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.
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