Sydenhams Football League News 2020/21 Edition Number 13
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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 13 Hello and welcome to the latest edition of your Newsletter, if you have anything to contribute, please do get in touch by email- [email protected] You can keep up to date with all the news from around the League by following us on Twitter at - @Sydwessex You are more than welcome to use any material (excluding attributed photographs) but it would be appreciated if any material used is acknowledged. It is hoped you enjoy reading this each week. With readership quite widespread, not only within our own competition, but across the three counties and beyond- if ANY club has anything they’d like to have published in here, whether that be a request for helpers, promotion of forthcoming events, items required or available for sale please contact the Newsletter Editor. As a general reminder- Match Reports, player news and photos are always welcome- it is your Newsletter! Saturday, 26 September 2020 Page 1 of 19 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 13 ARE YOU LISTENING ? 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 3pm to 5pm 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, 26 September 2020 Page 2 of 19 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 13 Saturday, 26 September 2020 Page 3 of 19 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 13 STAT ATTACK LEAGUE GOALS COUNT THIS WEEK PREMIER DIVISION 39 DIVISION ONE 43 LEADING GOALSCORERS – LEAGUE GAMES ONLY Details are based on clubs being up to date with records on Full Time at time of going to press and or may not include League goals from this weekend. PREMIER DIVISION Rudi Blankson Baffins Milton Rovers 4 Ashley Elson Alresford Town 3 Ash Pope Christchurch 3 Tommy Scutt Baffins Milton Rovers 3 DIVISION ONE Russell Jones Laverstock & Ford 5 Clayd Roach Folland Sports 3 Scott Sanderson Alton 3 Chae Sykes Laverstock & Ford 3 WATCHING BRIEF Top three League attendances PREMIER DIVISION AFC Portchester V AFC Stoneham 232 26 September Bashley V Horndean 220 26 September Fareham Town V AFC Portchester 211 8 September DIVISION ONE Romsey Town V New Milton Town 218 5 September Andover Town V Fawley 148 5 September Downton V Alton 146 5 September SHARPEST AND MEANEST Leading goalscoring teams in the League and the meanest defences PREMIER DIVISION SHARPEST MEANEST Fareham Town 15 Hamworthy United 1 Baffins Milton Rovers 12 Lymington Town 1 Horndean 11 Blackfield & Langley 2 Fleet Town 10 AFC Portchester 3 Hamworthy United 8 Christchurch 3 Bournemouth 8 DIVISION ONE SHARPEST MEANEST Laverstock & Ford 15 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 1 Folland Sports 11 Andover New Street 2 Alton 10 Folland Sports 3 United Services Portsmouth 10 Romsey Town 3 Andover Town 9 United Services Portsmouth 5 Ringwood Town 9 Saturday, 26 September 2020 Page 4 of 19 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 13 MIDWEEK RESULTS Sunday 20 September Buildbase FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round Newport (IOW) 2-2 Calne Town 151 [5-3 on penalties] Lewis McCarron 26 Connor Kelly 63 pen Jamie Walters 77 Joe Craig 79 Tuesday 22 September Emirates FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round Christchurch 2-1 Dorchester Town 300 OG 49 Tom Blair 8 Harvey Wright 90 Cowes Sports 0-5 Weston Super Mare 300 Chris Knowles 37, 71 Jacob Jagger-Cane 44 Lloyd Humphries 52 Keiran Thomas 57 Frome Town 4-1 AFC Stoneham 238 Jake Jackson 3 Sam Woodward 37 Joe O'Loughlin 21 Kane Simpson 34 Jon Davies 81 Tadley Calleva 0-1 Truro City 297 Alex Battle 38 MIDWEEK MATCH REPORTS Tuesday 22 September Emirates FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round COWES SPORTS 0-5 WESTON-SUPER-MARE THIS was a big ask for step 5 side Cowes against opponents who play two levels higher but had only commenced their season last Saturday. But there was a lot between the teams on the evening writes Gary Day. The key moments came ten minutes or so either side of half-time when the Seagulls notched four of their goals. They could have scored more but for some fine keeping by Ed Hatt. Right from the outset the Somerset side played fine cohesive football but some gallant early defending by the Yachtsmen kept them at bay. Some overplaying out of the Weston defence produced a chance for Phillips whose effort was blocked by a defender. Weston had a half-hearted handball shout in the Cowes penalty box but all they got was a corner. Cowes continued to work hard at the back to quell the Weston tide but when they had the ball Cowes struggled to put moves together. This was contrary to Weston whose good pass and move play looked like simplicity but was, of course, well drilled. Hall almost put Weston in front when he took a cross field pass on the volley from a wide position but Hatt adjusted well to palm the ball out at his near post. Jagger-Cane and Waite fired over and just when the home gathering wondered whether Sports could take a 0-0 situation into half-time, some good work down the left involving Grubb and Hall saw a dangerous cross into the box and the lunging KNOWLES knocked it home. McFarlane put in a good cross for Cowes which was headed clear but, a minute before the break, Cowes were opened up and JAGGER-CANE’s header drifted home, despite the despairing attempt by a defender to clear, the referee’s assistant confirming the ball to be over the line. HT 0-2. Considering the journey made by the visiting side, half-time was sensibly taken on the pitch by the teams and within ten minutes, the second half commenced. This half started in the same way as the first had finished and Weston had already caused problems to Cowes before HUMPHRIES struck a well-controlled half-volley from 25-yards into the corner (Cowes a bit unlucky claiming a foul in the build-up). It was soon four when a corner was partially cleared and a good pass left THOMAS to shoot home. It was suddenly looking like a long Saturday, 26 September 2020 Page 5 of 19 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 13 evening for the home side. KNOWLES added his second for the Seagulls, a neat volley from a Jones cross and Hatt made a good save, touching over a Grubb shot. Phillips tried a distant shot for Cowes but keeper Parnell was down to save. Weston had an opportunity to score a sixth goal when Knowles was tripped in the area and the same player looked for his hat-trick but Hatt got a strong hand to his firm spot-kick. A great run down the right by Wykes almost brought Cowes a consolation but Phillips missed his header in the middle. FT: 0-5 in front of a COVID restricted capacity crowd of 300. So, who remembers the days of 7.30pm kick-offs and the game finishing at ten-past nine? Yes, this was a rarity in this-day-and-age! Add to that, with the absence of the fast service late in the evening, the ‘slow boat’ from East Cowes was necessary. To do this a short stretch of the River Medina must be crossed and with the floating bridge once again out of action, an open top motor launch was taken. The sight of twelve face- masked people sat on it on the crossing in the dark was surreal … akin to a prison escape film! But remember, no more than a few months ago it would certainly have aroused suspicion. Times change! MIDWEEK ROUND UP Only four games to cover, all in the Emirates FA Cup and all involving member Clubs facing higher ranked opposition. The honours on the night go to CHRISTCHURCH, the only winners, who came from a goal down to defeat Dorchester by two goals to one at Hurn Bridge. Tom Blair put the Southern League Premier South Club ahead only for an own goal and a Harvey Wright strike to give our side a famous victory. Wright’s goal came in the 90th minute and if you are going to score a winning goal then that is very much the time to do so! Given their relative closeness in the geographical sense it is a surprise that this is the first time the two Clubs had met in the Competition.