Read Karen Browne’s excellent news round up + results & scorers + attendances.
THE INANE RAMBLINGS FROM UP NORFF
‘NOWT SO QUEER AS YORKSHIRE FOLK’
BY KAREN BROWNE
The Views Expressed Are Solely My Own, Are Written Tongue In Cheek
And Should Be Taken With A Pinch Of Salt
TUESDAY 4th OCTOBER / WEDNESDAY 5th OCTOBER
MIDWEEK STATISTICS
Midweek Stats: 16 games played of which 8 were home wins, 7 away wins and 1 draw.
Midweek Stats: The 16 games produced a total of 61 goals, an average of 3.81 per game. Lewis Putman (Amersham Town), Samuel Ezenwaka, Reece Akano (both Buckingham Athletic) and Nathan Burrows (Northampton Sileby Rangers) all netted hat-tricks.
Midweek Highest Attendances: 137 Eaton Socon v Langford, 120 Tring Athletic v Dunstable Town (Dudley Latham Cup) and 97 Baldock Town v Leighton Town (Dudley Latham Cup).
Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Premier Division Clubs): 410 Leighton Town v Hilltop (FA Vase), 403 Leighton Town v Biggleswade United and 349 Shefford Town & Campton v Southend Manor (FA Cup).
Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division One Clubs): 273 Real Bedford FC v Rushden & Higham United, 179 Real Bedford FC v Moulton FC and 176 Moulton FC v Buckingham Athletic.
Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division Two Clubs): 148 Old Bradwell United v Milton Keynes College Football Academy, 114 Totternhoe v Sarratt and 103 Tring Corinthians AFC v Bovingdon.
DUDLEY LATHAM MEMORIAL (PREMIER DIVISION) CUP First Round
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Leighton Town overcame hosts Baldock Town by the odd goal in the First Round of the Dudley Latham Memorial (Premier Division) Cup to set up a home tie with Arlesey Town. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.
1-2 Baldock Town v Leighton Town (Furness) / (Toomey [2] [1 pen]) Attendance: 97
DUDLEY LATHAM MEMORIAL (PREMIER DIVISION) CUP Second Round
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In the Second Round of the Dudley Latham Memorial (Premier Division) Cup, Colney Heath recorded a 1-0 win at high flying Leverstock Green while Potton United overturned a 0-2 half time deficit to win through on penalties against visiting Harpenden Town after the game finished 2-2. Elsewhere there were plenty of goals as Ardley United thumped visiting Biggleswade United, the hosts winning 5-1 while Shefford Town & Campton won 4-1 at Aylesbury Vale Dynamos to progress to the quarter-finals. In the week’s other ties there were solitary goal successes for both Dunstable Town and St Panteleimon, Town winning at Tring Athletic while the ‘Saints’ overcame visiting Stotfold. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.
5-1 Ardley United v Biggleswade United (Casbierd [2], Browne [2], Benjamin) / (Watkins-Clark) Attendance: 35
1-4 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Shefford Town & Campton (Nimoh) / (Thake [2], Rogers, Bateman-Foley) Attendance: 67
0-1 Leverstock Green v Colney Heath (El-Maghur) Attendance: 47
2-2 [4-3 pens] Potton United v Harpenden Town (Brown, Willis) / (King, Setchell) Attendance: 84
0-1 Tring Athletic v Dunstable Town (Ikuyinminu) Attendance: 120
1-0 St Panteleimon v Stotfold (Praes) Attendance: 21
HERTS SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP First Round
St Albans City proved too strong for London Colney in the one outstanding First Round tie of the Herts Senior Challenge Cup, the hosts winning 2-0 in front of a crowd of over 200. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.
2-0 St Albans City v London Colney (Jeffers, Paul) Attendance: 222
LONDON SENIOR CUP First Round
Cockfosters progressed into the Second Round of the London Senior Cup with a 2-0 at Harrow Borough, the visitors stunned their Step 3 hosts with both goals coming in the first 23 minutes. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.
0-2 Harrow Borough v Cockfosters (Stevenson, Bilar (og)) Attendance: 41
DIVISION ONE
A goal in each half against Raunds Town saw Real Bedford FC make it ten from ten in the league this season, the visitors now have a nine point cushion at the top of the standings. Northampton Sileby Rangers climb to second following a 7-1 win at bottom club Burton Park Wanderers while Eaton Socon maintained their promotion hopes with a 5-2 home success against Langford. Elsewhere Amersham Town edged out visiting Letchworth Garden City Eagles by the odd goal in five. Full results and goalscorers (where known) are listed below.
3-2 Amersham Town v Letchworth Garden City Eagles (Putman [3]) / (Coughlin-Brown, Sanni) Attendance: 33
1-7 Burton Park Wanderers v Northampton Sileby Rangers (Farrell) / (Burrows [3] [1 pen], Taylor, Cirelli, Fitzjohn, Garlick) Attendance: 85
0-2 Raunds Town v Real Bedford FC (Clifford [pen], Brown) Attendance: 80
5-2 Eaton Socon v Langford (Alderson, Irvine, Reece-Brown, Baxter, Parratt) / (Unknown, Unknown) Attendance: 137
BERKS & BUCKS SENIOR CUP Second Qualifying Round
Buckingham Athletic were in a rampant mood as they entertained Hellenic League Wantage Town in the Second Qualifying Round of the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup. The hosts put their higher ranked opponents to the sword in the first period and found themselves 7-0 up at the break, two further goals saw them complete a remarkable 9-0 win. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.
9-0 Buckingham Athletic v Wantage Town (Ezenwaka [3], Akano [3], Busby [2], Squillace) Attendance: 37
LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND SENIOR CUP First Round
Lutterworth Athletic advanced into the second Round of the Leicestershire & Rutland Senior Cup with victory over Cottesmore AFC, Athletic 2-0 up at the break went on to win 3-0 to set up a home tie against Desford & Caterpillar. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.
3-0 Lutterworth Athletic v Cottesmore AFC (Smith, Bradshaw, Butler) Attendance: Unknown
DIVISION TWO
Codicote climbed to seventh after extending their unbeaten run to four matches with a 2-0 home success against AFC Caddington, the visitors remain fifteenth. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.
2-0 Codicote v AFC Caddington (Kimber [2]) Attendance: 78
