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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 01

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BACK TO YEAR ONE- WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

RANK HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 East Cowes Victoria 38 31 7 0 97 24 73 69

2 AFC Totton 38 23 9 6 71 26 45 55

3 Horndean 38 21 9 8 90 55 35 51

4 Havant Town 38 20 9 9 80 47 33 49

5 Eastleigh 38 20 9 9 69 45 24 49

6 Sholing Sports 38 20 6 12 62 55 7 46

7 Newport IOW 38 17 9 12 75 65 10 43

8 Portals Athletic 38 16 10 12 62 55 7 42

9 Pirelli General 38 16 9 13 58 47 11 41

10 Blackfield & Langley 38 15 11 12 60 51 9 41

11 Locksheath 38 17 2 19 70 67 3 36

12 Lymington Town 38 16 4 18 52 61 -9 36

13 Portsmouth Royal Navy 38 13 9 16 49 60 -11 35

14 Fareham Town Reserves 38 11 10 17 55 70 -15 32

15 Romsey Town 38 10 10 18 55 78 -23 30

16 Brading Town 38 9 11 18 45 71 -26 29

17 Bass (Alton) 38 7 9 22 51 79 -28 23

18 Netley Central Sports 38 6 10 22 47 94 -47 22

19 Brockenhurst 38 6 8 24 30 79 -49 20

20 Downton 38 1 9 28 24 91 -67 11

RANK HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE DIVISION TWO PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Christchurch 34 23 6 5 68 30 38 52

2 Folland Sports 34 21 8 5 66 32 34 50

3 Ringwood Town 34 21 7 6 70 37 33 49

4 Bashley 34 19 9 6 72 33 39 47

5 Overton United 34 19 4 11 50 33 17 42

6 Awbridge [points adjusted] 34 17 7 10 58 42 16 40

7 Colden Common 34 17 4 13 66 49 17 38

8 Eastleigh Reserves 34 15 8 11 46 44 2 38

9 BAT Sports 34 11 12 11 48 44 4 34

10 AFC Totton Reserves 34 12 7 15 57 50 7 31

11 Winchester Castle 34 12 7 15 49 55 -6 31

12 New Street 34 13 4 17 52 59 -7 30

13 Malshanger 34 10 10 14 49 56 -7 30

14 Cowes Sports 34 7 9 18 35 58 -23 23

15 Sholing Sports Reserves 34 6 8 20 41 77 -36 20

16 Sway 34 8 4 22 47 87 -40 20

17 Warsash 34 5 8 21 47 79 -32 18

18 Brockenhurst Reserves 34 7 4 23 39 95 -56 18



RANK HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE DIVISION THREE PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Liphook 34 27 3 4 97 44 53 57

2 Wellworthy Athletic 34 26 2 6 104 43 61 54

3 AC Delco 34 18 10 6 63 33 30 46

4 Basing Rovers 34 20 6 8 61 39 22 46

5 West Wight 34 17 4 13 67 53 14 38

6 McMurdo 34 16 5 13 72 63 9 37

7 Pirelli General Reserves 34 15 7 12 59 56 3 37

8 Folland Sports Reserves 34 11 12 11 55 55 0 34

9 Winchester City 34 13 7 14 65 47 18 33

10 Ryde Sports 34 13 6 15 62 61 1 32

11 Petersfield United Reserves 34 10 10 14 62 56 6 30

12 Whitchurch United 34 11 8 15 60 66 -6 30

13 New Milton 34 11 6 17 71 73 -2 28

14 Andover Reserves 34 12 3 19 71 81 -10 27

15 Netley Central Sports Reserves 34 12 3 19 49 68 -19 27

16 Bournemouth 34 10 6 18 44 55 -11 26

17 Romsey Town Reserves 34 10 3 21 35 93 -58 23

18 Alton Town 34 2 3 29 27 128 -101 7

This is how the Hampshire League looked at the end of 1985/86. The formation of the Wessex League saw the First Division contribute some eleven teams with Bashley coming in from Division 2 together with Wellworthy Athletic and Bournemouth from Division 3. From outside the county set up, we saw Road Sea decide to take the drop from the Southern League Premier Division despite having facilities and a squad more than capable of retaining that status, after a meteoric rise from local football, as you will no doubt recall from Newsletter #46 last season. They finished 16th of 20 with 42 points from their 38 games and ended one point behind Basingstoke Town. Fareham Town with 37 points that season ended 19th. Thatcham Town elected to move after completing 1985/86 in the London Spartan League Premier Division. Here they finished 4th from 16. Collier Row topped the table that season with 51 points from 30 games, whilst our Berkshire friends acquired 41. Steyning Town had won Sussex County League Division 1 for the second year running, amassing 72 points both times from their 30 game schedule. In 1985/86 they only tasted defeat twice in the League. Elsewhere, in the world of football Everton won the Division 1 title, finishing nine points clear of Merseyside rivals Liverpool. Off the pitch Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25 on October 29 1986, on the carriageway near Potters Bar. A noticeable arrival in the world of football saw Gerard Pique born on 2 February 1987. The Barcelona defender is arguably one of the best defenders in the world. In the world of entertainment Top Gun was released in May 1986 and was a massive commercial box office hit. Musical group Berlin won an Academy Award for the song Take My Breath Away. Still talking about music, Madonna’s True Blue was the best-selling album of 1986 with over 30 weeks in the chart, and featured Papa Don’t Preach on the track listing. On the small screen, animated Children’s TV series Fireman Sam debuted in 1987. Featuring the voice of John Alderton as a fireman in the fictitious Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (an amalgamation of two real places- Pontypridd and Tonypandy). So how did the opening season look at the end?



RANK WESSEX LEAGUE DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 Bashley 32 24 3 5 71 30 41 75

2 Road Sea 32 22 7 3 70 26 44 73

3 AFC Totton 32 20 7 5 62 21 41 67

4 Newport IOW 32 15 8 9 51 36 15 53

5 Havant Town 32 15 7 10 57 48 9 52

6 Thatcham Town 32 15 6 11 53 33 20 51

7 Wellworthy Athletic 32 14 6 12 48 50 -2 48

8 Eastleigh 32 14 6 12 40 42 -2 48

9 Sholing Sports 32 10 8 14 41 45 -4 38

10 Lymington Town 32 10 8 14 31 37 -6 38

11 Steyning Town 32 10 8 14 45 47 -2 37

12 Portals Athletic 32 9 9 14 37 46 -9 36

13 Portsmouth Royal Navy 32 11 2 19 43 58 -15 35

14 Horndean 32 8 8 16 42 55 -13 32

15 Bournemouth 32 7 9 16 33 59 -26 30

16 Romsey Town 32 7 7 18 25 61 -36 28

17 Brockenhurst 32 4 5 23 34 89 -55 17

…and what happened to the teams subsequently. Still in the same place, Bournemouth- and they are the only team to have featured in the top flight of our league since conception. Bashley, Brockenhurst, Lymington Town and Horndean are the only other ones from 1986/87 currently in the Premier Division. Newport IOW, Romsey Town and United Services Portsmouth (in their Royal Navy guise) are currently in Division 1. Teams that have gone are Portals Athletic, the aforementioned Road Sea and Sholing Sports. Wellworthy Athletic merged with Lymington Town to become AFC Lymington. Who has moved the furthest away? The answer is Eastleigh- and they are in the National League and still play at a much changed Ten Acres site, now called the Silverlake Stadium. Havant Town and Waterlooville merged and have also tasted Step 1 football, back in 2018/19 and reached the 4th Round of the FA Cup in 2007/08 before a 5-2 defeat at Anfield at the hands of Liverpool. Last season they were in the Southern section of the National League. Steyning Town have also moved away, eventually returning to Sussex and were in Division 3 from 1997 to 2002, so that arguably would be the lowest rung of the ladder for our former clubs from the first season. Romsey Town also dropped to Hampshire League Division 2, twice- 1995/96 and 2003/04 before regaining their membership with us. Of the other four founders, AFC Totton spent three seasons in the Southern Premier dropping back in 2013/14 to the Southern section of the League and were FA Vase runners up in 2006/07 as recently reported in Newsletter #48 from last season. Bashley played in the Southern Premier Division for a second spell as recently as 2013/14. Newport IOW had just the one season in the Southern Premier- 2001/02 finishing 19th of 22 that season. Thatcham Town are currently in the Southern League South for a second spell and won the FA Vase as a Hellenic Premier side by one goal to nil over Stockton Town in 2017/18. Their manager at the time was Danny Robinson has recently joined Hungerford Town was formerly with Alresford Town. The start of the Wessex League certainly had understandable impact on the Hampshire League. It was intended to raise standards throughout the county, with in subsequent seasons the Hampshire League champions gaining promotion. East Cowes Victoria and BAT Sports in 1986/87 and 1988/89 respectively being early examples. But that, as they say, is a different story. The League Cup Final for the first season was decided over two legs- with Road Sea winning 3-1 on aggregate.

• Horndean 1 (Winzar) v Road Sea Southampton 1 (Earles)

• Road Sea Southampton 2 (Maskell, Pratt) v Horndean 0



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Bashley 1:0 5:1 6:2 3:2 0:3 1:1 1:0 0:1 2:1 3:1 2:0 7:1 6:2 4:0 1:0 2:1

Bournemouth 1:0 0:3 2:2 0:1 1:1 0:2 2:3 0:4 0:3 2:1 1:1 1:1 1:3 0:1 1:2 1-3

Brockenhurst 0:7 0:1 1:2 1:1 0:2 0:2 1:4 1:1 0:1 2:5 0:1 4:1 1:1 1:5 1:4 0:1

Eastleigh 0:1 0:1 2:1 2:0 0:1 0:1 0:0 0:0 0:1 3:0 1:2 3:0 0:3 2:1 1:0 2:1

Havant Town 1:2 2:3 3:3 5:2 5:0 1:0 2:1 2:1 1:3 2:1 3:2 2:0 0:4 3:2 1:2 1:2

Horndean 0:2 2:5 5:0 2:3 3:4 4:4 1:1 3:2 1:1 0:1 0:3 2:3 0:2 1:0 1:4 0:1

Lymington Town 0:0 1:2 1:1 2:1 1:3 0:1 4:2 2:0 0:0 1:2 0:1 0:1 0:1 1:1 1:1 1:0

Newport IOW 0:0 1:1 2:2 4:1 1:1 1:1 0:2 3:1 4:2 2:0 0:2 3:2 2:1 1:3 4:1 3:1

Portals Athletic 0:4 0:3 1:2 1:0 0:1 3:1 0:0 0:2 0:2 1:2 1:3 1:1 1:1 2:2 1:2 5:1

Portsmouth RN 1:0 1:0 1:1 1:2 1:1 1:2 0:1 0:1 1:2 2:1 1:3 1:2 2:1 1:2 4:2 6:2

Road Sea 5:1 1:0 1:1 5:0 3:1 0:0 1:1 1:0 1:0 2:2 7:1 5:1 4:2 2:0 2:0 2-1

Romsey Town 0:2 0:2 0:3 2:3 0:3 1:0 0:0 2:0 1:0 1:2 1:0 0:4 1:2 1:4 1:3 0:2

Sholing Sports 1:2 0:1 0:1 1:1 1:2 2:1 2:0 1:2 0:0 1:1 3:2 1:2 0:0 1:0 1:1 0:2

Steyning Town 0:0 0:0 4:1 3:0 1:2 1:1 3:1 0:0 1:2 0:2 1:2 1:2 1:1 3:1 0:2 3:2

Thatcham Town 0:2 0:1 0:1 6:0 4:0 3:0 1:0 0:1 1:3 3:0 2:0 1:1 0:0 1:1 3:0 2:0

Wellworthy Athletic 0:0 1:2 1:0 3:2 4:1 1:1 3:3 3:0 0:2 2:0 3:1 1:1 1:0 2:1 2:2 1:1

EASTLEIGH 0 BASHLEY 1

One of Gary Day’s match reports from the first Wessex League season. It’s mid-April and the season is now at the ‘business end’ as Bashley made the journey to Eastleigh on Tuesday 14 April 1987.

Eastleigh: 1: Iain Watson, 2: Graham Prior, 3: Ian Knight, 4: Gary Payne, 5: Steve Blaxall, 6: Barry Joslin, 7: Dave Benfield, 8: Simon Preston, 9: Alfie Day, 10: Paul Bishop, 11: Mick Fredericks, 12: Mark Sanders (not used).

Bashley: 1: Clive Saunders, 2: Kevin Green, 3: Dave Jenman, 4: Terry Smith (sub: Mark Smith 82), 5: Peter Cox, 6: Stuart Pateman, 7: Joey Robinson, 8: Jimmy Sheppard, 9: Steve Slade, 10: Charlie Miles, 11: Derek Barnes

It wasn’t difficult to see why Bashley are pushing for the very first Wessex League title. They have flair up top and are also a workmanlike side, who close down quickly and stifle the opposition. These were strengths that were in abundance on their tricky trip to Eastleigh but their 26th minute lead was indeed a narrow one but was seldom under any serious threat. Bash hit the bar early on and Watson in the home goal was called upon too. The goal came when the home side had a chance to clear a hopeful cross into the box but instead it ran to Joey Robinson to strike a low shot home. Eastleigh tried hard but struggled to break down the visiting side their best effort being Payne’s 25-yard effort that moved in the air, but Saunders handled. Eastleigh made a concerted effort to level in the final ten minutes, but Bash didn’t get flustered, and defended like potential champions and held on to a vital win. The game was superbly officiated by Mr Findlay from Basingstoke. This win proved to be a significant one as, with rivals Road Sea on League Cup semi-final duty, Bashley took over the leadership of the Wessex League table:



1st: Bashley Played: 25; Pts: 57 2nd: Road Sea Played: 25; Pts: 55 3rd: AFC Totton Played: 23; Pts: 54

In Hindsight, all three challengers won home matches the next time out (18th April): Bash and Road Sea won 3-1 against Portsmouth RN and Eastleigh respectively and Totton defeated Newport by 2-0. 20th April – The three teams were soon in action again and more wins – Bash netted six against Sholing Sports (6-2) and Totton defeated Steyning Town 3-0. The only team on the road (or, more aptly, on the water) were Road Sea who won 2-0 against Newport. So, it was as you were. In the following midweek games, Road Sea won 2-1 at Sholing Sports and Totton 2-0 at Thatcham Town. Bashley however were defeated by a single goal at home to Newport. Bash were not in league action on the 25th (winning a Bournemouth Senior Cup semi-final game) and Road Sea took advantage by beating Steyning 2-0 at Marchwood but there was a slip-up for Totton at Testwood Park as they were defeated by mid-table Havant Town by 2-4, only their second league reverse of the season. The top of the table after matches played on this day were:

1st: Road Sea Played: 29; Pts: 67 … 3 left to play 2nd: AFC Totton Played: 27; Pts: 63 … 5 left to play 3rd: Bashley Played: 28; Pts: 63 ... 4 left to play

Of the Stags’ five games left, two were against their title rivals and it was a busy midweek for the title challenging sides: 27th April saw Bashley beat Thatcham Town 1-0, whilst on the next day AFC Totton won on their travels at Eastleigh, also by a one nil margin. Then a couple of days on (30th April), Bashley again won 1-0 this time against AFC Totton… not many goals two successes for the New Forest side. Road Sea were not in league action as they were booking their Russell-Cotes Cup final place. The results on Saturday 2nd May proved pivotal with defeats for both AFC Totton and Road Sea. The Stags were sunk 1-0 at Portsmouth RN whilst Road Sea went down 3-2 at Havant Town (who’d proved to be a difficult opponent for two of the challengers in this period). Bashley meanwhile, hit the summit with a 3-0 win at Portals Athletic.

1st: Bashley Played: 31; Pts: 72 2nd: Road Sea Played: 30; Pts: 67 3rd: AFC Totton Played: 30; Pts: 66

Into the final week of the inaugural Wessex League season and there were two ‘juicy’ fixtures on Wednesday 6th May. Road Sea thrashed AFC Totton 5-1 at Marchwood and did their job but it mattered not as a win for Bashley at Wellworthy would give them the first ever title and they duly achieved it with a 2-1 victory and celebrations for manager Dave Lennard, his assistant Chris Smith and the Bashley side. Let’s not forget that Bashley were a team playing Bournemouth League football only four years before and they upset the odds at that time and are the name that will always be at the very top of a Wessex League champions list (their name did, of course, feature on that list for the next two seasons too, but that is another story). For the sake of completeness, Bashley had finished their league matches but Road Sea and Totton still had to play their final fixtures on the Saturday (9th May). Road Sea caned Portsmouth RN 7-1 at Marchwood whilst there were no goals at the Ampress Sports Ground between Wellworthy Athletic and Totton. And so, the final placings 1st: Bashley Played: 32; Pts: 75 2nd: Road Sea Played: 32; Pts: 73 3rd: AFC Totton Played: 32; Pts: 67

Bashley had to wait a while to appear in the Bournemouth Senior Cup final and goals by Slade and Green produced a fine 2-1 win over Christchurch at Dean Court in a game played on Friday 22nd May. What a season for the men from the New Forest!

I’m indebted to both Gary Day and Steve Farmery for

the background to this article. Thanks.

MJM Sports have moved. After ten years at their HQ in Bideford, they have moved the short distance

up the A39 to Barnstaple, and are now based at Unit B1, Brannam Court, Roundswell Business Park.

Telephone number not changed (01237 477757)- get in touch for your requirements.



FA VASE – 1986/87

Extra Preliminary Round Portsmouth Royal Navy 1-1 Peacehaven & Telscombe Extra Preliminary Round Replay Peacehaven & Telscombe 0-1 Portsmouth Royal Navy Preliminary Round Bicester Town 0-2 Eastleigh Chertsey Town 1-2 Portsmouth Royal Navy Didcot Town 1-3 Brockenhurst Lymington Town 1-1 Patchway Wantage Town 1-0 Horndean Warminster Town 0-5 Road Sea Southampton Wotton Rovers 3-1 Romsey Town Preliminary Round Replay Patchway 1-2 Lymington Town First Round AFC Totton 2-0 Wotton Rovers Eastleigh 4-0 Calne Town Hungerford Town 4-0 Brockenhurst Lymington Town 1-1 Road Sea Southampton Three Bridges 1-0 Portsmouth Royal Navy Wantage Town 2-0 Thatcham Town First Round Replay Road Sea Southampton 1-1 Lymington Town First Round Second Replay Road Sea Southampton 0-2 Lymington Town Second Round AFC Totton 0-2 Old Georgians Eastleigh 1-1 Wimborne Town Havant Town 3-0 Banstead Athletic Lymington Town 1-4 Abingdon Town Newport IOW 3-0 Whyteleafe Steyning Town 3-2 Eastbourne Town Torrington 3-2 Sholing Sports Second Round Replay Wimborne Town 3-0 Eastleigh Third Round Havant Town 2-0 Dorking Heybridge Swifts 1-0 Steyning Town Mangotsfield United 3-1 Newport IOW Fourth Round Havant Town 2-0 Selby Fifth Round Collier Row 2-2 Havant Town Fifth Round Replay Havant Town 4-5 Collier Row Final (at Wembley) St Helens Town 3-2 Warrington Town

Results involving our League clubs only. Just seven of our teams entered the competition in the Preliminary Round stage with six drawn away from home. The longest journey was for Romsey who went to Wotton-under-Edge, then a member of the Gloucestershire County League, sadly they went down 3-1 but AFC Totton took revenge with a 2-0 win at Testwood Park in the next round. Some familiar names amongst the opposition in the competition, with Hungerford Town now the highest ranked team in that number. Given the final league rankings, perhaps a surprise that Road Sea didn’t get as far as perhaps they should going down at home against mid-table Lymington Town in a replay. High fliers Newport reached the 3rd Round before a 3-1 loss on the road at Bristol side, Mangotsfield United, whilst Steyning Town also got to this stage with a best of five win over Eastbourne Town, but a single goal put paid to their progress at Heybridge Swifts. Our team of the competition though was Havant Town who reached the last 16 after notching a 3-0 win over Banstead Athletic and then 2-0 victories over Dorking and Selby before going down at Westleigh Park by the odd goal of nine in a replay against Collier Row. The Final was battled out by two teams, just over 11 miles apart on the map, at Wembley with St Helens Town beating Warrington Town by the odd goal of five. Wembley.



LEAGUE TABLE BASED ON POINTS WON SINCE YEAR ONE INCLUDING 2019/20

RANK TEAM PL W D L F A GD PTS

1 New Milton Town 1,159 579 199 381 2,279 1,648 631 1,933

2 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 1,248 557 242 449 2,225 1,928 297 1,910

3 Bournemouth 1,347 523 282 542 2,180 2,261 -81 1,849

4 Christchurch 1,298 522 274 502 2,098 2,103 -5 1,840

5 Wimborne Town 920 543 182 195 2,167 1,070 1,097 1,811

6 Brockenhurst 1,330 463 252 615 1,980 2,441 -461 1,641

7 Totton & Eling 1,210 429 239 542 1,894 2,154 -260 1,525

8 United Services Portsmouth 1,144 409 203 532 1,996 2,277 -281 1,429

9 Folland Sports 1,302 394 249 659 1,738 2,535 -797 1,425

10 Thatcham Town 786 418 168 200 1,558 968 590 1,418

11 AFC Totton 868 396 182 290 1,538 1,186 352 1,370

12 Cowes Sports 1,010 385 201 424 1,640 1,718 -78 1,355

13 Fareham Town 895 364 210 321 1,538 1,453 85 1,298

14 Moneyfields 788 383 152 253 1,445 1,093 352 1,292

15 Romsey Town 938 360 169 409 1,485 1,786 -301 1,248

16 Horndean 972 354 171 447 1,656 1,895 -239 1,233

17 Downton 1,058 332 190 536 1,596 2,261 -665 1,186

18 Blackfield & Langley 744 329 132 283 1,372 1,236 136 1,119

19 Whitchurch United 1,049 309 191 549 1,498 2,170 -672 1,118

20 East Cowes Victoria 1,065 292 217 556 1,499 2,381 -882 1,092

21 Eastleigh 660 296 151 213 1,114 854 260 1,039

22 Gosport Borough 614 299 133 182 1,134 787 347 1,030

23 Andover 498 301 83 114 1,392 680 712 986

24 Newport IOW 612 283 120 209 1,106 901 205 969

25 AFC Portchester 600 275 115 210 1,214 981 233 934

26 Tadley Calleva 550 274 87 189 1,216 913 303 909

27 Hamworthy United 649 262 122 265 1,093 1,095 -2 908

28 Lymington Town 716 257 133 326 1,108 1,254 -146 900

29 Alresford Town 646 264 100 282 1,165 1,155 10 892

30 Petersfield Town 677 253 118 306 1,239 1,406 -167 877

31 Sholing 412 262 75 75 968 418 550 861

32 Verwood Town 595 217 117 261 985 1,103 -118 768

33 Laverstock & Ford 569 223 90 256 1,041 1,139 -98 759

34 Fawley 627 214 104 309 1,032 1,257 -225 743

35 Alton 630 212 102 316 1,030 1,352 -322 734

36 Ringwood Town 577 213 92 272 1,014 1,202 -188 731

37 Winchester City 334 224 54 56 898 333 565 726

38 Amesbury Town 580 207 88 285 1,102 1,324 -222 706

39 Hythe & Dibden 566 193 107 266 968 1,222 -254 686

40 Poole Town 292 212 36 44 814 283 531 672

41 AFC Newbury 372 173 76 123 664 520 144 595

42 Fleet Town 351 173 63 115 678 508 170 582

43 Portland United 395 164 63 168 708 706 2 555

44 Andover New Street 569 155 83 331 815 1,492 -677 545

45 Hayling United 398 155 69 174 751 834 -83 533



46 Fleet Spurs 450 143 70 237 803 1,049 -246 499

47 Solent University FC 312 149 51 112 696 592 104 495

48 Shaftesbury 426 137 81 208 687 907 -220 491

49 Ryde Sports 278 136 46 96 513 423 90 454

50 Brading Town 334 129 65 140 569 595 -26 452

51 Bashley 251 137 38 76 519 349 170 446

52 Stockbridge 340 119 87 134 559 617 -58 444

53 AFC Stoneham 273 129 52 92 599 435 164 439

54 Andover Town 261 129 34 98 549 430 119 421

55 Farnborough North End 236 109 59 68 474 325 149 386

56 Swanage Town & Herston 326 96 51 179 448 793 -345 339

57 Havant Town 174 97 39 38 340 185 155 330

58 Warminster Town 226 94 46 86 444 390 54 328

59 Hamble Club 248 92 41 115 441 540 -99 317

60 Pewsey Vale 232 79 41 112 381 500 -119 278

61 Sholing Sports 250 69 59 122 305 465 -160 266

62 Locks Heath 120 76 22 22 253 111 142 250

63 Baffins Milton Rovers 143 74 21 48 324 220 104 243

64 Liss Athletic 160 66 33 61 322 302 20 230

65 Fleetlands 98 63 15 20 275 96 179 204

66 Paulsgrove 98 56 16 26 253 143 110 184

67 Colden Common 98 56 12 30 275 160 115 180

68 Otterbourne 98 52 15 31 204 131 73 171

69 Overton United 98 47 19 32 208 160 48 160

70 AFC Aldermaston 222 46 22 154 299 677 -378 160

71 Clanfield 98 37 22 39 188 191 -3 133

72 Salisbury 40 34 3 3 126 29 97 105

73 Netley Central Sports 68 29 12 27 133 107 26 99

74 Wellworthy Athletic 68 26 14 28 94 103 -9 92

75 Road Sea 32 22 7 3 70 26 44 73

76 Micheldever 38 18 11 9 82 49 33 65

77 Weymouth Reserves 40 19 7 14 99 63 36 64

78 Wellow 30 19 6 5 77 36 41 63

79 Steyning Town 68 16 16 36 69 128 -59 63

80 Bishops Waltham Town 84 14 19 51 103 216 -113 61

81 Portals Athletic 32 9 9 14 37 46 -9 36

82 QK Southampton 98 6 12 80 83 407 -324 30

83 Ludgershall Sports 38 7 3 28 48 118 -70 24

84 Yateley Green 38 2 2 34 30 213 -183 8

TOTALS [see footnotes] 41,144 16,740 7,664 16,740 72,610 72,610 0 57,815

• AFC Stoneham also includes name changes of Ordnance Survey and Stoneham

• Alton also includes name changes of Alton Town

• Folland Sports also includes name changes of Aerostructures, GE Hamble and Hamble ASSC

• New Milton Town also includes name changes of AFC Lymington and Lymington & New Milton

• Sholing also includes name changes of VT

• Solent University FC also includes name changes of Team Solent

• Totton & Eling also includes name changes of BAT Sports

• United Services Portsmouth also includes name changes of Portsmouth Royal Navy



FIND THE CLUB

Answer the eleven questions below and take the first letter from the Surname of each of your answers and re-arrange then to form the name of just one of the Clubs that have graced our League over the seasons. Answers next week.

1. Argentine born goalkeeper currently number two to Hugo Lloris at Tottenham 2. “Old fashioned” Number nine who scored 134 goals for Southampton and won 29 Welsh Caps. 3. Long serving Everton full back who has just extended his contract and has won 34 Caps for England 4. Another Welsh goalscoring Legend who scored over 100 goals for his Merseyside Cub and also had a short

spell at Juventus 5. Cultured central defender who racked up over 500 appearances for Arsenal, won 68 Caps for Eire and

managed both Leeds and Aston Villa 6. Portuguese winger who chooses to have just one name. Over 100 caps for his Country and 150 plus games

for Manchester United. 7. Long serving full back with Arsenal from 1966 to 1981. Won 53 Caps for Northern Ireland and his surname

has strong naval connections 8. Liked to be known as “The Guvnor” and enjoyed a successful career with West Ham and Manchester United

before going to Italy. Has a poor record as a Manager 9. Had a lengthy career with Chelsea and Portsmouth and also managed the latter. An accomplished cricketer

with Surrey for many seasons. 10. Scottish full back with 400 appearances for Manchester United to his credit and was capped for his Country.

His Christian name and surname start with the same letter. 11. Full back who was a member of England’s World Cup winning eleven in 1966 and a proud Yorkshireman.

IT IS A LONG WAY TO LIVINGSTON

In the 2011/12 season, their second in the Wessex League. Pewsey Vale saw one of their players, Jon Guthrie, sign a professional contract for Crewe Alexandra. At the end of the season or the start of the next one, depending where you place July 12th, Crewe came down to Pewsey for a friendly as part of the transfer deal. Pewsey had finished 11th in the League whilst Crewe scraped in to the Division Two play offs in seventh place and then gained promotion by defeating Southend and Cheltenham Town. It was a successful evening for the Club, though in commercial terms they could have made more of the occasion, but the size of the attendance, nearly five hundred, probably surprised them on a pleasantly warm evening. The game was enjoyable but as was to be expected there was a large difference in class and despite Pewsey’s willingness and endeavour the Football League side were two goals ahead at the break. As is inevitably the case in these matches there were numerous substitutions in the second half one of whom, Pogba, scored a hat trick for the visitors in the space of seven minutes. Alas this was not (younger brother) Paul gracing the Recreation Ground turf but Mathias Pogba, who hailed from Guinea and joined Crewe from Wrexham. He scored 17 goals in 56 appearances for “The Alex” before moving through a variety of clubs, including Partick Thistle and Sparta Rotterdam, to Lorca who play in the lower reaches of the Spanish footballing pyramid. The game finished with a five goal victory for the visitors, who were superb ambassadors for their club and League on the evening, but what became of Jon Guthrie, the object of the exercise so to speak. Well, he made 122 appearances and found the net once for Crewe in a five year spell, interrupted at one stage by an eight game loan at Northern Premier League Leek Town, before spending two seasons at Walsall. At the start of the current truncated season he signed a two year contract with Scottish Premiership side Livingston and when the campaign was halted had played in 28 of their thirty league games with power to add if the season re-starts. It is in a way ironic that Pewsey’s problems with the Wessex League have always been with travel – it played a large part in their withdrawal in the current season – yet one of their players is now some 400 miles from home playing Premiership Football, we wish him well.



CLUB NEWS

Folland Sports require an enthusiastic new Club Secretary to handle administrative matters for their Wessex League One and Hampshire Combination teams. The club also anticipate entering an under 18s team in the CSYL (City of Southampton Youth Football League). This provides an exciting opportunity to take a route into local football administration with a very long-established and respected club. The outgoing secretary, in his continuing role at the club as Treasurer, will provide all necessary instruction and support to the successful candidate. Should you be interested, then do please contact Jason Simmonds (Vice Chairman) on 07920 513552 or [email protected]

WEEK 1 ROUND UP

Clubs who have organised or are arranging pre-season games are requested to let me know through email or Twitter so that we can build up a list for games planned. Goes without saying that such games can only proceed once the guidelines provide for them. Thanks in advance. The Club Preparation Fund was launched on Monday 29 June. Grants of up to £500 are available to help clubs purchase items, such as hand sanitizer, or to carry out essential maintenance, such as ensuring there’s running water. Clubs will have received details of the fund- and a link to apply from the Football Foundation.

AGM DATE CHANGE As advised last week, please note that the date of our Annual General Meeting has been changed to Sunday 19th July; with the next F.A. meeting scheduled for Tuesday 14th July, this will allow the League constitution to have been advised by the new date together with an awareness of rule changes. We also then may have further advice on how to prepare for our return to playing football.




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