SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 41 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, 10 April 2021 Page 1 of 11 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 41 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, 10 April 2021 Page 2 of 11 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 41 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR L Lokomotive Leipzig. The club was formed as VfB Leipzig on 13 May 1896. They were immediately successful and won the first German national championship final held in 1903, beating DFC Prag (Prague) with a somewhat emphatic 7-2 score line. The club was dissolved by the occupying Allied authorities in the aftermath of World War 2. Before a return to activities later when East German football saw a re-organization in 1965. They were domestic cup winners in 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1987 and made an appearance in the 1987 final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, falling 0–1 to Ajax after a Marco van Basten goal. The club was bankrupted in 2004, results annulled and the club dissolved, the club was resurrected again yet despite an enthusiastic backing by supporters the club has been blighted by politically motivated problems behind the scenes. Currently the team are sixth in the Regionalliga Nordost one of five leagues at the fourth tier nationally. O Odense Boldklub. The club were founded on 12 July 1887 as Odense Cricketklub, with cricket the only sport. In 1889, football and tennis were added, necessitating a name change to the present Odense Boldklub or OB as they are known. The club has won three Danish championships- 1977, 1982 and 1989 and five Danish Cup trophies, currently they sit in the lower reaches of the top flight. In the 1994–95 UEFA Cup, the club reached beyond the first round in a European tournament for the first time in club history, and after defeating several opponents famously defeated Real Madrid over two legs to reach the quarter-final of the tournament. The club were runaway winners of the 1999 1st Division which saw them make a return to the Superliga for 1999/00 season. They won the 2002 Danish Cup and enjoyed several top five league finishes before a second placed slot in 2008/09 became their best performance to date. LEAGUE NEWS To apply for next season's FA Cup, FA Vase and FA Youth Cup, clubs have been emailed with the link so that they may submit their application and payment online. Please would clubs remember that the application is ONLY available for completion online and that payment is by credit or debit card, and an individual can make the payment with a personal card on the Clubs behalf. Entry Criteria and Ground Standards for the FA Competitions in 2021/22 were attached and we STRONGLY recommend that clubs read and understand them before completing the Application. On successful completion of the online application and online payment, you will receive an on screen confirmation and an automatic email confirmation will be sent to the participant from The FA. However, this does NOT constitute acceptance into the specified Competition(s). Clubs need to remember that the closing date is Friday 16 April 2021. A list of entries accepted will be published in July 2021. If clubs require any further information or assistance with completing the application please email [email protected] or call 0800 1691863 x 4583 / 4622. Saturday, 10 April 2021 Page 3 of 11 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 41 BLAST FROM THE PAST MATCH REPORT - WESSEX LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2009 - LYMINGTON TOWN 2 BEMERTON HEATH HARLEQUINS 4 A six goal thriller for the small crowd at the Lymington Sports Ground tonight, including two quality strikes in a game that was hard fought at both ends from start to finish and put an end to the home side’s mini run of form. The Harlequins nearly scored within the first thirty seconds Page coming out a long way to clear the ball to see it returned towards goal by Palmer but not really a threat to the goal. Two minutes later O’Keefe was stopped winning a free kick, but Slade wasted the opportunity. In the tenth minute Renyard and Palmer combined well on the right flank but the final ball failed to create the breakthrough. Bemerton were in control but couldn’t make this count Llewellyn coming close, but was pulled back for being offside, and Page was forced to clear under pressure from Slade. However on 16 minutes they took the lead when JONES made the most of the situation by beating the offside trap with the hosts pushing up. This seemed to spur on the home side, Purkiss came close on 20 minutes and just after the half hour did get back into the game when RITCHIE struck the target with the help of a slight deflection from around 20 yards out. The hosts managed to restrict Bemerton to a couple of more chances in the first half particularly on 38 minutes when Mankin had a fierce long range shot. This sandwiched two good efforts though for Lymington- with Purkiss and Traies both being denied by Crowfoot. However on 41, Lymington took the lead RITCHIE was blocked 20 yards from goal. He took the free kick himself and a cracking left foot shot flew into the net. In an action packed first half, Llewellyn rounded off the action with a free header that zipped over the bar. HT 2-1 However just five minutes into the second period, Bemerton got their equaliser, COX converting from close range after Page had failed to clear the ball properly, and just three minutes later regained their lead after Cox’s free kick was converted from close range by SLADE. However Lymington still had enough in their tank to continue to cause their guests some problems and Ritchie again was involved with a low free kick into the box that was dived on by Crowfoot at the second attempt. The game continued to switch from end to end, but on 71 minutes there seemed to be an inspired substitution by the Harlequins when Cox was replaced by HUGHES. With his first touch the sub brought the ball under control and with his second deposited a half volley into the back of the net with Page well beaten. With the bit between their teeth Bemerton looked to grab a further goal with O’Keefe and Palmer creating chances for Jones to deliver good crosses into the danger area but the hosts defence held firm, but the final action of the game went Lymington’s way and saw Clark’s shot flash past the post with under four minutes remaining. FT 2-4 Saturday, 10 April 2021 Page 4 of 11 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 41 ALL OFFERS RUN FROM 1 MARCH TO 31 MAY 2021. AVAILABLE IN BRANCH OR TO ORDER. OFFERS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY Saturday, 10 April 2021 Page 5 of 11 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 41 PLYMOUTH PARKWAY- THE FA VASE AND THE WESSEX LEAGUE Whilst the majority of the Competitions and Leagues have been abandoned for the season, the FA is continuing with the FA Trophy and Vase, with the two finalists already known for the former.