UCL Review 2012-13_9a2d718c

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