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29th August 2018

League News

The draw for the 1st Qualifying Round of the FA Cup has been made

Highgate United vs Stourbridge

Cleethorpes Town or Loughborough University vs Walsall Wood

AFC Mansfield vs Stourport Swifts

Romulus vs Belper Town

Quorn vs Atherstone Town

Coalville Town vs Racing Club Warwick

Ties to be played Saturday 8th September

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Updated League Cup Draws

League Cup Round 2

Ilkeston Town v Rocester Tues 25 Sep

Stapenhill / South Normanton Athletic v Lichfield City Long Eaton United v Uttoxeter Town/ Dunkirk Heather St Johns / NKF Burbage v Nuneaton Griff Coventry United v Bolehall Swifts / Coventry Copsewood Coventry Sphinx v Leicester Road Tues 25 Sep

Quorn / Loughborough University v Hinckley AFC G N P Sports v Shepshed Dynamo Wed 26 Sep

Heath Hayes / Brocton v Sporting Khalsa / Walsall Wood Wolverhampton S C v AFC Wulfrunians Tues 25 Sep

Racing Club Warwick v Westfields / Stourport Swifts Highgate United v FC Stratford / Worcester City Littleton v Studley Wed 26 Sep

Boldmere St Michaels v Lye Town Tues 25 Sep

Chelmsley Town / Paget Rangers v Cadbury Athletic Coton Green v Romulus / Atherstone Town

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LES JAMES CHALLENGE CUP ROUND 2

Lane Head v Enville Athletic / Shipston Excelsior

Continental Star v Northfield town / Bartestree

Fairfield Villa v AFC Church / AFC Solihull

Inkberrow / Castle Vale Town v Alcester Town

Coventry Alvis / Coventry Plumbing v Earlswood Town / FC Stratford

Redditch Borough v Central Ajax / Boldmere Sports

Barnt Green Spartak / GNP Sports v Knowle

Birmingham Tigers v Coventrians / Leamington Hibernian

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PRESIDENTS CUP ROUND 2

FC Stratford / Northfield Town v Fairfield Villa / Coton Green

Knowle / Bolehall Swifts v GNP Sports / Boldmere Sports

Earlswood Town v Feckenham / Moors Academy

Lane Head / Coventry Alvis v Redditch Borough / Hampton

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CHALLENGE VASE ROUND 2

AFC Church / WLV Football v Inkberrow / Continental Star FC Shush / Alcester Town v Bartestree / Birmingham Tigers Leamington Hibernian v Shipston Excelsior/Enville Athletic Central Ajax v Coventry Plumbing

Review

FA Cup

Atherstone Town had the result of the round winning 3-1 away at Step 3 local rivals Bedworth United. Romulus

were also victors over higher ranked opposition, Mitch Piggon scoring twice in their comprehensive 4-0 win over

Step 4 Newcastle Town. Racing Club Warwick travelled to WMRL Malvern Town and came from behind to win 2-1.

Two goals from Tony Clarke gave Walsall Wood victory over Whitchurch Alport at Oak Park for the 2nd season

running. Two goals in the second half from Drew Canavan earned Stourport Swifts their place in the next round as

they beat Sporting Khalsa 2-1 at Walshes Meadow. Steve Hart scored a hat-trick as Quorn beat league rivals South

Normanton Athletic 3-2. Highgate United beat Division 1 Leicester Road 3-0 at The Coppice. Loughborough

University hosted Cleethorpes Town and the sides shared 6 goals with a replay required next week at Linden. Alex

Flett scored twice for The Owls but Joe Boachie’s injury time equaliser earned the students the replay. Long Eaton

United were beaten by Step 6 Grimsby Borough in Lincolnshire with the home side playing a large proportion of the

game with 10 men.

Premier Division

Rikardo Reid scored a hat-trick as Boldmere St Michaels made it four wins out of 5 with a 5-2 victory over Shepshed

Dynamo. Westfields came from 2 goals down to draw 2-2 at Dunkirk, Alex Hainault equalising 4 minutes from time.

League leaders Ilkeston Town made it 6 from 7 with a 4-1 win over South Normanton Athletic at The New Manor

Ground, Elliott Reeves scoring twice. Westfields are 2nd following a 2-0 win over 10-man Wolverhampton Sporting

Community at Allpay Park. 3rd placed Lye Town were held to a goalless draw by Walsall Wood at Oak Park. Coventry

Sphinx won the Coventry derby at Sphinx Drive beating United 4-1 with Callum Woodward scoring twice. Highgate

United beat fellow FA Cup heroes Romulus 2-0 at The Vale Stadium to move into 5th. Sporting Khalsa made it three

league wins on the spin with a 2-0 victory at AFC Wulfrunians. Stourport Swifts had two players sent-off as they

were beaten 3-1 by Worcester City at The Victoria Ground. Long Eaton United picked up their first win of the league

campaign beating Dunkirk 2-1 at Grange Park. Loughborough University saw their second 3-3 draw in three days as

they were held by Quorn at Holywell, Ryan Seal scoring twice for the visitors.

POS P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Ilkeston Town 7 6 0 1 19 9 10 18

2 Westfields 7 5 1 1 11 5 6 16

3 Lye Town 7 4 2 1 16 9 7 14

4 Coventry Sphinx 6 4 1 1 9 2 7 13

5 Highgate United 6 3 3 0 7 1 6 12

6 Boldmere St Michaels 5 4 0 1 11 7 4 12

7 Sporting Khalsa 6 3 2 1 9 4 5 11

8 AFC Wulfrunians 6 3 0 3 7 8 -1 9

9 Romulus 5 2 1 2 8 6 2 7

10 Worcester City 5 2 1 2 9 8 1 7

11 Walsall Wood 5 2 1 2 6 5 1 7

12 Coventry United 5 2 1 2 6 9 -3 7

13 Loughborough University 6 1 2 3 9 13 -4 5

14 Long Eaton United 6 1 2 3 6 10 -4 5

15 Quorn 5 1 1 3 9 11 -2 4

16 Dunkirk 6 0 4 2 6 9 -3 4

17 Wolverhampton Sporting Community 6 1 1 4 9 16 -7 4

18 Stourport Swifts 6 1 1 4 5 12 -7 4

19 Shepshed Dynamo 5 1 0 4 7 14 -7 3

20 South Normanton Athletic 6 0 0 6 3 14 -11 0

Division 1

A hat-trick from James Taylor helped Lichfield City to a 4-0 win at Chelmsley Town. Cadbury Athletic remain

unbeaten as a Derrick Hoffenden goal 4 minutes into stoppage time gave them a 2-1 win over NKF Burbage.

Nuneaton Griff picked up their first point of the season coming from behind to draw 1-1 with Brocton at The Pingles

Stadium. Littleton are still searching for their first point as two goals in two minutes enabled Stapenhill to win 2-1.

Two goals from Milan Kazimerak earned Coventry Copsewood a 2-1 win at Heath Hayes. Studley and Paget Rangers

shared the spoils in a goalless draw at The Beehive.

Atherstone Town made it 5 wins out of 5 with a crushing 7-1 win over local rivals Nuneaton Griff. Alex Naughton

scored 3 and Josh Ruff 2 as the Adders take over top spot. Promoted NKF Burbage are 2nd as goals from Jake Brown

and Jess Adcock gave them a 2-0 win over neighbours Leicester Road. A goal from Harry Harris was enough for

Lichfield City to take all 3 points at home to Stapenhill and move into 3rd place. Heather St Johns dropped their first

points of the season as they were held 2-2 by Hinckley AFC at St Johns Park. Racing Club Warwick followed up their

FA Cup win with a 5-0 victory over Paget Rangers at Townsend Meadow, Martin Slevin with a brace. Sean Kavanagh

scored three as Coventry Copsewood won 4-1 at bottom club Littleton. Brocton are 6th as they came from behind to

beat Heath Hayes 3-2 at Silkmore Lane with Ben Douglas scoring twice. Rocester picked up their first point in a 0-0

draw with Uttoxeter Town in the local derby at Hillsfield. Cadbury Athletic are unbeaten after 7, sharing a 0-0 draw

with Studley.

POS P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Atherstone Town 5 5 0 0 19 2 17 15

2 NKF Burbage 7 5 0 2 20 9 11 15

3 Lichfield City 7 5 0 2 18 15 3 15

4 Heather St Johns 5 4 1 0 21 5 16 13

5 Uttoxeter Town 6 4 1 1 16 9 7 13

6 Brocton 7 4 1 2 16 13 3 13

7 Cadbury Athletic 7 3 4 0 10 7 3 13

8 Racing Club Warwick 5 3 1 1 22 8 14 10

9 Studley 6 2 3 1 6 2 4 9

10 Stapenhill 7 2 2 3 7 14 -7 8

11 Coventry Copsewood 5 2 1 2 10 14 -4 7

12 Paget Rangers 7 2 1 4 5 14 -9 7

13 Hinckley AFC 4 1 3 0 7 6 1 6

14 Chelmsley Town 6 2 0 4 12 12 0 6

15 Leicester Road 5 1 0 4 3 9 -6 3

16 Heath Hayes 6 0 2 4 7 16 -9 2

17 Rocester 5 0 1 4 2 13 -11 1

18 Nuneaton Griff 6 0 1 5 4 19 -15 1

19 Littleton 6 0 0 6 4 22 -18 0

Division 2

Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons took over at the top of the table following a 7-1 win over Coventry Alvis with last

year’s leading scorer, Reece Gibson, scoring 5. GNP Sports maintained their 100% record as a Stuart Hendrie goal

gave them a 1-0 win over Northfield Town.

Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons continue to lead the way making it 15 points out of 15 with a 3-1 win at Hampton,

Reece Gibson with two. They are joined on the same points by GNP Sports for whom Tom Rawlings scored twice in

their 2-1 win at Coventry Alvis. Fairfield Villa are third a 3-1 win over Bolehall Swifts giving them their 3rd win in 4.

FC Stratford got their season up and running with a 4-2 win over Redditch Borough at Knights Lane. Barnt Green

Spartak are 5th following an excellent 3-0 win at Feckenham. Knowle won 2-0 at Earlswood Town to move into 7th.

Lane Head and Coton Green drew 1-1 at The Red Lion Ground. Northfield Town and Moors Academy shared 6 goals

with Shuja Mahmood scoring twice for Moors.

POS P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 5 5 0 0 16 2 14 15

2 GNP Sports 5 5 0 0 15 6 9 15

3 Fairfield Villa 4 3 0 1 12 10 2 9

4 Moors Academy 4 2 1 1 14 9 5 7

5 Barnt Green Spartak 4 2 1 1 12 8 4 7

6 Northfield Town 5 2 1 2 7 6 1 7

7 Knowle 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6

8 Coton Green 4 1 1 2 4 6 -2 4

9 Hampton 4 1 1 2 7 11 -4 4

10 Lane Head 4 1 1 2 7 12 -5 4

11 Redditch Borough 4 1 0 3 7 9 -2 3

12 Earlswood Town 3 1 0 2 5 7 -2 3

13 Feckenham 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 3

14 FC Stratford 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 3

15 Coventry Alvis 5 1 0 4 5 14 -9 3

16 Bolehall Swifts 4 0 0 4 5 11 -6 0

Division 3

Inkberrow head the table on goal difference following a 4-1 win at Leamington Hibernian, Nathan Davies scoring

twice. League new boys Coventry Plumbing maintained their 100% record with a 3-2 win over WLV Football, Connoll

Farrell scoring two more. AFC Solihull also have a 100% record after a 3-1 win at Shipston Excelsior. Bartestree beat

Birmingham Tigers 2-1 to make it 7 points from 9. Alcester Town are 4th following a 5-2 win over AFC Church. Callum

Burston-Keeley with a brace. Enville Athletic were the days big winners, 6-0 at FC Shush, Rhys Morgan with a hat-

trick. Central Ajax moved into the top half of the table with a 3-0 win at Coventrians.

POS P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Inkberrow 3 3 0 0 8 3 5 9

2 Coventry Plumbing 3 3 0 0 13 9 4 9

3 Bartestree 3 2 1 0 8 3 5 7

4 Alcester Town 3 2 0 1 10 6 4 6

5 A F C Solihull 2 2 0 0 6 3 3 6

6 A F C Church 3 2 0 1 12 11 1 6

7 Enville Athletic 3 1 1 1 9 5 4 4

8 Central Ajax 3 1 1 1 8 6 2 4

9 Coventrians 3 1 1 1 6 7 -1 4

10 Continental Star 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3

11 Castle Vale Town 2 0 2 0 5 5 0 2

12 Leamington Hibernian 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3 1

13 Shipston Excelsior 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 1

14 Birmingham Tigers 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4 0

15 W L V Sport 3 0 0 3 7 14 -7 0

16 F C Shush 3 0 0 3 5 14 -9 0

Les James Challenge Cup Round 1

Redditch Borough had the stand-out result of the round with a 5-1 win over Feckenham at The Mettis. Anthony

Smith scored twice as Continental Star beat Bolehall Swifts 3-0 at Rene Road. Lane Head made progress with a 2-0

win at WLV Football. All the other ties went to penalties. Alcester Town and Hampton drew 2-2 with Alcester

winning the shoot-out 4-2. Coton Green and Birmingham Tigers drew 1-1 at New Mill Lane with the Tigers winning

7-6 on penalties. Fairfield Villa and Moors Academy shared 6 goals, but It was Fairfield that progressed winning 5-3

on spot kicks. Knowle and FC Shush also shared 6 goals at The Robin’s Nest with Knowle winning the shoot-out 3-1.

President’s Cup Round 1

Barnt Green Spartak and Earlswood Town drew 1-1 with the Earls winning 4-1 on penalties.

Challenge Vase Round 1

Coventry Plumbing maintained their incredible high scoring start t the season with a 5-1 win over Castle Vale Town,

Connoll Farrell scoring three. Central Ajax beat Coventrians 2-1 at Ajax Park. Leamington Hibernian and AFC Solihull

went to penalties after a 1-1 draw. It was Hibs that progressed winning 4-3 on penalties.

UNDER 21 DIVISION WEST

Boldmere St Michaels 2 v 0 Rushall Olympic

Lichfield City 0 v 3 Halesowen Town

Leading Scorers

Premier Division

Mitch Piggon Romulus 9

Steve Hart Quorn 8

Rikardo Reid Boldmere St Michaels 6

Joe Boachie Loughborough University 5

Jack Till Lye Town 5

Joe Lawley Lye Town 4

Ben Miller Westfields 4

Elliott Reeves Ilkeston Town 4

Dave Reynolds Worcester City 4

Ryan Shaw Boldmere St Michaels 4

Ruben Wiggins-Thomas Long Eaton United 4

Dominic Brennan Quorn 3

Aaron Brown Highgate United 3

Lei Brown Highgate United 3

Dimitri Dunkley Romulus 3

Ben Hayes Westfields 3

Malachi Lavelle-Moore Ilkeston Town 3

Andy Nicol Stourport Swifts 3

Dan Scragg Wolverhampton SC 3

Ryan Seal Quorn 3

Paul Sullivan Walsall Wood 3

Jamie Walker Ilkeston Town 3

Karl Whymark Shepshed Dynamo 3

Callum Woodward Coventry Sphinx 3

Division 1

Simeon Cobourne Heather St Johns 11

Alex Naughton Atherstone Town 7

John Atherton Uttoxeter Town 5

Trea Bertie Racing Club Warwick 5 (Now Alvechurch)

James Curley Uttoxeter Town 5

Milan Kazimerak Coventry Copsewood 5

Liam Kirton Atherstone Town 5

Ben Mackey Racing Club Warwick 5

Grant Ryan Hinckley AFC 5

James Taylor Lichfield City 5

Mitch Thomson Atherstone Town 5

Max Black Lichfield City 4

Jake Brown NKF Burbage 4

Luke Cole Racing Club Warwick 4

Jonathan Gould Atherstone Town 4

Division 2

Reece Gibson Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 10

Tom Rawlings GNP Sports 6

Stuart Hendrie GNP Sports 5

Jak Albutt Redditch Borough 4

Kamol Campbell Moors Academy 4

Connor Collins Fairfield Villa 4

Darren Green Barnt Green Spartak 4

Shuja Mahmood Moors Academy 4

Ryan Murphy Coventry Alvis 4

Ainsley Seivwright Hampton 4

Craig Ball Lane Head 3

Romario Graham Coton Green 3

Danny Holliday Earlswood Town 3

Sam Melia Lane Head 3

Division 3

Connoll Farrell Coventry Plumbing 10

Aiden Vaughan AFC Church 5

Kyle Wainwright WLV Sport 5

Nathan Davies Inkberrow 4

Jon Hamer AFC Solihull 4

Kyle Hudin Castle Vale Town 4

Daniel Priest Alcester Town 4

Lewis Chester Coventrians 3

Nathan McGarrity Coventrians 3

Adam Miles Central Ajax 3

Rhys Morgan Enville Athletic 3

Harry Waybourne Bartestree 3

Preview

FA Vase

The FA Vase campaign start for a number of the MFL clubs with a trip to Wembley a realistic proposition. Of the

qualifying round ties, the all premier division clash between Coventry Sphinx and Sporting Khalsa is a tasty one. GNP

Sports make their debut in the competition with a trip to Boldmere St Michaels. Premier Division leaders Ilkeston

Town travel to Gedling miners Welfare while free-scoring Heather St Johns host Rocester.

SATURDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 2018

THE BUILDBASE F A VASE, 1st ROUND QUALIFYING Boldmere St Michaels v G N P Sports

Bolehall Swifts v Tipton Town

Coventry Copsewood v Eccleshall

Coventry Sphinx v Sporting Khalsa

Droitwich Spa v Coventry United

Dunkirk v Stapenhill

Gedling M W v Ilkeston Town

Heather St Johns v Rocester

Heath Hayes v Shifnal Town

Kirby Muxloe v Brocton

Leicester Road v Bottesford Town

Littleton v Lichfield City

Loughborough University v West Bridgford

Nuneaton Griff v Coton Green

Quorn v Retford United

Racing Club Warwick v Pegasus Juniors

South Normanton Athletic v St Andrews

SUNDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2018 THE BUILDBASE F A VASE, 1st ROUND QUALIFYING

FC Stratford v Bewdley Town N K F Burbage v Lutterworth Town

FA Cup

Cleethorpes Town vs Loughborough University

Following a 3-3 draw last weekend, Loughborough travel to Cleethorpes new home of Linden Club. The Owls will

start as firm favourites with the winners at home to Walsall Wood in the next round.

Premier Division

With league leaders Ilkeston Town in FA Vase action, Westfields can go top if they can take all three points from

their trip to Long Eaton United. Unbeaten Highgate United host AFC Wulfrunians, a couple of weeks after a narrow

win over the same opposition in the FA Cup. Lye Town have their first home game of the season in 3rd place after 7

games on the road. Mid-table Romulus are the visitors to Stourbridge Road. Shepshed Dynamo have had a tough

start to the season result wise and they welcome Worcester City to The Dovecote looking for their 2nd win of the

season. Walsall Wood welcome Stourport Swifts to Oak Park with both sides needing to replicate their cup form in

the league.

MONDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER 2018 Coventry United v Long Eaton United Romulus v Westfields

TUESDAY 4th SEPTEMBER 2018 Lye Town v Sporting Khalsa Shepshed Dynamo v Coventry Sphinx Stourport Swifts v Boldmere St Michaels Wolverhampton S C v Ilkeston Town

WEDNESDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 2018 Highgate United v Walsall Wood Quorn v South Normanton Athletic Worcester City v A F C Wulfrunians

Division 1

Leaders Atherstone Town travel to Coles Lane to face 12th placed Paget Rangers. A win for the Adders would open

up a gap at the top of the table. Uttoxeter Town will move into the top two if they can overcome unbeaten Cadbury

Athletic at Oldfields. Hinckley AFC are unbeaten in their opening four games, but three draws sees them in 13th

place. They travel to Pack Meadow to face a Chelmsley Town side who have seen an average of 4 goals per game in

their fixtures this season.

Division 2

With the top two in cup action, Fairfield Villa can close the gap if they can pick up all three points at Lane Head. 7th

meets 5th at The Robin’s Nest with Knowle hosting Barnt Green Spartak. Earlswood Town and Redditch Borough

both have one win under their belts and they will be looking to double that when they meet at The Pavilions. It

promises to be a tight game at Shenley Lane when Northfield Town meet Hampton.

Division 3

Bartestree host Coventrians and a win for the home side will see them take over at the top of the table. AFC Solihull

will be hoping to maintain their 100% record when they travel to WLV Football who are searching for their first

point. Birmingham Tigers are also pointless and they welcome Shipston Excelsior to the Hadley Stadium. Castle Vale

Town have started with two draws and they welcome new boys AFC Church to The Vale Stadium. Enville Athletic

will be trying to build on last week’s fine 6-0 victory when they travel to Leamington Hibernian.

Les James Challenge Cup

Central Ajax v Boldmere Sports

Coventry Alvis v Coventry Plumbing

President’s Cup

Feckenham v Moors Academy

Challenge Vase

FC Shush v Alcester Town

Inkberrow v Continental Star

Reserves

CHALLENGE TROPHY ROUND 1

Group "A"

Worcester City v Cadbury Athletic

Wyrley Juniors v Knowle

Group "B"

Coton Green v Nuneaton Griff

Moors Academy v Gresley

RESERVE DIVISION

Fairfield Villa v Uttoxeter Town

Under 21

UNDER 21 DIVISION EAST

Aylestone Park v Allexton & New Parks 10.00

Bedworth United v AFC Rushden & Diamonds 11.00

Leicester Nirvana v Highgate United 11.00

Lutterworth Town v Quorn 10.30

Tamworth v Kettering Town 10.30

UNDER 21 DIVISION WEST

Allscott Heath v Continental Star 10.30

Brocton v Halesowen Town 10.30

Droitwich Spa G & B v Rushall Olympic 10.30

Kidderminster Harriers v Sutton Coldfield Town 10.30

Lichfield City v Lye Town 10.30