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WESSEX LEAGUE REVIEW
THE WESSEX LEAGUE REVIEW
First mention must go to Laverstock & Ford who bowed out of the Emirates FA Cup after a single goal defeat at National League South Taunton. The one goal, early in the first half, proved decisive but proof of the Wessex League side’s stirring performance was the naming of the home goalkeeper as Man of the Match for a display that included saving a second half penalty. The Taunton Twitter Feed included the line “They threw everything at us, but their run ended at the Cygnet Ground. Best of luck to Laverstock & Ford for the rest of the season.” Deserved praise.
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On the League front the top two in the Premier Division march on, both still with 100% records, Bemerton Heath Harlequins defeated AFC Stoneham 5-1 at Moon Park with goals from Kane O’Keefe, Danny Young, Reece Rusher, Ronan Clancy and George Higgins. Scott Hills scored the Stoneham consolation, and it must be a long time since they conceded five. AFC Portchester went one better by scoring six without reply at Alresford, three in each half. As with Bemerton the goals were shared around with James Cowan two, Ryan Wilkins, George Barker, Sam Pearce and Brett Pitman on the scoresheet. Hamble Club stay in third place after a best of three goals win at US Portsmouth. Shawn Benjamin scored the home goal with Braydon Douglas and Ben Roles scoring the Hamble goals.
Two goals from Zack Willett gave Horndean the points at Blackfield & Langley who are still seeking their first point, and there was a similar score line just up the road at Hythe & Dibden where goals from Luke Burbidge and Addwell Chipangura gave Shaftesbury the points.
Fareham look as though they are having another season like the last, whereby they either score goals at will or concede them. This week it was the latter as the much-improved Bournemouth won 5-0 at Cams Alders. Joe Freak led the way with two while singles came from Lewis Harvey, Joe Smith and Neemo Nixon.
Sadly. Another virtually blank weekend with only six fixtures completed – one on Friday evening. The entire Division One programme was lost, including Friday evening’s game at Totton & Eling, making more work for our hard-working-Fixtures Secretary.
The one game completed on Friday was at Havant & Waterlooville’s ground where Moneyfields went down 2-1 to Horndean in front of an attendance in excess of 250. Jack Lee scored at both ends in the first hour before a Connor Duffin penalty decided things with around 25 minutes left. Horndean remain in second place in the table, eight points behind of the leaders, AFC Portchester though with a game in hand.
The Royals ensured the margin remained unchanged with a 3-0 defeat of Blackfield & Langley on Saturday thanks to a Brett Pitman hat trick and again the attendance topped the 250 mark.
AFC Stoneham, in good form at present, remain in third place after goals from Jim Orvis and Scott Hills gave them the points against Christchurch.
Baffins Milton Rovers moved up one place with a 4-1 home defeat of visitors Bournemouth with four different names on the scoresheet in Tom Vincent, Steve Ramsey, Jason Parish and Joe Johnson. Marcus Cullen was the Poppies marksman.
Fareham and Brockenhurst are both liable to win as likely as lose –inconsistency comes to mind – and it was Brockenhurst who came out on top at Cams Alders with a 3-0 win over Fareham Town that moved them three places up the table. On target for the Badgers were Harvey Woods, Mitch Speechley-Price and Conor Jevon. That was also the third game where the attendance was in excess of 200.
Lastly three good points for United Services Portsmouth after a 4-0 win over Laverstock & Ford at Burnaby Road with the goals coming from Danny Burroughs (2), Kelvin Mathe and Dan Sibley and moving them two places up the table.
And that was that. Thanks to all for either getting or trying to get the pitches playable and hopefully Christmas will see some clement weather.
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HE SAID: “It’s a club I’ve been with since the age of 15, growing up in the reserves and then progressing into the first team. When I left last season I thought it was the right decision as I feel the time away has made me a better player. After speaking to John and Danny and seeing the calibre of signings coming in helped massively with my decision. ”
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