FIXTURES - FEBRUARY 8th/9th

Tuesday February 8th

Hampshire Senior Cup Quarter Final

Eastleigh  2-1  Andover Town

Premier Division

Alresford Town  1-3  Bashley

Bournemouth  2-0  Hythe & Dibden

Christchurch  0-3  Shaftesbury

Cowes Sports  0-4  Brockenhurst

Division One

Andover New Street  7-1  Ash United

Downton  2-0  Fleet Spurs

Folland Sports  1-1  Newport IoW

Portsmouth Senior Cup Semi Final

Moneyfields  7-1  Hayling United

Southampton Senior Cup 1st Round

Hamble Club  H/W  Infinity Home win awarded

Wednesday February 9th

Hampshire Senior Cup 3rd Round

AFC Stoneham  1-1  Portsmouth (4-5 on penalties)

Southampton Senior Cup 2nd Round

Blackfield & Langley  4-1  Folland Sports Res

Southampton Senior Cup 3rd Round

Millbrook  7-0  Sway

Fewer matches this midweek but seven on Tuesday spread across the two Divisions. In the Premier Division there were wins for three clubs very much in the top half of the table but perhaps the most important result involved two clubs troubled by relegation thoughts. Hythe and Dibden’s fine win at Moneyfields on Saturday took them to within six points of Bournemouth so a win on Tuesday when the two Clubs met at Victoria Park would have reduced the deficit to three but it was the Poppies who came our on top, goals from Kyle Graham and Shane Barney giving them victory and taking the points difference to nine.

Returning to the upper reaches of the table two goals apiece from Keiron O’Donnell and Silvano Obeng ensured a four nil win for Brockenhurst at Cowes Sports and there was also success on the road for Bashley and Shaftesbury. Bashley won three one at Alresford with goals from Jamie Webber, Harry Bunce and Matt Tubbs – the latter could be an inspired signing – with a Brandon Chennell penalty the home reply. Shaftesbury also scored three, though without any response, at Christchurch whose mini-revival seems to have hit the buffers at the moment. Gary Bowles, Aiden Shepherd and Sam Davidson were the visiting scorers.

In Division One the clash between Follands and Newport, both very much promotion contenders, ended all square at Hamble with Jordan Browne’s strike for the Island side being cancelled out by Ethan Anders. Andover New Street followed up their seven goals at Millbrook on Saturday with seven more at home to Ash United. Josh Jeffery led the way with his first hat trick for the club, Reece Rusher claimed two and Shane Locke and Adam Pearson completed the seven. Street also missed a penalty while Ash’s goal came from Sanjay Baniya with literally the last kick of the game. Lastly in the Division goals from Ollie Davies and Sam Howe gave Downton a two nil win over Fleet Spurs.

In the Quarter Final of the Hampshire Senior Cup Andover Town put up a highly creditable performance before going down two one at Eastleigh, Ben Emans with the Town goal while at the same stage in the Portsmouth Senior Cup Moneyfields, as would be expected, gained a comfortable seven one win over Hampshire Premier League Hayling United with goals from Dec Seiden (2), Rob Evans, Joe Briggs, Mig Dark, James Franklyn and Danny Burroughs.

Three matches on Wednesday and a phenomenal attendance of 627 at AFC Stoneham for the visit of Portsmouth in the Third Round of the Hampshire Senior Cup. The Football League side fielded their Academy side who overcame a battling performance from the hosts in a game that ended 1-1 with Duarte Martins scoring for Stoneham. Pompey won the penalty shoot out 5-4.

The remaining two games were in the Southampton Senior Cup with predictable results. In a Third Round tie Blackfield and Langley defeated Follands Reserves by four goals to one and in the Second Round Millbrook scored seven without reply against HPL side Sway. Blackfield’s goals were scored by Jack Nicholas, Owen Fee, Wayne Robinson and Ali Zintany while Mark Barker led the way for Millbrook with four backed by singles from Perry Harding, Callum Drake and Martyn Randall.