MONDAY 12th OCTOBER/TUESDAY 13th OCTOBER/WEDNESDAY 14th OCTOBER
MIDWEEK HEADLINES
Buckingham Athletic recorded a 9-1 drubbing over Hillingdon Borough, their highest win since winning 14-2 against (you’ve guessed it) Hillingdon Borough back on the 2nd March 2019. The midweek Division One six fixtures produced 31 goals. Premier Division leaders Colney Heath dropped two points at home when conceding a stoppage time equalizer. Tring Athletic remain pointless after their seventh league defeat of the season.
Midweek Stats: 14 games played of which 7 were home wins, 5 away wins and 2 draws.
Highest Attendances: 288 Leighton Town v Tring Athletic, 139 Colney Heath v Oxhey Jets and 97 Eynesbury Rovers v Baldock Town.
PREMIER DIVISION
Table topping Colney Heath dropped two points at home for the second time in three matches as visiting Oxhey Jets bagged a very late equalizer. Eynesbury Rovers moved into second place thanks to an odd goal in five win against visiting Baldock Town. At the bottom life continues to be hard on Tring Athletic, despite another encouraging performance the Hertfordshire club lost 1-3 at Leighton Town, the hosts scoring twice in the last ten minutes to bag all three points. Broadfields United picked three useful points at home when defeating their former landlords Harefield United by a solitary goal while Dunstable Town went down to a solitary goal defeat at Arlesey Town. Elsewhere Crawley Green overcame visiting Leverstock Green 4-2 in the ‘Green Derby’ and Potton United inflicted further misery on struggling London Colney with a 3-1 win at the home of the Hertfordshire club. The night’s other action saw Edgware Town entertaining neighbours Wembley in the ‘Lion Derby’ and as expected it was a tightly contested affair which finished all square at 2-2. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.
1-0 Arlesey Town v Dunstable Town (Gilmartin) Attendance: 68
1-0 Broadfields United v Harefield United (Richards) Attendance: 96
1-1 Colney Heath v Oxhey Jets (Devine) / (Brown) Attendance: 139
4-2 Crawley Green v Leverstock Green (Watson [2], Draycott [2]) / (Wilkes, Peerless) Attendance: 0
2-2 Edgware Town v Wembley (McGleish [2] [1 pen]) / (Fehmi-Gil, Jones) Attendance: 60
3-2 Eynesbury Rovers v Baldock Town (Josh Brown, Jordan Brown, Danobrega) / (Hay, Furness) Attendance: 97
3-1 Leighton Town v Tring Athletic (Calcutt [2], McClelland) / (Butler) Attendance: 288
1-3 London Colney v Potton United (Reynolds) / (Gouldbourne p2], McArdle) Attendance: 47
DIVISION ONE
Monday night saw New Salamis welcoming Stotfold to Coles Park, New Salamis fresh from Saturday’s FA Vase success were looking to climb up from their mid-table position to challenge the early pace setters. It was a dream start for the hosts with a goal from their first attack went on to add another before the break. The second period saw them dominate once again and added four more goals before Stotfold missed a late penalty. Twenty four hours later saw Buckingham Athletic go top of the table as they thrashed visiting Hillingdon Borough 9-1 at Stratford Fields with Owen James netting a hat-trick. Shefford Town & Campton moved into second spot following a 3-1 win at Winslow United thanks to a Jonathan McNamara hat-trick with all four goals in the match coming in the first half hour while elsewhere struggling London Tigers were beaten 1-4 at home against Rayners Lane. Wednesday night saw St Panteleimon lose back to back league games for the first time in their SSML history when going down to a solitary goal defeat at the hands of London Lions, the visitors climbing into the top four. The night’s other action saw Milton Keynes Irish in a rampant mood as they enjoyed a 5-0 win on their travels to Langford. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.
6-0 New Salamis v Stotfold (Lutaaya [2], Mullings [2], Rosero [2]) Attendance: 52
9-1 Buckingham Athletic v Hillingdon Borough (James [3] [1 pen], Faulkner [2], Marsden, Karaj, Brazier, Tappin [pen]) / (Bustard [pen]) Attendance: 75
1-4 London Tigers v Rayners Lane (Prempah) / (Ali [2], Maher [2]) Attendance: Unknown
1-3 Winslow United v Shefford Town & Campton (Coles) / (McNamara [3]) Attendance: 68
0-5 Langford v Milton Keynes Irish FC (Spence [3], G Shrieves, Shand) Attendance: 67
0-1 St Panteleimon v London Lions (Kyte) Attendance: 20
AND FINALLY
This gem taken from a ground-hopper’s report of the Leighton Town and Tring Athletic game – On 66 minutes the visiting number 17, having just come on as a sub, was sent off for an off the ball incident Tring supporters sitting behind me mentioned that this was his debut, in which case he has had more red cards than touches of the ball in his Athletic career to date.