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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 04

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YEAR 16 – 2001/02

RANK DIVISION 1 PL W D L GF GA GD PTS

1 Andover 44 30 6 8 138 53 85 96

2 Fleet Town [pts adjusted] 44 29 9 6 107 59 48 95

3 AFC Totton 44 29 7 8 104 50 54 94

4 Gosport Borough 44 26 11 7 101 41 60 89

5 Lymington & New Milton 44 26 6 12 94 47 47 84

6 Brockenhurst 44 27 2 15 99 57 42 83

7 AFC Newbury 44 22 12 10 87 51 36 78

8 Wimborne Town 44 21 14 9 82 53 29 77

9 Moneyfields 44 23 7 14 98 64 34 76

10 Fareham Town 44 21 13 10 72 54 18 76

11 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 44 18 11 15 103 84 19 65

12 Thatcham Town 44 19 8 17 94 77 17 65

13 Eastleigh 44 18 9 17 91 71 20 63

14 Portland United 44 17 8 19 81 66 15 59

15 Christchurch 44 16 7 21 61 80 -19 55

16 Cowes Sports 44 15 9 20 66 73 -7 54

17 Blackfield & Langley 44 16 5 23 82 121 -39 53

18 Bournemouth 44 14 7 23 61 84 -23 49

19 BAT Sports 44 13 8 23 46 67 -21 47

20 Whitchurch United 44 5 5 34 27 116 -89 20

21 Downton 44 5 4 35 42 139 -97 19

22 Hamble ASSC 44 4 4 36 33 119 -86 16

23 Swanage Town & Herston 44 3 6 35 31 174 -143 15

Arsenal completed the double by winning the Premiership and the FA Cup final. Thierry Henry weighing in with some 24 goals. The World Cup, held in Japan, saw Brazil beat Germany 2-0, and in the FA Vase Whitley Bay completed a 1-0 win over Tiptree United. 2002 was the Queens Golden Jubilee, and talking royalty, the Queen Mother and Princes Margaret both passed away. Comic Spike Milligan died in February, and his gravestone quip of “I told you I was ill” is one of the most famous epitaphs ever. On the small screen I’m A Celebrity made its first appearance whilst The Fast and the Furious was a hit at the cinema in September 2001, and Gareth Gates’ “Unchained Melody” was flying high just six months later. Meanwhile in the local county FA competitions the finals finished, Weymouth 1-1 Dorchester Town in Dorset, but headed south over the Ridgeway after the Terras claimed the trophy courtesy of a 4-3 win on kicks from the penalty mark. In Hampshire Aldershot Town defeated Havant & Waterlooville 3-1. Pewsey marked their first season in the Hellenic League Division 1 West, after a move from the Western League, and with a runners up slot earned promotion to the Premier at the end of the season. However on the debit side they went down by a single goal to nil against Malmesbury Victoria in the Wiltshire equivalent. An all-Wessex affair at Victoria Park on 8 May 2002, where Andover saw off the Poppies 2-0 in front of over 180 spectators. Paul Odey with a double being enough to help see the north Hampshire side lift the Russell-Cotes Cup.



Division 1 results grid for that season-

In the Wessex League Cup Final it finished Andover 1-0 Fleet Town at Gosport Borough with Paul Odey the marksman. We continue our look back at five year history with the sixteenth season of the Wessex League with it still having the one Division of twenty three Clubs, the same number as the previous season but with one change of personnel. Portsmouth Royal Navy, the forerunners of the present US Portsmouth, had finished in bottom place in 2000/01 and dropped back in to the Hampshire League and were replaced by Portland United making their bow in the Competition. The Dorset side had finished second to Hamworthy Recreation in the Dorset Combination – now the Dorset Premier League – and some 20 years on the “Rec” are still very much “Kings of the Walk” as far as that League is concerned. The final League Table reads like a veritable Who’s Who of the Sydenhams League and initial observation gives comment to the number of goals scored. Five Clubs topped the hundred mark and an equal number conceded a hundred or more with Swanage & Herston averaging four goals per game at the wrong end. (They had conceded 123 the previous season). Overall, it equates to three and a half goals scored per game. With Full Time not in operation at that stage it is very difficult to track down facts and figures throughout the season so with apologies to the remaining 20 Clubs, who all played their part in a successful campaign, we will concentrate on the three who were leading the race for the Title as the season moved in to its final month. On the opening day of the season, which was not until August 18th and late by today’s standards, Fleet scored the only goal of the game at Downton and AFC Totton defeated Hamble 6-0. Andover, for reasons unknown at this stage, did not commence until the following Wednesday when they won 5-3 at Brockenhurst. To break away from those three briefly, Portland marked their Wessex League debut with a 5-1 win at Swanage. Back to the leading three and fast forward some seven months to the beginning of April and the final run in with the positions reading thus. AFC Totton Played 39, 79 points Fleet Town Played 36, 76 points Andover Played 33, 73 points



Back to the old question – better to have points in the bag or games in hand with Totton having just five games to play whilst Andover had eleven. Fleet incidentally had suffered a one point deduction in the course of the season – as to why is difficult to determine nearly twenty years on. April 1st was Easter Monday and a full programme of League matches were scheduled, whatever happened to those happy days- and whilst both Fleet and Totton won, away to Moneyfields and home to BAT respectively, Andover were held to a goalless draw by near neighbours Whitchurch, a result that was not in keeping with the two Clubs positions in the table. Andover pulled back one of their games in hand on the Wednesday, making a midweek trip to Cowes and returning to the mainland with three points and a 4-1 victory. The first Saturday in the month saw setbacks for Andover, as they went down 3-1 at home to Gosport, and Fleet who lost at Wimborne, whilst Totton beat Lymington 2-0 before sitting matters out for a fortnight as their opponents began to catch up on their outstanding games with Andover now having 77 points, Fleet 79 and Totton 85. The following week Andover went in to overdrive, winning at Moneyfields, Lymington and Bemerton and scoring 13 goals in the process, while Fleet collected six points by beating Thatcham at home and Fareham 5-3 away. So mid-month with Andover now having 86 points, Fleet 85 and Thatcham (watching helplessly) also 85. Week three started with what looked at the time a very decisive result as Fleet secured a 5-3 victory at The Portway but Andover bounced back superbly beating Christchurch 7-2 on the Thursday before scoring nine without reply against Swanage on the Saturday. Swanage must have dreaded visiting the Portway, conceding 14 there the previous season. Fleet followed up their win over Andover by making the very long trip to Portland and winning by the odd goal in five whilst Totton returned to action with a 2-1 defeat of Moneyfields. One week to go – Andover 92 points with two to play, Fleet 94 with one game to play and Totton 88 with two to play. To add spice to the situation by accident or design Fleet and Andover were to meet on the last day. Prior to that Andover won 2-0 at Whitchurch and Totton achieved the same result at Wimborne, meaning the Stags could no longer take the title despite a convincing 4-1 win at Thatcham on the final day. A crowd of 623 filled Calthorpe Park on the Saturday – at that time a record for a Wessex League match – and saw a nervy, ultra-cautious game finish all square at one apiece with Andover therefore retaining their Title but bagging 20 less points in the process. Consolation for Fleet in that Andover had not applied for promotion so it was the runners up who went in to the Southern League the following year. The two sides also met in the Final of the League Cup with Andover winning 1-0 at Gosport’s Privett Park. A third Trophy went to the Portway when Andover took the Russell-Cotes Cup with victory over Bournemouth at Victoria Park after the Poppies had defeated Havant & Waterlooville in the semi-final.

FA CUP 2001/02 Eighteen of our teams saw action in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup with seven having the benefits of a home draw but only four progressed at first time of asking, Bournemouth beating Dorchester Town 3-1 with both Brockenhurst and Thatcham grabbing the same result over Three Bridges and North Leigh respectively. Fareham were the other host to go in to the hat with a 2-0 win over Chessington United at Cams. On the road we fared slightly better with five advancing at first time of asking. Gosport won 3-0 at Godalming & Guildford with Andover going one better at Ramsgate. Wimborne ran in five but conceded twice at Tuffley. To complete the set BAT won by the odd goal in five at Hillingdon Borough and Christchurch won by the only goal of the game at Backwell. They were joined in the next round by replay victors Moneyfields and Eastleigh over Kent opposition in the form of Chatham and Tunbridge Wells respectively. The next round saw Fareham defeat Thatcham at Cams 2-1 with Andover beating Moneyfields by the same margin. Brockenhurst needed a second chance against Bedfont, a 3-2 win in an away replay seeing them through. Gosport also needed a replay after sharing six at Littlehampton before again scoring three but this time without reply.



Both Andover and Fareham shared two goals at home in the next round but only the former got the result in the replay 2-0 at Bashley with the Creeksiders conceded four without reply at Crawley. In the New Forest Brockenhurst won by the odd goal in three against Kingstonian. The 3rd Qualifying Round saw the Badgers go out at the hands of Cirencester Town. The Gloucestershire side had beaten Bournemouth (5-0) and Christchurch (3-1) en route to this game. Andover went down at home to Newport County 4-0 to end our involvement in the FA Cup. Preliminary Round Backwell United 0-1 Christchurch Blackfield & Langley 2-5 Chertsey Town Bournemouth 3-1 Dorchester Town Brockenhurst 3-1 Three Bridges Chatham Town 1-1 Moneyfields Downton 0-3 Falmouth Town Eastbourne Borough 3-1 Whitchurch United Eastleigh 2-2 Tunbridge Wells Fareham Town 2-0 Chessington United Godalming & Guildford 0-3 Gosport Borough Greenwich Borough 2-2 Cowes Sports Hillingdon Borough 2-3 BAT Sports Minehead Town 4-1 Bemerton Heath Harlequins Ramsgate 0-4 Andover Thatcham Town 3-1 North Leigh Tonbridge Angels 4-1 AFC Totton Tuffley Rovers 2-5 Wimborne Town Windsor & Eton 3-1 Fleet Town Preliminary Round Replay Cowes Sports 0-3 Greenwich Borough Moneyfields 4-0 Chatham Town Tunbridge Wells 2-3 Eastleigh First Qualifying Round Andover 2-1 Moneyfields Bideford 1-0 Wimborne Town Brockenhurst 3-3 Bedfont Chessington & Hook United 2-5 Eastleigh Christchurch 2-0 Bristol Manor Farm Cirencester Town 5-0 Bournemouth Fareham Town 2-1 Thatcham Town Littlehampton Town 3-3 Gosport Borough St Leonards 3-0 BAT Sports First Qualifying Round Replay Bedfont 2-3 Brockenhurst Gosport Borough 3-0 Littlehampton Town Second Qualifying Round Andover 1-1 Bashley Brockenhurst 2-1 Kingstonian Christchurch 1-3 Cirencester Town Fareham Town 1-1 Crawley Town Lewes 0-0 Gosport Borough Sutton United 5-1 Eastleigh



Second Qualifying Round Replay Bashley 0-2 Andover Crawley Town 4-0 Fareham Town Gosport Borough 0-2 Lewes Third Qualifying Round Andover 0-4 Newport County Cirencester Town 2-0 Brockenhurst

FA VASE – 2001/02 First Qualifying Round AFC Newbury 0-1 Hillingdon Borough Corinthian Casuals 4-2 Blackfield & Langley Didcot Town 1-2 Gosport Borough Moneyfields 6-2 Whitchurch United Second Qualifying Round BAT Sports 3-2 Southwick Bemerton Heath Harlequins 6-1 Cullompton Rangers Bournemouth 0-2 Bridport Downton 0-3 Bridgwater Town Egham Town 5-1 Eastleigh Fareham Town 0-1 Selsey Gosport Borough 2-2 Andover Lancing 3-2 Fleet Town Minehead Town 2-6 Christchurch Moneyfields 2-1 Molesey Portland United 0-0 Amesbury Town Thatcham Town 4-1 East Grinstead Town Second Qualifying Round Replay Amesbury Town 0-2 Portland United Andover 4-2 Gosport Borough First Round Andover 2-1 Yate Town BAT Sports 1-7 Thatcham Town Bemerton Heath Harlequins 4-2 Dawlish Town Devizes Town 2-3 Christchurch Lymington & New Milton 4-0 Bridport Moneyfields 5-0 Tuffley Rovers Portland United 3-0 Frome Town Second Round AFC Totton 1-2 Melksham Town Andover 2-4 Taunton Town Brockenhurst 4-4 Sandhurst Town Cove 0-5 Bemerton Heath Harlequins Cowes Sports 2-0 Christchurch Lymington & New Milton 1-2 Wimborne Town Moneyfields 4-2 Portland United Thatcham Town 2-0 Bishop Sutton Second Round Replay Sandhurst Town 1-2 Brockenhurst

In brief- Bemerton were our best team in the Vase this time round, reaching the 4th Round before a 2-0 home reverse against Essex side Great Wakering. Home wins over Cullompton Rangers (6-1) and Dawlish Town (2-1) followed up with a 5-0 win at Cove and a 2-0 win at Thamesmead Town paving the way. Moneyfields had five games, and with all at home scored 20, before the third Round defeat to Porthleven who won by the odd goal in seven to overcome the Pompey side. After a big 7-1 win at BAT, Thatcham then won 2-0 over Bishop Sutton before losing by the same score in 3rd Round against the aforementioned Great Wakering.



Third Round Cowes Sports 1-3 Tiptree United Croydon Athletic 5-2 Brockenhurst Great Wakering Rovers 2-0 Thatcham Town Moneyfields 3-4 Porthleven Thamesmead Town 0-2 Bemerton Heath Harlequins Wimborne Town 1-2 Taunton Town Fourth Round Bemerton Heath Harlequins 0-2 Great Wakering Rovers

LAST SIGHTING OF DOLPHINS IN THE WESSEX Back to the 2010/11 season this week and the last time the writer visited Tatnam. A fairly early in the season Premier Division fixture with Newport crossing to play Poole Town with the home side, the current League Champions, already topping the table and unbeaten in eleven matches to date. Newport were in tenth spot having played fewer games than most and matched their hosts on a sunny afternoon to head back to the Island with a two all draw ensuring the points were shared. Some well-known names on both sides – Lamin

Dibba, Michael Walker, Steve Richardson, Carl Preston and Dan Cann for the home side and Iain Seabrook, Scott Sampson, Charlie Smeeton and, almost inevitably, Gary Streeter and Darren Powell in the Newport colours. Tommy Killick and Derek Ohren led the advice from the two dugouts whilst another familiar figure on view was Andy Brown as one of the Assistants, a role he still carries out with the League to this day. An own goal and one from Steve Smith, coming off the Bench for Poole, were cancelled out by efforts from Scott Sampson and Darren Powell for the visitors to ensure parity and while Steve Smith may have started on the Bench on the afternoon under review, by the end of the season he had scored fifty one of Poole’s one hundred and thirty two League goals. The usual excellent Poole Programme, which I had assumed to be the work of long time Secretary Bill Reid, was actually compiled by Ian Claxton who, along with our Newsletter Editor, has few, if any, peers when it comes to the producing of Matchday Programmes. The previous Saturday Poole had defeated Bashley, then in the Southern

League, 1-0 in the FA Cup before an attendance of 837, at that time a record for the Ground. Where they all parked is not recorded. Poole had already won four games in the Competition that season prior to beating Bashley in the Second Qualifying Round but were beaten 3-1 at home by Hayes & Yeading in the next round. This was my fourth visit to Tatnam with Poole failing to win on any of the four visits, losing twice to Andover and drawing with Andover New Street on the three previous occasions. Tatnam marked the end of a nomadic spell for the Club after leaving the Stadium in Poole, during which I also saw them play once at Hamworthy United and twice at Holt United and they only won one of those three – albeit 7-0 against Stockbridge. Back to 2010/11 and at the end of the season Poole had won the League by a twenty point margin over nearest rivals Bemerton Heath and scored thirty two more goals than any other Club – Bournemouth were the only other side to top the three figure mark with exactly one hundred goals – and this time, unlike the previous year, their ground passed the ground grading criteria and they were promoted to the Southern League, thereby commencing on a climb up the Pyramid that reached the National League South. The Wessex League were pleased to help them on that journey.



LEAGUE NEWS

CONSTITUTION Welcome back to Blackfield & Langley, the Gang Warily club return sought voluntary relegation from the Southern League at the end of last season, and this was ratified by the FA earlier this week. They had enjoyed back to back promotions and were in 18th position in the Southern League Premier Division when the season was suspended, but loss of key personnel led them to make the request. With the departure of Solent University FC there is no change to the number of clubs in our top division. The constitution looks like this-

PREMIER DIVISION FIRST DIVISION AFC Portchester Alton

AFC Stoneham Andover New Street

Alresford Town Andover Town

Amesbury Town Bemerton Heath Harlequins

Baffins Milton Rovers Downton

Bashley East Cowes Victoria

Blackfield & Langley Fawley

Bournemouth Folland Sports

Brockenhurst Hythe & Dibden

Christchurch Laverstock & Ford

Cowes Sports New Milton Town

Fareham Town Newport IOW

Fleet Town Petersfield Town

Hamble Club Ringwood Town

Hamworthy United Romsey Town

Horndean Totton & Eling

Lymington Town United Services Portsmouth

Portland United Verwood Town

Shaftesbury Whitchurch United

Tadley Calleva

Welcome to Alex Pike in his new role with the League as Development Officer, this will entail him in assisting us to make progress through securing sponsorship and also be an asset to those clubs that need to develop themselves supporting them with his local knowledge and experience. This long track record locally, commenced with his football management career in junior football in the early 1980s with Dorset Police Reserves in the Bournemouth FA Wednesday League. A spell as assistant manager to former AFC Bournemouth, Bristol Rovers and Yeovil Town player Chris Weller at Holt United in the Dorset Premier League followed before Weller upped sticks to Wimborne. Just 18 months later though Pike and Nick Jennings assumed the role at Cuthbury after Weller was sacked. In 1991-1992, his first full season as sole manager of Wimborne Town, Pike won the Wessex League title, the Dorset Senior Cup and FA Vase with a 5-3 victory over Guiseley at Wembley Stadium. At the time, Pike was only 32 and was the youngest manager to win the FA Vase. Under his tutelage, the Magpies collected the Wessex League title on three separate occasions. With a lack of upward movement, Pike was appointed as co-manager at AFC Lymington in 2000 alongside Graham Kemp. Despite reaching the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup and finishing as runners-up in the Wessex League, the Board decided a change was needed that saw both Kemp and Pike move on. Alex took the hot seat for Dorset Premier League Hamworthy United in the summer of 2002. Promotion was secured in 2002-2003 and the Hammers won the Wessex League Cup in their first season with us. A managerial role at Gosport Borough was taken in 2005/06 that saw an FA Trophy Final appearance as perhaps the highlight of his time there, although perhaps a play off victory over Poole after extra time in 2011/12 to see Borough win promotion to the Southern League Premier Division for the first time since 1990 may trump that.



There has been mention of the number of substitutions that can be used during a game, and can confirm there will be no change to the current practice of using THREE from a maximum of FIVE substitutes in our League and League Cup matches, clubs will have had this confirmed recently. Clubs will have been emailed by the League with a view to complete a Joint Study over opinions about the resumption of the game. This is for players and club officials to complete, but it is not a mandatory request. Any data collected for our League would be confidential to us. The organisers would prefer that Club Officials to complete the survey in collaboration with their colleagues, rather than as individuals. In terms of the players, we would like Clubs to encourage their players to complete the survey, but to keep it within house and we are not “advertising” the campaign on social media for that very reason. However, by participating in a joint study you have the option to share your results with other Leagues, potentially presenting a stronger case to the FA if you wish to raise any concerns about the practicality of their guidance. There is no deadline over completion but suggest keeping the survey open for at least the next two weeks. We hear that Hampshire County FA Cup Administrator Gary Pratt will be leaving service at the end of this month. He’s been involved there for over 13 years and am sure you would join me in wishing him well for the future.

SYDENHAMS LEAGUE CUP 2020/21

The draw has been carried out earlier for the first two rounds of the League Cup and is reproduced below, all being well and subject to current Covid-19 constrictions, the 1st Round ties and where possible the 2nd Round ties will be played on September 15th and 16th.

1st ROUND AFC Portchester v Horndean Alresford Town v Hamworthy United Andover Town v Bournemouth Cowes Sports v Brockenhurst Hythe & Dibden v Newport IoW Lymington Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Whitchurch United v Portland United

2nd ROUND Alresford Town or Hamworthy United v AFC Stoneham Alton v Totton & Eling Amesbury Town v AFC Portchester or Horndean Bashley v Andover New Street Bemerton Heath Harlequins v Shaftesbury Cowes Sports or Brockenhurst v Ringwood Town Downton v New Milton Town East Cowes Vics v Andover Town or Bournemouth Fareham Town v Christchurch Fleet Town v Romsey Town Fawley AFC v Folland Sports Hythe & Dibden or Newport IoW v Lymington Town or Baffins Milton Rovers Laverstock & Ford v Blackfield & Langley Petersfield Town v Verwood Town United Services Portsmouth v Tadley Calleva Whitchurch United or Portland United v Hamble Club



FIXTURES Our Fixtures Secretary is still working on Division One for games after September, which will hopefully be issued shortly. He has had some late notifications of unavailability which always throws out fixture patterns - hopefully these are minor. Because of the late start there are more midweeks than normal which means some of the midweek fixtures involve greater travelling distances than is usual. One final point which applies principally to Division One. If your team is shown as spare, do not stand your players down unless the League release your club from a fixture. This is particularly relevant early in the season when F.A. Cup & Vase games are arranged at relatively short notice. As usual please let me know if you spot any discrepancies. So with great thanks to Roger Allen for his prompt actions, here are the September fixtures across the League and those for the Premier Division until the end of the year. Please also note that these are subject to change at short notice, especially given the new FA competitions for the coming season. Looking further ahead, it is confirmed that the end date for the season will be 15th May 2021. Tuesday/Wednesday September 1st/2nd F.A. Cup Extra Preliminary Round Saturday September 5th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Fleet Town AFC Stoneham v Lymington Town Alresford Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Blackfield & Langley v Fareham Town Brockenhurst v Cowes Sports Hamble Club v Tadley Calleva Hamworthy United v Christchurch Horndean v Bournemouth Portland United v Bashley Shaftesbury v Amesbury Town Division One Andover Town v Fawley AFC Downton v Alton Laverstock & Ford v U.S. Portsmouth Newport IoW v Andover New Street Petersfield Town v Folland Sports Ringwood Town v East Cowes Vics Romsey Town v New Milton Town Totton & Eling v Bemerton Heath H’quins Verwood Town v Hythe & Dibden Spare: Whitchurch United Tuesday September 8th Premier Division Alresford Town v Amesbury Town Bashley v Hamworthy United Christchurch v Portland United Cowes Sports v Blackfield & Langley Fareham Town v AFC Portchester Horndean v Fleet Town Lymington Town v Brockenhurst Shaftesbury v Bournemouth

Tadley Calleva v AFC Stoneham Wednesday September 9th Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamble Club Friday September 11th Division One Fawley AFC v Verwood Town Saturday September 12th F.A. Cup Preliminary Round Division One Alton v Andover Town Andover New Street v Petersfield Town Bemerton Heath H’quins v Newport IoW East Cowes Vics v Downton Folland Sports v Ringwood Town New Milton Town v Laverstock & Ford U.S. Portsmouth v Totton & Eling Whitchurch United v Romsey Town Spare: Hythe & Dibden Tuesday September 15th Sydenhams League Cup 1st Round AFC Portchester v Horndean Alresford Town v Hamworthy United Andover Town v Bournemouth Cowes Sports v Brockenhurst Hythe & Dibden v Newport IoW Lymington Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Sydenhams League Cup 2nd Round Alton v Totton & Eling Bashley v Andover New Street Bemerton Heath H’quins v Shaftesbury Downton v New Milton Town Fareham Town v Christchurch Fleet Town v Romsey Town Laverstock & Ford v Blackfield & Langley



Petersfield Town v Verwood Town U.S. Portsmouth v Tadley Calleva Wednesday September 16th Sydenhams League Cup 1st Round Fawley AFC v Folland Sports Whitchurch United v Portland United Saturday September 19th F.A. Vase 1st Qualifying Round Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v Portland United Lymington Town v Fleet Town Tuesday/Wednesday September 22nd/23rd F.A. Cup 1st Qualifying Round Saturday September 26th Premier Division AFC Portchester v AFC Stoneham Amesbury Town v Brockenhurst Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamworthy United Bashley v Horndean Blackfield & Langley v Shaftesbury Bournemouth v Hamble Club Christchurch v Alresford Town Fareham Town v Portland United Fleet Town v Cowes Sports Tadley Calleva v Lymington Town Division One Andover New Street v Totton & Eling Bemerton Heath H’quins v Petersfield Town Fawley AFC v Laverstock & Ford Folland Sports v Romsey Town New Milton Town v Andover Town Newport IoW v Verwood Town Ringwood Town v Hythe & Dibden U.S. Portsmouth v Downton Whitchurch United v East Cowes Vics Spare: Alton Tuesday September 29th Division One Alton v U.S. Portsmouth Andover Town v Andover New Street Downton v Bemerton Heath H’quins East Cowes Vics v Newport IoW Hythe & Dibden v Fawley AFC Laverstock & Ford v Whitchurch United New Milton Town v Ringwood Town Romsey Town v Verwood Town Totton & Eling v Folland Sports Spare: Petersfield Town Saturday October 3rd Premier Division

AFC Stoneham v Hamworthy United Amesbury Town v Fareham Town Bashley v Alresford Town Brockenhurst v Christchurch Cowes Sports v Tadley Calleva Fleet Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Hamble Club v Blackfield & Langley Lymington Town v Bournemouth Portland United v AFC Portchester Shaftesbury v Horndean Tuesday October 6th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Hamble Club AFC Stoneham v Cowes Sports Alresford Town v Fleet Town Blackfield & Langley v Bashley Bournemouth v Amesbury Town Brockenhurst v Portland United Christchurch v Lymington Town Hamworthy United v Shaftesbury Horndean v Baffins Milton Rovers Tadley Calleva v Fareham Town Tuesday October 13th Premier Division Portland United v AFC Stoneham Saturday October 17th Premier Division Amesbury Town v Christchurch Baffins Milton Rovers v Tadley Calleva Bournemouth v Fleet Town Cowes Sports v Portland United Fareham Town v Brockenhurst Hamble Club v Bashley Hamworthy United v Alresford Town Horndean v Blackfield & Langley Lymington Town v AFC Portchester Shaftesbury v AFC Stoneham Tuesday October 20th Premier Division Alresford Town v Horndean Bashley v Lymington Town Brockenhurst v Blackfield & Langley Christchurch v Bournemouth Cowes Sports v AFC Portchester Fareham Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Fleet Town v Hamble Club Portland United v Hamworthy United Tadley Calleva v Shaftesbury Saturday October 24th Premier Division



AFC Portchester v Brockenhurst AFC Stoneham v Bashley Amesbury Town v Horndean Baffins Milton Rovers v Bournemouth Blackfield & Langley v Alresford Town Fleet Town v Hamworthy United Hamble Club v Christchurch Lymington Town v Fareham Town Shaftesbury v Cowes Sports Tadley Calleva v Portland United Tuesday October 27th Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Brockenhurst Saturday October 31st Premier Division AFC Portchester v Blackfield & Langley Alresford Town v Lymington Town Baffins Milton Rovers v AFC Stoneham Bashley v Shaftesbury Brockenhurst v Hamble Club Cowes Sports v Christchurch Fareham Town v Fleet Town Hamworthy United v Amesbury Town Horndean v Portland United Tadley Calleva v Bournemouth Tuesday November 3rd Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Horndean Bashley v Brockenhurst Blackfield & Langley v Tadley Calleva Bournemouth v AFC Portchester Christchurch v Baffins Milton Rovers Fareham Town v Alresford Town Fleet Town v Shaftesbury Hamble Club v Cowes Sports Lymington Town v Hamworthy United Portland United v Amesbury Town Saturday November 7th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Bashley Amesbury Town v Lymington Town Blackfield & Langley v AFC Stoneham Bournemouth v Alresford Town Brockenhurst v Baffins Milton Rovers Christchurch v Tadley Calleva Cowes Sports v Horndean Hamworthy United v Hamble Club Portland United v Fleet Town Shaftesbury v Fareham Town Tuesday November 10th

Premier Division Amesbury Town v AFC Stoneham Saturday November 14th Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Bournemouth Alresford Town v AFC Portchester Baffins Milton Rovers v Shaftesbury Bashley v Fareham Town Brockenhurst v Hamworthy United Cowes Sports v Lymington Town Fleet Town v Blackfield & Langley Hamble Club v Portland United Horndean v Christchurch Tadley Calleva v Amesbury Town Tuesday November 17th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Baffins Milton Rovers Alresford Town v Hamble Club Bashley v Christchurch Blackfield & Langley v Amesbury Town Brockenhurst v Shaftesbury Fareham Town v Cowes Sports Fleet Town v Tadley Calleva Hamworthy United v Bournemouth Lymington Town v Horndean Saturday November 21st Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Hamble Club Amesbury Town v Cowes Sports Baffins Milton Rovers v Bashley Bournemouth v Fareham Town Christchurch v Fleet Town Hamworthy United v Tadley Calleva Horndean v Brockenhurst Lymington Town v Blackfield & Langley Portland United v Alresford Town Shaftesbury v AFC Portchester Saturday November 28th AFC Portchester v Horndean Baffins Milton Rovers v Amesbury Town Bashley v Fleet Town Bournemouth v Brockenhurst Christchurch v AFC Stoneham Cowes Sports v Hamworthy United Fareham Town v Hamble Club Portland United v Blackfield & Langley Shaftesbury v Lymington Town Tadley Calleva v Alresford Town Tuesday December 1st Premier Division



AFC Portchester v Christchurch Bashley v Amesbury Town Blackfield & Langley v Bournemouth Cowes Sports v Alresford Town Hamble Club v Shaftesbury Hamworthy United v Fareham Town Horndean v Tadley Calleva Saturday December 5th Premier Division Alresford Town v AFC Stoneham Amesbury Town v AFC Portchester Blackfield & Langley v Baffins Milton Rovers Bournemouth v Cowes Sports Fareham Town v Christchurch Fleet Town v Brockenhurst Horndean v Hamworthy United Lymington Town v Hamble Club Shaftesbury v Portland United Tadley Calleva v Bashley Saturday December 12th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Hamworthy United

AFC Stoneham v Fareham Town Amesbury Town v Fleet Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Cowes Sports Bashley v Bournemouth Brockenhurst v Tadley Calleva Christchurch v Blackfield & Langley Hamble Club v Horndean Portland United v Lymington Town Shaftesbury v Alresford Town Saturday December 19th Premier Division Alresford Town v Brockenhurst Bournemouth v Portland United Christchurch v Shaftesbury Cowes Sports v Bashley Fareham Town v Horndean Fleet Town v AFC Stoneham Hamble Club v Amesbury Town Hamworthy United v Blackfield & Langley Lymington Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Tadley Calleva v AFC Portchester

CLUB NEWS

Agreement has been reached between East Cowes Victoria and Newport IOW that will see the latter again ground share at Beatrice Avenue. New Milton Town are looking for additional volunteers for the forthcoming season- there are vacancies for Stewards, a club Photographer and Stadium Announcer. Please apply directly to the club if you feel you can help or like to get involved. I am sure they are not alone in looking for that extra help on matchdays.

DATE HOSTS . OPPOSITION VENUE KO

01-Aug Baffins Milton Rovers v Dorking Wanderers PMC Stadium 12:00

01-Aug Petersfield Town v Clanfield ? ?

01-Aug QK Southampton v Romsey Town Chestnut Avenue 12:00

01-Aug Romsey Town v Brockenhurst Chestnut Avenue 15:00

04-Aug Alton v Liphook United Anstey Park Enclosure ?

04-Aug Ascot United v Fleet Town Racecourse Ground ?

04-Aug Fleetlands v Baffins Milton Rovers Lederle Lane 18:30

05-Aug Bush Hill v Brockenhurst Mansel Park 19:00

06-Aug Fawley v Lymington Town Aliport Arena 19:45

Please contact us so we can promote your games and advise of clubs from elsewhere looking for similar. Don’t forget the home team also has to obtain sanction from their County FA before playing AND that we still must adhere to FA and Government guidelines as regards the Covid-19 situation.

Based on messages seen and noted, the following are Pre-season fixtures that are listed in good faith, but please note the League have no control over the proposed schedules.

Please check nearer the time if making a special journey.



08-Aug Amesbury Town v Cribbs Bonnymead Park 13:00

08-Aug Blandford United v Shaftesbury Blandford School ?

08-Aug Bournemouth v Bournemouth Electric Slades Farm 12:00

08-Aug Broughton v Andover New Street Buckholt Road 13:00

08-Aug Cranborne v Christchurch Pennys Lane 15:00

08-Aug Hamworthy United v Dorchester Sports Specsavers County Ground ?

08-Aug QK Southampton v Brockenhurst Lordshill Rec 15:00

08-Aug Romsey Town v Hamble Club Bypass Ground 12:00

08-Aug Shrewton United v Bemerton Heath Harlequins ? ?

08-Aug Stockbridge v Downton High Street ?

08-Aug United Services Portsmouth v Liss Athletic Burnaby Road ?

11-Aug Alton v AFC Portchester Anstey Park Enclosure ?

11-Aug Fawley v AFC Totton Aliport Arena 19:45

11-Aug Hamble Club v Fleetlands Hamble Community Facility ?

11-Aug Hamworthy Recreation v Bournemouth Magna Road 19:00

11-Aug Merley Cobham Sports v Hamworthy United Merley Park ?

11-Aug Petersfield Town v Baffins Milton Rovers PMC Stadium ?

11-Aug Selsey v Horndean Bunn Leisure Stadium ?

11-Aug Stockbridge v AFC Stoneham High Street ?

15-Aug Amesbury Town v Cove Bonnymead Park 13:00

15-Aug Andover New Street v Salisbury ? ?

15-Aug Bournemouth v Verwood Town Slades Farm 14:00

15-Aug Brockenhurst v Chichester City Meadens Skoda Arena 13:00

15-Aug Cowes Sports v Romsey Town Westwood Park 12:00

15-Aug East Preston v Horndean The Lashmar ?

15-Aug Farnham Town v Fleet Town Memorial Ground ?

15-Aug Hamworthy United v Moneyfields Specsavers County Ground ?

15-Aug Laverstock & Ford v Cricklade The Dell ?

15-Aug Midhurst & Easebourne v Alton Dodsley Grove ?

15-Aug Petersfield Town v Hayling United ? ?

15-Aug Stockbridge v Totton & Eling High Street 15:00

15-Aug United Services Portsmouth v Baffins Milton Rovers Burnaby Road 15:00

15-Aug Wincanton Town v Shaftesbury Moor Lane Sports Centre ?

18-Aug Alton v Badshot Lea Anstey Park Enclosure ?

18-Aug Amesbury Town v Gillingham Town Bonnymead Park ?

18-Aug Brockenhurst v Sholing Meadens Skoda Arena 19:45

18-Aug Fawley v Hayling United Aliport Arena 19:45

18-Aug Horndean v United Services Portsmouth Fiveheads Park ?

18-Aug Laverstock & Ford v Wroughton The Dell ?

18-Aug Merley Cobham Sports v Bournemouth Merley Park ?

18-Aug Romsey Town v AFC Stoneham Bypass Ground 19:30

18-Aug Whiteley Wanderers v Ringwood Town Meadowside Leisure Centre ?

19-Aug Hamworthy Recreation v Hamworthy United Magna Road ?

20-Aug Andover Town v Eastleigh Portway Stadium 19:45

21-Aug Fawley v Stockbridge Aliport Arena 19:45

21-Aug Horndean v Bognor Regis Town Fiveheads Park ?

21-Aug Romsey Town v Fleetlands Bypass Ground 19:30

22-Aug AFC Portchester v Cribbs Crest Finance Stadium ?



22-Aug Andover New Street v Eastleigh Academy Foxcotte Park 15:00

22-Aug Ash United v Fleet Town Shawfield Road ?

22-Aug Baffins Milton Rovers v Winchester City PMC Stadium 15:00

22-Aug Bournemouth v Bournemouth Sports Slades Farm 12:00

22-Aug Brockenhurst v Alton Meadens Skoda Arena 15:00

22-Aug Godalming Town v Amesbury Town Wey Court ?

22-Aug Hamworthy United v Badshot Lea Specsavers County Ground ?

22-Aug Petersfield Town v Liphook United ? ?

22-Aug Shaftesbury v Laverstock & Ford Cockrams ?

22-Aug United Services Portsmouth v Westfields Burnaby Road ?

25-Aug Andover New Street v Basingstoke Town Foxcotte Park 19:45

25-Aug Andover Town v Salisbury Portway Stadium ?

25-Aug Baffins Milton Rovers v Chichester City PMC Stadium 19:45

25-Aug Blackfield & Langley v Bournemouth Gang Warily 19:00

25-Aug Fawley v Bashley Aliport Arena 19:45

25-Aug Fleet Town v Aldershot Town u23 Calthorpe Park ?

25-Aug Laverstock & Ford v Brockenhurst The Dell 19:45

25-Aug Romsey Town v Empire Bypass Ground 19:30

27-Aug Pewsey Vale v Laverstock & Ford Pewsey Recreation Ground ?

28-Aug Fawley v Lyndhurst Aliport Arena 19:45

29-Aug Amesbury Town v Kingsclere Bonnymead Park ?

29-Aug Andover Town v Andover New Street Portway Stadium ?

29-Aug Baffins Milton Rovers v Worthing PMC Stadium 13:00

29-Aug Bournemouth v Bournemouth Manor Slades Farm 14:00

29-Aug Broughton v Tadley Calleva ? ?

29-Aug Cribbs v Horndean The Lawns 15:00

29-Aug Farnham Town v Alton Memorial Ground ?

29-Aug Hamworthy United v Wimborne Town Specsavers County Ground 15:00

29-Aug Petersfield Town v East Preston ? ?

29-Aug Romsey Town v Blackfield & Langley Bypass Ground 15:00

29-Aug Saltash United v Bemerton Heath Harlequins Kimberley Park 14:00

29-Aug United Services Portsmouth v Cowes Sports Burnaby Road ?

29-Aug Whitchurch United v Fleet Town Longmeadow ?

WEEK 4 ROUND UP At time of going to Press we have yet to receive information appertaining to both the FA Cup and FA Vase for next season, including details about the draw for the opening rounds in both- the road to Wembley starts here at the beginning of September, subject to guidance procedures being in place. Our league campaign is also under the strict guidance procedures that have been laid down and likely to be in place for the start, Club Secretaries are reminded to keep up to date with the practices required to enable the campaign to get under way. Thanks to all concerned at this rather difficult time.

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