MIDWEEK HEADLINES
Winslow United hit eight in the road. London Tigers mauled at home by Long Crendon. Burton Park Wanderers still seek first league win of the campaign. Flackwell Heath and Hadley record County Cup wins.

Midweek brought about 59 goals from the 15 games (an average of 3.93 per game). Curtis Brown (Winslow United) netting the only midweek hat trick

Midweek Stats: 15 games played of which 9 were home wins, 5 were away wins and 1 draw.

Without A League Win to date: Burton Park Wanderers.

Without A League Draw to date: Aston Clinton, Broadfields United, Codicote, Risborough Rangers Development, Sarratt, and The 61FC (Luton).

Without A League Defeat to date: Risborough Rangers.

Midweek’s Highest Attendance: 181 Stotfold v Rushden & Higham United, 71 Thame United Reserves v Winslow United and 60 Raunds Town v Langford & Bedford v Burton Park Wanderers.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Premier Division Clubs): 449 Leighton Town v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos, 435 Dunstable Town v Leighton Town and 418 Leighton Town v Harpenden Town.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division One Clubs): 317 Stotfold v Letchworth Garden City Eagles, 283 Stotfold v Langford and 257 Stotfold v Amersham Town.

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.

Tuesday 2nd November / Wednesday 3rd November

BERKS & BUCKS SENIOR CUP Second Qualifying Round
Three SSML sides were in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup action in midweek however only one progressed to the First Round of the competition. Flackwell Heath travelled to Hellenic Division One side Milton United and were rewarded with a 3-1 win to earn a home tie with either Sandhurst (Combined Counties Division One) or Reading City (Combined Counties Premier Division North). Holmer Green missed out on a place in the next round when they lost in a penalty shoot-out at Hellenic Division One bottom club Abingdon United after a 1-1 draw while Buckingham Athletic exited by a solitary goal at Combined Counties Division One side Wallingford Town. Full results and goalscorers (where known) are listed below.

1-1 [5-4 pens] Abingdon United v Holmer Green (Unknown) / (Hodges) Attendance: Unknown
1-3 Milton United v Flackwell Heath (Nadin) / (Driffill [2], Essex) Attendance: 35
1-0 Wallingford Town v Buckingham Athletic (Taylor) Attendance: 54

HERTS SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP Second Round
The two midweek Herts Senior Challenge Cup Second Round ties saw Baldock Town beaten by a solitary goal by Step 3 Isthmian League Premier Division side Cheshunt while in an all SSML affair Hadley won 3-0 at London Colney. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

1-0 Cheshunt v Baldock Town (Camara) Attendance: 90
0-3 London Colney v Hadley (J Edwards, Bartram, Jupp) Attendance: 40

LONDON SENIOR CUP First Round
New Salamis exited the London Senior Cup at the first hurdle when they went down narrowly to Step 4 Isthmian League North opponents Barking, the hosts winning by the odd goal in three. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.

2-1 Barking v New Salamis (Odukoya, Oluwatimelehin) / (H Georgiou) Attendance: 58

DIVISION ONE
Winslow United were the big winners in midweek with an 8-2 success at Thame United Reserves to move up into third spot in the standings while also amongst the goals were Long Crendon who enjoyed a 70 win at struggling London Tigers. Table toppers Stotfold came from behind to defeat visiting Rushden & Higham United by the odd goal in three while second placed Ampthill Town slipped up when going down 1-3 at local rivals Shefford Town & Campton. At the other end of the standings all three sides in the bottom three suffered defeats, Irchester United were beaten 0-3 at home by Letchworth Garden City Eagles, Burton Park Wanderers suffered a 1-5 reverse at Bedford and Kidlington Reserves trip to Penn & Tylers Green was fruitless as the hosts cantered to a 5-0 win. Elsewhere Wellingborough Whitworth recorded a 4-1 win at home against Northampton Sileby Rangers and Raunds Town defeated visiting Langford 2-0. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

0-3 Irchester United v Letchworth Garden City Eagles (Draper [2], Rusev) Attendance: 44
0-7 London Tigers v Long Crendon (Lethbridge [2], Simpson [2], T Ashworth, G Ashworth, Lane) Attendance: Unknown
5-0 Penn & Tylers Green v Kidlington Reserves (Colverd [2], Dawson-Clark [2], Hancock) Attendance: 37
2-0 Raunds Town v Langford (Clark, Stanciu) Attendance: 60
3-1 Shefford Town & Campton v Ampthill Town (McNamara [2], Snee) / (Cerminara [pen]) Attendance: 56
2-1 Stotfold v Rushden & Higham United (Simms, Clarke) / (McMahon) Attendance: 181
4-1 Wellingborough Whitworth v Northampton Sileby Rangers (Thompson, Brittain, Taylor, Smith) / (Lyons) Attendance: 48
5-1 Bedford v Burton Park Wanderers (Burford [2], Bamford, Watson, Pickard) / (Brown) Attendance: 60
2-8 Thame United Reserves v Winslow United (Elliott [2]) / (Brown [3], Khan, Iannelli, Deall, Owusu, Beckett) Attendance: 71

AND FINALLY
Don’t forget that every Sunday afternoon the Non-League Show on Three Counties Radio (Herts, Beds & Bucks), a show all about local non-league football. The popular show presented by Ollie Bayliss has been increased to two hours each week and is the perfect opportunity to catch up with our local non-league scene at all levels. For those who missed it then you can catch up here:-

Ollie Bayliss Non League Show