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UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE REVIEW 2015/16

By Jeremy Biggs

CHROMASPORT & TROPHIES UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE REVIEW 2016 – CONTENTS Editorial 3 2015-16 Diary 4 League Review 9 League Tables 13 Results Grids 15 Attendances 18 League Knockout Cup 20 Reserve Knockout Cup 23 FA Cup 24 FA Vase 26 County Cups 28 Other Cups 29 Leading Goalscorers 30 Club Player of the Year Awards 32 League Awards 33 Sequences 34 Biggest Wins and Highest Scoring Matches 35 Hat Tricks 36 Fair Play and Respect Awards 37 Hospitality Awards 38 Club Reviews: AFC Kempston Rovers 39 Boston Town 40 Cogenhoe United 41 Deeping Rangers 42 Desborough Town 43 Eynesbury Rovers 44 Harborough Town 45 Harrowby United 46 Holbeach United 47 Huntingdon Town 48 Kirby Muxloe 49 Leicester Nirvana 50 Newport Pagnell Town 51 Northampton Sileby Rangers 52 Northampton Spencer 53 Oadby Town 54 Peterborough Northern Star 55 Rothwell Corinthians 56 Sleaford Town 57 Wellingborough Town 58 Wisbech Town 59 Yaxley 60 Blackstones 61 Bourne Town 62 Buckingham Town 63 Bugbrooke St Michaels 64 Burton Park Wanderers 65 Irchester United 66 Long Buckby 67 Lutterworth Athletic 68 Northampton ON Chenecks 69 Oakham United 70 Olney Town 71 Peterborough Sports 72 Potton United 73 Raunds Town 74 Rushden & Higham United 75 St Neots Town Saints 76 Stewarts & Lloyds Corby 77 Thrapston Town 78 Wellingborough Whitworth 79 Woodford United 80 Reserve & Under 21 Team Cup Results 81 Reserve Division Appearances and Goalscorers 82 Under 21 Division Appearances and Goalscorers 86 2

EDITORIAL

Welcome to the 2016 edition of the United Counties League Review. It is our 33 rd seasonal review and the fifth to appear in electronic form.

The 2015-16 campaign was a bitter sweet one in many respects. As always, the season will be remembered with fondness by those clubs which enjoyed on field success, but the backdrop to our football has been the struggles experienced by many clubs in these days of dwindling committees and often a lack of player commitment. The problems have been heightened by the disappearance of Northampton Spencer from our competition after 48 years. With many of the club’s senior members wishing to take a break after the best part of a lifetime running the Millers, the search for younger replacements proved unsuccessful and the inevitable outcome was closure for a club which for most of the last half century has been number two only to the Cobblers in the town. Spencer have faced extra burdens in comparison with many clubs, notably the regular floods which have engulfed the Kingsthorpe Mill ground, and more recently the problem of vandalism at a secluded location, but in some respects they are the tip of the iceberg, as manpower issues affect all clubs. Further sad news to report was the start or mid-season departures of no fewer than seven teams which held membership at the 2015 Annual General Meeting. The Potton second string failed to see it through pre-season and were followed early in the campaign by Huntingdon while four of the summer recruits to Under 21 football, Daventry, Stamford, Wellingborough and Bedford, joined the casualty list. Completing the early exits were St Neots Saints in Division One. One happy departure to report was that of AFC Kempston Rovers. After 63 years in membership of the league they go on to higher things in the form of promotion to the Southern League Central Division. That lengthy membership of our competition has seen as many downs as ups, but in recent seasons the Walnut Boys have made fast progress off the field, with facility improvements and the development of income streams to support a move into higher football. Good luck to them in the future, may they continue to thrive! The Walnut Boys were one of the 2015-16 campaign’s success stories, as were Leicester Nirvana who matched them stride for stride in the Premier title race and ON Chenecks who won promotion to the top flight for the first time. The team of the year though was Peterborough Sports who combined a title winning league campaign with a successful pursuit of silverware on three cup fronts. Few would bet against them making a big impact on their top flight bow in 2016-17! The league welcomes three new first teams in Division One. Daventry Town return after six years playing at higher levels. They have enjoyed some success but have found the costs of playing in a far flung league prohibitive and opted to regroup in a more local competition. We welcome two clubs on the up, promoted from step 7. Melton Town join us from the Leicestershire Senior League and Whittlesey Athletic from the Peterborough League. Both clubs have been consistent performers in their previous competitions and both will be playing on relatively new grounds. Some of our recent arrivals have been quick to enjoy success and these newcomers will no doubt be hoping to enhance their reputations.

After a recent decline in numbers reserve football seems to be on the way back with eighteen clubs starting the new season. A shortage of numbers has seen the Under 21 Division shelved for 2016-17.

We’ll be back in the summer of 2017 to review the events of the 2016-17 campaign. Enjoy your football and support your local clubs.

Jeremy Biggs League Press Officer and Registrations Director

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DIARY 2015-16

June Leicestershire FA approve a name change from Thurnby Nirvana to Leicester Nirvana following the club’s relocation….Former UCL referee Josh Smith becomes the youngest match official on the Football League….Former England striker Chris Sutton opens the Holbeach youth facilities at Penny Hill Road. July The release of the draws for the FA competitions see 28 clubs accepted for the FA Cup and 40 for the FA Vase….Peterborough Sports return to the FA Cup after a record 93 year absence….ON Chenecks and Oakham line up in the Vase for the first time….A benefit match for former Sleaford manager Kris Jones raises £4,700….Sileby’s annual friendly with Northampton Town sees the Cobblers run out 1-0 Fernie Fields winners….Wisbech collect two pre season trophies, the BKD Cup and Denis Harris Memorial Cup while Holbeach lift the Gerald Starling Memorial Cup….Rushden & Higham lose to AFC Rushden & Diamonds in the Chris Ruff Memorial Cup match…Former Liverpool and England legend Phil Neal opens the new Irchester dressing rooms before the Romans lose to Irchester Sports in the Irchester Charity Cup….Oakham’s ground is renamed Sterling Meadows as part of a sponsorship agreement….Eynesbury co-manager Matt Plumb steps down from dugout duties to become Rovers chairman…St Neots Saints appoint Lydia Bedford as the first female manager in the national league system….Newly appointed Woodford manager Darran Foster returns to Daventry with Arron Parkinson taking the Reds helm….Potton resign from the Reserve Division….The league’s first ever July match kicks off the ground hop with Yaxley winning 3-1 at Harborough in front of a record crowd for a competitive match at Bowdens Park. August The ground hop is completed with a total attendance of 1,238 across the four games, including 341 present for Oakham’s UCL bow against Buckingham….Kirby Muxloe open their new stand with a 3-0 friendly defeat against Crewe….Leicester Nirvana’s first match on the main pitch at Gleneagles Avenue sees them beaten 5-0 by a Notts County side….Buckingham beat an AFC Rushden & Diamonds side to win the James Victory Cup….On the first full day of the season there are top flight draws for newcomers Kirby Muxloe and Division One champions Northampton Spencer and a win for fellow promotees Rothwell Corinthians….Stewarts & Lloyds beat Bugbrooke to record a first win in 68 matches….Peterborough Northern Star rename their ground the Branch Brothers Stadium….FA Cup action sees a best ever 17 clubs progress through the Extra Preliminary Round with seven also successful in the Preliminary Round…..Deeping, Long Buckby and Peterborough Sports all claim higher grade scalps while other teams winning through two rounds are Cogenhoe, Holbeach, Oadby and Yaxley….Winning one tie are AFC Kempston, Harborough, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester Nirvana, Newport Pagnell, Northampton Spencer, Raunds, Sileby, Thrapston and Wisbech….Yaxley use their new 3G facility for the first time….Potton groundsman Ian Williscroft is highly commended in the FA Groundsman of the Year awards….James Daldy resigns as Whitworth manager with assistant Tommy Jaszczun taking the reins….Manager of the Month awards go to Ian Benjamin of Yaxley and Jimmy Dean of Peterborough Sports….Jake Newman of Wellingborough is the Goalscorer of the Month, his tally including a club record six goal haul against Huntingdon.

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September FA Cup 1 st Qualifying Round action sees Cogenhoe, Deeping and Oadby all claim higher grade scalps with Holbeach also progressing…..Peterborough Sports take step 3 Hitchin to extra time in their replay before bowing out….Our quartet all leave the Wembley trail in the 2 nd Qualifying Round….Holbeach’s Rick Drury scores a last minute leveller against Worcester to earn the Tigers a replay, in the process making social media headlines….A record crowd of 635 watch Deeping exit to AFC Rushden & Diamonds….FA Vase 1 st Qualifying Round action sees progress for AFC Kempston, Blackstones, Harrowby, Long Buckby, ON Chenecks, Potton, Rothwell Corinthians, Sileby, Sleaford, St Neots Saints and Wellingborough….Early Knockout Cup action sees wins for Division One duo Oakham and Olney at Premier pair Rothwell Corinthians and Harborough respectively….A Lincolnshire Senior Trophy upset sees Bourne put out top flight Harrowby….Blackstones record their biggest UCL win with a 13-1 romp against St Neots Saints…..Olney set a club record with a 17-0 win over MK Titans in the Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup….Ian Edge resigns as Huntingdon boss with Scott Witherall taking over….Jamie Wright calls time on his managerial tenure at Wellingborough with Craig Adams returning for a second spell at the helm….Dom Genovese resigns his post as joint boss at Peterborough Northern Star leaving Seb Hayes in sole control….Ian Walker resigns at Desborough….Raff Mazzarella leaves Bourne where Steve Wilson takes over as caretaker boss….Jimmy Simpson steps down at Burton Park where he is replaced by Luke Smith….Newport Pagnell manager Darren Lynch’s sponsored shave raises £1,850 for Rett Syndrome sufferer Jaycee May O’Connor…..Managerial award winners are Damion Quailey of Leicester Nirvana and Darren Staniforth of Potton….The Goalscorer of the Month accolade is shared by Lewis Leckie of Oakham and Addie Staffieri of Blackstones….Potton rename their ground ‘The Hutchinson Hollow’ in memory of former president Peter Hutchinson….Assistant referee John Clark makes his 1,000 th UCL appearance at the Desborough v Harborough Premier Division derby….Stamford resign from the Under 21 Division just three games into the season, followed shortly afterwards by Daventry. October AFC Kempston, Sileby and Sleaford progress to the Second Round of the FA Vase by winning two ties during the month….Blackstones, Cogenhoe, Eynesbury, Harrowby, Northampton Spencer and Raunds progress through the 2 nd Qualifying Round but bow out in Round 1 along with exempt club Wisbech….Wellingborough are removed from the League Knockout Cup after playing an ineligible player in their win over Long Buckby….The Knockout Cup meeting of Boston Town and Stewarts & Lloyds is abandoned after Foundrymen midfielder Alan Campbell suffers a broken leg….Reserve Knockout Cup holders Bugbrooke exit this season’s competition against Cogenhoe in a quarter final tie….Huntingdon end an eleven match losing start to the Premier Division season with a 1-0 success at Wisbech….Wellingborough withdraw from the Under 21 Division….Chris Bradshaw is appointed Desborough manager….Martin Field resigns as Eynesbury boss, Dave Northfield taking temporary charge….Craig Adams ends a brief second stint at the Wellingborough helm, Dave Williams taking over at the Dog & Duck….Managerial awards go to Holbeach’s Darren Jarvis and Jimmy Dean of Peterborough Sports whose striker Karl Gibbs is the Goalscorer of the Month. November FA Vase action sees Leicester Nirvana, Sleaford and Yaxley continue on the Wembley trail although exempt club Holbeach make a speedy exit….Peterborough Sports become the only club in the top ten levels of English football to boast a 100% record….St Neots Saints withdraw from Division One….Winless Huntingdon Reserves drop out of the Reserve Division….Wellingborough’s clubhouse is damaged by an arson attack at the ground….The Doughboys also undergo a third managerial change of the campaign with Dave Williams departing and senior player Jon Mitchell taking over….Thrapston manager Richard Scott leaves Chancery Lane….Mark Ducket is appointed Eynesbury manager….Yaxley hand Dom Genovese a Director of Youth Development role….John Clark calls time on his 41 year career as a match official due to health reasons….Manager of the Month awards go to Mark Angel of Boston Town and Jimmy Dean of Peterborough Sports….Karl Gibbs of Peterborough Sports wins his second successive Goalscorer of the Month award.

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December In the FA Vase 3 rd Round Sleaford win an all UCL tie against Yaxley while Leicester Nirvana go through at county rivals St Andrews….In the League Knockout Cup Peterborough Sports see off top flight neighbours Peterborough Northern Star….Oadby’s Ollie Brown-Hill scores six times in a 7-1 Knockout Cup success at Rushden & Higham….Burton Park collect their first win of the season in their 20 th game….17 year old Eynesbury striker Keinan Davis signs for Aston Villa….The managerial shock of the season so far sees Darren Jarvis dismissed at Holbeach where assistant Tom Roberts takes the reins….Ian Walker takes charge of Thrapston for a second time….After a lengthy spell as caretaker boss Steve Wilson’s appointment at Bourne becomes permanent…. Manager of the Month awards are won by AFC Kempston pair Jimmy Stoyles and Gary Flinn and Olney chief Steve Kuhne….Ben Foster of ON Chenecks is the Goalscorer of the Month. January League interest in the FA Vase ends at the Fourth Round stage….Leicester Nirvana’s first visit to Hereford is abandoned at half time but on their return to Edgar Street Nirvana are beaten 6-0 in front of a crowd of 2,842….Sleaford’s best ever run in the national competition ends with a 3-2 defeat at Sunderland RCA….Peterborough Sports claim another Premier scalp in the Knockout Cup winning at Oadby….Whitworth are reinstated in the Reserve Knockout Cup as Peterborough Northern Star fielded an ineligible player in their First Round win….Blackstones beat Boston Town to reach the Lincolnshire Senior Trophy final….Former UCL fixture secretary John Walker receives a presentation from the FA to mark his 50 year involvement in football….Blackstones apply for a Reserve Division return for 2016-17….Former UCL striker Conor Washington moves from Peterborough United to Queens Park Rangers….Scott Witherall resigns as Huntingdon boss….One time Desborough manager Stan Parker dies at the age of 85….Harborough are awarded a grant of £270,000 to assist in the funding of an artificial pitch….Stewarts & Lloyds obtain Charter Standard Community status….Anton Sambrook of Cogenhoe is the Premier Division Manager of the Month with Jimmy Dean of Peterborough Sports the lower grade top boss for the fourth time during the season….Cogenhoe’s Jack Bowen is the month’s top marksman. February After 21 successive Division One wins to start the season Peterborough Sports lose their unbeaten record at Long Buckby….Eynesbury thrash holders Godmanchester 4-0 to reach the Huntingdonshire Senior Cup final….Rothwell Corinthians’ best ever Northants Hillier Senior Cup run ends with a semi final defeat against Kettering….Peterborough Sports beat Weldon on penalties to reach the Northants Junior Cup final….Olney reach the Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup final…Oakham become the first Rutland club to reach the Leicestershire Senior Cup final….Wisbech progress to the Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup final….Peterborough Sports beat Yaxley to reach the Hinchingbrooke Cup final in their first season in the competition….Bedford resign from the Under 21 Division….One time Stotfold player in the UCL Darren Sarll is appointed manager of League Two Stevenage….Former UCL referee Stuart Burt is named as an assistant referee for the summer’s European Championship finals….Burton Park designate their match with Raunds as a memorial to young fan Jay Brewer, 371 spectators honour the youngster’s memory….Bob Warby becomes Huntingdon’s third manager of the season….Mark Angel resigns as Boston Town boss, assistant Jason Callaby stepping up…..Brett Whaley of Wisbech and Steve Wilson of Bourne are the month’s top managers….Northampton Spencer’s Ryan Ansell is the Goalscorer of the Month.

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March AFC Kempston set a new record for the longest unbeaten run in the top flight, before losing at Eynesbury on Easter Saturday in their 33 rd game of the season….The first champions of the season are Peterborough Sports who beat Thrapston on Easter Monday to win the Division One title with five games remaining….Peterborough Sports claim a third Premier scalp in Cogenhoe to reach their first League Knockout Cup final….Holbeach beat Wisbech in a Fenland derby to reach their third Knockout Cup final….Newport Pagnell reach a record fifth Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy final….Leicester Nirvana book a place in the Leicestershire Challenge Cup final….Cogenhoe and Rothwell Corinthians reach the Reserve Knockout Cup final…Desborough coach Dave Williams completes a 1,000 th game involvement as a manager or coach….Northampton Spencer chairman Graham Wrighting is to step down after 34 years in the chair at Kingsthorpe Mill….Bugbrooke part company with manager Chris Brown and appoint youth team boss Jon Inwood to the post for the rest of the season….Raff Mazzarella takes charge at Peterborough Northern Star, succeeding Seb Hayes….Lee Harriman resigns as Oadby manager, Owen Wright and Phil Wadsworth taking charge for the rest of the campaign….Brett Whaley resigns as Wisbech boss with Dick Creasey returning for the remainder of the season….Ian Benjamin quits as Yaxley manager….The latest milestone in Conor Washington’s career sees him appear for Northern Ireland and he scores the winner in his second game against Slovenia….Sleaford’s Harrison Allen makes the headlines after apologising for the break in tweets having gone on as a substitute for the Greens in their Easter Monday match with Boston Town…..Northern Premier League Daventry apply to drop to step 6 for the 2016-17 season….Manager of the Month awards are won by Nick Pollard of Harborough and John Cairns of Stewarts & Lloyds….Dan Cotton of Yaxley is the Goalscorer of the Month….The league’s transfer window closes with 235 moves recorded for the season….Irchester’s Ashlee Adebayo scores for a tenth successive Reserve Division match. April A thrilling finish to the Premier Division season sees AFC Kempston take the title as a 7-0 win over Boston Town edges them past Leicester Nirvana with a superior goal difference of two….ON Chenecks win 5-0 at Burton Park to take second place in Division One….Rushden & Higham are crowned Reserve Division champions with Raunds runners up….Rothwell Corinthians beat Cogenhoe 2-1 at Thrapston to win the Reserve Knockout Cup for the first time….Newport Pagnell lose 2-0 to Flackwell Heath in the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy final….Eynesbury go down 2-0 to St Ives in the Huntingdonshire Senior Cup final….Olney lose 2-1 to Risborough in the final of the Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup…Peterborough Northern Star beat Netherton 5- 0 in the Northants Junior Cup final….The Rushden & Higham second string beat Wellingborough Rising Sun 3-1 to win the Northants Lower Junior Cup….Kettering Elite equal a league record victory as they beat Yaxley 20-0 in the Under 21 Division….Brett Whaley rejoins Yaxley as manager….Steve Wilson is to leave Bourne at the end of the campaign…Chris Robson will vacate the Buckingham hot seat at season’s end….Anton Sambrook is to leave his managerial role at Cogenhoe at the end of the season….Tommy Jaszczun resigns as Whitworth boss….Dale Brunton leaves the Rushden & Higham hot seat….Northampton Spencer’s last first team home game in the league sees them beaten 1-0 by local rivals Sileby….Post match an overnight break in sees the clubhouse wrecked by vandalism.

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May Peterborough Sports make history as they become the first Division One winners of the League Knockout Cup, beating Holbeach in a penalty shootout….Blackstones lose on penalties to Winterton in the Lincolnshire Senior Trophy final at Sincil Bank….Oakham crash 5-1 to Hinckley AFC in the final of the Leicestershire Senior Cup….Leicester Nirvana beat step 3 Barwell 3-0 at the King Power Stadium to win the Leicestershire Challemge Cup for the first time….AFC Kempston beat higher grade Barton Rovers 2-1 in the North Beds Charity Cup final….Peterborough Sports win their fourth trophy of the season beating Peterborough Northern Star 4-1 to lift the Hinchingbrooke Cup at the first attempt….Blackstones become the first winners of the SRSN Daniels Cup beating Stamford Lions 3-2 in the final….Lions fare better in the Ancaster Cup final beating Bourne Reserves 4-2….Kettering Elite become the second winners of the Under 21 Division….Milton Keynes College win both the English Colleges FA league playoffs and cup….Twenty four players end the season with ever present appearance records….Leading goalscorers are Dan Cotton of Yaxley in the Premier Division, Avelino Vieira of Peterborough Sports in Division One, Ryan Kalla of Rushden & Higham in the Reserve Division and Niall Duffy of Kettering Elite and Sam Smith of AFC Kempston in the Under 21 Division….34,341 and 16,139 spectators watch the season’s Premier and First Division’s football respectively….Average in the top flight is 74 and in the lower grade 47….Wisbech are the best supported Premier club with Blackstones topping the Division One list….Monthly awards covering April and May go to managers Damion Quailey of Leicester Nirvana and Graham Cottle of ON Chenecks….Olney’s Jack Weeden wins the final Goalscorer of the Month award of the season….Potton win a Hospitality award double, taking both the Referee and Club accolades….Fair play awards go to the Peterborough Sports first team and Rushden & Higham second string….Yaxley win the Respect award….The Highest Aggregate of Goals trophy adds to Peterborough Sports’ array of silverware….Peterborough Northern Star win the Programme of the Year accolade….Potton’s Ian Williscroft is the inaugural winner of the league’s Groundsman of the Year award….Jimmy Dean of Peterborough Sports is named Manager of the Year….Matthew Morrison is Referee of the Year….Desborough stalwart John Lee is named Administrator of the Year….The Football Association release the league allocations for 2016-17….Champions AFC Kempston are promoted to the Southern League Central Division….Oadby and Huntingdon are reprieved from relegation after finishing in the bottom two of the Premier Division….Placed in Division One are Daventry Town following their voluntary demotion from the Northern Premier League and promoted pair Melton Mowbray and Whittlesey Athletic from the Leicestershire Senior and Peterborough Leagues respectively….Reserve teams joining the league are Blackstones, Desborough, Eynesbury, Lutterworth and Newport Pagnell….Steve Kuhne resigns as manager of Olney who make a speedy appointment in bringing Neil Griffiths back for a second spell at the helm…..Arron Parkinson steps down at Woodford and shortly afterwards is announced as co-manager of Daventry along with Andy Marks….Oakham unveil Seb Hayes as joint manager….Nathan Collins returns to Boston Town for a second spell in charge with Daryl Clare joining him in the Poachers management team….Gary Ollard is named as manager of Buckingham….Dick Creasey takes the Wisbech reins on a permanent basis after a spell in caretaker charge to end the season….Title winning Kettering Under 21 manager Mitch Austin takes charge at Bugbrooke….Tom Chapman is named Cogenhoe manager….Joe Featherstone is handed the Woodford reins….John Cairns leaves Stewarts & Lloyds after a year in charge….Tony Joynes leaves his post as co-manager of Harrowby to rejoin former club Newark….Two of the season’s top goals receive recognition with Rick Drury’s FA Cup goal for Holbeach making the Non League Paper goal of the season shortlist and a Chris Bacon strike for Wisbech in October a runner up in the Budweisrer Dream Goal competition. June Melton Mowbray change their name to Melton Town and appoint former Football League goalgrabber Tony Thorpe as manager….James Mallows takes the Whitworth reins….Rothwell Corinthians appoint Jim Scott as co- manager alongside Shaun Sparrow….Graham Chambers and Dave Clay are unveiled as new Oadby co- bosses….Ian Benjamin is named manager of Stewarts & Lloyds….Damion Quailey resigns as Leicester Nirvana manager to take charge at Northern Premier League Gresley….Wellingborough add Darren Collins to their backroom staff….Former Turks & Caicos national team manager Paul Crosbie joins the Huntingdon coaching staff….Former UCL hot shot Conor Washington plays for Northern Ireland in the Euro 2016 finals in France….Football CV Reds midfielder Lucas Panayi makes his senior debut for the Seychelles.

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LEAGUE REVIEW

PREMIER DIVISION: WALNUT BOYS PIP NIRVANA ON LAST DAY

One of the most exciting Premier Division championship races ever went the way of AFC Kempston who claimed the title by a margin of just two goals over Leicester Nirvana who finished as runners up for a second season in succession. The Walnut Boys set a record by going through their first 32 matches unbeaten until they suffered their only league reverse at Eynesbury on Easter Saturday. Eleven of those matches had been drawn though and those points lost meant they could never shake off the free scoring Nirvana outfit which spent the bulk of the season at the head of the table.

A key encounter in the title race saw ten men Kempston beat Nirvana 2-0 at Hillgrounds on 13 th February, goals from Sam Johnson and Josh Winters giving the Walnut Boys a vital three points.

Nirvana suffered home defeats against Wisbech and Sleaford in the next few weeks but Kempston’s Easter loss left the contest nicely balanced as the season moved into April, Nirvana a point clear from a game more.

Kempston dropped points in draws with Holbeach and Deeping but Nirvana did likewise at home to Northampton Spencer and with four games each to play the duo were level on points with Nirvana two goals better off. Two more wins each in the next week saw the sides level on goal difference with Nirvana’s advantage down to goals scored, but on 26 th April Nirvana plundered seven goals against Holbeach while the Walnut Boys could manage just three at home to Eynesbury. Going into the final day Kempston needed to better Nirvana’s result by a five goal margin to turn the tables and they duly completed the task with a 7-0 demolition of Boston Town while Nirvana were edging Eynesbury 2-1 at Hall Road. Newport Pagnell finished a distant third, fourteen points behind the top two, with Holbeach fourth, a further 13 points back. The Tigers had seemed contenders for much of the season but their prospects were ruined by a fixture backlog which saw them suffer seven successive defeats in April. Cogenhoe finished strongly to claim fifth place ahead of Eynesbury and Sleaford who both exceeded expectations finishing 6 th and 7 th respectively. Also outperforming expectations were Harborough who finished in the top half of the top flight for the first time, and Rothwell Corinthians who finished 14 th on their return to the Premier Division. Huntingdon hit the bottom of the table in their second game and never looked like escaping the basement. They lost their first eleven games before a shock 1-0 success at Wisbech on 6 th October. Eight days later they picked up their only home win by a single goal against Wellingborough, but thereafter their only reward came from home draws with Harrowby in February and Eynesbury in April. The second relegation place turned into a three team contest between Sileby, Wellingborough and Oadby. Eight defeats in their last ten matches saw the Poachers slide into the bottom two, six points adrift of the Doughboys who lost just four of their last eleven games. Sileby finished level on points with Wellingborough despite incurring a six point deduction for playing a player under suspension. Rangers had ended the season as one of the division’s form teams after collecting a 19 point haul from their final nine matches. Other clubs did not fulfil their potential with anticipated title challenges never materialising from Wisbech and Yaxley.

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DIVISION ONE: SPORTS DOMINATE THE DIVISION

The Division One season was dominated by Peterborough Sports who finished the campaign a massive 21 points clear of runners up ON Chenecks.

Jimmy Dean had assembled a formidable array of attacking talent at Lincoln Road and an opening match 9-0 rout of Irchester put down a marker for the season. It was October before Sports hit top slot though as another well fancied side Stewarts & Lloyds held pole position through most of September. Sports went top with another 9-0 win at Blackstones on 7 th October and were never headed thereafter. They extended their winning start to 21 games by the end of January, by which time their advantage at the top stood at 15 points. Hopes of a perfect Sports season were wrecked by a 3-0 defeat at Long Buckby on 13 th February and they were beaten in their next game at Stewarts & Lloyds as well. In reality the chasing pack were too far behind to mount a challenge and Sports duly won twelve of their last thirteen games. The title was clinched with a 1-0 home win over Thrapston on Easter Monday, Avelino Vieira scoring the title winning goal. The second promotion place came down to a two horse race between much changed Stewarts & Lloyds who included a number of players with Premier Division backgrounds and an ON Chenecks squad which had been playing together for a few years. Meetings between the pair ultimately proved crucial with a pair of 2-1 Chenecks wins at home in December and away in February accounting for the six point gap between the pair in the final table. Chenecks clinched second slot in their penultimate game, winning 5-0 at Burton Park with a Ben Lewington hat trick, Adam Spalding effort and Joe Lewington spot kick. Graham Cottle’s men lost just once in their last fourteen games and won their last six without conceding a goal.

The Foundrymen were left to rue late season points dropped against Thrapston, Oakham and Olney as they came up short in the final analysis.

Below the top three there was little between a raft of clubs with Olney pipping Bourne to fourth, Long Buckby and Potton also having good seasons without the consistency required to make serious challenges for a place in the top flight. In the lower reaches Burton Park finished well adrift after failing to win in their first nineteen games. A shock victory at Potton on the Saturday before Christmas broke their duck but they had to wait until April to add to their wins tally with home victories over Bugbrooke and Irchester.

The young St Neots Saints side looked set for another season of struggle, and they had just a single win to their name in sixteen matches when they submitted their resignation in late November.

A seventeen match sequence without victory condemned Bugbrooke to a second bottom finish, seven points adrift of Buckingham who failed to escape the bottom three from December onwards.

RESERVE DIVISION: ABBOTT STEERS LANKIES TO FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP

The Reserve Division proved the most competitive of the league’s four sections during 2015-16 and it was Rushden & Higham who found the necessary consistency to take the honours in a league in which any team seemed capable of beating any other.

New Lankies boss Wayne Abbott assembled a squad blending youth and experience and with a settled group of players the crown found its way to Hayden Road with eight points to spare.

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Rushden & Higham started the season with a six match unbeaten run while other fast starters were previous season’s strugglers Irchester who won their first three games and Whitworth who were also unbeaten in six to start the campaign.

Teams expected to do well included ON Chenecks, Olney and Raunds but all made slow starts. By the turn of the year though Chenecks and the Nurserymen were well in contention alongside Rushden & Higham.

2016 brought a change in fortunes for some of the title aspirants though. Chenecks lost their first four matches of the year while Olney picked up just a single point from the first nine available in the new year.

By contrast the Lankies kept winning but distractions in cup competitions saw them just a few points clear of their rivals, albeit with an increasing number of matches in hand.

Rushden & Higham’s eight match winning run ended in a goalless draw at Raunds on 5 th March, but as the season moved towards a close they maintained their long unbeaten run before clinching the title with a 2-0 success at Cogenhoe on 16 th April, Dan Turiccki and Ryan Kalla on the scoresheet. By season’s end their unbeaten run stood at 17 games, twelve of them victories.

Raunds came through the pack to take second place, reeling off eight successive wins in a fifteen match unbeaten run to finish six points clear of Olney who pipped Chenecks to third place on goal difference.

The league was close at the bottom end too with the bottom three separated on goal difference alone. Whitworth finished in the basement position behind Thrapston and Bugbrooke while Rothwell Corinthians pulled clear after just one reverse in their last six outings.

UNDER 21 DIVISION: FAST FINISHING POPPIES ELITE TAKE THE TITLE

The league’s second season of Under 21 Division football proved a difficult one. The campaign kicked off with sixteen teams and the original plan was for clubs to meet just the once with a possible expansion of games if the weather was kind.

The membership was soon to reduce though with Daventry and Stamford dropping out in September followed by Wellingborough in October. Early in the new year Bedford called it a day due to team raising problems.

This quartet had struggled in a division which saw a gulf in standard between the strongest and weakest teams, and through the season there were a number of high scoring games reflecting the strength and weakness of various clubs. Reigning champions Milton Keynes College Elite made a strong start in the defence of their crown, losing just once before the turn of the year, while Kettering Elite, runners-up in the inaugural season, took time to find their stride, picking up just two points from their first three games.

Two other second season clubs who had good first campaigns, AFC Kempston and Histon, both started well while Football CV Reds were the most improved second season side, winning six of their first seven matches.

Kettering Development looked the strongest of the new teams in the first half of the season, but slipped down the table as the season progressed.

Histon’s prospects were hit by the promotion of several of their starting squad to Southern League duties, and as the season progressed the title race developed into a four team contest.

Kempston suffered heavy defeats against Histon and Kettering Elite but the new year saw them come into their own, putting together an 11 match winning run which left them on the verge of the title. A March goal drought saw Football CV Reds fail to score in three games as they slipped out of contention while a nine week lay off all but wrecked MK College Elite’s chances of retaining the title. 11

Kettering Elite though, were proving a model of consistency after their indifferent start. County cup progress left them with ground to make up though and when they travelled to runaway leaders AFC Kempston on 23 rd April they trailed the Walnut Boys by thirteen points with five matches in hand. A win would have won the championship for Kempston but the Poppies shaded a feisty encounter 3-2 and went on to win their games in hand to clinch the crown with a 4-0 victory at MK College Elite on 14 th May, Niall Duffy scoring three and Jonny Joyce one. At the other end of the division Yaxley deserve credit for completing their fixtures despite some huge reverses. They lost all 22 matches, conceding 161 goals, but were unlucky to have wins over Wellingborough and Bedford expunged after their victims dropped out of the league.

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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.

AFC Kempston Rovers

42 17 4 0 58 10 11 9 1 53 21 28 13 1 111 31 42 14 4 3 63 21 17 0 4 66 30 31 4 7 129 51 42 14 4 3 57 25 12 1 8 37 29 26 5 11 94 54

97 97 83 70 69 68 68 66

Leicester Nirvana

Newport Pagnell Town

Holbeach United Cogenhoe United Eynesbury Rovers Sleaford Town Wisbech Town Kirby Muxloe Deeping Rangers Harborough Town

42 13 2 6 57 29 42 11 5 5 38 31 42 11 2 8 31 21 42 14 3 4 50 30 42 10 5 6 37 24 42 10 7 4 48 28 42 11 1 9 33 30 42

8 5 8 37 34 21 7 14 94 63 9 4 8 32 36 20 9 13 70 67 9 6 6 33 27 20 8 14 64 48 7 2 12 33 39 21 5 16 83 69

9 4 8 35 31 10 5 6 47 37 19 9 14 82 68

9 3 9 26 34 19 8 15 63 58 -3 62

6 5 10 33 36 16 12 14 81 64 7 5 9 24 29 18 6 18 57 59

60 60

Yaxley

42 9 6 6 60 41 10 1 10 33 38 19 7 16 93 79 -6 58

Northampton Spencer Rothwell Corinthians

42 42

7 3 11 33 36 8 3 10 34 38

9 6 6 41 45 16 9 17 74 81 9 2 10 26 29 17 5 20 60 67 5 5 11 25 45 16 7 19 64 79 7 1 13 35 55 14 6 22 76 92 4 4 13 27 44 13 8 21 70 84 4 4 13 31 67 13 8 21 70 102

57 56 55 48 47 47

Desborough Town

42 11 2 8 39 34

Boston Town

42 42 42 42 42 42 42

7 5 9 41 37 9 4 8 43 40 9 4 8 39 35 7 7 7 47 43 7 2 12 34 40 5 2 14 31 45 1 2 18 13 72

Peterborough Northern Star

Harrowby United

Northampton Sileby Rangers

5 3 13 31 51 12 10 20 78 94 -6 40

Wellingborough Town

4 5 12 23 50 11 7 24 57 90

40 34

Oadby Town

4 5 12 35 44 1 0 20 13 101

9 7 26 66 89 2 2 38 26 173

Huntingdon Town

8

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.

Peterborough Sports

36 18 0 0 74 8 15 0 3 66 16 33 0 3 140 24 36 14 2 2 46 19 10 4 4 43 21 24 6 6 89 40 36 12 4 2 37 16 10 2 6 35 24 22 6 8 72 40

99 78 72 58 57 57 55 49 48 47 47 41 38 37 30 23 12

Northampton ON Chenecks Stewarts & Lloyds Corby

Olney Town Bourne Town Long Buckby Potton United Raunds Town Thrapston Town

36 11 2 5 54 42 36 10 4 4 41 27

8 3 7 35 31 19 5 12 89 73 -3 59 6 6 6 29 36 16 10 10 70 63 8 2 8 31 33 17 6 13 70 51 8 2 8 39 30 18 3 15 61 52 6 6 6 26 31 15 10 11 69 69 6 6 6 37 36 13 10 13 70 62 5 4 9 29 44 14 6 16 69 79 5 5 8 28 39 12 11 13 65 71 7 2 9 39 45 13 8 15 67 75 8 3 7 32 38 12 5 19 63 86 4 7 7 25 34 10 8 18 63 84 3 3 12 23 48 10 7 19 58 86 8 1 9 29 33 14 9 13 64 70 -3 48

36

9 4 5 39 18

36 10 1 7 22 22

36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36

9 4 5 43 38 7 4 7 33 26 6 8 4 35 37 9 2 7 40 35 7 6 5 37 32 6 6 6 28 30 4 2 12 31 48 6 1 11 38 50 7 4 7 35 38 2 7 9 26 37 3 4 11 18 35 2 0 16 14 49

Blackstones

Lutterworth Athletic

Oakham United

Rushden & Higham United

Woodford United

Wellingborough Whitworth

Irchester United Buckingham Town

5 2 11 25 44 2 4 12 20 51 1 3 14 16 57

7 9 20 51 81 5 8 23 38 86 3 3 30 30 106

Bugbrooke St Michaels Burton Park Wanderers

St Neots Town Saints withdrew, record expunged St Neots Town Saints 16 0 0 7 11 33

1 2 6 13 35

1 2 13 24 68

5

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Reserve 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.

Rushden & Higham United

26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26

9 3 1 38 13 6 4 3 25 26 6 4 3 21 18 7 1 5 29 18 6 2 5 18 20 8 1 4 34 25 6 3 4 27 25 7 2 4 38 25 2 4 7 16 25 4 3 6 24 22 3 4 6 24 30 5 0 8 29 24 3 1 9 25 33 4 2 7 24 33

8 4 1 28 18 17 7 2 66 31 9 1 3 26 15 15 5 6 51 41 7 1 5 27 17 13 5 8 48 35 7 1 5 27 26 14 2 10 56 44 5 5 3 32 23 11 7 8 50 43 4 2 7 22 31 12 3 11 56 56 5 3 5 19 26 11 6 9 46 51

58 50 44 44 40 39 39 31 30 26

Raunds Town Olney Town

Northampton ON Chenecks

Northampton Spencer

Harborough Town Irchester United

Peterborough Northern Star

5 0 8 27 36 12 2 12 65 61 -4 34

Cogenhoe United

6 3 4 25 26 5 0 8 26 32 3 4 6 22 30 2 4 7 15 24 4 2 7 21 24 2 4 7 20 44

8 7 11 41 51 9 3 14 50 54 6 8 12 46 60

Bourne Town

Rothwell Corinthians Bugbrooke St Michaels

7 4 15 44 48 -1 24

Thrapston Town

7 3 16 46 57 6 6 14 44 77

24 24

Wellingborough Whitworth

Huntingdon Town withdrew, record expunged

Huntingdon Town

7

0 1 4 2 41

0 0 2 2 13

0 1 6

4 54

1

Under 21 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.

Kettering Town Elite AFC Kempston Rovers

22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22

9 2 0 69 8 9 1 1 51 14 8 1 2 37 15 8 1 2 46 25 6 1 4 27 34 4 2 5 35 24 7 1 3 43 15 4 3 4 17 21 5 0 6 18 37 4 0 7 23 23 1 1 9 12 28 0 0 11 13 75

9 1 1 50 18 18 3 1 119 26 8 0 3 39 23 17 1 4 90 37 6 1 4 18 18 14 2 6 55 33 4 2 5 28 17 12 3 7 74 42

57 52 44 39

Football CV Reds

Milton Keynes College Elite AFC Rushden & Diamonds

5 1 5 27 21 11 2 9 54 55 -1 34

Eynesbury Rovers

4 4 3 31 22

8 6 8 66 46

30

Histon

4 0 7 24 39 11 1 10 67 54 -4 30

Kettering Town Development 22

4 1 6 27 37 4 1 6 24 33 4 2 5 28 37 2 0 9 19 40 0 0 11 4 86

8 4 10 44 58 9 1 12 42 70 8 2 12 51 60

28 28 26

Desborough Town Mildenhall Town

3 1 18 31 68 -3

7 0

Milton Keynes College Development

Yaxley

0 0 22 17 161

Bedford, Daventry Town, Stamford and Wellingborough Town withdrew, records expunged

Bedford

13

1 0 5 8 21 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 2 3 13 1 0 2 5 7

0 0 7 11 31 1 0 1 4 16 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 3 7 13

1 0 12 19 52

3 3 0 4

Daventry Town

3 3 7

1 0 2 0 0 3

5 23 4 19

Stamford

Wellingborough Town

1 1 5 12 20

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RESULTS

Premier Division

KemBosCogDeeDesEynHarHbyHolHun Kir LeiNew Sil NSOadPet Rot SleWelWisYax xxx 7-0 3-1 2-1 3-0 3-0 0-0 3-2 1-1 9-0 5-0 2-0 2-0 3-1 1-1 1-1 4-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 2-1 3-0 0-2 xxx 1-3 0-2 1-3 2-2 1-0 5-1 0-1 6-1 1-1 2-3 3-2 2-2 2-3 4-2 1-3 0-1 3-3 2-1 1-1 4-0 3-3 5-0 xxx 2-1 2-1 0-0 2-0 1-4 1-5 3-0 0-0 4-3 1-4 2-1 3-1 2-4 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 3-1 2-1 1-1 1-3 3-0 xxx 0-0 0-2 0-0 7-3 1-3 7-2 0-1 3-2 1-0 1-1 5-1 1-0 4-2 1-1 1-1 5-1 2-2 4-2 0-2 4-3 2-0 0-1 xxx 2-2 2-4 6-1 1-0 4-0 1-3 2-4 0-2 2-1 0-4 3-2 1-0 0-1 2-1 3-0 1-1 3-2 2-1 0-1 0-0 4-2 1-0 xxx 4-0 2-0 0-0 6-0 1-0 1-2 0-3 1-3 0-1 2-1 0-1 2-1 1-2 2-1 1-0 1-2 1-6 1-1 3-0 1-0 2-0 0-3 xxx 2-0 0-1 4-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 1-0 4-0 3-1 3-2 2-1 2-0 1-2 1-5 1-3 0-2 5-2 1-1 3-0 1-1 2-2 0-2 xxx 0-3 3-0 1-0 1-6 1-4 6-0 3-0 1-3 3-2 0-2 3-1 3-0 1-1 1-3 3-3 1-2 4-2 3-1 3-1 1-3 5-0 2-0 xxx 3-1 4-0 1-2 1-2 4-0 2-2 3-2 4-2 1-2 2-0 5-0 5-3 0-1 0-7 1-4 1-2 0-3 2-4 1-1 0-3 0-0 1-5 xxx 1-2 1-8 2-3 0-5 0-5 0-4 0-1 1-3 0-3 1-0 1-6 0-3 1-2 1-0 1-4 0-0 8-0 2-1 2-1 5-0 3-2 3-0 xxx 0-3 0-2 4-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 3-1 3-0 0-0 0-3 0-2 2-2 3-0 5-1 1-1 6-1 0-2 2-0 5-0 7-0 2-1 1-0 xxx 5-1 4-0 2-2 0-0 4-2 3-2 2-3 4-1 1-2 4-0 1-1 4-3 1-1 1-0 4-2 2-1 1-2 7-1 3-1 8-0 1-0 2-4 xxx 2-2 7-0 2-1 3-2 2-0 2-0 2-2 0-1 2-1 0-4 4-1 2-3 4-4 1-1 1-1 1-1 4-4 1-1 7-2 2-2 3-4 0-1 xxx 1-2 2-1 3-2 3-1 3-2 1-2 3-1 1-3 1-1 2-1 0-1 3-2 1-4 2-3 0-1 1-1 3-2 7-0 1-2 0-3 0-0 0-1 xxx 2-0 2-1 1-3 4-2 1-2 1-2 1-4 0-4 1-3 1-3 3-1 1-2 1-2 2-3 1-2 2-3 4-0 0-2 1-5 0-1 3-1 1-0 xxx 2-2 1-2 2-1 1-1 2-4 2-3 1-1 2-3 1-2 4-1 2-2 2-3 1-0 4-5 0-0 2-1 2-1 1-4 2-1 4-3 2-3 4-3 xxx 0-1 3-1 1-1 2-4 3-0 1-3 1-3 1-1 1-4 2-1 3-0 2-1 5-1 2-1 3-0 1-3 1-3 0-2 3-4 1-1 1-1 1-0 xxx 1-3 1-3 2-3 1-0 0-3 3-1 4-2 0-3 1-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 2-2 7-2 4-1 1-0 3-2 1-0 4-6 1-2 3-1 1-0 xxx 4-0 3-3 4-0 1-2 3-1 0-3 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-3 3-2 2-1 8-0 2-3 2-3 3-4 3-2 1-2 1-1 0-1 2-0 1-5 xxx 0-3 0-2 2-2 3-2 1-0 1-3 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 2-1 0-1 3-0 0-2 3-2 1-2 1-2 5-3 4-1 2-0 1-3 3-2 xxx 1-1 1-1 3-1 1-2 2-2 3-0 0-3 3-2 2-2 2-4 5-1 3-4 1-3 2-0 4-0 4-4 6-3 2-2 2-2 1-2 8-3 5-0 xxx BlaBouBucBugBur IrcLon LutONCOakOlnPetPotRauRus Ste ThrWhiWoo SNS xxx 2-2 1-1 3-1 1-0 4-2 0-2 0-3 3-3 3-3 6-1 0-9 2-2 0-0 1-1 3-2 2-4 0-0 4-1 13-1 1-0 xxx 3-0 3-0 6-1 4-2 2-0 2-3 1-0 5-0 3-2 1-4 0-3 0-3 2-1 2-2 2-2 3-3 1-1 3-1 1-1 4-2 xxx 1-1 0-0 1-0 2-4 3-3 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-3 2-4 2-4 2-3 1-3 2-3 1-1 0-1 1-2 1-2 0-1 xxx 2-1 2-3 0-2 1-1 0-3 1-3 0-2 1-6 2-1 0-0 2-3 0-2 2-2 1-1 2-0 1-2 2-3 0-2 1-2 2-1 xxx 3-1 0-2 1-2 0-5 2-3 0-3 0-1 1-6 1-3 0-1 0-3 0-3 1-2 0-6 0-2 1-2 1-0 3-3 3-2 xxx 2-2 2-2 0-2 5-2 1-0 1-7 0-3 2-0 3-4 3-1 4-1 2-2 2-3 4-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 2-1 4-0 3-0 xxx 6-0 2-3 3-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 4-0 4-1 0-1 1-1 1-3 1-2 2-2 1-2 4-2 2-1 1-3 3-0 2-1 1-1 xxx 1-4 3-3 2-3 0-1 2-1 3-1 5-3 3-5 2-1 3-0 2-3 1-0 3-1 3-2 6-2 4-0 3-2 2-1 2-1 2-0 xxx 1-2 4-3 2-0 2-0 2-2 4-0 2-1 3-0 1-1 0-1 2-0 2-2 5-2 3-3 4-1 2-2 2-0 2-1 2-2 xxx 1-2 1-5 1-0 2-2 3-1 0-2 2-2 1-2 2-3 3-3 0-2 0-1 5-4 5-0 6-0 6-2 5-3 3-2 3-2 2-1 xxx 0-7 2-3 0-2 5-3 1-0 4-4 4-3 3-3 2-1 5-0 7-0 6-1 5-2 9-0 5-0 5-1 2-1 2-0 2-0 xxx 2-0 5-1 3-0 1-0 1-0 5-1 7-0 2-1 0-1 2-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-3 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 0-4 xxx 2-2 0-4 2-1 4-0 2-0 0-1 3-2 5-2 1-3 3-3 3-0 4-3 1-5 1-1 0-0 4-0 1-5 1-2 5-4 xxx 4-3 1-1 1-2 2-0 3-2 1-2 2-2 3-2 4-1 1-1 1-3 0-1 2-1 0-3 2-0 1-1 0-3 2-2 0-0 xxx 1-2 3-2 2-2 3-2 4-3 3-0 3-3 1-0 2-0 4-2 3-1 4-0 3-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-2 3-1 xxx 0-0 1-0 3-1 4-1 2-1 1-2 3-1 0-0 1-1 3-1 6-0 0-2 1-3 2-4 1-2 1-2 3-1 1-1 0-3 xxx 3-0 1-1 4-1 4-3 1-2 3-4 2-0 7-2 0-0 2-1 1-3 1-6 0-3 0-3 1-5 3-4 4-2 1-3 2-3 2-5 xxx 4-1 2-4 0-0 1-0 4-0 5-1 0-1 2-3 3-5 2-3 1-1 3-1 1-6 1-4 0-1 2-6 2-3 1-5 1-4 xxx

AFC Kempston Rovers

Boston Town

Cogenhoe United Deeping Rangers Desborough Town Eynesbury Rovers Harborough Town Harrowby United Holbeach United Huntingdon Town

Kirby Muxloe

Leicester Nirvana

Newport Pagnell Town

Northampton Sileby Rangers

Northampton Spencer

Oadby Town

Peterborough Northern Star

Rothwell Corinthians

Sleaford Town

Wellingborough Town

Wisbech Town

Yaxley

Division One

Blackstones Bourne Town

Buckingham Town

Bugbrooke St Michaels Burton Park Wanderers

Irchester United

Long Buckby

Lutterworth Athletic

Northampton ON Chenecks

Oakham United

Olney Town

Peterborough Sports

Potton United Raunds Town

Rushden & Higham United Stewarts & Lloyds Corby

Thrapston Town

Wellingborough Whitworth

Woodford United

St Neots Town Saints

2-5

2-6 2-4 0-2

1-8

1-3

3-5

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RESERVE DIVISION RESULTS & MATCH DATES

Reserve Division

BouBugCogHar IrcONC NSOln PetRauRotRus ThrWhi m26f27m12A22o17 a9n14 s5m30j30n28 s12 s26 xxx 2-1 1-1 1-1 4-5 1-2 1-0 1-3 3-1 0-2 2-2 1-2 1-2 6-0 a30 a23n21 f27o24a14m12d19 A7n28 m3 s26 a2 0-3 xxx 1-2 3-4 0-1 1-4 2-3 2-1 4-1 4-1 5-2 0-1 0-1 7-0 j23o10 a9 f13d19m29s26n14n28m19a16A14 A8 3-2 1-1 xxx 3-1 0-2 1-2 2-4 1-3 3-4 0-2 0-0 0-2 1-1 1-1 3-1 2-0 2-1 xxx 0-1 4-3 2-2 3-1 2-4 3-2 3-1 2-4 2-4 6-1 f20 j23o17o31 f6o24n28d12a16 m5m29a23m19 2-1 3-3 0-0 3-2 xxx 3-1 1-4 2-3 4-2 1-2 1-5 1-1 3-0 3-1 m19m5 s12 a6 o3 f13m16s19 a2 f27 j2n28d12 3-1 2-0 1-1 1-2 4-0 xxx 3-4 0-2 5-2 0-2 4-0 2-4 1-0 3-0 n21o31A22 d5 a2 j23 d12a16a23o17A15 f6 s12 1-0 1-1 2-3 3-0 3-1 2-1 xxx 1-4 1-0 2-0 2-2 0-2 0-4 0-2 A15 s12n21 f20d19 d5m26 j16o24 s5 o3 j30 j2 1-3 3-1 2-1 1-0 2-1 1-3 1-1 xxx 1-2 0-0 1-1 4-2 2-1 2-2 6-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 4-0 4-1 2-2 3-1 xxx 0-3 1-2 3-3 4-3 5-1 s19 a9A29 j23 s12n21m19A22f13 o10 m5d12 f20 2-6 2-0 1-4 5-4 3-3 1-4 2-0 1-1 1-0 xxx 2-0 0-0 2-1 3-3 o24A22a27m22a13m12 a6a30 s12m26 a23 a2m30 4-5 1-2 3-2 0-0 2-2 1-2 1-1 0-3 4-2 3-5 xxx 2-2 1-0 2-4 o10A29m12d19n21o31 f20 f27 a9o17 A8 m19 s5 2-0 0-0 8-1 5-0 4-1 5-1 2-1 1-0 3-1 0-1 2-1 xxx 3-3 3-3 d5a16o30o10A28 f20 m5 j23o17m23d19s18 n21 1-2 2-3 1-2 1-2 0-2 2-3 4-4 2-1 2-3 0-3 6-4 1-2 xxx 3-2 m5o17 d5a30 s19A29d19 a9 j30a12 o3m26A21 4-1 2-1 2-4 4-3 0-0 0-0 0-6 0-4 3-5 2-3 1-2 2-3 4-1 xxx a2m19m5 A8m30f26a23m26 s5 s26 s12 f13o24 a23 f20 f6A29 d5A22 o3 A8 f27n21a30m12j23

Hun

Bourne Town

Bugbrooke St Michaels

o24 9-1

Cogenhoe United

Harborough Town

Irchester United

Northampton ON Chenecks

Northampton Spencer

s19 4-1

Olney Town

Peterborough Northern Star

Raunds Town

Rothwell Corinthians

Rushden & Higham United

Thrapston Town

Wellingborough Whitworth

A15

A8o10 1-1 0-13

s26

A29

Huntingdon Town

1-9

0-6

xxx

0-12

A = August, a = April

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UNDER 21 DIVISION RESULTS & MATCH DATES

Under 21 Division

KemRDDesEynFCV His KD KE MilMD MEYax s12n28 n7n14 a9 o3a23 j2n21m26f20 xxx 2-0 3-0 2-2 4-2 9-2 4-2 2-3 5-1 5-1 4-1 11-0

BedDav StaWel

j30 3-0

AFC Kempston Rovers

f27

s26m19n21o10d19 j2 f13 j30o24d12

s19

AFC Rushden & Diamonds

1-4 xxx 1-4 2-1 2-1 2-1 3-3 3-6 4-3 4-3 0-6 5-2

14-0

m12 a2

a30 M7d19A29 f13 o3M14 m26 s19

o10 2-1 s26 2-1

Desborough Town

2-8 2-1 xxx 4-8 1-2 3-2 0-4 0-6 1-5 1-0 w-l 4-1

2-0 f6 6-1

j23 s5o17

m12a16d12M7 a9 s12 f20n21

Eynesbury Rovers

1-2 2-2 6-3 xxx 0-0 2-5 3-2 1-4 1-2 2-3 2-1 15-0

m19j16 s12 o3

j30 d5o10 f27 s26d12 n7

Football CV Reds

0-2 5-1 2-1 3-2 xxx 2-0 4-2 2-4 2-1 5-0 1-1 11-1 o24a30 f6 j9o17 f20 s5n21 M7 o3 a2 5-1 2-3 10-2 0-2 1-2 xxx 6-0 3-0 1-1 5-0 6-4 4-0 a2m26M3a23M14s26 n28m19o10 o31 1-4 1-0 0-2 2-2 0-2 0-2 xxx 4-4 3-3 3-2 w-l 3-0 5-1 4-2 5-0 1-1 2-0 12-0 5-1 xxx 11-0 1-0 3-3 20-0 s5o17 j23n14n28m26s19 a2 a30 M7 2-4 0-1 1-4 3-0 0-2 2-1 2-5 2-4 xxx 6-2 l-w 5-0 1-5 1-5 1-1 1-2 l-w 1-3 1-2 0-4 0-1 xxx 1-5 5-0 s26a23 f27o10 m5 d5a30M14o31n14 m19 4-3 1-6 3-1 3-3 7-0 5-1 8-1 0-4 8-4 4-2 xxx 3-0 f6 j9a16 f27a23n14m12s26d19 f13n28 1-5 1-6 1-6 1-8 1-7 1-7 1-5 1-11 1-7 4-6 0-7 xxx d19 o3n14A29a30m12a27 f20m19s19 a9 j16n28M21m26 s19M17o24a23 a4o17

Histon

n21 2-0

s12 s5 6-1 2-2

Kettering Town Development

Kettering Town Elite

j9 4-3 o3 6-4

Mildenhall Town

Milton Keynes College Development

s12 7-3

Milton Keynes College Elite

d5 8-3

Yaxley

o10 1-4

d12n28 1-5 1-2

n7 0-7 s12 1-7

s12 2-3

j2 3-0

Bedford

xxx

Daventry Town

xxx

s12 1-9

s5

Stamford

2-4 xxx

s19 0-3

o24 4-2

o3 1-2

Wellingborough Town

xxx

A = August, a = April, m = March, M = May

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