MIDWEEK HEADLINES
Midweek brought about 50 goals from the 13 games (an average of 3.85 per game). Nathan Burrows (Northampton Sileby Rangers) and Adam Beckett (Winslow United) both netting midweek hat-tricks.
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Midweek Stats: 13 games played of which 4 were home wins, 8 away wins and 1 draw.

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

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

(Most League Defeats – all Divisions):
25 Irchester United
22 Burton Park Wanderers,
21 Crawley Green

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

Most Goals Scored:
(Premier Division League):
90 New Salamis.
(Division One League):
91 Stotfold.
(Division Two League):
79 Old Bradwell United, Pitstone & Ivinghoe

Most Goals Conceded:
(Premier Division League):
99 Holmer Green.
(Division One League):
99 Burton Park Wanderers.
(Division Two League):
64 Buckingham United

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

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

Midweek’s Highest Attendances: 96 Baldock Town v Hadley, 93 Burton Park Wanderers v Northampton Sileby Rangers and 68 Tring Athletic v Oxhey Jets.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Premier Division Clubs): 868 Leighton Town v Luton Town (Beds Senior Cup), 491 Leighton Town v Tring Athletic and 473 Leighton Town v Broadfields United.

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 8th March / Wednesday 9th March / Thursday 10th March

PREMIER DIVISION
Ardley United enjoyed a 6-1 Premier Division success at lowly Holmer Green while Broadfields United hit four on the road at Aylesbury Vale Dynamos, the visitors winning 4-2 while also on Tuesday night Tring Athletic made it six unbeaten league games on the bounce (five wins and one draw) with a 2-0 home success over Oxhey Jets. Wednesday’s Premier Division action saw Hadley maintain their third place spot thanks to a solitary second half strike at Baldock Town. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

2-4 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Broadfields United (Shortt, Stapleton) / (Spinks [2], Peter [2]) Attendance: 67
1-6 Holmer Green v Ardley United (Nawaf) / (Odhiambo [2], Casbieri [2], Benjamin, Willoughby) Attendance: 45
2-0 Tring Athletic v Oxhey Jets (Miller, Farruch) Attendance: 68
0-1 Baldock Town v Hadley (Uribarri) Attendance: 96

DUDLEY LATHAM MEMORIAL (PREMIER DIVISION) CUP First Round
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Harefield United required penalties to beat high flying New Salamis in the First Round of the Dudley Latham Memorial (Premier Division) Cup on Tuesday night, the ‘Hares’ winning 4-2 on spot kicks after being held 2-2 by their visitors. Thursday night saw Aylesbury Vale Dynamos progress into the Second Round with a solitary goal success at Milton Keynes Irish, the visitors finishing the game with 9 players after two red cards. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

2-2 [4-2 pens] Harefield United v New Salamis (Bircham, Jackson) / (Becka [pen], Rodriguez) Attendance: 50
0-1 Milton Keynes Irish v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos (Lawford [pen]) Attendance: 35

DIVISION ONE
Shefford Town & Campton moved into the play-off places with a 2-0 win at Buckingham Athletic, the Bedfordshire club have now won eight of their last ten league games while Northampton Sileby Rangers moved up to fourth after winning 3-2 at struggling Burton Park Wanderers. Wellingborough Whitworth maintained their interest in the play-offs with a comfortable 6-0 success at Rushden & Higham United while in the other league fixture on Tuesday night saw Kidlington Reserves upset the form book with a 2-0 home win against promotion hopefuls Long Crendon. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

0-2 Buckingham Athletic v Shefford Town & Campton (McNamara, Metcalfe) Attendance: 47
2-3 Burton Park Wanderers v Northampton Sileby Rangers (Green, Fitzjohn) / (Burrows [3]) Attendance: 93
2-0 Kidlington Reserves v Long Crendon (Sturgess, Stokoe) Attendance: 25
0-6 Rushden & Higham United v Wellingborough Whitworth (Lovell [2], Judge, Doherty-Gooderham, Taylor, Bivens) Attendance: 66

DIVISION ONE CUP First Round
Two Division One Cup First Round ties took place on Tuesday night with the winners progressing into the quarter-finals. Title chasing Winslow United eased their way into the quarter-finals thanks to three unanswered second half strikes against visiting Thame United Reserves to complete a 6-2 win and setting up a home tie with Long Crendon later this month. In the night’s other tie landlords Amersham Town came from 0-2 down to win by the odd goal in five against tenants London Tigers to earn an away trip to either Penn & Tylers Green or Kidlington Reserves. Full results and goalscorers (where known) are listed below.

2-3 London Tigers v Amersham Town (Unknown, Unknown) / (Bennett, Ikusemori, Hall) Attendance: 20
6-2 Winslow United v Thame United Reserves (Beckett [3] [1 pen], Carter, Khan, Workman) / (Evans, Lay) Attendance: 57

HERTS SENIOR CENTENARY TROPHY Semi Final
Division One Letchworth Garden City Eagles reached the Final of the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy with a solitary goal win over Division Two Berkhamsted Raiders on Wednesday evening. In what was an evenly fought contest the hosts won it in the second period of extra time to set up an April Final against Herts County League side Chipperfield Corinthians. Full result and goalscorer are listed below.

1-0* Letchworth Garden City Eagles v Berkhamsted Raiders (Thake) Attendance: 45

AND FINALLY
A world record 54 penalties were needed to separate two non-league sides from England's north-east in a marathon cup shootout on Wednesday. More spot-kicks were taken at the end of the Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup tie between Washington and Bedlington than there were people watching. The crowd of 40 were treated to a dramatic 3-3 draw in the 90 minutes before Washington prevailed 25-24. The Guinness World Record for the longest shootout was 48 attempts. The first-round cup tie at the Ford Quarry Football Hub in Sunderland between the Northern League Division Two sides surpasses the efforts it took for KK Palace to overcome Civics 17-16 in a 2005 Namibian Cup shootout in 2005. It also surpasses the recently set English shootout record of 44 spot-kicks, which saw Old Wulfrunians, from Wolverhampton, get the better of Bloxwich-based Lane Head 19-18 in a near half-hour long shootout. On this occasion, the spot-kick drama was not even contained to just the shootout between the two 10th tier sides, with a stoppage-time penalty from Washington's Bradley Chisholm to complete his hat-trick needed to take make it 3-3 after 90 minutes.

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