2 Hello and welcome to the latest edition of your Newsletter, if you have any contribution, please get in touch at - [email protected] . Keep up to date with all the news from around the League by following us on Twitter at - @nls_wessex 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! COVID 19 GUIDANCE UPDATE Bob Purkiss is the League’s Covid19 Coordinator, supported by Nick Spencer, Roger Allen, Ian Harley and Greg Dickson, and in order to spread the workload, the various Board members are allocated clubs as seen below. Should you have any queries relating to Covid: 19, please contact your respective Board member. Bob Purkiss Andover Town Ringwood Town Blackfield & Langley Fleet Spurs Shaftesbury Cowes Sports Whitchurch United Verwood Town East Cowes Vics Ian Harley Greg Dickson Fawley AFC Amesbury Town AFC Portchester Hythe & Dibden Bemerton Heath Harlequins AFC Stoneham Infinity Bournemouth Baffins Milton Rovers Millbrook Christchurch Fareham Town Newport IOW Downton Folland Sports Romsey Town Hamworthy United Hamble Club Totton & Eling Laverstock & Ford Horndean Nick Spencer Portland United Moneyfields Ash United Roger Allen Petersfield Town Alresford Town Bashley U S Portsmouth Alton Brockenhurst Andover New Street New Milton Town THE BUILDBASE FA VASE- DATES FOR YOUR DIARY First Round Qualifying Saturday 11 September Fourth Round Proper Saturday 15 January Second Round Qualifying Saturday 25 September Fifth Round Proper Saturday 12 February First Round Proper Saturday 23 October Sixth Round Proper Saturday 12 March Second Round Proper Saturday 20 November Semi Final Saturday 2 April Third Round Proper Saturday 11 December Final Sunday 22 May Apologies to Millbrook, who last week I suggested had not entered the Buildbase FA Vase competition, in fact they have as will be seen in the draw shown elsewhere in this edition. Saturday, 10 July 2021 Page 1 of 21 CAN YOU HEAR ME ? The Wessex Football League Show is the official podcast of the Wessex Football 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 41 teams of the Wessex Football League. So far, we have had managers, chairmen, players, press officers and secretaries joining us as studio guests, via zoom and phone guests; from many Wessex Football 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, we do have access to the two studios so it is easy to accommodate guests in the studio, but please email [email protected] or [email protected] for more information. Saturday, 10 July 2021 Page 2 of 21 FIXTURES UPDATE Please find below a provisional fixture list for the coming season. There are a number of unknown factors that could affect this such as County Cup, FA Cup and FA Vase fixtures. Full-Time cannot be updated until the new season is created by The FA hopefully in the coming week. Pairing up of fixtures for a number of teams, has been a difficult task (for the two Andover teams, Cowes/Newport, Hythe/Infinity and Hamble/Follands) and fixtures from other competitions are still awaited). It is impossible to provide the perfect fixture list where both of the pairs have home/away fixtures on the same date. All fixtures are subject to change at short notice. Saturday July 31st 2021 Totton & Eling v Petersfield Town Premier Division Spare: Whitchurch United Amesbury Town v Cowes Sports (14.00) Tuesday August 10th 2021 Tuesday August 3rd 2021 Hampshire Senior Cup Preliminary Round Premier Division Premier Division Alton v U.S. Portsmouth Hamworthy United v Portland United Bashley v Christchurch Shaftesbury v Amesbury Town Blackfield & Langley v AFC Stoneham Friday August 13th 2021 Brockenhurst v Hamworthy United Division One Fareham Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Fawley AFC v Millbrook Hamble Club v AFC Portchester Folland Sports v Totton & Eling Horndean v Alresford Town Saturday August 14th 2021 Hythe & Dibden v Bournemouth Premier Division Moneyfields v Cowes Sports AFC Stoneham v Hamworthy United Portland United v Shaftesbury Alresford Town v U.S. Portsmouth Spare: Amesbury Town Alton v Christchurch Wednesday August 4th 2021 Bournemouth v Baffins Milton Rovers Division One Brockenhurst v Cowes Sports Whitchurch United v Andover New Street Fareham Town v Bashley Saturday August 7th 2021 Hamble Club v Shaftesbury Emirates F.A. Cup Extra Preliminary Round Horndean v Amesbury Town AFC Portchester v Horndean Hythe & Dibden v Portland United Alresford Town v Odd Down Moneyfields v Blackfield & Langley Amesbury Town v Shaftesbury Spare: AFC Portchester Blackfield & Langley v Cowes Sports Division One Brockenhurst v Hamworthy United Andover New Street v Infinity Calne Town v Bashley Ash United v New Milton Town Fareham Town v Street East Cowes Vics v Andover Town Hamble Club v Corsham Town Laverstock & Ford v Fleet Spurs Hythe & Dibden v Bradford Town Petersfield Town v Newport IoW Moneyfields v AFC Stoneham Ringwood Town v Downton Portland United v Bournemouth Romsey Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins Shepton Mallet v Andover New Street Verwood Town v Whitchurch United Tadley Calleva v Baffins Milton Rovers Tuesday August 17th 2021 U.S. Portsmouth v Alton Premier Division Westbury United v Christchurch AFC Portchester v Fareham Town Division One AFC Stoneham v Hythe & Dibden Andover Town v Fawley AFC Alresford Town v Alton Bemerton Heath H’quins v Ash United Bournemouth v Bashley Downton v Folland Sports Christchurch v Brockenhurst East Cowes Vics v Infinity Cowes Sports v Hamble Club Fleet Spurs v Verwood Town U.S. Portsmouth v Horndean Millbrook v Ringwood Town Division One New Milton Town v Laverstock & Ford Andover Town v Andover New Street Newport IoW v Romsey Town Bemerton Heath H’quins v Downton Saturday, 10 July 2021 Page 3 of 21 Fleet Spurs v Petersfield Town Tuesday August 31st 2021 New Milton Town v Verwood Town Wessex League Cup 1st Round Newport IoW v Totton & Eling Amesbury Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins Ringwood Town v Laverstock & Ford Ash United v Fleet Spurs Wednesday August 18th 2021 New Milton Town v Totton & Eling Premier Division Petersfield Town v Hamble Club Baffins Milton Rovers v Moneyfields U.S. Portsmouth v Bournemouth Spare: Blackfield & Langley Wessex League Cup 2nd Round Division One AFC Portchester v Laverstock & Ford Fawley AFC v East Cowes Vics Andover Town v Bashley Folland Sports v Romsey Town Blackfield & Langley v Moneyfields Infinity v Millbrook Cowes Sports v Andover New Street Whitchurch United v Ash United Portland Town v Romsey Town Saturday August 21st 2021 Ringwood Town v Brockenhurst Emirates F.A. Cup Preliminary Round Shaftesbury v Millbrook Division One Wednesday September 1st 2021 Andover New Street v Fleet Spurs Wessex League Cup 1st Round Ash United v Infinity Fawley AFC v Verwood Town Downton v Andover Town Folland Sports v Hythe & Dibden East Cowes Vics v Ringwood Town Wessex League Cup 2nd Round Millbrook v Bemerton Heath H’quins Baffins Milton Rovers v Infinity Newport IoW v Laverstock & Ford Whitchurch United v Christchurch Petersfield Town v New Milton Town Saturday September 4th 2021 Romsey Town v Fawley AFC Emirates F.A. Cup 1st Qualifying Round Totton & Eling v Whitchurch United Premier Division Verwood Town v Folland Sports Alresford Town v Hamble Club Midweek w/c August 23rd 2021 Amesbury Town v Hamworthy United Hampshire Senior Cup 1st Round Baffins Milton Rovers v Portland United Saturday August 28th 2021 Blackfield & Langley v Fareham Town Premier Division Brockenhurst v Alton AFC Portchester v Brockenhurst Christchurch v Moneyfields Amesbury Town v U.S. Portsmouth Cowes Sports v Shaftesbury Baffins Milton Rovers v Christchurch Horndean v AFC Stoneham Bashley v Horndean Hythe & Dibden v AFC Portchester Blackfield & Langley v Hamble Club U.S. Portsmouth v Bashley Cowes Sports v Bournemouth Spare: Bournemouth Fareham Town v Hythe & Dibden Division One Hamworthy United v Alton Andover New Street v East Cowes Vics Portland United v Alresford Town Ash United v Downton Shaftesbury v AFC Stoneham Fawley AFC v New Milton Town Spare: Moneyfields Folland Sports v Fleet Spurs Division One Laverstock & Ford v Romsey Town Andover Town v Folland Sports Millbrook v Andover Town Bemerton Heath H’quins v Fawley AFC Petersfield Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins Downton