The Non - League thread

[floyd__streete]

I might see if I can manage thelocal dust-up @ York Rd?

Get involved FoC. I will be leaving the Madj right as the injury time board comes up to get onto the first bus outta there, hopefully be in 'ding in time for the 14:33 train to Maidenhead. Come and find me at YR, I'll buy you a pint. I'm the tall fat one with the sh*t beard.

[Terminal Boardom]

New ground for me tomorrow provided it doesn't get called off.

[Huckleberry Hound]

I'm straight up the M4 after tomorrow's game to watch Staines at Brentford.

[Four Of Clubs]

I might see if I can manage thelocal dust-up @ York Rd?

Get involved FoC. I will be leaving the Madj right as the injury time board comes up to get onto the first bus outta there, hopefully be in 'ding in time for the 14:33 train to Maidenhead. Come and find me at YR, I'll buy you a pint. I'm the tall fat one with the sh*t beard.

...Pitch Inspection at York Rd happening now (11:00) - doesn't look promising..... - could be an afternoon in following our yawnfe$t vs the Fakies?

[Christof]

I might see if I can manage thelocal dust-up @ York Rd?

Get involved FoC. I will be leaving the Madj right as the injury time board comes up to get onto the first bus outta there, hopefully be in 'ding in time for the 14:33 train to Maidenhead. Come and find me at YR, I'll buy you a pint. I'm the tall fat one with the sh*t beard.

...Pitch Inspection at York Rd happening now (11:00) - doesn't look promising..... - could be an afternoon in following our yawnfe$t vs the Fakies?

If no play at Maidenhead, come on down to Becky SYCOB, pints with your name on for Slough Town vs Potters Bar - I shall also be playing the tall and fat card...

[Four Of Clubs]

If no play at Maidenhead, come on down to Becky SYCOB, pints with your name on for Slough Town vs Potters Bar - I shall also be playing the tall and fat card...

Many thanks for both kind offers

... and I trust 'Floyders' made York Rd in time (or not long after)

- roads were absotively ph£(&ed after the match @ MadStad - much as I'd expected - especially around Morrisons/Basingstoke Rd - and neither of my offspring with me this PM, wanted to take in another game after that dross (understandable). I even offered up Fleet Town v Stratford - new grounds for both of them - but they declined - it ended 2-7 !

Eventually made it back home to RG1 at about 15:00 - threw them out the car - having checked on my eldests' iPhone what was on/off - and dashed over to Palmer Pk.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
the rest of the NL results this PM

FA Cup 1st Round Proper
{Played Friday 8th}
Bristol Rovers 3-3 York City
AFC Wimbledon 1-3 Coventry City

Saturday 9th November
FA Cup 1st Round Proper
Morecambe 0-3 Southend United
Walsall 3-0 Shrewsbury Town
Boreham Wood 0-0 Carlisle United
St Albans City 1-8 {EIGHT} Mansfield Town
Milton Keynes Dons 4-1 FC Halifax Town
Tamworth 1-0 Cheltenham Town
Grimsby Town 0-0 Scunthorpe United
Bury PP Cambridge United
Corby Town 1-2 Dover Athletic
Colchester United 2-3 Sheffield United
Oxford United 2-2 Gateshead
Hartlepool United 3-2 Notts County
Wrexham 3-1 Alfreton Town
Chesterfield 2-0 Daventry Town
Bristol City 3-0 Dagenham & Redbridge
Preston North End 6-0 Barnet
Rotherham United 3-0 Bradford City
Gillingham 1-1 Brackley Town – Gills with 96’ equaliser
Salisbury City 4-2 Dartford
Accrington Stanley 0-1 Tranmere Rovers
Brentford 5-0 Staines Town
Stevenage 2-1 Portsmouth
Leyton Orient 5-2 Southport
Peterborough United 2-0 Exeter City
Torquay United 0-2 Rochdale
Braintree Town 1-1 Newport County
Oldham Athletic 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lincoln City 0-0 Plymouth Argyle
Kidderminster Harriers 4-1 Sutton United
Hednesford Town 1-2 Crawley Town
Stourbridge 4-1 Biggleswade Town
Welling United 2-1 Luton Town
Macclesfield Town 4-0 Swindon Town
Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Crewe Alexandra
Gloucester City 0-2 Fleetwood Town

CONFN
Oxford City 4-1 Stockport
CONFS
Concord Rangers PP Eastbourne Borough
Dorchester Town 0-2 Bath City
Eastleigh 1-0 Farnborough
Havant & Waterlooville PP Chelmsford City
Hayes & Yeading Utd 3-2 Whitehawk
Maidenhead United 0-1 Basingstoke Town att 314
Tonbridge Angels PP Ebbsfleet United

SOUTHP
Bashley 1-2 Burnham
Truro City 1-1 Chesham United
Weymouth 1-3 Hungerford Town
SOUTH1C
Ashford Town (Middx) 0-2 Royston Town
Aylesbury 1-3 Chalfont St Peter
Aylesbury United 0-1 Marlow
Chertsey Town 1-2 Beaconsfield SYCOB
Kettering Town 1-0 Egham Town
North Greenford United PP Leighton Town
Northwood 3-0 St Ives Town
Rugby Town 3-1 Uxbridge
Slough Town 4-3 Potters Bar Town – huge turn-around from 35’ mark - with visitors 3-0 up – Rebels score on 35’ then again just before HT goal by Dyer, who goes on to net a hat-trick for a remarkable win.
SOUTH1S&W
Bishops Cleeve PP Guildford City
Cinderford Town 1-1 Thatcham Town
Cirencester Town 4-1 Merthyr Town
Didcot Town 6-2 Clevedon Town but also - as 'Diddy' soar up to 5th from bottom
Fleet Town 2-7 {SEVEN} Stratford Town

CCLP – weather evidently far worse around Surrey/Hants/Middx
Ash United PP Hartley Wintney
Bedfont Sports PP Windsor
Camberley Town 4-0 Alton Town
Chessington & Hook United PP Molesey
Cove PP Badshot Lea
Farnham Town PP Horley Town
Frimley Green PP Colliers Wood United
Mole Valley SCR PP Hanworth Villa
Raynes Park Vale PP Epsom & Ewell
South Park PP Wembley
Westfield 2-1 Croydon
CCL1
AFC Croydon Athletic 1-0 Staines Lammas
Banstead Athletic PP Epsom Athletic
CB Hounslow United PP Cobham
Eversley & California 5-1 Sheerwater
Sandhurst Town PP Farleigh Rovers
South Kilburn PP Knaphill
Worcester Park 2-1 Bedfont & Feltham

HELLP
Abingdon Town PP Highworth Town
Ascot United 3-1 Bracknell Town att 125
Brimscombe & Thrupp PP Wootton Bassett Town
Highmoor Ibis 2-1 Oxford City Nomads
–att 38
as above - got here (10’ late missed opener for home team – no-one to take gate money – no progs left) hard fought win for the home side
Newbury 3-3 Holyport
Reading Town 1-0 Cheltenham Saracens - RTFC now 4 points clear but Wantage in 2nd have 6 games in hand; Ardley on a game more than them, a point further back.
Thame United 2-1 Binfield - Moles on a dreadful run now lost 4 in 5 - need to turn things round quickly good opportunity Monday eve H v WBT just below them.
Wantage Town PP Abingdon United
HELL1W
Letcombe 1-4 Hook Norton
HELL1E
Chinnor 2-0 Finchampstead
Headington Amateurs 1-2 Milton United
Wokingham & Emmbrook 2-0 Henley Town
Woodley Town PP Maidenhead United

Wycombe Senior Cup R2
Flackwell Heath 4-2 Aylesbury Dynamoes
Cookham Dean 0-3 Chalfont Wasps

Challenge Cup R2
Penn & Tylers Green 0-2 Ardley United aet

WESSP
Whitchurch United PP Fareham Town
Winchester City 0-2 Newport (IOW)
WESS1
Fleet Spurs 3-1 Stockbridge
Ringwood Town PP Tadley Calleva
United Services Portsmouth PP Andover New Street

[Huckleberry Hound]

Only missed the first 5 minutes at Griffin Park (& the last minute of injury time at the Mad Stad).

Staines played some decent football & never gave up, but once Brentford had their first there was only going to be one result. They didn't even have to earn it - an obvious handball at a corner giving then an easy penalty (shame Trotta didn't take it).

A consolation goal would have been nice, but here's hoping we can recover quickly & keep our 100% home league record going against Weston-super-Mud on Tuesday.

[AthleticoSpizz]

St Albans City 1-8 {EIGHT} Mansfield Town

and some other results from the past week from our men from the steps:

Heybridge Swifts 7 (SEVEN) Wroxham 2
Met Police 3 Middlesex W 8 (EIGHT)
Hemel Hempstead 10 (TEN) Bashley 0

and (of course) my own personal favourite

Wakefield 4 Lancaster City 9 (NINE)

[Royal Rother]

Keith Scott for Maidenhead?

[AthleticoSpizz]

Has Drax been sacked?

[Royal Rother]

No sorry, I'm being a bit presumptuous but of just can't see it being allowed to go onuch longer.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Still above the drop zone (which is marginally better than normal)....no money..key players out with injuries and smallish crowds even for " the local derbies"

What do the fans and directors of Maidenhead really expect?

[King of Sting]

Still above the drop zone (which is marginally better than normal)....no money..key players out with injuries and smallish crowds even for " the local derbies"

What do the fans and directors of Maidenhead really expect?

Champions League within 10 years ?

[Royalist]

No money? Rules Keith Scott out right away.

[Four Of Clubs]

St Albans City 1-8 {EIGHT} Mansfield Town

and some other results from the past week from our men from the steps:

Heybridge Swifts 7 (SEVEN) Wroxham 2
Met Police 3 Middlesex W 8 (EIGHT)
Hemel Hempstead 10 (TEN) Bashley 0

and (of course) my own personal favourite

Wakefield 4 Lancaster City 9 (NINE)

Looking on the NLM Forum it seems their is something distinctly odd going on - there have been about half-a-doz 9-4 results around the Pyramid in the last month or so?

...ANYWHICH - from our area but far too deep into the folds of the hardcore Anorak for me to feature - maybe AP will flinch slightly in recognition - but thought it noteworthy to mention a result some of you may have missed from yesterday :

North Berks Football League - War Memorial Cup First Round: Wantage Town 'A' (TWENTY-SEVEN) 27-0 Appleton Stars

- The home side are Wantage Town's 3rds - though part of me wondered if they took advantage of their Firsts' & Ressies matches being rained off to give a few players a run out in the 3rds - I'm sure they wouldn't overdo it - though certainly one name crops up in this season's Firsts squad listing? There were also 10 different goal scorers; including a 9, a 4 and two hat-tricks.
They are currently 2nd in NBFL Div 2 - if the NBFL was still part of the pyramid - which I think it isn't officially, for the first time this year - that would be about STEP09. 'Stars' as they are somewhat ironically named - play down in Div 5 - so roughly STEP12.
They are notorious for being primarily interested in the 'social side' of organised sport. This season in the league they have: Played 7 Lost 7 GD already -47 - Finest result - possibly in recent history was 5-8 defeat vs newly formed Didcot Eagles.
Last season 12-13 'Stars' played 22 lost 21 - drew 1 GD -174.
They joined the N.Berks in 09/10 season got nil points from 20 games conceding 204 goals and unsurprisingly were relegated to Div 5 - perhaps most surprising is that they were placed into Div 4 in their first season!
Following season 10/11 they still finished last but actually won 3 out of 20 - sadly just a blip as they reverted to type in 11/12 losing all 18 league matches.

It is admirable that they can turn out every week (nearly - they have been known to 'scratch' occasionally but I assume the league are especially lenient to a fault on their behalf, due to their unwavering goodwill and 'Corinthian-like' spirit) I do intend to get to one of their matches before long - probably 'silly season' April/May next year - although this season they are borrowing Hanney Utd's pitch in East Hanney.

[Terminal Boardom]

There is no way any club in Berks will touch KS with a barge pole. He has such a poor reputation that goes before him. Just goes to show that having FA Coaching Badges does not mean you are any good.

Got dicked by the weather on Saturday but thankfully found out about 15 minutes after leaving home. That resulted with a dash back towards home and watch the Reading game in the pub

[Alan Partridge]

St Albans City 1-8 {EIGHT} Mansfield Town

and some other results from the past week from our men from the steps:

Heybridge Swifts 7 (SEVEN) Wroxham 2
Met Police 3 Middlesex W 8 (EIGHT)
Hemel Hempstead 10 (TEN) Bashley 0

and (of course) my own personal favourite

Wakefield 4 Lancaster City 9 (NINE)

Looking on the NLM Forum it seems their is something distinctly odd going on - there have been about half-a-doz 9-4 results around the Pyramid in the last month or so?

...ANYWHICH - from our area but far too deep into the folds of the hardcore Anorak for me to feature - maybe AP will flinch slightly in recognition - but thought it noteworthy to mention a result some of you may have missed from yesterday :

North Berks Football League - War Memorial Cup First Round: Wantage Town 'A' (TWENTY-SEVEN) 27-0 Appleton Stars

- The home side are Wantage Town's 3rds - though part of me wondered if they took advantage of their Firsts' & Ressies matches being rained off to give a few players a run out in the 3rds - I'm sure they wouldn't overdo it - though certainly one name crops up in this season's Firsts squad listing? There were also 10 different goal scorers; including a 9, a 4 and two hat-tricks.
They are currently 2nd in NBFL Div 2 - if the NBFL was still part of the pyramid - which I think it isn't officially, for the first time this year - that would be about STEP09. 'Stars' as they are somewhat ironically named - play down in Div 5 - so roughly STEP12.
They are notorious for being primarily interested in the 'social side' of organised sport. This season in the league they have: Played 7 Lost 7 GD already -47 - Finest result - possibly in recent history was 5-8 defeat vs newly formed Didcot Eagles.
Last season 12-13 'Stars' played 22 lost 21 - drew 1 GD -174.
They joined the N.Berks in 09/10 season got nil points from 20 games conceding 204 goals and unsurprisingly were relegated to Div 5 - perhaps most surprising is that they were placed into Div 4 in their first season!
Following season 10/11 they still finished last but actually won 3 out of 20 - sadly just a blip as they reverted to type in 11/12 losing all 18 league matches.

It is admirable that they can turn out every week (nearly - they have been known to 'scratch' occasionally but I assume the league are especially lenient to a fault on their behalf, due to their unwavering goodwill and 'Corinthian-like' spirit) I do intend to get to one of their matches before long - probably 'silly season' April/May next year - although this season they are borrowing Hanney Utd's pitch in East Hanney.

Played against them in their first season in Div 4, we beat them 16-0 as well as missing a penalty because our striker decided to try and chip the keeper. Yeah well done.

It was waterlogged pretty much, they had 9 men and a kit they'd got together because the previous week they'd lost natch and half the team quit and took the kit with them.

They are to be admired that they've kept it going, especially this year as they've been kicked off their pitch due to some unpaid bill or something or other and have managed to organise a temporary solution to continue their weekly massacre's.

There is quite a bit of ill feeling around N Berks clubs towards the likes of Wantage and Abingdon Utd Ressies being in the system, if their players from the 1st/reserves turned up to play appleton then that says more about them than it does about the Appleton lads. Smash them 27-0 score 9 yeah well done.

[floyd__streete]

Still above the drop zone (which is marginally better than normal)....no money..key players out with injuries and smallish crowds even for " the local derbies"

What do the fans and directors of Maidenhead really expect?

Fans - mostly, apart from one or two keyboard warriors - fully behind Drax for the reasons highlighted above. He is one of Maidenhead's very best managers ever, they could hardly hope to do better in that department. The chairman, Peter Griffin, luckily is a family guy who fully backs the manager.....can't see Drax leaving any time soon unless of his own volition of course.

Missed the game Saturday as thanks to Reading's diabolical traffic even in securing on the first bus from the stadium I missed the train by seconds so instead headed home to spend my York Road entrance fee on booze

[Terminal Boardom]

It feels as if Maidenhead have been at that level for ages. To have been so is a remarkable achievement for the club.

[Royal Rother]

BBTL mentioned a month ago that the 1st murmurings of discontent were in evidence from the crowd, since which I think they've lost every game, so I would imagine it might be getting a little uncomfortable for him?

Whenever he's been on BBCRB he sounds like an upbeat decent guy - let's hope he can retain the general support of the fans.