SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 44

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ARE YOU LISTENING ?

Now broadcasting on Sunday 14:00 to 16:00

The Sydenhams Wessex Football League Show is the official podcast of the Sydenhams Wessex League. We’re on air live from the 103.9 Voice FM studios in Southampton from 14:00 to 16:00 every Sunday and you can also listen live on www.voicefmradio.co.uk from anywhere in the world. You can listen again afterwards, normally just one hour after the show has finished via the same website and there is also a Voice FM App you can download to your Phone I-Pad or Computer device. Our aim is to promote all local football but specifically the 38 teams of the Sydenhams Wessex League. So far, we have had managers, chairmen, players, press officers and secretaries joining us as studio guests and phone guests; from many Sydenhams Wessex League clubs, as well as guests from local teams both higher up and lower down the pyramid. This is your show and is a platform for your club to promote its events and raise its profile. If your club produces post-match interviews, please either email us a copy of the audio or give permission for us to play them on air straight from your website or social media sites, as we will aim to play them on the show. Please come and join us one Sunday, at the moment, no guests will be allowed in the Studio, but please email [email protected] or [email protected] for more information. Saturday, 01 May 2021 Page 3 of 8

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FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Monday May 3rd Fripp-Smith Trophy Group A Fleet Town v Eversley & California Tuesday May 4th Hampshire Supplementary Cup 4th & 5th place play off Andover Town v East Cowes Victoria Brockenhurst v Petersfield Town Ringwood Town v United Services Portsmouth Wednesday May 5th Hampshire Supplementary Cup 4th & 5th place play off Fawley AFC v Whitchurch United Saturday May 8th Buildbase FA Vase Semi Final United Services Portsmouth v Binfield Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Quarter Final CQF1 AFC Portchester v Blackfield & Langley CQF2 AFC Totton v Alton CQF3 Winchester City v Alton CQF4 Hartley Wintney v New Milton Town Hampshire Senior Invitational Supplementary Cup Quarter Final QFs1 Hamble Club v Andover Town or East Cowes Victoria QFs2 Hythe & Dibden v Ringwood Town or United Services Portsmouth QFs3 Bemerton Heath Harlequins v Fawley AFC or Whitchurch United QFs4 Cove v Brockenhurst or Petersfield Town Tuesday May 11th Sydenhams League Cup Semi Final Hamworthy United v Bashley United Services Portsmouth v Bemerton Heath Harlequins Saturday May 15th Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Semi Final CSF1 Winner of CQF4 v Winner of CQF1 CSF2 Winner of CQF3 v Winner of CQF2 Hampshire Senior Invitational Supplementary Cup Semi Final SFs1 Winner of QFs2 v Winner of QFs1 SFs2 Winner of QFs4 v Winner of QFs3 Saturday May 22nd Sydenhams League Cup Final (at AFC Portchester 15.00) Friday May 28th and Saturday May 29th Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Final Winner of CSF1 v Winner of CSF2 Hampshire Senior Invitational Supplementary Cup Final Winner of SFs2 v Winner of SFs1

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BOTTOM OF THE WORLD – THE OTHER CUP FINAL

On the 30th June 2002 Brazil defeated Germany 2-0 in the Final of the World Cup in front of 70,000 spectators in Yokohama Japan with the game receiving worldwide coverage via every possible source, but on the same day another “Cup Final” took place in a vastly different setting and in front of less than 7,000 spectators. In the FIFA World Rankings for the year 2001, the bottom two Countries, in 201st and 202nd places, were and Montserrat and two Dutch Ad-Agency Directors came up with the idea that the two sides should meet and, against all the odds, the game took place in Bhutan on the same day as the World Cup Final. The Island of Montserrat had been tragically and badly damaged by a major volcanic eruption in 1996 and the Montserrat authorities agreed to the game on the grounds it would put the Island, albeit briefly, in the limelight and provide a major topic of interest for the local population. The logistics of getting from the Caribbean to Bhutan are beyond contemplation and a look at You Tube Clips of the flight from Kathmandu to Bhutan and the landing at Bhutan Airport would not exactly be encouraging. It appears that the planes pass closely by Mount Everest rather than over it!! A brief outline of the football in the two nations. Bhutan has a and a Super League, both with eight Clubs, and a three up, three down relegation between the two, plus four regional Leagues. In 2018 the Country entered the qualifying stages of the World Cup and defeated Sri Lanka home and away but conceded six against China, seven against Hong Kong and fifteen against Qatar, They also lost 9-3 to the Maldives in a game in which their Coach was sacked at half time! Again, one wonders at the logistics of the travel. There has been organised football in Montserrat since 1970 and in 2018 there was a Championship involving ten clubs though football takes second place to cricket in terms of popularity on the Island. The National side is taking place in the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers where they have drawn with Antigua & Barbuda and El Salvador and have yet to play the US Virgin Islands, Grenada and Trinidad & Tobago. The vast majority of their current International squad actually play for Clubs in this Country, mainly in the upper levels of the Non- League pyramid. The Island has a population of around 5,000 against Bhutan’s 770,000 – a slight difference. Add to this that Bhutan is 7,400 feet above sea level and Montserrat were somewhat disadvantaged. So to the match itself but little in the way of a match report can be found. It was 1-0 to the hosts at the break and, no doubt affected by the altitude, Montserrat conceded three more goals between the 67th and 76th minutes to give the hosts a resounding victory. At the time this was Bhutan’s first ever win and the first time they had kept a clean sheet. There was an English connection to the day as the referee was Steve Bennett from Kent, at the time a Premiership Referee. Surely one of his strangest appointments. Both Countries have improved their rankings in the 2020 listing with Bhutan at 187 and Montserrat at 180 out of a total of 210 Countries. A most unusual fixture and credit to all that took part and assisted in making it happen.

ADVANCE NOTICE OF ROADWORKS - A31 RINGWOOD

Those travelling to or from Bournemouth, Christchurch, Hamworthy United, Ringwood Town and Verwood Town could face a year of traffic chaos as a busy slip road onto the A31 could close for a year. Highways plans to introduce a third lane and widen the A31 in Ringwood when works start later this year. Whilst it is appreciated that this is a long way ahead, please bookmark this in readiness as it is likely to cause a great deal of congestion locally. The works mean the westbound slip road from the Ringwood Roundabout will close in November, potentially for a whole year. This may mean drivers are forced to travel east and turning at Poulner to head West towards Bournemouth. A contraflow system will also be in place, meaning road users travelling west will move to the eastbound carriageway. The project is planned to commence in November with the reconstruction of the slip road, and then from January 2022, the A31 westbound will be closed to facilitate the reconstruction work, construction of a third lane and demolition work.”

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RESULTS ROUNDUP

Tuesday 27 April Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Group 1 AFC Portchester H-W United Services Portsmouth Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Group 2 Blackfield & Langley 4-0 Fawley AFC Rudy Plummer Cassius Newton Dom Panesar-Dower [2] Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Group 3 Ringwood Town 0-2 Bemerton Heath Harlequins Justin Bennett Harvey Clark Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Group 4 Cove 1-2 Alton Lloyd Snell 70 Matt Graham 31 pen Chris Horton 85 Hartley Wintney H-W Whitchurch United Friendly Tadley Calleva 3-0 Bracknell Town Wednesday 28 April Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Group 1 Petersfield Town 2-3 Folland Sports Will Essai 25 Clayd Roach Jordan Geddes 85 Ethan Anders Arshia Sheibatzadeh Friday 30 April Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Group 3 Winchester City 4-0 Brockenhurst Saturday 1 May Buildbase FA Vase Quarter Final United Services Portsmouth 2-0 Flackwell Heath James Franklyn 31 Harry Sargeant 84 Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Group 1 Folland Sports H-W United Services Portsmouth Hamble Club 1-3 AFC Portchester Mac Gange Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Group 2 Blackfield & Langley 5-2 Hythe & Dibden Christos Papakonstantinou Diego Romero East Cowes Victoria 1-3 AFC Totton

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Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Group 3 New Milton Town 3-2 Bemerton Heath Harlequins Morgan Turner Chris Long Aaron Scott Hampshire Senior Invitational Cup Group 4 Hartley Wintney 7-0 Andover Town Toby Raggett [3] James Beauchamp [2] Reece Cave Tom Bird Whitchurch United 0-2 Alton Oli Graham 70 Steve Black 87 Fripp-Smith Trophy Group A Frimley Green 2-2 Fleet Town

Final tables from the Group stages of the Competition.

RANK GROUP 1 PL W D L F A GD Pts 1 AFC Portchester 4 4 0 0 7 3 4 12 2 Folland Sports 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7 3 Hamble Club 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 7 4 Petersfield Town 4 1 0 3 4 7 -3 3 5 United Services Portsmouth 4 0 0 4 1 2 -1 0

RANK GROUP 2 PL W D L F A GD Pts 1 AFC Totton 4 4 0 0 18 3 15 12 2 Blackfield & Langley 4 3 0 1 17 7 10 9 3 Hythe & Dibden 4 1 1 2 6 13 -7 4 4 Fawley AFC 4 0 2 2 2 10 -8 2 5 East Cowes Victoria 4 0 1 3 3 13 -10 1

RANK GROUP 3 PL W D L F A GD Pts 1 Winchester City 4 3 1 0 14 3 11 10 3 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 7 4 Ringwood Town 4 1 0 3 4 11 -7 3 5 Brockenhurst 4 0 0 4 2 10 -8 0

RANK GROUP 4 PL W D L F A GD Pts 1 Hartley Wintney 4 4 0 0 16 2 14 12 2 Alton 4 2 0 2 6 8 -2 6 3 Cove 4 1 1 2 9 12 -3 4 4 Andover Town 4 1 1 2 6 13 -7 4 5 Whitchurch United 4 0 2 2 6 8 -2 2

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Unfortunately a number of clubs have yet to supply their scorer details from the final round of the Group stage so I am unable to provide an updated leading goalscorer table, hopefully this will be in place for next weekend. Thanks to those who did respond, it was much appreciated.

LEAGUE NEWS

Congratulations to United Services Portsmouth , who reached the last four in the Buildbase FA Vase with a superb performance today against Flackwell Heath. In the other Quarter Finals, Leighton Town were beaten by Walsall Wood 2-1 whilst Binfield won at Long Eaton United, scoring five without reply. Warrington Rylands will play Hebburn Town on Saturday, this game is delayed because Hebburn are in the 2019/20 Final this Bank Holiday Monday! We extend our best wishes for our team this coming Saturday, just 90 minutes chaps!

THE LAST WORD

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