UCL Review 2012-13_9a2d718c
CHROMASPORT & TROPHIES UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE
SEASON REVIEW
2012/13
CHROMASPORT & TROPHIES UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE REVIEW 2013 – CONTENTS Editorial
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2012-13 Diary League Review League Tables Results Grids Attendances
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League Knockout Cup Reserve Knockout Cup
Reserve Supplementary Cup
League Awards
FA Cup FA Vase
County Cups/Other Cups
Leading Goalscorers
Club Player of the Year Awards
Sequences/Biggest Wins & Highest Scoring Matches
Hat Tricks
Fair Play & Hospitality Awards
Club Reviews : AFC Kempston Rovers
Blackstones Boston Town
Cogenhoe United Deeping Rangers Desborough Town Harborough Town Holbeach United Huntingdon Town Irchester United
Long Buckby
Newport Pagnell Town
Peterborough Northern Star
Quorn
St Ives Town
Shepshed Dynamo Sleaford Town Spalding United
Stewarts & Lloyds Corby Wellingborough Town
Yaxley
AFC Rushden & Diamonds
Bourne Town
Buckingham Town
Bugbrooke St Michaels Burton Park Wanderers
Eynesbury Rovers Harrowby United
Northampton ON Chenecks Northampton Sileby Rangers
Northampton Spencer
Oadby Town Olney Town Potton United Raunds Town
Rothwell Corinthians
Rushden & Higham United
Thrapston Town
Wellingborough Whitworth
Wootton Blue Cross
Reserve Team Cup Results
Reserve Divisions – Club Leading Appearances Reserve Divisions – Club Leading Goalscorers
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EDITORIAL
Welcome to the 2013 ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League Review . For the second time we are producing the publication in electronic form after twenty nine years in print. The change will make the Review more accessible to all. It has been another interesting year on and off the field. Football Association decisions made last summer saw five new clubs allocated to us and these all proved to be good assets to the league. North Leicestershire pair Quorn and Shepshed Dynamo were placed with us after their relegations from the Northern Premier League while new trio in Division One AFC Rushden & Diamonds, Oadby Town and Harrowby United all proved their worth by finishing in the top six of the section. The arrival of Diamonds proved a big boost to their fellow clubs as they enjoyed spectacular support wherever they travelled, and an early season derby at Rushden & Higham drew the second tier’s highest attendance in over sixty years. In one or two cases clubs had more than half of their season’s attendance in the one match against Diamonds! The Premier Division race wasn’t quite so close with Holbeach’s relentless consistency winning the day with a bit to spare. The Tigers did not seek promotion though so there was also a thrilling race within a race going on for second between St Ives and Spalding. This one went to the closing minutes of the season until a late goal gave the Saints the win required at Shepshed to pip the Tulips. St Ives will play in the Central Division of the Southern League next season and will be hoping to follow the success enjoyed by fellow recent promotees Daventry, St Neots and Kings Lynn. At the other end of the Premier Division the relegation battle was fascinating. Irchester were well adrift but with the season drawing to a close seven other clubs remained at risk of the drop. A dismal finish saw Blackstones occupy the next to bottom place as their 25 year stay in the top flight came to a sad end. The 2013-14 season will see a number of further changes in membership with four clubs departing and five more joining us. Increasing numbers of constitutional changes look set to be with us for the long term as a consequence of the FA’s review of steps 5 and 6 in 2012. A happy departure is St Ives moving to step 4, while Quorn and Shepshed have been shuffled sideways to the Midland Football Alliance after just one season with us. Saddest departure is Wootton Blue Cross after 58 years with the league. After struggling for a couple of years they hve opted to drop into the step 7 Bedfordshire County League. Joining us are Woodford United who return after seven years in the Southern League and Peterborough Sports, promoted from the Peterborough League. The requests of Wisbech Town and Lutterworth Athletic to switch from the Eastern Counties and East Midlands Counties Leagues respectively were supported by the Football Association which also allocated St Neots Saints to Division One after interviewing club representatives. The lower grade produced an unforgettable promotion race with Sileby and Diamonds eventually going up, although fellow contenders Eynesbury and Oadby would also have made worthy additions to the top flight.
The new campaign will see a milestone achieved in Division One which will become all floodlit for the first time. Progress indeed.
Generally the league remains in good health but one area of concern is that of reserve football. Five of last season’s second strings have withdrawn with just two clubs returning from brief absences. With just twenty clubs it was decided, after consultation with clubs, to revert to a single reserve section for the first time in three decades. It is hoped that numbers will increase in years to come and if this does happen we may have to revisit the prospect of regionalisation of reserve football.
Jeremy Biggs – Review Editor
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2012-13 DIARY
June ….Long serving Sileby manager Gary Petts resigns…..Title winning boss Glenn Botterill leaves Long Buckby and takes over at Sileby….Scott Goodwin takes the reins at Long Buckby….Jamie Weston takes charge at Peterborough Northern Star….Boston Town appoint Pinchbeck pair Ian Dunn and Matt Hocking as co- managers….Clem Dublin joins Oadby as joint manager. July ….Burton Park groundsman Graham Coles is announced as runner up in the FA Groundsman of the Year awards for steps 5 and 6…..Jason Harrison is named co-manager of newcomers Harrowby….Pre season cup action sees AFC Kempston beat Bedford Town 4-2 to win the Harry Robinson Memorial Cup but Bourne are beaten 5-3 by Stamford in the Wilf Notley Memorial Cup. August ….Buckingham announce that they are to play the season at Manor Fields, Bletchley….Long Buckby withdraw their reserve side with the season just days away….Stewarts & Lloyds lose 4-1 to Corby in the Bob Cumming Memorial Cup….Long Buckby retain the Andy Humphries Memorial Cup with a 2-0 win over Harpole….Buckingham beat Banbury 3-2 to win the James Victory Cup….Harrowby lose 1-0 to Stamford in the Ted Drury Memorial Cup….The FA Cup swings into action with an upset as Thrapston beat Cogenhoe in their Extra Preliminary Round meeting….Also enjoying FA Cup first hurdle success are Blackstones, Holbeach, Quorn, Oadby, Sleaford, Huntingdon, Peterborough Northern Star, Bugbrooke, St Ives, Wellingborough, Yaxley, AFC Kempston and Newport Pagnell….Preliminary Round ties see further progress for Holbeach, Quorn, Peterborough Northern Star, Bugbrooke, Huntingdon, AFC Kempston and Newport Pagnell….Opening day league action sees draws for Premier newcomers Quorn and Shepshed but promoted Huntingdon lose on their bow at Boston Town….In Division One 784 spectators watch AFC Rushden & Diamonds enjoy a winning kick off against Thrapston….Harrowby make a losing start but Oadby hit the ground running with an 8-0 win over Potton and their reserves enjoy a 9-1 victory at Olney in their first match…384 watch Wootton host AFC Rushden & Diamonds – exceeding the total attendance the previous season for Blue Cross…..Desborough treasurer Vic Panter receives a long service award….Harrowby treasurer Les Staniland passes away….End of month managerial awards go to John Chand of Holbeach and Paul Field of Bugbrooke….St Ives pair Karl Gibbs and Conor Washington share the season’s first Goalscorer of the Month accolade. September …The league’s FA Cup interest ends at the First Qualifying Round stage with all seven survivors exiting to higher grade opponents….The FA Vase gets under way with First Qualifying Round wins for Boston Town, Harborough, Thrapston, Desborough, Bugbrooke and AFC Kempston….Second Qualifying Round action sees further progress for Boston Town and Desborough along with victories for Spalding, Sleaford, Eynesbury, Stewarts & Lloyds, AFC Rushden & Diamonds, Yaxley and Northampton Spencer….Spalding notch up the Premier season’s biggest win, 11-1 at Irchester….Oadby beat Anstey 2-1 to win the Battle of Britain Cup….Lee Duffy of Stewarts & Lloyds becomes the season’s first managerial casualty with former boss Daren Young returning to the Foundrymen helm….Wellingborough manager Rob Gould is another casualty, with ex- Woodford boss Phil Mason replacing him at the Dog & Duck…..Holbeach enjoy their best ever start to a UCL campaign with nine wins to start the season….St Ives sell star striker Conor Washington to Conference club Newport County….End of month awards go to two managerial pairs, Warren Everdell and Jez Hall at St Ives and Oadby duo Lee Harriman and Clem Dublin….Shane Tolley of Spalding is the month’s top goalscorer. October ….FA Vase First Round action sees wins for Sleaford, Deeping, Spalding, Boston Town, Northampton Spencer, AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Desborough….1,157 watch the Rushden & Higham v AFC Rushden & Diamonds derby at Hayden Road, believed to be the highest second tier crowd since 1950….St Ives’ 24 match winning run on home soil in all competitions ends with a Hinchingbrooke Cup shootout defeat by Eynesbury….Long Buckby are removed from the League Knockout Cup for playing an ineligible player in their win at Desborough….A Lincolnshire Senior Trophy upset sees Bourne win at Blackstones….Northampton Spencer equal a 74 year old club record by beating Finedon 14-0 in the Northants Junior Cup….Sad news from Rushden & Higham is the death of long serving secretary Chris Ruff….Seven Burton Park members climb five Welsh mountains in 24 hours to raise funds for the club’s floodlight project…..Buckingham part company with manager Steve Orchard, Dan Kingston taking caretaker charge….Matt Clarke resigns as Rothwell Corinthians boss….Dan Newman makes his 500 th appearance for St Ives….Manager of the Month awards go to St Ives duo Warren Everdell and Jez Hall and Northampton Spencer’s Ben Stone….Kris Nurse of Quorn is the Goalscorer of the Month. 3
November ….The league qualifies as a Charter Standard League with 60% of clubs achieving the status….Quorn become the first club to win a Premier Division match at St Ives in 13 months….A disappointing FA Vase Second Round sees only AFC Rushden & Diamonds, Boston Town and Spalding make it through to the last 64….A Knockout Cup upset sees Oadby progress at Huntingdon….Eynesbury beat Potton 9-0 in a Hinchingbrooke Cup tie….The Desborough second string become the first side to book a quarter final place in the Reserve Supplementary Cup….Ben Watts is appointed Rothwell Corinthians manager….Wellingborough undergo a second change at the helm with Phil Mason departing to be succeeded by assistant Craig Adams….Bugbrooke goalkeeper Antonio Aguilar-Rohan is given the opportunity to play professionally in Mexico….Manager of the month awards go to Tommy Brookbanks of Quorn and Mark Starmer of AFC Rushden & Diamonds….Tom Liversedge of Cogenhoe is the month’s top marksman….Flooding causes problems aplenty, particularly at Harborough and Northampton Spencer with the latter’s plight receiving coverage on Anglia Television. December ….FA Vase Third Round action sees defeats for AFC Rushden & Diamonds, 2-1 at Ashington, and Boston Town, 1-0 at Gornal, but ten man Spalding win 5-1 at Sutton Town to keep league interest alive….Thrapston spring a Knockout Cup surprise with a win at Wellingborough….Cogenhoe, Whitworth and Oadby all qualify for the Reserve Supplementary Cup quarter finals…..The season’s highest top flight attendance of 485 watches Holbeach beat Spalding 2-1 on Boxing Day…A wet end to the year sees the entire 22nd December programme called off and just five games go ahead on the final Saturday of the year….Quorn part company with manager Tommy Brookbanks, reserve boss Denis Moran taking over….Another managerial departure in Leicestershire sees Andy Wilson leave Harborough where assistants Chris Church and Mick Ogier are handed the reins….Jamie Weston resigns from the Peterborough Northern Star helm with Darren Jarvis and Michael Goode switching from Blackstones to fill the vacancy….Neil Griffiths resigns at Olney to be succeeded by right hand man Ed Wheatley….The death is announced of AFC Kempston president Doug Jack….Quorn, St Ives and Spalding are among the applicants for promotion to step 4 released by the FA…..Manager of the Month winners are John Chand of Holbeach and Harrowby pair Mark Fardell and Jason Harrison….Arrows striker Martin Wormall makes it a double celebration at Dickens Road as Goalscorer of the Month. January ….A snowy month sees the entire programme postponed on both the 19 th and 26 th …..Spalding progress through the 4 th Round of the Vase with a 2-1 success at Ely….Huntingdon beat holders St Ives 5-1 to reach their first ever Huntingdonshire Senior Cup final….AFC Kempston book a quarter final place in the Reserve Supplementary Cup…..Neil Griffiths is unveiled as the new Buckingham manager…..Dave Stratton takes charge at Blackstones….Oadby announce a new sponsorship that will see their ground renamed ‘Freeways Park’…..St Ives unveil plans for a new ground on Somersham Road…..Manager of the Month accolades go to Spalding’s Pat Rayment and Oadby co-managers Lee Harriman and Clem Dublin…..Lee Bassett of Eynesbury is the month’s leading marksman. February ….Spalding’s FA Vase adventure comes to an end with a 3-1 defeat by Guernsey in Round 5….Oadby claim another Premier scalp in the Knockout Cup, county rivals Quorn….ON Chenecks, Yaxley and Blackstones complete the quarter final line up in the Reserve Supplementary Cup….Potton reach the Bedfordshire Senior Trophy final…..Leicestershire Challenge Cup quarter final action sees Shepshed edge Heather 6-5 and Harborough beat step 3 Barwell….Northampton Spencer return to Kingsthorpe Mill action against Potton after a seventeen week break due to a flooded pitch…..Jake Newman becomes AFC Rushden & Diamonds’ first hat trick scorer in adult football with a three goal haul against Wootton….Burton Park part company with manager Kevin Fox, replacing him with Joe Smyth….It’s a Huntingdonshire clean sweep in the awards with Huntingdon’s Ricky Marheineke and Eynesbury pair Martin Field and Matt Plumb taking the managerial accolades and Karl Gibbs of St Ives the month’s leading scorer. March ….The season’s first county final sees Potton lose 1-0 to Bedford FC in the Bedfordshire Senior Trophy….The snow returns with a vengeance on the 23 rd with Sleaford’s match against Newport Pagnell the only match played…Division One promotion contenders AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Oadby share the spoils in front of 827 at the Dog & Duck….Shepshed and Harborough are beaten in their Leicestershire Challenge Cup semis….AFC Kempston book a place in the Reserve Knockout Cup final….Reserve Supplementary Cup knockout action sees wins for ON Chenecks, Desborough, Cogenhoe and Whitworth….Pat Rayment of Spalding is the top flight manager of the month with Oadby pair Lee Harriman and Clem Dublin claiming a third award of the season in Division One…..Oadby’s Jon Stevenson is Goalscorer of the Month. 4
April ….Holbeach are crowned Premier Division champions on the 20 th as rivals St Ives lose at home to Newport Pagnell….Premier basement side Irchester complete a double over Desborough, the only side they had previously beaten all season….The Oadby second string become champions of Reserve Division Two with Raunds taking the runners up medals….AFC Kempston win the Reserve Knockout Cup in style with a 4-0 win over Yaxley in the final at Eynesbury….Cogenhoe book a place in the Reserve Supplementary Cup final….Buckingham pick up their first away win of the season at the fifteenth attempt….Eynesbury set a club record of fifteen matches without defeat….Bugbrooke Reserves win the Northants Lower Junior Cup beating their ON Chenecks counterparts 2-1 in the final….Holbeach retain the Lincolnshire Senior Trophy with a 4-1 Sincil Bank defeat of Bottesford….Fixture congestion prompts Whitworth to withdraw from the Hinchingbrooke Cup….Sleaford dismiss manager Glen Maddison with reserve boss Kris Jones and Town legend Brian Rowland managing for the last three matches….AFC Kempston, Woodford and Burton Park all withdraw their reserve sides from the league. May ….St Ives pip Spalding to the Premier Division runners-up medals and promotion to step 4 with a last match 1-0 win at Shepshed….AFC Kempston save themselves from relegation with a 5-0 win over Sleaford, sending Blackstones down….Rushden & Diamonds clinch promotion from Division One with a win at Northampton Spencer in front of 814….Sileby pip Diamonds to the Division One title with a last match success at Whitworth….Cogenhoe’s last match comeback at Bugbrooke sees them crowned Reserve Division One champions….Spalding win the League Knockout Cup with a 4-0 defeat of St Ives who are appearing in a record fourth successive final….Huntingdon are beaten on penalties by St Neots in the Huntingdonshire Senior Cup final….Rushden & Higham beat Cogenhoe Reserves 2-0 at Sixfields to win the Northants Junior Cup….Shepshed beat Quorn 5-0 in the Loughborough Charity Cup final….A broken leg suffered by Yaxley’s Matt Barber sees the Hinchingbrooke Cup final with Royston abandoned with the score 1-1 – the clubs agree to share the trophy….The Reserve Supplementary Cup final sees Cogenhoe win 2-0 against AFC Kempston who were re- instated in the competition after Desborough played an ineligible player in their quarter final success…..Manager of the Month awards covering April and May go to Darren Lynch of Newport Pagnell and Ben Stone of Northampton Spencer with Paul Caswell of Stewarts & Lloyds the top goalscorer….Yaxley withdraw their reserve side….Eleven players complete ever present seasons….Divisional top scorers are Andy Tidswell of Holbeach in the Premier, Martin Wormall of Harrowby in Division One, Bugbrooke duo Josh Dawson and Andy Ranft in Reserve Division One and Luke McDonald of Oadby in Reserve Division Two….Topping the average attendance statistics are St Ives in the Premier (200) and AFC Rushden & Diamonds in Division One (544)….Long service awards are presented to Northampton Spencer trio John Sampson, Graham Wrighting and Andy Goldsmith at the club’s presentation evening…..The Football Association announce changes to the league’s constitution for 2013-14….St Ives are promoted to the Central Division of the Southern League with Woodford making the reverse journey….Oadby and Shepshed are moved to the Midland Alliance with Godmanchester and Wisbech switching from the Eastern Counties League….Division One newcomers are Lutterworth Athletic from the East Midlands Counties League and new club to senior football St Neots Saints, plus Peterborough Sports promoted from the Peterborough League….Wootton drop to the Bedfordshire County League ending 58 years in membership….Managerial departures are Lee Harriman at Oadby, Matt Freeman and Steve Sargent at Whitworth, Lee Howard at Raunds and Mick Ogier at Harborough….Manager appointments are Kris Jones at Sleaford, Jim Le Masurier and Scott Manning at Raunds and Jeff Stocking at Oadby while Woodford hand Mark O’Callaghan the reins for a second time….Harrowby announce a sponsorship deal for their ground which becomes the ‘Environcom Stadium’….Newport Pagnell celebrate their 50 th anniversary. June ….AFC Kempston install a second artificial pitch at Hillgrounds….Burton Park install floodlights….Blackstones withdraw their reserve side….John Chand resigns as Holbeach manager and is replaced at Carters Park by former Sleaford boss Glen Maddison….James Daldy is promoted from reserve duties to take the Whitworth reins….Newcomers St Neots Saints appoint Steve Kuhne as their manager….Yaxley stages the Annual General Meeting where awards are presented to first team fair play winners Rothwell Corinthians and reserve winners Oadby, who also take the hospitality award for referee marks….Potton top the club marks with Spalding winning the Highest Aggregate of Goals trophy…..Individual accolades go to Manager of the Year John Chand of Holbeach, Referee of the Year Kevin Seckington and Administrator of the Year Cathy Stevens of Thrapston….Presentations are also made to league officials and match officials with 21 years service…..League vice chairman George Whiting and management committee member Mick Walden are made presentations to mark 50 year involvements in football. 5
LEAGUE REVIEW
PREMIER DIVISION: TIGERS ROAR TO THIRD TITLE
The Premier Division proved fascinating at both ends of the table with the championship and promotion race fiercely contested and a third of the division involved in the relegation battle.
Eleven goals in their first two matches marked St Ives out as a side to watch as did a win at fancied Spalding on the first Saturday in September, but the Tulips proved a potent side on their day. Holbeach reeled off a run of nine wins to start the campaign while new look Quorn also looked set to mount a challenge for a quick return to step 4. Early season head to head encounters tended to favour away sides with Holbeach winning at Quorn who likewise came out on top at St Ives, becoming the first visiting side to win at Westwood Road in 13 months at the start of November.
Holbeach went to the top of the table and were never headed thereafter as the bad winter took its toll on St Ives and Spalding found themselves sidetracked by Vase progress.
Quorn’s challenge faded after an eleven match unbeaten run ended at Yaxley on 8 th December, with manager Tommy Brookbanks departing along with the bulk of the Farley Way first team squad.
The worst of the weather eluded Holbeach and after beating Spalding on Boxing Day they ended 2012 with a fifteen point lead over nearest challengers St Ives who had four matches in hand.
The Tigers lost their first match of 2013 at Cogenhoe but bounced back with a long unbeaten run. An impressive Easter inched them closer to the crown as they won 6-1 at Huntingdon and 3-1 at Spalding to all but end their neighbours’ title ambitions.
Holbeach hadn’t applied for promotion though so the tussle between St Ives and Spalding made for an interesting sub plot!
On 13 th April Holbeach had the chance to seal the title when hosting St Ives, but a late Arron Last leveller kept the Saints in with a shout. A home loss to Newport Pagnell seven days later left Holbeach out of reach though.
Nerves were in evidence for the promotion contenders as the campaign drew to a conclusion, with St Ives losing at home to Huntingdon and Spalding suffering shock reverses at Stewarts & Lloyds and Wellingborough.
It all came down to the club’s final games on 4 th May, with the Saints needing to match Spalding’s result. The Tulips ran out comfortable 3-0 winners at Peterborough Northern Star but missed out on promotion after sub David Cobb scored with nine minutes to go to give St Ives a 1-0 verdict at Shepshed.
Irchester finished way adrift at the foot of the division, winning just two matches all season, both against Desborough. Above them a thrilling contest ensued to avoid the drop.
Wellingborough and Harborough seemed most in peril over the winter, but put together respective twelve and eight match unbeaten runs to climb to safety. Stewarts & Lloyds saved themselves with an eight game unbeaten sequence. By contrast form had deserted AFC Kempston, Long Buckby and Blackstones at the wrong time. Buckby won their last two matches to secure their top flight future and Sleaford were also safe with a week to go after a late season change at the helm. Blackstones were left sweating after a six match losing finish to the campaign, heading AFC Kempston by a single point. The Walnut Boys saved themselves with a 5-0 defeat of Sleaford in their final match, leaving Blackstones in the drop zone as the final tables were drawn up. 6
DIVISION ONE: SILEBY PIP DIAMONDS
The Division One season was one of the most exciting on record, with a fascinating four horse race for the title and promotion going to the closing days of the campaign.
New clubs AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Oadby were in the thick of the race along with Sileby and Eynesbury who had strengthened greatly over the summer.
Oadby’s debut in the league brought them an eye catching 8-0 win over Potton and they set the pace through most of the autumn, going eight matches unbeaten until fellow newcomers Harrowby won at Freeways Park on the final Saturday of October. The same day saw AFC Rushden & Diamonds suffer their first Division One reverse at Eynesbury who were also going well. Sileby, with several of the previous season’s Premier winning Long Buckby squad on board, put together a fourteen match winning run between October and February, the sequence including a victory at Oadby who kept their own challenge on course with 13 wins in 14 games between November and March. Highlight of the Poachers’ run was a 5-1 demolition of Diamonds on the opening Saturday of 2013.
Diamonds responded to that Freeways Park thumping with eleven consecutive wins, including a single goal success at Sileby at the end of February.
Eynesbury had also kicked off the new year with a defeat at Bugbrooke, but plundered forty points from the next fourteen games.
The closing weeks of the season saw plenty of meetings between the top four, and on Easter Saturday Diamonds and Oadby shared four goals at the Dog & Duck, handing Sileby the initiative until they suffered a derby reverse at Northampton Spencer two days later. Another slip by Sileby at Eynesbury on 6 th April enabled Diamonds to go top, but at this stage Oadby seemed favourites with games in hand over their rivals. Suddenly the wheels came off for the Poachers with successive draws against Northampton Spencer, Eynesbury and Bugbrooke and a defeat at Rushden & Higham in the space of ten days!
On April 23 rd AFC Rushden & Diamonds took a big step towards promotion by drawing 2-2 at home to Eynesbury, but Sileby’s win over Thrapston the same evening left them in the driving seat.
On the following Saturday Eynesbury dropped further points in a stalemate at Harrowby, and Sileby secured a top two finish with a 2-0 success at Rushden & Higham on 30 th April. Diamonds took a big step towards promotion with a 4-1 derby defeat of Whitworth the same night. It was celebration time for Diamonds on 4 th May as a 3-0 success at Northampton Spencer clinched their promotion at the first attempt in front of over 800 spectators. Sileby needed a point in their last match at Whitworth three days later to clinch the crown and duly ran out 3-1 winners with Steve Blackwood scoring twice. At the wrong end of the table Burton Park finished adrift despite improving substantially in the last couple of months of the season. Only one win in the first nineteen games proved too big a deficit to make up. Buckingham spent much of the season in the bottom two but eased clear after losing just once in their last six matches, with Wootton slipping down after failing to win in their final six outings as a UCL club.
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RESERVE DIVISION ONE: COGENHOE TAKE THE CROWN
A thrilling end to the Reserve Division One season saw Cogenhoe’s final day comeback secure the title – no mean achievement for a new look side assembled by incoming boss Colin Cooper.
The Cooks were unbeaten in their first fourteen games, a run which only came to an end on 10 th April, but they found worthy rivals in Whitworth, beaten only once in their first thirteen, and Bugbrooke, losers in only one of their opening dozen matches. Three defeats in the space of six days in mid April put the Badgers out of the hunt but they still had a part to play in the title race, winning 3-1 at Compton Park on 24 th April. On the same night Whitworth were being held at Huntingdon. The Flourmen led by eight points with Cogenhoe having two matches in hand. The contenders met at Compton Park three days later and a 3-0 Cooks win with goals from Damon Herbert, Charlie Wixon and Ashley Bradshaw opened up the race again.
Action the following midweek saw Cogenhoe beat Blackstones home and away and Whitworth end their programme with a win over AFC Kempston.
The destiny of the title all depended on the outcome of Cogenhoe’s return game at Bugbrooke, with nothing less than a win enough for the Cooks. They fell two goals behind but turned the contest around with Wixon, Josh Olowoyo and Jack Bowen on target in a 3-2 success. At the foot of the table Woodford mustered only one win, but the second relegation place was wide open with Stewarts & Lloyds, Huntingdon and Thrapston all in danger of the drop. The next to bottom slot was eventually filled by Blackstones who collected just one point from their final six matches, finishing a single point adrift of Thrapston who doubled them in April. Remarkably Stones ended the season with a goal difference of zero!
RESERVE DIVISION TWO: SUCCESS FOR NEWBOYS OADBY
Reserve Division Two newcomers Oadby stormed to an impressive championship success at the first attempt. They sent a warning to the rest of the division on the season’s opening day with a 9-1 success at Olney, and extended their winning run to six games before losing their unbeaten run in a home defeat by nearest challengers Raunds on 15 th December.
That win took the Shopmates level on points with the Poachers at the top but they failed to win in their next three games enabling Oadby to reassert their authority at the top of the table.
Another new side Yaxley came through strongly in the new year, but Oadby were in a class of their own at the top, a twelve match unbeaten run carrying them to the title, with their second defeat of the season only arriving in their final match.
Raunds put one hand on the runners-up medals with an exciting 4-3 win at Yaxley on 20 th April, and another 4- 3 success in their next match against ON Chenecks sealed second place.
The remainder of the division was very well matched with only ten points separating fourth placed Bourne and Rushden & Higham in eleventh and last place.
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LEAGUE TABLES
Premier Division
Home Goals Away Goals Total Goals
P. W. D. L. F. A. W. D. L. F. A. W. D. L.
F. A, Adj. Pts.
Holbeach United
40 16 3 1 63 17 15 2 3 51 17 31 5 4 114 34 40 12 5 3 57 23 15 4 1 57 19 27 9 4 114 42 40 18 0 2 65 21 11 5 4 52 27 29 5 6 117 48 -3 89 40 13 3 4 58 33 12 1 7 46 36 25 4 11 104 69 79 40 11 4 5 47 24 11 6 3 46 23 22 10 8 93 47 76 40 12 3 5 46 33 10 4 6 38 25 22 7 11 84 58 73 98 90
St Ives Town
Spalding United Huntingdon Town Deeping Rangers
Newport Pagnell Town
Quorn
40 11 5 4 48 25 40 11 2 7 48 31
9 3 8 41 32 20 8 12 89 57 7 4 9 33 36 18 6 16 81 67
68 60
Cogenhoe United Shepshed Dynamo
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
9 5 6 49 30 7 6 7 32 32 8 2 10 34 32 5 7 8 29 38 9 2 9 35 36 5 7 8 31 35 7 3 10 27 36 7 5 8 31 37 7 5 8 33 37 6 3 11 24 32 5 6 9 24 39 5 3 12 30 45 1 1 18 20 76
7 4 9 33 33 16 9 15 82 63 -3 54
Boston Town
8 3 9 36 40 15 9 16 68 72 7 5 8 33 39 15 7 18 67 71 7 4 9 29 34 12 11 17 58 72 3 7 10 21 39 12 9 19 56 75 6 4 10 23 49 11 11 18 54 84 5 5 10 28 53 12 8 20 55 89 4 4 12 23 45 11 9 20 54 82 3 3 14 23 48 10 8 22 56 85 4 5 11 23 56 10 8 22 47 88 5 2 13 31 62 10 8 22 55 101 5 3 12 28 49 10 6 24 58 94
54 52 47 45 44 44 42 38 38 38 36
Desborough Town
Yaxley
Peterborough Northern Star Stewarts & Lloyds Corby
Wellingborough Town
Long Buckby
AFC Kempston Rovers
Sleaford Town
Harborough Town
Blackstones
Irchester United
1 2 17 17 69
2 3 35 37 145
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Division One
Home Goals
Away Goals
Total Goals
P. W. D. L. F. A. W. D. L. F. A. W. D. L.
F. A. Adj. Pts.
Northampton Sileby Rangers AFC Rushden & Diamonds
36 15 1 2 55 16 15 1 2 50 15 30 2 4 105 31 36 13 5 0 43 15 15 1 2 53 16 28 6 2 96 31 36 14 2 2 53 18 12 5 1 56 23 26 7 3 109 41 36 13 3 2 59 13 13 3 2 53 22 26 6 4 112 35 36 12 4 2 44 24 10 1 7 42 30 22 5 9 86 54
92 90 85 84 71 61 59 55 46 41 38 38 36 36 33 31 30 27 23
Eynesbury Rovers
Oadby Town
Northampton Spencer
Harrowby United
36 10 3 5 40 22
9 1 8 44 36 19 4 13 84 58
Bugbrooke St Michaels Rushden & Higham United
36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36
8 1 9 36 35 10 4 4 41 27 18 5 13 77 62
9 1 8 31 28 9 0 9 36 32 5 5 8 42 41 3 5 10 25 38 5 4 9 32 47 5 1 12 24 37 7 0 11 24 48 7 1 10 37 53 5 2 11 21 30 3 5 10 25 45 5 4 9 27 39 2 3 13 18 56
8 3 7 31 28 17 4 15 62 56 5 4 9 20 30 14 4 18 56 62 5 6 7 25 30 10 11 15 67 71 7 3 8 29 37 10 8 18 54 75 5 4 9 37 46 10 8 18 69 93 6 2 10 27 39 11 3 22 51 76 4 3 11 19 39 11 3 22 43 87 3 2 13 25 45 10 3 23 62 98
Olney Town Bourne Town
Northampton ON Chenecks
Thrapston Town
Wellingborough Whitworth
Raunds Town
Buckingham Town
Potton United
4 2 12 23 40 5 1 12 26 53 2 2 14 21 60 4 2 12 15 56
9 4 23 44 70 8 6 22 51 98 7 6 23 48 99 6 5 25 33 112
Rothwell Corinthians Wootton Blue Cross Burton Park Wanderers
9
Reserve Division One
Home Goals
Away Goals
Total Goals
P. W. D. L. F. A. W. D. L. F. A. W. D. L.
F. A. Adj. Pts
Cogenhoe United
22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
8 2 1 29 7 8 2 1 25 7 6 2 3 31 20 8 0 3 30 17 6 2 3 26 18 5 2 4 18 16 4 2 5 26 21 4 4 3 24 20 3 2 6 24 25 4 1 6 27 26 4 2 5 29 23 1 3 7 13 28 8 1 1 28 6 6 2 2 21 12 6 1 3 32 15 4 2 4 18 14 5 1 4 31 25 4 2 4 24 27 3 1 6 17 26 4 3 3 19 32 3 2 5 13 22 3 4 3 16 19 3 2 5 20 24 Home Goals
8 2 1 30 20 16 4 2 59 27 8 1 2 24 15 16 3 3 49 22 6 2 3 23 16 12 4 6 54 36 4 4 3 22 17 12 4 6 52 34 4 3 4 15 19 10 5 7 41 37
52 51 40 40 35 27 24 22 20
Wellingborough Whitworth
Bugbrooke St Michaels
Harborough Town
Peterborough Northern Star
Desborough Town AFC Kempston Rovers
5 1 5 19 24 10 3 9 37 40 -3 30
4 1 6 23 21 2 2 7 16 33 3 2 6 18 27 2 1 8 18 52 1 3 7 17 23 0 2 9 3 35
8 3 11 49 42 6 6 10 40 53 6 4 12 42 52 6 2 14 45 78
Huntingdon Town
Stewarts & Lloyds Corby
Thrapston Town
Blackstones
5 5 12 46 46 -1 19
Woodford United
1 5 16 16 63
8
Reserve Division Two
Away Goals
Total Goals
P. W. D. L. F. A. W. D. L. F. A. W. D. L.
F. A. Adj. Pts.
Oadby Town Raunds Town
7 2 1 29 10 15 3 2 57 16 7 1 2 25 17 13 3 4 46 29
48 42
Yaxley
6 0 4 30 21 12 1 7 62 36 -3 34
Bourne Town
3 4 3 24 22 3 2 5 18 20 3 3 4 15 17 3 3 4 23 28 2 0 8 15 27 2 3 5 20 31 2 0 8 11 28 2 3 5 12 18
7 6 7 42 36 8 3 9 49 45 7 5 8 39 44 6 4 10 40 54 6 3 11 34 59 5 5 10 33 53 5 4 11 27 47
27 27 26 22 21 20 19
Northampton ON Chenecks
Eynesbury Rovers Rothwell Corinthians
Olney Town
Burton Park Wanderers
Irchester United
Rushden & Higham United
5 5 10 32 42 -3 17
10
RESULTS
Premier Division
AFC BlaBosCogDeeDesHar HolHun IrcLonNewPetQuo StIShe SleSpa SteWelYax xxx 1-0 0-3 1-0 2-1 3-3 0-0 2-4 0-3 1-1 2-2 0-3 3-0 2-4 2-4 0-1 5-0 1-5 1-1 5-2 2-0 1-1 xxx 0-2 1-4 0-2 1-2 4-2 1-0 3-5 3-1 2-1 0-3 1-3 1-2 0-1 5-3 1-1 1-3 1-3 3-3 1-3 4-1 0-0 xxx 2-0 1-2 1-2 0-4 0-4 1-0 4-0 3-0 1-1 3-3 4-3 0-2 0-2 0-0 3-3 2-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-2 4-4 xxx 2-2 1-2 7-1 2-0 2-1 4-0 2-1 1-2 2-1 3-0 1-3 2-1 2-3 1-2 6-1 2-1 1-2 4-2 3-0 4-1 1-1 xxx 2-1 4-1 1-3 2-1 6-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 2-4 1-3 2-1 9-0 2-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 2-1 0-3 3-1 2-1 0-1 xxx 3-0 0-1 3-4 0-1 5-0 0-2 2-0 0-3 2-6 3-1 2-2 1-2 1-1 4-0 1-2 0-0 2-1 1-4 1-2 1-2 1-3 xxx 1-4 2-1 5-2 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-7 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-5 2-0 0-0 1-1 3-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 3-3 5-1 6-1 xxx 1-2 5-1 5-1 1-0 4-1 4-1 2-2 3-1 8-0 2-1 3-0 4-0 1-0 5-1 2-2 1-0 2-1 1-0 3-0 2-1 1-6 xxx 4-1 4-0 4-3 2-2 1-2 0-5 4-5 4-0 1-1 5-0 8-1 4-2 1-1 1-3 4-5 1-6 1-7 2-1 1-2 0-1 2-3 xxx 2-3 1-4 1-2 0-5 0-7 1-4 0-4 1-11 0-2 1-3 0-2 1-3 3-0 1-2 3-3 0-1 1-1 2-1 0-6 2-2 6-1 xxx 1-0 1-0 0-2 1-1 0-5 1-3 2-3 1-1 2-0 3-2 2-1 5-1 3-2 1-3 2-8 3-2 2-1 1-2 3-1 4-1 3-0 xxx 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-4 4-0 2-3 3-1 2-0 2-0 0-1 3-4 1-3 5-3 1-3 1-3 0-3 2-0 1-2 2-3 xxx 3-1 2-1 1-1 2-1 0-3 2-1 4-2 1-1 2-0 2-3 3-1 3-0 1-1 3-1 2-2 0-2 0-2 8-2 2-0 2-2 6-2 xxx 2-2 0-0 5-2 1-2 4-1 1-0 1-0 6-2 8-3 4-2 2-0 1-1 0-0 8-1 2-0 1-2 4-1 0-0 1-3 3-1 1-3 xxx 2-0 2-1 1-1 4-0 5-0 2-2 4-0 4-0 3-2 1-1 2-3 2-3 3-0 2-2 6-2 4-1 3-3 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 xxx 2-1 1-2 1-2 3-4 5-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-2 2-2 1-3 0-2 1-3 3-1 1-0 1-2 1-1 3-0 0-3 2-1 xxx 1-1 2-0 0-2 1-2 4-2 5-1 4-0 5-1 1-0 2-1 7-1 1-3 4-2 2-0 2-1 4-1 1-0 3-2 1-3 3-0 5-1 xxx 5-0 5-2 1-0 2-1 0-3 3-0 0-1 1-1 1-1 3-4 1-1 2-4 1-1 1-2 3-2 3-1 1-1 3-5 0-1 1-1 2-0 xxx 1-1 2-4 2-0 2-0 0-3 2-2 2-2 1-3 2-0 1-5 1-3 1-0 2-4 0-2 3-0 0-0 0-3 0-3 3-0 2-1 2-3 xxx 1-2 1-3 3-3 1-1 3-1 1-4 0-1 4-3 0-2 0-2 2-1 3-2 1-4 0-0 1-0 0-1 3-3 1-1 2-2 2-3 1-1 xxx AFCBouBucBugBurEynHarONC SilNorOadOln PotRauRotRus ThrWhiWoo xxx 5-2 3-0 1-1 1-1 2-2 3-2 2-0 2-2 2-1 2-2 1-0 1-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 3-0 4-1 5-0 1-2 xxx 5-0 2-2 1-2 1-1 2-3 2-2 1-3 0-3 2-5 3-4 3-2 2-1 3-3 3-1 3-3 1-3 7-1 0-9 3-2 xxx 2-4 4-0 2-5 0-6 6-1 0-2 3-2 0-3 1-1 2-5 0-3 5-1 0-2 1-3 5-3 3-1 0-3 3-2 0-5 xxx 6-2 2-1 0-3 1-3 1-3 1-2 0-2 2-0 1-1 4-0 6-2 2-4 3-0 1-2 3-0 0-4 1-1 1-4 0-3 xxx 2-3 0-6 0-5 1-3 0-3 1-4 2-1 0-2 1-2 1-0 1-7 3-4 1-1 3-3 4-1 3-0 4-1 4-2 8-0 xxx 1-0 3-4 3-1 4-1 0-1 3-0 1-1 0-0 4-1 1-0 3-1 2-1 5-3 0-3 2-1 3-2 1-2 5-0 2-2 xxx 1-0 2-3 0-2 1-2 0-0 3-2 3-0 6-0 3-0 2-2 4-1 2-0 1-2 0-2 1-1 3-4 3-1 0-9 4-5 xxx 0-2 0-1 1-2 1-1 0-2 0-1 4-1 0-0 2-2 4-1 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 3-2 8-0 1-2 2-0 5-0 xxx 5-2 2-2 2-0 3-0 2-1 5-1 4-0 3-1 3-2 5-2 0-3 3-0 1-1 1-0 2-1 3-3 3-4 3-0 1-0 xxx 3-3 2-0 3-1 2-1 4-2 3-1 2-2 4-2 4-0 5-1 0-0 4-0 1-1 4-0 2-2 1-2 4-0 0-1 5-1 xxx 3-0 8-0 4-0 5-1 2-1 4-2 3-0 4-1 0-1 0-1 6-0 1-3 4-1 0-2 3-2 0-1 1-4 1-4 3-2 xxx 4-3 6-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 1-0 3-1 0-2 3-3 2-1 2-1 2-0 0-1 1-3 1-0 0-1 0-2 1-3 1-2 xxx 2-0 0-2 2-3 2-3 1-1 1-2 0-4 0-2 2-1 0-2 2-1 1-3 2-1 1-2 0-8 1-5 0-7 2-3 1-0 xxx 3-2 0-2 3-1 0-1 6-3 2-4 1-1 3-2 1-1 0-1 1-4 2-0 0-3 1-3 1-7 1-3 1-1 4-3 3-3 xxx 0-0 1-2 2-5 1-2 0-4 2-3 2-1 1-2 0-1 2-5 5-1 0-0 0-2 2-1 2-0 2-1 2-0 3-1 0-1 xxx 4-3 0-1 4-1 1-5 1-3 0-2 2-5 3-3 1-4 4-2 4-4 1-4 1-1 1-3 0-2 2-0 1-3 4-3 2-2 xxx 3-1 1-0 1-3 1-1 4-3 0-1 3-0 1-4 1-2 1-2 1-3 1-3 0-5 1-3 0-1 2-0 0-1 2-4 3-1 xxx 2-0 1-1 1-1 3-1 2-5 0-1 0-3 2-2 3-2 0-5 3-1 2-4 3-1 2-0 1-1 1-2 1-2 2-6 0-1 xxx
AFC Kempston Rovers
Blackstones Boston Town
Cogenhoe United Deeping Rangers Desborough Town Harborough Town Holbeach United Huntingdon Town Irchester United
Long Buckby
Newport Pagnell Town
Peterborough Northern Star
Quorn
St Ives Town
Shepshed Dynamo Sleaford Town Spalding United
Stewarts & Lloyds Corby Wellingborough Town
Yaxley
Division One
AFC Rushden & Diamonds
Bourne Town
Buckingham Town
Bugbrooke St Michaels Burton Park Wanderers
Eynesbury Rovers Harrowby United
Northampton ON Chenecks Northampton Sileby Rangers
Northampton Spencer
Oadby Town Olney Town Potton United Raunds Town
Rothwell Corinthians
Rushden & Higham United
Thrapston Town
Wellingborough Whitworth
Wootton Blue Cross
11
Reserve Division One
AFC BlaBugCogDesHarHunPet Ste ThrWhiWoo 2f 6o13a11m18A18a19M16f 5f 26f 2m xxx 1-1 1-2 1-3 2-3 0-4 1-0 1-1 6-2 5-2 0-1 8-2 2M 22s29a 8d17n 5j18A 27f24a20a13a 4-0 xxx 4-2 0-3 4-4 2-2 1-4 4-0 2-3 1-2 2-3 5-0 27a 6a 4m22a 9m 2m30M27o6M10a 2M 3-3 3-1 xxx 2-3 4-1 1-2 7-2 2-2 2-1 3-2 1-3 3-0 23f 2m24a 30M16f 9M 1s 6a20a27a 19f 1-0 3-1 1-3 xxx 3-0 0-0 5-0 2-2 1-0 7-1 3-0 3-0 4m 5M 9M 6o 10a 6a24a 2f 5j 12j27a 1-3 2-1 1-1 2-4 xxx 3-1 2-0 0-1 1-0 3-3 1-2 2-0 3n25A 29s28M1m 13a29a 2M 4m 23f 28f 1-0 2-1 1-3 2-3 4-0 xxx 5-2 2-0 4-1 4-2 1-5 4-0 8s27a15a 8a18A 9f 6f13o27M24a 6o 1-4 3-3 3-2 4-2 1-2 3-1 xxx 1-2 2-2 4-0 1-1 1-1 16a 7m13a20o 16f 9M 1d 21f 2M 8a 2f 3-2 2-1 2-0 1-2 0-3 2-2 3-3 xxx 1-3 6-1 3-1 3-0 9f10a18A 1d15a27a 4a 23f 9M 8s 22s 3-0 1-5 0-2 3-4 3-2 1-4 1-1 1-3 xxx 10-1 1-3 0-0 10a 8a 15s 7s 23f 6a24A 12j30M 17A17a 1-3 3-1 1-4 3-3 1-2 2-4 4-1 3-1 2-4 xxx 2-3 5-0 30a27o25A 9f 2M15a22a13o 2a13a 12f 2-1 2-1 1-1 0-0 2-1 2-1 3-0 1-2 4-0 7-0 xxx 1-0 6a30M20a18A25A6M 4m17n30a20M 8d 1-7 1-1 1-3 2-3 0-1 1-1 1-3 2-1 2-2 2-4 0-2 xxx Bou BurEyn IrcONCOadOlnRauRotRusYax 13a23a16a27o25A 16f 9a20a 4m 5j xxx 1-1 1-1 2-0 0-1 2-3 1-2 4-1 4-1 2-1 1-3 2f 8m 23f17n30M 6a17a30a15a 9M 0-0 xxx 3-1 1-2 2-0 0-6 2-1 0-1 2-4 2-2 1-5 20o13o 27a 23f13a25A15a 9f 2M17a 6-4 2-1 xxx 3-1 0-1 1-3 7-3 0-5 3-3 1-1 1-5 30M 1d 2f 15d 2M 9a 6a 8d 5j29a 1-1 2-2 1-4 xxx 2-1 0-0 1-0 1-3 3-3 4-0 1-5 30a22a30M12j 5j10m27a15a18a 4m 3-4 3-4 5-2 2-0 xxx 1-3 3-2 3-4 2-0 3-3 6-3 1d 29s 16f10n 9M 17a15d 4m20a 23f 2-0 10-2 2-0 2-0 3-1 xxx 2-0 1-2 1-1 3-0 2-0 29d 3m17n20a13a18A 9M27M 9f30M 1-7 2-6 1-1 4-2 2-2 1-9 xxx 1-1 4-3 1-0 2-1 17n 15s 4m13a24A 12j19M 2M20o18A 4-0 4-1 1-1 2-0 3-2 1-1 2-0 xxx 1-2 1-4 2-1 9M27a 29s18a 8s 8m27o10n 23a13a 1-4 1-1 3-2 1-3 1-7 3-0 1-3 4-2 xxx 0-1 2-3 22f27o 9M 1m18A 6a 8d 22s 16f 13M 2-2 2-1 0-1 3-2 3-3 1-3 3-1 0-2 3-5 xxx 3-4 2M10a 1m25A 6f 22s 8s20a 12j17n 2-2 4-1 0-2 8-1 4-0 0-1 5-3 3-4 5-1 1-0 xxx
AFC Kempston Rovers
Blackstones
Bugbrooke St Michaels
Cogenhoe United
Desborough Town
Harborough Town
Huntingdon Town
Peterborough Northern Star
Stewarts & Lloyds Corby
Thrapston Town
Wellingborough Whitworth
Woodford United
Reserve Division Two
Bourne Town
Burton Park Wanderers
Eynesbury Rovers
Irchester United
Northampton ON Chenecks
Oadby Town
Olney Town
Raunds Town
Rothwell Corinthians
Rushden & Higham United
Yaxley
12
ATTENDANCES
Premier Division
AFC BlaBosCogDeeDesHar HolHun IrcLonNewPetQuo StIShe SleSpa SteWelYax xxx 34 40 55 38 39 55 74 38 38 27 50 32 37 75 58 54 58 25 55 48 53 xxx 76 41 66 55 30 80 35 66 56 43125 51120 74 64116 53 53 75 73 62 xxx 60 85 85 60117 90 55 75 60 65 60 60 73 90115 56 45 50 61 64 34 xxx 42 61 48 68 39 48 69 48 39 55 75 81 55 56 61 98 57 83109 56 82 xxx 77 71155 81 69 89 89129 92139 94 82240 64 90 89 69 68 45 49 54 xxx101 65 50 48 58 61 54 58 93 88 51 72 57 72 67 58 56 70 57 45 91 xxx 61 56 49 42 20 62 87 73 96 58 84 63 73 48 129180231112206136100 xxx170149117119 96155397136125485155144148 67 71 60 80 50 50 45101 xxx 70 45 40 60 61219 57 45107 52 71 57 40 35 25 49 30 40 20 70 45 xxx 52 35 40 39 50 50 25 50 35 45 42 36 43 51 58 40 47 66 61 58 38 xxx 77 48 54 66 82 44 86 19 62 55 84106 97 75 92 73102121 65 65 71 xxx 72 95121109 92 82 41 80 80 63 84 42 92162 72 68134 72 74 63 81 xxx 55171 92 81116 68104108 80121132 82 79 72 82100 80103 96 58102 xxx151119104 84 74 82108 145153196 98187144148266352194247206294207 xxx276192166204164160 151 86117104107 83 82107106106120102113369156 xxx 80 98 90105 85 56 48124 76 74 66 54146 56 94 76 42 65 42 90 84 xxx130 36 60 86 91 99109 76146 51 94395106 87 60104128104143100152 xxx111 83101 24 32 18 45 33 36 40 18 15 25 55 39 44 28 37 30 15 35 xxx 32 20 75 67103 84 90126110105106130120 82 95 83116124124 74 95 xxx 85 62 59 62 53 78153 74123 60 45 85 35120 62165 96 56115 80 56 xxx AFCBouBucBugBurEynHarONC SilNorOadOln PotRauRotRus ThrWhiWoo xxx570342383693759569561554584827395351399319559784689457 256 xxx 45 45 40 45 90 35 53 54 74 54 54 54 54 39 60 54 65 416 46 xxx 40 42 39 51 75 60 59102 64 45 48 44 68 39 41 48 400 51 20 xxx 80 80100 50100 70 75 75 40 20 70 10 50 50 30 567 34 51 39 xxx 98 54 32 42 62 89 39 57 51 45 34 67 44 46 452 98 81 74 92 xxx 98 79102118 94 84 75 48 77 72 54 89 75 280 72 60 63 55 50 xxx 33 72 50 67 55 33 51 40 29 56 40 51 448 45 45 47 42 55 60 xxx 94 74 70 85 31 42 28 60 35 38 46 361 40 42 67 62 48 32 84 xxx 73 94 41 37 46 41 42 32 65 47 814 45 30 39 52 40 25 48 65 xxx 83 44 41 32 55 44 33 33 35 511149134 75 47198157 57212126 xxx149 94164 91 77160 50178 513 43 57 56 42 80 61 40 63 55 52 xxx 35 52 60 47 51 40 45 514 14 21 27 24 43 34 32 22 44 55 48 xxx 26 40 42 31 35 28 560 50 30 18 36 36 41 49 50 35 50 30 57 xxx 36 50 15 40 33 353 27 45 32 52 35 38 24 32 24 78 42 36 28 xxx 30 39 25 40 1157 43 55 48 41 42 48 39 47 56103 32 46 64 42 xxx 96 48 30 417 10 15 15 40 31 40 7 40 11 40 15 24 60 45 34 xxx 45 4 581 43 41 41 50 36 36 30125 36 59 42 35 45 40 58 34 xxx 40 384 21 52 23 11 34 11 23 12 31 55 31 30 21 43 38 7 12 xxx
AFC Kempston Rovers
Blackstones Boston Town
Cogenhoe United Deeping Rangers Desborough Town Harborough Town Holbeach United Huntingdon Town Irchester United
Long Buckby
Newport Pagnell Town
Peterborough Northern Star
Quorn
St Ives Town
Shepshed Dynamo Sleaford Town Spalding United
Stewarts & Lloyds Corby Wellingborough Town
Yaxley
Division One
AFC Rushden & Diamonds
Bourne Town
Buckingham Town
Bugbrooke St Michaels Burton Park Wanderers
Eynesbury Rovers Harrowby United
Northampton ON Chenecks Northampton Sileby Rangers
Northampton Spencer
Oadby Town Olney Town Potton United Raunds Town
Rothwell Corinthians
Rushden & Higham United
Thrapston Town
Wellingborough Whitworth
Wootton Blue Cross
13
ATTENDANCES SUMMPARY
Total Ave Ave
Highest
Lowest
12-13 11-12
Premier Division St Ives Town Holbeach United Shepshed Dynamo Spalding United Wellingborough Town
3,999 200 143 3,490 175 155 2,367 118 151 2,340 117 114 1,994 100 120
352 v Huntingdon 485 v Spalding 369 v Quorn 395 v Holbeach 130 v Irchester 240 v Spalding
98 v Cogenhoe
96 v Peterborough NS
80 v Sleaford
51 v Desborough 67 v Blackstones 56 v Boston Town 58 v Newport Pagnell 42 v Boston Town 41 v Stewarts & Lloyds 35 v Newport Pagnell 36 v Stewarts & Lloyds 45 v Wellingborough 40 v Newport Pagnell
Deeping Rangers
1,980 1,909 1,802 1,723 1,639 1,505 1,436 1,408 1,332 1,280 1,249 1,159 1,091
99 100 95 129 90 135 86 100
Quorn
151 v St Ives 171 v St Ives
Peterborough Northern Star
Newport Pagnell Town
121 v Holbeach/St Ives
Yaxley
82
80
165 v St Ives
Sleaford Town Boston Town
75 102
146 v Holbeach 117 v Holbeach
72 70 67 64 62 58 47 41 31
88 72 97 67 64 76 64 68 44 62 81 67 54 67 50 56 48 56 33 50 52 45 39 69 22 -
Huntingdon Town
219 v St Ives
Blackstones
125 v Peterborough NS
30 v Harborough 45 v Boston Town
Desborough Town Harborough Town Cogenhoe United
101 v Harborough
96 v Shepshed
20 v Newport Pagnell
98 v Wellingborough
34 v Boston Town
Long Buckby
55 104
86 v Spalding 75 v St Ives 70 v Holbeach
19 v Stewarts & Lloyds 25 v Stewarts & Lloyds
AFC Kempston Rovers
930 817 621
Irchester United
20 v Harborough
Stewarts & Lloyds Corby
55 v Long Buckby
15 v Huntingdon/Sleaford
Division One AFC Rushden & Diamonds
9,795 544 292 2,629 146 155
827 v Oadby
319 v Rothwell Cor.
Oadby Town
511 v AFC Rushden & D.
47 v Burton PW
Rushden & Higham United
2,037 113 1,862 103
1,157 v AFC Rushden & D. 30 v Wootton
Eynesbury Rovers
452 v AFC Rushden & D. 814 v AFC Rushden & D. 567 v AFC Rushden & d. 513 v AFC Rushden & D. 581 v AFC Rushden & D. 400 v AFC Rushden & D. 448 v AFC Rushden & D. 416 v AFC Rushden & D. 361 v AFC Rushden & D. 560 v AFC Rushden & D. 256 v AFC Rushden & D. 280 v AFC Rushden & D. 514 v AFC Rushden & D. 353 v AFC Rushden & D. 417 v AFC Rushden & D. 384 v AFC Rushden & D.
48 v Raunds
Northampton Spencer Burton Park Wanderers
1,558 1,451 1,392 1,372 1,371 1,345 1,327 1,254 1,216 1,171 1,157 1,080
87 81 77 76 76 75 74 70 68 65 64 60 54 50 47
25 v Harrowby
32 v ON Chenecks
Olney Town
35 v Potton
Wellingborough Whitworth
30 v ON Chenecks
Bugbrooke St Michaels
10 v Rushden & Higham
Northampton ON Chenecks
28 v Rothwell Cor.
Buckingham Town
39 v Eynesbury/Thrapston 32 v Harrowby/Thrapston
Northampton Sileby Rangers
Raunds Town Bourne Town
15 v Thrapston
35 v ON Chenecks
Harrowby United
29 v Rushden & Higham
Potton United
14 v Bourne
Rothwell Corinthians
980 893 839
24 v ON Chenecks/N. Spencer
Thrapston Town
4 v Wootton 7 v Thrapston
Wootton Blue Cross
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LEAGUE KNOCKOUT CUP REVIEW: SPALDING WIN IN STYLE
Four of the league’s new clubs featured in the Preliminary Round draw and three of them made winning debuts in the competition. Martin Wormall scored twice in Harrowby’s 3-0 win over Wootton while AFC Rushden & Diamonds outgunned neighbours Whitworth with extra time goals from Deven Ellwood and Jack Wisniewski giving Diamonds a 5-3 victory. Another high scoring affair saw Oadby draw 4-4 with Raunds before progressing in a penalty shootout. Only casualties among the new boys were Shepshed, beaten 3-1 at Yaxley who had Ricky Hailstone and Luke Hipwell on target in extra time. Cogenhoe notched up the biggest Preliminary Round win, going nap against Buckingham, while St Ives kicked off their defence of the trophy with a 4-2 win over Blackstones, Karl Gibbs netting twice. Luke Bewers and Andy White gave Rothwell Corinthians a 2-0 verdict at Burton Park while the surprise of the round saw Harborough go through 2-0 at Boston Town with goals from Craig Jacobs and Jake Bettles. There were only four inter divisional ties in Round One, and the only giant killing was Oadby’s 2-1 success at Huntingdon with goals from Ollie Brown-Hill and Che Adams. A second Diamonds derby ended in shootout defeat to Wellingborough while two Tom Liversedge goals helped Cogenhoe win 4-2 at Potton and a TJ Nightingale goal in extra time saw Spalding subdue Northampton Spencer. Perhaps the surprise of the round was a 1-0 Rothwell Corinthians win over Sileby, Tom Judge the matchwinner, while Jean Dakouri’s hat trick gave Long Buckby a 5-2 verdict at Desborough only for Buckby to be expelled for playing an ineligible player! Two Adam Rothery goals helped Yaxley surprise hosts Newport Pagnell 4-2 while a lone Ricky Miller goal gave St Ives a 1-0 win at Irchester. A Craig Parker brace helped Holbeach beat Deeping 4-2 in the round’s top tie while newcomers Quorn progressed 1-0 at Sleaford, Liam Turner on target. Eynesbury, Bugbrooke, Thrapston and Rushden & Higham progressed at the expense of Division One rivals ON Chenecks, Olney, Harrowby and Bourne respectively while 2011 winners Peterborough Northern Star needed a shoo1tout to go through at Stewart & Lloyds. AFC Kempston were 3-1 winners at Harborough with Mark Bunker, Drew Phillips and Ash Windridge scoring in the final tie of the round. Second Round ties saw four inter divisional meetings and there were two upsets. Callum Noble’s extra time goal gave Thrapston a single goal success at Wellingborough while Jon Stevenson, Nick Pollard and Jake Duffy were on the scoresheet in Oadby’s 3-1 success at Quorn. Two ties went with the formbook, Andy Tidswell scoring twice in a 4-2 Holbeach success at Eynesbury and Adam Scotcher doing likewise in Peterborough Northern Star’s 5-1 romp against Rothwell Corinthians. David Cobb scored twice in holders St Ives’ 4-1 home defeat of Desborough, while Spalding saw off Cogenhoe 3-1 with Tony Battersby, Lee Canoville and Jamie Thurlbourne on the mark. Daryl Lawman and Craig Harrower scored in the space of minute to take Rushden & Higham through 2-0 at Bugbrooke while Yaxley needed a penalty shootout to progress after sharing four goals with AFC Kempston. The opening quarter final saw Oadby overcome fellow Division One hosts Thrapston 4-1 with Jon Stevenson scoring three, but they were the only lower grade side to progress as Rushden & Higham exited 4-2 to St Ives who had David Cobb on target twice. Spalding breezed past Peterborough Northern Star 4-0 with Lee Beeson, Dan Cotton, Lee Canoville and TJ Nightingale sharing the goals. The only upset of the round came at Holbeach where the Tigers’ double hopes were dashed by Luke Hipwell’s extra time goal which gave Yaxley a 1-0 Carters Park success. St Ives booked a place in a fourth successive final with a 3-0 home win over a shadow Oadby squad, Dan Banister netting twice in the first half before Guy Last completed the scoring. Yaxley almost produced another shock as Alex Lyon’s goal put them ahead against his old club but Miles Chamberlain rescued Spalding in the last minute and they held their nerve better in the shootout winning the penalty contest 3-0. Two days after being pipped to promotion by their final rivals, Spalding bounced back in style to beat St Ives 4- 0 and take the trophy to the Halley Stewart Field. Lee Beeson’s header from a corner after 27 minutes arrived against the run of play, but thereafter there was only one winner. Jamie Thurlbourne converted a Jack McGovern pass after 35 minutes and five minutes later Dan Cotton latched onto a Luke Kennedy flick to extend the Tulips’ advantage to three. Cotton turned provider a minute into added time to set up a Kieran Doherty tap in at the far post.
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