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1 #34 HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE LATEST EDITION OF YOUR NEWSLETTER If you have anything to contribute, please do get in touch- You can keep up to date with all the news from around the League by following us on Twitter at You are more than welcome to use any material (excluding attributed photographs) but it would be appreciated if any material used is acknowledged. ROAD WORKS The roadworks for widening the A338 southbound between Ringwood and Bournemouth continue and there are also Average Speed cameras south of the Blackwater turn, do please allow extra journey time for games at Christchurch and Bournemouth. The M27 is also having some extensive work undertaken, and again there are Average Speed cameras are on the stretch between Southampton and Portsmouth, and will be for some considerable time, and also whilst in the area; roadworks at Millbrook have also resumed- these may affect those travelling to the Waterside and Team Solent. Work at Staplers in Newport may affect trips to St Georges Park ground over the coming months as well. Please check local news and media for more details. PLAYER NEWS There s a new face at Downton, where Charlie Burden has joined the Robins, whilst Jack Barker has returned to Fareham Town on dual registration forms with Moneyfields. The Alresford Brockenhurst game in midweek saw a 100 game milestone for the Badgers Joe Chamberlain, whilst youngster Leon Carbayo-Borges notched up his 50 th, not bad for an 18-year-old. Congratulations to them both. More congratulations re in order as well- Darren Powell has completed 572 competitive appearances for Newport following their game yesterday. Lymington have boosted their attacking prospects with the reuniting of Steve Flynn from Bournemouth and Mickey Finch from Hamworthy United in their squad. Blackfield & Langley have let Owen Fee go out on a dual registration basis to Hamble Club, no stranger to our league after a spell at Lymington Town last term. Horndean were hoping to have Bennie Read back in the squad at the weekend after the defender has had a spell on trial with Sheffield United in the last few days. On the Waterside, Josh McPhee has been added to the Fawley squad after a spell at near neighbours Hythe & Dibden. Further north along the A326, AFC Totton have secured on dual registration Team Solent striker Silvano Obeng. Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 1 of 21

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3 WHISTLE STOP What would you do if you were the Referee in a number of scenarios. Answers in the next Edition. 1. A direct defensive free kick taken from outside the area is mistakenly kicked directly in to the team s own goal. Do you; a. Award a goal to the opposition b. Award an indirect FK to the opposition from the position of which the original free kick was taken c. Award a re-take d. Award an opposition corner 2. Upon the taking of a Penalty Kick, the designated kicker runs up and back heels the ball to a team mate (Ball travels backwards). What do you do? a. Award a re-take b. Award a re-take and caution the player c. Award an indirect free kick to the opposition and caution the player for unsporting behaviour. d. Award an indirect free kick to the opposition 3. With the ball in play, a Player strikes their own team mate off the field of play next to their own Penalty area. What do you do? a. Award a penalty to the opposing team and send off the player. b. Do nothing as it was between players of the same team and off the field of play c. Award an Indirect FK to the opposing team on the line at the point closest and send off the player d. Stop play, send off the player and award a drop ball at wherever the ball was last BUILDBASE FA VASE QUARTER FINALS The draw for the Quarter Final was made last Monday, and our last team in the hat were the 8 th team out. Here s the full draw. Canterbury City V Biggleswade West Auckland Town V Chertsey Town Northwich Victoria V Sholing Willand Rovers V Cray Valley PM A trip of 212 miles one way with an estimated journey time of just shy of 3 ¾ hours, the Vics are based at Witton Albion s Wincham Park ground. At time of writing they lie 5 th of 20 in the North West Counties Premier Division. This is only their second season in the competition- having had a rich history in the FA Trophy before relegation came. Going out in the 1 st Qualifying Round last term 4-3 at home against Stockport Town- they ve overcome Maltby Main 2-0, Prestwich Heys 1-0 in a replay after an away goalless draw, Silsden 3-0, before an away trip to Newcastle Benfield where they came through 3-2 in front of a crowd of 360. In the 5 th Round an away victory at the much fancied Histon came after extra time in a 3-1 with close to 650 in the ground. RANK PL W D L F A GD PTS 1 City of Liverpool Bootle Congleton Town Barnoldswick Town Ashton Athletic Northwich Victoria Runcorn Town Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 3 of 21

4 All will be aware that Sholing have reached the last eight of the FA Vase ties to be played on February 23rd so a look at the other seven Clubs still with their eyes on Wembley, though because of two postponements last Saturday that seven, was until yesterday nine. The first of the two outstanding Fifth Round ties was an all North-East affair between HEBBURN TOWN and WEST AUCKLAND. Hebburn is on the River Tyne between Gateshead and Jarrow and the Town s Football Club are known as The Hornets and this is the furthest they have gone in the Competition in their history. West Auckland lies to the west of Bishops Auckland and is only some thirty miles from Hebburn which leaves one wondering why the tie was not re-arranged for midweek rather than Saturday. West Auckland have perhaps the best Vase pedigree of the Clubs still in contention, having been beaten finalists in 2012 and 2014 with the Trophy going to Dunston and Sholing respectively on those occasions. Both these two Clubs compete in the Northern League and are occupying seventh and eighth places as this is written. A 2-0 away win sees West go through. The other postponed tie involved two Clubs rather further apart in geographical terms as IRLAM entertained CHERTSEY TOWN. Irlam is a suburb of Salford in Greater Manchester and, known as The Mitchells or Stack for reasons that are unclear, currently lie in thirteenth place in the North West Counties and have never reached this stage of the Competition before. Chertsey is in suburban Surrey on the banks of the Thames with their Football Club, known as The Curfews, at present in second place in the Combined Counties League with games in hand on virtually every Club in the League. They were Vase quarter finalists in 1988 and 1992, Another 2-0 away win sees the Curfews face a trip to West Auckland. The other tree quarter final ties were already confirmed Monday with the first being CANTERBURY CITY at home to BIGGLESWADE. Canterbury of course is a Cathedral City in Kent but since losing their Ground some years ago memory suggests it was shared with Speedway they have played outside the City and currently ground share with Isthmian League side Faversham Town some ten miles away, though last Saturday s tie was played at Ashford United with Faversham claiming first use of their own ground on the day. They are currently tenth in the South East Counties League and again are in unknown territory this far in to the Vase. Biggleswade is a Market Town adjacent to the A1 in Bedfordshire and boasts two Football Clubs playing at a good level and sharing the same ground. Biggleswade Town FC are members of the Southern League whilst Biggleswade FC, the Club playing in the Vase at a stage they have not previously reached, are currently in second place in the Spartan South Midlands League. Next two Clubs known to the Sydenhams League through their Vase exploits this season, WILLAND ROVERS and CRAY VALLEY. Willand is a village near Cullompton in Devon and their Football Club is putting a lot of larger towns to shame by sitting on top of the Western League at this point in time. They are known as The Rovers or The Devon All Whites and ended Hamworthy United s Vase hopes earlier in the season and their compact ground will undoubtedly be packed out on the day. There is both a St Marys Cray and a Foots Cray in Kent, both in the Borough of Bromley, but Cray Valley, who include Paper Mills in their full title, play at Eltham on the Thames where they ground share with Greenwich Borough and where they defeated Baffins Milton Rovers in an earlier Round. Like Canterbury they are members of the South East Counties League in fourth place at present and as with most of the Clubs mentioned to date have never before progressed so far in the Competition. The final tie- Sholing were the last team drawn out of the hat when the draw was made and have to travel to NORTHWICH VICTORIA. Northwich is in Cheshire around eighteen miles east of Chester and some two hundred miles from Southampton. Former AFC Bournemouth players Shaun Teale and Jimmy Quinn have both played for and managed them. For many years they were at the top of the non-league football tree and have won the FA Trophy and played at Conference level but have suffered on more than one occasion from severe financial difficulties and now play in the North West Counties where they ground share with Witton Albion and sit in sixth place. Known as The Trickies they have no real Vase experience having seldom played in the Competition. SHOLING of course need no introduction just all good wishes. Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 4 of 21

5 MIDWEEK MATCH RESULTS Tuesday 5 February Alresford Town 3-1 Brockenhurst 49 Luke Rae 5 Greg King 79 Chris Mason 73 pen Aaron Blaxall 87 Bournemouth 0-0 Fareham Town 36 Portland United 1-2 Shaftesbury 67 Alex Godfrey 33 Ben Wood 4, 44 Ringwood Town 0-3 Downton 30 Tom Moseley 22, 60, 90 pen Salisbury Hospital Cup Semi Final Bemerton Heath Harlequins 3-2 Laverstock & Ford 72 Jamie Smith Russell Jones Jack Slade [2] Adam Bourner MATCH REPORTS FROM MIDWEEK Roger Allen writes BOURNEMOUTH 0-0 FAREHAM TOWN DESPITE the lack of goals this was an entertaining game between two closely matched sides played in driving rain for the most part. The closest either side came to scoring was the first real chance of the game when, in the 7th minute, Lewis Stockford rattled the Bournemouth cross bar with the ball coming back into play. Both sides struggled to make the breakthrough though River Smith had the ball in the net twice in 5 minutes but was flagged offside on both occasions. In fact River was offside so many times that it was surprising he was not carded for persistent infringement. Of the legal chances the best fell to Smith but he drove across goal just missing the far post and then Declan McCarthy in the Fareham goal pushed a shot over from the same player. Dom Falco was also wide when well placed. The final chance of the half fell to Stockford but he shot across the Poppies goal. HT 0-0 The second half continued in much the same vein with Poppies having the bulk of the chances. All the strikers had chances to score when one on one with McCarthy but the keeper, giving a man of the match performance, produced a string of fine saves to keep the score sheet blank. As the match wore on the inevitability of a no score draw became more and more certain. FT 0-0 James Spring writes PORTLAND UNITED 1-2 SHAFTESBURY THEY say league position and form counts for nothing in derbies, and it proved the case once again tonight as struggling Shaftesbury turned over their promotion chasing Dorset rivals on a horrible night on the rock. The fog at kick off was so thick there were doubts the game would even start, and maybe conditions played a part in the opener as Ben WOOD's shot from range found its way onto the corner. The Blues keeper got a hand to it but seemed to see it late. Portland hit the post before levelling up after half an hour. The visiting keeper did brilliantly to save a point blank header on the line, but he couldn't recover to stop Alex GODFREY firing home the rebound. But the visitors didn't fold, and WOOD got his second just before the break, latching onto a through ball and showing composure to roll the ball into the far corner from the corner of the box. HT 1-2 Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 5 of 21

6 By the second half the fog had lifted and been replaced by driving rain and heavy wind. Shaftesbury struggled to get out of their half but they defended resolutely, and despite seeing plenty of the ball Portland struggled to find an opening- and failed to really trouble the visiting keeper with anything more than some hopeful punts into the box. A disappointing evening for United who miss the chance to go back into second before their trip to champions elect Sholing on Saturday. Shaftesbury move up 3 places to 14th and open a 4 point gap on the bottom 3. FT 1-2 Mike Robins writes RINGWOOD TOWN 0-3 DOWNTON UNDER somewhat difficult conditions, the game was a well contested affair that would have had a different end result had the hosts converted their numerous chances, the Robins keeper Edmonds- was in good form and the defence held firm to keep a clean sheet. Flynn Wearden had a decent half chance inside the fifth minute only to drag his shot wide of the mark, Sam Brown and Ben Harris (twice) threatened the visiting goal in the first quarter of an hour. The best chance coming at that time when Lee Vint made the most of Nathan Stott and Ben Smith fluffing their lines to allow the striker a run to the bye-line, but the cross came to nothing. On 22 minutes, against the run of play Tom MOSELEY sprinted beyond his marker firing low to the right of Cameron Plain to give the Robins the lead. Despite taking the lead it was the hosts who continued to ask questions of the defence Vint again had a good chance to make it all square. HT 0-1 Downton started the second half much as they ended the first, playing some good football on a tricky surface and Plain made a great stop to keep out Matt Steer not long after the re-start. The second goal came on the hour, MOSELEY found himself in space some 30 yards out, was played through by Dan Telfer and made no mistake from around 15 yards out to make it 0-2. Again Ringwood pressed for a goal with Brown and Vint having chances to get something out of the game, whilst at the other end Moseley was denied a hat trick by a good diving save from Plain. However the striker was not to be denied his and the Robins third on the 90 th minutes converting a penalty to take the points back up the A338. FT 0-3 THE DERBY SYDENHAMS STYLE PART THREE Having looked in the last two weeks at matches between Clubs some five miles apart we now move to the East of the County and find that only 2.9 miles separate Portchester and Fareham or AFC PORTCHESTER and FAREHAM TOWN in footballing parlance. Both are long time members of the so a look at League meetings over the last five seasons leaving aside any meetings in the current campaign. We start in Season 2013/14 when Sholing topped the Division with Portchester in 8th place and Fareham eight points adrift though only two places behind them. Both meetings took place very much towards the end of the season with the sides finishing level at one game all at Cams Alders in early March with the crowd just topping the 100 mark and two well-known names in the area, Gary Austin and Jamie Musselwhite, on the scoresheet. Six weeks later and rather more goals at Portchester with the home side coming out on top Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 6 of 21

7 by the odd goal in five in front of an attendance close to the 250 mark. Josh Maddison, Joe Noakes and Daniel Thompson did the damage for the home side with Ash Tattersall coming off the bench to claim both Fareham goals. On to 2014/15 and a Christmas meeting on the 27th December at Portchester though one imagines the home side gained more enjoyment from the festivities after a five goal victory. Craig Hardy notched a hat trick the only one in the ten games under review -with further goals from Jamie Musselwhite and Joe Bye. The attendance was 171 and there were 139 present for the midweek meeting in March when Portchester completed a double for the season as goals from Luke Sweeney and Nicholas Littleton more than cancelled out Bradey Norton s effort for the Creeksiders. At the season s end the Championship went a few miles up the A3 to Petersfield with Portchester 3rd and Fareham 19th. 2015/16 was Salisbury s lone season in the Sydenhams League as they topped the table with Portchester in sixth place and Fareham twelfth. Again both meetings were in the latter part of the season with 133 spectators enjoying a goalless draw at what is now the Crest Finance Stadium in March before in another midweek encounter Portchester won two one at Fareham with the attendance just over the hundred mark. Geoff Dunn and Jason Parish scored for the winners with Dale Clark getting Fareham s consolation goal. It could perhaps be mentioned that the two Clubs also met in the League Cup with Fareham winning by the odd goal in five at Portchester. 2016/17 was Portland s year and Portchester and Fareham finished eighth and seventeenth respectively but it was Portchester s season as regards the two Clubs in question with victory in both encounters. Very early in the season, on the 30th August to be precise, Steve Ramsey and Andy Todd gave Portchester the points at Fareham and in a high scoring game a couple of months later Portchester came out on top by four goals to two. Four different scorers for the winners Alex Baldacchino, Thomas Cain, Rob Evans and Steve Ramsey with Lee McCombie and Jay Ripiner netting for the visitors. The attendances at the two matches were 132 and 108. And so to last season when Blackfield & Langley took the Title that for so long looked like going to Andover Town and another early season meeting in August with Steve Ramsey and Bobby Scott giving Portchester a two nil victory at Cams Alders, but the last word goes to Fareham as in the return fixture three days prior to Christmas, a lone Scott Hamilton goal gave Fareham the points in front of the largest attendance over the five seasons 278 with the game at Portchester attracting 217, In summary over the five seasons Portchester won seven matches, Fareham one and two were drawn but all were undoubtedly well contested. There were 29 goals scored overall and the average attendance over the ten matches was a creditable 163. Two final points. It was noticeable the number of players who represented both sides in the course of the five seasons not surprising really with the clubs so close and Portsmouth on the doorstep. And apologies to Portchester for the non-use of AFC throughout. Laziness on the writers part regrettably. ISLE OF WIGHT GOLD CUP 2018/19 Sponsored by Harwoods Dacia 2017/18 WINNERS- Cowes Sports 1 st Round Osborne Coburg 0-2 Northwood St John Sandown 1-2 Brading Town Shanklin 4-1 Binstead & County Old Boys Ventnor 5-1 East Cowes Sports 2 nd Round Shanklin 5-2 Brading Town Northwood St John, Pan Sports, Ventnor and Whitecroft & Barton Sports byes Quarter Final Cowes Sports - Pan Sports East Cowes Vics - Northwood St John Newport IOW 20-Feb Shanklin Ventnor - Whitecroft & Barton Sports Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 7 of 21

8 POSTPONEMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Whilst it is great to get updates about games in good time, putting on social media a match is off, before telling your opponents, match officials and the league is not acceptable- Rule 8.37 should be followed. Persistent offenders may be treated under the fines set down for failing to comply with the procedures laid down under this rule. Social media should be the final place opponents, the match official and the league hear about a postponement, not the first- no matter how likely a Postponement may be. By rule of thumb, wait until your opponents and match official have acknowledged you before putting on your own clubs social media. REMINDER - MJM SPORTS - ORDERING OF MATCH BALLS After a couple of requests, please note the following. The unit price is 25 per match ball. Clubs order the number of balls they want (MINIMUM order quantity is 6 [six]) DIRECT from MJM Sports who deliver them free of charge. The league sends an invoice to the club for payment within 28 days. WEEKEND MATCH RESULTS Saturday 9 February Bashley 0-3 Alresford Town 174 Luke Rae 37, 68, 90+3 Christchurch 0-2 Bournemouth 97 River Smith 32 Manny Ohameje 90 Cowes Sports 1-1 Andover New Street 123 John McKie Shane Lock 49 Lymington Town 2-2 Hamble Club 53 OG 58 Liam Crook 26 Mike Gosney 87 Nathan Lynch 35 pen First Division Alton 1-2 Downton 93 Taylor Watts 27 Tom Moseley [2 pens] Andover Town 2-1 Folland Sports 97 Shaquille Gwengwe 62 pen, 84 Callum Oliver 64 pen East Cowes Victoria 1-0 AFC Stoneham 45 Joe Butcher 3 Newport (IOW) 0-1 Amesbury Town 104 Jordan Matthews Ringwood Town 3-1 Fawley AFC 31 Joe Manley [2] Ben Rankin Ben Harris Romsey Town 2-0 New Milton Town 130 James Clifton Indrit Elezi MATCH REPORTS FROM THE WEEKEND Mike Robins writes CHRISTCHURCH 0-2 BOURNEMOUTH PROBABLY not a true reflection of the pattern of play, but a powerful performance from Bournemouth, despite having lost their leading scorer to another Premier side and dropping points during the week. The first chance however went the way of the hosts when Ash Pope had a half chance that didn t really trouble Poppies keeper Sam Jones- who was also kept alert ten minutes in to get to a Pope cross. Good approach Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 8 of 21

9 play from River Smith set up Dom Falco, but he could only scuff the shot into ex Poppies custodian Max Frampton s hands in front of the William Pickford Stand. A silly free kick conceded by Chia Khider gave Pope a chance but perhaps a better result for the Blues would have come along had Billy Walker read the ball better. The Christchurch defence though were under the cosh for long spells in the first halfand a Falco cross couldn t be met by Frampton- but River Smith s final touch was scrambled away to safety. It wasn t long though before he made amends though. With 32 minutes on the clock SMITH outpaced his marker running into the penalty area and latched on to a through ball from Falco to send the ball under the advancing Frampton to make it 0-1. Smith was at the heart of several further opportunities as the half drew to a close- just failing to get on the end of a Khider cross, then seeing his hard work come to nothing when Fawzi Saadi could only fire wide when well placed before just firing a Harry Cooper wide of the mark moments before the whistle. HT 0-1 Christchurch introduced Max Wilcock from the bench at the resumption but the half started much as the first finished with Poppies looking for a goal. Smith again unlucky- mistiming his run and causing the offside flag to be raised on more than one occasion. Khider and Smith both had efforts scrambled to safety as we approached the final 15 minutes. The best chance of the half for Christchurch came with just ten minutes remaining, but Wilcock blazed wide of the target when well placed. Poppies meanwhile had brought on Manny OHAMEJE and he added a new dimension to the attack on the right side and added a well earned second for the visitors with 90 minutes on the clock moments after Falco had headed a chance wide. FT 0-2 Roger Allen writes LYMINGTON TOWN 2-2 HAMBLE CLUB THIS was the proverbial game of two halves with the away side making most of the running in the first period and going into half time with a useful lead. To their credit Lymington bounced back in the second half and in the end a draw was a fair result. In the early stages Callum Kitcher, Liam Crook and Nathan Lynch all had chances to give Hamble the lead, testing Nic Jones in the home goal. In the 25th minute substitute Charlie Wagstaffe was just wide but the merited goal was not long delayed with a smart piece of play. Crook fed Lynch who was allowed to turn and supply a low cross to the near post where CROOK had continued his run to turn the ball into the net. New signing Mickey Finch had Lymington's first real chance on the half hour but shot just wide. However three minutes later Hamble were awarded a penalty in controversial circumstances. Lewis Ross was adjudged to have handled the ball which had bounced up awkwardly onto his raised hand. Nathan LYNCH took the kick and sent a powerful low shot to the keeper's left. The half ended when Lymington's other new signing, the hard working Steve Flynn, shot just wide. HT 0-2 All the early running in the second half was made by Lymington. Just before the hour mark Mike Gosney had a shot scrambled away by keeper Rory Anderson at the expense of a corner. Gosney took the kick and Anderson was forced to make a spectacular save from a Flynn header. However the ball was not cleared and it eventually ended in the net. There were so many players in the vicinity of the ball that it was impossible to tell who had scored but the common consensus was it was an OWN GOAL. Anderson came to Hamble's rescue in the next few minutes when he made two smart saves from Finch with his feet and at the other end Jake Newton grazed the Lymington bar with a powerful shot. But the pressure from the home side was building as Lewis Harvey shot just over and the equaliser came with 3 minutes of normal time left. Lymington were awarded a free kick around 30 yards out which was taken by GOSNEY. His low shot went straight through a crowd of players and Lymington were able to rescue something from a game that looked lost at half time. FT 2-2 Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 9 of 21

10 John Gorman writes ANDOVER TOWN 2-1 FOLLAND SPORTS ON a cold dank afternoon with a wind that blew straight down the pitch, this was a decent ninety minutes and a draw might have been a fairer result on the day with both sides largely lacking any threat in front of goal and largely cancelling each other out. On a playing surface that had not warranted even a cursory inspection the game stopped almost as soon as it started with a delay whilst a visiting player was issued, eventually, with a replacement shirt after a collision in which one assumes some blood was spilt though neither player showed any sign of injury. The visitors started the stronger and were denied a shooting chance when the referee declined to play any advantage and came close to opening the scoring when a cross shot from Breon Graham shaved the far post with the goalkeeper clutching fresh air. Andover s first chance came from a free kick from the left that Nathan Lunness could not control at full stretch before Josh Bertie sent Shaquille Gwengwe clear but the shot was delayed and blocked. The wellbuilt McLean leading the Follands line, threaded a pass through the defence with goalkeeper Keiran McHardy going down at Graham s feet to avert the danger before McLean was crowded out and McHardy redeemed himself, after in effect passing the ball to Graham, by clawing away the winger s shot. No goals at the break and the wind in the home side s favour after the break. HT 0-0 The second half started with an annoying substitution inside thirty seconds obviously pre-planned so why not at half time. Graham had a shot fumbled round the post before Andover commenced a spell of pressure that was eventually rewarded with a goal. Bertie fired wide, Ben Emans was denied by weight of numbers after a long run and a free kick from the edge of the area was wasted before the breakthrough came after seventeen minutes. GWENGWE burst in to the area, stumbled through one challenge and then went down as the keeper plunged at his feet. The referee gave a penalty for which of the challenges was unclear and Gwengwe stroked the kick in to the bottom corner. The lead lasted two minutes before Follands were in turn awarded a penalty after contact between defender and attacker saw the latter end up on the floor. Callum OLIVER converted the penalty with similar aplomb to Gwengwe and the Andover defender was cautioned unlike the previous penalty that saw no yellow Card. Consistency? To their credit neither side seemed happy to settle for a draw and there were further chances at both ends. Oliver was denied by McHardy after his defence waited for an offside flag which, rightly, did not come and visiting keeper Sansom denied Emans by similar means at the other end. Follands saw a header cleared off the line in a goalmouth scramble but with six minutes left a chance was taken. Neat Andover play saw the ball reach GWENGWE in the area and he fired across Sansom and inside the far post. Andover s Waledin Ahmed was rightly booked for a nasty challenge in front of the dugouts naturally the two Benches disagreed over same and there was still time for Bertie to strike the angle of post and bar with a free kick and substitute Taurean Manders to strike the Andover crossbar before the final whistle confirmed that the home side had secured the three points As previously stated, a draw may have been a fairer result but Andover took their chance and have moved off the bottom of the table after a game that had far too many yellow cards. Why cannot referees talk to players on occasions rather than produce yellow cards so readily? Is it not called managing the game? FT 2-1 Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 10 of 21

11 ATTENDANCE STATISTICS Despite the poor weather, four gates topped a century yesterday, with Bashley top of the heap with over 170 coming through the turnstile. Romsey topped the First Division with 130 for the visit of New Milton and two of the Island games also registered over 100. The table here is different from the norm in that this week we show here the improvements in rank order, and well done to those towards the top of this table. RANK TABLE TEAM 1718 AVGE 1819 AVGE +/- +/- AS A % 1 First Division East Cowes Victoria % 2 First Division New Milton Town % 3 First Division Laverstock & Ford % 4 First Division Amesbury Town % 5 First Division Fawley % 6 Brockenhurst % 7 First Division Folland Sports % 8 Sholing % 9 First Division Romsey Town % 10 Horndean % 11 First Division Verwood Town % 12 Team Solent % 13 First Division Downton % 14 Andover New Street % 15 First Division Hythe & Dibden % 16 First Division Newport (IOW) % 17 Christchurch % 18 Bournemouth % 19 Bashley % 20 AFC Portchester % 21 First Division U.S. Portsmouth % 22 Tadley Calleva % 23 Cowes Sports % 24 Hamworthy United % 25 Alresford Town % 26 Hamble Club % 27 First Division Ringwood Town % 28 First Division Whitchurch United % 29 First Division Petersfield Town % 30 Bemerton Heath H quins % 31 Lymington Town % 32 Baffins Milton Rovers % 33 First Division AFC Stoneham % 34 Portland United % 35 First Division Totton & Eling % 36 Fareham Town % 37 First Division Alton % 38 Shaftesbury % 39 First Division Andover Town % Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 11 of 21

12 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH In the Dorset Premier, 7 out of 8 games were played yesterday despite the awful weather on the Friday and overnight. Leaders Hamworthy Recreation lost for only the third time this season at Balti Sports who came from behind to win 2-1 at Cranford Avenue. Westland Sports closed the gap to just two points as they beat visitors Blandford 4-2 whilst also closing the gap, we see Merley Cobham Sports rattling up an 8-2 win over Dorchester Sports, with Matt Groves hitting a hat trick, at the foot Gillingham Town won 5-0 at Sturminster Newton. Meanwhile in Hampshire, just the two games survived- Paulsgrove enjoyed a 3-1 home win over Stockbridge to move 15 points clear of Bush Hill- although they have played SIX games more than their nearest rivals. Sway also took advantage of the lack of activity to jump to fifth with a 3-1 win at Winchester Castle, despite falling behind to a penalty. It was a similar story to the north where only two Wiltshire county league games were completedboth resulting in home wins, Cricklade beat Pewsey s Development team 5-2 and Marlborough won 3-1 against Corsham s Development team to move up to 11 th place. In the Evostik Southern League, Salisbury s game at home against Farnborough fell foul of the weather, but Wimborne shared six goals and the points with visitors Hendon at Cuthbury- Toby Holmes again on target, with a double for the Magpies. Poole Town also collected a shar of the spoils in a 1-1 draw at Swindon Supermarine. Gosport Borough won 3-1 at home against Frome Town with Ryan Pennery bagging a brace, but the big winners here were Basingstoke Town who beat basement side Staines Town 10-3, what is even more bizarre here is that the losers were 2-1 up not long before half time. In the Southern section, Blackfield & Langley continued their excellent debut campaign at this level with a 3-0 win over Highworth Town down at Gang Warily. Adam Tomasso, Charlie Gunson and Sami Makhloufi on target. Moneyfields went down to a single goal defeat at Paulton whilst Yate overcame Manor Farm by the odd goal in five. Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 12 of 21

13 RANK EVOSTIK SOUTHERN DIVISION 1 SOUTH PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG 1 Blackfield & Langley Yate Town Moneyfields Evesham United Cirencester Town AFC Totton Street Winchester City Cinderford Town Melksham Town Bideford Highworth Town Thatcham Town Larkhall Athletic Bristol Manor Farm Paulton Rovers Mangotsfield United Slimbridge Fleet Town Barnstaple Town RANK DORSET PREMIER [TOP TEN] PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG 1 Hamworthy Recreation Westland Sports Merley Cobham Sports Balti Sports Gillingham Town Portland United Reserves Holt United Parley Sports Dorchester Sports Swanage Town & Herston RANK HAMPSHIRE PREMIER [TOP TEN] PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG 1 Paulsgrove Bush Hill Infinity Overton United Sway Fleetlands Stockbridge Liphook United Winchester Castle Hayling United [points adjustment] Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 13 of 21

14 RANK WILTSHIRE SENIOR [TOP TEN] PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG 1 Kintbury Rangers Wroughton Shrewton United Melksham Town Reserves Cricklade Town Corsham Town Reserves Trowbridge Town [points adjustment] Purton Ludgershall Sports Westbury United Reserves and finally in the Wyvern Combination, results and tables after the games yesterday afternoon. Saturday 9 th February 2019 Poole Town 2-7 Sholing East Division Folland Sports 0-6 Alton Tadley Calleva 5-1 Liss Athletic West Division Downton 1-0 East Cowes Victoria Fawley AFC 1-0 Bemerton Heath Harlequins New Milton Town 3-1 Brockenhurst Totton & Eling 4-1 Ringwood Town PREMIER DIVISION [TOP 10] PL W D L F A GD Pts 1. Winchester City AFC Stoneham Hamble Club Sholing AFC Portchester Christchurch Moneyfields Poole Town Wimborne Town Salisbury EAST DIVISION [TOP 6] PL W D L F A GD Pts 1. Baffins Milton Rovers Folland Sports Horndean Fareham Town Alton Tadley Calleva WEST DIVISION [TOP 6] PL W D L F A GD Pts 1. Bush Hill Downton Totton & Eling New Milton Town Fawley AFC Bemerton Heath H quins Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 14 of 21

15 FIXTURES UPDATE Fixtures subject to change at short notice- please check Full Time CHANGES TO THE PREMIER DIVISION SCHEDULE 05/03/19 Bashley v Brockenhurst (from 06/04/19) 12/03/19 Baffins Milton Rovers v Sholing (from 02/04/19) 12/03/19 Brockenhurst v AFC Portchester (from 09/02/19) 12/03/19 Fareham Town v Bemerton Heath Harlequins (from 09/02/19) 18/03/19 Team Solent v Tadley Calleva (from 09/02/19) 25/03/19 Team Solent v Horndean (from 04/02/19) 02/04/19 Horndean v Sholing (from 06/04/19) 06/04/19 Bashley v Lymington Town (from 05/03/19) 06/04/19 Horndean v Shaftesbury (from 09/02/19) 06/04/19 Sholing v Brockenhurst (from 12/03/19) 16/04/19 Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamworthy United (from 09/02/19) 16/04/19 Sholing v Portland United (from 09/02/19) CHANGES TO THE FIRST DIVISION SCHEDULE 19/02/19 United Services Portsmouth v Totton & Eling (from 09/02/19) 19/02/19 Verwood Town v Hythe & Dibden (from 09/02/19) 26/02/19 Alton v Andover Town (from 12/02/19) 12/03/19 AFC Stoneham v United Services Portsmouth (from 05/02/19) 12/03/19 Laverstock & Ford v Whitchurch united (from 09/02/19) 12/03/19 Totton & Eling v Alton (from 05/02/19) 09/04/19 Totton & Eling v AFC Stoneham (from 12/03/19) The poor weather in the last few days has meant a number of changes need making, see left for changes in the schedule. Monday February 11 th 2019 Brockenhurst v Hamble Club Andover Open Cup Quarter Final Christchurch v Shaftesbury Whitchurch United v Kingsclere Fareham Town v Alresford Town Tuesday February 12 th 2019 Lymington Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Wiltshire Senior Cup Semi Final Tadley Calleva v Hamworthy United Salisbury v Laverstock & Ford Team Solent v Cowes Sports Sydenhams League Cup 3 rd Round Downton v Hamworthy United East Cowes Vics v Alton Fawley AFC v Andover Town AFC Portchester v Tadley Calleva Hythe & Dibden v AFC Stoneham Bournemouth v Baffins Milton Rovers Laverstock & Ford v Verwood Town Brockenhurst v Bemerton Heath H quins Newport IoW v Romsey Town Horndean v Lymington Town Petersfield Town v Amesbury Town Shaftesbury v Bashley Ringwood Town v U.S. Portsmouth Totton & Eling v Folland Sports East Cowes Vics v U.S. Portsmouth Whitchurch United v New Milton Town Totton & Eling v Ringwood Town Monday February 18 th 2019 North Hants DFA Semi Final Alresford Town v Winchester Castle Team Solent v Portland United Southampton Senior Cup Quarter Final Tuesday February 19 th 2019 Sholing v Bush Hill Hampshire Senior Cup Quarter Final Wednesday February 13 th 2019 Bournemouth v Southampton North Hants D.F.A. Semi Final Andover New Street v Alton Fareham Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Saturday February 16 th 2019 Hamble Club v Hamworthy United Lymington Town v AFC Portchester AFC Portchester v Portland United Tadley Calleva v Alresford Town Andover New Street v Sholing Bashley v Bournemouth Downton v Petersfield Town Bemerton Heath H quins v Horndean Folland Sports v Amesbury Town Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 15 of 21

16 Romsey Town v East Cowes Vics Salisbury Hospital Cup Quarter Final U.S. Portsmouth v Totton & Eling Salisbury v Shaftesbury Verwood Town v Hythe & Dibden Isle of Wight Gold Cup Quarter Final Russell Cotes Cup Semi Final East Cowes Vics v Northwood St John Fleet Town v Sholing Wednesday February 27 th 2019 Moneyfields v Christchurch Andover Open Cup Quarter Final Andover Open Cup Quarter Final Andover New Street v South Wonston Swifts Andover Town v Colden Common Saturday March 2 nd 2019 Isle of Wight Gold Cup Quarter Final Newport IoW v Shanklin AFC Portchester v Sholing Wednesday February 20 th 2019 Alresford Town v Bournemouth Andover New Street v Hamworthy United Fawley AFC v AFC Stoneham Bemerton Heath H quins v Baffins Milton Rovers Saturday February 23 rd 2019 Brockenhurst v Christchurch Buildbase FA Vase Quarter Final Cowes Sports v Shaftesbury Northwich Victoria v Sholing Horndean v Bashley Portland United v Hamble Club Alresford Town v Lymington Town Tadley Calleva v Lymington Town Andover New Street v Portland United Team Solent v Fareham Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Bemerton Heath H quins Christchurch v Horndean Andover Town v Romsey Town Cowes Sports v Bashley Downton v Fawley AFC Fareham Town v AFC Portchester East Cowes Vics v Verwood Town Hamworthy United v Hamble Club Hythe & Dibden v Amesbury Town Shaftesbury v Team Solent Laverstock & Ford v Totton & Eling Tadley Calleva v Brockenhurst New Milton Town v Folland Sports Petersfield Town v Newport IoW AFC Stoneham v Folland Sports Ringwood Town v Alton Amesbury Town v Newport IoW U.S. Portsmouth v AFC Stoneham Downton v Laverstock & Ford Tuesday March 5 th 2019 Fawley AFC v East Cowes Vics Petersfield Town v Andover Town Bashley v Brockenhurst Ringwood Town v Romsey Town Bemerton Heath H quins v Hamworthy United Totton & Eling v Hythe & Dibden Horndean v Fareham Town U.S. Portsmouth v Whitchurch United Portland United v Sholing Verwood Town v New Milton Town Tadley Calleva v Bournemouth Monday February 25 th 2019 Newport IoW v Alton Team Solent v Bemerton Heath H quins Totton & Eling v Whitchurch United Tuesday February 26 th 2019 Southampton Senior Cup Semi Final Sydenhams League Cup Quarter Final Winchester City v AFC Stoneham at Hamble Club Downton/Hamworthy United v U.S. Portsmouth Wednesday March 6 th 2019 AFC Portchester v Hamble Club Andover New Street v Baffins Milton Rovers Brockenhurst v Portland United Saturday March 9 th 2019 Christchurch v Baffins Milton Rovers Horndean v Bournemouth AFC Portchester v Hamworthy United Alresford Town v Portland United Alton v Andover Town Andover New Street v Fareham Town Totton & Eling v Laverstock & Ford Baffins Milton Rovers v Shaftesbury Southampton Senior Cup Semi Final Bashley v Bemerton Heath H quins Bush Hill/Sholing v Alresford Town at AFC Totton Brockenhurst v Team Solent Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 16 of 21

17 Christchurch v Tadley Calleva Cowes Sports v Sholing Team Solent v Tadley Calleva Hamble Club v Bournemouth Tuesday March 19 th 2019 Lymington Town v Horndean Alresford Town v Baffins Milton Rovers AFC Stoneham v Alton Lymington Town v Portland United East Cowes Vics v Laverstock & Ford Sholing v Hamworthy United *Hythe & Dibden v Totton & Eling New Milton Town v Petersfield Town AFC Stoneham v Newport IoW Newport IoW v Folland Sports Andover Town v Totton & Eling Romsey Town v Amesbury Town Romsey Town v Verwood Town U.S. Portsmouth v Ringwood Town Saturday March 23 rd 2019 Verwood Town v Andover Town Whitchurch United v Downton AFC Portchester v Bashley *Subject to Management Board decision Andover New Street v Brockenhurst Tuesday March 12 th 2019 Baffins Milton Rovers v Team Solent Sydenhams League (Wessex) Cup Semi Final Cowes Sports v Bemerton Heath H quins Portland United v Horndean Fareham Town v Portland United Hamble Club v Tadley Calleva Alresford Town v Hamble Club Hamworthy United v Christchurch Baffins Milton Rovers v Sholing Lymington Town v Bournemouth Brockenhurst v AFC Portchester Shaftesbury v Horndean Fareham Town v Bemerton Heath H quins Sholing v Alresford Town Hamworthy United v Tadley Calleva Amesbury Town v New Milton Town AFC Stoneham v U.S. Portsmouth Andover Town v Ringwood Town Laverstock & Ford v Whitchurch United Hythe & Dibden v Fawley AFC Newport IoW v Hythe & Dibden Laverstock & Ford v Alton Totton & Eling v Alton Petersfield Town v Totton & Eling Saturday March 16 th 2019 U.S. Portsmouth v Downton Verwood Town v Newport IoW Baffins Milton Rovers v Portland United Whitchurch United v East Cowes Vics Bashley v Sholing Monday March 25 th 2019 Bemerton Heath H quins v Team Solent Bournemouth v Shaftesbury Team Solent v Horndean Brockenhurst v Hamworthy United Tuesday March 26 th 2019 Christchurch v Andover New Street Sydenhams League (Wessex) Cup Semi Final Fareham Town v Lymington Town Winner of game 26-Feb v Baffins Milton Rovers Hamble Club v AFC Portchester Horndean v Alresford Town Hamble Club v Sholing Tadley Calleva v Cowes Sports AFC Stoneham v Laverstock & Ford Alton v U.S. Portsmouth Saturday March 30 th 2019 Andover Town v Hythe & Dibden Downton v AFC Stoneham Alresford Town v Team Solent Folland Sports v Romsey Town Andover New Street v Bashley Newport IoW v Laverstock & Ford Fareham Town v Brockenhurst Petersfield Town v Fawley AFC Hamble Club v Cowes Sports Ringwood Town v East Cowes Vics Hamworthy United v Lymington Town Totton & Eling v Amesbury Town Portland United v Baffins Milton Rovers Verwood Town v Whitchurch United Shaftesbury v AFC Portchester Monday March 18 th 2019 Sholing v Bemerton Heath H quins Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 17 of 21

18 Tadley Calleva v Horndean Amesbury Town v Whitchurch United East Cowes Vics v Petersfield Town Folland Sports v Fawley AFC Hythe & Dibden v Romsey Town Laverstock & Ford v AFC Stoneham New Milton Town v Alton Ringwood Town v Newport IoW U.S. Portsmouth v Andover Town Verwood Town v Downton Tuesday April 2 nd 2018 Bournemouth v Hamworthy United Horndean v Sholing Portland United v Lymington Town Downton v Amesbury Town Totton & Eling v U.S. Portsmouth Saturday April 6th 2019 Andover New Street v Alresford Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Bournemouth Bashley v Lymington Town Christchurch v Portland United Cowes Sports v AFC Portchester Fareham Town v Tadley Calleva Hamble Club v Bemerton Heath H quins Hamworthy United v Team Solent Horndean v Shaftesbury Sholing v Brockenhurst AFC Stoneham v New Milton Town Alton v Amesbury Town Andover Town v East Cowes Vics Downton v Newport IoW Fawley AFC v U.S. Portsmouth Folland Sports v Laverstock & Ford Hythe & Dibden v Ringwood Town Romsey Town v Whitchurch United Verwood Town v Totton & Eling Tuesday April 9 th 2019 Bournemouth v Sholing Shaftesbury v Hamworthy United Totton & Eling v AFC Stoneham Saturday April 13 th 2019 Alresford Town v Christchurch Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamble Club Bashley v Hamworthy United Bemerton Heath H quins v AFC Portchester Bournemouth v Horndean Brockenhurst v Shaftesbury Cowes Sports v Lymington Town Portland United v Fareham Town Sholing v Tadley Calleva Team Solent v Andover New Street Alton v Verwood Town Amesbury Town v East Cowes Vics Downton v Hythe & Dibden Laverstock & Ford v Fawley AFC New Milton Town v Totton & Eling Newport IoW v Andover Town Petersfield Town v AFC Stoneham U.S. Portsmouth v Romsey Town Whitchurch United v Folland Sports Tuesday April 16 th 2019 Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamworthy United Sholing v Portland United Saturday April 20 th 2019 Baffins Milton Rovers v Andover New Street Fareham Town v Bournemouth Hamble Club v Team Solent Hamworthy United v Sholing Horndean v Cowes Sports Lymington Town v Bemerton Heath H quins Portland United v Bashley Shaftesbury v Alresford Town Tadley Calleva v AFC Portchester AFC Stoneham v Ringwood Town Andover Town v Whitchurch United East Cowes Vics v Downton Fawley AFC v Alton Folland Sports v Hythe & Dibden Laverstock & Ford v U.S. Portsmouth New Milton Town v Newport IoW Petersfield Town v Romsey Town Verwood Town v Amesbury Town Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 18 of 21

19 LEAGUE TABLES RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG 1 Sholing Horndean Portland United Bournemouth Alresford Town Hamworthy United Bashley [points adjustment] Hamble Club Baffins Milton Rovers AFC Portchester Tadley Calleva Christchurch Brockenhurst Lymington Town Shaftesbury Fareham Town Team Solent Cowes Sports Bemerton Heath Harlequins Andover New Street RANK FIRST DIVISION PL W D L F A GD PTS PPG 1 Amesbury Town Romsey Town Hythe & Dibden AFC Stoneham United Services Portsmouth Downton Newport (IOW) Alton East Cowes Victoria Verwood Town Ringwood Town Fawley AFC Laverstock & Ford Petersfield Town Folland Sports Whitchurch United New Milton Town Andover Town Totton & Eling Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 19 of 21

20 RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A LAST SIX 1 Sholing WWWWWW 2 Horndean WWWWWD 3 Hamworthy United WWLWWW 4 Alresford Town WDWLWW 5 Bournemouth WWLWDW 6 Team Solent DWWLDW 7 Portland United WWDWLL 8 Christchurch LWWLWL 9 Shaftesbury WLLWLW 10 Hamble Club LLWLLWD 11 Tadley Calleva WLLDWLL 12 Lymington Town WLLLWD 13 Fareham Town WWLLLD 14 Baffins Milton Rovers WDLLDD 15 Bashley LWWWLL 16 Brockenhurst LWLWLL 17 AFC Portchester WLLDDL 18 Bemerton Heath H quins WDLLLL 19 Cowes Sports LLLLWD 20 Andover New Street LLLLWD Our sponsors have some new lanyards available, see rightpick one up from one of their outlets whilst stocks last. RANK FIRST DIVISION PL W D L F A LAST SIX 1 Romsey Town WWWLWW 2 Ringwood Town WWWWLW 3 Hythe & Dibden WWDWWD 4 United Services Portsmouth WDWDWW 5 Amesbury Town WDWLWW 6 Downton LDWWWW 7 AFC Stoneham WWWWLL 8 East Cowes Victoria LDWDWWD 9 Newport (IOW) WDWWLL 10 Petersfield Town LLWWWL 11 Laverstock & Ford WDLLWL 12 Folland Sports WWLLDL 13 Alton WWLLLL 14 Andover Town LLLWLW 15 Whitchurch United LLLLWW 16 Verwood Town LLDLWL 17 Fawley AFC LWLLLL 18 New Milton Town LDLLLL 19 Totton & Eling LDLLLL For the Stats fans amongst you, the recent form guides for both the Premier and First Division is shown here. Sunday, 10 February /19 Edition #34 Page 20 of 21