FIXTURES - FEBRUARY 19th/23rd

Roger Allen • February 18, 2022

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.

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