The Non - League thread

[Christof]

Sad news on today of all days - Dave Pearcy, aka Dave Programmes, has lost his battle with cancer. For those who have attended a Slough Town game in the last few decades, there is every possibility that you either bought a programme off of him or spoke to him, as he was the friendliest, most talkative chap in the ground. Despite his health woes (which were several) he always turned up, wafting his pile of programmes and chatting up the ladies, and was basically the unofficial mascot for the club.

It is people like Dave who keep football going, and the Slough Town games will be all the poorer for his passing.

RIP Dave

[Royal Rother]

Sad to hear that. Didn't know him myself but knew about him from some Windsor fans as being a well liked and respected guy.

RIP

[paultheroyal]

Basingstoke Town - top of the league!

Would of been better if not for that ridiculous defeat last week when winning heading into injury time!

[Royalist]

Thank You for the post about Dave.

Awful news. A real nice person who it would be impossible for anyone would have anything bad to say about. And a real staple of non league characters

[glass half full]

Poor Oxford City, thrashed 8-1 at home by AFC Fylde.

Anyone go?

Are they that bad? Are Fylde that good?

[Four Of Clubs]

Results from yesterday:

Saturday 6th September

FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round
76 CB Hounslow United 1-4 AFC Dunstable
78 Oxhey Jets 4-1 Bedfont & Feltham
83 Broadfields United 0-6 Harefield United
85 Langford 2-2 Spelthorne Sports aet replay Tue 19:30
86 Berkhamsted 2-1 London Tigers
90 New College Swindon 3-3 Fleet Spurs aet replay Tue 19:45
91 Cove 2-3 Wootton Bassett Town
92 Flackwell Heath 3-2 Ash United
93 Fairford Town 1-2 Reading Town
94 Alton Town 1-2 Tadley Calleva
95 Cheltenham Saracens 1-2 Milton United
96 Slimbridge 1-0 Kidlington
97 Woodley Town 3-0 Badshot Lea
98 Windsor 3-0 Shrivenham att 167
99 Hartley Wintney 3-2 Holyport
110 Raynes Park Vale 2-1 Crowborough Athletic
111 Lancing 4-1 Mole Valley SCR
112 Dorking Wanderers 3-0 Chichester City
115 Epsom Athletic 3-2 Deal Town (@ Chessington & Hook)
117 Pewsey Vale 0-4 Melksham Town
122 Almondsbury UWE 2-3 Whitchurch United
125 Andover Town 1-0 Westbury United
133 Team Solent 3-3 Cadbury Heath

CONF
FC Halifax 1-0 Aldershot
Woking 3-1 Lincoln City FC att 2160
CONFS
Bath City 1-4 Whitehawk
Bishops Stortford 2-3 BasingstokeTown
Bromley 0-1 Chelmsford City
Ebbsfleet United 4-1 St Albans City
Farnborough 0-5 Havant & Waterlooville
Gosport Borough 0-1 Boreham Wood
Hayes & Yeading Utd 2-1 Wealdstone
Hemel Hempstead Town 1-1 Weston-Super-Mare
Staines Town 1-2 Maidenhead United - Magpies up to 6th host Farnborough on Tue eve
Sutton United 1-1 Concord Rangers
CONFN
Brackley Town 0-3 Guiseley
Oxford City 1-8 {EIGHT} AFC Fylde - 1-6 at Half-Time - I know diddly-squat about Fylde, save they were promoted from the Northern Premier League Premier Division last season via the Play offs - beat Ashton Utd on pens in the Final - finished third behind Champions Chorley and Runners-Up FCUM who'd lost in the PO semis to Ashton?

ISTHP
Dulwich Hamlet 2-2 Hampton & Richmond Borough att 2856 a current ground record I think
Report on crowd size here:
http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichha ... 85458.html

Harrow Borough 1-4 Grays Athletic
Kingstonian 2-2 Hendon
Leatherhead 1-2 Tonbridge Angels
ISTH1S
Carshalton Athletic 0-3 Hythe Town
Walton Casuals 1-2 Sittingbourne

SOUTHP
Banbury United 2-1 Dorchester Town
Burnham 1-2 Cambridge City
Chesham United 4-2 Bideford
- Youngest opted for here – liked the description of food available and ‘Bill’s Diner’ did not disappoint. Match was pretty good too – lots of cut and thrust; Bideford so nearly upset the ‘Generals’ but at 2-3 couldn’t force an equaliser, in spite of constant pressure throughout the 2nd half . Clever formation change by the home side around the 75’ mark, sensibly clogged up the midfield when they looked as if they would be over-run and possibly lose a match they were well in control of, 3-0 up just after H/T. Chesham had ex-Pro Darren Purse pulling the strings at the back but his powers of concentration waned late on and he very nearly dropped his side in it on more than one occasion. Big relief when on loan sub Pearce dashed clear to finish Bideford off.
Cirencester Town 1-1 Chippenham Town
Hungerford Town 3-0 Corby Town
Weymouth 3-2 Slough Town
SOUTH1C
AFC Hayes 0-5 Kettering Town
Beaconsfield SYCOB 2-5 Bedworth United
Godalming Town 1-3 Aylesbury
Hanwell Town 1-6 Rugby Town
Leighton Town 0-3 Egham Town
North Greenford United 1-4 Chalfont St Peter
Northwood 3-0 Marlow
St Ives Town 4-3 Uxbridge
SOUTH1S&W
Didcot Town 2-2 Mangotsfield United
Fleet Town 0-2 Swindon Supermarine
North Leigh 0-1 Larkhall Athletic
Tiverton Town 1-2 Wantage Town ‘Freds snatch this back very late - on 85’ & 93’

CCLP
Bedfont Sports 1-2 Camberley Town
Frimley Green 1-3 Ashford Town (Middx)
Guildford City 0-2 Chertsey Town
Hanworth Villa 2-5 Epsom & Ewell
Knaphill 2-2 Farnham Town- basement pair share the spoils
Molesey 3-0 Westfield – ‘Moles’ go top on GD from Spelthorne who were in Vase action. Sadly Spelly’s draw at lowly S.Mids Langford means a postponement of the clash between these two due this coming Tuesday, when one or possibly both 100% records from 6 matches each would have gone.
Ashford (Mx) sneak in between these two into 2nd on GD but they have lost one of their 7 matches.
CCL1
Cobham 6-2 Sandhurst Town
Eversley & California 3-7 AFC Croydon Athletic
Sheerwater 2-1 Farleigh Rovers
Worcester Park P-P Chessington & Hook United – pitch unavailable – Cricket.

HELLP
Ardley United 2-0 Binfield
Highmoor Ibis 2-1 Abingdon United H/I take top spot from Flackwell who were in Vase action: the two sides drew at Magpie Lane in midweek.
Highworth Town 2-0 Bracknell Town
Newbury 6-0 Brimscombe & Thrupp - in terms of current league positions this WAS a shock - B&T were surprise early challengers admittedly but Newbury had not started too well again.
Thame United 0-4 Ascot Utd - good result for the Yellamen who have stuttered a bit of late - host Nomads this midweek
Thatcham Town 2-0 Oxford City Nomads - 'Kingfishers' up to 2nd place - former Oxford City (amongst many others) frontman Yashwa Romeo on the score sheet.
HELL1W
Wantage Town Reserves 0-2 Letcombe
HELL1E
Chinnor 2-1 Easington Sports
Headington Amateurs 3-2 Finchampstead
Henley Town 5-2 Chalfont Wasps
Old Woodstock Town 1-0 Burnham Res
Penn & Tylers Green 2-3 Brackley Town 'Dev'
Rayners Lane 1-2 Didcot Town Res

SSMP
Kings Langley 0-3 Sun Sports
SSM1
Edgware Town 1-1 London Lions att 172 @ Underhill, Barnet
Risborough Rangers 2-1 Southall

WESSP
Alresford Town 1-5 Newport (IOW)
Petersfield Town 4-0 Christchurch
Winchester City 2-2 Blackfield & Langley

[maffff]

Dulwich Hamlet smashed their record attendance by about a thousand yesterday.

6 September #nonleagueday Top 5 crowds:

3785 Grimsby Town
2856 Dulwich Hamlet
2617 Chester
2607 Kidderminster Harriers
2177 Torquay United

6 September #nonleagueday Top Crowds by Step:

1 Grimsby Town 3785
2 Barrow 1731
3 Dulwich Hamlet 2856
4 Guernsey 783

[Four Of Clubs]

Dulwich Hamlet smashed their record attendance by about a thousand yesterday.

6 September #nonleagueday Top 5 crowds:

3785 Grimsby Town
2856 Dulwich Hamlet
2617 Chester
2607 Kidderminster Harriers
2177 Torquay United

... just to throw in a minor pendants point here their record attendance is actually well over 20k for an FA Amateur Cup Final back in the 30s at Champion Hill (roughly current location) but pre-refurb.
- not been myself but apparently the site of a current Sainsbury's nearby covers most of the old 'stadium' area? I also concede that that particular match did not involve Dulwich but was between Kingstonian and Stockton.

[maffff]

....well, the club officially claim it as a previous attendance record of 1,835, which was achieved against Southport in the FA Cup in 1998

[Four Of Clubs]

Probably plenty of other sites about with images of the old stadium but you can imagine how many they probably crammed in back in the day - here's one image of their old Stand.

They moved away from the 'old' Champion Hill in 1992 - and most of it was demolished to make way for a supermarket - in the interim they moved in with Tooting & Mitcham - moving back to a much smaller facility 'next door' later in the 90s. They did regularly reach 4 and even occasionally 5 figure crowds themselves between the wars in the FA Cup.





... the current ground record was indeed 1800 odd v Southport again in the FA Cup 1st Round 98-99.

[dizzynewheights]

never been to a Dulwich Hamlet game but I'll wager it's full to the brim with young men in skinny jeans with new beards boring everyone in earshot talking about their favorite real ales.

[Royal Rother]

[Royalist]

I once saw someone look like he was having fun at a game. I was so furious i've not been back since. Down with people enjoying themselves!

[dizzynewheights]

There it is, the embodiment of post '96, johnny come lately football fans now trying to rebel against the very culture they created. Pathetic.

I'd rather talk football with a top 4 supporting, SKY subscribing couch potato over these try hards any day.

[Royalist]

One of them doesn't even look like he was born before 1996 how dare that kid go to a football game. This is the worst thing about football at ALL levels.

Or its just some people trying to have fun at a non league game where it can be pretty dry in terms of entertainment/atmosphere! Don't go down to Windsor FC they have a MASCOT!!

[Terminal Boardom]

[Four Of Clubs]

Here's tomorrow's NL offerings nearby - next round of the FA Cup (1st Qualifying)

Saturday 13th Sept

FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round

66 Bedfont & Feltham v Uxbridge
68 AFC Hayes v Harrow Borough
70 AFC Kempston Rovers v North Greenford United Postponed
(pending FA investigation)
72 Dunstable Town v Chesham United
74 Abingdon United v Milton United
75 Flackwell Heath v Wantage Town
77 Knaphill v Fleet Town
78 Chalfont St Peter v Hungerford Town
80 Slough Town v Ardley United
81 Thame United v Burnham
82 Godalming Town v Beaconsfield SYCOB
89 Dorking Wanderers v Pagham
96 Greenwich Borough v Chessington & Hook United
105 Winchester City v Bemerton Heath Harlequins

CONF-Prem
Nuneaton Town v Aldershot Town
Woking v Chester FC
CONF-N
Brackley Town v Hyde FC
Oxford City v Gainsborough Trinity – Oxford City bounced straight back from their 1-8 humbling by Fylde last Sat with a 7-2 win at Boston in midweek – mildly suspicious that Ascot should batter Nomads 8-0 on the same night – naturally methinks some squad-twiddling shenanigans are afoot!

CONF-S
Bishops Stortford v Bath City
Boreham Wood v Chelmsford City
Concord Rangers v Wealdstone
Eastbourne Borough v Hemel Hempstead Town
Farnborough v Bromley
Gosport Borough v Whitehawk
Havant & Waterlooville v Basingstoke Town
Hayes & Yeading Utd v Ebbsfleet United
St Albans City v Maidenhead United - after their win at Staines I thought I’d check out the high-flying Magpies on Tue. Duly L0-1 H vs Farnborough – nice new stand to sit in but complete DUMP on the pitch where it matters. Oh well ….. they rarely win when I watch them at York Rd so maybe its me?
Sutton United v Staines Town

SOUTH1S&W
North Leigh v Stratford Town

CCLP
Ashford Town (Middx) v Guildford City
Camberley Town v Colliers Wood United
Chertsey Town v Badshot Lea
Cove v Molesey
Epsom & Ewell v Frimley Green
Farnham Town v Hanworth Villa
Hartley Wintney v Spelthorne Sports
Horley Town v Bedfont Sports
Windsor v Mole Valley SCR
CCL1
Alton Town v AFC Croydon Athletic
Cobham v Eversley & California
Epsom Athletic v CB Hounslow United
Farleigh Rovers v Dorking
Sandhurst Town v Banstead Athletic
Worcester Park v Staines Lammas

HELLP
Binfield v Shrivenham
Brimscombe & Thrupp v Holyport
Cheltenham Saracens v Bracknell Town
Kidlington v Ascot United
Newbury v Highmoor Ibis
Reading Town v Oxford City Nomads
Thatcham Town v Highworth Town
HELL1E
Chinnor v Brackley Town 'Dev'
Easington Sports v Henley Town
Rayners Lane v Headington Amateurs

WESSP
Andover Town v Moneyfields
Whitchurch United v Hamworthy United
WESS1
Andover New Street v Team Solent
Romsey Town v Fleet Spurs
Tadley Calleva v Hythe & Dibden

[AthleticoSpizz]

as aforementioned elsewhere on these hallowed grounds, Jonathan Henly goes out on loan to Welling

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29183822

[Terminal Boardom]

A thoroughly enjoyable game at Stag Meadow yesterday. Mole Valley fully played their part and it was a lot closer than the 6-0 scoreline would suggest. As for the referee, I felt he let too much go and that it was only a matter of time before it would all kick off. A second for Windsor early in the second half seemed to knock the wind out of the visitors' sails. Some excellent plan by both sides throughout and most pleasing that we scored 3 in the last ten minutes. No showboating, no coasting, no time wasting. Only a desire to score more goals.

[Royal Rother]

I know what you mean re the red but I thought he played a big part in a thoroughly entertaining game by NOT blowing up for everything and of course the fact that nothing did kick off (apart from Mole Valley, lots of times) was a credit to both sets of players.