FIXTURES - FEBRUARY 5th
Premier Division
AFC Portchester 9-0 Christchurch
Alresford Town 0-1 Shaftesbury (Match report)
Baffins Milton Rovers 3-1 Amesbury Town
Bashley 3-1 Alton
Blackfield & Langley 2-1 Horndean
Bournemouth 2-4 Brockenhurst
Fareham Town 0-5 AFC Stoneham
Hamworthy United 8-1 Hamble Club
Moneyfields 1-3 Hythe & Dibden
Portland United 3-3 Cowes Sports
Division One
Bemerton Heath Harlequins 3-0 Petersfield Town (Match report)
Downton 3-0 Whitchurch United
East Cowes Vics 1-3 Romsey Town
Fleet Spurs 1-4 New Milton Town (Match report)
Folland Sports 2-1 Andover Town
Infinity P-P Laverstock & Ford
Millbrook 1-7 Andover New Street (Match report)
Newport IoW 3-0 Ringwood Town
Totton & Eling 0-2 Ash United
Verwood Town 4-2 Fawley AFC
Plenty of goals yesterday, especially in the Premier Division, and also a change at the top of the Premier Division table. Leaders Horndean went down 2-1 to Blackfield & Langley on the Waterside thanks to goals from Owen Fee and Luke Gray outweighing a single effort from Ash Howes, leaving Hamworthy United with the chance to take over the number one spot. The Hammers surprisingly dropped two points in midweek but there were no problems this time round as two goals apiece from Matt Neale and Bailey Rowe added to singles from Eddie Hodge, Max Wilcock, Cameron Munn and Steve Devlin gave them an 8-1 victory over Hamble Club for whom Ryan Wilkins notched the solitary consolation.
Brockenhurst kept in touch with a 4-2 success at Bournemouth, a double from Mitch Speechley-Price adding to goals from Kieran O’Donnell and Christie Ward while Kyle Graham and Sami Garcia were on target for the Poppies. After a poor run of results Baffins Milton Rovers returned to winning ways, beating bottom Club Amesbury Town 3-1. Ed Sanders, Alex Przespolewski and Tommy Scutt secured the three points with Josh Moore the Wiltshire side’s goal scorer. Bashley, very much one of the form sides at present, marched on with Bue Bennett, Adam Grange and Lewis Ross giving them a 3-1 win over Alton for whom Oli Graham was on the scoresheet.
Fareham’s propensity for both scoring and conceding goals surfaced again as they went down 5-0 to a rampant AFC Stoneham at Cams Alders. Duarte Martins with two, Scott Hills, Will Wiseman and Jim Orvis completing the nap hand with the home side’s only consolation being the best attendance of the day - 240. AFC Portchester were the day’s highest scorers, hitting nine without reply against Christchurch with the attendance, as at Fareham, over the 200 mark. Regular scorers Rafa Ramos and Lee Wort led the way with four and three respectively and Brad Lethbridge and Harvey Aston were also on the mark.
Shaftesbury made the long journey to Alresford and returned home with all three points thanks to a Gary Bowles goal and Portland United and Cowes Sports shared six goals with both sides probably happy with a point. Troy Walbridge, Ben Morris and Oli Lowes were the home marksmen with the Cowes response coming from Jack Barsdell, Ji Nash and an own goal. With all respect to those already mentioned possibly the result of the day in the Division was Hythe & Dibden’s 3-1 win at Moneyfields. Filippos Terzidis, Sam Woodward and Ben Slade were the happy goalscorers with Tyler Moret the Moneys marksman.
Bemerton Heath continue to lead Division One after second half goals from Cameron Roach, Danny Young and Jake Burgess gave them a 3-0 win over Petersfield at Moon Park and Newport regained second spot with a similar score line against Ringwood Town - Jordan Browne, Joe Craig and Joe Butcher on target. The clash between Folland Sports and Andover Town ended with a best of three goals win for the home side with goals from new signing Jamie White and Fabio Manuel, one of which was in the last minute, after Brendan Holmes had given the away side the lead.
Andover New Street were the highest scorers and also possessed the day’s top individual scorer as they won 7-1 at Millbrook. Mark Barker gave the home side the lead but Reece Rusher with five, Chris Flood and Joe Rogers made it a comfortable afternoon for the visitors at a windy Test Park. Both Romsey and Downton came back from midweek defeats with victories. Romsey crossed to the Island and defeated East Cowes Vics 3-1 with two goals from Ollie Jenkins and one from Owen Holloway proving too much for the lone Vics strike from Keiron Hancock. Downton completed the double over Whitchurch in the second meeting between the two clubs in ten days, scoring three without reply through Shaun Prentice two and Sam Howe.
Verwood gained a welcome three points with a 4-2 defeat of Fawley at Potterne Park with Ollie Davies two, Matt Vining and Jack Broad their scorers. Dylan Knight claimed both the Oilers goals. Finally, no joy for either of the bottom two clubs as they both lost at home. Fleet Spurs found New Milton too strong as Charlie Turner (2), Chris Long and Noel McCarthy-Gardiner gave the visitors a 4-1 win - Tom White claiming the lone Spurs goal. They remain above Totton & Eling on goal difference with the Millers losing to goals for Ash United from Luke Cains and Zak Aubrey Simpson while failing to trouble the scorers themselves.
So Hamworthy United and Bemerton Heath lead the way after the first Saturday in February with the final straight just over the horizon.
