FIXTURES - FEBRUARY 19th/23rd
Wednesday February 23rd
Southampton Senior Cup 3rd Round
Fawley AFC 2-1 Upham
Tuesday February 22nd
Russell Cotes Semi Finals
Brockenhurst 1-0 Moneyfields
Hamble Club 2-2 Eversley & California (4-3 on penalties)
Division One
Totton & Eling 0-5 Andover New Street
Southampton Senior Cup 1st Round
Comrades 0-6 Alresford Town
Southampton Senior Cup 3rd Round
Romsey Town 1-5 Winchester City
Saturday February 21st
Premier Division
Alton 4-2 Amesbury Town
Hamworthy United 3-0 Moneyfields
Division One
New Milton Town 2-3 Folland Sports
Storm Eunice was always going to cause a problem with the fixtures this weekend, but after the sad
Countrywide damage of Friday it resorted to something of a fickle nature on Saturday. Early to mid-morning
suggested that more games than had probably been expected would be played, with Clubs working hard on
their grounds and confident matches would be played. Then, in this part of the world, the north of the County
– and seemingly elsewhere - the rain started around one o’clock and settled in for a couple of hours causing a
mass of late postponements and some teams to have wasted journeys. Just to add insult to injury the sun
came out at three o’clock and shone down on a minimum of action with, finally, just three games played.
Two of the three were on the artificial pitches in the Premier Division at Alton and Hamworthy United, with both Clubs rewarded with decent attendance, the remaining game being at New Milton in Division One and plaudits that their pitch beat the weather.
Hamworthy defeated Moneyfields by three goals to nil with Billy Walker, Jack Lovell and Steve Devlin on target and moved four points clear of Horndean at the top of the table with a game in hand. At The Enclosure Alton were a goal down to Amesbury at half time but a virtual glut of goals in the second half saw the game end 4-2 in their favour. Oli Graham with two, Luke Perkins and George Bowerman scored for the home side, who moved up one place in the table to ninth, with Martin Buckland and Josh Carey on target for the visitors.
In Division One Follands were the visitors at New Milton and returned home with victory by the odd goal in five. Noel McCarthy-Gardiner and Tyrrell Sampson notched the home goals but Jake Long, Jamie White and Brad Johnson gave the visitors the points. Follands move up to second place at the congested head of the Division One table where Bemerton still lead by two points with a game in hand.
So a disappointing day overall and a lot of work for the efficient Fixtures Secretary. Thanks to all for the hard work in trying to get games played but a relief for all that these ramblings are much shorter than usual.
