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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2019/20 EDITION NUMBER 35

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of your Newsletter, if you have anything to contribute, please do get in touch by email- [email protected] You can keep up to date with all the news from around the League by following us on Twitter at - @Sydwessex You are more than welcome to use any material (excluding attributed photographs) but it would be appreciated if any material used is acknowledged. It is hoped you enjoy reading this each week. With readership quite widespread, not only within our own competition, but across the three counties and beyond- if ANY club has anything they’d like to have published in here, whether that be a request for helpers, promotion of forthcoming events, items required or available for sale please contact the Newsletter Editor. As a general reminder- Match Reports, player news and photos are always welcome- it is your Newsletter!

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LEAGUE NEWS

The above mentioned posters have been updated; the new version can be found on the Sydenhams League website - Information / Form & Programme Downloads / Race Relations or email the Newsletter Editor for a copy. Please ensure that you download, print copies and laminate or equivalent, for display in your changing rooms, club house and ground. The league’s officers will be checking to see that these posters are displayed, failing to display these posters will result in an automatic £50.00 fine. With thanks for your cooperation.



NOW HEAR THIS

The Sydenhams Wessex Football League Show is the official podcast of the Sydenhams Wessex League. We’re on air live from the 103.9 Voice FM studios in Southampton from 3pm to 5pm every Sunday and you can also listen live on www.voicefmradio.co.uk from anywhere in the world. You can listen again afterwards, 1 hour after the show has finished via the same website and there is also a Voice FM App you can download to your Phone I-Pad or Computer device. Our aim is to promote all local football but specifically the 39 teams of the Sydenhams Wessex League. We have had managers, chairmen, players, press officers and secretaries joining us as studio guests and phone guests; from all our League clubs, as well as guests from local teams both higher up and lower down the pyramid. This is your show and is a platform for your club to promote its events and raise its profile. If your club produces post-match interviews please either email us a copy of the audio or give permission for us to play them on air straight from your website or social media sites, as we will aim to play them on the show. Please come and join us one Sunday – either live in the studio or on the phone. You can email us on either [email protected] or [email protected] Thanks- Cliff Pledge and Greg Dickson

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STAT ATTACK

LEADING GOALSCORERS- LEAGUE GAMES ONLY

PREMIER DIVISION DIVISION ONE Scott Hills AFC Stoneham 20 Justin Bennett Bemerton Heath Harlequins 32 Craig Harding Alresford Town 18 Connor Kelly Newport IOW 22 Sam House Lymington Town 16 James Franklyn US Portsmouth 19 Bobby Scott Horndean 15 Liam Magee Romsey Town 19 Dom Falco Lymington Town 14 Tom Moseley Downton 19 Harry McGrath Bashley 14 Lee Vint Verwood Town 19 Jason Parish Baffins/AFC Portchester 14 Chae Sykes Laverstock & Ford 17 Dan Wooden AFC Portchester 14 Josh Bertie Andover Town 16

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

10

DIVISION ONE

11

PREMIER DIVISION Top three league attendances

Fleet Town v Brockenhurst 241 28 September AFC Stoneham v Alresford Town 221 8 February Bashley v Alresford Town 221 7 September

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 Downton 201 28 December

PREMIER DIVISION GOALS DIVISION ONE GOALS Sharpest Meanest Sharpest Meanest Hamworthy United 69 Christchurch 18 US Portsmouth 84 Petersfield Town 23 AFC Portchester 66 AFC Stoneham 31 Bemerton Heath 79 Hythe & Dibden 28 Alresford Town 66 Baffins Milton Rovers 35 Andover New Street 71 US Portsmouth 32 AFC Stoneham 65 Bashley 35 Newport IOW 70 Newport IOW 36 Lymington Town 63 Lymington Town 36 Hythe & Dibden 65 Bemerton Heath 37 Horndean 61 [three on] 38 Downton 59 Downton 37 Portland United 60 Romsey Town 53 Alton 41

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY- Saturday 2 May, Sydenhams League Cup Final, Crest Finance Stadium, home of AFC Portchester. KO 15:00

LEAGUE NEWS

Clubs have until 31st March to register any new players for the remainder of the season, with any 7 day notice of approach needing to be sent to a player’s current club (NO MATTER WHAT SATURDAY LEAGUE THEY ARE REGISTERED WITH) by 24th March. After 5.00pm on the 31st March ANY new registration or transfer of registration will be declined or will be approved by the Board ONLY.



STEP 5 TOP 50 RANKINGS BY POINTS PER GOAL- AS AT 24 FEBRUARY

STEP 5 LEAGUE RANK TEAM PL W D L GD PTS PPG

Western Premier 1 Plymouth Parkway 22 19 1 2 59 58 2.636364

Western Premier 2 Bradford Town 22 19 1 2 49 58 2.636364

Eastern Counties Premier 1 Stowmarket Town 26 21 5 0 74 68 2.615385

Northern League Division 1 1 Stockton Town 28 23 4 1 55 73 2.607143

Hellenic Premier 1 Westfields 25 20 5 0 57 65 2.600000

Essex Senior 2 Walthamstow 24 19 3 2 56 60 2.500000

North West Counties Premier 1 1874 Northwich 26 20 4 2 49 64 2.461538

Essex Senior 3 Hashtag United 24 19 2 3 37 59 2.458333

Spartan South Midland Premier 1 Colney Heath 28 22 1 5 41 67 2.392857

Hellenic Premier 2 Binfield 21 16 2 3 31 50 2.380952

Essex Senior 1 Saffron Walden Town 27 19 6 2 38 63 2.333333

United Counties Premier 4 Shepshed Dynamo 22 16 3 3 42 51 2.318182

Western Premier 3 Exmouth Town 23 17 2 4 36 53 2.304348

Southern Combination Premier 1 Lancing 27 19 5 3 35 62 2.296296

Western Premier 5 Tavistock 22 16 2 4 34 50 2.272727

Northern Counties East Premier 1 Staveley Miners Welfare 23 16 4 3 36 52 2.260870

Wessex Premier 4 Christchurch 23 16 3 4 29 51 2.217391

Wessex Premier 2 Alresford Town 28 20 2 6 27 62 2.214286

Southern Combination Premier 3 Eastbourne Town 25 17 4 4 48 55 2.200000

Southern Combination Premier 2 Newhaven 26 17 6 3 27 57 2.192308

Essex Senior 4 Hadley 23 15 5 3 45 50 2.173913

United Counties Premier 5 Holbeach United 23 15 5 3 41 50 2.173913

Wessex Premier 1 AFC Stoneham 29 20 3 6 34 63 2.172414

Midland Football League Premier 2 Sporting Khalsa 24 17 1 6 39 52 2.166667

North West Counties Premier 3 Bootle 26 18 2 6 26 56 2.153846

Southern Counties East Premier 1 Corinthian 23 15 4 4 26 49 2.130435

Eastern Counties Premier 2 Norwich United 25 16 5 4 39 53 2.120000

United Counties Premier 2 Loughborough University 25 16 5 4 42 53 2.120000

Combined Counties Premier 1 Ascot United 28 19 2 7 23 59 2.107143

Northern Counties East Premier 4 Liversedge 21 13 5 3 26 44 2.095238

Hellenic Premier 3 Fairford Town 22 15 1 6 17 46 2.090909

Southern Counties East Premier 2 Beckenham Town 23 15 3 5 20 48 2.086957

North West Counties Premier 6 Longridge Town 24 16 2 6 18 50 2.083333

Southern Combination Premier 5 Horley Town 26 17 3 6 20 54 2.076923

United Counties Premier 1 Quorn 26 16 6 4 49 54 2.076923

Midland Football League Premier 1 Coventry United 27 17 5 5 25 56 2.074074

Northern League Division 1 2 Hebburn Town 28 18 4 6 32 58 2.071429

North West Counties Premier 2 Rylands 29 19 3 7 28 60 2.068966

Southern Counties East Premier 5 Tunbridge Wells 21 14 1 6 22 43 2.047619

Eastern Counties Premier 5 Wroxham 23 14 5 4 21 47 2.043478

United Counties Premier 3 Rugby Town 25 16 3 6 47 51 2.040000

Wessex Premier 3 AFC Portchester 26 17 2 7 27 53 2.038462

Western Premier 4 Hallen 26 16 5 5 18 53 2.038462

Northern League Division 1 3 Shildon 27 17 4 6 34 55 2.037037

Southern Combination Premier 4 Peacehaven & Telscombe 27 17 4 6 26 55 2.037037

Spartan South Midland Premier 2 Tring Athletic 29 19 2 8 47 59 2.034483

Eastern Counties Premier 3 Stanway Rovers 25 15 5 5 35 50 2.000000

Northern Counties East Premier 5 Bridlington Town 22 13 5 4 20 44 2.000000

Combined Counties Premier 2 Spelthorne Sports 28 17 4 7 20 55 1.964286



STEP 6 TOP 50 RANKINGS BY POINTS PER GOAL- AS AT 24 FEBRUARY

STEP 6 LEAGUE RANK TEAM PL W D L GD PTS PPG

Combined Counties Division 1 1 Jersey Bulls 26 26 0 0 90 78 3.000000

South West Peninsula Premier West 1 Helston Athletic 24 23 0 1 74 69 2.875000

Hellenic Division 1 West 1 Risborough Rangers 21 19 2 0 54 59 2.809524

Southern Combination Division 1 1 Littlehampton Town 21 19 2 0 71 59 2.809524

South West Peninsula Premier West 3 Saltash United 21 19 1 1 89 58 2.761905

West Midlands Regional Premier 1 Shifnal Town 21 19 0 2 55 57 2.714286

North West Counties Division 1 South 1 Vauxhall Motors 27 23 1 3 47 70 2.592593

United Counties Division 1 1 Bugbrooke St. Michael 26 20 5 1 35 65 2.500000

Spartan South Midland Division 1 1 St Panteleimon 25 19 5 1 56 62 2.480000

United Counties Division 1 4 Melton Town 23 18 3 2 48 57 2.478261

Northern League Division 2 1 West Allotment Celtic 25 20 1 4 55 61 2.440000

East Midlands Counties 2 Sherwood Colliery 23 18 2 3 35 56 2.434783

Midland Football League Division 1 1 Leicester Road 28 21 4 3 64 67 2.392857

Eastern Counties Division 1 North 1 Mulbarton Wanderers 27 20 4 3 46 64 2.370370

South West Peninsula Premier West 2 St Austell 27 20 4 3 61 64 2.370370

Hellenic Division 1 West 2 Malvern Town 20 15 2 3 67 47 2.350000

Southern Combination Division 1 2 AFC Varndeanians 23 16 6 1 36 54 2.347826

Northern Counties East Division 1 1 Selby Town 23 17 2 4 44 53 2.304348

South West Peninsula Premier West 4 Mousehole 23 16 5 2 67 53 2.304348

Eastern Counties Division 1 South 1 White Ensign 24 17 4 3 42 55 2.291667

United Counties Division 1 2 Long Buckby 28 20 4 4 48 64 2.285714

East Midlands Counties 4 Heanor Town 22 15 5 2 38 50 2.272727

Wessex Division 1 5 Andover New Street 22 16 2 4 28 50 2.272727

North West Counties Division 1 North 1 Lower Breck 27 19 4 4 48 61 2.259259

Hellenic Division 1 West 5 Thornbury Town 16 12 0 4 26 36 2.250000

South West Peninsula Premier East 1 Ilfracombe Town 24 16 6 2 45 54 2.250000

West Midlands Regional Premier 3 Wolverhampton Casuals 20 13 6 1 36 45 2.250000

Wessex Division 1 1 United Services Portsmouth 26 18 4 4 50 58 2.230769

Hellenic Division 1 West 1 Hereford Pegasus 22 15 4 3 43 49 2.227273

Wessex Division 1 3 Hythe & Dibden 23 15 6 2 37 51 2.217391

West Midlands Regional Premier 2 Bewdley Town 23 17 0 6 32 51 2.217391

East Midlands Counties 3 Dunkirk 24 16 5 3 32 53 2.208333

Midland Football League Division 1 3 Studley 25 17 4 4 38 55 2.200000

East Midlands Counties 1 Eastwood Community 26 18 3 5 38 57 2.192308

Midland Football League Division 1 6 Atherstone Town 22 15 3 4 46 48 2.181818

Midland Football League Division 1 4 Uttoxeter Town 24 17 1 6 25 52 2.166667

Northern Counties East Division 1 3 Skegness Town 24 16 4 4 30 52 2.166667

Southern Counties East Division 1 1 Kennington 24 16 4 4 34 52 2.166667

Combined Counties Division 1 2 Farnham Town 25 17 3 5 20 54 2.160000

Eastern Counties Division 1 South 6 Lopes Tavares 19 13 2 4 23 41 2.157895

South West Peninsula Premier East 8 Bovey Tracey 19 13 2 4 61 41 2.157895

Spartan South Midland Division 1 2 New Salamis 26 17 5 4 64 56 2.153846

Western Division 1 6 Radstock Town 20 14 1 5 23 43 2.150000

Eastern Counties Division 1 North 2 Lakenheath 27 18 4 5 33 58 2.148148

North West Counties Division 1 South 2 FC Oswestry Town 28 19 3 6 29 60 2.142857

Southern Counties East Division 1 3 Holmesdale 21 13 6 2 32 45 2.142857

Southern Counties East Division 1 2 Rusthall 22 15 2 5 33 47 2.136364

Spartan South Midland Division 1 3 Winslow United 23 16 1 6 25 49 2.130435

Northern Counties East Division 1 2 Winterton Rangers 25 17 2 6 19 53 2.120000



SCOTS AND SAAREMAA

Another rummage in the Programme collection and memories of another trip to the Isle of Wight to see a Team of which I had never heard and had no idea as to where they came from in the geographical sense. We are back in 2011 when the Island Games were held on the Isle of Wight with the Football Competition very much to the forefront. Fifteen Islands had entered and were initially divided in to three groups of four and one of three with the teams in each group playing each other once. The morning game on the day of my visit was in the group containing three sides – Aland, the Western Isles and SAAREMAA. I had a vague idea as to the whereabouts of Aland – it is a group of Islands in the Baltic Sea and “belongs” to Finland - but Saaremaa? It transpires it is an Island off Estonia, again in the Baltic Sea, and is considered as part of Estonia. The game in question was between the Western Isles and Saaremaa and played at the Isle of Wight Community Club ground, better known on the Island over the years as the Plessey Ground. This is some two hundred yards past Westwood Park in Cowes on the same side of the road, so it was a case of climbing the hill and more and a

ground that has a strong cricketing heritage with Hampshire playing a County Championship match there every year in the late fifties and early sixties. It is currently used for football by Northwood St. Johns and Osborne Coburg in the Island Saturday League. Nearly nine years on it is difficult to remember too much about the game though the standard was certainly below that of our Premier Division. The Western Isles side were all well-built “craggy” Scots lead by a burly and hard-working number nine but Saaremaa were quicker and nimbler and enjoyed the support of their fellow Islanders, including the almost statutory fair haired young ladies, who were competing in other sports. One obscure memory of the day relates to shin pads. They are still an integral and compulsory part of equipment but have grown smaller over the years as technology has increased but one of the heavily built Scottish defenders gave every impression of having a hardback copy of the Official Oxford English Dictionary tucked in to each sock. Saaremaa scored just after the break (Thorwald-Eirik Kaljo) and again in the closing minutes (Elari Valmas) for a 2-0 victory but were pipped by Aland in a play-off played at Rookley for a semi-final berth and eventually finished sixth out of the fifteen entrants. All four Match Officials on the day have had or have Wessex League connections with referee Justin Amey now on the Football League line. It is difficult to find any details of organised football on Saaremaa but the Island does have a side in the main League in Estonia and population wise they had more to draw on than their Scots opponents. There are two Leagues in the Western Isles, the Lewis & Harris and the Uist & Barra, with eight and six sides respectively, which come under the auspices of the Scottish FA whilst Saaremaa are not affiliated to either UEFA or FIFA. It was an enjoyable morning and experience- followed by the long, very long, walk to East Cowes Vics and a cracking game between Guernsey and the Isle of Man. The organisation was first class and the week ended with the Isle of Wight team taking the trophy, with Guernsey (silver) and Jersey (bronze).



WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES (TO SOME!) This is sadly written prior to the last Saturday of February thereby making the comparisons as of the end of the month – the comparisons being as to how Clubs are faring at this stage of the season as against the same time last year, perhaps a little artificial. This is largely an “arithmetical” exercise and does not fully take in to account variance in the number of games played or suggest any reasons for any improvement or decline. One Club has made enormous strides forward and are to be congratulated but more of that anon as we look initially at the Premier Division. Last season SHOLING were favourites for the title before a ball was kicked and totally justified that favouritism and at the end of February were already twelve points clear with HORNDEAN, BOURNEMOUTH and PORTLAND UNITED filling the next three places. Horndean are currently sixth, with eight points fewer, Portland are mid table with the same points deficit but Bournemouth’s fortunes have fallen rapidly as they sit in eighteenth place with a drop of 39 points. HAMWORTHY UNITED and BAFFINS MILTON ROVERS, who completed the top six, are also mid table, though the second named have undoubtedly played fewer games, but ALRESFORD have made a major advance with twenty one points more than last season and second spot in the table, having led for many weeks prior to Christmas. HAMBLE CLUB, BASHLEY and TADLEY CALLEVA are points and position wise close to last season but AFC PORTCHESTER, like Alresford, have greatly improved their position. Tenth with 36 points has this season become third with fifty three points and promotion within reach. BROCKENHURST and SOLENT UNIVERSITY have slipped slightly, though the latter have probably played fewer games, but the Clubs in 13th and 17th place last season are very much on an upward curve. LYMINGTON TOWN are fifth with an increase of fourteen points while FAREHAM TOWN are ninth with a similar points improvement. SHAFTESBURY and COWES SPORTS have marginally less points but are in basically the same League positions, which, leaving aside the two relegated Clubs, BEMERTON HEATH and ANDOVER NEW STREET, takes us to the Club that has made the greatest improvement -CHRISTCHURCH, twelve places and nineteen points to the good compared with the end of last February and having played less games.



In Division One AMESBURY TOWN were three points clear at the top of the table with AFC STONEHAM nine points behind in fourth place and both were to eventually gain promotion, since when the latter have gone from strength to strength and currently top the Premier Division with further possible promotion in sight. HYTHE & DIBDEN and US PORTSMOUTH were both in the top five, as they are now, but ROMSEY TOWN have not enjoyed such a good season having dropped from third to eleventh with 32 less points on the board. Both DOWNTON and NEWPORT have improved in terms of points (ten) but the other Island side, EAST COWES VICS, have fallen away from seventh to seventeenth with just over a fifty per cent drop in points. FAWLEY AFC and VERWOOD TOWN have dropped from 13th and 8th to sixteenth and thirteenth respectively whilst LAVERSTOCK & FORD are one spot higher though with three more points on the board. ALTON are the biggest climbers – from 15th to sixth - and WHITCHURCH UNITED have also made ground having moved up three places in the table whilst PETERSFIELD TOWN have a four place improvement. RINGWOOD TOWN and NEW MILTON are very much as they were, though the former have less points, and ANDOVER TOWN’s improved form sees them six places and a dozen points to the good. For FOLLANDS and TOTTON & ELING it is very much as before with both still in the table’s lower reaches. But there are still two months to go!



CLUB NEWS

Lewis Whyton reached a big appearance milestone at Bournemouth last week. It was his 500th game for Portland United. Dorchester born; Lewis started playing at the age of seven for a team called Grove Sports. Brian Simpson was his first manager. The team name changed to Portland Youth at under 11s and Bob Chapman was manager until the under 13s. David Laming then ran the team till the under 15s and the team then folded. Lewis has always enjoyed all sports - especially athletics but more especially - football! He grew up travelling to Portland games watching his father, Darren, play for years. Lewis started playing for Portland’s first team at the age of 14. Andy Mason

and Micky Greeno were the managers at this point and Lewis and Ross Doidge were the strike force! Now in his fifteenth season at Portland his first goal for the Blues came on the road against Brockenhurst in his first start for the club, and he was also the youngest person to score a hat trick in the Wessex League against Fareham and has represented the County at football. His role these days is normally at centre back - but he also admits to really enjoy playing as a striker which he did at Bournemouth last time out. His father, Darren, played his first FA Cup game on the 20th August 2005 away at Odd Down (losing 2 - 0) and playing in that game was his son, Lewis. Darren, up until now, was the only Portland player to have represented the Blues 500 times, congratulations from the League are due on reaching this milestone. Thanks to Lin McKechnie for the story and the club for use of the picture (above). On the opposite side of the coin so to speak, the club have also reported the passing of Malcolm Coe. He’d been a part of the club for many years including physio work and minibus driver. Condolences to family and friends. We also hear there’s a number of United Services Portsmouth players approaching the 100 appearance milestone- more on that as and when we hear! Ronan Moore has re-joined the Badger sett at Brockenhurst after a spell down the A337 at Lymington Town, and we hear that former Lymington defender Steve Walker has linked up with Amesbury Town. In the dugouts, Shaftesbury have appointed former Hamworthy United Manager Callum Brooks to their Management team and was lined up to take his place against the Hammers yesterday afternoon, whilst at the Specsavers County Ground, we hear that Hamworthy United were raising awareness of the campaign FootballvHomophobia ahead of the game- featuring the rainbow stripes and the special ball being displayed in the Hammers’ trophy cabinet.

[Pictured left] Bob Purkiss presents the Alton Management team of Kevin Adair, Carl Harris and Jack Harris with their January MJM Sports Kappa Respect award for Division 1. Ethan Taylor made his 100th appearance for Solent University FC yesterday, recovering from injury, he completed this feat when appearing as a substitute in the game against AFC Portchester. Since making a goal scoring debut as a sixteen year old in a game against Fawley AFC in January 2017, Taylor has netted a total of 42 goals, which is all the more remarkable considering he played the entire 2017/18 in the left-back position. The total includes 16 league and cup goals in the current campaign. He becomes

the 13th Team Solent/Solent University FC player to complete the 'ton' the others being: Matt Sheedy (170), Jim Orvis (162), Jemal Wiseman (148), Patrick Nolan (139), Jesse Waller-Lassen (137), Mike Wheeler (136), Leo Churms (129), Tom Taylor (118), Ash Stoneman (108), Theo Tonkin (104), Silvano Obeng (102), Steve

Black (100), all having served the club well.



FA COMPETITIONS 2020/21

It’s that time of the year, and the Football Association have this weekend circulated their annual communication concerning applications for next season! The wording for the FA Cup indicates that there may be a reduction of clubs accepted from Steps 5 and 6. To apply for next season's FA Cup, FA Vase and FA Youth Cup, clubs need to use the direct link shown below to submit application and payment online. The application is ONLY available for online completion and online payment by credit or debit card, and an individual can make the payment with a personal card on the Clubs behalf. Entry Criteria and Ground Standards for FA Competitions 2020-21 has been forwarded to club Secretaries and should be read before clicking on the link below to complete the application. https://eventspace.thefa.com/FA/participant/arrangement.aspx?id=306061 On successful completion of the online application and online payment, the applicant will receive an on screen confirmation and an automatic email confirmation will be sent to the participant from the FA. However, this does NOT constitute acceptance into the specified Competition(s). The closing date is Wednesday 1 April 2020. A list of entries accepted will be published on the FA’s website in July 2020. If you require any further information or assistance with completing the application, clubs will need to please email [email protected] or call 0800 1691863 x 4583 / 4622. Thanks and good luck everyone!

WEEKEND RESULTS

Saturday 29 February 2020 Premier Division Hamworthy United 4-1 Shaftesbury 89 Cameron Munn 39, 47 Mali Benjamin 62 Eddie Hodge 69 Connor Cocklin 82 Solent University 3-4 AFC Portchester 93 Luke Mitchell 27 Sam Lanahan 30 Ryan Penny 33 Rob Evans 50 Callum Beasley 58 Jason Parish 56

Ellis Martin 72 pen

Division One Alton 2-3 Totton & Eling 164 George Bowerman Jo Sutherden Phil Moore John MacAulay

Harry Burns

Downton 0-2 United Services Portsmouth 101 Tom Cain

Andy Todd

Ringwood Town 4-0 Whitchurch United 48 Matt Casey 11, 50 Harrison Clarke 76 Jack Ransom 89

WEEKEND MATCH REPORTS

Mike Robins writes HAMWORTHY UNITED 4-1 SHAFTESBURY ONE of the few games to survive this weekend and despite sun, rain, fierce wind and a 90 second hailstorm of biblical proportions, an entertaining affair at the end of the day. The early chances went in favour of the visitors, kicking towards the Bridge End with the backing of a bitterly cold wind. The most exciting part of the opening stages though was that the low sun was causing shirt colour difficulties- claret opposed to red isn’t an easy watch regardless and Hamworthy were obliged to change to their yellow away shirt.

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The best chance fell to the Rockies from the re-start with keeper Tom Rees diving on the ball on the line with just nine minutes on the clock. Shaftesbury keeper Rowan Graven was the busier of the two though as we crossed midway point through the half. Cameron Munn denied a chance by the keeper when a goal looked the likely outcome, he was again on hand to save from Eddie Hodge around half an hour in, but shortly afterwards he had no answer to MUNN converting from close to the penalty spot to put the Hammers ahead. Graven then did well in the dying moments of the half to keep it that way tipping over a Hodge effort. HT 1-0 Barely two minutes into the second half, MUNN then made it two, turning at the edge of the penalty area to see his strike find the net with more than a little help from an outstretched defenders’ leg. The sky was darkening and everyone was caught in a tremendous (short) hailstorm. However the game continued and a swift re-appearance of the sun was most welcome. Shaftesbury then got back into the game. With 62 minutes gone, Connor Millar was able to get ahead of the two Hamworthy centre backs and the ball came to Mali BENJAMIN who made no mistake from eight yards. They almost drew kevel five minutes later. A Millar corner fell nicely to Jack Vallis at the back post who somehow contrived to put it over the bar when it looked easier to score than miss. From then on, the was only going to be the one winner. An effort from Nick Hewlett in the 77th minute the only goal threat. By then though HODGE had restored the two goal cushion, hitting the net from close range after a miscued clearance. Coming into the last ten minutes Hamworthy grabbed a fourth when the hard working Connor COCKLIN squeezed his shot between keeper and post to put the result beyond doubt. Both Hodge and sub Fawzi Saadi then tested Graven, but there was no further scoring. FT 4-1

Roger Allen writes RINGWOOD TOWN 4-0 WHITCHURCH UNITED WITH a winless streak going back almost to the start of the year, this was a good victory for Ringwood avenging a defeat in the earlier fixture at Whitchurch by the same margin. For Whitchurch it was one of those days, I suspect they would still be goalless if they were still playing now. A blustery wind was always going to make it difficult for the players but a word for the Ringwood groundsman who produced a pitch that was immaculate given the monsoon conditions of recent days.

Ringwood took the lead with almost their first attack on 11 minutes. A through ball split the Whitchurch defence for Ryan Hamm to run onto. It was close and the Whitchurch defence were desperately seeking an offside flag that never came. Eventually the ball reached Matt CASEY via Ben Harris and he finished well from 10 yards with a side foot shot. Shortly afterwards Whitchurch came close to equalising when Lloyd Thompson was one

on one with Ringwood keeper, Liam Harris, who saved with his legs. Whitchurch thought they should have been awarded a penalty as skipper Ryan Long appeared to be brought down by a clumsy tackle just inside the penalty area but the referee waved away their appeals. At this stage Whitchurch were having plenty of the ball but their attacks lacked any serious threat to the Ringwood defence. HT 1-0



Early in the second half Ringwood carried the greater threat and Hamm scuffed an early shot when well placed. The second and probably decisive goal came 5 minutes after the restart. Again both Hamm and CASEY were involved and the latter was left with a simple tap in at the far post. Both sides had chances to score before the third goal came in the 76th minute. The ball broke to Harrison CLARKE just outside the penalty area and his first time left foot shot flew into the corner giving keeper Szymaniak no chance. Ringwood's afternoon was completed a minute before time when two substitutes Jack RANSOM and Sam Brown exchanged passes for the former to score just inside the keeper's near post. FT 4-0 John Gorman writes ALTON 2-3 TOTTON & ELING ANYONE looking at the League Table before the game, and indeed probably to some watching the game, this was a strange result as the visitors twice came from a goal down before snatching victory at the last after Alton had very much overall dominated the ninety minutes – but it is goals that win matches and the home side simply did not take their chances. In bright sunshine and a swirling wind Alton wasted an early free kick as a prelude to a long spell of pressure. Liam Knight wriggled his way along the bye line but his cross was missed by all in the six yard box and Totton keeper Oli Eyres did well to hold a low cross from Steve Phillips. As the sunshine gave way to heavy rain Knight reached a ball on the left wing that the defender thought was going out, but Matt Benham was too high from the cross and Eyres then somehow got both hands to a close range header. As is often the case in these situations, having been very much on the back foot the visitors had the first real chance. Joe Sutherden broke clear as the home defence failed to deal with a long ball forward but keeper Steve Douglas advanced quickly, got his hand to the shot, and then smothered the follow up. Alton continued to press and when Matt Graham found Luke Perkins in space on the right, the winger cut inside only for his effort from some twenty yards to rebound off the crossbar. With thirty minutes gone the pressure finally bore fruit as Knight’s long cross from the left was headed home from almost under the bar by George BOWERMAN. The same player nearly had a second but was forced wide by the advancing keeper and had to settle for a corner that came to nothing. Totton suffered two cautions in as many minutes before levelling the scores on the brink of half time. A free kick from the left touchline was headed back across goal from the far post and forced over the line by SUTHERDEN, leaving all to depart for the half time tea with Alton no doubt wondering how they were not well in front. HT 1-1 Happily the sunshine had re-appeared and after a Knight shot was too high Totton survived a scramble in their goalmouth when Eyres palmed away a cross that he perhaps could have caught before at the other end Harry Burns was only inches too high from distance. Some childish “handbags” in the centre circle then added to the cautions when a word would have surely sufficed. Matt Graham’s cultured left foot sent Knight free on the left but for what seemed the umpteenth time there was nobody in the danger area in the middle only for Alton to then get their act in order so to speak with eighteen minutes on the clock. Graham swung a corner in from the left and the unmarked Phil MOORE’s header cleared everybody and nestled inside the post. Eyres left his area to deny Bowerman and suddenly it was all square again. There seemed little threat as the ball was worked down the right but the home defence, to a man, simply watched the ball on its way and John MacAULAY rolled it past the stranded goalkeeper. Both sides used their full quota of substitutes, though it was a surprise to see the ever dangerous Knight replaced for the home side, and Alton nearly got the goal that may well have ended proceedings when the visiting defence gave the ball away and Benham’s snap shot on the turn struck the base of the post. Well in to stoppage time it was then the Alton defence’s turn to give the ball away and Totton made them pay. McAuley made ground down the middle, his shot was blocked and Harry BURNS fired the loose ball home from fifteen yards to cue delighted blue shirted celebrations.



The final whistle went immediately upon the re-start and Totton & Eling had gained three valuable points from a game that probably should have been out of their reach by halftime, But in fairness they defended stubbornly, never gave up and came very much more in to proceedings in the second half, but their tendency to surround the referee when decisions went against them was something the game could have done without. A good attendance - power to the artificial surface - and an enjoyable afternoon but sadly the usual question – why so many cautions in a game played in good spirit and without a bad challenge in sight. FT 2-3

STATEMENT FROM OUR FIXTURE SECRETARY

Each season The F.A. order the League to finish its season by the last Saturday in April (i.e. April 25th). Because of the extraordinary weather we are currently experiencing, they have given us some leeway to use the midweek following April 25th to arrange games that do not involve promotion or relegation clubs. This is by far the worst season I have experienced since we have been operating under an end of season deadline and it is going to need some flexibility and co-operation from clubs to meet this requirement. Standard Rule 8.7 states: The Board may change any Competition fixtures during the season to suit the overall interests of the Competition and shall have the power to decide whether a ground is suitable for Competition matches and to order a Club whose ground is deemed unsuitable to play its home matches at an alternative suitable ground. In the last 10 days we have taken steps to change fixtures for clubs whose games have been invariably postponed in wet weather. Most of you will be aware of this from social media comment so I am not going to elaborate but this was escalated to The F.A. who have replied that "fixture allocations are solely a matter for the League". The League will continue to seek solutions and support initiatives from clubs in order to get games played. These could include: 1. reversing fixtures to opponents’ grounds 2. using neutral venues that meet the grading criteria 3. where a ground is marginal on a Tuesday - moving fixtures to the Wednesday or Thursday if the weather is forecast to improve. As I've said, this requires a push from every club (even those well up with fixtures) to remain flexible in order to arrange a fixture programme that is reasonable. It is also going to mean some long midweek trips which are regretfully unavoidable. Thank you for your anticipated co-operation. Getting five fixtures played out of a total of 31 this week is just about as bad as it gets and will need a lot of changes to the fixture list. However the weather is not forecast to improve much this week but is supposed to be better for the following midweek. There are no changes to the coming midweek fixtures or next Saturday except for the following which clubs involved are already aware of- in the Premier, Solent University v Bashley is moved from tomorrow to Tuesday 3rd March and will be played at Bashley. Solent University v Christchurch will be played at Christchurch on Saturday 7th March. In the League Cup – the Baffins ground is to be inspected tomorrow morning and, if necessary, the League Cup tie with AFC Stoneham will be moved to Stoneham and played on Tuesday evening. The fixture list for League and League Cup between March 10th and March 12th will be added to as follows: Tuesday March 10th League Cup Quarter Final Christchurch v Bournemouth (from 25 February) Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v Alresford Town (from 26 February) Brockenhurst v Hamble Club (original fixture) Lymington Town v Fleet Town (from yesterday) Portland United v AFC Stoneham (from yesterday)



Solent University v Amesbury Town (from 9 March and will be played at Amesbury) Division One Downton v Andover New Street (original fixture) Hythe & Dibden v Petersfield Town (original fixture) Laverstock & Ford v East Cowes Vics (from 7 April) Romsey Town v Totton & Eling (original fixture) Verwood Town v Folland Sports (from 25 February) Wednesday March 11th Division One Fawley AFC v Andover Town (from 15 April) Thursday March 12th Premier Division Fareham Town v Baffins Milton Rovers (from 7 April) Horndean v Christchurch (from yesterday)

This means the following Premier games have been taken out of the fixture list with dates to be allocated: 10th March Bournemouth v Christchurch and on 11th March Baffins Milton Rovers v Fleet Town Four long trips in there - sorry Stoneham, Fleet, East Cowes and Christchurch. These amendments to the fixture list have been made, and the following shows the latest position….. Tuesday March 3rd 2020 Wiltshire Senior Cup Semi Final Corsham Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins at Melksham Town Sydenhams League Cup Quarter Final Alresford Town v Hamble Club Totton & Eling v Portland United Premier Division Christchurch v Hamworthy United Fareham Town v Brockenhurst Solent University v Bashley (at Bashley) Division One Andover New Street v Petersfield Town Hythe & Dibden v Romsey Town Verwood Town v Fawley AFC Aldershot Senior Cup 2nd Round Fleet Town v Staines Town Portsmouth Senior Cup Quarter Final U.S. Portsmouth v Horndean Salisbury Hospital Cup Quarter Final Amesbury Town v Salisbury Laverstock & Ford v Andover Town Wednesday March 4th 2020 Sydenhams League Cup Quarter Final *Baffins Milton Rovers v AFC Stoneham * might be moved to 3 March at AFC Stoneham Thursday March 5th 2020 Portsmouth Senior Cup Quarter Final U.S. Portsmouth Reserves v Fareham Town 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 (at 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 Tuesday March 10th 2020 Sydenhams League Cup Quarter Final Christchurch v Bournemouth Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v Alresford Town Brockenhurst v Hamble Club Lymington Town v Fleet Town Portland United v AFC Stoneham Solent University v Amesbury Tn (at Amesbury) Division One Downton v Andover New Street



Hythe & Dibden v Petersfield Town Laverstock & Ford v East Cowes Vics Romsey Town v Totton & Eling Verwood Town v Folland Sports Aldershot Senior Cup Quarter Final Ash United v Alton Isle of Wight Gold Cup Newport IoW v Northwood St Johns Southampton Senior Cup Semi Final Blackfield & Langley v Bashley (at AFC Totton) Wednesday March 11th 2020 Division One Fawley AFC v Andover Town Thursday March 12th 2020 Russell-Cotes Cup Quarter Final Sholing v Bemerton Heath H’quins Premier Division Fareham Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Horndean v Christchurch Friday March 13th 2020 Division One Petersfield Town v Fawley AFC Totton & Eling v U.S. Portsmouth Saturday March 14th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Portland United AFC Stoneham v Solent University Alresford Town v Lymington Town Bashley v Brockenhurst Christchurch v Shaftesbury Cowes Sports v Fleet Town Hamble Club v Amesbury Town Horndean v Fareham Town Tadley Calleva v Baffins Milton Rovers Division One Andover New Street v Alton Andover Town v Downton East Cowes Vics v Ringwood Town Folland Sports v Bemerton Heath H’quins Laverstock & Ford v Newport IoW New Milton Town v Whitchurch United Romsey Town v Hythe & Dibden Monday March 16th 2020 Premier Division Solent University v Portland United Tuesday March 17th 2020 Russell-Cotes Cup Semi Final Alton v Lymington Town Premier Division Amesbury Town v Fleet Town

Christchurch v Tadley Calleva Horndean v Bashley Division One Petersfield Town v Verwood Town Romsey Town v Andover New Street Totton & Eling v East Cowes Vics Salisbury Hospital Cup Quarter Final Shaftesbury v Bemerton Heath H’quins Wednesday March 18th 2020 Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v Bournemouth Saturday March 21st 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Bashley Baffins Milton Rovers v Portland United Bournemouth v Horndean Brockenhurst v Shaftesbury Christchurch v Amesbury Town Cowes Sports v Tadley Calleva Fareham Town v AFC Stoneham Fleet Town v Lymington Town Hamble Club v Solent University Hamworthy United v Alresford Town Division One Andover New Street v Verwood Town Bemerton Heath H’quins v Alton Downton v Hythe & Dibden East Cowes Vics v Andover Town Fawley AFC v Whitchurch United Laverstock & Ford v Romsey Town Petersfield Town v Folland Sports Totton & Eling v New Milton Town U.S. Portsmouth v Newport IoW Monday March 23rd 2020 Premier Division Solent University v Bournemouth Tuesday March 24th 2020 Premier Division Brockenhurst v Fareham Town Christchurch v Lymington Town Hamble Club v Horndean Shaftesbury v Portland United Division One Hythe & Dibden v Bemerton Heath H’quins Petersfield Town v Alton Totton & Eling v Fawley AFC Wednesday March 25th 2020 Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v AFC Stoneham Saturday March 28th 2020



Premier Division Alresford Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Brockenhurst v AFC Portchester Christchurch v Cowes Sports Fareham Town v Amesbury Town Hamworthy United v Bashley Horndean v AFC Stoneham Lymington Town v Hamble Club Portland United v Fleet Town Solent University v Shaftesbury Tadley Calleva v Bournemouth Division One Alton v Downton Andover Town v Ringwood Town Folland Sports v Fawley AFC Hythe & Dibden v New Milton Town Newport IoW v Totton & Eling Romsey Town v East Cowes Vics U.S. Portsmouth v Andover New Street Verwood Town v Petersfield Town Whitchurch United v Laverstock & Ford Monday March 30th 2020 Premier Division Solent University v Cowes Sports Tuesday March 31st 2020 Premier Division Fareham Town v Portland United Division One Newport IoW v Laverstock & Ford Totton & Eling v Romsey Town U.S. Portsmouth v Ringwood Town Wednesday April 1st 2020 Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v AFC Portchester Saturday April 4th 2020 Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Shaftesbury Amesbury Town v Alresford Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Horndean Bournemouth v Solent University Brockenhurst v Fleet Town Christchurch v Fareham Town Cowes Sports v Portland United Hamworthy United v Lymington Town Tadley Calleva v AFC Portchester Division One Alton v Ringwood Town Andover New Street v Whitchurch United Bemerton Heath H’quins v Romsey Town East Cowes Vics v Fawley AFC

Folland Sports v New Milton Town Laverstock & Ford v Hythe & Dibden Petersfield Town v Newport IoW Totton & Eling v Downton U.S. Portsmouth v Verwood Town Tuesday April 7th 2020 Premier Division Christchurch v Brockenhurst Division One Totton & Eling v Andover New Street Saturday April 11th 2020 Premier Division Bournemouth v Fleet Town Brockenhurst v Alresford Town Christchurch v AFC Stoneham Cowes Sports v Amesbury Town Hamble Club v Tadley Calleva Hamworthy United v AFC Portchester Horndean v Baffins Milton Rovers Lymington Town v Solent University Portland United v Fareham Town Shaftesbury v Bashley Division One Andover New Street v Newport IoW Andover Town v Whitchurch United Bemerton Heath H’quins v U.S. Portsmouth Downton v Petersfield Town East Cowes Vics v New Milton Town Hythe & Dibden v Alton Laverstock & Ford v Totton & Eling Ringwood Town v Folland Sports Romsey Town v Verwood Town Monday April 13th 2020 Premier Division Amesbury Town v Bournemouth Brockenhurst v Baffins Milton Rovers Fleet Town v Bashley Division One East Cowes Vics v Verwood Town (13.00) Tuesday April 14th 2020 Premier Division Christchurch v AFC Portchester Saturday April 18th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Hamble Club AFC Stoneham v Brockenhurst Alresford Town v Portland United Amesbury Town v Lymington Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Christchurch Bashley v Bournemouth



Fleet Town v Hamworthy United Horndean v Tadley Calleva Shaftesbury v Cowes Sports Solent University v Fareham Town Division One Alton v Romsey Town Fawley AFC v New Milton Town Folland Sports v Andover New Street Newport IoW v Downton Ringwood Town v Petersfield Town Totton & Eling v Bemerton Heath H’quins U.S. Portsmouth v Laverstock & Ford Verwood Town v Hythe & Dibden Whitchurch United v East Cowes Vics Tuesday April 21st 2020 Division One Andover New Street v Hythe & Dibden Saturday April 25th 2020 Premier Division AFC Portchester v Christchurch 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 Fawley AFC v U.S. Portsmouth Folland Sports v Andover Town New Milton Town v Downton Newport IoW v Bemerton Heath H’quins Ringwood Town v Laverstock & Ford Romsey Town v Alton Totton & Eling v Petersfield Town Verwood Town v East Cowes Vics North Hants DFA Senior Cup Final Andover New Street v Whitchurch United (17.00) at Andover Town F.C. Tuesday April 28th 2020 Russell-Cotes Cup Final And finally… Saturday May 2nd 2020 Sydenhams (Wessex) League Cup Final at AFC Portchester

FA NEWS You can be forgiven for thinking that Spring has forgotten you and everyone involved in your league! With three dramatic storms washing out Grassroots football, it's been a tough February for everyone. However, if you have been affected by the storms, Sport England have an emergency fund to help repair damaged pitches and facilities. Please visit the Football Foundation website or contact your County FA Facility and Investment officer. With better weather on the way, exciting times lie ahead as we enter the final stretch of your season. Nominations for your Grassroots heroes are opening soon - so get thinking about who you'd like to nominate. We've also updated the Heading Guidance in youth football, which you can read more about on the FA website.

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NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

There were no games affecting the top sides in the Dorset Premier League and the Wiltshire Senior League, but in the Hampshire Premier League, Paulsgrove and Infinity shared the points in a goalless draw. Here’s the top three in these three Leagues as we head into March.

RANK DORSET PREMIER PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 Hamworthy Recreation 15 15 0 0 63 16 47 45 3.0000

2 Merley Cobham Sports [pts adjusted] 18 15 1 2 87 23 64 43 2.3889

3 Westland Sports 17 13 1 3 48 24 24 40 2.3529

RANK HAMPSHIRE PREMIER PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 Infinity 23 19 4 0 82 21 61 61 2.6522

2 Paulsgrove 26 15 6 5 64 40 24 51 1.9615

3 Bush Hill 18 14 3 1 69 15 54 45 2.5000

RANK WILTSHIRE SENIOR PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 Shrewton United 19 13 2 4 60 28 32 41 2.1579

2 Kintbury Rangers 19 12 4 3 58 25 33 40 2.1053

3 Corsham Town Reserves 20 12 4 4 54 28 26 40 2.0000

It was also a quiet day for our former member clubs in the Leagues above. Only Thatcham Town played in Division One South- and they netted eight without reply at home against Basingstoke Town. They stay second but close the difference to just two points adrift of Frome Town. Winchester City our next best placed team are seventh. In the Southern Premier, Wimborne Town lost a best of three game at Cuthbury against second placed Chesham United. A crowd of 306 there yesterday.

Salisbury are the best placed ex member in that division, seventh on 47 points with Gosport Borough one place and one point behind. Our top placed former club, Eastleigh sit 18th in the National League- their game yesterday against FC Halifax Town was called off on Friday night.

RANK WYVERN PREMIER PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Wimborne Town 19 13 2 4 66 41 25 41

2 Poole Town 20 11 2 7 67 36 31 35

3 Sholing 15 10 2 3 39 21 18 32

4 Fareham Town 17 8 4 5 42 40 2 28

5 Hamble Club 12 8 2 2 42 18 24 26

6 AFC Stoneham 16 7 4 5 40 41 -1 25

7 Christchurch 16 6 3 7 30 28 2 21

8 Gosport Borough 11 6 2 3 31 22 9 20

9 Horndean 14 6 2 6 30 37 -7 20

10 Baffins Milton Rovers 15 4 3 8 30 42 -12 15

11 Romsey Town 16 4 1 11 23 46 -23 13

12 AFC Portchester 14 3 1 10 26 40 -14 10

13 Downton 17 3 1 13 29 66 -37 10

14 Totton & Eling 12 2 3 7 18 35 -17 9

Finally in this section there is space for the full Premier Division table in the Wyvern Combination. Just the one game survived the weather, where at Christchurch six goals and the points were shared with visitors Sholing. Max Wilcock amongst the scorers.



LEAGUE TABLES

RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 AFC Stoneham 29 20 3 6 65 31 34 63 2.17241

2 Alresford Town 28 20 2 6 66 39 27 62 2.21429

3 AFC Portchester 27 18 2 7 66 38 28 56 2.07407

4 Christchurch 23 16 3 4 47 18 29 51 2.21739

5 Lymington Town 27 15 4 8 63 36 27 49 1.81481

6 Horndean 27 13 8 6 61 38 23 47 1.74074

7 Bashley 26 14 2 10 52 35 17 44 1.69231

8 Hamworthy United 30 13 5 12 69 57 12 44 1.46667

9 Hamble Club 27 13 4 10 43 44 -1 43 1.59259

10 Fareham Town [pts adjusted] 24 14 3 7 57 38 19 42 1.75000

11 Portland United 26 12 5 9 60 41 19 41 1.57692

12 Baffins Milton Rovers 22 11 1 10 39 35 4 34 1.54545

13 Tadley Calleva 27 10 3 14 46 59 -13 33 1.22222

14 Brockenhurst 24 9 3 12 44 39 5 30 1.25000

15 Fleet Town 26 8 6 12 47 46 1 30 1.15385

16 Shaftesbury 28 7 3 18 36 69 -33 24 0.85714

17 Solent University 25 5 3 17 41 86 -45 18 0.72000

18 Bournemouth 26 4 4 18 22 61 -39 16 0.61538

19 Cowes Sports 28 3 4 21 35 78 -43 13 0.46429

20 Amesbury Town [pts adjusted] 26 3 2 21 27 98 -71 8 0.30769

RANK DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG

1 United Services Portsmouth 27 19 4 4 84 32 52 61 2.25926

2 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 26 17 1 8 79 37 42 52 2.00000

3 Hythe & Dibden 23 15 6 2 65 28 37 51 2.21739

4 Downton 26 16 3 7 59 37 22 51 1.96154

5 Andover New Street 22 16 2 4 71 43 28 50 2.27273

6 Alton 26 15 4 7 54 41 13 49 1.88462

7 Newport (IoW) 25 14 3 8 70 36 34 45 1.80000

8 Whitchurch United 29 11 3 15 52 56 -4 36 1.24138

9 Laverstock & Ford 24 10 5 9 50 43 7 35 1.45833

10 Petersfield Town 23 9 7 7 31 23 8 34 1.47826

11 Romsey Town 22 9 4 9 53 55 -2 31 1.40909

12 Andover Town 28 8 7 13 37 54 -17 31 1.10714

13 Verwood Town 24 8 4 12 42 55 -13 28 1.16667

14 Ringwood Town 27 6 9 12 49 64 -15 27 1.00000

15 New Milton Town 27 4 10 13 28 68 -40 22 0.81481

16 Fawley AFC 25 5 5 15 40 62 -22 20 0.80000

17 Totton & Eling 22 5 3 14 24 55 -31 18 0.81818

18 East Cowes Victoria 24 4 5 15 29 64 -35 17 0.70833

19 Folland Sports 26 3 3 20 28 92 -64 12 0.46154



FORM GUIDE- SIX PACK

RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A LAST SIX

1 AFC Portchester 6 5 1 0 20 10 WWWWDW

2 Christchurch 6 5 0 1 12 2 LWWWWW

3 Alresford Town 6 5 0 1 13 4 WWWLWW

4 Hamworthy United 6 4 0 2 19 9 WLLWWW

5 AFC Stoneham 6 4 0 2 20 11 WWLWLW

6 Bashley 6 4 0 2 13 7 WWWLWL

7 Horndean 6 3 1 2 12 6 WWDLLW

8 Lymington Town 6 3 1 2 8 5 WWWDLL

9 Tadley Calleva 6 3 0 3 15 14 LLWWWL

10 Fareham Town 6 4 0 2 12 11 LWWWLW

11 Portland United 6 3 0 3 9 9 LWLLWW

12 Solent University 6 3 0 3 10 17 WLWLWL

13 Hamble Club 6 2 0 4 8 14 WWLLLL

14 Fleet Town 6 1 2 3 12 14 LWDLLD

15 Brockenhurst 6 1 1 4 6 11 LWDLLL

16 Baffins Milton Rovers 6 1 1 4 7 14 LLLLDW

17 Shaftesbury 6 1 1 4 5 16 LLDLWL

18 Cowes Sports 6 0 2 4 11 20 LLDDLL

19 Bournemouth 6 0 2 4 4 15 LLLDDL

20 Amesbury Town 6 0 0 6 4 27 LLLLLL

RANK DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A LAST SIX

1 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 6 6 0 0 18 7 WWWWWW

2 Hythe & Dibden 6 5 1 0 23 8 WWDWWW

3 United Services Portsmouth 6 5 1 0 17 3 WDWWWW

4 Andover New Street 6 5 0 1 27 9 WWWWLW

5 Newport (IoW) 6 4 2 0 21 6 DWWDWW

6 Downton 6 4 0 2 12 6 WWWWLL

7 Verwood Town 6 3 2 1 8 7 LWWDDW

8 Laverstock & Ford 6 3 1 2 20 15 WWLWDL

9 Alton 6 2 2 2 7 9 LWDDWL

10 Totton & Eling 6 2 1 3 12 18 WLLLDW

11 Petersfield Town 6 1 3 2 4 5 LDLWDD

12 Romsey Town 6 1 3 2 14 16 WLDDLD

13 Ringwood Town 6 1 3 2 10 12 LDDDLW

14 Andover Town 6 1 1 4 7 18 WLLLDL

15 East Cowes Victoria 6 1 1 4 4 15 DLLWLL

16 Fawley AFC 6 1 0 5 10 17 LLLLWL

17 Whitchurch United 6 1 0 5 2 12 LLLWLL

18 New Milton Town 6 0 3 3 3 17 LLDLDD

19 Folland Sports 6 0 1 5 7 27 LLDLLL



ATTENDANCE STATS

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

AFC PORTCHESTER 112.579 112.214 -0.365 -0.003

AFC STONEHAM 52.722 84.750 32.028 0.607

ALRESFORD TOWN 52.632 56.333 3.702 0.070

ALTON 85.222 126.200 40.978 0.481

AMESBURY TOWN 62.667 50.786 -11.881 -0.190

ANDOVER NEW STREET 97.000 110.200 13.200 0.136

ANDOVER TOWN 92.500 115.923 23.423 0.253

BAFFINS MILTON ROVERS 74.000 60.875 -13.125 -0.177

BASHLEY 156.158 156.571 0.413 0.003

BEMERTON HEATH HARLEQUINS 50.474 59.846 9.372 0.186

BOURNEMOUTH 50.105 58.500 8.395 0.168

BROCKENHURST 106.474 114.500 8.026 0.075

CHRISTCHURCH 79.368 81.778 2.409 0.030

COWES SPORTS 136.000 111.714 -24.286 -0.179

DOWNTON 70.889 76.929 6.040 0.085

EAST COWES VICTORIA 58.778 65.250 6.472 0.110

FAREHAM TOWN 85.842 85.833 -0.009 0.000

FAWLEY AFC 45.333 64.769 19.436 0.429

FLEET TOWN 0.000 119.143 119.143 0.000

FOLLAND SPORTS 36.333 30.583 -5.750 -0.158

HAMBLE CLUB 71.895 70.917 -0.978 -0.014

HAMWORTHY UNITED 103.105 90.357 -12.748 -0.124

HORNDEAN 65.158 56.692 -8.466 -0.130

HYTHE & DIBDEN 74.412 79.909 5.497 0.074

LAVERSTOCK & FORD 66.222 109.909 43.687 0.660

LYMINGTON TOWN 70.421 78.533 8.112 0.115

NEW MILTON TOWN 63.889 51.200 -12.689 -0.199

NEWPORT (IOW) 110.647 114.500 3.853 0.035

PETERSFIELD TOWN 65.556 94.273 28.717 0.438

PORTLAND UNITED 121.684 115.867 -5.817 -0.048

RINGWOOD TOWN 36.444 38.133 1.689 0.046

ROMSEY TOWN 108.000 86.182 -21.818 -0.202

SHAFTESBURY 48.105 49.063 0.957 0.020

SOLENT UNIVERSITY FC 46.526 50.000 3.474 0.075

TADLEY CALLEVA 78.000 82.917 4.917 0.063

TOTTON & ELING 106.611 96.125 -10.486 -0.098

UNITED SERVICES PORTSMOUTH 24.889 55.231 30.342 1.219

VERWOOD TOWN 50.556 46.250 -4.306 -0.085

WHITCHURCH UNITED 50.167 54.929 4.762 0.095



WEEK THIRTY-ONE ROUND UP

his must have been one of the worst weeks in the League’s history as regards fixtures with the entire midweek schedule washed out and only five games played on Saturday and two of those on artificial surfaces. The situation across the whole Country is now serious and given the awful flooding in paces

there are Leagues that surely will not be able to finish. It is difficult to see what the FA can do but it would be nice if they showed some interest or concern rather than simply barking out orders from their Ivory Towers. Back to yesterday and, as stated, just five matches completed – two in the Premier Division and three in Division One. AFC Portchester strengthened their hold on third place in the Premier with a best of seven goal victory over Solent University with seven different names on the score sheet. The game had been switched to Portchester because of the University’s on going pitch problems but the visitors made light of the change and came very close to a hard earned point. On the other side of the County there were four goals as well for Hamworthy United with Shaftesbury scoring one in reply. Cameron Munn hit a double, Eddie Hodge and Connor Cocklin for the “Hammers” with Mali Benjamin replying for the visitors as their poor away record continued. US Portsmouth increased their lead at the top of Division One with a 2-0 win at rival promotion contenders Downton with goals from Tom Cain and Andy Todd in the first half but Alton went down 3-2 at home to Totton & Eling, three valuable points for the visitors. Alton dominated the first half but failed to take advantage and goals from George Bowerman and Phil Moore were cancelled out by Joe Sutherden and John MacAulay before Harry Burns scored the winner in second half stoppage time. Lastly Ringwood produced their best home performance of the season with a 4-0 defeat of Whitchurch courtesy of two goals from Matt Casey and one apiece from Harrison Clarke and Jack Ransom. Portchester, Downton and Ringwood were quick to praise all the volunteers who helped make their games possible and the league would add its own thanks. The Fixtures Secretary has e-mailed all explaining the current position and we would be grateful if all, Clubs and League, can work together to try and resolve an increasingly difficult situation. The story is also shown in this edition of the newsletter. Enjoy the read and we’ll hopefully get back on track in the next fortnight.

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