Midweek saw the return of ‘the away day special’ as third thirds of the midweek fixtures brought about away wins with the biggest of these being witnessed at Edgware Town (0-6), Rayners Lane (1-5) and Biggleswade United (1-5).
TUESDAY 29th SEPTEMBER/WEDNESDAY 30th SEPTEMBER
MIDWEEK HEADLINES
Lewis Putman (Oxhey Jets) followed up his hat-trick on Saturday with another three goal haul on Tuesday evening. St Panteleimon lost a SSML fixture for only the third time in their history as Stotfold joined New Salamis and Winslow United in sending the ‘Saints’ home pointless. Colney Heath remain unbeaten in the league but left it late to secure all three points at Crawley Green.
Midweek Stats: 15 games played of which 4 were home wins, 10 away wins and 1 draw.
Highest Attendances: 110 Tring Athletic v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos, 92 Newport Pagnell Town v Potton United, Ampthill Town v Buckingham Athletic and 87 Biggleswade United v Eynesbury Rovers.
PREMIER DIVISION
Table topping Colney Heath left it late to secure the three points on offer at a deserted Crawley Green on Tuesday night, the Hertfordshire club finally winning by the odd goal in five. At Edgware Town it was the opposite as visiting Harpenden Town found themselves four goals up at the interval, the Hertfordshire club went on to add a further two goals after the break to move into the top six of the table. Oxhey Jets and goalscoring machine Lewis Putman (he now has scored 66% of the clubs league goals to date) made it back to back league wins. after opening with two draws, with a 4-1 success at London Colney. At the bottom Tring Athletic still seek their first point of the season as for the third successive league game they are beaten by the odd goal, this time it was visiting Aylesbury Vale Dynamos who took advantage of the Hertfordshire club’s woeful start to the new campaign. Another of last season’s leading clubs, before Corona null and voided the campaign, Biggleswade United will be glad September is over as they went down to a 1-5 home defeat against Eynesbury Rovers, a result that takes the visitors up to third place in the standings. Two late red cards (one being the goalkeeper) saw Newport Pagnell Town drop two points as visitors Potton United earned a 2-2 draw with a late penalty awarded when the host’s custodian was dismissed. Elsewhere Harefield United are up to third after winning 2-0 at Wembley while Leverstock Green picked up their first points this term with a solitary goal home win against North Greenford United. Wednesday night’s action saw Baldock Town squeezing out visiting Broadfields United by the odd goal in five. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.
1-5 Biggleswade United v Eynesbury Rovers (Parkinson) / (Hatch [2], Joshua Brown, Jordan Brown, Andrews) Attendance 87
2-3 Crawley Green v Colney Heath (Holmes, Watson) / (Devine [2] [1 pen], McClelland) Attendance 0 (Behind Closed Doors)
0-6 Edgware Town v Harpenden Town (Rickman [3], Scott [2], McGreevy) Attendance 65
1-0 Leverstock Green v North Greenford United (Peerless) Attendance 55
1-4 London Colney v Oxhey Jets (Costa) / (Putman [3], Blunden) Attendance 38
2-2 Newport Pagnell Town v Potton United (Ahmed, Burnside) / (Jones, McArdle [pen]) Attendance 92
1-2 Tring Athletic v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos (Butler) / (Workman, Lambeth) Attendance 110
0-2 Wembley v Harefield United (Shaw [pen], Opponent Own Goal) Attendance 62
3-2 Baldock Town v Broadfields United (Rome [pen], Joy, Brooker) / (Mfinda, Harewood) Attendance 42
DIVISION ONE
Despite a rare defeat St Panteleimon remain top of the table, the Middlesex side going down by the odd goal in three at Stotfold, the hosts coming from behind to record their first league win of the new campaign. Buckingham Athletic are into the top four following a 2-0 success on their travels this time at previously unbeaten Ampthill Town. At the bottom two pointless clubs, London Tigers and Park View, met at Spratleys Meadow and quickly exchanged goals in the opening five minutes however it was not to end level as visiting Park View added a further goal to complete their comeback to secure the three points on offer. Milton Keynes Irish made the most of their trip to Rayners Lane, winning 5-1 to record their first league win while for the hosts it was a first league defeat. Enfield Borough opened their points account with a 3-0 home success over Amersham Town, a result that drops Town into the bottom two of the table. Wednesday night bottom club Langford entertained seventh placed London Lions at Forde Park but after coming back from 0-2 down at the interval the hosts conceded again to remain at the foot of the table while Lions move up to third. Full results and goalscorers (where known) are listed below.
0-2 Ampthill Town v Buckingham Athletic (Ironmonger, James) Attendance 92
3-0 Enfield Borough v Amersham Town (Tavares, Ombasil, Tshibikubula) Attendance 22
1-2 London Tigers v Park View (Omotosho) / (Sunkwa [2]) Attendance Unknown
1-5 Rayners Lane v Milton Keynes Irish FC (Zaheer) / (Clarkson [3], MacDonald, Spence) Attendance 46
2-1 Stotfold v St Panteleimon (Forsythe, Gregson) / (Aalouache) Attendance 82
2-3 Langford v London Lions (Unknown) / (Davis [2], Bolle) Attendance 50
AND FINALLY
Remember Stoke Gabriel of the SWP Premier East Division, well their faithful fans had something to celebrate on Wednesday night, a goal. The club scored their first goal of the season against fellow wooden spoonists Bovey Tracey. Unfortunately it came in an 18-1 home defeat. The club have now played seven, lost seven, scored one and have conceded ninety-six.
You couldn’t make it up and no I am not taking the piss – Coleraine’s Eoin Bradley has been given a six-match suspension for urinating on the pitch before extra time in his side’s Irish Cup semi-final on 27 July. The Bannsiders striker was found guilty of misconduct in respect of a breach of Article 17 of the Irish FA’s Articles of Association, which relate to bringing the game into disrepute. Coleraine went on to lose the game at Windsor Park on a penalty shootout. The match ended 1-1 at full-time and neither side scored in extra-time. Bradley scored Coleraine’s goal from a free-kick, before substitute Kenny Kane levelled for Ballymena late in normal time.
Don’t forget that every Sunday afternoon the Non-League Show on Three Counties Radio (Herts, Beds & Bucks), a show all about local non-league football. The popular show presented by Ollie Bayliss has been increased to two hours each week and moves to a new day and time, every Sunday afternoon from 2.00pm – 4.00pm and is the perfect opportunity to catch up with our local non-league scene at all levels.
For those who missed it then you can catch up here:-
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