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SYDENHAMS FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 2020/21 EDITION NUMBER 31 Hello and welcome to the latest edition of your Newsletter, if you have anything to contribute, please do get in touch by email- newsletter.wessexleague@gmail.com You can keep up to date with all the news from around the League by following us on Twitter at - @Sydwessex You are more than welcome to use any material (excluding attributed photographs) but it would be appreciated if any material used is acknowledged. It is hoped you enjoy reading this each week. With readership quite widespread, not only within our own competition, but across the three counties and beyond- if ANY club has anything they’d like to have published in here, whether that be a request for helpers, promotion of forthcoming events, items required or available for sale please contact the Newsletter Editor. As a general reminder- Match Reports, player news and photos are always welcome- it is your Newsletter! Friday, 29 January 2021 Page 1 of 19
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ARE YOU LISTENING ?
Now broadcasting on
Sunday 14:00 to 16:00
The Sydenhams Wessex Football League Show is the official podcast of the Sydenhams Wessex League.
We’re on air live from the 103.9 Voice FM studios in Southampton from 14:00 to 16:00 every Sunday and you
can also listen live on www.voicefmradio.co.uk from anywhere in the world.
You can listen again afterwards, normally just one hour after the show has finished via the same website and
there is also a Voice FM App you can download to your Phone I-Pad or Computer device.
Our aim is to promote all local football but specifically the 38 teams of the Sydenhams Wessex League.
So far, we have had managers, chairmen, players, press officers and secretaries joining us as studio guests
and phone guests; from many Sydenhams Wessex League clubs, as well as guests from local teams both
higher up and lower down the pyramid. This is your show and is a platform for your club to promote its events
and raise its profile. If your club produces post-match interviews please either email us a copy of the audio
or give permission for us to play them on air straight from your website or social media sites, as we will aim
to play them on the show.
Please come and join us one Sunday, at the moment, no guests will be allowed in the Studio, but please
email cliffpledge@hotmail.com or secretary@sholingfc.com for more information.
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STAT ATTACK
LEADING GOALSCORERS – LEAGUE GAMES ONLY
Details are based on clubs being up to date with records on Full Time at time of going to press.
PREMIER DIVISION Connor Duffin Horndean 11
Cameron Munn Hamworthy United 10
Dan Cann Hamworthy United 9
Lee Wort AFC Portchester 9
Ashley Elson Alresford Town 8
John McKie Cowes Sports 8
DIVISION ONE Russell Jones Laverstock & Ford 14
George Bowerman Alton 12
Clayd Roach Folland Sports 11
James Franklyn United Services Portsmouth 10
[four on] 9
WATCHING BRIEF – TOP THREE LEAGUE ATTENDANCES
PREMIER DIVISION AFC Portchester V Blackfield & Langley 300 31 October
AFC Portchester V Hamworthy United 300 12 December
AFC Portchester V Baffins Milton Rovers 286 15 December
DIVISION ONE Andover Town V Andover New Street 289 29 September
East Cowes Victoria V Newport IOW 288 29 September
Laverstock & Ford V Bemerton Heath Harlequins 287 13 October
SHARPEST AND MEANEST
Leading goalscoring teams in the League and the meanest defences
PREMIER DIVISION SHARPEST MEANEST
Hamworthy United 50 Lymington Town 4
AFC Stoneham 35 Christchurch 8
Fareham Town 33 Hamworthy United 9
Horndean 32 Fareham Town 12
Fleet Town 28 [three on] 15
Blackfield & Langley 27
DIVISION ONE SHARPEST MEANEST
Laverstock & Ford 47 Romsey Town 13
Folland Sports 33 United Services Portsmouth 13
United Services Portsmouth 30 Alton 14
Alton 29 Folland Sports 17
Newport IOW 29 Verwood Town 17
[three on] 25 [two on] 18
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LEAGUE TABLES
RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A GD PTS
1 Hamworthy United 14 12 1 1 50 9 41 37
2 Lymington Town 12 11 0 1 23 4 19 33
3 Horndean 13 10 1 2 32 15 17 31
4 Fareham Town 11 8 2 1 33 12 21 26
5 Blackfield & Langley 13 8 1 4 27 20 7 25
6 Christchurch 11 7 2 2 23 8 15 23
7 Fleet Town 14 6 4 4 28 20 8 22
8 AFC Stoneham 12 7 0 5 35 15 20 21
9 AFC Portchester 12 6 1 5 20 15 5 19
10 Bashley 12 6 0 6 19 22 -3 18
11 Tadley Calleva 11 5 2 4 17 18 -1 17
12 Baffins Milton Rovers 13 3 4 6 21 25 -4 13
13 Bournemouth 14 3 3 8 15 39 -24 12
14 Hamble Club 13 2 5 6 16 23 -7 11
15 Brockenhurst 10 3 2 5 10 20 -10 11
16 Shaftesbury 12 3 1 8 19 34 -15 10
17 Cowes Sports 11 2 2 7 16 24 -8 8
18 Portland United 15 2 2 11 16 51 -35 8
19 Alresford Town 13 1 4 8 14 39 -25 7
20 Amesbury Town 12 0 1 11 5 26 -21 1
RANK DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A GD PTS
1 Laverstock & Ford 14 11 3 0 47 18 29 36
2 Alton 11 9 1 1 29 14 15 28
3 Folland Sports 12 7 2 3 33 17 16 23
4 United Services Portsmouth 10 7 0 3 30 13 17 21
5 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 11 6 3 2 25 18 7 21
6 Newport (IOW) 11 6 1 4 29 19 10 19
7 Andover Town 12 5 4 3 25 22 3 19
8 Ringwood Town 12 5 2 5 25 30 -5 17
9 Verwood Town 11 4 4 3 20 17 3 16
10 Hythe & Dibden 11 4 4 3 19 21 -2 16
11 Andover New Street 12 4 3 5 16 20 -4 15
12 Petersfield Town 10 4 2 4 15 19 -4 14
13 Downton 14 3 2 9 20 29 -9 11
14 Fawley AFC 11 3 1 7 15 27 -12 10
15 East Cowes Victoria 12 2 4 6 13 29 -16 10
16 Romsey Town 8 3 0 5 11 13 -2 9
17 Whitchurch United 11 3 0 8 18 32 -14 9
18 New Milton Town 11 2 2 7 19 27 -8 8
19 Totton & Eling 12 1 0 11 10 34 -24 3
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QK SOUTHAMPTON FC – THE STORY SO FAR
The football club was established in 1972 as part of the sports and social club section of the
Southampton Inland Revenue, the club being named after the building where they worked -
Queens Keep which was also representative of the nature of the business. At one time the
club had the nickname of ‘The Taxmen’ (which was understandably unpopular!). The Queens
Keep building was constructed in the 1960s (a fairly typical build from the period) and is
located in Cumberland Place, Southampton. The building has since been rebranded as the White Building.
The Queens Keep name was retained until 2000 when the club had moved grounds and association with the
city rather than the tax office was considered to be the way forward; thus the title became QK Southampton
FC, which still recognises the club’s roots.
The original ground used is thought to be Millbrook Recreation Ground but, following the first (1972/73)
season, the club was able to play at the Civil Service Ground, Malmesbury Road, Shirley which was shared
with a number of other civil service teams.
The club lost the use of this ground at the close of the 1998/99 season and a move to the present home
Lordshill Recreation Ground, Redbridge Lane was made, initially on a ground share basis with another side
who subsequently relocated again.
Consequently, QK were able to obtain a lease on the ground and have gradually made improvements. The
playing surface, at first prone to waterlogging, is now considered to be one of the best in the area.
Improvements have been made with a hospitality room and the provision of a toilet block installed close to
the pitch with the provision of a spectator stand and floodlighting being longer term projects.
The club initially joined the Southampton Junior League in 1972, starting in Division 10. Times were hard at
the beginning and double figure defeats were commonplace but the club showed some improvement to
avoid being a ‘one season wonder’!! Another second from bottom finish occurred in the second (1973/74)
season but the club then quietly moved upwards with four promotions in successive seasons and then into
Junior Division 4. Following consolidation in Division 4 and one in Division 3, before relegation back to
Division 4, the club moved steadily upwards again.
In 1986/87, Queens Keep won the Junior Division 1 title at the very first attempt (adding the Southampton
Junior ‘A’ Cup too) to be promoted into the Southampton Senior League. The club spent nine seasons at
Senior League level, including five in the Premier Division.
They finished third in 1995/96 and gained election into the former Hampshire League. Following a creditable
sixth-place finish in the first season in Division 3, (programme cover
from that season [1996/97] shown here) the club had a great run-in
to finish runners-up in the following (1997/98) campaign. The club
soon found themselves back in the bottom division again but by now,
with a new home, were in a period of transition and struggled to keep
a settled side.
On cessation of the Hampshire League in 2004, the club joined the
Wessex League but struggled to make an impact in their three
seasons of membership. QK then became founder members of the
Hampshire Premier League in 2007, with a second place finish in the
Senior Division in 2011/12 being the best to date.
In 2018/19 the club finished in the second from bottom position in
the Senior Division and, although it had always been a relegation
spot, QK became the first club to lose their place finishing there and
were consigned to play in Division 1.
The only cup win so far was the Southampton Junior ‘A’ Cup final in
that glorious 1986/87 season, coinciding with the only title success
(Junior 1). The club have got to the Hampshire Intermediate Cup
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semi-finals in both 2010 and 2011; and in the Southampton Senior Cup the club reached the final at St Mary’s
Stadium in 2011 but lost 2-1 to Team Solent.
The club reached the semi-final of the Southampton Junior ‘B’ Cup in 1977. In the Hampshire Premier League
Cup, the club were semi-finalists in 2010 and reached the final in 2017 but finished as the losing side.
The highest score for QK is 18 (v Romsey Rovers, 18-3, Hampshire Junior ‘B’ Cup – October 1975) … the
highest margin of victory is 16 (v Ford Sports ‘B’ 16-0 away, in Southampton Junior Division 10 – December
1973) … the heaviest defeat is 1-18 (at home to Shirley Warren ‘C’, also in Southampton Junior Division 10 –
September 1972) … the club were awarded with the FA Standard Charter in November 2010, and now have
a sound infrastructure which includes two adult men’s, ladies and also aged-group teams.
Here is their Wessex League playing record, as members of Division 3
SEASON RANK PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
2004/2005 19 38 4 4 30 41 178 -137 16
2005/2006 15 30 2 3 25 24 123 -99 9
2006/2007 16 30 0 5 25 18 106 -88 5
THE NUMBERS GAME
Maintaining a certain sense of equilibrium, this is the number of games that Fareham
14 Town won, drew and lost in the 2011/12 Premier Division.
The number of goals scored by Blackfield & Langley in their 2017/18 title winning
118 campaign.
132 The number of goals scored by Poole Town when they won the League title in 2010/11.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
MATCH REPORT- HAMPSHIRE SENIOR CUP FINAL
THURSDAY 30 APRIL 2009
VT FC 0 FLEET TOWN 1
[Right: the teams come out for the Hampshire Senior Cup
final at St Marys Stadium].
Fleet Town put Ryman Division 1 South play off
disappointment behind them tonight to take on underdogs
VT in the Hampshire Senior Cup final in front of a crowd of
1,242. It was Fleet who had the first chance to open the
scoring in the first minute when Lee Webber was called upon
to punch clear a Tom Bird cross. However both sides made
use of the big playing area and VT were able to test the north Hampshire sides defence with some telling
crosses in for Paul Sales, but the veteran striker was well marshalled by the defence.
On 14 minutes Ryan Ashford’s curling left foot shot was not cleared and went out for a throw. Tyronne
Bowers’ throw was flicked on by Sales but Warren Hunt was only able to mis-time his header and Dave
Smalley was able to collect.
It was Sales again involved when his knockdown set up Byron Mason, but his shot blazed well over the bar.
Fleet had two chances to get the opener when Nathan Smart had a fierce shot turned away by Webber.
Tyron Smith also forced a fine stop from Webber with a 30 yard free kick given away by Adam Camfield.
HT 0-0
Five minutes into the second period, Bowers was able to make a run at the Fleet defence but was only able
to shoot wide of the mark.
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VT were on the back foot for most of the second half, but almost caught Fleet on the break when the ball fell
for Hunt but Smalley was aware to the danger and palmed the ball away.
From the resulting corner Sales flicked the ball from Kevin Brewster on for Ashford but his shot was fired
wide.
Fleet came back with a couple of chances, Jamie McClurg’s header was only just over the bar.
The game was certainly quite open with chances at both ends and Sales had a great chance at the near post
to steal the glory from Hunt’s low cross in.
With time running out Fleet began to exert their superiority with a headed effort from Hemmings getting
the faintest of touches off the bar after a Smith corner.
Fleet sub Dan Read then made a pacy run up the right flank, turning the ball in for Smart who’s goal bound
shot was turned round for a corner.
However with the game entering added on time, and the threat of extra time a very real likelihood. SMART
was able to get in a shot from the edge of the box into the top corner to seal victory for the north Hampshire
side.
FT 0-1
LINE-UPS: VT FC- Lee Webber, Sam Wyeth, Marc Diaper, Adam Camfield, Kevin Gibbens (C), Kevin Brewster,
Ryan Ashford, Byron Mason (Jamie Austen), Paul Sales, Warren Hunt, Tyronne Bowers (Barry Mason).
Unused subs: Marvin McLean, Prince McLean, Scott O’Rourke.
FLEET TOWN- David Smalley, Will Salmon, Tom Bird, Tyron Smith, Steve Noakes (C), Steve Hemmings,
Nathan Smart, Jamie McClurg, Mark Anderson, Eddie Smith (Bernard Asante), Darren Campbell (Daniel
Read). Unused subs: Lee Riddell, Jermaine Hamilton, Paul Smith.
REFEREE: Justin Amey.
TAKING A LOOK AT AMESBURY TOWN
Amesbury Football Club was formed as long ago as 1904 and spent many years in local football, primarily in
the Salisbury & District Leagues. It is understood that their original ground was in the vicinity of Stonehenge
and when they moved from there is unclear, but they have been at their present ground for many years.
They had one season in the Wiltshire League in 1958/58 and then joined again in 1972/73 and did not get off
to the best of starts, finishing bottom and one from bottom of the table in the first two seasons.
In 1978 they achieved Senior status and became founder members of the new
Wiltshire County League – formed from the merger of two existing Leagues - and the
following season were crowned Champions with Warminster Town in sixth place. In
1984 the Club changed its name to Amesbury Town and for the next fifteen years or
so were invariably in the top reaches of the League. They finished third behind Pewsey
Vale and Laverstock & Ford and second to Pewsey Vale on another occasion, while
two other Clubs always in contention were Pick FC and Sanford. Both were based in
Swindon and sadly they both, along with their grounds, have left the footballing scene.
In 1990/91 Amesbury took the League Title again and three years later finished runners up to Melksham
Town and moved up to the Western League Division One. As well as success in the Wiltshire League they also
won the Wiltshire Senior Cup in 1984 and 1994 defeating Swindon Supermarine and Penhill YC respectively.
Supermarine at that stage were still in the Hellenic League whilst Penhill, about whom information is limited,
were fellow members of the Wiltshire League and also played in the Hellenic League.
So, a new era began with elevation to the Western League Division One in 1994/95 and a satisfactory start
with a twelfth place finish in the table. One of the problems with the Western League is that geographically
Amesbury were very much on the Eastern edge of the League and that first season saw trips to Ilfracombe,
Exmouth, Dawlish and Minehead slightly balanced by Warminster, Devizes and Pewsey also being in the
Division. The Club had two further seasons in the Western League but finished bottom, twelve points adrift,
in 1996/97 and resigned from the League.
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Under the terms of the pyramid they should have returned to the Wiltshire League but further success there
would have meant promotion again to the Western League which the Club did not want. So,1997/98 saw a
return to local football before the following season found the Club heading in a different direction with
membership of the Hampshire League Division Three and fourth place behind Clanfield, with current Wessex
League Clubs Lymington, Ringwood and Laverstock & Ford also in contention.
At the end of the season there was considerable re-organisation of the Leagues and Amesbury found
themselves in Division One where they took the title at the first attempt with a host of now Wessex League
sides behind them – Blackfield & Langley, New Street, Hythe & Dibden, Lymington, Horndean, Petersfield,
Alton and Romsey as well as the short lived West Wight Mayflower.
A further four seasons followed at the same level before yet further re-organisation saw them join the
Wessex League Division Two in 2004/05. There were twenty two Clubs in the Division, which was won by
Lymington, and fifteen of those twenty two are still with us today. Two that have moved on in vastly differing
directions are Poole Town and AFC Aldermaston.
At the end of the season Division Two became Division One and was Amesbury’s home for the next twelve
seasons with an average League placing of thirteenth. They came close to relegation in the second season
when they finished 19th (of 22) before finishing fourth in 2014/15 and second a season later, seven points
behind Portland. Both Clubs were promoted to the Premier Division with rather contrasting results. Portland
topped the Division at the first attempt whilst Amesbury finished in nineteenth place, five points clear of
relegation. This however was almost a case off delaying the inevitable as twentieth place the following season
saw them return to Division One with all three of the relegated Clubs conceding in excess of 130 goals.
To the credit of all concerned they bounced straight back by
finishing second to AFC Stoneham but they have since
struggled again at the higher level.
They have been regular entrants in both the FA Cup and the
FA Vase but have never really made their mark in either
competition with the seasonal exit always in the preliminary
rounds.
Having said that they are a well-run Club and Bonnymead
Park is the most friendliest of places to visit and Amesbury
Town are a valued member of our League.
Thanks to Brian Ford and Mark Hilton for their help with information, and we managed to get through the
story without a mention of the half time cakes!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Not that I get any, but here we go with another space filler, two per week so that’s a ready-made 13 week
series, here’s the second two.
B AFC Bournemouth. A rebrand in the early 70s of Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic,
adopting the Red and Black striped shirt as home colours. Formed as Boscombe way
back in 1899 and have played at Dean Court since before the Great War. The Cherries
have had a somewhat tumultuous history over the last decade and reached the
pinnacle of the national game before relegation at the end of last season.
Somewhat tedious that the media have seemingly dropped the AFC prefix.
Y Young Boys. Based in Bern, they are arguably one of the most successful Swiss clubs
internationally and reached the Semi Final of the European Cup in 1958/59. Club
colours are gold and black. They’re currently based at the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf,
which is the second largest stadium in the country.
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NOSTALGIA- THINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE
WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK BACK IN 2011?
In the Russell Cotes Cup on Monday night, Bemerton Heath Harlequins beat AFC Stoneham 5-0 at Western
Way thanks to goals from Mankin, Eves, Jones, Cross and there was also an own goal.
A Sean Hogan brace, sandwiching a Jon Blake header gave Bournemouth a 3-1 home win over Christchurch
in the Premier Division on Tuesday night. Kittle scored a consolation goal for the visitors but Poppies held out
for all three points.
Elsewhere, Brading Town were beaten 2-0 at home by Newport IOW, Moneyfields won 2-1 at home to
Hayling United, New Milton Town beat Fawley AFC 2-1 and at the County Ground, Hamworthy United beat
Poole Town 4-1. Richard Jackson, Dan Haysom and Stuart Cannie made it 3-1 at half-time and that was added
to by a Dave Ewen second half goal to inflict a heavy defeat on the Dolphins.
The games at Alton Town, Brockenhurst and Romsey Town were all abandoned due to the fog.
In Division One, Fleet Spurs survived the fog to win 4-1 away at Tadley Calleva with goals coming from
Sam Knowles, with a hat trick and David Blake. All the remaining matches- at Horndean, Ringwood Town and
Stockbridge were also abandoned due to the weather.
In the Premier Division on Saturday, Bournemouth Poppies won 3-0 away at Alresford Town with Jon Blake,
Jake Rowley and Matt Kemble on target for the visitors. In a top-of-the-table clash on the Isle of Wight,
Brading Town beat Bemerton Heath Harlequins 3-1 thanks to goals from Giancarlo Giancovich, Joe Rayner
and Ashley Wright.
Fareham Town edged a dramatic encounter at Cams Alders by 4-3 against Alton Town. Graham Lindsey
scored his 28th goal of the season and that was added to by Mark Cotton and twice by Dan Thompson for the
hosts. The Brewers' goals were from Alex Lowley, Carl Saunders and Ben White whilst Conor Geoghegan was
dismissed.
Totton & Eling won 2-1 away at Hayling United with goals coming from John Roberts and James White whilst
the Humbugs solitary goal was scored by Bradley Grant. Hamble ASSC thrashed Laverstock & Ford 6-0 at The
Dell. Richard Gregory bagged a brace and Ashley Jarvis scored four times for the Planemakers.
Christchurch were beaten 3-1 away at Moneyfields and Brockenhurst lost a local derby 2-1 at New Milton
Town. Justin Keeler put the visitors ahead but a brace from stand-in skipper, John Lever, secured all three
points for the hosts. Hamworthy United twice came from behind to secure a 2-2 draw at Newport IOW. Stuart
Cannie made it 1-1 on the stroke of half-time and Luke Burbidge secured a point for the visitors at the death.
The hosts' goals came from Smeeton and Seabrook.
Poole Town recorded a 3-0 home win against Fawley AFC. The prolific Steve Smith was on target and a brace
from Tom Jeffes made the game safe. Lymington Town won 6-2 away at Romsey Town. The hosts' goals came
from Ryan Long and via an own goal, but it wasn't enough to avoid defeat. Winchester City drew 1-1 at home
to Blackfield & Langley, Charlton Clarke scoring for the away side.
In Division One, at the top-of-the-table, Downton drew 0-0 at home to AFC Portchester. Andover New Street
scored twice at Fiveheads Park through Vince Rusher and Isaac Sedu but it wasn't enough as they went down
4-2. Amesbury Town won 2-0 away at Petersfield Town thanks to a Danny Finnigan brace.
Pewsey Vale impressively defeated Fleet Spurs 4-1 at the Recreation Ground. Jon Guthrie scored twice whilst
Ricky Franklin and Michael Martin were also on target for the hosts. Spurs' goal came via Sam Knowles from
the penalty spot. Ringwood Town beat Shaftesbury 2-1 at Long Lane whilst Cowes Sports won 2-1 away at
Stockbridge. Stockbridge missed a penalty early on before Bricknell and Jones put the visitors two goals
ahead. Stockbridge pulled a goal back but couldn't find an equalizer.
Tadley Calleva beat Warminster Town 5-2 and Verwood Town and East Cowes Vics drew three each at
Potterne Park. Lynch put the hosts ahead on 10 minutes and the lead was doubled by Saxby on 38 minutes.
It was 2-1 on 55 minutes and then all-square on 67 minutes following a scramble in the box. Haskell restored
Towns' lead on 71 minutes before another scrambled equalizer five minutes from time.
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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK?
On Tuesday night in the Premier Division, ALRESFORD TOWN are seeking an improvement in their recent
form as they entertain BEMERTON HEATH HARLEQUINS who too are also looking for a good result following
a defeat at the weekend. HAYLING UNITED host LAVERSTOCK & FORD with both sides looking to avenge
disappointing results at the weekend whilst LYMINGTON TOWN entertain POOLE TOWN with the hosts in
fine form following a 6-2 away win at Romsey Town at the weekend.
On Friday night in the Premier Division, WINCHESTER CITY host ALRESFORD TOWN in a local derby at the
Denplan City Ground. League leaders City will be looking to increase their lead at the top-of-the-table against
an Alresford side who will be involved in their third game in six days.
As we begin February 2021, the top Goalscorers in the two divisions ten years ago were:
PREMIER DIVISION
1. Graham Lindsey (Fareham Town) 20
2. Steve Smith (Poole Town) 20
3. Chris Marwood (Totton & Eling) 19
4. Warren Hunt (Moneyfields) 18
5. Jack Slade (Bemerton Heath Harlequins) 17
DIVISION ONE
1. Sam Knowles (Fleet Spurs) 30
2. Ben Dillon (Tadley Calleva) 20
3. Declan McGregor (Downton) 17
4. Nicholas Turpin (Downton) 17
5. Mark Robinson (United Services Portsmouth) 15
The top five in each Division looked like this-
RANK PREMIER DIVISION PL W D L F A GD PTS
1 Winchester City 28 20 4 4 58 32 26 64
2 Poole Town 23 17 4 2 78 30 48 55
3 Brading Town 25 16 6 3 56 28 28 54
4 Hamworthy United 30 15 9 6 71 47 24 54
5 Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 61 31 30 49
RANK DIVISION ONE PL W D L F A GD PTS
1 Downton 20 15 5 0 53 16 37 50
2 AFC Portchester 25 14 6 5 54 35 19 48
3 United Services Portsmouth 23 13 4 6 62 36 26 43
4 Pewsey Vale 23 12 6 5 47 36 11 42
5 Horndean 20 13 2 5 55 35 20 41
CLUB NEWS
In our recent series detailing club histories, we had one former member club Micheldever where details were
not available, well we’ve been advised that the club restarted in May 1992 in Winchester District Division 2.
Promotion to Division 1 was attained in 1993/94 followed by a move to North Hants League in 1995/96-
winning that competition in 1998/99 and moving into the Hampshire League in 1999/00. For reference please
see page 14 of Newsletter 22 dated Saturday 28 November 2020.
Thanks to Steve Hardy for providing the information.
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ISLE OF WIGHT GOLD CUP – PART ONE OF TWO
This is the Isle Of Wight’s Senior Cup competition. For obvious reasons it is affectionately known as the Gold
Cup and was presented to the Island FA in 1921 by Mr. S E Saunders of the Saunders-Roe Aircraft Company.
WINNERS SINCE WORLD WAR 2
SEASON WINNER
1946 Newport IOW
1947 Newport IOW
1948 Ryde
1949 Newport IOW
1950 Ryde
1951 Cowes
1952 Cowes
1953 Newport IOW and Cowes [*]
1954 Newport IOW
1955 Cowes
1956 Newport IOW
1957 Ryde
1958 Newport IOW
1959 Parkhurst
1960 West Wight
1961 Parkhurst
1962 Barton
1963 Seaview
1964 Brading Town
1965 Cowes
1966 Newport IOW TOTAL NUMBER OF WINS 74
1967 Brading Town Newport IOW [*] 39
1968 Newport IOW Cowes/Cowes Sports [*] 10
1969 Seaview East Cowes Victoria 7
1970 Brading Town Brading Town 6
1971 Newport IOW Ryde/Ryde Sports 4
1972 Newport IOW Parkhurst 2
1973 Newport IOW Seaview 2
1974 Newport IOW Barton 1
1975 Newport IOW Oakfield 1
1976 Newport IOW West Wight 1
1977 Brading Town [*] plus one occasion (1953) when
1978 Newport IOW shared.
1979 Newport IOW
1980 East Cowes Victoria
1981 Newport IOW My thanks to Sam Turner, Peter Ranger, Mike West,
1982 East Cowes Victoria Andrew Justice, Darren Dyer and Gary Day for their
1983 East Cowes Victoria superb help in compiling this story.
1984 East Cowes Victoria
1985 East Cowes Victoria If you have any of the missing information, such as
1986 East Cowes Victoria games, dates, attendances, please do get in touch
and we’ll update the file accordingly.
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GOLD CUP WINNERS – THE WESSEX YEARS
1987 Newport IOW 2004 Newport IOW
1988 Newport IOW 2005 Newport IOW
1989 East Cowes Victoria 2006 Brading Town
1990 Newport IOW 2007 Cowes Sports
1991 Ryde Sports 2008 Cowes Sports
1992 Newport IOW 2009 Newport IOW
1993 Newport IOW 2010 Brading Town
1994 Newport IOW 2011 Newport IOW
1995 Cowes Sports 2012 Cowes Sports
1996 Newport IOW 2013 Newport IOW
1997 Newport IOW 2014 Newport IOW
1998 Newport IOW 2015 Newport IOW
1999 Newport IOW 2016 Newport IOW
2000 Newport IOW 2017 Newport IOW
2001 Oakfield 2018 Cowes Sports
2002 Cowes Sports 2019 Newport IOW
2003 Newport IOW 2020 Not contested due to Covid-19 Pandemic
1986/87
Quarter Final
Brading Town 3-1 Ryde Sports
East Cowes Victoria 2-0 Cowes Sports
Newport IOW 2-1 Binstead Sports (24 January)
Shanklin 1-1 West Wight
Quarter Final Replay
West Wight 5-3 Shanklin
Semi Final
East Cowes Victoria 3-2 Brading Town
Newport IOW 4-3 West Wight (10 March)
Final
Newport IOW 1-0 East Cowes Victoria
[at Westwood Park on 7 May]
1987/88
Quarter Final
Brading Town 0-5 Newport IOW (16 January)
East Cowes Victoria 4-0 Binstead Sports (15 January)
East Cowes Victoria Athletic 4 Binstead Sports & Social 0
Vics: Simpkins; Reed, Cade; Hazell, Blow, J Watson; Holmes, A Butler, A Watson, Deacon, Minshull
(Plenty 8).
Binstead S&S: Woods, Manders, Palmer; White, Cleary, Moody; L Dixon, Eldridge, S Dixon, Mason
(Holton 62), Rose.
Referee: Mr C Reynard (Alum Bay)
It was a one-sided first half, writes Gary Day. Vics lost Minshull early on and Darren Plenty (16 years
old) was the substitute. Vics went ahead on 12 minutes when Mark Deacon latched onto a pass down
the left and chipped it over the advancing keeper and high into goal. The second goal came ten
minutes before half-time and was a superb move which began on the left and switched to the right
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with fine passing. Plenty crossed into the box and Binstead keeper Woods stayed on his line, the first
effort was blocked but Paul Cade shot firm and high and into the net. It was soon 3-0 when a free-
kick was played into the box, an effort came off the bar and John Hazell shot in from close range.
HT 3-0
Vics were given a good challenge in the second half and a goal for the Island side looked a possibility.
Vics keeper John Simpkins was pulled up for holding the ball too long so a free-kick on the six-yard
line was given to Binstead. The free-kick was played short and the visitors netted but, incredibly, the
ref made them take it again because the Vics players hadn’t stayed on their line! They got on with
the retake and, this time, the shot hit a Vics player (who was on the line) and was scrambled clear.
Binstead sub Dave Holton had a superb header that came off the bar and went down but not over the
line. That came in the 77th minute and a Vics win was completed six minutes later when they scored
their fourth goal. There was a suspicion of offside as both Deacon and Plenty sprinted clear and the
former knocked it across to the latter to face the keeper and he tucked it home.
FT 4-0
Ryde Sports 2-1 Wroxall
West Wight 8-1 Whitecroft & Barton Sports
Semi Final
Newport IOW 1-0 East Cowes Victoria
[at Partlands on 12 March]
Ryde Sports 0-5 West Wight
Final
Newport IOW 2-0 West Wight
[at Beatrice Avenue on 27 April]
1988/89
First Round
Ryde Sports 4-1 Cowes Sports
Westland Aerospace 2-1 West Wight
15th November was a tremendous evening at Partlands as Ryde opened their lights competitively and
nothing better than a Gold Cup tie with one of their old Island rivals. A healthy crowd of around 250 turned
out.
Ryde went in front when Glyn (Chinny) Taylor played the ball through to Gary SPERRY to run through and
shoot past Marc Cole in the visitors’ goal. Their second came bang on half-time and was direct from Tim
NORTH’s corner which the keeper strayed a little too far to claim and, in trying to adjust his position, could
only touch it on its way into the net.
An early second half goal put Ryde 3-0 in front when Steve Ryan charged down the right flank and his low
cross to the near post was flicked home by SPERRY. Cowes soon got a goal back when a free kick was first
pushed up and then pushed against the bar by Ryde keeper Dougie Stephens and this enabled Terry
HOPKINS to bundle it over the line. Cowes had a good spell for a while and could have pulled it back
further. A lunging header by Matt PORTER from a Tim North cross put the game outside of Cowes’ reach
with nine minutes remaining.
A note was made of a sporting act as Stephens put the ball into touch to enable an opponent to receive
treatment and the ball was thrown back to Ryde when the game restarted (occurred prior to this becoming
an expected action). It was also well officiated by Wootton Bridge referee Mr R Farley.
Just four days later on the 19th November at Old Road, part of the Norris Castle Estate there was a shock
result as an Island side beat a Hampshire League team. Westland had been known as BHC up to the start
of this season. The home chairman, in giving me details of his team’s line-up, was confident that they had
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‘enough football in them’ to win the game. Their keeper was Mark West, who was following in his father’s
footsteps, the former Everton keeper Gordon West.
Westland easily had as much of the first half as their opponents which only had one effort of note for each
side but was an interesting tussle.
Westland always looked more dangerous on the break and they broke the deadlock in the 72nd minute.
It was Ritchie WOODBURN who did it, being put through down the right and he fired home via a deflection
off the advancing Mick Blow and low into the far corner. It was difficult to see the visitors getting back in
it but, with 83 minutes played, a defender in trying to play the ball back to his keeper, sent it too high and
West could only watch in despair as it dipped just inside the far corner for an own goal. It was a freak
occurrence. But back came Westland again and struck the winner with a minute left. Mark Hutton beat a
defender, got down the left and pulled it back from the goal-line to the near post where Tim HALL took his
time to squeeze the ball between the post and keeper and into the near corner. Well done Westland!
Thanks to Gary Day for both the stories for the two First Round games shown this season.
Quarter Final
Brading Town 0-3 East Cowes Victoria
Newport IOW 6-1 Whitecroft & Barton Sports (16 January)
Oakfield 0-0 Westland Aerospace
Ryde Sports 4-2 Binstead Sports
Quarter Final Replay
Westland Aerospace 2-1 Oakfield
Semi Final
East Cowes Victoria 3-1 Westland Aerospace
Newport IOW 2-0 Ryde Sports (11 March)
Final
East Cowes Victoria 2-1 Newport IOW
[at ? on 20 April]
1989/90
Quarter Final
Brading Town 1-2 Shanklin
Newport IOW 6-0 Oakfield (15 February)
Ryde Sports 6-3 East Cowes Victoria
West Wight 1-2 Cowes Sports
Semi Final
Newport IOW 1-0 Cowes Sports
[at Beatrice Avenue on 17 March, attendance 324]
Shanklin 0-1 Ryde Sports
Final
Newport IOW 3-0 Ryde Sports
[at Beatrice Avenue on 3 May]
Alan Reed Memorial Trophy
This award for “Man of the Match” is selected by the local Press. It is a Memorial to Alan Reed who
tragically died in a road accident. He played for Vics for many years and was at one time their Manager.
Newport’s John Richards received the award this season.
1990/91
Quarter Final
Bembridge Sports 2-3 Seaview
Newport IOW 2-3 East Cowes Victoria (22 January)
Ryde Sports ?-? Binstead & County Old Boys
West Wight 3-4 Shanklin
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Semi Final
Ryde Sports 3-0 East Cowes Victoria
Seaview 0-0 Shanklin
Semi Final Replay
Shanklin 0-0 Seaview
nd
Semi Final 2 Replay
Seaview ?-? Shanklin
Final
Ryde Sports 2-1 Shanklin
[at ? on ?]
Alan Reed Memorial Trophy
This award for “Man of the Match” went to Shanklin’s Malcolm Abbott this season.
1991/92
1st Round
Cowes Sports 1-0 West Wight
Oakfield 4-1 Brading Town
Sandown 2-1 St Helens
Seaview 1-2 Shanklin
Ventnor 1-0 Binstead & County Old Boys
Whitecroft & Barton Sports 3-4 Bembridge
2nd Round
Sandown 3-3 Shanklin
nd
2 Round Replay
Shanklin 3-2 Sandown
BYES: Bembridge, Cowes Sports, East Cowes Victoria, Newport IOW, Oakfield, Ryde Sports, Ventnor.
Quarter Final
Cowes Sports 4-0 Bembridge Sports
East Cowes Victoria 0-1 Ryde Sports
Newport IOW 1-0 Oakfield (21 January)
Ventnor 0-2 Shanklin
Semi Final
Newport IOW 2-0 Cowes Sports
[at Smallbrook Stadium on 4 March, attendance 160]
Ryde Sports 3-0 Shanklin
[at St Georges Park]
No doubt due to football on the TV, the crowd was somewhat sparse to witness Newport going through to
the Final after a reasonably comfortable win. Phillips gave ‘Port the 19th minute lead with a shot from the
wing that had the suspicion of a cross about it, and Taylor settled things early in the second half.
In the other contest, it was a repeat of the Final last year, Sports were easy victors but Shanklin held out
for the first 40 minutes before Watson scored after a corner. Wheeler made it two just after the break to
leave the Island side with a mountain to climb. With ten minutes left Stevens made it three.
Final
Newport IOW 2-0 Ryde Sports
[at Beatrice Avenue on 23 April, attendance 500]
1992/93
Quarter Final
Cowes Sports 1-0 aet East Cowes Victoria (20 January)
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The first game under the lights at Westwood Park on 20 January, having only had them inspected and
approved earlier in the week by the County FA, and it brought victory after extra time to the hosts over
the rivals from across the River Medina. It was all Sports in the first half with several chances to break
the deadlock going begging. The hosts were at the time in the Hampshire League with Vics members of
the Wessex League so perhaps the result came as a surprise, but on the night, they just deserved to edge
it. The winner for the Yachtsmen coming in the second minute of extra time with the winning goal from
John BEARD from Steve Ryan free kick that Vics keeper Mark West was unable to hold.
Thanks again to Gary Day for his report.
Ryde Sports 0-1 Newport IOW (10 February)
Seaview 3-1 Sandown
Whitecroft & Barton Sports 1-2 Shanklin
Semi Final
Newport IOW 0-0 Cowes Sports
Seaview 1-2 Shanklin
Semi Final Replay
Cowes Sports 0-2 Newport IOW
[at Beatrice Avenue on 24 March, attendance 565]
Final
Newport IOW 3-0 Shanklin
[at Westwood Park on 6 May, attendance 175]
1993/94
Quarter Final
Cowes Sports 6-0 Brading Town
East Cowes Victoria 1-2 Newport IOW (10 March)
Ryde Sports 2-0 Oakfield
Whitecroft & Barton Sports 3-0 Sandown
Semi Final
Cowes Sports 5-0 Whitecroft & Barton Sports
Newport IOW 2-1 Ryde Sports
[at Beatrice Avenue on 21 April, attendance 191]
Final
Newport IOW 3-0 Cowes Sports
[At ? on 12 May]
1994/95
Quarter Final
Binstead & County Old Boys 2-0 Oakfield
Brading Town 2-2 Newport IOW (3 April)
Cowes Sports 3-1 Whitecroft & Barton Sports
East Cowes Victoria 2-0 Ryde Sports
Quarter Final Replay
Newport IOW 4-1 Brading Town (13 April)
Semi Final
Cowes Sports 4-3 Newport IOW
[at Smallbrook Stadium on 20 April, attendance 200]
East Cowes Victoria 0-1 Binstead & County Old Boys
Final
Cowes Sports 3-2 Binstead & County Old Boys
[At ? on ?]
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1995/96
Quarter Final
Binstead & County Old Boys 1-3 Brading Town
Cowes Sports 0-6 Ryde Sports
East Cowes Victoria 2-0 Oakfield
Newport IOW 4-1 Westland Aerospace (30 January)
Semi Final
Brading Town 2-2 East Cowes Victoria
Ryde Sports 2-3 Newport IOW
[at Westwood Park on 13 March, attendance 275]
Semi Final Replay
East Cowes Victoria 2-0 Brading Town
Final
Newport IOW 5-3 East Cowes Victoria
[at Westwood Park on 25 April, attendance 640]
1996/97
Quarter Final
Cowes Sports 3-0 West Wight
East Cowes Victoria 4-2 Brading Town
Ryde Sports 0-2 Newport IOW (18 March)
Whitecroft & Barton Sports 1-2 Shanklin
Semi Final
East Cowes Victoria 0-1 Newport IOW
[at Westwood Park on 15 April, attendance 170]
Shanklin 0-2 Cowes Sports
Final
Newport IOW 2-0 Cowes Sports
[at St Georges Park on 30 April]
1997/98
Quarter Final
Binstead & County Old Boys 3-1 Oakfield
Cowes Sports 3-2 East Cowes Victoria
Newport IOW 6-0 Whitecroft & Barton Sports (24 February)
Seaview 2-4 Brading Town
Semi Final
Binstead & County Old Boys 1-2 Brading Town
Cowes Sports 0-1 Newport IOW
[at Beatrice Avenue on 31 March]
Final
Newport IOW 2-0 Brading Town
[at Westwood Park on 7 May]
1998/99
Quarter Final
Brading Town 5-1 Oakfield
East Cowes Victoria 5-1 Seaview
Newport IOW 4-1 Cowes Sports (20 February)
West Wight 4-2 Red Star Spartans
Semi Final
Brading Town 2-1 West Wight
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Newport IOW 6-0 East Cowes Victoria
[at Westwood Park on 7 April, attendance 137]
Final
Newport IOW 5-0 Brading Town
[at Westwood Park on 6 May]
1999/2000
Quarter Final
Brading Town 3-3 Oakfield
Cowes Sports 1-1 Binstead & County Old Boys
East Cowes Victoria 3-1 Seaview
Newport IOW 4-1 West Wight Mayflower (14 March)
Quarter Final Replay
Binstead & County Old Boys 0-8 Cowes Sports
Oakfield 0-5 Brading Town
Semi Final
East Cowes Victoria 0-6 Brading Town
Cowes Sports 0-2 Newport IOW We’ll bring the story up to date
[at Westwood Park on 6 April, attendance 223] with Part Two- in next week’s
Final Newsletter.
Newport IOW 3-1 Brading Town
[at Westwood Park on 3 May attendance 204]
FROM ORANGE AND BLACK TO BLUE AND WHITE
Whilst poring over the football scores in the paper recently a name registered that initially
took me back to the Wessex League Cup Final of 2015 between AFC Portchester and
Petersfield played at the former’s ground. In the matchday programme was a very well
written article, supplied by Portchester, about ANDY RINOMHOTA, one of their players who
had come up through the youth ranks and reserves to register some thirty appearances for
the Wessex League side at the age of seventeen. He had now been offered a trial at Reading
and was immediately offered a contract with the Football League side.
He went through the Under 18 and Under 21 sides before progressing to the Under 23 rank, effectively the
Club’s reserve side. His initial appearance in the first team was in the EFL Trophy and he made his
championship debut in 2018/19 and on the 19th January this year made his 100th appearance for the Club,
and now has a contract until the end of the 2022 season. He scored his first goal in April 2019 in the 97th
minute at Norwich to earn his side a two all draw (nice to see it is not only the Wessex League that has
excessive stoppage time) and has since added three further goals to his tally.
He is qualified, through his Father, to play International Football for Zimbabwe and was provisionally named
in their squad for the COSAFA Cup in 2018, a Competition open to Countries belonging to The Council of
South Africa Football Associations. However, to represent Zimbabwe he would have had to renounce his
British Citizenship to obtain a Zimbabwe Passport, and that has not happened. Out of interest the
Competition, originally scheduled for Botswana but played in South Africa, saw Zimbabwe go out at the
Quarter Final stage to Botswana.
Back on home ground so to speak and Andy has already become acquainted with the constant changes that
occur at EFL level, having already played under six different managers in his time at Reading, and it is to his
credit that he has remained a member of the First Team squad through the frequent upheavals.
Those at AFC Portchester never doubted his ability to make the grade and are no doubt delighted at his
progress and it is again to the player’s credit that they remember him as a humble, polite and respectful lad
and a credit to his team, club and parents.
We wish him continued success.
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STEVE WOODS
We were sorry to hear the news from AFC Portchester announcing the passing of former chairman and life
president Steve Woods after a short illness. He played a major instrumental role in getting AFC Portchester
to its current status during over 30 years of involvement with the club, proudly representing the club at
Buckingham Palace in 2011 to receive the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
On behalf of the League I extend our sincere condolences to family and friends at this sad time.
THE LAST WORD
In the middle of the week, we heard from the FA saying they would like to provide an update in relation to
the recent survey sent to clubs at Steps 3 to 6 of the National League System. Submissions were made by
99.1% of clubs at Steps 3 and 4 (estimated as 223/225) and 95.8% of clubs at Steps 5 and 6 (estimated as
631/659). Ed- Hope that none of our clubs are in that 4.2% shortfall (28 clubs).
The FA would like to thank the clubs for submitting their views and the time taken in providing responses at
what we appreciate it an incredibly challenging time for everyone.
The FA’s Alliance & Leagues Committees now have a large amount of data and information to consider before
determining a proposed way forward. Ultimately any proposal made by the committees will be put to FA
Council for consideration. FA Council will then make any final decision on a way forward.
The Alliance and Leagues Committees recognise the desire for clubs to be updated whilst these issues are
being carefully considered . Therefore, both Committees commit to providing updates to Leagues and Clubs
as the process progresses; and remain mindful of the difficulties faced by clubs at present.
Further information will follow in due course.
On a different topic, the FA can also now provide further information concerning the Winter Survival Fund
announced by Government, in relation to teams at our level within the National League System.
Clubs will receive up to £10 million in grants to protect the immediate future of these clubs over the winter
period. This was announced by the Government in the middle of the week as well. Grants will be distributed
via the Football Stadium Improvement Fund (FSIF).
Eligible clubs can apply for support to help with key expenditure such as lease or mortgage payments, debt
or loan repayments, utility costs, insurance, essential pitch and stadium maintenance, non-playing staff that
haven’t been furloughed or Covid-19 compliance measures.
The application window is now open via the Football Foundations website and will close on 14 February. All
our clubs will be notified directly by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF) but our member clubs are
encouraged to apply for the grant support available. For information, the DCMS statement on the fund may
be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-confirms-10-million-emergency-
support-for-steps-3-6-of-the-national-league-system
For details of the scheme- the Football Winter Survival Package, please visit the Football Foundation
website at: https://footballfoundation.org.uk/grant/fwsp
Clubs in our Premier Division stand to receive up to £10,500 whilst those in Division One could receive up
to £7,500. It should be noted that successful clubs must use the funding by 31st March 2021. There are
things that the grant CANNOT be used for, which are outlined upon application, but there are positives in
that the Grant can be used for-
✓ Lease or mortgage payments
Clubs are strongly advised to visit the
✓ Debt or loan repayments
✓ Utility costs (including phone and broadband) websites and apply accordingly.
✓ Insurance
Good luck everyone!!
✓ Essential pitch and stadium maintenance
✓ Non-playing staff who haven’t been furloughed
✓ COVID-19 compliance measures
✓ Other financial commitments that have already been made (for example catering).
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