The Non - League thread

[Clyde1998]

- in ‘level’ terms the 2 biggest upsets yesterday were (sadly) at Maidenhead v Faversham and Westbury v Oxford City: with the former tie @ York Rd, seeing a team 2 Steps below prevailing away from home.

As mentioned above, Maidenhead had a lot of good chances, but couldn't score. They hit the bar/post in stoppage time and had plenty of chances cleared off the line.

Watching the highlights, I forgot Faversham could've killed the game off though with how chaotic this game was compared to what I'm used to watching Reading ( ). Fair play to Faversham for getting through this as they fought well throughout.

Need to get to more non-league games this season.

I thought Faversham were in the scefl premier and were the ones who beat se dons to the title last year? Which would make them step 5 of non league i think?

But there must be another Faversham because I remember the one who played SE Dons last year had an extremely stupid American name

Looking at that league, Faversham Town (who Maidenhead played) won the Premier; Faversham Strike Force won Division One. I'm guessing it was the latter you're thinking of!

[Double C]

As mentioned above, Maidenhead had a lot of good chances, but couldn't score. They hit the bar/post in stoppage time and had plenty of chances cleared off the line.

Watching the highlights, I forgot Faversham could've killed the game off though with how chaotic this game was compared to what I'm used to watching Reading ( ). Fair play to Faversham for getting through this as they fought well throughout.

Need to get to more non-league games this season.

I thought Faversham were in the scefl premier and were the ones who beat se dons to the title last year? Which would make them step 5 of non league i think?

But there must be another Faversham because I remember the one who played SE Dons last year had an extremely stupid American name

Looking at that league, Faversham Town (who Maidenhead played) won the Premier; Faversham Strike Force won Division One. I'm guessing it was the latter you're thinking of!

yes that is it thanks

STRIKE FORCE GO!!!!!!!

[Royals and Racers]

Off to the Slough Town v Welling replay tomorrow. Hopefully a few goals !

[Four Of Clubs]

Off to the Slough Town v Welling replay tomorrow. Hopefully a few goals !

...for your sake I hope I'm badly wrong but .... "has the proverbial nil-nil written all over it!"

....might check out the 'Fizzers' tonight (Mon) down at the SB (Bracknell) vs the Polish lads (PFC Victoria) in CCL-1

Tue: really not much choice at all - I'm not a fan of 'cup' weeks - which this one seems to be round here.
No 'local' League action apart from in the Isthmian One S-Central
- so an easy option at Ascot vs K's .... but as I'm off this week might make an extra effort to get off the sofa, avoid the Euro stuff and venture out earlier up to Leatherhead v Hartley W or Met Police vs Binfield - not been to either of those for yonks?

Wed: even less on, now Maidenhead Town aren't hosting Finch. in the TVL-P - don't know why it's been put back - maybe the 1878 Stadium has another booking?
- so just Henley v Burghfield - but I was only there a couple of weeks back?

[Royals and Racers]

Off to the Slough Town v Welling replay tomorrow. Hopefully a few goals !

...for your sake I hope I'm badly wrong but .... "has the proverbial nil-nil written all over it!"

....might check out the 'Fizzers' tonight (Mon) down at the SB (Bracknell) vs the Polish lads (PFC Victoria) in CCL-1

Tue: really not much choice at all - I'm not a fan of 'cup' weeks - which this one seems to be round here.
No 'local' League action apart from in the Isthmian One S-Central
- so an easy option at Ascot vs K's .... but as I'm off this week might make an extra effort to get off the sofa, avoid the Euro stuff and venture out earlier up to Leatherhead v Hartley W or Met Police vs Binfield - not been to either of those for yonks?

Wed: even less on, now Maidenhead Town aren't hosting Finch. in the TVL-P - don't know why it's been put back - maybe the 1878 Stadium has another booking?
- so just Henley v Burghfield - but I was only there a couple of weeks back?

My mates off to Abingdon Utd tonight FA Youth cup tie against Bracknell

[Four Of Clubs]

FA 3Q draw made
...pulled out a repeat of the County Cup Final : Flackwell v Bracknell

Ties on w/e 27/09

1 Chester v Curzon Ashton
2 AFC Fylde v Darlington
3 Runcorn Linnets v Ashton United
4 Spennymoor Town v Chadderton
5 Morpeth Town v Radcliffe or Southport
6 Macclesfield v Nantwich Town
7 Dunston v Gainsborough Trinity
8 South Shields v Chorley
9 Marine v Buxton
10 Hyde United v Matlock Town
11 Leiston v Chasetown or Banbury United
12 Enfield Town v Quorn
13 Needham Market v Mulbarton Wanderers or Witham Town
14 Bury Town or Woodford Town v St Albans City
15 Waltham Abbey v Maldon & Tiptree
16 Harborough Town v Peterborough Sports
17 Alvechurch v Chelmsford City
18 Spalding United v Bedford Town or Dagenham & Redbridge
19 Hednesford Town v Billericay Town
20 Royston Town v King’s Lynn Town
21 AFC Telford United v Racing Club Warwick or Evesham United
22 Grimsby Borough or Halesowen Town v Aveley
23 Hemel Hempstead Town v Sporting Khalsa or Hereford
24 Sutton Coldfield Town v Stamford
25 Wimborne Town v Jersey Bulls or Worthing
26 Farnham Town v Dorchester Town
27 Ebbsfleet United v Faversham Town
28 Whitstable Town or Chichester City v Hungerford Town
29 Cray Valley (PM) v Steyning Town Community or Tonbridge Angels
30 Bedfont Sports Club v Welling United or Slough Town
31 Merthyr Town v Hampton & Richmond Borough
32 Sholing v Eastbourne Borough
33 Westfield or Horsham v Folkestone Invicta
34 Salisbury v Dorking Wanderers
35 Westbury United v Farnborough
36 Poole Town v Taunton Town or Weston Super Mare
37 AFC Totton v Shaftesbury or Frome Town
38 Flackwell Heath v Bracknell Town
39 Walton & Hersham v Chippenham Town
40 Chatham Town v Deal Town

[Double C]

Off to the Slough Town v Welling replay tomorrow. Hopefully a few goals !

...for your sake I hope I'm badly wrong but .... "has the proverbial nil-nil written all over it!"

....might check out the 'Fizzers' tonight (Mon) down at the SB (Bracknell) vs the Polish lads (PFC Victoria) in CCL-1

Tue: really not much choice at all - I'm not a fan of 'cup' weeks - which this one seems to be round here.
No 'local' League action apart from in the Isthmian One S-Central
- so an easy option at Ascot vs K's .... but as I'm off this week might make an extra effort to get off the sofa, avoid the Euro stuff and venture out earlier up to Leatherhead v Hartley W or Met Police vs Binfield - not been to either of those for yonks?

Wed: even less on, now Maidenhead Town aren't hosting Finch. in the TVL-P - don't know why it's been put back - maybe the 1878 Stadium has another booking?
- so just Henley v Burghfield - but I was only there a couple of weeks back?

Go to chatham and see se dons play one time!

[Four Of Clubs]

Go to chatham and see se dons play one time!

...soz DC/DD - not a location high on my list of revisits - though is a perfectly serviceable ground
- It's just that for any of the N.Kent coast venues it always involves a bit of an awkward journey from here, even when the Orbital isn't it's usual circular car park - and midweek can be worse.

...thanks for pointing out the 'Dons' new lodgings - had missed their 'move' to Chatham - barely registered a mention on NLM
- was buried away on a groundsharing thread back in May re-posting an announcement from the 'Chats' TwiX account

Chatham Town
@ChathamTownFC
@SEDonsFC
We have entered into a ground-share agreement with SE Dons, who will make the Bauvill stadium their home for the 2025/26 season.
#UpTheChats

- the post also alluded to an hour-long podcast from the club (SE Dons) , that I assume no-one, not directly involved, had the will to sit through! .

The Bauvill Stadium seems to be popular for (somewhat illogical) temporary shares of late - Folkestone have used it very recently. Fairly odd: as they'd drive past Maidstone (a far more convenient ground for them) on the way?
and just as bizarre ..... Three Bridges have 'borrowed' it before that!
- I saw Ashford United there as 'hosts' just for a Cup game, a couple of years back too - presumably they were re-furbing their own Stadium but have now moved down to 'share' with Hythe? Not sure if they played any more games there in 23-24
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Might brave the M25 tonight (Tue) after all, for Leatherhead ... or maybe Kings Langley in a clockwise direction.
That's if the re-building works/diversions from Jn 11 onwards, round towards Gatwick, look too grim to take on
- I also have a few hours for 'cba-ness' to kick in and the sofa to beckon.

Did SB Stadium last night (Mon) for a 'weird' but enthralling CCL-1 contest - Sandhurst T 3-4 PFC Victoria.
- by 'weird' I meant the social media outlets completely lost track of the scoring sequences, times and scorers themselves.
Was eventually ironed out for the most part - a mad finish too - with the visitors grabbing two goals in stoppage time to turn the game back round again. They led twice then 0-1, 1-2 then trailed 3-2 by the 75 minute.

[Royals and Racers]

Slough 1 Welling 0
Welling down to 10 very early after 7 mins. 2 footed tackle. Scott Davies played for Slough. Goal on 78 mins.
Attendance 450

[Four Of Clubs]

Slough 1 Welling 0 ... Goal on 78 mins.

Glad I was wrong about the 0-0

Here's the w/e Preview : double Trophy and Vase w/e:

Saturday 20th Sept

FA Trophy 2Q- Second Qualifying Round
AFC Portchester v Tavistock
Beckenham Town v Hendon
Biggleswade v Hitchin Town
Fareham Town v Bishops Cleeve
Hadley v Ascot United – ‘Yellamen’ beaten 1-2 in the league midweek by Kingstonian and slip out of the top 5 – crowd just below 200
13:30 Harrow Borough v Jersey Bulls
Hartpury v Portishead Town
Hayes & Yeading United v Southall –‘landlords’ v ‘lodgers’
Leatherhead v Kingstonian
Swindon Supermarine v Bideford
Thame United v Winchester City
Waltham Abbey v Lowestoft Town
Walthamstow v Leighton Town
Welwyn Garden City v Tilbury
Westfield v Bognor Regis Town

FA Vase 2Q
Fri 19th
Cannons Wood v Great Wakering Rovers
Langley v Desborough Town
Thornbury Town v Brislington
Tooting & Mitcham United v Guildford City
Sat
AFC Varndenians v Lydd Town
Abbey Rangers v Frimley Green
Abingdon United v Irchester United
Ardley United v Wellingborough Whitworth
Ashford Town (Middx) v Kidlington
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v London Samurai Rovers
Bedfont v Cranfield United
Berks County v Sandhurst Town - @ Ascot
Broadfields United v Wembley
Brook House v Winslow United
Camberley Town v SC Thamesmead
Cove v Alton
Devizes Town v AFC Aldermaston - @Westbury Utd
Easington Sports v Holmer Green
Everett Rovers v Staines & Lammas (Middlesex)
Fisher v Sutton Common Rovers
Guernsey v Croydon
Hallen v Milton United
Hilltop v Bugbrooke St Michaels
Hollands & Blair v SE Dons
Ilford v May & Baker
Lydney Town v Eversley & California
Mendip Broadwalk v Reading City - MB play nr Knowle a southern suburb of Brizzle
– a couple of miles SE of Ashton Gate – and close to the ring road

Molesey v Chessington & Hook United
Moulton v British Airways
Newhaven v Faversham Strike Force
Newport Pagnell Town v Kings Langley
Northampton Sileby Rangers v Crawley Green
Peacehaven & Telscombe v Westside
Phoenix Sports v Sporting Bengal United
Punjab United v Wick
Rusthall v Seaford Town
Saffron Walden Town v Hackney Wick
Sheerwater v Billingshurst
Soul Tower Hamlets v Bridon Ropes
Staplehurst Monarchs v Shoreham
Steyning Town Community v Lewisham Borough
Sutton Athletic v Corinthian-Casuals
Thatcham Town v Avonmouth
19:45 Virginia Water v Kempston Rovers - @ Arbour Pk Slough
Whitchurch United v Bournemouth
Wokingham Town v Cinderford Town


League
NAT
Aldershot Town v Hartlepool United
Brackley Town v Sutton United
Eastleigh v Braintree Town
Morecambe v Wealdstone
Scunthorpe United v Truro City
Tamworth v Yeovil Town
Woking v Forest Green Rovers
NAT-N
Bedford Town v Spennymoor Town
Scarborough Athletic v Oxford City
NAT-S
Dorking Wanderers v Dagenham & Redbridge
Hemel Hempstead Town v Farnborough
Maidstone United v Maidenhead United
Slough Town v Hornchurch
Weston-super-Mare v Chesham United

SLP-C
AFC Sudbury v Stratford Town
Banbury United v Spalding United – – ‘Puritans’ progress to FAC 3Q with a replay win on pens over Chasetown in midweek
Bury Town v Alvechurch
Halesowen Town v St Ives Town
Leiston v Harborough Town
Needham Market v Stamford
Quorn v Royston Town
Worcester City v Real Bedford
SLP-S
Basingstoke Town v Havant & Waterlooville
Berkhamsted v Plymouth Parkway
Bracknell Town v Walton & Hersham
Chertsey Town v Gosport Borough
Farnham Town v Taunton Town
Hungerford Town v Poole Town
Sholing v Hanwell Town
Tiverton Town v Uxbridge
Weymouth v Gloucester City
SL1- C
Flackwell Heath v Leverstock Green
SL1-S
Didcot Town v Bashley

IL1-SC
Binfield v Raynes Park Vale – Moles led three times at Met Pol on Tue but had to settle for a point following a 93’ equaliser
Hartley Wintney v Metropolitan Police – Hartley won 1-0 at unbeaten leaders Leatherhead in midweek and climb to 4th, with games in hand
Horndean v Hanworth Villa

CCL-PN
Holyport v Windsor & Eton
North Leigh v Amersham Town
Wallingford & Crowmarsh v Burnham
CCL-PS
Horley Town v Cobham
Redhill v Fleet Town
Tadley Calleva v Badshot Lea
CCL-1
Chalfont St Peter v PFC Victoria London
Colliers Wood United v Woodley United
FC Deportivo Galicia v Hillingdon Borough
Oxhey Jets v Spelthorne Sports
Sport London e Benfica v Spartans Youth

HELL-P
Royal Wootton Bassett Town v Cribbs
Worcester Raiders v Highworth Town
HELL-1
Alcester Town v Wantage Town
Chipping Sodbury Town v Thame United Reserves

SSM-P
Risborough Rangers v Dunstable Town

WESS-P
Andover New Street v Brockenhurst
Petersfield Town v AFC Stoneham
WESS-1
Alresford Town v Yateley United
Ringwood Town v Kintbury Rangers

TVL-P 14:00
Finchampstead v Henley Town
Newbury Town v Westwood Wanderers