SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2019/20 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, 03 April 2020 Page 1 of 30 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2019/20 EDITION NUMBER 40 STAT ATTACK LEADING GOALSCORERS- LEAGUE GAMES ONLY PREMIER DIVISION DIVISION ONE Scott Hills AFC Stoneham 20 Justin Bennett Bemerton Heath Harlequins 32 Craig Harding Alresford Town 19 Connor Kelly Newport (IoW) 23 Sam House Lymington Town 18 Lee Vint Verwood Town 20 Jason Parish Baffins MR/AFC Portchester 16 James Franklyn US Portsmouth 19 Bobby Scott Horndean 16 Liam Magee Romsey Town 19 Daniel Wooden AFC Portchester 16 Tom Moseley Downton 19 Max Wilcock Christchurch 15 Chae Sykes Laverstock & Ford 18 Dom Falco Lymington Town 14 Josh Bertie Andover Town 16 Harry McGrath Bashley 14 [two on] 15 Details are based on clubs being up to date with records on Full Time at time of publication PREMIER DIVISION Top three league attendances Bashley v Brockenhurst 339 14 March Fleet Town v Brockenhurst 241 28 September AFC Stoneham v Alresford Town 221 8 February DIVISION ONE Top three league attendances Newport IOW v East Cowes Victoria 304 26 August Andover New Street v Andover Town 248 8 October Laverstock & Ford v Downton 201 28 December PREMIER DIVISION GOALS DIVISION ONE GOALS Sharpest Meanest Sharpest Meanest Alresford Town 74 Christchurch 20 US Portsmouth 86 Petersfield Town 27 AFC Portchester 72 AFC Stoneham 35 Bemerton Heath 80 Hythe & Dibden 29 Hamworthy United 70 Horndean 38 Andover New Street 75 US Portsmouth 33 Fareham Town 69 AFC Portchester 40 Newport (IoW) 73 Newport (IoW) 36 AFC Stoneham 67 Baffins Milton Rovers 40 Hythe & Dibden 67 Bemerton Heath 38 Lymington Town 67 Alresford Town 41 Downton 62 Downton 40 Portland United 65 Bashley 41 Whitchurch United 55 Laverstock & Ford 43 Friday, 03 April 2020 Page 2 of 30 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2019/20 EDITION NUMBER 40 “FINAL” LEAGUE TABLES RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG 1 Alresford Town 30 22 2 6 74 41 33 68 2.26667 2 AFC Stoneham 31 20 4 7 67 35 32 64 2.06452 3 AFC Portchester 28 19 2 7 72 40 32 59 2.10714 4 Christchurch 26 18 3 5 58 20 38 57 2.19231 5 Lymington Town 30 16 4 10 67 44 23 52 1.73333 6 Horndean 28 14 8 6 63 38 25 50 1.78571 7 Bashley 29 15 3 11 58 41 17 48 1.65517 8 Fareham Town [pts adjusted] 27 15 5 7 69 46 23 47 1.74074 9 Hamworthy United 31 14 5 12 70 57 13 47 1.51613 10 Hamble Club 30 14 4 12 47 51 -4 46 1.53333 11 Portland United 27 13 5 9 65 42 23 44 1.62963 12 Fleet Town 29 10 7 12 58 53 5 37 1.27586 13 Tadley Calleva 28 11 3 14 48 59 -11 36 1.28571 14 Baffins Milton Rovers 23 11 2 10 44 40 4 35 1.52174 15 Brockenhurst 28 10 4 14 51 49 2 34 1.21429 16 Shaftesbury 30 7 3 20 38 79 -41 24 0.80000 17 Solent University 28 5 5 18 46 97 -51 20 0.71429 18 Bournemouth 27 4 4 19 23 65 -42 16 0.59259 19 Cowes Sports 30 3 5 22 39 84 -45 14 0.46667 20 Amesbury Town [pts adjusted] 28 3 2 23 30 106 -76 8 0.28571 RANK DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG 1 United Services Portsmouth 28 20 4 4 86 33 53 64 2.28571 2 Andover New Street 25 18 3 4 75 44 31 57 2.28000 3 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 28 17 3 8 80 38 42 54 1.92857 4 Hythe & Dibden 24 16 6 2 67 29 38 54 2.25000 5 Downton 28 16 5 7 62 40 22 53 1.89286 6 Alton 28 15 5 8 54 44 10 50 1.78571 7 Newport (IoW) 26 15 3 8 73 36 37 48 1.84615 8 Whitchurch United 31 12 3 16 55 59 -4 39 1.25806 9 Laverstock & Ford 25 11 5 9 53 43 10 38 1.52000 10 Petersfield Town 25 9 8 8 33 27 6 35 1.40000 11 Andover Town 31 9 8 14 42 57 -15 35 1.12903 12 Verwood Town 27 9 6 12 47 58 -11 33 1.22222 13 Romsey Town 24 9 4 11 54 60 -6 31 1.29167 14 Ringwood Town 29 6 10 13 50 66 -16 28 0.96552 15 Fawley AFC 29 6 6 17 43 69 -26 24 0.82759 16 New Milton Town 29 4 10 15 29 71 -42 22 0.75862 17 East Cowes Victoria 25 5 5 15 30 64 -34 20 0.80000 18 Totton & Eling 22 5 3 14 24 55 -31 18 0.81818 19 Folland Sports 28 3 5 20 29 93 -64 14 0.50000 Friday, 03 April 2020 Page 3 of 30 SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2019/20 EDITION NUMBER 40 DIDN’T THEY HAVE A LOVELY DAY PART FOUR… Completing our look back at some of the games and grounds visited by our Clubs in the FA Vase which hopefully will recall a few memories for some. NEW MILTON TOWN 2010-11 Norton Sports Lost 3-2 When looking back over the seasons this game stood out like the proverbial sore thumb because I had never heard of Norton Sports! Background for them wasn’t easy to find other than that they were based in Sittingbourne in Kent and played in the then Kent League, in the Premier Division. It was a long journey for New Milton, then in the Wessex Premier, for a First Qualifying Round tie, and a defeat by the odd goal in five. Norton Sports changed their name to Woodstock Sports at the end of the season before folding in 2015. Perhaps it is ironic to report that their last Vase game as Norton was a defeat at Fisher and the result was repeated in 2015, in their new guise. NEWPORT 2015-16 Portishead Town Won 3-1 First Round Proper and a trip to the side of the Severn Estuary on 31 October for Newport and opposition from Division One of the Western League. A nice Town and a friendly Club but proof again of the difference standards of Ground Grading. The changing rooms were a considerable distance from the pitch with no form of walkway, the only seats were situated on a raised concretes square but were single and not affixed to the ground or each other and there was a game being played on a neighbouring pitch from which the sound of the referee’s whistle easily carried. The game itself was a little one sided with goals from Josh Maloney (2) and Liam Triggs securing a routine victory for the Island side who went on to reach the 4th Round that season. PETERSFIELD TOWN 2013-14 Welton Rovers Won 2-0 This was the season that Petersfield finished top of Division One and the First Qualifying Round of the Vase saw them head to Midsomer Norton, some ten miles south west of Bath, and Western League Division One opposition in the shape of Welton Rovers. The ground is not the easiest to find despite being virtually on the side of a main road and parking is a similar problem. A good result for Petersfield on the day which they followed with a no doubt enjoyable win over Fawley before bowing out to Hartley Wintney. RINGWOOD TOWN 2010-11 Fisher Lost 2-1 A journey to London’s docklands for a game between the Wessex Division One and the Kent League with victory going to the latter by the odd goal in three. This was the seventh season in which Ringwood had entered the Vase and their seventh defeat in the first game played. Whether playing at Fisher then was a daunting proposition on the day is unsure but back in their Southern League days their discipline on and off the pitch left an awful lot to be desired. ROMSEY TOWN 2017-18 AFC Aldermaston Won 3-2 A club with Wessex League history, Aldermaston were playing their first ever Vase game after returning to Step Six in the Hellenic League East. The goals came from a Pearce Farren with a pair and Liam Magee with a single; whilst Dan Alliston helped himself to both goals for the hosts. Romsey went on to beat Bournemouth in the next round before losing to Hamble Club.