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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 05

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YEAR 21 - 2006/07 - PART ONE

RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L GF GA GD PTS

1 Gosport Borough 38 27 8 3 87 27 60 89

2 AFC Totton 38 27 8 3 89 31 58 89

3 VT 38 24 8 6 76 44 32 80

4 Poole Town 38 23 4 11 88 41 47 73

5 Bournemouth 38 20 10 8 69 38 31 70

6 Wimborne Town 38 19 10 9 82 54 28 67

7 Moneyfields 38 21 3 14 69 46 23 66

8 Fareham Town 38 18 12 8 95 57 38 65

9 Cowes Sports 38 17 9 12 61 50 11 60

10 Brading Town 38 15 7 16 74 80 -6 52

11 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 38 13 9 16 55 73 -18 48

12 Lymington Town 38 13 8 17 49 48 1 47

13 Brockenhurst 38 10 11 17 52 66 -14 41

14 Christchurch 38 9 10 19 47 63 -16 37

15 Hamworthy United 38 9 10 19 49 70 -21 37

16 Horndean 38 11 1 26 51 104 -53 34

17 Alton Town 38 9 7 22 59 87 -28 33

18 Downton 38 7 10 21 48 89 -41 31

19 Ringwood Town 38 5 8 25 34 85 -51 23

20 Hamble ASSC 38 5 3 30 24 105 -81 18

Premier Division results grid



SYDENHAMS LEAGUE CUP 2006/2007- THE STORY First Round- AFC Totton 5-1 Colden Common Alresford Town 2-0 AFC Newbury Alton Town 7-0 Bishops Waltham Town Amesbury Town 6-3 Wellow Andover New Street 2-1 United Services Portsmouth BAT 0-3 East Cowes Victoria Bemerton Heath Harlequins 2-3 Wimborne Town Blackfield & Langley 3-2 Ringwood Town Brading Town 1-2 VT FC Fareham Town 4-1 Fleetlands Farnborough North End 2-1 Overton United Fawley 0-3 Downton Hamble ASSC 2-0 Hamble Club Horndean 3-2 Clanfield Hythe & Dibden 2-1 Otterbourne Laverstock & Ford 1-5 Christchurch Liss Athletic 6-4 AFC Portchester Locks Heath 8-2 Paulsgrove Lymington Town 2-1 Hamworthy United Moneyfields 3-0 Hayling United Petersfield Town 1-5 Fleet Spurs Poole Town 3-0 Verwood Town Romsey Town 4-0 QK Southampton (Romsey Town played an ineligible player, QK Southampton reinstated) Warminster Town 1-3 Bournemouth Whitchurch United 0-2 Stoneham Second Round- AFC Aldermaston 4-1 Fleet Spurs AFC Totton 2-3 Lymington Town Alton Town 3-2 Tadley Calleva Andover New Street 1-5 Alresford Town Bournemouth 11-0 QK Southampton Brockenhurst 0-2 Farnborough North End Christchurch 4-1 Hythe & Dibden Cowes Sports 4-2 Blackfield & Langley East Cowes Victoria 1-3 Fareham Town (Fareham Town played an ineligible player, East Cowes reinstated) Gosport Borough 3-2 Liss Athletic Hamble ASSC 0-2 Downton Moneyfields 4-0 Horndean Shaftesbury 4-1 Poole Town Stockbridge 2-2 aet Stoneham (Stockbridge won 5-4 on penalties) VT FC 2-0 Locks Heath Wimborne Town 5-0 Amesbury Town Third Round- Alton Town 1-3 VT FC Christchurch 3-2 Alresford Town Downton 1-0 Stockbridge Farnborough North End 4-0 AFC Aldermaston Gosport Borough 0-2 Bournemouth Lymington Town 3-0 East Cowes Victoria Moneyfields 1-0 Shaftesbury Wimborne Town 4-0 Cowes Sports



Quarter Final- Downton 0-1 Lymington Town Farnborough North End 0-3 Bournemouth Moneyfields 0-2 VT FC Wimborne Town 3-0 Christchurch Semi Final- Bournemouth 1-0 Wimborne Town Wimborne Town 1-0 Bournemouth (Aggregate score 1-1. Bournemouth won 5-4 on penalties) Lymington Town 1-1 VT FC VT FC 3-3 Lymington Town (Aggregate score 4-4. Lymington Town won on away goals) Final [at Christchurch] Bournemouth 1 (Phillips) Lymington Town 1 (Marwood) aet (Lymington Town won 7-6 on penalties) Match Report The match started at a rapid pace with Lymington shooting wide in the opening seconds. Play quickly moved to the other end of the field and from a right wing cross by Gary Langrish, Leigh PHILLIPS was unmarked and rose like the proverbial salmon sending his glanced header into the corner of the net to put Bournemouth 1-0 up in the 1st minute. This woke Lymington up and for the next 10 minutes they pushed for the equaliser. The nearest they came was when a ball was driven across the Bournemouth six yard box with several Lymington forwards just missing the final touch. There was plenty of passion and tackles went in. Dave Marden the Lymington number 5 was cautioned after 15 minutes for a trip, and just five minutes later Danny Veal also of Lymington was cautioned for throwing the ball away. Poppies had two efforts from headers that would have wrapped the game up but somehow the Lymington keeper was able to deny an effort on 24 minutes from man of the match Lamin Dibba. On the half hour Matt Willsher fumbled a goal bound header from Phillips away, unfortunately for Poppies Jack Swann was unable to convert the chance from close in- and the ball was cleared. Two minutes later Carlo Tate had a shot blocked on the Bournemouth line, by Ollie Cherrett, who denied another Lymington strike with a timely stop. Half time came with Poppies still leading. The second half started with both teams attacking. Swann shot over from six yards although from a difficult angle. Play went straight up the other end and in the 56th minute a Lymington cross from the right was glanced home off the head by Steve MARWOOD although it had the benefit of bouncing in off the post following a pinball scenario in the Poppies goalmouth when nobody could get their foot on the ball. Play was even until the final 10 minutes when Lymington found some energy and twice almost scored. Extra time came and Lymington substitute Simon Young was cautioned for a very late tackle as players got tired and could probably count himself lucky it was only a yellow card. Lymington got on top in the final period of extra time and twice Darren Crook was through on goal but put both efforts wide of the far post. Poppies were beginning to tire quite badly but managed to keep going but there was no winner when full time arrived and it was down to penalties. After the initial five penalties the tie was still level at three each, both keepers saving two kicks. Sudden death penalties came and it was not until the 20th penalty kick that a winner emerged. Willsher saving the 19th kick and Lymington Town’s Tate converted thereby meaning they had won the Sydenhams League Cup 7-6 on penalties. A crowd of 448 was recorded. Line-ups Lymington Town: Matt Willsher, Paul Liddon (Steve Jenkin), Darren Ritchie (Simon Young), Carlo Tate, Dave Marden, Steve Marwood ©, Jimmy Anderson, Danny Veal, Darren Crook, Danny Gibbons, Kevin James. Unused: Luke Ansell, Mark McGinnes, Robert Vine Bournemouth: Jason Harvell, Paul Cuglietta, James Bailey-Pearce, Lamin Dibba, Ollie Cherrett, Rich McCabe, Gary Langrish), Mark Dancer ©, Leigh Phillips, Jack Swann (Dan Baguley), Dan Morrell (Tim Constable). Unused; Mickey Toy, Jon Lever, Dan Ackerman. Referee: Justin Amey



Chelsea had a cup winning double, with the FA Cup and League Cup both heading to Stamford Bridge, but in the League Manchester United picked up the Premiership title, a 16th title win for the Old Trafford side. In the first FA Vase final at the new Wembley, Truro City beat our own AFC Totton 3-1, the story was covered last season in one of our Newsletters. Back in the news again in June this year, Madeleine McCann disappeared in Portugal. Celebrating a golden jubilee was the TV series Sky At Night which was hosted by Sir Patrick Moore (who died in Selsey in December 2012), World Cup winner Alan Ball sadly passed away in April 2007. Sheffield indie band Arctic Monkeys stormed the music scene with “Brianstorm” penned by Alex Turner in April 2007. The early stages of the season saw The Da Vinci Code taking the plaudits on the big screen. In local county FA competitions none of our then current members collected any trophies although Gosport did collect losers’ medals in the Russell-Cotes. Former members at the time Fleet Town, were then in the Isthmian League Division 1 South alongside the likes of Maidstone United and Dover Athletic and finished 5th of 22. Their promotion chase was ended at the Semi Final stage of the play offs with a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Tooting & Mitcham, but the next term they found themselves in the Southern League Division 1 South and West. A runners up slot being their award come season end followed by a return to the Isthmian again for 2008/09, but that is a different story. A John Grant brace for the Shots condemning our former members to defeat, Jermaine Hamilton with a late consolation. It was a long journey for both as the Final was at the Dean Court home of AFC Bournemouth. The north Hampshire side did lift some silverware though in the shape of the Russell-Cotes Cup, courtesy of a 2-0 over League Champions Gosport Borough, the first of three on the trot for the Calthorpe Park outfit. Elsewhere Dorchester Town beat Sherborne Town 2-1 in the Dorset Senior Cup and Corsham secured the Wiltshire version with a single goal victory over Melksham Town.

PREMIER DIVISION

The Wessex League’s “21st Birthday” and something of a watershed season with cosmetic changes at the start and wholesale changes at the end. The cosmetic changes were the re-naming of the Divisions with One, Two and Three replaced by Premier, One and Two. The greater changes will be covered in a couple of weeks when the review of all three divisions has been completed but this was the last season of the League having three divisions. The newly named Premier Division had twenty Clubs, two fewer than the previous season, with six Clubs “going out” and four “coming in”. Winchester City, Thatcham Town and Andover had been promoted to the Southern League, Portland United had returned to the Dorset Premier League and BAT and AFC Newbury dropped down a Division because of ground grading problems. The four newcomers were Brading Town, Downton, Horndean and Ringwood Town. Looking at the completed table and comparing same with today, AFC Totton, Poole Town, Wimborne Town and Moneyfields have all progressed up the pyramid, Brading have returned to Island Football whilst VT have morphed in to Sholing who have also moved up a step. The season ended in a tight finish between Gosport Borough and AFC Totton, who had finished fourth and fifth in the previous campaign, and we will return to that later. No Club topped the one hundred goal mark – Fareham Town in eighth place were the highest scorers, and mention of Horndean who only drew one of their thirty-eight games, an unusually low figure. During the course of the season both Fareham and Alton suffered a one-point deduction for misdemeanours that are not recalled so many years on. The League Cup Final was played at Christchurch between Lymington Town and Bournemouth and finished all square at one each with Lymington winning a protracted penalty shoot-out 7-6 to take the Trophy as we have covered elsewhere in this edition. Back to the League and the tight finish between Gosport Borough and AFC Totton for the Title. Possibly the weather had been bad earlier in the season and Totton’s Vase run would also have impacted on the fixtures, but going in to the final month, April, both sides still had seven League matches to play with the relative positions showing: -



Gosport Borough 73 points GD 44 AFC Totton 71 points GD 47 In the first half of the month Gosport had two trips to the Island, winning two one at Cowes and sharing six goals at Brading, and defeated Fareham three nil at home. Totton in turn did the double over Ringwood – two one and two nil – beat Follands five one (Mike Gosney 3) but crucially lost two one at home to Moneyfields. Gosport Borough 80 points GD 48 AFC Totton 80 points GD 53 Gosport then went in to overdrive over the next three games, winning two one at Christchurch and scoring six without reply at Horndean and at home to Downton. Totton played only two games in the same period and won them both – one nil at Lymington and three one against Sholing at Testwood Park leaving the position as follows with both Clubs just having one game to play. Gosport Borough 89 points GD 61 AFC Totton 86 points GD 57 Whether it was a quirk of the fixtures or the Fixture Secretary’s handiwork is unknown but the last fixture involved them playing each other and Totton needing to win by five clear goals which probably was never on and they had to settle for a single goal victory and second place to add to their Wembley appearance. On the individual front Michael White played in every single game for Gosport and with their goals being largely shared around, Neil Scammell was top scorer with fourteen. Two players still gracing the League today featured strongly for Totton with Ross Bottomley an ever-present and Mike Gosney notching fourteen goals to add to the seventeen and eighteen scored by Fouad Hamodu and Mark Osman respectively. Gosport were promoted to the Southern League South and West where they finished in a respectable eleventh place in their first season. Part Two next week, will have Division One, Division Two and the FA Cup and FA Vase stories for the season.

WHISTLING THROUGH WESSEX

The Editor’s remarkable records recently provided me with a list of all the League Cup Finals since the League’s inception writes John Gorman along with the team line ups, goal scorers and referees, which will feature as a series in later editions. The latter seldom get noticed or mentioned – unless they do something wrong in somebody’s eyes- but it is interesting to note how many of our Cup Final referees subsequently progressed up the refereeing ladder. The first Final, in 1987, was a two-legged affair between Road Sea and Horndean – the only occasion on which the Final has been played over two legs – and the second leg, at Road Sea, was refereed by PAUL SCOBLE. Paul went on to referee in the Football League and has very much remained in Football as a Director of the Hampshire FA, Referees Assessor and over the last three years, back to where he started in a manner of speaking as Finance Director of the Sydenhams League. The other leg of the Final was refereed by Bob Purkiss who has since provided yeoman service to the Wessex League. On to 1991 and Thatcham against Wimborne with LAURENCE JONES in the middle. Laurence reached the Football League Line as the apex of his refereeing career but has probably excelled that since moving into the Administration side of the game. Executive posts with AFC Bournemouth, the Hampshire FA and the Leicester and Rutland FA preceded a move to the FA and a position at the very top table. The 1995 Final between Gosport and Fleet saw Portsmouth based ROB STYLES as the man with the whistle at the start of a journey that ended at the highest level. Premiership referee and on the FIFA list and the man in charge of the 2005 FA Cup Final at Cardiff between Arsenal and Manchester United which went to extra time and penalties and, memory suggests, saw Robert Pires sent off. BERNARD BAKER was in charge of the 1995 Final involving Thatcham and Lymington and he reached the Conference middle and the Football League line. Andover based, he had a Business not too far from New Street’s ground but is now retired and not involved in Football in any way.



Three years on to 1998 and another referee who has enjoyed a successful career in the middle in KEITH STROUD who oversaw the Aerostructures/Bemerton Heath Final. Keith was on the line at the 2003 FA Cup Final and had a spell on the Premier League list. He is now designated as a Championship Referee – in simple terms the level between the Premiership and the Football League – and while a return to the Premier middle is unlikely, he receives a fair number of appointments for the Championship Matches that “look difficult” on paper. He also boasts considerable experience on the Football Administration front. In to the twenty first Century and 2001 with JAMES LININGTON appointed to the Final between Andover and Fleet Town. James was then, and still is, based on the Isle of Wight which adds greatly to his travelling time especially following midweek appointments in the North of the Country. James and his family have always been keen supporters of the Wessex League and he too, like Keith Stroud is a Championship Referee. Whether there is another step up to the Premiership is unknown but since the return of Football following the Lockdown, he has had a couple of Fourth Official appointments at Premiership fixtures and, in another similarity to Keith, also tends to be appointed to the “difficult looking” games in the Championship. Another three-year gap and the 2004 Final between Bemerton Heath and Winchester which was refereed by WENDY TOMS. Wendy was very much a pioneer and flag bearer for female referees and is no doubt delighted at the number that have since taken up the whistle, though the FA still shy away when it comes to the final promotion steps. Wendy refereed in the Conference, was on the line in the Premiership and for the 2000 League Cup Final at Wembley. She also enjoyed involvement in the EUFA Women’s Cup and Championship and the Olympic Games before injury ended her career. CHRIS POWELL had charge of the 2006 Final and will be known to many on the Wessex League circuit. Chris graduated to the Football League line with a plum appointment of the line at a Johnstone’s Paint Cup Final at Wembley until a road accident, in which he was the innocent party, sadly ended his refereeing career. Since then he has become mentor to many aspiring referees, coaches referees generally and is in regular attendance at Wessex League matches.

Coming closer to the present the more recent Cup Final Officials have been faced with a choice. When initially promoted from the Wessex League they move in to the middle in the Isthmian and Southern Leagues and if wishing to progress from there have the choice of continuing up the refereeing ladder or choosing to be an Assistant at the higher level. So far Justin Amey (who took the Final in 2007), Dean Treleaven (2008), Chris Wade (2009), Ben Cobb (2012) and Dan Berry (2013) have chosen the latter route and appear regularly on the Football League line. Dean enjoyed an hour in the limelight at AFC Bournemouth a

season or so ago when he was plucked from the crowd to take over as Fourth Official when the Match Referee was injured while Ben still maintains contact with the Wessex League as Assessors Secretary. One official, Gary Parsons (2010), has stuck to refereeing and was latterly officiating in the National Conference, one step away from the Football League, last season. He was in charge for the Bournemouth Senior Cup Final between Brockenhurst and Hamworthy United at Hurn Bridge, that saw a penalty victory for the Badgers earlier this year. Only recently diagnosed with Bowel Cancer, Gary has just started a course of chemotherapy, but is targeting a return to the League in an Observers role sometime soon. A timely reminder to people out there to get any concerns checked, and I am sure you will join me in wishing him well in his battle. The above only relates to those referees who have officiated in our Cup Final but it is only fair to mention others that have moved up through the ranks via the League – Roger East, Andy Davies, Dan Cook (on the FIFA Lines List) Louis Marks, Mike Desborough and Connor Farrell with apologies to any that have been omitted. The League has also encouraged female referees over the years with such as Lucy May – who has received FIFA appointments – and Paula Wyatt, recently promoted and also making her mark in Womens football. An incentive for the promising referees we have on the League now. The game quite simply would not exist without referees, it can be a thankless task and it is nice to see that the Wessex League has played a small part in helping so many in their careers. We thank them all.



FIXTURES Subject to alteration at short notice and also subject to Guidelines issued by the Government and FA, this list updates that in our previous Newsletter and takes both divisions up to the end of the calendar year. Tuesday/Wednesday September 1st/2nd F.A. Cup Extra Preliminary Round Saturday September 5th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Fleet Town AFC Stoneham v Lymington Town Alresford Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Blackfield & Langley v Fareham Town Brockenhurst v Cowes Sports Hamble Club v Tadley Calleva Hamworthy United v Christchurch Horndean v Bournemouth Portland United v Bashley Shaftesbury v Amesbury Town Division One Andover Town v Fawley AFC Downton v Alton Laverstock & Ford v U.S. Portsmouth Newport IOW v Andover New Street Petersfield Town v Folland Sports Ringwood Town v East Cowes Victoria Romsey Town v New Milton Town Totton & Eling v Bemerton Heath H’quins Verwood Town v Hythe & Dibden Spare: Whitchurch United Tuesday September 8th Premier Division Alresford Town v Amesbury Town Bashley v Hamworthy United Christchurch v Portland United Cowes Sports v Blackfield & Langley Fareham Town v AFC Portchester Horndean v Fleet Town Lymington Town v Brockenhurst Shaftesbury v Bournemouth Tadley Calleva v AFC Stoneham Wednesday September 9th Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamble Club Friday September 11th Division One Fawley AFC v Verwood Town Saturday September 12th F.A. Cup Preliminary Round Division One

Alton v Andover Town Andover New Street v Petersfield Town Bemerton Heath H’quins v Newport IOW East Cowes Victoria v Downton Folland Sports v Ringwood Town New Milton Town v Laverstock & Ford U.S. Portsmouth v Totton & Eling Whitchurch United v Romsey Town Spare: Hythe & Dibden Tuesday September 15th Sydenhams League Cup 1st Round AFC Portchester v Horndean Alresford Town v Hamworthy United Andover Town v Bournemouth Cowes Sports v Brockenhurst Lymington Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Sydenhams League Cup 2nd Round Alton v Totton & Eling Bashley v Andover New Street Bemerton Heath H’quins v Shaftesbury Downton v New Milton Town Fareham Town v Christchurch Fawley AFC v Folland Sports Fleet Town v Romsey Town Hythe & Dibden v Newport IOW Laverstock & Ford v Blackfield & Langley Petersfield Town v Verwood Town U.S. Portsmouth v Tadley Calleva Wednesday September 16th Sydenhams League Cup 1st Round Fawley AFC v Folland Sports Whitchurch United v Portland United Saturday September 19th F.A. Vase 1st Qualifying Round Premier Division Baffins Milton Rovers v Portland United Lymington Town v Fleet Town Tuesday/Wednesday September 22nd/23rd F.A. Cup 1st Qualifying Round Saturday September 26th Premier Division AFC Portchester v AFC Stoneham Amesbury Town v Brockenhurst Baffins Milton Rovers v Hamworthy United Bashley v Horndean



Blackfield & Langley v Shaftesbury Bournemouth v Hamble Club Christchurch v Alresford Town Fareham Town v Portland United Fleet Town v Cowes Sports Tadley Calleva v Lymington Town Division One Andover New Street v Totton & Eling Bemerton Heath H’quins v Petersfield Town Fawley AFC v Laverstock & Ford Folland Sports v Romsey Town New Milton Town v Andover Town Newport IOW v Verwood Town Ringwood Town v Hythe & Dibden U.S. Portsmouth v Downton Whitchurch United v East Cowes Victoria Spare: Alton Tuesday September 29th Division One Alton v U.S. Portsmouth Andover Town v Andover New Street Downton v Bemerton Heath H’quins East Cowes Victoria v Newport IOW Hythe & Dibden v Fawley AFC Laverstock & Ford v Whitchurch United New Milton Town v Ringwood Town Romsey Town v Verwood Town Totton & Eling v Folland Sports Spare: Petersfield Town Saturday October 3rd Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Hamworthy United Amesbury Town v Fareham Town Bashley v Alresford Town Brockenhurst v Christchurch Cowes Sports v Tadley Calleva Fleet Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Hamble Club v Blackfield & Langley Lymington Town v Bournemouth Portland United v AFC Portchester Shaftesbury v Horndean Division One Andover New Street v Romsey Town East Cowes Victoria v Alton Hythe & Dibden v Bemerton Heath H’quins Laverstock & Ford v Totton & Eling Petersfield Town v Downton Ringwood Town v Newport IOW U.S. Portsmouth v Folland Sports Verwood Town v Andover Town

Whitchurch United v New Milton Town Spare: Fawley AFC Tuesday October 6th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Hamble Club AFC Stoneham v Cowes Sports Alresford Town v Fleet Town Blackfield & Langley v Bashley Bournemouth v Amesbury Town Brockenhurst v Portland United Christchurch v Lymington Town Hamworthy United v Shaftesbury Horndean v Baffins Milton Rovers Tadley Calleva v Fareham Town Saturday October 10th F.A. Vase 2nd Qualifying Round Division One Andover Town v U.S. Portsmouth Bemerton Heath H’quins v Whitchurch United Fawley AFC v Downton Folland Sports v Alton New Milton Town v Petersfield Town Newport IOW v Hythe & Dibden Ringwood Town v Andover New Street Romsey Town v East Cowes Victoria Verwood Town v Laverstock & Ford Spare: Totton & Eling Tuesday October 13th Premier Division Portland United v AFC Stoneham Division One Alton v Petersfield Town Andover Town v Whitchurch United Downton v Andover New Street Hythe & Dibden v Folland Sports Laverstock & Ford v Bemerton Heath H’quins New Milton Town v Verwood Town Newport IOW v Fawley AFC Romsey Town v U.S. Portsmouth Totton & Eling v East Cowes Victoria Spare: Ringwood Town Saturday October 17th Premier Division Amesbury Town v Christchurch Baffins Milton Rovers v Tadley Calleva Bournemouth v Fleet Town Cowes Sports v Portland United Fareham Town v Brockenhurst Hamble Club v Bashley Hamworthy United v Alresford Town



Horndean v Blackfield & Langley Lymington Town v AFC Portchester Shaftesbury v AFC Stoneham Division One Andover New Street v Alton Bemerton Heath H’quins v New Milton Town East Cowes Victoria v Andover Town Folland Sports v Fawley AFC Hythe & Dibden v Laverstock & Ford Petersfield Town v Newport IOW U.S. Portsmouth v Ringwood Town Verwood Town v Downton Whitchurch United v Totton & Eling Spare: Romsey Town Tuesday October 20th Premier Division Alresford Town v Horndean Bashley v Lymington Town Brockenhurst v Blackfield & Langley Christchurch v Bournemouth Cowes Sports v AFC Portchester Fareham Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Fleet Town v Hamble Club Portland United v Hamworthy United Tadley Calleva v Shaftesbury Saturday October 24th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Brockenhurst AFC Stoneham v Bashley Amesbury Town v Horndean Baffins Milton Rovers v Bournemouth Blackfield & Langley v Alresford Town Fleet Town v Hamworthy United Hamble Club v Christchurch Lymington Town v Fareham Town Shaftesbury v Cowes Sports Tadley Calleva v Portland United Division One Alton v Romsey Town Andover Town v Hythe & Dibden Downton v Whitchurch United Fawley AFC v Andover New Street Laverstock & Ford v East Cowes Victoria New Milton Town v Folland Sports Newport IOW v U.S. Portsmouth Ringwood Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins Totton & Eling v Petersfield Town Spare: Verwood Town Tuesday October 27th Premier Division

AFC Stoneham v Brockenhurst Division One Andover New Street v Whitchurch United Bemerton Heath H’quins v U.S. Portsmouth Downton v Ringwood Town Hythe & Dibden v Alton Newport IOW v Totton & Eling Romsey Town v Petersfield Town Verwood Town v Folland Sports Spare: East Cowes Victoria Wednesday October 28th Division One Fawley AFC v New Milton Town Saturday October 31st Premier Division AFC Portchester v Blackfield & Langley Alresford Town v Lymington Town Baffins Milton Rovers v AFC Stoneham Bashley v Shaftesbury Brockenhurst v Hamble Club Cowes Sports v Christchurch Fareham Town v Fleet Town Hamworthy United v Amesbury Town Horndean v Portland United Tadley Calleva v Bournemouth Division One Alton v Ringwood Town Andover Town v Downton East Cowes Victoria v Bemerton Heath H’quins New Milton Town v Newport IOW Petersfield Town v Laverstock & Ford Romsey Town v Totton & Eling U.S. Portsmouth v Hythe & Dibden Verwood Town v Andover New Street Whitchurch United v Fawley AFC Spare: Folland Sports Tuesday November 3rd Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Horndean Bashley v Brockenhurst Blackfield & Langley v Tadley Calleva Bournemouth v AFC Portchester Christchurch v Baffins Milton Rovers Fareham Town v Alresford Town Fleet Town v Shaftesbury Hamble Club v Cowes Sports Lymington Town v Hamworthy United Portland United v Amesbury Town Saturday November 7th Premier Division



AFC Portchester v Bashley Amesbury Town v Lymington Town Blackfield & Langley v AFC Stoneham Bournemouth v Alresford Town Brockenhurst v Baffins Milton Rovers Christchurch v Tadley Calleva Cowes Sports v Horndean Hamworthy United v Hamble Club Portland United v Fleet Town Shaftesbury v Fareham Town Division One Andover New Street v U.S. Portsmouth Bemerton Heath H’quins v Alton Downton v New Milton Town Fawley AFC v East Cowes Victoria Folland Sports v Andover Town Newport IOW v Whitchurch United Petersfield Town v Verwood Town Ringwood Town v Romsey Town Totton & Eling v Hythe & Dibden Spare: Laverstock & Ford Tuesday November 10th Premier Division Amesbury Town v AFC Stoneham Division One Alton v Totton & Eling Andover Town v Bemerton Heath H’quins East Cowes Victoria v Folland Sports Hythe & Dibden v Andover New Street Laverstock & Ford v Downton New Milton Town v U.S. Portsmouth Romsey Town v Fawley AFC Verwood Town v Ringwood Town Spare: Newport IOW Wednesday November 11th Division One Whitchurch United v Petersfield Town Saturday November 14th Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Bournemouth Alresford Town v AFC Portchester Baffins Milton Rovers v Shaftesbury Bashley v Fareham Town Brockenhurst v Hamworthy United Cowes Sports v Lymington Town Fleet Town v Blackfield & Langley Hamble Club v Portland United Horndean v Christchurch Tadley Calleva v Amesbury Town Division One

Alton v Laverstock & Ford Bemerton Heath H’quins v Verwood Town Downton v Newport IOW East Cowes Victoria v New Milton Town Folland Sports v Andover New Street Hythe & Dibden v Romsey Town Petersfield Town v Fawley AFC Ringwood Town v Totton & Eling U.S. Portsmouth v Whitchurch United Spare: Andover Town Tuesday November 17th Premier Division AFC Portchester v Baffins Milton Rovers Alresford Town v Hamble Club Bashley v Christchurch Blackfield & Langley v Amesbury Town Brockenhurst v Shaftesbury Fareham Town v Cowes Sports Fleet Town v Tadley Calleva Hamworthy United v Bournemouth Lymington Town v Horndean Saturday November 21st Premier Division AFC Stoneham v Hamble Club Amesbury Town v Cowes Sports Baffins Milton Rovers v Bashley Bournemouth v Fareham Town Christchurch v Fleet Town Hamworthy United v Tadley Calleva Horndean v Brockenhurst Lymington Town v Blackfield & Langley Portland United v Alresford Town Shaftesbury v AFC Portchester Division One Andover New Street v East Cowes Victoria Downton v Hythe & Dibden Fawley AFC v U.S. Portsmouth Laverstock & Ford v Folland Sports Newport IOW v Alton Petersfield Town v Ringwood Town Romsey Town v Andover Town Totton & Eling v New Milton Town Whitchurch United v Verwood Town Spare: Bemerton Heath H’quins Saturday November 28th AFC Portchester v Horndean Baffins Milton Rovers v Amesbury Town Bashley v Fleet Town Bournemouth v Brockenhurst Christchurch v AFC Stoneham



Cowes Sports v Hamworthy United Fareham Town v Hamble Club Portland United v Blackfield & Langley Shaftesbury v Lymington Town Tadley Calleva v Alresford Town Division One Alton v Whitchurch United Andover Town v Totton & Eling Bemerton Heath H’quins v Romsey Town East Cowes Victoria v Petersfield Town Folland Sports v Newport IOW Laverstock & Ford v Andover New Street New Milton Town v Hythe & Dibden Ringwood Town v Fawley AFC Verwood Town v U.S. Portsmouth Spare: Downton Tuesday December 1st Premier Division AFC Portchester v Christchurch Bashley v Amesbury Town Blackfield & Langley v Bournemouth Cowes Sports v Alresford Town Hamble Club v Shaftesbury Hamworthy United v Fareham Town Horndean v Tadley Calleva Saturday December 5th Premier Division Alresford Town v AFC Stoneham Amesbury Town v AFC Portchester Blackfield & Langley v Baffins Milton Rovers Bournemouth v Cowes Sports Fareham Town v Christchurch Fleet Town v Brockenhurst Horndean v Hamworthy United Lymington Town v Hamble Club Shaftesbury v Portland United Tadley Calleva v Bashley Division One Andover New Street v Bemerton Heath H’quins Fawley AFC v Alton Folland Sports v Whitchurch United Hythe & Dibden v East Cowes Victoria Newport IOW v Laverstock & Ford Ringwood Town v Andover Town Romsey Town v Downton Totton & Eling v Verwood Town U.S. Portsmouth v Petersfield Town Spare: New Milton Town Saturday December 12th

Premier Division AFC Portchester v Hamworthy United AFC Stoneham v Fareham Town Amesbury Town v Fleet Town Baffins Milton Rovers v Cowes Sports Bashley v Bournemouth Brockenhurst v Tadley Calleva Christchurch v Blackfield & Langley Hamble Club v Horndean Portland United v Lymington Town Shaftesbury v Alresford Town Division One Andover Town v Newport IOW Downton v Totton & Eling Fawley AFC v Bemerton Heath H’quins Laverstock & Ford v Romsey Town New Milton Town v Andover New Street Petersfield Town v Hythe & Dibden U.S. Portsmouth v East Cowes Victoria Verwood Town v Alton Whitchurch United v Ringwood Town Spare: Folland Sports Tuesday December 15th Division One Downton v Folland Sports Saturday December 19th Premier Division Alresford Town v Brockenhurst Bournemouth v Portland United Christchurch v Shaftesbury Cowes Sports v Bashley Fareham Town v Horndean Fleet Town v AFC Stoneham Hamble Club v Amesbury Town Hamworthy United v Blackfield & Langley Lymington Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Tadley Calleva v AFC Portchester Division One Alton v New Milton Town Andover New Street v Downton Bemerton Heath H’quins v Folland Sports East Cowes Victoria v Verwood Town Hythe & Dibden v Whitchurch United Petersfield Town v Andover Town Ringwood Town v Laverstock & Ford Romsey Town v Newport IOW Totton & Eling v Fawley AFC Spare U.S. Portsmouth That is it for 2020 unless late changes are made.



NOTES REGARDING THE FIXTURES- Because of the late start there are more midweeks than normal which means some of the midweek fixtures involve greater travelling distances than is usual. In addition, and a point which applies principally to Division One. If your team is shown as spare, do not stand your players down unless the League release your club from a fixture. This is particularly relevant early in the season when F.A. Cup and Vase games are arranged at relatively short notice. I am sure that you will join me in thanking Roger Allen for getting these lists out so promptly. As above, please note that these are subject to change at short notice, especially given the aforementioned Cup and Vase ties for the coming season. And a further reminder, it is confirmed that the end date for the season will be 15th May 2021.

LEAGUE NEWS

On the pitch at time of writing just over 870 players have been registered on the Whole Game System. A bit of a surprise in that eight of our members for the coming season have yet to record any players committing, whilst on the opposite side of the coin we have three clubs with more than 50 players currently registered with their club! Whilst the Transfer Market has already been active, and not considering those players, in global terms this means just over 28 players per team are currently registered. Clubs will have been advised that Bob Purkiss has taken on the role of Covid-19 Coordinator for the League, it is requested please that all matters relating to Covid-19 be addressed to Bob for the foreseeable future. His contact details are on the website. Clubs are reminded that before they can play again, a Covid-19 Risk Assessment must be completed, sent to the league and signed off by the aforementioned Covid-19 Officer. For those teams based in Hampshire or under affiliation to the Hampshire County FA, please be aware that they will not sanction any friendly or organise a referee until it has been done. We should presume that the same rules apply for those in Dorset and Wiltshire. Whilst on this topic, the League Management team does not have anyone qualified to approve Covid-19 Sanitiser products, consequently we cannot suggest suitable Covid-19 related sanitiser and/or hygiene products. With reference to pre-season, please contact us so we can draw up a list of your games and advise of clubs from elsewhere looking for similar. AGAIN, please don’t forget the home team also has to obtain sanction from their County FA before playing AND that we still must adhere to FA and Government guidelines as regards the Covid-19 situation. At time of writing this also includes the proviso that games arranged at Step 5 and Step 6 grounds are played “BEHIND CLOSED DOORS” . So, please remember currently due to current Government regulations, no spectators are permitted at venues at Step 6 and above hosting friendlies. To the best of my knowledge those marked with an asterisk [*] fall into that category. Other Clubs where spectators are allowed will be collating details for test and trace, and spectators groups should be of no more than 6 people safely adhering to social distancing. Based on messages seen and noted, the following are Pre-season fixtures that are listed in good faith, but please note the League have no control over the proposed schedules, which are all subject to change and confirmation by the clubs. Please check nearer the time if making a special journey.

DATE HOSTS . OPPOSITION VENUE KO

04-Aug Alton v Liphook United Anstey Park Enclosure * ?

04-Aug Ascot United v Fleet Town Racecourse Ground * ?

04-Aug Christchurch v Bournemouth Sports Slades Farm ?

04-Aug Fleetlands v Baffins Milton Rovers Lederle Lane 18:30

04-Aug Hamworthy Recreation v Verwood Town Magna Road 19:00



04-Aug Totton & Eling v Lyndhurst Hatches Farm 19:00

05-Aug Bush Hill v Brockenhurst Mansel Park 19:00

06-Aug Fawley v Lymington Town Aliport Arena * 19:45

08-Aug Amesbury Town v Cribbs Bonnymead Park * 13:00

08-Aug Basingstoke Town v Whitchurch United Winklebury (?) 15:00

08-Aug Blandford United v Shaftesbury Blandford School ?

08-Aug Bournemouth v Bournemouth Sports Slades Farm 12:00

08-Aug Broughton v Andover New Street Buckholt Road 13:00

08-Aug Cranborne v Christchurch Pennys Lane 15:00

08-Aug Hamworthy United v Dorchester Sports Specsavers County Ground * ?

08-Aug Hythe & Dibden v Lymington Town Clayfields * 15:00

08-Aug Merley Cobham Sports v Verwood Town Merley Park ?

08-Aug QK Southampton v Brockenhurst Lordshill Rec 15:00

08-Aug Romsey Town v Hamble Club Bypass Ground * 12:00

08-Aug Shrewton United v Bemerton Heath Harlequins ? ?

08-Aug Stockbridge v Downton High Street ?

08-Aug Tadley Calleva v Totton & Eling Everest Community College 14:00

08-Aug United Services Portsmouth v Liss Athletic Burnaby Road * ?

11-Aug Alton v AFC Portchester Anstey Park Enclosure * ?

11-Aug Blandford United v Downton Blandford School -

11-Aug Fawley v AFC Totton Aliport Arena * 19:45

11-Aug Fleetlands v Hamble Club ? 19:00

11-Aug Hamworthy Recreation v Bournemouth Magna Road 19:00

11-Aug Merley Cobham Sports v Hamworthy United Merley Park ?

11-Aug Petersfield Town v Baffins Milton Rovers Love Lane 19:30

11-Aug Selsey v Horndean Bunn Leisure Stadium * ?

11-Aug Stockbridge v AFC Stoneham High Street 19:45

11-Aug Verwood Town v Wimborne Town Potterne Park * 15:00

12-Aug Tadley Calleva v Cove Everest Community College 19:00

12-Aug Whitchurch United v Hungerford Town Swifts Longmeadow * 19:30

13-Aug Sturminster Marshall v Verwood Town Churchill Close 19:00

14-Aug Folland Sports v Hamble Club Follands Park * 19:00

15-Aug Amesbury Town v Cove Bonnymead Park * 13:00

15-Aug Andover New Street v Salisbury ? ?

15-Aug Bournemouth v Verwood Town Slades Farm 14:00

15-Aug Brockenhurst v Chichester City Meadens Skoda Arena * 13:00

15-Aug Clanfield v Fleet Town Chalton Lane 12:00

15-Aug Colden Common v Downton ? ?

15-Aug Cowes Sports v Romsey Town Westwood Park * 15:00

15-Aug East Preston v Horndean The Lashmar * ?

15-Aug Farnham Town v Fleet Town Memorial Ground * ?

15-Aug Hamworthy United v Moneyfields Specsavers County Ground * ?

15-Aug Hythe & Dibden v Blackfield & Langley Clayfields * 15:00

15-Aug Laverstock & Ford v Cricklade The Dell * ?

15-Aug Midhurst & Easebourne v Alton Dodsley Grove ?



15-Aug Petersfield Town v Hayling United Rogate Recreation Ground 15:00

15-Aug Portland United v Hamworthy Recreation New Grove Corner * 14:00

15-Aug Stockbridge v Totton & Eling High Street 15:00

15-Aug United Services Portsmouth v Baffins Milton Rovers Burnaby Road * 15:00

15-Aug Whitchurch United v Lyndhurst Longmeadow * 15:00

15-Aug Wincanton Town v Shaftesbury Moor Lane Sports Centre * ?

18-Aug Alton v Badshot Lea Anstey Park Enclosure * ?

18-Aug Amesbury Town v Gillingham Town Bonnymead Park * ?

18-Aug Brockenhurst v Sholing Meadens Skoda Arena * 19:45

18-Aug Fawley v Hayling United Aliport Arena * 19:45

18-Aug Hamworthy Recreation v Hamworthy United Magna Road 19:00

18-Aug Horndean v United Services Portsmouth Fiveheads Park * ?

18-Aug Hythe & Dibden v Infinity Clayfields * 19:45

18-Aug Laverstock & Ford v Wroughton The Dell * ?

18-Aug Merley Cobham Sports v Bournemouth Merley Park 19:00

18-Aug New Milton Town v Fareham Town JMC Stadium * 19:45

18-Aug Romsey Town v AFC Stoneham Bypass Ground* 19:30

18-Aug Whiteley Wanderers v Ringwood Town Meadowside Leisure Centre ?

19-Aug Westbury United v Portland United Meadow Lane* ?

20-Aug Andover Town v Eastleigh Portway Stadium * 19:45

21-Aug Fawley v Stockbridge Aliport Arena * 19:45

21-Aug Horndean v Bognor Regis Town Fiveheads Park * ?

21-Aug Romsey Town v Fleetlands Bypass Ground * 19:30

22-Aug AFC Portchester v Cribbs Crest Finance Stadium * ?

22-Aug Andover New Street v Eastleigh Academy Foxcotte Park * 15:00

22-Aug Arundel v Tadley Calleva Mill Road * 15:00

22-Aug Ash United v Fleet Town Shawfield Road * ?

22-Aug Baffins Milton Rovers v Winchester City PMC Stadium * 15:00

22-Aug Bournemouth v Bournemouth Electric Slades Farm 12:00

22-Aug Bridport v Hythe & Dibden St Marys Ground * 15:00

22-Aug Brockenhurst v Alton Meadens Skoda Arena * 15:00

22-Aug Cowes Sports v Bush Hill Westwood Park * 14:00

22-Aug East Preston v Hamble Club The Lashmar * 13:00

22-Aug Fareham Town v Cambrian & Clydach Vale Cams Alders * 15:00

22-Aug Godalming Town v Amesbury Town Wey Court * ?

22-Aug Hamworthy United v Badshot Lea Specsavers County Ground * ?

22-Aug Midhurst & Easebourne v Whitchurch United Dodsley Grove 15:00

22-Aug Petersfield Town v Liphook United Rogate Recreation Ground 15:00

22-Aug Portland United v Downton New Grove Corner * -

22-Aug Shaftesbury v Laverstock & Ford Cockrams * ?

22-Aug United Services Portsmouth v Westfields Burnaby Road * ?

22-Aug Wimborne Town v Christchurch Cuthbury ?

25-Aug Andover New Street v Basingstoke Town Foxcotte Park * 19:45

25-Aug Andover Town v Salisbury Portway Stadium * ?

25-Aug Baffins Milton Rovers v Chichester City PMC Stadium * 19:45



25-Aug Blackfield & Langley v Bournemouth Gang Warily * 19:00

25-Aug Bush Hill v Hamble Club Mansel Park 18:45

25-Aug Fawley v Bashley Aliport Arena * 19:45

25-Aug Fleet Town v Aldershot Town u23 Calthorpe Park * ?

25-Aug Hythe & Dibden v Bournemouth Manor Clayfields * 19:45

25-Aug Laverstock & Ford v Brockenhurst The Dell * 19:45

25-Aug Romsey Town v Empire Bypass Ground * 19:30

25-Aug Shaftesbury v Downton Cockrams * -

25-Aug Tadley Calleva v Eastleigh XI Barlows Park * 19:45

26-Aug Whitchurch United v Winchester Castle Longmeadow * 19:30

27-Aug Pewsey Vale v Laverstock & Ford Pewsey Recreation Ground ?

27-Aug Verwood Town v Christchurch Potterne Park * ?

28-Aug Fawley v Lyndhurst Aliport Arena * 19:45

28-Aug United Services Portsmouth v Cowes Sports Burnaby Road * 19:30

29-Aug Amesbury Town v Kingsclere Bonnymead Park * ?

29-Aug Andover Town v Andover New Street Portway Stadium * ?

29-Aug Baffins Milton Rovers v Worthing PMC Stadium * 13:00

29-Aug Bournemouth v Bournemouth Manor Slades Farm 14:00

29-Aug Cribbs v Horndean The Lawns * 15:00

29-Aug Farnham Town v Alton Memorial Ground* ?

29-Aug Fleet Town v Whitchurch United Calthorpe Park * 15:00

29-Aug Hamworthy United v Wimborne Town Specsavers County Ground * 15:00

29-Aug Pagham v Fareham Town Nyetimber Lane * 15:00

29-Aug Petersfield Town v East Preston Love Lane * 15:00

29-Aug Reading City v Tadley Calleva Rivermoor Stadium * 13:00

29-Aug Romsey Town v Blackfield & Langley Bypass Ground * 15:00

29-Aug Saltash United v Bemerton Heath Harlequins Kimberley Park * 14:00

29-Aug Shaftesbury v Wells City Cockrams * ?

Clubs are also reminded as regards DBS Applications, for those affiliated with Hampshire FA please visit- http://www.hampshirefa.com/news/2020/jun/26/everything-you-need-to-know-about-dbs-applications it is likely that similar arrangements are to be followed with both Dorset and Wiltshire, those clubs should check accordingly. We understand that the Portsmouth Senior Cup for 2019/20 will be completed. There is one Quarter Final

outstanding, but this is the draw as regards the Semi Finals. Baffins Milton Rovers v Horndean and Denmead

or Moneyfields v Fareham Town. These are intended to be played in November with a date for the final in

early 2021. There will be NO Saturday Senior Cup competition for 2020/21.

WEEKEND RESULTS

AFC Portchester 3-0 Paulsgrove Bush Hill 1-7 Folland Sports Hamble Club 1-0 Infinity Lymington Town ? Moneyfields Petersfield Town 1-3 Clanfield QK Southampton 0-0 Romsey Town Romsey Town 2-1 Brockenhurst

http://www.hampshirefa.com/news/2020/jun/26/everything-you-need-to-know-about-dbs-applications



THE NIGHT IT WAS HAYLING GOALS A Tuesday evening in October 2011 and a Premier Division game between two sides who now compete at rather differing levels. This was my first visit to Hayling United, then playing at the College Ground, and remains the only time I have actually seen a game there. I was aware of their ground grading problems – which eventually led to their leaving the league - but on a dark evening the only things I recall was that the Stand was out of kilter with the pitch and the lights perhaps could have been brighter. There also appeared to be no form of refreshments available at all.

The visitors were Winchester City, who were leading the table going in to the game whilst Hayling at the time occupied bottom place so a home win was probably not on the cards – and so it proved. The Winchester side on the evening included Ryan Gosney (who had a quiet ninety minutes). Mike Byrne, Chris Mason. Leigh Mills, Jamie White and from the Island Charlie Smeeton and Alex Przespolewski. The decent Matchday Programme included in the home line-up Jack Salter-Vaile, a classy midfielder who also played for AFC Portchester, and Sean Thurgood, a doughty defender who may have played for Winchester at one time, as names of note but neither actually played on the evening. The Programme also included a page headed “The Manager’s Viewpoint” which was blank! The game was, from memory, the best of half an hour late starting because one of the Assistants was taken ill and needed medical attention with a replacement having to be found, and though the Officials names are not shown in the Programme memory, again, suggest that it was refereed, and refereed efficiently by Lucy May.

Proceedings on the pitch were very one sided – there was a large difference in class between the two sides – and Winchester scored almost at will over the ninety minutes with Jamie White claiming three of the nine goals. With the late kick off and the score line it did seem harsh for one Winchester Official to complain that insufficient stoppage time was played at the end of the second half! At the end of the season Winchester finished fourteen points clear of nearest rivals Bemerton Heath and scored 138 goals, sixteen of which came in two eight nil defeats of Brading Town, whilst the home side finished eighteenth out of twenty-two and twelve points clear of bottom spot. Hayling left the Wessex League at the end of the following season but have remained in, and become a mainstay of, the Hampshire Premier League. After a spell playing elsewhere, they have returned to the College and have ambitions to also return to the higher level in the playing sense. We wish them well. With the late start and the best part of a sixty-mile journey to follow one suspects it was Wednesday before home was reached.

BANKES CHARITY CUP 2020-21

The draw has been made for this competition, the details for our members looks like this. There are two (Saturday Senior) groups, winner of each group to contest the Final. Group A sees Brockenhurst, Downton and Shaftesbury. Hamworthy United are drawn in Group B, where they are joined by Cranborne and Hamworthy Recreation Reserves. Please visit their website at www.bankescup.co.uk for details on this and more! Those involved need to ensure that their application has been confirmed with the League. The Bankes Charity Cup Football Competition, based in Dorset, dates back to 1889 and is

open to clubs who are affiliated to the Dorset County FA or other County Associations. Last year the organisation celebrated their 130th Anniversary were delighted to announce that £1,400 had been donated to local charities from the 2018/2019 Season.

http://www.bankescup.co.uk/



EPILEPSY RESEARCH CHARITY GOAL CHALLENGE Thanks to Chris Dunn-Veale for providing the information and story behind this campaign. How did it start? It originally started back in the 2016-2017 season when I was raising money along with a friend of mine for the “Year of The Runs” Challenge and raising money for four charities Epilepsy Research, Cystic Fibrosis, Mind and Fibromyalgia UK. A local company was asked if they would kindly donate every time our player representative based at Salisbury FC scored a goal between 1st July 2016 and 30th July 2017. (The representative was Justin Bennett who raised £258 for the challenge) During that time I was asked to become an Ambassador for Epilepsy Research and I pledged to raise a minimum of £10,000 for them and so the start of Challenge 10000 began on 1st September 2017. As the goal challenge was very popular the season before we continued it into the 2017-18 season, and our rep this time was Stu Green, who raised £260 (and had a less time for the competition to run). Again, the same company backed the challenge and they now back the three Epilepsy Reps that we have taking part. However, it was at the beginning of the 2018-19 season that the challenge really became a fund-raising event, in its own right. During the past few seasons I have personally sponsored player’s kits and my disco company at Salisbury, Laverstock & Ford and Andover Town to name but a few. A comment made by my Dad, started the ball rolling. His comment was “Why don’t you see if your sponsored players would also be interested in doing this for you”. So that was what I did and contacted all the players that I had previous sponsored or was sponsoring for that season to see if they would take part. Happy to say that that season a total of 11 football clubs agreed to take part, with 16 different players covering 6 different leagues. Clubs that took part were: Laverstock & Ford, Bemerton Heath Harlequins, Corsham Town, Melksham Town, Bishop Manor Farm, Amesbury Town, Shaftesbury, Winchester City, AFC Totton, AFC Portchester and of course Salisbury. They scored a total of 211 goals and raised just over £1220. However, what was really great was that during the season other clubs had heard about it and wanted to take part. So last season, the guys had scored 372 goals (stopped at the beginning of the UK lockdown) and raised £2211 between them. However, there are still ten collection tins to be collected and open so the amount will be higher than that shown. But we had 23 Clubs (this included those named above plus Downton, Taunton Town, Westbury United, Shrewton United, Donhead United, Sholing, Poole Town, Warminster Town, Shaftesbury Colts, Yate Town, Fareham Town and Mangotsfield United), 29 players and covered 8 different leagues. 2020-21 Season - The Biggest Challenge Yet The Challenge for this season, is the biggest one yet, with our very first juvenile team, first Ladies team and first Futsal football teams taking part. We have 33 players, from 30 clubs, from 12 different leagues. I am also happy to say, that the Wessex Football League have the highest amount of clubs taking part this year with nine clubs from both the Premier and First Division Leagues, and will have 11 players taking part (two of whom are representing me and the charity itself). The Wessex teams involved: AFC Portchester - Steve Ramsey Amesbury Town - Tyler Brockway Baffins Milton Rovers - Charlie Searle Bemerton Heath Harlequins - Justin Bennett (Last season's Highest Scorer) Brockenhurst - Mitchell Speechley-Price Downton - TJ Moseley (Last season's challenge Highest Scorer Runner-up) Fareham Town FC - Charlie Cooper Laverstock & Ford - Chae Sykes (2018-19 Challenge - 3rd Highest Scorer) Shaftesbury - to be confirmed Charity Rep: Olly Searle - AFC Portchester Charity Rep: Charlie Rayfield - Bemerton Heath Harlequins FC



List of Other Competitors: AFC Totton - Craig Feeney (Last season's challenge 3rd Highest Scorer) Alderbury - Mark Scott Bristol Manor Farm - Jamie Bird Chesterton AFC - George Peare Cirencester Town - to be confirmed Clarendon FC - Charlie Humber Cricklade Town - Jason Tatum Donhead United - Andy Faulkner FC Salisbury United (the first Juvenile Club to compete) Laverstock & Ford Ladies - Rachel Adkin (The first Ladies Team to compete) Melksham Town - Luke Ballinger Purton - Lewis Petrie Salisbury - Lewis Benson Sholing - Stu Green Shrewton United – Craig Lewis Taunton Town - Dan Demkiv Warminster Town - Carl Crabtree Wessex Futsal Club - Jordan Matthews (2018-19 Highest Scorer for Amesbury Town, and first Futsal Team) Westbury United - Callum Demkiv Weston-Super-Mare AFC - Luke Purnell Winchester City - Jamie Barron Charity Rep: Owen Howe - Taunton Town How does it work? It works very simply really. All the players need to do is score or keep clean sheets if the representative is a goalkeeper. I arrange for different companies (who I invoice monthly along with copies of the official results sheets taken from the appropriate results page) to sponsor their selected player. The selected player / company is chosen at random – (done like the FA Cup draws). This makes it more of a competition, as we do not know if the players will be chosen by the Manager to play, get suspended- or just where none of the players have scored or kept a clean sheet (which has happened many times over the past couple of seasons). Goal Amount The amount per goal scored is £3.50. There are times when this can change, and so will become a “Double Money Goal” day (£7 per goal) or even a “Triple Money Goal” day (£10.50). Players get a bonus if they score a hat-trick, so we will pay £14 instead of £10.50 on a “Basic Goal” Day. (These will also get doubled or tripled, if on a special payment day). Special Payment Days “Double Money” Days include: * Cup Matches * Competitor Matches (this where two Clubs taken part in the challenge meet) * Publicity Days * Charity Collection Days “Triple Money” Days include: * Semi Final Cup Matches * Cup Final Matches * Competitor Matches (this where two Clubs taken part in the challenge meet) * Publicity Days * Charity Collection Days



Club Support The only thing that I ask the Clubs is if they would be willing to put a couple of Epilepsy Research posters up in the Clubhouse and or Ground and have a collection tin behind the bar- and if possible, a bucket collection sometime within the season. Publicity- When they agree to take part, I will ensure that he will give the Club as much publicity as possible, using both the media and via social media. Representatives Competition- For the Reps themselves, they have their own competition and will have the name entered on the “Dragonflight Trophy”, and keepsakes for the second and third highest scorers. Winners so far: 2016-17 Justin Bennett [Salisbury], 2017-18 Stu Green [Salisbury], 2018-19 Jordon Matthews [Amesbury Town] and 2019-20 Justin Bennett [Bemerton Heath Harlequins]. Why Am I An Epilepsy Research Ambassador? The reason is that back in June 2014, I lost a very good friend by the name of Jonny Everett at the age of 21, just two weeks before his 22nd birthday. After finishing his security shift, he went home and said "goodnight" to his parents as he did every time he came home from a night shift. Before going to work in the morning, his Mum went in with a cup of tea and unfortunately, she found Jonny had had a seizure during the night and had passed away. This, as you can imagine, was totally devastating as Jonny had been seizure free for nearly two years, just about to get his driving licence back, about to start a new job, in fact was just getting his life back on track. It was the following year that I wanted to do something about this and that when (as mentioned above) I spoke to friend Matt Crockford and the "Year Of The Runs" was created and started on 1st April 2016. My Personal Fund-Raising Challenged? While the above challenge is taking place, I also challenge myself to try and raise money myself. I have raised funds in the normal way like bucket collections, doing stalls and performing arts shows that have crowd participation, Strawberry and Cream stalls, taking parting the Illuminated night time carnivals in Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset, marshalling at Glastonbury Festival, Wessex Truck Show, running and cycling events and more importantly my own "Personal Challenges". In 2019, my personal challenge, known as "Challenge 856", was for me to take part and complete in nine ultra-marathons, totalling 532 miles or 856KM (worked out as 860Km once I had fully completed it) and I completed them in five months. My 2020 challenge was a bit different as I knew that I had to push myself further and so I decided to static row, 2020Km or 2,020,000 metres in 355 days (or in one year). Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 lockdown within the UK, the challenge had to be put on hold. However, I can confirm that I have rowed a total of 165,857 metres (165.8km) in 79 days. So when we come out of the lockdown, I will have 287 days to complete a total of 1,854,143 metres or 1854.1kms. I am already looking into my personal challenge for 2021, which will be known as the "Unlucky" Challenge as I will hopefully be completing in thirteen ultra-marathons.

WEEK 5 ROUND UP- THE LAST WORD

Please note that with effect from Monday 3rd August, Greg Dickson will take on the role of Assistant League Secretary. As you may know, Aubrey Hodder is extremely busy with his job due to the pandemic and furlough related issues and expects that will be the case until October. The decision has been made to give Aubrey support in the coming months because of the league’s daily workload. The pair have discussed how to proceed and will work in tandem, and will be sharing the generic email address [email protected] to ensure that incoming emails are not missed and replies not duplicated. Clubs will also have access to Greg during the day when Aubrey may not be available. They will both retain their existing mobile phone numbers as shown on our website. Greg will respond to emails and phone calls received from clubs, reverting where appropriate to Aubrey or the League Chairman for guidance on other matters. I know that you will join me, in thanking Greg for his help, and for supporting him in his new role.


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