbury, whilst Ash Pope has left the County Ground to return to Christchurch. Defender Josh Garraway and forward Rudy Andrew-Knott have signed for Tadley Calleva on a dual registration basis from Eastleigh. The club have also re-signed striker George Hallahan after a spell at Bemerton, and whilst at Barlow Park we hear that the scourge of many a Wessex defence, Brett Denham, has joined Combined Counties side Badshot Lea.



AFC Stoneham are delighted to announce that they’ll officially move to their new stadium in Stoneham Lane on January 6th. The facility will be fully operational on this day allowing the club to complete important legal documentation with the FA and Eastleigh Borough Council giving them, amongst many other things, security of tenure and numerous benefits. Nearly all of their 41 teams will commence training at the new Stadium from this date. The club will continue to play games at the current ground in Chestnut Avenue until grass pitches are available at the new home in September 2020. It is hoped that the first ever senior competitive match

will be against Sholing during mid-January in the Hampshire Senior Cup. This historic move will create a new chapter in Stoneham’s 100 year old history and undoubtedly allow the club to grow, develop and flourish further moving into 2020. This move has been in the pipeline for some five years and a huge amount of work has been undertaken by club volunteers to reach this point. Undoubtedly negotiations have been both frustrating and testing at times for all parties however the club

would like to place on record a huge thank you to both The FA and Eastleigh Borough Council for their help and support in this period. This also seems to be an opportune moment to remind everyone that it will be a requirements of Hampshire county FA to register for access. In order to do so, please visit the County website - http://www.hampshirefa.com/news/2019/jun/18/register-to-use-stoneham-

lane-football-complex Here is a reminder about the story- Hampshire FA have been appointed as

operators of the £9 million Stoneham Lane Football Complex facility. They are part of the Parklife Project which is an FA initiative to ensure the income generated at the football clubs is put back into funding grassroots football within the local area. In order to enter the facility, ALL users will need to register beforehand. The FA and Sport England require the data generated from registrations and the reception turnstiles to analyse trends and participation. Furthermore registration is compulsory to meet their safeguarding requirements amongst other things. Each registration will be sent a unique QR code that will give them access via the turnstile. Registration is simple and it should take no longer than 2 minutes. Please visit the website (link above). All enquiries can be sent to [email protected].

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21 Days of Positivity is back for 2020. Last year the FA launched 21 Days of Positivity with the aim of sharing positive hints, tips and challenges with youth coaches across the country. Almost 4,000 coaches took part and this year they have even more positive practices to share that will put the “We Only Do Positive” mantra into practice. Coaches can sign up to receive 21 Days of Positivity through six emails covering training and matchdays. All content is created by coaching experts in The FA Education team. Every coach that completes the 21 days will receive one hour towards their Continued Professional Development and be in with a chance to win a Respect pack (T&Cs apply). To find out more and sign up please visit www.TheFA.com/21Days There’s a new Chairman and Vice Chairman at Foxcotte Park, John Ward has assumed the mantle at Andover New Street with Chris White as Vice Chairman.

MIDWEEK RESULTS

Tuesday 17 December 2019

Hampshire Senior Cup 3rd Round

Eastleigh 1-0 Petersfield Town 127 Tom Bearwish

Wiltshire Senior Cup Quarter Final

Bemerton Heath Harlequins 5-2 aet Malmesbury Victoria 34 George Hallahan [2] Josh Langley [pen] Eddie Perrett Mani Roper Josh Hoey OG

MIDWEEK ROUNDUP

With no match reports filed this week, it’s straight to another very brief midweek round up (no doubt to the delight of the readers but not the Clubs and the Fixtures Secretary) as the weather took a strong grip on proceedings. Nine games were scheduled for Tuesday of which six were postponed, two completed and one abandoned. Those lost were the Division One matches at Hythe & Dibden and New Milton, the Russell-Cotes ties at both AFC Portchester and Christchurch, the Bournemouth Senior Cup Semi Final between Lymington Town and Brockenhurst and the Wiltshire Senior Cup tie involving Laverstock & Ford and Wroughton. The Bournemouth Senior Cup Quarter Final between Downton and Bashley was abandoned after fifteen minutes because of fog – thanks to all for trying and hopefully a safe journey home – leaving just the two completed matches. In the Third Round of the Hampshire Senior Cup a Tom Bearwish goal, the only one of the game, gave Eastleigh victory over Petersfield, a creditable performance by the visitors who hopefully enjoyed the experience. The other completed game was at Bemerton and a long evening for all involved in cold and foggy conditions. Bemerton scored first against Hellenic League visitors Malmesbury Victoria and looked to have progressed until an equaliser in the eighth minute of second half stoppage time – a penalty converted by the visiting goalkeeper. The Rules of this competition decree that extra time be played and that went very much in favour of the home side with the final result being 5-2 with George Hallahan scoring twice. Credit to all for getting through the evening with the home side now awaiting the Semi Final draw having scored twenty four goals in the Competition this far. Not content with decimating Tuesdays Programme the weather also caused the abandonment of Wednesday’s North Hants Cup Semi Final between Whitchurch and Tadley Calleva though as the final is probably scheduled for April that should not cause too many problems. On both Saturday last and Tuesday there were matches postponed very close to kick off time. On occasions this is unavoidable – heavy rain immediately prior to the match – but other such postponements do not reflect well on anybody – The League, Clubs or Officials and are annoying. to put it mildly, to spectators that have travelled – and may not come again. If a game has to be postponed then so be it, but it should surely be done a) as a last resort and b) taking the interests of ALL CONCERNED in to account.

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WHEN WE PLAYED ON BOXING DAY

Contrary to a lot of leagues of similar standing the Sydenhams League, apart from the Clubs on the island, have chosen over recent years not to have fixtures on Boxing Day and the League has accepted that view, Looking back ten years to season 2009/10, whilst there was nowhere near a full Programme there were eight fixtures played on the 26th, four in each Division. In the Premier there were games at Totton & Eling, Brading, Lymington and Poole and whilst the results and scorers are recorded, unfortunately in those days attendances were not shown on Full Time. Looking at the four fixtures in more detail there was something of a goalfest at Millers Park with Totton & Eling defeating Blackfield & Langley by the odd goal in seven. Phillip Ward (2), Matty Monk and Dan Westfield scored for the home side and Chris Brookman and Faoud Hamodu plus an own goal registering for the visitors. The game at Brading was an all-Island affair with Cowes Sports the visitors and after Olly Buckett and Mark Augustus had scored for their respective sides, an unfortunate own goal gave Cowes the three points. Those of a Lymington disposition should perhaps look away now as the fixture at the Sports Ground was the annual local derby with Brockenhurst which on this occasion ended with a 4-0 scoreline in the Badgers’ favour. The goal scorers on the day were Sam Carter, Kevin James, Dave Marden and Lewis Gundry. The final game in the Premier Division saw Poole Town, who finished eighteen points clear at the top of the table at the end of the season, defeat Hamworthy United in front of a crowd of 421, by three goals to nil with Stuart Brown, Luke Whitley and Steve Smith on the scoresheet. It will not be a surprise to anyone to learn that Taffy Richardson was part of the Poole team whilst Ollie Cherrett and Jamie Barron (now at Winchester) featured for the Hammers, also worth a mention is the fact that well known referee Rudi Burton was in the middle that day! In Division One Folland Sports were to top the table come the end of the season and they added three points to their tally with a 2-0 victory over Downton on Boxing Day. Lloyd Webber and Ricky Bull were the Follands marksmen and the side also included Ashley Jarvis and Jamie Musselwhite, so there was no shortage of firepower. In one of the most local of local derbies – the two grounds are perhaps a mile and a half apart – Tadley Calleva claimed the highest score of the day with a 6-1 defeat of AFC Aldermaston. Ben Dillon, who is still at the Club scoring for and running the reserves, notched a hat trick with a brace from Peter White and the sixth from Ashley Ledger. The visitors’ goal came from Ricky Rogers and they were to leave the League at the end of the season having finished bottom of the Division with just four points. The remaining two games were also local derbies, the first on the Waterside where Fawley entertained Hythe & Dibden and a 4-2 victory helped them on their way to second place at the seasons end. The home sides scorers were Matt Redman, Simon Davison, Craig Feeney (who has since moved up a couple of levels) and Brendon McElevey – the last three all having started the game on the bench - while Dan Fox and Liam Robinson (presumably the same player who has since scored many goals for Blackfield) were on the mark for the visitors. Lastly Verwood made the short journey to Ringwood and lost 1-0 – the winning goal being an own goal! Returning to the overall theme of playing on Boxing Day the Western League have a virtually full Programme each year and some interesting figures from the day last season. In the Premier Division Buckland Athletic attracted an attendance of 242 whilst in Division One Welton Rovers had in excess of 300 and both Keynsham and Longwell Green topped the 200 mark. But all these were almost “small fry” compared to the Premier Division fixture at Westbury that attracted 445 spectators. A lot of gate money, so, worthwhile playing on Boxing Day?

MJM Sports are now closed for the Christmas break re-opening on 2nd January 2020.



Above we see Voice FM Station Manager Jake Balmer presenting Greg Dickson with our Award.

SALISBURY HOSPITALS CUP 2019/20 - DRAW

2018/19 WINNERS- Bemerton Heath Harlequins Amesbury Town v Salisbury (25 February) Downton v Shrewton United (28 January) Laverstock & Ford v Andover Town (28 January) Shaftesbury v Bemerton Heath Harlequins (7 January)

HAMPSHIRE SENIOR CUP 2019/20

Quarter Final Draw AFC Stoneham or Sholing V AFC Bournemouth AFC Totton or Southampton V Gosport Borough Andover New Street V Moneyfields

Bashley V Eastleigh

WEEKEND RESULTS

Saturday 21 December Premier Division AFC Portchester 2-1 Horndean 122 Alex Baldacchino 55 Ben Anderson 44 Nathan Paxton 59

Hamble Club 0-2 AFC Stoneham 91 Matt Palmer Edu Jimenez

Hamworthy United 8-1 Solent University 97 Dan Cann 4 Ethan Taylor 46 Fawzi Saadi 9 Lee Francis 28, 85 Cameron Munn 50 James King 66, 71 Elliot Hartnell-Baker 78

Please note that the Sydenhams Wessex League Football Show is having a couple of weeks off before returning to action on Sunday January 5th. We also hear that at the Voice FM Studio Awards - The Sydenhams Wessex League Football Show was nominated in four categories Quality of Interviews, Most shows downloaded, Best specialist content show and Most consistent presenters- winning the most downloaded category over the last 12 months. Congratulations to all concerned. Here are monthly downloads over the 12 months 5,080 in total; January- 17, February- 84, March- 315, April- 412, May- 90, June- 256, July- 641, August- 673, September- 708, October- 807, November- 543 and December- 534.



Division One United Services Portsmouth 7-0 New Milton Town 31 George Root [2] James Franklyn [3] Dec Seiden [2- 1 pen]

WEEKEND MATCH REPORTS

Mike Robins writes HAMWORTHY UNITED 8-1 SOLENT UNIVERSITY FC EMPHATIC win for the Hammers in front of a crowd just shy of the 100 mark, boosted by a small but vociferous number of Merthyr Town fans who had travelled only for their game at Wimborne to fall by the wayside on a thoroughly miserable and wet afternoon. The hosts opened the scoring in the 4th minute when Dan CANN found the net from close range, and the lead was doubled five minutes later when a Fawzi SAADI corner sailed into the net, with perhaps some help from a defender. Despite a string of corners Hamworthy couldn’t increase the lead and at the Bridge end of the ground, Solent’s Ethan Taylor brought down the ball but shot wide on the turn and a quick ball out of defence found Ryan Penny who saw his fine shot well parried by Hammers’ keeper Ollie King. The third goal came on 28 minutes when Lee FRANCIS was well placed to collect a touch from Cameron Munn and stroke the ball home from around six yards. HT 3-0 Just nine seconds after the resumption, Solent’s TAYLOR found the net from 20 yards but that was as good as it got really for the Students. The three goal cushion was soon restored when a shot from Francis was parried by keeper Dominic Oakes with MUNN on hand to poach a fourth. Solent’s Jean-Pierre Alexander had a chance to get as second for the visitors but his low shot went to the far post, when perhaps if he’d gone near post it might have found the net with King exposed and James Goodey also tested the Hammers custodian from distance. However it was all over bar the shouting when James KING was unselfishly played in by Cann with an easy tap in on 66 minutes to make it 5-1. A sixth soon arrived, and it was KING again this time ending with a solo effort from an acute angle and with twelve minutes left sub Elliot HARTNELL-BAKER slotted the ball home from a difficult angle to make it seven. Proceedings were rounded off by skipper FRANCIS making it 8-1 when slotting the ball home from close range after good approach work by Saadi- making this Solent’s heaviest defeat in their Wessex League history. FT 8-1

FIXTURES UPDATE

Needless to say the weekend postponements have just piled on more rearrangements and the changes made are as follows: PREMIER DIVISION- 4 February, AFC Stoneham v Amesbury Town (New fixture), Alresford Town v Fareham Town (from yesterday), Bournemouth v Christchurch (from yesterday),Cowes Sports v Baffins Milton Rovers (from yesterday), Fleet Town v Tadley Calleva (from yesterday), Horndean v AFC Portchester (new fixture) and Shaftesbury v Portland United (from yesterday) DIVISION ONE- 21 January, Hythe & Dibden v Folland Sports (from yesterday), 4 February, Andover New Street v Alton (from yesterday), Hythe & Dibden v Romsey Town (from 17 December), Laverstock & Ford v Andover Town (from yesterday) Totton & Eling v Ringwood Town (from 17 December), 5 February, Fawley AFC v Folland Sports (new fixture) and Whitchurch United v Petersfield Town (from yesterday) In addition there are several new dates for outside competitions together with our own League Cup. The revised fixture list is reproduced below up until Saturday 7 March, subject of course to change at little or no notice.



Thursday December 26th 2019 Division One East Cowes Vics v Newport IoW (11.00) Friday December 27th 2019 Division One New Milton Town v Ringwood Town Saturday December 28th 2019 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Alresford Town AFC Stoneham v Bashley Brockenhurst v Bournemouth Christchurch v Hamble Club Fareham Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Fleet Town v Horndean Lymington Town v Cowes Sports Portland United v Hamworthy United Shaftesbury v Amesbury Town Tadley Calleva v Solent University Division One Alton v Verwood Town Andover Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins East Cowes Vics v Folland Sports Hythe & Dibden v Fawley AFC Laverstock & Ford v Downton Petersfield Town v U.S. Portsmouth Romsey Town v Andover New Street Totton & Eling v Whitchurch United Saturday January 4th 2020 Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Alresford Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Lymington Town Bashley v Amesbury Town Bournemouth v Fareham Town Cowes Sports v AFC Portchester Fleet Town v Christchurch Hamble Club v Shaftesbury Hamworthy United v Tadley Calleva Horndean v Portland United Solent University v Brockenhurst Division One Alton v Newport IoW Andover New Street v Totton & Eling Downton v Andover Town East Cowes Vics v Whitchurch United Fawley AFC v Bemerton Heath H’quins Folland Sports v Petersfield Town (14.00) New Milton Town v Romsey Town U.S. Portsmouth v Hythe & Dibden Verwood Town v Laverstock & Ford Tuesday January 7th 2020

Dorset Senior Cup Semi Final Verwood Town v Weymouth Hampshire Senior Cup 3rd Round AFC Stoneham v Sholing Russell-Cotes Cup 2nd Round AFC Portchester v Fareham Town Christchurch v Fawley AFC Russell-Cotes Cup Quarter Finals AFC Totton v Lymington Town Wiltshire Senior Cup Quarter Final Wroughton v Laverstock & Ford Bournemouth Senior Cup Quarter Final Downton v Bashley North Hants Senior Cup Semi Final Tadley Calleva v Whitchurch United Salisbury Hospital Cup Quarter Final Shaftesbury v Bemerton Heath H’quins Thursday January 9th 2020 Russell-Cotes Cup 2nd Round Sholing v Horndean Southampton Senior Cup 3rd Round Bashley v QK Southampton Friday January 10th 2020 Premier Division Tadley Calleva v Alresford Town Saturday January 11th 2020 Buildbase FA Vase 4th Round Christchurch v Sutton Common Rovers Premier Division AFC Portchester v AFC Stoneham Amesbury Town v Bournemouth Baffins Milton Rovers v Fleet Town Bashley v Shaftesbury Brockenhurst v Hamworthy United (14.00) Fareham Town v Hamble Club Horndean v Cowes Sports Solent University v Portland United Division One Andover Town v Petersfield Town Bemerton Heath H’quins v Laverstock & Ford Fawley AFC v Andover New Street Hythe & Dibden v Totton & Eling Newport IoW v New Milton Town Romsey Town v Downton U.S. Portsmouth v Alton Verwood Town v Ringwood Town Whitchurch United v Folland Sports Tuesday January 14th 2020 Hampshire Senior Cup 3rd Round AFC Stoneham v Sholing



Hampshire Senior Cup Quarter Finals Andover New Street v Moneyfields Bashley v Eastleigh Sydenhams League Cup 3rd Round Baffins Milton Rovers v Brockenhurst Portsmouth Senior Cup Quarter Final U.S. Portsmouth v Horndean Wednesday January 15th 2020 Southampton Senior Cup 3rd Round Fawley AFC v Lymington Town Thursday January 16th 2020 Portsmouth Senior Cup Quarter Final U.S. Portsmouth Reserves v Fareham Town Saturday January 18th 2020 Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Baffins Milton Rovers Alresford Town v Amesbury Town Bashley v Portland United Christchurch v AFC Portchester Fareham Town v Brockenhurst Hamble Club v Cowes Sports Hamworthy United v Fleet Town Lymington Town v Tadley Calleva Shaftesbury v Horndean Solent University v Bournemouth Division One Alton v Andover Town Downton v Verwood Town Folland Sports v Laverstock & Ford (14.00) New Milton Town v Whitchurch United Newport IoW v Romsey Town Petersfield Town v Fawley AFC Ringwood Town v Hythe & Dibden Totton & Eling v East Cowes Vics U.S. Portsmouth v Andover New Street Tuesday January 21st 2020 Premier Division Alresford Town v Fleet Town Division One Andover Town v Downton Bemerton Heath H’quins v Fawley AFC Hythe & Dibden v Folland Sports New Milton Town v Andover New Street Petersfield Town v Alton Verwood Town v Romsey Town Bournemouth Senior Cup Semi Finals Hamworthy United v Downton/Bashley Lymington Town v Brockenhurst Portsmouth Senior Cup Quarter Final Paulsgrove v Baffins Milton Rovers (at Baffins)

Southampton Senior Cup 3rd Round Sholing v Hamble Club Saturday January 25th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Lymington Town Bashley v Hamble Club Brockenhurst v Horndean Christchurch v Baffins Milton Rovers Cowes Sports v AFC Stoneham Fleet Town v Bournemouth Hamworthy United v Amesbury Town Portland United v Tadley Calleva Shaftesbury v Alresford Town Solent University v Fareham Town Division One Andover New Street v Laverstock & Ford Andover Town v New Milton Town Bemerton Heath H’quins v Ringwood Town East Cowes Vics v Petersfield Town Fawley AFC v Newport IoW Folland Sports v Downton Hythe & Dibden v Andover Town New Milton Town v Alton Romsey Town v U.S. Portsmouth Verwood Town v Whitchurch United Monday January 27th 2020 Premier Division Solent University v Amesbury Town Tuesday January 28th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Tadley Calleva AFC Stoneham v Horndean Bournemouth v Bashley Brockenhurst v Baffins Milton Rovers Cowes Sports v Fareham Town Hamworthy United v Hamble Club Lymington Town v Portland United Shaftesbury v Christchurch Aldershot Senior Cup 2nd Round Alton v British Army Under 23s Camberley Town v Alresford Town Salisbury Hospital Cup Quarter Final Downton v Shrewton United Laverstock & Ford v Andover Town Saturday February 1st 2020 Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Hamworthy United Alresford Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Amesbury Town v Tadley Calleva Bournemouth v Cowes Sports



Brockenhurst v AFC Portchester Hamble Club v Horndean Lymington Town v Christchurch Portland United v Fareham Town Shaftesbury v Fleet Town Solent University v Bashley Division One Downton v Fawley AFC Folland Sports v Alton Laverstock & Ford v New Milton Town Newport IoW v Ringwood Town Petersfield Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins Totton & Eling v Andover New Street U.S. Portsmouth v East Cowes Vics Verwood Town v Andover Town Whitchurch United v Hythe & Dibden Tuesday February 4th 2020 date reserved for Bournemouth Senior Cup Final Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Amesbury Town Alresford Town v Fareham Town Bournemouth v Christchurch Cowes Sports v Baffins Milton Rovers Fleet Town v Tadley Calleva Horndean v AFC Portchester Shaftesbury v Portland United Division One Andover New Street v Alton Hythe & Dibden v Romsey Town Laverstock & Ford v Andover Town Totton & Eling v Ringwood Town Wednesday February 5th 2020 Division One Fawley AFC v Folland Sports Whitchurch United v Petersfield Town Friday February 7th 2020 Division One Totton & Eling v Romsey Town Saturday February 8th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Hamworthy United Alresford Town v AFC Stoneham Amesbury Town v Portland United Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamble Club Christchurch v Fleet Town Fareham Town v Cowes Sports Horndean v Solent University Lymington Town v Bournemouth Shaftesbury v Brockenhurst Tadley Calleva v Bashley

Division One East Cowes Vics v Andover New Street Fawley AFC v Alton Folland Sports v Newport IoW New Milton Town v Verwood Town Petersfield Town v Ringwood Town U.S. Portsmouth v Andover Town Whitchurch United v Downton Tuesday February 11th 2020 Sydenhams League Cup (Wessex) Quarter Finals Alresford Town v Hamble Club Baffins Milton Rovers/Brockenhurst v AFC Stoneham (Wednesday Feb 12 if Baffins) Saturday February 15th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Christchurch AFC Stoneham v Tadley Calleva Baffins Milton Rovers v Amesbury Town Bashley v Fareham Town Bournemouth v Shaftesbury Brockenhurst v Cowes Sports Fleet Town v Solent University Hamble Club v Alresford Town Hamworthy United v Horndean Portland United v Lymington Town Division One Andover New Street v Hythe & Dibden Bemerton Heath H’quins v Downton East Cowes Vics v New Milton Town Fawley AFC v U.S. Portsmouth Folland Sports v Andover Town Ringwood Town v Laverstock & Ford Romsey Town v Alton Totton & Eling v Petersfield Town Tuesday February 18th 2020 Sydenhams League Cup (Wessex) Quarter Finals Christchurch v Bournemouth Totton & Eling v Portland United Saturday February 22nd 2020 Premier Division Alresford Town v Bashley Baffins Milton Rovers v AFC Stoneham Bournemouth v Portland United Brockenhurst v Hamble Club Christchurch v Tadley Calleva Cowes Sports v Hamworthy United Fareham Town v Lymington Town Fleet Town v AFC Portchester Horndean v Amesbury Town Solent University v Shaftesbury



Division One Downton v Andover New Street Fawley AFC v Andover Town Hythe & Dibden v Bemerton Heath H’quins Laverstock & Ford v Alton New Milton Town v Petersfield Town Newport IoW v Whitchurch United Romsey Town v Totton & Eling U.S. Portsmouth v Ringwood Town Verwood Town v Folland Sports Tuesday February 25th 2020 Salisbury Hospital Cup Quarter Final Amesbury Town v Salisbury Saturday February 29th 2020 Premier Division Amesbury Town v Fleet Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Bashley Cowes Sports v Alresford Town Hamble Club v Bournemouth Hamworthy United v Shaftesbury Horndean v Christchurch Lymington Town v Brockenhurst Portland United v AFC Stoneham Solent University v AFC Portchester Tadley Calleva v Fareham Town Division One Alton v Totton & Eling Andover Town v Andover New Street Downton v U.S. Portsmouth

East Cowes Vics v Laverstock & Ford Folland Sports v Romsey Town New Milton Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins Petersfield Town v Hythe & Dibden Ringwood Town v Whitchurch United Verwood Town v Newport IoW Saturday March 7th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Amesbury Town Alresford Town v Bournemouth Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamworthy United Bashley v Horndean Brockenhurst v Portland United Fareham Town v Shaftesbury Fleet Town v Hamble Club Lymington Town v AFC Stoneham Solent University v Christchurch Tadley Calleva v Cowes Sports Division One Andover New Street v New Milton Town Bemerton Heath H’quins v Verwood Town Downton v Ringwood Town Fawley AFC v Laverstock & Ford Hythe & Dibden v East Cowes Vics Newport IoW v Alton Romsey Town v Andover Town Totton & Eling v Folland Sports Whitchurch United v U.S. Portsmouth

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

The weather certainly took its toll on the fixtures with just two league games completed in all three leagues featured here. In Hampshire Clanfield and Paulsgrove shared the points and four goals whilst Infinity notched 14 without reply against Lyndhurst. The top five in Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire are shown here.

RANK DORSET PREMIER PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Hamworthy Recreation 11 11 0 0 49 13 36 33

2 Gillingham Town 15 10 0 5 44 22 22 30

3 Balti Sports 15 8 5 2 40 25 15 29

4 Dorchester Sports 15 8 4 3 43 29 14 28

5 Westland Sports 11 9 0 2 34 18 16 27

RANK HAMPSHIRE PREMIER PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Infinity 14 12 2 0 61 13 48 38

2 Bush Hill 15 12 2 1 59 12 47 38

3 Fleetlands 15 10 3 2 49 20 29 33

4 Paulsgrove 17 9 5 3 46 28 18 32

5 Stockbridge 17 9 2 6 49 28 21 29



RANK WILTSHIRE SENIOR PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Wroughton 12 12 0 0 54 9 45 36

2 Shrewton United 16 11 1 4 54 24 30 34

3 Purton 15 10 2 3 46 24 22 32

4 Corsham Town Reserves 15 10 2 3 43 21 22 32

5 Kintbury Rangers 14 9 3 2 50 18 32 30

In the Bet Victor Southern League again there was a restricted programme, former member clubs in action saw Gosport Borough share the points in a goalless draw at Met Police and Salisbury beat Poole Town by the odd goal in three. Blackfield & Langley won by the best of five at Walton Casuals in the Premier Division and meanwhile in Division One South Thatcham Town went down 2-0 at Frome Town and AFC Totton also suffered a defeat, 5-2 at Slimbridge. In the National League, Eastleigh pulled off a best of five win at third placed Bromley to move 12th in the table.

LEAGUE TABLES

RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Alresford Town 19 13 2 4 48 33 15 41

2 AFC Stoneham 18 12 2 4 35 18 17 38

3 AFC Portchester 17 12 1 4 42 22 20 37

4 Hamble Club 19 10 4 5 30 25 5 34

5 Christchurch 16 10 3 3 32 15 17 33

6 Portland United 18 9 5 4 48 26 22 32

7 Lymington Town 18 9 3 6 43 26 17 30

8 Fareham Town 17 9 3 5 43 27 16 30

9 Horndean 18 8 6 4 42 28 14 30

10 Baffins Milton Rovers 16 10 0 6 32 21 11 30

11 Bashley 18 9 2 7 32 23 9 29

12 Brockenhurst 18 8 2 8 38 28 10 26

13 Hamworthy United 19 7 4 8 41 37 4 25

14 Tadley Calleva 17 6 3 8 24 33 -9 21

15 Fleet Town 17 5 3 9 29 30 -1 18

16 Shaftesbury 19 5 2 12 22 39 -17 17

17 Solent University 21 3 3 15 34 78 -44 12

18 Bournemouth 18 3 2 13 15 42 -27 11

19 Cowes Sports 18 3 2 13 17 45 -28 11

20 Amesbury Town [*] 17 1 2 14 14 65 -51 2



RANK DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 United Services Portsmouth 18 12 3 3 58 24 34 39

2 Alton 18 12 2 4 44 28 16 38

3 Downton 18 11 3 4 44 27 17 36

4 Hythe & Dibden 17 10 5 2 42 20 22 35

5 Andover New Street 16 11 2 3 44 34 10 35

6 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 18 11 1 6 59 25 34 34

7 Whitchurch United 20 9 2 9 46 41 5 29

8 Newport (IoW) 17 8 1 8 39 28 11 25

9 Petersfield Town 14 7 4 3 21 14 7 25

10 Romsey Town 16 8 1 7 39 39 0 25

11 Andover Town 20 6 6 8 29 35 -6 24

12 Laverstock & Ford 17 6 4 7 26 26 0 22

13 New Milton Town 19 4 6 9 23 46 -23 18

14 Verwood Town 15 5 2 8 30 37 -7 17

15 Ringwood Town 17 4 3 10 32 46 -14 15

16 Fawley AFC 17 3 5 9 26 42 -16 14

17 Totton & Eling 18 4 2 12 17 44 -27 14

18 East Cowes Victoria 17 2 4 11 24 49 -25 10

19 Folland Sports 16 2 2 12 17 55 -38 8



ATTENDANCE AVERAGES

TEAM 1819 AVGE 1920 AVGE +/- +/- AS A %

UNITED SERVICES PORTSMOUTH 24.889 53.000 28.111 1.129

FAWLEY AFC 45.333 72.375 27.042 0.597

LAVERSTOCK & FORD 66.222 104.125 37.903 0.572

ALTON 85.222 117.273 32.051 0.376

PETERSFIELD TOWN 65.556 87.125 21.569 0.329

ANDOVER NEW STREET 97.000 124.667 27.667 0.285

ANDOVER TOWN 92.500 111.818 19.318 0.209

BROCKENHURST 106.474 123.143 16.669 0.157

AFC STONEHAM 52.722 59.250 6.528 0.124

HAMBLE CLUB 71.895 80.778 8.883 0.124

WHITCHURCH UNITED 50.167 55.600 5.433 0.108

DOWNTON 70.889 78.500 7.611 0.107

LYMINGTON TOWN 70.421 77.625 7.204 0.102

NEWPORT (IOW) 110.647 120.429 9.782 0.088

BEMERTON HEATH HARLEQUINS 50.474 54.889 4.415 0.087

HYTHE & DIBDEN 74.412 79.875 5.463 0.073

BOURNEMOUTH 50.105 53.375 3.270 0.065

BASHLEY 156.158 160.900 4.742 0.030

FAREHAM TOWN 85.842 87.100 1.258 0.015

AFC PORTCHESTER 112.579 113.375 0.796 0.007

FLEET TOWN 0.000 124.667 124.667 0.000

CHRISTCHURCH 79.368 79.333 -0.035 0.000

RINGWOOD TOWN 36.444 36.250 -0.194 -0.005

SOLENT UNIVERSITY FC 46.526 45.111 -1.415 -0.030

SHAFTESBURY 48.105 46.500 -1.605 -0.033

FOLLAND SPORTS 36.333 35.000 -1.333 -0.037

ALRESFORD TOWN 52.632 48.100 -4.532 -0.086

PORTLAND UNITED 121.684 111.167 -10.517 -0.086

HAMWORTHY UNITED 103.105 94.125 -8.980 -0.087

TOTTON & ELING 106.611 97.000 -9.611 -0.090

EAST COWES VICTORIA 58.778 51.714 -7.064 -0.120

TADLEY CALLEVA 78.000 68.556 -9.444 -0.121

COWES SPORTS 136.000 119.111 -16.889 -0.124

HORNDEAN 65.158 55.125 -10.033 -0.154

BAFFINS MILTON ROVERS 74.000 61.667 -12.333 -0.167

AMESBURY TOWN 62.667 51.091 -11.576 -0.185

ROMSEY TOWN 108.000 88.000 -20.000 -0.185

VERWOOD TOWN 50.556 41.000 -9.556 -0.189

NEW MILTON TOWN 63.889 48.667 -15.222 -0.238



WEEK TWENTY ONE ROUND UP

hat have we done to deserve such weather? An almost total wash out, more headaches for the Fixture Secretary and the only likely saving grace is that this will be much shorter than usual writes John Gorman.

Three games survived in the Premier Division with both AFC Stoneham and AFC Portchester in action and able to close the gap on Alresford. Stoneham won 2-0 at Hamble Club and both sides deserve all credit for getting the game played, even advancing the kick-off to try and beat the promised rain. Goals from Matt Palmer and Edu Jiminez gave the visitors the points and maintained their second place in the table. A lot of hard work in the morning enabled the game between Portchester and Horndean to go ahead and the home side got their reward with a best of three goals victory. Ben Anderson gave the Deans a halftime lead before goals from Alex Baldacchino and Nathan Paxton ensured a home success. The third game was nowhere near as close as Hamworthy United defeated Solent University by eight goals to one. Lee Francis and James King both scored twice with Dan Cann, Fawzi Saadi, Cameron Munn and Elliot

Hartnell-Baker taking the tally to eight. Solent, possibly with their normal availability problems at this time of year, had Ethan Taylor to thank for their goal. The outcome at the end of the day is that Alresford’s lead has now been cut to three points while six points cover the next five Clubs which are led by AFC Stoneham. The one game in Division One saw another resounding home victory with US Portsmouth going back to the top of the table after scoring seven goals without reply against New Milton Town. James Franklyn, a regular name on the score sheet, notched a hat trick with George Root and Dec Seiden each scoring twice. The top of the Table is still very congested with five points covering six Clubs. Todays scheduled fixture between East Cowes Vics and Verwood has also fallen victim to the weather. As this is the last such offering before Christmas can I please take the opportunity to wish all those connected with the League and all those who work so hard for all the Clubs a Very Happy Festive Season and to thank Mike Robins, on behalf of all, for the vast amount of work he puts in to the Newsletter each week.

Happy Christmas one and all

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