5 / 89
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.
5