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 6th DECEMBER / WEDNESDAY 7th DECEMBER
MIDWEEK STATISTICS
Midweek Stats: 11 games played of which 4 were home wins and 7 away wins.
Midweek Stats: The 11 games produced a total of 48 goals, an average of 4.36 per game. Alex Rhodes (Lutterworth Athletic) netting a hat trick.
Midweek Highest Attendances: 92 Moulton FC v Northampton ON Chenecks (Division One Cup), 77 Colney Heath v Arlesey Town (Gladwish Challenge Trophy) and 69 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Biggleswade United.
Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Premier Division Clubs): 904 Shefford Town & Campton v Luton Town (Beds Senior Cup), 603 Dunstable Town v Leighton Town and 413 Leighton Town v Tring Athletic.
Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division One Clubs): 273 Real Bedford FC v Rushden & Higham United, 205 Rugby Borough v Moulton FC and 187 Real Bedford FC v Rugby Borough.
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.
THE GLADWISH CHALLENGE TROPHY Second Round
Arlesey Town booked their place in the Gladwish Challenge Trophy third round with a 2-1 win at Colney Heath with all the goals coming from the penalty spot (Spain take note on how penalties should be despatched), the visitors reward is a trip to either Milton Keynes College Football Academy or Potton United in January or February. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.
1-2 Colney Heath v Arlesey Town (Silcott-Brown [pen]) / (Sendege [2] [both pens]) Attendance: 77
PREMIER DIVISION
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos climbed five places to twelfth in the Premier Division standings following their 4-1 midweek home win over Biggleswade United. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.
4-1 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Biggleswade United (Empson, Williamson, Lambeth, Brown) / (Rhiney [pen]) Attendance: 69
DUDLEY LATHAM MEMORIAL (PREMIER DIVISION) CUP Second Round
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Hoddesdon Town booked their place in the Dudley Latham Memorial (Premier Division) Cup quarter-finals with a solitary goal success at Premier Division table toppers Crawley Green, their reward is a trip to Ardley United. Full result and goalscorer are listed below.
0-1 Crawley Green v Hoddesdon Town (Locke) Attendance: 30
DIVISION ONE
Northampton Sileby Rangers remain twelve points behind Division One leaders Real Bedford FC with two games in hand following their 4-2 home success against Rushden & Higham United after trailing 1-2 at the break while the table toppers were enjoying a 6-2 win at struggling Thame United Reserves, the visitors also trailed 1-2 at the interval. Full results and goalscorers (where known) are listed below.
4-2 Northampton Sileby Rangers v Rushden & Higham United (Fitzjohn [2], Taylor, Monteiro) / (Knowles, Mann) Attendance: 42
2-6 Thame United Reserves v Real Bedford FC (Unknown, Unknown) / (Brown [2], Knight, Walker, Burnside, Sinclair) Attendance: 59
DIVISION ONE CUP Quarter Finals
The Division One Cup quarter-finals saw wins for Ampthill Town, Eaton Socon, Holmer Green and Moulton FC, Ampthill raced into a 6-0 interval lead before winning 7-2 at Winslow United while Moulton FC overcame visiting Northampton ON Chenecks 3-1. Elsewhere Holmer saw off visiting London Tigers by a solitary goal and on Wednesday night Eaton Socon enjoyed a 2-0 success at Rugby Borough. Full results and goalscorers (where known) are listed below.
1-0 Holmer Green v London Tigers (Lancaster) Attendance: 24
3-1 Moulton FC v Northampton ON Chenecks (Evans [2], Ansu) / (Unknown) Attendance: 92
2-7 Winslow United v Ampthill Town (Tamplin, King) / (Draycott [2], Holmes [2], Bunker, Cerminara, Watson) Attendance: 48
0-2 Rugby Borough v Eaton Socon (Baxter [2]) Attendance: 31
LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND SENIOR CUP Quarter Final
Lutterworth Athletic advanced into the semi-finals of the Leicestershire & Rutland Senior Cup with a 4-2 win at Ingles. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.
2-4 Ingles v Lutterworth Athletic (Allen, Felstead) / (Rhodes [3], Butler) Attendance: Unknown
BEDS SENIOR TROPHY Second Round
A strong Potton United Development side exited the Beds Senior Trophy at home against Beds County League side Queens Park Crescents in what would be their last fixture with their withdrawal from the SSML days later, the visitors winning 3-0. Full result and goalscorers (where known) are listed below.
0-3 Potton United Development v Queens Park Crescents (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown) Attendance: Unknown
AND FINALLY
The Winslow United tweeter provided this week’s amusing tweets, the first being – 0-4, thinking of putting my boots on and the second – Half Time, thank goodness 0-6.
