The Non - League thread

[Top Flight]

Have Hungerford produced any good players?

Hayes gave Les Ferdinand to the game
Tooting & Mitcham produced Michail Antonio
Wealdstone have produced the likes of Stuart Pearce and Vinnie Jones. More recently the Preston striker Beckford.
Who have Hungerford produced? Anybody? What about Maidenhead?

[Top Flight]

This is how you prepare a football team for battle in the Non League game....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t48GzrhCyR4#action=share

Paul Konchesky was looking so awkward.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Have Hungerford produced any good players?

Hayes gave Les Ferdinand to the game
Tooting & Mitcham produced Michail Antonio
Wealdstone have produced the likes of Stuart Pearce and Vinnie Jones. More recently the Preston striker Beckford.
Who have Hungerford produced? Anybody? What about Maidenhead?

Maidenhead: Jack Palethorpe, 137 goals from 213 appearances for the likes of Palace, Stoke, Wednesday, Villa......and Reading......I was there

(thanks wiki)

[Top Flight]

Have Hungerford produced any good players?

Hayes gave Les Ferdinand to the game
Tooting & Mitcham produced Michail Antonio
Wealdstone have produced the likes of Stuart Pearce and Vinnie Jones. More recently the Preston striker Beckford.
Who have Hungerford produced? Anybody? What about Maidenhead?

Maidenhead: Jack Palethorpe, 137 goals from 213 appearances for the likes of Palace, Stoke, Villa......and Reading......I was there

(thanks wiki)

That's impressive and let's see where Dave Tarpey ends up next season.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Apparently 54 goals in 59 for Reading including a 7 minute hat-trick.

As a sidedish, both Maidenhead and Hungerford won 2-0 today


Over 9000 at Lincoln today

[Bonzodog]

Having been a Reading supporter since mid 1970's, then started watching non league football about 10 years ago by watching the qualifying rounds of FA cup. I do not have the same level of excitement watching Reading anymore, it feels soulless. Living west of Reading I get far more enjoyment from watching Hungerford nowadays and other non league games than a visit to the Mad Stad

[AthleticoSpizz]

Nothing wrong with that.....I try to enjoy both.

Since chopping-in my ST, a trip to the M'stad has become a bit of a pain...but something that I still do as-and- when I actually want to.
The blossoming NL local scene attracts a lot of my attention and being able to pay-at-the-gate...utillise street parking and turn up on-spec compliments my requirements well.

[Royal Rother]

Windsor currently aren't a patch on the Windsor & Eton side I saw in my 1st 3 seasons at Stag Meadow 8+ years ago, but it's become a 2nd home for me, watching the U18s as well and even the groundsharers Virginia Water occasionally.

3 miles up the road, a few quid to get in, zero hassle... although I still follow Reading I wouldn't give up my days out at Stag Meadow no matter what level Reading reached.

[Saaaaaaaammmmmm]

Have Hungerford produced any good players?

Hayes gave Les Ferdinand to the game
Tooting & Mitcham produced Michail Antonio
Wealdstone have produced the likes of Stuart Pearce and Vinnie Jones. More recently the Preston striker Beckford.
Who have Hungerford produced? Anybody? What about Maidenhead?

Not really, I'd say given they spent most of their time around the Hellenic Leagues in the 2000s and only recently became a Southern League (then National League South) club they haven't really seen a huge amount of league-worthy talent

Only one I can recall off top of my head is Charlie Austin who is from Hungerford, but only as he managed to play for the entire West Berkshire collection of Newbury, Thatcham, Kintbury and Hungerford

But I guess that's more than a lot of non-league clubs in fairness

EDIT: Just looked at his Wikipedia, goal record was 5 in 30 games for Hungerford, hardly a sign of things to come

[Saaaaaaaammmmmm]

Good win for the Crusaders today especially with Poole drawing, which closes the gap to just two points. They might not even need FA interferance to make the play-offs

My old school has actually just launched quite a good initiative with Hungerford's Academy which lets the players train and play for Hungerford's Youth Team whilst studying for a BTEC equivalent to 3 A-Levels. Kids all over the area now with Hungerford tracksuits during the daytime, I think it's a pretty good way of giving them options and opportunities, should also really help the club develop

[Hoop Blah]

Have Hungerford produced any good players?

Hayes gave Les Ferdinand to the game
Tooting & Mitcham produced Michail Antonio
Wealdstone have produced the likes of Stuart Pearce and Vinnie Jones. More recently the Preston striker Beckford.
Who have Hungerford produced? Anybody? What about Maidenhead?

Not really, I'd say given they spent most of their time around the Hellenic Leagues in the 2000s and only recently became a Southern League (then National League South) club they haven't really seen a huge amount of league-worthy talent

Only one I can recall off top of my head is Charlie Austin who is from Hungerford, but only as he managed to play for the entire West Berkshire collection of Newbury, Thatcham, Kintbury and Hungerford

But I guess that's more than a lot of non-league clubs in fairness

EDIT: Just looked at his Wikipedia, goal record was 5 in 30 games for Hungerford, hardly a sign of things to come

I immediately thought of Austin but it's really not part of the make up for sides at that level to produce players as such. Pretty much any player that comes through their system has been overlooked at various stages by a number of local league and top end non-league clubs and so are very unlikely to actually go on to league football.

I was going to suggest Ben Gladwin as another potential product from Hungerford but on checking he didn't actually play for them! He's another good example of players from that level going on to make it though. Like Austin he was at Reading as a kid but got let go and went round a load of the local sides in the Hellenic and Southern leagues before getting his chance.

It's a great job that Bobby is doing down at Hungerford though. I have heard he's turned down approaches from higher divisions and Jem Karacan seems determined to get him a league job via twitter!

[double d]

I had no idea that jamie o hara and Paul konchesky are playing for a ryman league team Billericay town. Konchesky even moved there from league 1 Gillingham. Mental

[Sutekh]

Ebbsfleet beat Eastbourne 4-1 yesterday after being a goal down so Maidenhead's 8 point lead was short lived - as expected.

Ebbsfleet are off to a doomed Margate on Monday while Maidenhead have a local affair down in Truro (who drew 1-1 with Ebbsfleet a week or two ago). If Ebbsfleet did somehow drop a clanger at Margate then Maidenhead just need to beat Truro to win the title but expectation is that the Maidenhead v Ebbsfleet game next Saturday will finally decide things.

[Royalist]

I wonder how quickly the billericy stuff blows up. Owner now manager, 'superstar' players fighting kids in the crowd a fun start though!

[AthleticoSpizz]

Courtesy of the NLP regarding ground grading:

"Hungerford Town yesterday became the latest club to discover thay have been told they cannot compete in the play-offs."

If appeals from both Poole and Hungerford fail, then seventh placed Hampton and Richmond look set to compete for promotion.

[Four Of Clubs]

Courtesy of the NLP regarding ground grading:

"Hungerford Town yesterday became the latest club to discover thay have been told they cannot compete in the play-offs."

If appeals from both Poole and Hungerford fail, then seventh placed Hampton and Richmond look set to compete for promotion.

... supposedly last piece of the jigsaw for grading was the provision of 100 additional 'bolt-on' seats - which should have been in place by 31st March.
If indeed they could not muster the wherewithal to get this done, I assume people outside the club have every justification in querying Hungerford's readiness for the top level in NL.

Statement from the Chairman on the clubs' website :-

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hungerfor ... DI.twitter

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...here's the review of the Holiday weekend results to date - preview of tomorrow's games in due course.......

Good Friday 14th April

NAT
Boreham Wood 1-3 Dagenham & Redbridge – att 801
- Included this in the review as me ‘n youngest got here for our Good Friday NL fix - meant to do Slough Town Cup Final at Burnham in the AM- but 'domestics' intervened.
- Was a good fast-paced open game for this level – BW took it to the PO hopefuls and led but proved too porous in defence, particularly under the high ball to the back post. Ex-Royals Andre Boucaud in the Daggers midfield – bit pricey for the normal Sat PM fare though.

Tranmere Rovers 2-2 Aldershot Town - good result for visitors at second placed Tranmere - and even better for leaders Lincoln of course. However Sh!ts are still 2 points off the PO spots behind Dover – who have a game in hand.

Woking 1-0 Macclesfield Town - Ugwe pen on the hour mark – lifts 'Cards 'above rapidly falling Solihull who I believe have lost six in six conceding 20 – and four since we saw them succumb to Barrow last month. In contrast Woking now have gained 10 points from their last 6 games – but are still only out of the bottom 4 on the slenderest of GD. Both York & Braintree picked up maximums too leaving Torquay beaten 2-1 at Lincoln, in serious danger of the drop. Woking trek up to the Deva tomorrow (Easter Mon) then have a vital home game vs fellow strugglers York @ Kingfield – finishing with a trip to Dagenham who by then, ought to be safely in the PO spots.

NATS
Bishops Stortford 0-2 Gosport Borough
Hungerford Town 2-0 Dartford - 2nd half goals from Soares and Brown.
Maidenhead United 2-0 Concord Rangers - pen for Tarpey who also had one saved moments earlier
Poole Town 1-1 Hemel Hempstead Town
Welling United 3-2 Truro City
Weston-Super-Mare 3-1 Margate

SLP
Biggleswade Town 2-0 Leamington – ‘Brakes’ defeat here hands the title to Chippenham
Slough Town 0-2 Cirencester Town – att 780, poor result for Rebels – in real danger of dropping out of the POs with Banbury three points back - both clubs have 2 games left
Weymouth 2-0 Chesham Utd

CCLP
Epsom & Ewell 0-1 Colliers Wood United

SLOUGH Town Cup Final Langley 1-4 Thame Rangers @ Burnham FC

Easter Saturday 15th April

NATN
FCUM 1-2 Brackley Town
NATS
East Thurrock United 2-0 Bath City
Ebbsfleet United 4-1 Eastbourne Borough
Hampton & Richmond Borough 1-1 Wealdstone
Oxford City 2-0 Chelmsford City
Whitehawk 1-1 St Albans City

ILP
Lowestoft Town 1-3 Staines Town
IL1S
Greenwich Borough 2-0 Godalming Town

SLP
Banbury United 1-1 Hitchin Town
Basingstoke Town 3-0 Cinderford Town
Dunstable Town 0-2 Hayes & Yeading United - vital win but HandY still in drop-zone. They have a crucial home game tomorrow vs Kings Langley, above them on GD only. They still need Cambridge City or St Neots (who picked up a very surprising win at Champions Chipp’num) to slip up to reach safety, even with a win.

SL1C
Aylesbury 2-2 Ashford Town (Mx)
Bedford Town 4-1 Beaconsfield SYCOB
Chalfont St Peter 2-3 Arlesey Town
Egham Town 2-0 Hanwell Town - ‘Sarnies’ still 2 points behind last PO spot occupied by Kempston both sides have 2 games left – each play potential PO opponents Barton; Egham also go to SYCOB whilst Kempston host a doomed looking Histon .
Farnborough 2-1 Histon
Kempston Rovers 3-1 Fleet Town
Kidlington 3-0 AFC Dunstable
Northwood 0-2 Marlow
Royston Town 5-2 Aylesbury United
Uxbridge 0-2 Barton Rovers
SL1S&W
Bideford 1-1 Evesham United
- Got here on some nice clear roads for an Easter w/e – good old traditional NL stadium with giant floodlight pylons from a real bygone age. Evesham didn’t get the win they needed to secure a PO spot.
- Odd touristy sort of town inland from the N.Devon coast probably used as a base for people to get out elsewhere in the area. Town centre full of bargain shops/charity shops/taxi-firms/Chinese Takeaways and a dozen or more buildings that were once pubs.

Larkhall Athletic 0-1 Didcot Town
North Leigh 1-0 Paulton Rovers
Tiverton Town 1-0 Winchester City
Wantage Town 2-0 Slimbridge

CCLP
AFC Hayes 0-4 Knaphill
Bedfont Sports 3-3 Abbey Rangers
CB Hounslow United 1-0 Walton & Hersham
Chertsey Town 0-2 Camberley Town
Hanworth Villa 1-3 Horley Town
Hartley Wintney 2-1 Sutton Common Rovers
Raynes Park Vale 0-1 Bedfont & Feltham
Spelthorne Sports 2-0 Farnham Town
Westfield 4-0 Badshot Lea
Windsor 2-2 North Greenford United
CCL1
Ash United 1-4 Balham
Bagshot v South Park Reserves - rescheduled for 25/04?
Epsom Athletic 0-5 Worcester Park
Eversley & California 4-1 Dorking
Redhill {SIX} 6-3 Cove - Redhill promoted barring a remarkable GD shift
Staines Lammas 2-0 Cobham
CCL1 Cup Q-F
AC London 2-0 Frimley Green

HELLP
Brackley Town Saints 1-1 Thatcham Town
Highmoor-Ibis 1-2 Brimscombe & Thrupp
Lydney Town 1-0 Ascot United
Tuffley Rovers 3-2 Burnham
HELL1E
Finchampstead {TEN} 10-0 Wantage Town Res
Headington Amateurs {SEVEN} 7-1 Wokingham & Emmbrook
Rayners Lane 0-3 Chinnor
HELL1W
Abingdon United {SEVEN} 7-0 North Leigh att 165 – huge crowd at the Northcourt sees Utd regain 2nd spot above Hook Norton – both sides have one fixture left tomorrow – Hooky play bottom side Woodstock Town– Utd host New College Swindon.

Milton United 2-3 Fairford Town
Shrivenham 0-1 Letcombe

B&B Intermediate Final
Marlow United 1-2 Woodley United @ Bracknell FC

Bluefin Sport Hellenic Supplementary Q-F
Bicester Town 2-1 Penn & Tylers Green
Chalfont Wasps 1-5 Ardley United

WESSP
Alresford Town 4-3 Cowes Sports
Andover Town 0-1 Moneyfields - att 144 big crowd for the league leaders. Portland in 2nd place won 1-0 at Newport IoW but are still 5 points adrift . Portland host Team Solent on Tue evening. Moneyfields play the ‘Islanders’ themselves next Sat whilst Portland host Bemerton. There could yet be a points deduction hanging over the current leaders but perhaps the league are seeing the season out before pronouncing the size of the punishment. I’m not certain Portland have applied to step up - will have a delve .

Whitchurch United 1-3 Fawley - fifth straight defeat and probably one that condemns them to Div One for next season & coming against opponents just 1 point below them at the start of proceedings. ‘Jam Boys’ must win at Hamworthy next w/e and hope Fawley drop points at home to Brockenhurst.

WESS1
Alton 5-0 Totton & Eling
Andover New Street 5-1 East Cowes Victoria - vary rare thumping win for NS against perennial fellow strugglers – sees them get out of the bottom two.
Baffins Milton Rovers 0-1 Hamble Club
Fleet Spurs 0-4 Ringwood Town
New Milton Town {SIX} 6-1 Pewsey Vale
Weymouth Res 1-1 Tadley Calleva

[Four Of Clubs]

... and here's tomorrow's fixtures;

Easter Monday 17th April

NAT
Aldershot Town v Dover Athletic
Chester FC v Woking
NATN
Brackley Town v Gainsborough Trinity
NATS
Bath City v Poole Town
Chelmsford City v Welling United
Concord Rangers v Whitehawk
Dartford v Hampton & Richmond Borough
Eastbourne Borough v East Thurrock United
Gosport Borough v Oxford City
Hemel Hempstead Town v Hungerford Town
Margate v Ebbsfleet United
St Albans City v Weston-Super-Mare
Truro City v Maidenhead United
Wealdstone v Bishops Stortford

ILP
Staines Town v Wingate & Finchley
IL1S
Godalming Town v Horsham

SLP
Chesham United v Slough Town
Dorchester Town v Basingstoke Town
Hayes & Yeading United v Kings Langley
Leamington v Banbury United
SL1C
AFC Dunstable v Aylesbury
Ashford Town (Mx) v Farnborough
Aylesbury United v Kidlington
Beaconsfield SYCOB v Egham Town
Fleet Town v Petersfield Town
Hanwell Town v Northwood
Marlow v Chalfont St Peter
Potters Bar Town v Uxbridge
SL1S&W
Didcot Town v North Leigh
Swindon Supermarine v Wantage Town
Winchester City v AFC Totton

CCLP 11:30 KOs unless stated
Abbey Rangers v Chertsey Town 13.00
Badshot Lea v Guildford City
Bedfont & Feltham v Bedfont Sports
Camberley Town v Hartley Wintney
Farnham Town v Westfield
Horley Town v Epsom & Ewell
Knaphill v Spelthorne Sports
North Greenford United v AFC Hayes 13.00
Sutton Common Rovers v Raynes Park Vale
Walton & Hersham v Windsor
CCL1 Cup S-F
AC London v Worcester Park
CCL1
Cove v Eversley & California
Farleigh Rovers v Balham
South Park Reserves v Banstead Athletic

HELLP
Oxford City Nomads v Ascot United
Tuffley Rovers v Highmoor-Ibis
HELL1E
Chalfont Wasps v AFC Aldermaston
Headington Amateurs v Penn & Tylers Green
Sandhurst Town v Bicester Town
Wokingham & Emmbrook v Wantage Town Res
HELL1W
Abingdon United v New College Swindon
Hook Norton v Woodstock Town
Shrivenham v Fairford Town

WESS1
Tadley Calleva v Shaftesbury
Weymouth Res v Alton

[paultheroyal]

This is how you prepare a football team for battle in the Non League game....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t48GzrhCyR4#action=share

Paul Konchesky was looking so awkward.

Make my day complete, please tell me they lost after that!

[Royal Rother]

Windsor beat Walton and Hersham 2-1 in the latter's last ever game at Stompond Lane today.

Poor pitch, characterless ground with a running track around it, I'm sure there are lots of sad fans with many good memories of the place but not one I'll be unhappy not to be visiting again.

That gives Windsor 3 away wins on the bounce including at 3rd and 4th placed teams. Another pretty unappealing game to watch to be honest but most games this year we have had 6 or 7 local teenagers starting with more on the bench so when you bear that in mind it's a bloody good end to what has been an otherwise disappointing season on the pitch.

[Top Flight]

This is how you prepare a football team for battle in the Non League game....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t48GzrhCyR4#action=share

Paul Konchesky was looking so awkward.

Make my day complete, please tell me they lost after that!

It worked. They won 8-3.