Back for the New Year

After missing almost all of December through illness, it is going to be good to get back on the road and start the fund raising wagon rolling again.

Not a lot of midweek action during January for the Senior teams, but the U19 & U21 development leagues compensate more than adequately.

Provisional schedule, dependent on improving health, and the vagaries of the UK climate of course:-

1st Rainworth MW v Sheffield FC 3rd Hucknall Tn v Linby CW 7th Heanor T U21 v Buxton U21 10th Basford Utd v Loughboro Uni 13th Clipstone v Ruddington Village 14th AFC Mansfield v Eccleshill Utd 15th MTFC U19 v Collingham U19 17th Pinxton v Hucknall Tn 21st AFC Mansfield U21 v Buxton U21 24th Heanor Tn v Garforth Tn 29th MTFC U19 v Southwell City U19 31st Linby CW v Mickleover Royals

Christmas fixtures - local teams in action

Boxing Day

NPP
Belper Town 2-3 Ilkeston FC
Buxton FC 3-2 Matlock Town

NP1S
Carlton Town 2-1 Rainworth MW
Mickleover Sports 7-1 Loughborough Dynamo

MFL
Long Eaton Utd 3-1 Shepshed Dynamo

Saturday 27th December

MFL

Basford Utd P-P Dunkirk FC

NCELP

Heanor Town P-P Staveley MW

Retford United P-P Pickering Town
Worksop Town P-P Garforth Town

NCEL1

Shirebrook Town P-P AFC Mansfield

Teversal FC P-P Clipstone FC

EMCL

Ashby Ivanhoe P-P Gedling MW

Graham Street Prims P-P Radford FC

Holwell Sports P-P Greenwood Meadows

Kimberley Miners Welfare P-P Barrow Town

Radcliffe Olympic P-P Aylestone Park

St. Andrews P-P South Normanton Athletic

Stapenhill FC P-P Borrowash Victoria

CMLN

Bilsthorpe FC P-P Phoenix FC

Glapwell FC P-P Clay Cross Town 

Ollerton Town P-P Kinsley Boys

Sherwood Colliery P-P Newark Town 

Thorne Colliery P-P Welbeck FC 

CMLS

Clifton All Whites P-P Bulwell 

Hucknall Rolls Leisure P-P Eastwood Community

Hucknall Town P-P Holbrook St Michaels

Linby Colliery P-P Belper Utd 
Mickleover Royals P-P Mickleover RBL

Southwell City P-P Blidworth Welfare

Swanwick PR P-P Pinxton FC

CML CUP

Real Utd P-P Harrowby Saints

NSL SENIOR DIVISION

Attenborough P-P Kirton Brickworks 

Beeston P-P Wollaton 

Bingham Town P-P Selston 

Burton Joyce P-P Bilborough Town

Keyworth United P-P Boots Athletic

Sandhurst P-P Awsworth Villa 

West Bridgford P-P Cotgrave 

Sunday 28th December

NPP
Belper Town P-P Workington Town
Grantham Town P-P Ilkeston FC

NP1S
Stafford Rangers P-P Carlton Town

Saturday 20th December - local teams in action

NPP
Ashton Utd 4-3 Belper Town
Ilkeston FC 1-1 Witton Albion
Matlock Town 2-4 Trafford FC

NP1S
Brigg Town 0-5 Mickleover Sports
Leek Town P-P Carlton Town
Rainworth MW 1-2 Stocksbridge PS
Spalding Town 2-1 Loughborough Dynamo

MFL
AFC Wulfrunians 5-3 Basford Utd
Coventry Sphinx 3-3 Long Eaton Utd
Shepshed Dynamo 6-5 Continental Star

NCELP
Athersley Recreation P-P Worksop Town
Staveley MW 5-0 Retford Utd
Tadcaster Albion 3-0 Heanor Town

NCEL1
AFC Mansfield 3-0 Winterton Rangers
Bottesford Town 4-1 Teversal FC
Clipstone FC 1-2 Hallam FC
Lincoln MR 0-2 Shirebrook Town

EMCL
Bardon Hill 3-0 Arnold Town
Barrow Town 1-3 Graham St Prims
Borrowash Victoria 1-2 Ashby Ivanhoe
Gedling MW 1-0 Aylestone Park
Greenwood Meadows 2-3 Kimberley MW
Radford FC 2-1 Stapenhill FC
South Normanton Athletic A-A Ellistown & Ibstock Utd
St. Andrews 3-1 Radcliffe Olympic

CMLN
Appleby Frodingham 1-1 Thoresby CW
Bentley Colliery 1-5 Ollerton Town
Clay Cross Town 5-1 Sherwood Colliery
Newark Town 1-4 Harworth CI
Welbeck FC 0-8 Glapwell FC

CMLS
Belper Utd 5-1 Southwell City
Blidworth Welfare 0-2 Hucknall RL
Bulwell FC 2-1 Holbrook St. Michaels
Eastwood CFC 0-0 Swanwick PR
Mickleover Royals P-P Clifton AW
Mickleover RBL 1-7 Hucknall Town
Pinxton FC 3-2 Linby CW

NSL SENIOR DIVISION
Awsworth Villa P-P Keyworth Utd
Beeston FC 5-1 Sandhurst FC
Bingham Town 2-1 Attenborough FC
Cotgrave FC 3-0 Boots Athletic
Kirton BW 0-7 Burton Joyce
PMG Cavaliers 2-1 Bilborough Town
West Bridgford 1-3 Selston FC
Wollaton FC 3-2 Ruddington Village

Hucknall Town 1-0 Clifton AW

Saturday 13th December 2014 - kick off 3:00pm

Venue: Watnall Road, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire

Competition: Central Midlands League South Division

Referee: James Bateman

Scorer: Adam Newton

Line-ups - no idea

Shake

Cuddle time, chaps!!

After taking an enforced break from the game, and being confined to quarters for the better part of two weeks, I needed to get out and about and get my "fix".

The first December game for "ontheroad", and it wasn't exactly the best of contests, to say the least. Unfortunately  there was not a lot to report about on the first half, apart from a superb James Beddingham penalty save on 26. H-T 0-0

                                                                        

Hucknall slowly began to dominate as the second half dragged on, and deservedly went ahead on 65 when Leon Aikman played a neat through ball into ADAM NEWTON'S path - the no. 9 running in on goal before slotting past Liam Mitchell from just inside the box.  F-T 1-0

Admission: £3.00
Programme: No
Attendance: h/c 82
Charity: £0.75

Assume the position, Mike!!

Saturday 13th December - local teams in action

NPP
Belper Town P-P Frickley Athletic
Blyth Spartans P-P Matlock Town
Trafford FC 2-4 Ilkeston FC

NP1S
Coalville Town P-P Carlton Town
Loughborough Dynamo 1-2 Romulus FC
Mickleover Sports 2-3 Kidsgrove Athletic
Sutton Coldfield Town 5-2 Rainworth MW

MFL
Brocton FC 0-3 Long Eaton Utd
Dunkirk FC 2-2 Coventry Sphinx
Kirby Muxloe 4-2 Shepshed Dynamo
Westfields FC 0-2 Basford Utd

NCELP
Heanor Town 1-0 Maltby Main
Parkgate FC P-P Staveley MW
Retford Utd P-P Tadcaster Albion
Worksop Town (ten)10-0 Glasshoughton Welfare

NCEL1
Shirebrook Town 3-2 Knaresborough Town
Teversal FC P-P Grimsby Borough
Worsborough Bridge Athletic P-P Clipstone FC

EMCL
Anstey Nomads P-P South Normanton Athletic
Arnold Town 4-0 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic
Aylestone Park 0-3 Graham St Prims
Borrowash Victoria 2-6 Gedling MW
Ellistown & Ibstock Utd 6-2 Radcliffe Olympic
Greenwood Meadows P-P Bardon Hill
Kimberley MW P-P Holbrook Sports
Radford FC 3-0 Ashby Ivanhoe

CMLN
Askern FC P-P Newark Town
Bilsthorpe FC 2-1 Ollerton FC
Dinnington Town P-P Clay Cross Town
Glapwell FC P-P Phoenix FC
Harworth CI 1-1 Kinsley Boys
Thoresby CW P-P Westella VIP
Thorne Colliery P-P Sherwood Colliery
Welbeck FC P-P Bentley Colliery

CMLS
Blidworth Welfare P-P Mickleover Royals
Holbrook St. Michaels P-P Eastwood CFC
Hucknall RL 0-1 Bulwell FC
Hucknall Tn 1-0 Clifton AW
Mickleover RBL P-P Swanwick PR
Real Utd P-P Belper Utd
Southwell City P-P Pinxton FC

NSL SENIOR DIVISION
Attenborough FC P-P West Bridgford
Awsworth Villa P-P Bingham Town
Beeston AFC P-P Keyworth Utd
PMG Cavaliers 1-2 Selston FC

Saturday 6th December - local teams in action

Still not able to get to games -  very soon, I hope!!!

F.A. VASE R3
Deeping Rangers 1-2 Heanor Town
Worksop Town 2-1 Westfields FC

NPP
Ilkeston FC 2-1 Nantwich Town
Matlock Town 1-1 Ramsbottom Utd
Trafford FC 2-2 Belper Town

NP1S
Goole AFC 0-0 Loughborough Dynamo
Mickleover Sports 3-1 Carlton Town
Rainworth MW 1-4 Coalville Town

MFL
Long Eaton Utd 2-1 Kirby Muxloe
Shepshed Dynamo 5-2 Dunkirk FC

NCELP
Maltby Main 9-3 Retford Utd

NCEL1
AFC Emley 3-2 Teversal FC
Clipstone FC 2-1 Selby Town
Hemsworth MW 1-0 Shirebrook Town

EMCL
Bardon Hill 4-1 Gedling MW
Graham St Prims 1-4 Holbrook Sports
Kimberley MW 0-2 St. Andrews
Radcliffe Olympic 1-1 Anstey Nomads
Radford FC 7-0 Borrowash Victoria
South Normanton Athletic 4-1 Arnold Town
Stapenhill FC 3-1 Greenwood Meadows

CML CUP
Eastwood CFC P-P Westella VIP

CMLN
Clay Cross Town (eleven)11-0 Brodsworth Welfare
Harworth CI 5-1 Thorne Colliery
Kinsley Boys 2-1 Thoresby CW
Newark Town 2-1 Glapwell FC
Ollerton Town 2-1 Dinnington Town
Sherwood Colliery P-P Bilsthorpe FC

CMLS
Belper Utd P-P Blidworth Welfare
Clifton AW 6-3 Harrowby Saints
Holbrook St. Michaels 1-5 Mickleover RBL
Pinxton FC 3-1 Hucknall RL
Real Utd 4-0 Swanwick PR

NSL SENIOR DIVISION
Attenborough FC 1-3 Beeston AFC
Bilborough Town 3-5 Ruddington Village
Boots Athletic 0-7 West Bridgford
Burton Joyce 1-4 Selston FC
Keyworth Utd 2-1 PMG Cavaliers
Wollaton FC 2-1 Cotgrave FC

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible

I have to take a short break - back soon - I hope!

Clipstone FC 4-0 Winterton Rangers

Saturday 22nd November 2014 - kick off 3:02pm

Venue: Worksop Van Hire Stadium, Clipstone Road East, Clipstone, Notts

Competition: NCEL Div 1

Referee: Robert Woodburn

Scorers: Karl Colley (9, 73), Jamie Brown (27, 75)

Line-ups -

Clipstone: Siddons, Paling, Mawby, Whitehead, Colley, Shaw, Wood, Carty, Gibson, Brown, Ord

Rangers: TBC

My last blog entry for a couple of weeks - and with the amount of errors I'm making at the moment, it's probably a good thing!

I will be scheduling games for December and contributing to the charity based on the actual scores of those games, even though I won't be attending.

Clipstone's Press Officer Nigel Spalding will be preparing a full, comprehensive report for the Cobras' website, so I won't go into too much detail here.

Clipstone were without the services of top scorer Jamie Smith, but gave a debut to recent signing Jamie Brown. Another recent signing, Karl Colley, played in the heart of the home defence, and even though Winterton threatened on occasion, the big man took it all in his stride, and with his two goals was arguably the Clipstone MOM.

KARL COLLEY scored the opening goal in the 9th minute, when Steve Carty's corner from the right was met in front of goal with a firm header by the defender.

1-0 Karl Colley

With Winterton playing a very high line, they were always prone to a ball played over the top. With 27 played JAMIE BROWN made them pay when he latched onto such a ball and raced in on goal, coolly steering the ball past visiting keeper Danny Waring. H-T 2-0

Carty had a great chance to add to Clipstone's lead on 70 when he collected a superb ball from Dan Wood - unfortunately for the Clipstone skipper the goalkeeper pulled off a great save and the chance was lost. 

Clipstone were awarded a corner on 73 and it almost brought a repeat of the fist goal, but on this occasion the keeper managed to tip Colley's header over the bar. Lesson learned? No, because when Carty swung in the resultant corner, COLLEY headed home the Cobras' third. 

Clipstone grabbed a fourth three minutes later - Carty's superb run down the left culminating with a ball across the goal to where JAMIE BROWN was waiting at the far post to side-foot home. F-T 4-0

Admission: £2.00 (concession)

Programme: £1.00

Attendance: 

Charity: £3.00

MOM: Karl Colley 

Pics: Kev Goodman

Saturday 22nd November - local teams in action

F.A.VASE 2nd Round Proper
Bolehill Swifts 4-2 Dunkirk FC
Borrowash Victoria P-P Bromsgrove Sporting
Heanor Town 4-3 Coleshill Town
Shepshed Dynamo 2-3 AFC Mansfield Town (aet)

NPP
Belper Town 1-4 Nantwich Town
Curzon Ashton 3-0 Matlock Town
Skelmersdale Utd 1-4 Ilkeston FC

NP1S
Carlton Town 3-2 Newcastle Town
Mickleover Sports 1-0 Sutton Coldfield Town
Rainworth MW 1-2 Tividale FC
Stocksbridge PS 0-0 Loughborough Dynamo

MFL
Basford Utd 7-0 Kirby Muxloe
Lye Town 0-1 Long Eaton Utd

NCELP
Staveley MW 4-2 Albion Sports
Thackley FC 1-1 Retford Utd

NCEL1
Bottesford Town P-P Shirebrook Town
Clipstone FC 4-0 Winterton Rangers
Dronfield Town P-P Teversal FC

EMCL
Barrow Town 2-6 Radford FC
Gedling MW 2-2 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic
Greenwood Meadows P-P Graham St Prims
Holwell Sports 3-3 Arnold Town
Kimberley MW P-P Anstey Nomads
Radcliffe Olympic P-P Aylestone Park
South Normanton Athletic 1-3 Bardon Hill

CML CUP
Bilsthorpe FC 4-5 Swanwick PR (aet)
Real Utd P-P Harrowby Saints

CMLN
Brodsworth Welfare 1-5 Thoresby CW
Harworth CI 2-6 Ollerton Town
Newark Town 2-2 Clay Cross Town
Sherwood Colliery 1-0 Dinnington Town
Thorne Colliery P-P Glapwell FC
Welbeck FC 2-4 Appleby Frodingham

CMLS
Clifton AW 10-0 Eastwood CFC
Holbrook Sports 0-3 Belper Utd
Linby CW 1-3 Mickleover RBL
Pinxton FC 1-4 Bulwell FC
Southwell City P-P Hucknall Town

NOTTS SENIOR LEAGUE SENIOR DIVISION
Kirton BW 2-1 Beeston
Keyworth Utd 3-1 Bilborough Town
West Bridgford 4-1 PMG Cavaliers

NSL SENIOR CUP
Attenborough FC 2-0 Awsworth Villa
Boots Athletic 0-2 Underwood Villa
Magdala Ams 5-6 Burton Joyce (aet)
Netherfield Albion 0-4 Selston FC
Ruddington Villa 3-1 Bingham Town
Wollaton FC 9-0 Sandhurst FC

NOTTS F.A. INTERMEDIATE CUP
Hucknall RL Res 2-3 Cotgrave FC

Midweek fixtures -- w/c 17th November 2014

Tuesday 18th

F.A. TROPHY 2RQ
Mickleover Sports 3-1 New Mills

NPP
Stamford FC 0-1 Belper Town

DOODSON CUP
Matlock Town 0-1 Ilkeston FC

NCEL CUP
Clipstone FC 5-0 Liversedge FC
Shirebrook Town 2-4 Retford Utd

EMCL CUP
Ashby Ivanhoe 1-3 South Normanton Athletic

CML FLOODLIT CUP N
Westella VIP 0-1 Harworth CI

CML FLOODLIT CUP S
Bulwell FC P-P Southwell City


Weds 19th

NCEL CUP
Athersley Recreation 1-3 Worksop Town
Bottesford Town 2-4 Staveley MW
Eccleshill Utd 1-3 AFC Mansfield

EMCL CUP
Kimberley MW 2-3 Barrow Town

CML FLOODLIT CUP S
Hucknall RL 2-1 Harrowby Saints
Hucknall Town 1-2 Pinxton FC

Arnold Town 4-1 Kimberley MW

Saturday 15th November 2014 - kick off 3:00pm

Venue: Eagle Valley, Oxton Road, Arnold, Nottinghamshire

Competition: East Midlands Counties League

Referee: Sam Kane

Scorers:

Eagles- Courtney Hastings (31, 35, 59), Danny Hayes (71)

Miners - Jermaine Gordon (4)

Line-ups:

Arnold - Ross Cherry, Craig Meakin, Stephen Cox, Danny Haynes, Simon Hore, James Price, Luke Smith, Jimmy Spiers, Courtney Hastings, Warren Hatfield, Danny Chadwick.

Kimberley - Matt Walsh, Scott Carlile, Ethan Winfield, Ian Shepherd, Jacob Webster, Roberto Labbatte, Charlie Ward, Jordan Whitehead, Jermaine Gordon, Liam Honeyman, Richard Dean.

Seems strange that these teams have never previously met, but this first meeting was well worth the wait!  Both teams a credit to step 6 football and to the EMCL.

Kimberley were missing a few of their regular starters, Martin Lench and Anthony Gregory amongst those absent. Arnold have a star-studded (at this level) line-up and should on paper, be more than competitive in the EMCL. That they are only mid-table is something of a surprise.

It was slightly murky down the Valley when we arrived, and although the visibility worsened as the game went on, it never looked to be in any danger of being abandoned. 

Kimberley opened the scoring in just the 4th minute, a free-kick headed down at the far post to where JERMAINE GORDON was on hand to rifle home from close range.

nod down... 

.... Gordon celebrates

Arnold had a really good shout for a penalty two minutes later when Courtney Hastings was dragged down in the Kimberley box, but the Referee waved play on despite the strikers' protests. Soon after, the Eagles had another good shout for a penalty when Danny Hayes almost had his shirt stripped from his back as he went to attack a Luke Smith free-kick. His vociferous protests brought him a meeting with Mr. Kane and his skipper Simon Hore. No caution though!

Warren Hatfield hit a powerful drive from 20 yards on 18, but Matt Walsh in the visitors' goal collected with some ease. Hayes always creates problems when he goes forward for set-pieces, and when Smith fired in another free-kick from the right on 31, the centre-back nodded down and COURTNEY HASTINGS drove the ball across Walsh to bring the scores level.

Hastings fires home 

The home team took the lead four minutes later, this time Smith's well placed right wing corner giving HASTINGS the simplest of headers at the far stick.

Hasting heads Arnold ahead

Right on the stroke of half time, Kimberley lost the services of Liam Honeyman after he came out worst in a challenge with Smith. H-T 2-1

HASTINGS completed his personal triple on 59, a snap shot from the edge of the box flying past the diving Walsh and entering the goal in off the post. Hastings saw his piledriver well saved by Walsh on 66, but the keeper was unable to prevent another home goal a few minutes later.  Another free-kick from Smith, this one from just inside the halfway line, met with a powerful, stooping header on the run by DANNY HAYNES.

Danny Haynes - quality

Haynes saw another header well saved by Walsh on 82, and the visiting keeper also made a terrific save from Hatfield as the game entered second half stoppage time. F-T 4-1

Nice to see Warren in action again

Admission: £5.00

Programme: £1.30

Attendance: 70

Charity: £3.75

Pics: Kev Goodman

MOM: Courtney Hastings for his clinical finishing, but a close second would be Luke Smith for his cracking set-pieces

Saturday 15th November - local teams in action

F.A. TROPHY 2nd Round Qualifying
Chasetown FC 4-1 Loughborough Dynamo
Mickleover Sports A-A New Mills (fog)

NPP
Stamford FC 0-1 Matlock Town
Whitby Town 1-3 Ilkeston FC

NP1S
Carlton Town 2-0 Stocksbridge PS
Newcastle Town 4-1 Rainworth MW

MFL
Coleshill Town 1-2 Basford Utd
Dunkirk FC 1-2 AFC Wulfrunians
Long Eaton Utd 3-2 Continental Star
Walsall Wood 4-1 Shepshed Dynamo

NCELP
Heanor Town 5-0 Glasshoughton Welfare
Liversedge FC P-P Staveley MW
Retford Utd 0-1 Thackley FC
Worksop Town 2-0 Handsworth Parramore

NCEL1
Hall Road Rangers P-P Clipstone Welfare
Penistone Church 4-3 AFC Mansfield
Shirebrook Town 5-0 Grimsby Borough
Teversal FC 3-5 Louth Town

EMCL
Anstey Nomads 3-2 Graham St Prims
Arnold Town 4-1 Kimberley MW
Bardon Hill 3-0 Radcliffe Olympic
Barrow Town 4-2 Gedling MW
Blaby & Whetstone Athletic 2-0 South Normanton Athletic
Holwell Sports 4-2 Borrowash Victoria
Radcliffe Olympic 5-2 Greenwood Meadows

CMLN
Bilsthorpe FC 1-2 Newark Town
Clay Cross Town P-P Easington Utd
Harworth CI 5-1 Bentley Colliery
Kinsley Boys 2-2 Glapwell FC
Ollerton Town 2-3 Thoresby CW
Sherwood Colliery 6-1 Welbeck FC

CMLS
Belper Utd 3-0 Real Utd
Bulwell FC P-P Eastwood CFC
Clifton AW 4-2 Southwell City
Harrowby Saints 1-3 Linby CW
Hucknall Town 2-0 Blidworth Welfare
Pinxton FC P-P Mickleover RBL

NSL SENIOR DIVISION
Beeston AFC P-P West Bridgford
Keyworth Utd 1-4 Burton Joyce
PMG Cavaliers P-P Bilborough Town
Ruddington Village 0-4 Selston FC
Sandhurst FC 1-2 Boots Athletic
Wollaton FC 2-0 Attenborough FC

NOTTS F.A. INTERMEDIATE CUP
Hucknall RL Res P-P Cotgrave FC
Kirton BW 0-1 Bestwood MW Sports
Underwood Villa 2-0 Awsworth Villa

Heanor Town 2-2 Borrowash Victoria

Heanor Town go through to the next round 3-1 on  penalties.

Tuesday 11th November 2014 - kick off 8:16pm

Venue: The Town Ground, Mayfield Avenue, Heanor, Derbyshire

Competition:  Derbyshire F.A. Senior Cup Round 2

Referee: Nick Hopton

Scorers:
Lions - Sam Jones ( 54 pen),  Kieran Debrouwer (75)
Vics - Lee Stevenson (24, 74)

Line-ups

What a night! As we drove towards the ground, we were struck by how dark it was - no street lights, no lights in the houses on Mundy Street, and no floodlights! Parked up and walked to the ground which was in total darkness! Not a great start to the evening! Then it rained - and rained - and rained! Great!

The power was restored fairly quickly, but with the players having to warm up, the kick off was delayed until 8:15pm. The players were lead onto the pitch by current and ex-servicemen to great applause. The Last Post sounded, and a minutes silence in honour of the fallen was observed.

48 pages - excellent publication - well done Mr. Squires!

The football wasn't great, but our good friend Chris Dent made the evening for us when he handed me an envelope that contained a letter from his good lady and a sizeable contribution to the "maggie's"  fund.  Lumps in throats all round. SHARON DENT  on behalf of "maggie's" I'd like to say a big THANK YOU!

Not so small, Sharon - very many thanks 

The first half of the game was instantly forgettable - apart from the 22 yard bullet from LEE STEVENSON that almost took out the back of the Town net, that is!   Great strike from the former Lion. H-T 0-1

The second half was a slight improvement on the first - SAM JONES levelled things from the spot after Marc Strzyzewski had flown through the air when challenged for the ball with Vics' keeper Gary Young. The keeper never made contact - but the dive over the keeper by the centreback was impressive - and it certainly impressed Referee Hopton. Didn't send the keeper off for the "foul" though - Strzyzewski was through on goal, with no covering defenders, so the red card was surely warranted.

Borrowash were awarded a free-kick some 25 yards from goal in the 74th minute. STEVENSON hit the ball well enough, and Ian Deakin seemed to have it covered - but it bounced out of the keeper's grasp and flew over his shoulder and into the back of the net. 

Seconds later another free-kick was awarded, this time to the home team, and KIERAN DEBROUWER curled the ball in at the near post, giving Young no chance.  No more goals, so into extra-time we went. Plenty of chances were created, but none were converted - and not many of the ensuing  penalties  were either! Heanor eventually triumphing 3-1 thanks in no small part to a couple of great saves from Deakin. 

We arrived back in Hucknall at 11:15pm - I reckon it may be a good idea to give Cup games a wide berth in the future!

Admission: £5.00

Programme: £1.00

Attendance: 146

Charity: £3.00 + 

MOM: give over!!

Midweek fixtures - w/c 10th November 2014

Tuesday 11th 

MFL
Basford Utd 1-2 Rocester FC
Quorn FC 6-1 Dunkirk FC
Shepshed Dynamo 1-1 Alvechurch FC

NPL CUP
Belper Town 3-1 Grantham Town
Carlton Town 0-4 Barwell FC
Gresley FC 4-2 Loughborough Dynamo
Matlock Town P-P Ilkeston FC
Spalding Utd 5-1 Mickleover Sports

CML CUP
Hucknall RL 5-3 Ollerton Town

NOTTS F.A. SENIOR CUP
Blidworth Welfare 0-3 Clifton AW
Eastwood CFC 0-1 Radford FC
Teversal FC 2-3 Ruddington Village

DERBYS F.A. SENIOR CUP
Graham St Prims 1-0 Hilton Harriers Seniors
Heanor Town 2-2 Borrowash Victoria (aet) Heanor win 3-1 on penalties
Pinxton FC 3-4 Holbrook Sports


Wednesday 12th

NOTTS F.A. SENIOR CUP
AFC Mansfield 0-1 Selston FC
Kimberley MW 2-0 Hucknall Town

DERBYS F.A. SENIOR CUP
Belper Utd 1-2 Whaley Bridge
Long Eaton Utd 4-2 Mickleover Royals
South Normanton Athletic 4-1 Swanwick PR


Friday 14th

Not really a fixture, but Eastwood Community FC have John McGovern as a guest speaker. Q&A session as well. Club opens at 7pm

Gedling MW 3-0 South Normanton Athletic

Saturday 8th November 2014 - kick off 3:02pm

Venue: Plains Road, Mapperley, Nottingham

Competition: East Midlands Counties League

Referee: Mr. Simon Swain

Scorers: Tony Law (41), Jack Hopper (70), Marlon Waites (81)

Sent off: Cory Bowler (76)

Line-ups

We just can't win sometimes! The Welfare faithful usually blame us when the have a poor game/poor result - on this occasion the Shiners' boss Brian Franks laid the blame clearly at our door!

The Shiners have failed to perform when we've been to watch them, but they did win both games. On this occasion they were found wanting again - and 16 goal striker Shane Newton hardly had a sniff, thanks to some solid defending from the home team. 

Games were being called off on a regular basis throughout the morning, and the choice of game was becoming more and more limited. Although we were at Plains Road last weekend, the ground is only a 20 minute drive away, and after contacting Tony Hay and Kelvin Mushambi for confirmation that the game was to go ahead, we decided this was our best option.

Remembering

The pitch looked fine as we entered the ground, albeit a little soggy in one corner. No standing water on the playing surface meant this game was never in doubt, and it turned out to be a great game with a goal that will probably go down as the goal of the season.

The Miners welcomed back Ricky Law after a one match ban, and he had the games first real shot in anger on 20 - Steve Smith in the Shiners goal collecting easily enough. 

Tom Leighton had the visitors best effort in the 33rd minute, curling a shot against the Gedling bar after Ant Fay had picked him out in the area.

Gedling's opening goal came from a long punt upfield that saw  Tony Law and Andy Mottershead in a race to the ball. Only one winner really and the striker controlled well before cutting in and curling a wonderful effort past Smith. Unfortunately Kev's camera froze as he was following the action, so no pics, sorry! H-T 1-0

The Shiners had a great chance to level with just three minutes of the second half played - Sam Keenan firing in a ball from the left that was headed on by Newton to Cory Bowler, but the midfielder could only direct his shot wide of the goal. 

Tony Law's shot on 56 was collected well by Smith, then the no.9 was denied by a goal line clearance soon after. Sam Hawkins and Jack Hopper were introduced on 68, and it was the latter who added to the Miners' lead seconds later. 

As Normanton pressed for the equaliser, the ball was cleared from the back and HOPPER ran at goal, skipped past Smith and rolled the ball into the empty net. Hawkins tried his luck for 20 yards in the 75th minute, but his rocket effort flew just over the bar.  

The away team should have been awarded a penalty a minute later. Newton was through on goal but Steve Brett made a sliding challenge that saw the ball hit his arm and move it away from danger. The Referee waved play on much to the annoyance of Cory Bowler, who went way to far with his remonstrations and was shown a straight red.

The Gedling third goal has to be one of the best ever seen at Plains Road, it will certainly be amongst the front runners for the "ontheroad" goal of the season award!  MARLON WAITES had run his socks off throughout proceedings, but his overhead, acrobatic volley from the corner of the box that flew past Smith into the far corner, alleviated any thoughts of weariness and fatigue! What a strike! I will be on the lookout for the match reports from both teams, as I am sure their authors will describe this goal far better than yours truly! F-T 3-0

Admission: £5.00

Programme: £1.00

Attendance: 65 

MOM: Tom MacDonald

Charity: £2.25

Pics: Kev Goodman

Saturday 8th November - local teams in action

NPP
Ilkeston FC P-P Frickley Athletic
Matlock Town 1-1 Skelmersdale Utd
Workington FC 3-0 Belper Town

NP1S
Loughborough Dynamo 0-5 Sutton Coldfield Town
Market Drayton Town 1-6 Mickleover Sports
Tividale FC P-P Carlton Town

MFL
Long Eaton Utd 2-3 Rocester FC
Lye Town P-P Dunkirk FC
Shepshed Dynamo 3-0 Westfields FC
Walsall Wood P-P Basford Utd

NCELP
Barton Town OB P-P Worksop Town
Glasshoughton Welfare 0-3 Retford Utd
Nostell MW 0-3 Heanor Town
Staveley MW P-P Armthorpe Welfare

NCEL1
AFC Emley 1-0 Shirebrook Town
Clipstone FC P-P Eccleshill Utd
Louth Town 1-5 AFC Mansfield
Teversal FC P-P Hallam FC

EMCL
Gedling MW 3-0 South Normanton Athletic
Graham St Prims 2-4 Arnold Town
Greenwood Meadows P-P Barrow Town
Holbrook Sports P-P Radford FC
Kimberley MW P-P Aylestone Park
Radcliffe Olympic 1-3 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic
St. Andrews 3-1 Borrowash Victoria

CMLN
Bentley Colliery P-P Sherwood Colliery
Easington Utd 1-1 Harworth CI
Glapwell FC P-P Askern FC
Newark Town 1-2 Kinsley Boys
Ollerton Town P-P Welbeck FC
Thoresby CW P-P Clay Cross Town

CMLS
Belper Utd P-P Hucknall Town
Blidworth Welfare P-P Southwell City
Bulwell FC P-P Holbrook St. Michaels
Mickleover RBL P-P Real Utd
Mickleover Royals P-P Pinxton FC
Swanwick PR P-P Clifton AW

NSL SENIOR DIVISION
Bilborough Town P-P Attenborough FC
Boots Athletic 3-1 Keyworth Utd
Burton Joyce P-P Beeston AFC
Sandhurst FC 1-2 Ruddington Village
Selston FC P-P PMG Cavaliers

NOTTS F.A. SENIOR CUP
Wollaton FC 1-2 Hucknall RL

NOTTS F.A. INTERMEDIATE CUP
Bingham Town 1-2 Teversal FC Reserves
Hucknall RL Reserves P-P Cotgrave FC
Kirton BW P-P Bestwood MW Sports Club
Nottinghamshire FC 0-8 Bilsthorpe FC
Underwood Villa P-P Awsworth Villa
West Bridgford 2-0 AFC Bridgford

Heanor Town 3-0 AFC Wulfrunians

Tuesday 4th November 2014 - kick off 7:45pm

Venue: The Town Ground,  Mayfield Avenue, Heanor,  Derbyshire

Competition: F.A. Vase 1st Round Replay

Referee: Hristo Karaivanov

Scorers: Gary Ricketts (26), Marc Strzyzewski (33),  Keiran Debrouwer (47)

Line-ups:
Lions - Deakin, Marriott, Shaw, Jones,  Hawes,  Strzyzewski,  Grantham, Moran, Ricketts, Piliero, Debrouwer

AFC - Brown, Perks, Jones, Sedgemore, Hill, Talbot, Howells, Rose-Laing, Greg, Stevenson, King

We've been to watch Heanor a few times this season, but this has to go down as the Lions' best all round performance we have seen at the Town Ground so far. 

Both teams were a credit to their respective leagues and although the result looks comfortable, AFC never lost hope and threw everything at the home defence in the second half in an attempt to get something out of the game. 

We received our usual friendly greeting from the Heanor officials, and also received a donation to the maggie's fund. Many thanks!!

The opening goal came after 26 minutes of play, Courey Grantham and Greg Marriott combining well down the right, and Marriott's superb ball across the face of the goal was buried by GARY RICKETTS. 

MARC STRZYZEWSKI added the second on 33, belting home the loose ball after the home defence failed to deal with a Paulo Piliero corner from the left. H-T 2-0

The second period was only 90 seconds old when the home team increased their lead. Ricketts fired in a cross from the right to the far post that KEIRAN DEBROUWER managed to stab towards the goal. It looked like Jonathan Brown's save had kept the effort from entering the net, but he had imparted considerable spin on the ball whilst making the save, and the ball rolled past him and into the net. 

AFC now began to control the game as they looked to salvage something, but with Ian Deakin in fine form and the back four looking solid, the visitors' toils were in vain.  F-T 3-0

Admission: £5.00

Programme: £1.00

Attendance: 126 

Charity: £2.25

Midweek games - w/c 3rd November 2014

n.b.
You may wish to check these games are actually on before setting off.  I appear to be making a few errors lately, and would hate to screw your evening up!!

Tuesday 4th

F.A. TROPHY REPLAY
Matlock Town 0-4 Halesowen Town
Stourbridge FC 4-2 Carlton Town

F.A. VASE REPLAY
Heanor Town 3-0 AFC Wulfrunians

NP1S
Mickleover Sports 2-0 Rainworth MW

MFL
Dunkirk FC 2-2 Tipton Town

NCEL1
Grimsby Borough 2-3 AFC Mansfield
Shirebrook Town 6-2 Lincoln MR

FRIENDLY
Radford FC 1-10 Nottingham Forest Xl

NM DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U19 DIVISION
Buxton FC 1-2 Dunkirk FC
Collingham FC 3-0 Arnold Town


Wednesday 5th

NM DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U19 DIVISION
Espial FC v Matlock Town

NM DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U21 DIVISION
AFC Mansfield 3-3 Retford Utd


Thursday 6th

NM DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U19 DIVISION
Retford Utd 5-0 Southwell City

NM DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U21 DIVISION
Carlton Town 2-4 Ilkeston FC
Mickleover Sports v Heanor Town


Friday 7th

NM DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U21 DIVISION
Staveley MW v Newark Town

F.A.TROPHY DRAW

2ND ROUND QUALIFYING

 

 

1 Chasetown v Loughborough Dynamo
2 Spennymoor Town v Leek Town or Spalding United
3 Rushall Olympic v Stratford Town
4 Blyth Spartans v Halesowen Town or Matlock Town
5 St Neots Town v Darlington 1883
6 Curzon Ashton or Northwich Victoria v Barwell
7 Witton Albion v Workington
8 Market Drayton Town or King’s Lynn Town v Carlton Town or Stourbridge
9 Redditch United v Ossett Town or Trafford
10 Gresley v Goole
11 FC United of Manchester v Buxton
12 Nantwich Town v Ramsbottom United
13 Mickleover Sports v New Mills
14 Evesham United or Banbury United v Marine
15 Hereford United v Mangotsfield United
16 Witham Town v Truro City
17 Dereham Town v Sholing
18 Weymouth v Burnham or Hitchin Town
19 Maidstone United v Bognor Regis Town or AFC Sudbury
20 Metropolitan Police v Dulwich Hamlet
21 Barkingside v Horsham
22 Peacehaven & Telscombe v Thamesmead Town
23 Lewes v Heybridge Swifts
24 Leiston or Leighton Town v Paulton Rovers
25 Burgess Hill Town v Folkeston Invicta
26 Slough Town v Merthyr Town
27 Brentwood Town or Biggleswade Town v Poole Town
28 Uxbridge v Bideford or Didcot Town
29 Bedford Town v Chippenham Town
30 Whyteleafe v Canvey Island or Leatherhead
31 AFC Hornchurch v Merstham
32 Histon v Cray Wanderers
33 Hungerford Town or East Thurrock United v Arlesey Town
34 Hendon v Worthing or Chatham Town
35 Tonbridge Angels v Grays Athletic
36 Wimborne Town v Northwood

F.A.VASE DRAW

2ND ROUND

Saturday 22 November 2014

 1 Bishop Auckland v 1874 Northwich
2 Glossop North End v Bottesford or Ryhope Colliery Welfare
3 Alnwick Town v St Helens Town
4 Dunston UTS v Guisborough Town
5 Newcastle Benfield v Ashington
6 Marske United v Barton Town Old Boys
7 West Auckland Town v Shaw Lane Aquaforce
8 AFC Darwen v Dronfield Town
9 Shildon v Runcorn Town
10 Sunderland RCA v North Shields
11 Atherton Collieries v Seaham Red Star
12 Congleton Town v Whitley Bay
13 Consett v Whickham
14 Tadcaster Albion v Morpeth Town
15 Worksop Town v Ellistown & Ibstock United
16 Bolehall Swifts v Dunkirk
17 Westfields v St Andrews
18 Wisbech Town v Cleethorpes Town
19 Thurnby Nirvana v Gornal Athletic
20 Shepshed Dynamo v AFC Mansfield
21 AFC Wulfrunians or Heanor Town v Coleshill Town
22 Borrowash Victoria v Bromsgrove Sporting
23 Mickleover Royals v Willenhall Town
24 Brocton v Pegasus Juniors
25 Causeway United v Walsall Wood
26 Sun Sports v Stanway Rovers
27 London Colney v Haringey B or N'rthampton S
28 St Margaretsbury v Ipswich Wanderers
29 Peterborough Sports v Peterborough Northern Star
30 Hullbridge Sports v AFC Rushden & Diamonds
31 Holbeach United v Huntingdon Town
32 Norwich United v AFC Kempston Rovers
33 Godmanchester or Yaxley v Fakenham Town
34 Deeping Rangers v Oxhey Jets
35 AFC Dunstable v Colney Heath
36 Saffron Walden Town v Kings Langley
37 Ampthill Town v Tring Athletic
38 Wembley v Brantham Athletic
39 Great Yarmouth Town v Hadleigh United
40 Erith Town v Phoenix Sports
41 Lingfield v Chessington & Hook United
42 Horndean v Holmer Green or Ascot Utd
43 Hassocks v Ashford United
44 Hanworth Villa v Knaphill
45 Eastbourne United v Horley Town
46 Horsham YMCA v Erith & Belvedere
47 Farnham or Abingdon United v Littlehampton Town
48 East Preston v Flackwell Heath
49 Westfield v Tunbridge Wells
50 Pagham v Colliers Wood United
51 United Services Portsmouth v AFC Portchester
52 Fisher or Crawley D v Greenwich Borough
53 Newport (IW) v Loxwood 54 Alresford Town v Thame United
55 Odd Down v Hallen
56 Verwood Town v Plymouth Parkway
57 Folland Sports v AFC St Austell
58 Buckland Athletic v Bristol Manor Farm
59 Chippenham Park v Bradford Town
60 Blackfield & Langley v Bemerton Heath Harlequins
61 Melksham Town v Slimbridge
62 Bodmin Town v St Blazey
63 Highworth Town v Bridport
64 Shepton Mallet v Welton Rovers

Nottm Forest Ladies 0-1 Coventry City Ladies

Sunday 2nd November 2014 - kick-off 2:02pm

Venue: Greenwich Avenue, Basford, Nottingham

Competition: F.A. Women's Premier League, Northern Division

Scorer: Helen Dermody (17)

Line-ups:

Reds - Kinnerley, L Howard, Greenan, Griffin, Kennaugh, Hutsby, McKechnie, Weston, Bell, M Howard, Meade. Subs- Moore, Kay, Sullivan, Foster, Clark

Sky Blues - Wood, Neville, Johnson, Formaston, Miles, Toussaint, Hughes, Barber, Lowder, Gauntlett, Dermody. Subs- Wilcox, Towers, Piggott

Kev decided to take time out to watch this game with me - I wonder if he will be with me when the Reds play Wolves and sporting Club Albion later in the month? Not the best game we have seen this season, but with Coventry sitting atop the league, the Reds Ladies must have known this would be a tough one. League table.

When the visitors had the ball, they looked calm in possession and always seemed to have time to ping the ball about. Jade Formaston in the middle of the park distributed the ball well, but apart from the early goal, Vanessa Kinnerley in the home goal didn't have too many saves to make. The goal came in the 17th minute, and it was winger to winger as former Red Amber Hughes crossed from the right and HELEN DERMODY raced in at the far post to head home. 

First half action

Chances were few and far between for both teams, but late in the game, Forest changed tactics and began hitting the ball over the top of the Coventry back-line. This almost paid dividends as Andrea Bell missed one glorious chance by not hitting the ball earlier when clean through on goal, then when the ball was played in seconds later, the same player was impeded as she raced in on goal - penalty and red card? No it wasn't - the Referee waved play on, leaving the Forest players a little non-plussed. Maybe if Bell had gone to ground........F-T 0-1

Admission: £3.00

Programme: £1.00

Attendance: h/c 68

Charity: £0.75

Pics: Kev Goodman