Sydenhams Football League News 2020/21 Edition Number 40
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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 40 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! Friday, 02 April 2021 Page 1 of 16 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 40 ALL OFFERS RUN FROM 1 MARCH TO 31 MAY 2021. AVAILABLE IN BRANCH OR TO ORDER. OFFERS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY Friday, 02 April 2021 Page 2 of 16 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 40 FAREWELL TO THE WESSEX COMBINATION It was ten years ago that a meeting was held with most of the clubs to report back on the talks that had been held on the future of Combination football in 2011/12. The League Board were given feedback as to how the proposed Wyvern League would be established, with it originally planned to consist of Step 4 and above clubs (7-9 had at the time expressed interest), our own member clubs together with possibly some Hampshire Premier League teams. Dependant on numbers this would establish a Premier Division, plus one or two further leagues on a regional or geographical basis. A number of constitutional issues needed to be addressed but it was indicated by 22 to 5 that there was an interest in this being a way forward. It was agreed that the steering committee would consult each of the member clubs to establish their individual interest and discussions would continue. Subsequently it was agreed at an EGM that the then current Combination league would cease at the end of the 2010/11 season and in its place will be the Wyvern League. The clubs involved voted 17 to 4 in favour of the new setup to provide reserve team football, and it was further confirmed that whilst the Wessex League would start on August 13th, the fresh new start for the Wyvern League would be one week later, August 20th. This is a brief look at how things panned out in the last season of Combination football as we then knew it- starting at the finish, the asterisk [*] in the final table below indicates a points adjustment. RANK PL W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sholing Reserves 40 35 4 1 161 25 136 109 2 Christchurch Reserves 40 29 2 9 142 69 73 89 3 Moneyfields Reserves 40 26 4 10 112 58 54 82 4 AFC Totton Reserves 40 25 5 10 134 49 85 80 5 Lymington Town Reserves 40 24 5 11 92 69 23 77 6 Poole Town Reserves 40 24 4 12 131 57 74 76 7 Horndean Reserves 40 20 5 15 109 95 14 65 8 Alresford Town Reserves 40 17 7 16 76 87 -11 58 9 Hayling United Reserves 40 18 4 18 84 115 -31 58 10 Totton & Eling Reserves 40 17 2 21 99 116 -17 53 11 Hamble ASSC Reserves 40 16 5 19 77 103 -26 53 12 AFC Portchester Reserves 40 15 6 19 95 96 -1 51 13 Laverstock & Ford Reserves 40 15 3 22 83 102 -19 48 14 Bemerton Heath Harlequins Reserves 40 13 5 22 88 129 -41 44 15 Fawley Reserves [*] 40 13 5 22 67 111 -44 43 16 Petersfield Town Reserves 40 12 7 21 65 112 -47 43 17 Alton Town Reserves 40 12 6 22 88 112 -24 42 18 Ringwood Town Reserves 40 12 5 23 80 117 -37 41 19 Romsey Town Reserves 40 9 7 24 67 121 -54 34 20 Brockenhurst Reserves 40 9 6 25 63 104 -41 33 21 Whitchurch United Reserves 40 8 5 27 52 118 -66 29 There was no League Cup competition in this final season, the 2009/10 competition was decided by penalties after it ended three each between Christchurch and Gosport Borough on the Waterside on 30 April 2010. Gosport picked up the Trophy at Gang warily following the 4-1 shootout success. Friday, 02 April 2021 Page 3 of 16 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 40 The league campaign went to Sholing with the results through the season looking like this, there were some big scores across the campaign as doubtless you will see from both for and against tally in the table as well as in the results grid. The new League brought together some 35 teams, this resulted in 13 clubs allocated to the Premier Division with eleven in a second division split loosely on a geographic basis. The first Wyvern League constitution looked like this- Friday, 02 April 2021 Page 4 of 16 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 40 Premier Division- AFC Totton, Bashley, Bemerton Heath Harlequins, Christchurch, Dorchester Town, Eastleigh, Fleet Town, Gosport Borough, Moneyfields, Newport IOW, Poole Town, Sholing and Wimborne Town. Division 1 East- AFC Portchester, Alresford Town, Alton, Fareham Town, Folland Sports, Hayling United, Horndean, Petersfield Town, Tadley Calleva, Whitchurch United and Winchester City. Division 1 West- Brockenhurst, Downton, East Cowes Vics, Fawley AFC, Hythe & Dibden, Laverstock & Ford, Lymington Town, Ringwood Town, Romsey Town, Totton & Eling and Verwood Town. The inaugural Premier Division champions were Sholing who amassed some 59 points from their 24 match league campaign, so in a way defended their title. Eastleigh were runners up, some 14 points adrift. Division 1 West was also won by a fair margin, where Lymington Town topped the pile on 47 points whilst East Cowes Vics claimed second spot on 40 points from their 20 match campaign. Division 1 East was a close contest with Alresford Town collecting the honours on 43 points with AFC Portchester just the one win behind, on 40 points. BLAST FROM THE PAST MATCH REPORT- WESSEX LEAGUE DIVISION 1 THURSDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2009 - ANDOVER NEW STREET 1 VERWOOD TOWN 6 Hindsight is a wonderful thing, with the programme notes hinting that the game tonight was going to be a close run thing as both sides sat mid-table. How wrong this turned out to be. The opening goal came in just the second minute, DYER’s speculative but fierce shot was seemingly misjudged by Antrobus as it crashed into the net from around 18 yards out. The hosts were outplayed in most departments tonight in a game that was as one-sided as the score line suggests. However the hosts had a good chance for an equaliser just four minutes later when Murphy tried to split the Verwood defence with a pass that came to nothing. The second goal came on 11 minutes when Chivers started a move that although broken down wasn’t cleared properly and ELYSEE was able to pick up and slide home from an acute angle. Verwood continued to dominate the first half with Fawcett scarcely called upon; patient build-ups creating several opportunities so it was something of a surprise that there was no further scoring in it. Murphy was again involved in a threat on the visitors’ goal, but he wanted too much time and the defence managed to wrest control. HT 0-2 Antrobus was called upon again just three minutes into the second half, when Elysee set up Dyer only to see the strike parried by Antrobus. Goodall was following up but the second chance was turned round the post by Antrobus. Verwood’s third goal came just before the hour when an overlap from Murray saw the ball delivered into the penalty area and Chivers was bundled to the ground and GOODALL thumped home the penalty. In the 70th minute Verwood extended their lead when GOODALL completed his brace with a solo run that took him beyond the challenges of a couple of defenders to go round Antrobus. It was all over bar the shouting really yet Verwood continued to press home their advantage. The fifth goal came on 72 minutes when Goodall picked out ELYSEE and his swerving shot zipped beyond the outstretched hands of Antrobus and prompted a rather unusual goal celebration. Still Verwood weren’t finished and a sixth goal came five minutes later. CHIVERS’ determined run took him into the penalty area and he was given space to turn and shoot beyond Antrobus when a pass looked to be the only option available. With less than ten minutes remaining Verwood almost grabbed a seventh through Newbury, but the hosts were able to clear their lines and the ball was swept to the other end. An Andover New Street player was upended close to the penalty area and the referee pointed to the spot. The visitors protested the award but skipper STYLES was able to keep his calm and grab a consolation for the hosts from the spot. 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