THE INANE RAMBLINGS FROM UP NORFF #12

MIDWEEK HEADLINES
The Stotfold juggernaut rolls on as they make it nine wins from nine. London Tigers score three goals on the road for the first time since September 2019.

Midweek Stats: 14 games played of which 5 were home wins, 5 away wins and 4 draws adding to the one abandonment.

The 14 games produced a total of 59 goals, an average of 4.21 per game.

100% league record to date: Stotfold.

Without A Win to date: Burton Park Wanderers and Tring Athletic.

Without A Draw to date: Amersham Town, Aston Clinton, Baldock Town, Broadfields United, Codicote, Dunstable Town, Eynesbury United, London Tigers, New Bradwell St Peter, Penn & Tylers Green, Risborough Rangers Development, Sarratt, Stotfold, The 61FC (Luton) and Winslow United.

Without A Defeat to date: Ampthill Town, Hadley, Risborough Rangers and Stotfold.

Midweek Highest Attendance: 361 Hadley v Enfield Town (FA Cup), 283 Stotfold v Langford and 113 Wellingborough Whitworth v Raunds Town.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Premier Division Clubs): 418 Leighton Town v Harpenden Town, 361 Hadley v Enfield Town (FA Cup) and 350 Harefield United v Hastings United (FA Cup).

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division One Clubs): 317 Stotfold v Letchworth Garden City Eagles, 283 Stotfold v Langford and 176 Stotfold v Buckingham Athletic.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division Two Clubs): 175 Bovingdon v Berkhamsted Raiders 130 Totternhoe v Old Bradwell United and 128 Milton Keynes College Football Academy v Berkhamsted Raiders.

THE EMIRATES FA CUP Second Round Qualifying Replay
Hadley’s hopes of progressing in the Emirates FA Cup came to an end as Step 3 visitors Enfield Town extinguished their dreams with a 2-1 replay win. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.

1-2 Hadley v Enfield Town (Rosemin) / (Faal, Gyebi) Attendance: 361

PREMIER DIVISION
Tuesday’s Premier Division action was one for the electricians as at both games the floodlights went out meaning a frantic search for those 50p coins, alas at the Broadfields United v Crawley Green the lights going out during the interval resulted in the referee abandoned the game. Better news for the fans at the Tring Athletic v Dunstable Town fixture as light was returned after a brief stoppage in the second period and manager less Dunstable held on to their slender one goal interval lead to record back to back wins. Wednesday night’s action saw Milton Keynes Irish edge past hosts Baldock Town by the odd goal in three to climb to seventh place in the standings. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

A-A Broadfields United v Crawley Green (Abandoned at half time, floodlight failure)
0-1 Tring Athletic v Dunstable Town (Trif) Attendance: 90
1-2 Baldock Town v Milton Keynes Irish (White) / (Lawless, Belgrove) Attendance: 74

DIVISION ONE
Stotfold extended their lead at the top of the table to seven points after they defeated visiting neighbours Langford by a solitary goal watched by a crowd of 283 while second placed Ampthill Town were being held to a 2-2 draw at Northampton Sileby Rangers. At the bottom Buckingham Athletic sent hosts Penn & Tylers Green into the bottom three following their solitary goal success while Shefford Town & Campton picked up a useful point at home to Letchworth Garden City Eagles following a 2-2 draw. In the battle between the bottom two clubs it was honours even as Irchester United were held 1-1 by visiting Burton Park Wanderers. Rushden & Higham United moved into the promotion play off places when defeating their guests Bedford 3-1. Elsewhere Wellingborough Whitworth overcame visiting Raunds Town 4-1 and London Tigers continued their recent good form with a 3-1 win at Kidlington Reserves. Wednesday night’s action saw Thame United Reserves run out 3-2 winners against visiting Amersham Town, the win taking the Oxfordshire side up to eighth place. Full results and goalscorers (where known) are listed below.

1-1 Irchester United v Burton Park Wanderers (Watford) / (Arthur) Attendance: 52
1-3 Kidlington Reserves v London Tigers (Unknown) / (Akande [pen], Menezes, Sutherland) Attendance: 25
2-2 Northampton Sileby Rangers v Ampthill Town (Cirelli, Johnston) / (Cerminara [2]) Attendance: 45
0-1 Penn & Tylers Green v Buckingham Athletic (Brazier) Attendance: 47
3-1 Rushden & Higham United v Bedford (Reynolds, Dolden, Opponent Own Goal) / (Bray) Attendance: 33
2-2 Shefford Town & Campton v Letchworth Garden City Eagles (Ingham, Renney) / (James, Rusev) Attendance: 76
1-0 Stotfold v Langford (Spavins) Attendance: 283
4-1 Wellingborough Whitworth v Raunds Town (Brittain [2], Judge [2]) / (Speight) Attendance: 113
3-2 Thame United Reserves v Amersham Town (West, Blake, Peake-Pijnan) / (Unknown) Attendance: 31

BERKS & BUCKS SENIOR CUP First Qualifying Round
Berks & Bucks Senior Cup heartbreak for Winslow United as they lost on penalties at Combined Counties League side Langley, the SSML side fought back from two down at the break to lead 3-2 only to concede a late equalizer before losing the penalty shoot-out 7-8. Full result and goalscorers (where known) are listed below.

3-3 [8-7 pens] Langley v Winslow United (Savva, Lewis-Thomas, Unknown) / (Ianelli, Brown, Beckett) Attendance: Unknown

DIVISION TWO
Risborough Rangers Development moved up a couple of places with their fourth win of the campaign, the youngsters edging out bottom club The 61FC (Luton) by the odd goal in three at Windsors. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.

2-1 Risborough Rangers Development v The 61FC (Luton) (Gordon [2]) / (Hannah) Attendance: 28