MIDWEEK HEADLINES
Midweek brought about 54 goals from the 14 games (an average of 3.86 per game). Christopher Hurst (Penn & Tyles Green) and Henry Snee (Shefford Town & Campton) both bagging hat tricks.

Midweek Stats: 14 games played of which 10 were home wins and 4 away wins.

(Most League Wins – all Divisions):
21 Stotfold, New Salamis
20 Winslow United
19 Risborough Rangers

(Most League Draws – all Divisions):
8 Penn & Tylers Green
7 Arlesey Town, Dunstable Town, Harefield United, Leighton Town
6 Ardley United, Aylesbury Vale Dynamos, Harpenden Town, Milton Keynes Irish, Ampthill Town, Bedford, Thame United Reserves

(Most League Defeats – all Divisions):
24 Irchester United
20 Crawley Green
19 Burton Park Wanderers.

Without a Draw:
(Division Two League):
Aston Clinton and Codicote.

Most Goals Scored:
(Premier Division League):
82 New Salamis.
(Division One League):
88 Stotfold.
(Division Two League):
76 Pitstone & Ivinghoe.

Most Goals Conceded:
(Premier Division League):
81 Holmer Green.
(Division One League):
92 Irchester United.
(Division Two League):
60 Buckingham United

Fewest Goals Conceded:
(Premier Division League):
14 Risborough Rangers
(Division One League):
22 Stotfold
(Division Two League):
16 Old Bradwell United

Fewest Goals Scored:
(Premier Division League):
29 London Colney.
(Division One League):
28 Irchester United.
(Division Two League):
23 The 61FC (Luton).

Midweek Highest Attendances: 139 Flackwell Heath v Broadfields United (Dudley Latham Memorial Premier Division Cup), 102 Ampthill Town v Bovingdon (Gladwish Challenge Trophy) and 98 Tring Athletic v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Premier Division Clubs): 868 Leighton Town v Luton Town (Beds Senior Cup), 473 Leighton Town v Broadfields United and 449 Leighton Town v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division One Clubs): 1904 Long Crendon v Wycombe Wanderers (Berks & Bucks Senior Cup), 533 Stotfold v Winslow United and 404 Stotfold v Ampthill Town.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division Two Clubs): 212 Bovingdon v Totternhoe, 175 Bovingdon v Berkhamsted Raiders and 134 Totternhoe v Leighton Town (Gladwish Challenge Trophy).

Tuesday 22nd February / Wednesday 23rd February

THE GLADWISH CHALLENGE TROPHY Second Round
The one remaining Second Round tie of the Gladwish Challenge Trophy saw Division Two side Codicote hosting Premier Division side Harefield United and there was to be no fairy tale as the higher ranked ‘Hares’ took full control of the game in the first half running in three goals without reply. ‘Cod’ rallied a little after the break and reduced the deficit but never really threatened anything more than that one consolation. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.

1-3 Codicote v Harefield United (Opponent Own Goal) / (Bircham, McCorkell, Jackson) Attendance: 56

THE GLADWISH CHALLENGE TROPHY Third Round
Three Gladwish Challenge Trophy Third Round ties were played midweek and all three went the way of the higher ranked sides. Premier Division Risborough Rangers won convincingly at Division One side Long Crendon 4-0 while Division One Ampthill Town edged out visiting Division Two side Bovingdon by the odd goal in three. The other tie saw Division One Northampton Sileby Rangers winning 2-0 at home against Division Two side New Bradwell St Peter. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

2-1 Ampthill Town v Bovingdon (Holmes, Opponent Own Goal) / (Beckwith) Attendance: 102
0-4 Long Crendon v Risborough Rangers (James, Squire-Adams, Schmidt, Diment (og)) Attendance: 71
2-0 Northampton Sileby Rangers v New Bradwell St Peter (Burrows [2]) Attendance: 30

PREMIER DIVISION
Table topping New Salamis extended their lead at the top to five points with a midweek 3-0 win over visiting struggling club London Colney while the other midweek fixture saw Tring Athletic ease their relegation fears with a 4-1 home success against Aylesbury Vale Dynamos. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

3-0 New Salamis v London Colney (H Georgiou, C Georgiou, Duberry) Attendance: 78
4-1 Tring Athletic v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos (Miller [2], Hercules, Butler) / (Shortt) Attendance: 98

DUDLEY LATHAM MEMORIAL (PREMIER DIVISION) CUP Second Round
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There was a very eventful Second Round tie in the Dudley Latham Memorial Cup on Tuesday night as Ardley United hosted Leighton Town. The visitors cruised into a two goal lead after 39 minutes and then seemed to implode as the hosts restored parity by the interval, after the break the self-collapse continued to haunt Leighton and they found themselves trailing and to make matters worse ended the game with just eight players following two red cards and a sin-bin. The night’s other Second Round tie saw Flackwell Heath advance to the quarter-finals with a 3-0 home success against Broadfields United. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

3-2 Ardley United v Leighton Town (Howards, Casbierd, Harris) / (Foulger, J Campbell) Attendance: 78
3-0 Flackwell Heath v Broadfields United (Driffill, Thomas, Ayers) Attendance: 139

BEDS SENIOR CUP Quarter Final
Arlesey Town’s hopes in the Beds Senior Cup ended at the quarter-final stage at former SSML side Biggleswade United, the hosts winning by the odd goal in five despite being a man down after a red card with the winner coming in the final minutes. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.

3-2 Biggleswade United v Arlesey Town (Cousins, Keane, Rhiney) / (Hamilton, Shuttlewood) Attendance: 62

HERTS SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP Quarter Final
Hadley booked their place in the Herts Senior Challenge Cup semi-finals with a well-deserved win over Step 4 Southern League side Ware. The tie postponed last week was switched with agreement of both clubs to the 3G surface at Ware to ensure it was played this week and got off to a flying start when Ware went ahead after two minutes before Hadley hit back to take control of the game and a quick fire double saw them ahead at the break. Just like the first half Ware struck early and within three minutes of the restart of was level again. With both sides giving it all it looked set to be decided on penalties however Hadley had other ideas and five minutes from time settled the tie in their favour and a chance to host Royston Town in the last four. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.

3-2 Hadley v Ware (@ Ware FC) (J Edwards, Yoane, Ofori) / (Skandari, Hunte) Attendance: 56

DIVISION ONE
Winslow United missed the chance to close the gap at the top to a single point when they suffered a 1-3 home reverse by mid-table Penn & Tylers Green while Shefford Town & Campton moved to within one point of a play-off spot as they made it five league wins on the bounce games with a 5-2 home success against one of their rivals in the play-off battle Wellingborough Whitworth. Elsewhere at the other end of the table bottom club Irchester United were beaten by the odd goal in three at home by local rivals Raunds Town while Amersham Town eased their relegation fears with a solitary goal win against visiting Buckingham Athletic. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

1-0 Amersham Town v Buckingham Athletic (Duncan-Johnson) Attendance: 29
1-2 Irchester United v Raunds Town (Schutles) / (Clarke, Randall) Attendance: 27
5-2 Shefford Town & Campton v Wellingborough Whitworth (Snee [3], Metcalfe, McNamara) / (Lovell, Bivens) Attendance: 37
1-3 Winslow United v Penn & Tylers Green (Deall) / (Hurst [3] [1 pen]) Attendance: 75

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

January Team of the Month presentations to Bovingdon and Ampthill Town by John Chidley and Alan Banbury.