The Non - League thread

[Double C]

Jay Emmanuel- Thomas fresh out of prison signs for AFC Totton

i thought he literally went in last month?

[Royals and Racers]

Jay Emmanuel- Thomas fresh out of prison signs for AFC Totton

i thought he literally went in last month?

Out on parole- spent 10 months in HMP Chelmsford.

[Sutekh]

Jay Emmanuel- Thomas fresh out of prison signs for AFC Totton

i thought he literally went in last month?

Out on parole- spent 10 months in HMP Chelmsford.

Presume it’s part of Starmer’s “let everyone out of jail” wonder scheme. He was sentenced to 4 years in June 2025 so has served 1 month of his actual sentence

He was arrested back in October and remanded in custody awaiting trial until May 2025.

[Double C]

Se dons (now officially called se dons) seem to have been building a seriously good squad for their league (step 6?)

Turns out their manager and afc whyteleafe manager are brothers so they've basically taken loads of their players to try go up

[Four Of Clubs]

... digest of this w/e's "Season openers" for our 'featured' sides -

Fri 25th July
CCL-PN Abingdon Utd 2-0 North Leigh - att 378
CCL-PS Epsom & Ewell 3-0 Guildford City - att 143 - @ Cobham
CCL-1- Langley 2-4 London Samurai - att 103 @ Slough

CCL-1
Bedfont v Berks County
Brook House v Oxhey Jets
Chalfont St Peter v Colliers Wood United
Hillingdon Borough v PFC Victoria London
Holmer Green v Spartans Youth
Molesey v Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Penn & Tylers Green v Sport London e Benfica
Sandhurst Town pp Windsor
Spelthorne Sports v Rising Ballers Kensington
Westside v FC Deportivo Galicia
Woodley United v Wembley

SSM-P
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Harlow Town
Kings Langley v Wormley Rovers
Risborough Rangers v Biggleswade United
SSM-1
Belstone v Desborough Town

...most of our other 'local' NL Pyramid (STEPS 05-06) start from 2nd August - with some 'warm-up' STEP05 league games (HELLENIC/WESSEX) before the FA Cup EP round next Sat.
STEP 01-04 get underway the following w/e 09/08

...and to follow-on, sort of, from DD/DC's post (sounds like a snippet from an HMHB song?)

Former SL 'giants' Canterbury City - well up to the mid-90's - have voluntarily dropped 'down and out' to County level.
- Kent County League to be precise .... but significantly after 25 years - some inactive altogether - whilst 'nesting' at a few different venues along the N'Kent coast - they are finally returning much nearer home for 25/26.
Moving into a multi-sports facility at Thanington - on the outskirts of the City.

[Four Of Clubs]

Yesterday's NL results

Sat 26th July

CCL-1
Bedfont 3-0 Berks County
Brook House 3-2 Oxhey Jets
Chalfont St Peter 2-2 Colliers Wood United
Hillingdon Borough 1-3 PFC Victoria London
Holmer Green 2-0 Spartans Youth
Molesey 1-3 Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Penn & Tylers Green 4-3 Sport London e Benfica
Spelthorne Sports 2-2 Rising Ballers Kensington
Westside {SEVEN} 7-0 FC Deportivo Galicia
Woodley United 2-1 Wembley
- was at this - att 75
- thought I'd start 'low key' for this season. Difficult to read in too much to the result here .....
- Wembley probably re-building after relegation - United or the 'Kestrels' as they now refer to themselves, were bright & tidy and pressed effectively.
- They finished last term with an astonishing run of form that would have kept them up.
- There were also reprieves for RBK & Depor. meaning there wasn't any relegation from Div One anyway.
- Sporting London e Benfica have come in from the Middlesex League (were in the SSML a few years back - will g/s at Amersham)
- Windsor's untimely withdrawl, on the eve of the new season - having also been given a reprieve, has thrown the league a bit.
Looks as if CCL-1 will run with 'odd' numbers (23) - the non-league afficianados think that's far too many for STEP06 anyhow - especially in a division already overblown with groundshares - est. 15 clubs with that arrangement?
- rather a shame for other clubs that applied to step up from County level who were knocked back.
Maidenhead Town for one - have not discovered why their application was unsuccessful. I thought they'd set up a g/s (yet another one) at Burnham for it too?
Other departures saw Windsor & Eton and Eversley & Cal. promoted to Prem N and Prem S respectively
- Belstone have shifted sideways to SSM-1 with Yateley United being shunted over to WESSEX - 1
- the other relegated sides into CCL-1 are Sandhurst, Spelthorne & Berks County - again all three are groundsharers.

SSM-P
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 1-2 Harlow Town
Kings Langley 3-2 Wormley Rovers
Risborough Rangers 1-1 Biggleswade United
SSM-1
Belstone 2-1 Desborough Town

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Plenty of CCL fixtures this coming midweek (some 'local' highlights) :

TUE 29th
Prem North
Holyport v Wokingham T.
Windsor & Eton v Hilltop
Prem South
Fleet T. v Alton
Tadley Calleva v Eversley & Cal.
Thatcham v Badshot Lea
One
Penn & T. v Holmer Gn
Woodley v Depor.

WED 30th
Prem North
Burnham v Reading City
Kidlington v Milton Utd

[Sutekh]

Windsor FC have withdrawn from the Combined Counties League Div 1 for the 2025/6 season.

Do we know why, is it just a lack of funds?

[Four Of Clubs]

Windsor FC have withdrawn from the Combined Counties League Div 1 for the 2025/6 season.

Do we know why, is it just a lack of funds?

.....make of this what you will but they've stated it's:

to "focus their efforts and resources on an ambitious new ground development project".

Somewhat 'odd' as my take, from other sources, was they'd essentially become Beaconsfield's 2nd string ......
....spose there's a couple of E.Berks League sides with grounds they might 'move in on' , should they wish to develop something a bit nearer Windsor?
Seems there were rumblings last season or before, about the time W&E took over Stag Meadow, that Windsor FC were pondering taking a year out, as their deal to play at Arbour Pk, Slough had stalled. Then they 'pitched up' quite literally at Beaconsfield.

[Double C]

That is a really oxf*rd early start for a league

[Royals and Racers]

The National league have suspended Morecambe for the early part of the season- the League will meet on August 20th to discuss what happens next.

[Royals and Racers]

1st non- league match of the seaon for me tonight and i’m off on the motorway to a new ground for me Ashford Town FC ( Middx ) for the match against Virginia Water on the new 3 g pitch. It’s a CC Premier Division North fixture.