by Four Of Clubs »
09 Apr 2023 12:28
tmesis
My 2nd choice was the derby at Andover........ Andover New Street had won 5-4 with a last minute goal, after being 0-4 down. Oh well. You win some, you lose some.
...and with a crowd at New St of over 300 [332] - hadn't realised the extent of the turn-around.
Great to see the club doing so well and most-recently rising above their near rivals - though Town are strictly speaking a Phoenix-club and are still re-building somewhat at the Portway - were 'demoted' for refusing promotion out of the Wessex Premier league as recently as 18/19.
ANS were perennially Wessex League whipping boys thru the 00's and 10's but they've really come on a lot in the last few years - even getting promotion pre-Vids but dropping back immediately.
They've done a lot of work recently at Foxcotte - but it's a god-awfully difficult ground to find if you've not been before.
I tried on my very first visit many years back, to get to it from Andover ring-road - not sure the signage has improved but it's nigh on impossible unless your a local I'd imagine - didn't get there til close to Half-Time!
- now I've been a few times - the best approach from the north is to head off the main road down (A343) and over Charlton Down before you get to Enham Alamein.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Results Easter Saturday (April 8th)
SLP-C
Nuneaton Borough 1-1
Kings Langley - Bedford and Hednesford now confirmed as relegated with AFC R&D - KL are 5 points adrift in 4th bottom with only 3 games leftSLP-S
Hartley Wintney 0-0 Weston-super-Mare -
att 394 - HW also 5 points from safety with only 3 games remaining.
- Hendon immediately above them have 2 games in hand. Nor Lye behind them on GD, have 4 games remaining: Harrow and Yate both a point further back with 3 left.Plymouth Parkway 1-1 Hanwell Town
Swindon Supermarine 1-2
Bracknell Town 'Robins' back in 2nd place above Truro - early 2nd half goals from Burden and Grant put them 2 up - 'marine's Williams responded around the hour mark with his 30th of the season - Town are now 5 points behind W-s-M with a game in hand - host Beaconsfield tomorrow
- whilst W-s-M and Truro host what passes for 'local' derbies vs Tiverton and Parkway respectively.Winchester City 3-0 Hayes & Yeading United
- a brace for Warren BentleyYate Town 2-1 Metropolitan Police
SL1-C
Highworth Town 2-3 Walthamstow
Kidlington 0-4 Biggleswade
Thame United 3-1 Kempston Rovers
Waltham Abbey 0-1
Aylesbury United IL1-SC
Ashford Town (Middx) 0-5
Westfield
Chertsey Town 2-1 Tooting & Mitcham United
Chipstead 3-1
Thatcham TownGuernsey 0-0 Walton & Hersham
- att 862Leatherhead 1-0 Hanworth Villa
Marlow 1-3 South Park
Merstham 2-2 Bedfont Sports
Uxbridge 4-3
Binfield - next up on Easter Monday : Basingstoke @ Thatcham: W&H host relegation threatened Merstham.
With PO spots being grappled over there are two intriguing match-ups with Hanworth (5th) hosting Northwood (4th) and Binfield (7th) at home to Marlow (3rd) CCL-PN
Ascot United 3-0 Harefield United
'Yellamen' nearly there now - on 84 points - 14 clear of City after their defeat at 3rd placed 'Sarnies'- though Egham do have a game in hand and can reach 87 points.Burnham 5-1 Hilltop
Chalfont St Peter 0-1
Virginia Water
Egham Town 2-1
Reading City
Flackwell Heath 2-2 Broadfields United
Holyport 2-2 Wembley
Wallingford & Crowmarsh 1-1 Spelthorne Sports
Windsor 1-3 Oxhey Jets
disastrous result for Windsor vs bottom club Jets - Windsor stay above on GD but Jets have a game in hand - probably due to their recently postponed game at Stag meadow vs 'lodgers' VW
Wokingham & Emmbrook 2-0 North Greenford United
CCL-PS
AFC Croydon Athletic 0-1
Badshot Lea
Abbey Rangers 2-2
Knaphill Banstead Athletic 0-1 Colliers Wood United
Farnham Town 2-2
Camberley Town - att 477 Frimley Green 0-5 Balham
Guildford City 1-1 Redhill
Horley Town 1-4
Alton Jersey Bulls 2-1
Fleet Town - att 649 - Town's goal a consolation in added timeRaynes Park Vale 4-2
Sheerwater
Tadley Calleva 0-4 Cobham
CCL-1
AFC Aldermaston 0-2 London Samurai Rovers
Bagshot 2-2
Woodley United Berks County 1-2
Penn & Tylers Green leaders beaten at 'home' but stay top as 2nd and 3rd drew with each other - allowing Samurai into 3rd placeBritish Airways 2-1 Brook House
FC Deportivo Galicia 3-3
Langley Hillingdon Borough 1-0 Spartans Youth
Molesey 1-4 Bedfont
Rayners Lane 4-0 Rising Ballers Kensington
Sandhurst Town 3-2
Cove Westside 4-0 CB Hounslow United
SSM-P
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 1-4 Ardley United
Leighton Town 3-0
Risborough Rangers att 604 - leaders Town with GD a factor now 3 points from confirming the title - R.Rgrs sit 3rd - 5 points behind Stotfold.SSM-1
Burton Park Wanderers 1-0 Thame United Reserves Holmer Green 3-1 Moulton
London Tigers 2-4 Lutterworth Athletic
Rugby Borough 1-4
Amersham Town Town up into the 4 PO spots thumping 3rd placed BoroughWESS-P
Bournemouth 3-1
Alresford Town- leaders AFC Portchester beaten at home by 3rd placed Horndean in front of 1,458
- visitors still have 6 games to play and are 8 points behind
- Portchester aka 'The Royals' only have 2 games left both away at 4th (Hamble) and 6th (Bemerton) placed clubs - so not a given that they'll get the title - which is remarkable having led the table and been unbeaten for so long throughout the season.
Salisbury-based Bemerton beat their cross-City rivals Lav. & Ford 4-0 in front of a crowd of over 300.WESS-1
Andover New Street 5-4
Andover Town
Ash United 3-2
Fleet Spurs
Whitchurch United 0-1
Petersfield Town