Midweek - local teams in action w/c 2nd October

Monday 2nd

WVH U21 NORTH
Staveley MW 5-1 Harworth Colliery

OTHER FIXTURE
Eastwood CFC Yth 3-2 Nottm Forest Yth


Tuesday 3rd

NP PREMIER
Buxton FC 2-0 Witton Albion
Hednesford Town 2-0 Matlock Town
Mickleover Sports 1-3 Shaw Lane

NP DIV 1 SOUTH
Loughborough Dynamo 2-1 Peterborough Sports
Spalding Utd 1-3 Basford Utd

MFL PREMIER
Long Eaton Utd 1-3 Coventry Utd

MFL DIV 1
Ilkeston Town 4-1 Brocton FC

DERBYS F.A. SENIOR CUP
Shirebrook Town 2-1 F.C. Bolsover

DERBYS F.A. SENIOR CUP
Sandiacre Town 2-3 South Normanton Athletic

NCEL PREMIER
AFC Mansfield 1-1 Maltby Main

OTHER FIXTURE
Rainworth MW 0-2 Mansfield Town

EMCL
Arnold Town 1-4 Barrow Town
Radford FC 0-4 Dunkirk FC
Selston FC P-P Blaby & Whetstone Athletic
Stapenhill FC 2-3 Teversal FC

NOTTS F.A. SENIOR CUP
Gedling MW 2-1 Southwell City

CMFL SOUTH
Matlock Town Res 3-0 Holbrook St. Michaels


Wednesday 4th

NP DIV 1 SOUTH
Carlton Town 2-2 Frickley Athletic
Cleethorpes Town 4-4 Belper Town

NCEL CUP
Ollerton Town 2-0 Retford Utd

NCEL PREMIER
Worksop Town 1-1 Pickering Town

EMCL
Borrowash Victoria 1-1 Holwell Sports
Graham St Prims 4-3 West Bridgford

NOTTS F.A. SENIOR CUP
Hucknall Town 1-0 Collingham FC

NOTTS F.A. INTERMEDIATE CUP
Keyworth Utd Res 2-5 Gedling SB

WVH U19 NORTH
Sheffield Utd 1-2 Worksop Town

EAST MIDS WOMENS REGIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Arnold Town Ladies 2-5 Leicester City Devp Ladies
Mansfield Town 2015 1-5 Ollerton Town
Nettleham Ladies 5-0 Mansfield Hosiery Mills


Thursday 5th

F.A. YOUTH CUP
Belper Town 1-0 Sandiacre Town
Dunkirk FC 7-1 Harborough Town
Long Eaton Utd 2-1 Aylestone Park

WVH U21 SOUTH
Clipstone FC 1-3 Belper Town

WVH U19 NORTH
Retford Utd 2-2 Dronfield Town


Friday 6th

WVH U21 SOUTH
Eastwood CFC 0-2 FBT International Academy

Three games, three short reports!

Tuesday 26th September

NCEL Premier 

Rainworth MW v Staveley MW

Admission £5.00/£4.00

Attendance: 81

This game gave me and Kev the opportunity to catch up with our old friend, Staveley boss Brett Marshall. Not seen much of Brett since he moved to Inkersall Road, so it was great to have a bit of a chin-wag!  We were originally going to Selston to see them play Alfreton in a floodlight Christening friendly, but we’re not too keen on doing friendlies when there are league matches available.  We will be at the Parish on Tuesday to see Selston’s first floodlit league fixture v Blaby.

Brett’s usual beaming smile was wiped off his face within 26 seconds of the kick-off when Tomas Poole put the home team ahead! The Trojans had a great chance to level on 16, but Wrens’ keeper Ben Townsend palmed away Tyla Bell’s penalty, and the loose ball was hacked away as it was played back towards goal.

Staveley had a few efforts fly past the home upright, but Rainworth were looking fitter and faster than their visitors, and it was really no surprise when they doubled their lead on 35, Liam Royles allowed time and space to pick his spot from the edge of the box.  H-T 2-0

The Trojans were more of an attacking force as the second half progressed, and when a defensive error gifted the ball to Kurtis Morley on 73, he calmly lifted it over Townsend into the back of the net.  Despite late, intense pressure from Staveley, they were unable to break down a home defence that had dug in stubbornly in order to protect their lead. F-T 2-1

Wednesday 27th

CMFL Floodlit cup

Eastwood CFC v Keyworth Utd

Admission: £4.00 / £2.00

Another quick goal at Coronation Park on Wednesday evening, Rory Smith bundling the ball over the line with two minutes played, after Jack Smith’s initial shot had cannoned off the Keyworth crossbar. Two minutes later Eastwood went further ahead when Greg Conn headed home from a free-kick was lifted into the 6 yard box. Keyworth replied in the 10th minute, Matthew Antcliffe running through a static Eastwood defence before driving the ball past Jack Walker from 20 yards.

Paddy Webb restored the Red Badgers two goal lead on 16 when a defensive error gave the striker a chance to shoot from the corner of the box. The ball flew in at the far post, but in all honesty the Keyworth keeper could maybe have done better. Having said that, the continuous rain meant the 3G surface was now very, very slick…

Antcliffe was on the scoresheet again 10 minutes before the break, finishing off a sweet passing move with a well placed drive from the edge of the box. H-T 3-2

Keyworth strove throughout the second half to get on level terms, and had enough of the play to merit at least a draw.  Extra-time would have been interesting, but sadly for the visitors, no matter how they tried, they just could find that finishing touch to any of their neat passing moves. Eastwood confirmed their place in the next round in the 5th minute of added time when Paddy Webb  ran in on goal and fired home. F-T 4-2.  Eastwood will now entertain Hucknall Town on the 25th October.

Thursday 28th

WVH Development U21 South

Kimberley MW v Eastwood CFC 

Admission: FOC

The home team had lost their only other league fixture 0-10 to Belper Town, so had little expectation of getting anything from this game against near neighbours Eastwood CFC.  As it transpired the first half was a bit of a slaughter, Kimberley conceding eight without reply!

It took just 6 minutes for Kieran Knight to open the Red Badgers account, driving the ball home after he was allowed to run into the box without a real challenge from a home defender. Tawanda Mushambi grabbed Eastwood’s second 7 minutes later, then on the half hour mark, Leyton Nethercott drilled a 20 yard free kick past the Kimberley keeper to make it 0-3. Knight added his second on 34 and third on 38, then Mushambi added the 6th a few seconds later. Cal Finlow was in the right spot on 45, a ball across the goalmouth cannoning off him and into the net. Three minutes into added time, Bayliegh Reid added the Eastwood 8th. H-T 0-8

The second half was somewhat different to the first – I have no idea whether Eastwood stopped trying or Kimberley realised that if they continued playing as they had in the first period they could well be on the end of a league record loss, but the home team had the majority of the play as the half progressed. Their attacking efforts were rewarded in the 77th minute when Kieran Worthington drove the ball into the back of the net from the corner of the box. 

Unfortunately the home team switched off as the game entered it’s final knockings, and Jake Pearson took full advantage, grabbing three close range goals on 87, 89, and 90+1.  Pearson had replaced Knight early in the second half, and until the final minutes had hardly troubled the home defence. F-T 1-11

Three games with 21 goals in total.  Added £6.30 to the THINK CHILDREN fund, that now stands at £223.40 

Saturday 30th September - local teams in action

F.A. CUP 3RD RQ
AFC Mansfield 0-2 Boston Utd
Basford Utd 2-3 Kettering Town
Buxton FC 2-1 Alvechurch FC
Stourbridge FC 3-1 Alfreton Town

NP PREMIER
Matlock Town 5-0 Sutton Coldfield Town
Witton Albion 0-2 Mickleover Sports

NP DIV 1 SOUTH
Belper Town 2-1 Carlton Town
Chasetown FC 0-0 Loughborough Dynamo

MFL PREMIER
Coleshill Town 2-1 Heanor Town
Haughmond FC 0-1 Loughborough Uni
Long Eaton Utd 2-0 Shawbury Utd
South Normanton Athletic 0-3 Bromsgrove Sporting
Worcester City 3-2 Shepshed Dynamo

MFL DIV 1
Ilkeston Town 1-3 Leicester Road

NCEL PREMIER
Clipstone FC 0-4 Parkgate FC
Pickering Town 3-2 Rainworth MW
Staveley MW 2-2 Athersley Recreation
Worksop Town 3-1 Hemsworth MW

NCEL DIV 1
Brigg Town 2-2 Retford Utd
F.C. Bolsover 0-2 Dronfield Town
Ollerton Town 1-3 Eccleshill Utd
Selby Town 4-2 Shirebrook Town

EMCL
Barrow Town 3-0 Kimberley MW
Belper Utd 0-0 Graham St Prims
Birstall Utd 1-1 Dunkirk FC
Clifton AW 0-4 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic
Holbrook Sports 1-0 Radford FC
Radcliffe Olympic 2-4 Gedling MW
Selston FC 4-1 Arnold Town
Teversal FC 4-0 Borrowash Victoria
West Bridgford 0-2 Ashby Ivanhoe

CMFL NORTH
Brodsworth Welfare 0-2 Staveley MW Res
Clay Cross Town 3-4 AFC Bentley
Newark Town 0-6 Harworth Colliery
Retford FC 6-1 Thorne Colliery
Tideswell Utd 3-1 Collingham FC
Welbeck Lions 2-5 Askern FC

CMFL SOUTH
AFC Kilburn 2-3 South Normanton FC
Blidworth Welfare 5-0 Aslockton & Orston
Eastwood CFC 6-1 Keyworth Utd
Hilton Harriers 3-2 Mickleover RBL
Linby CW 1-1 Matlock Tn Res
Sherwood Colliery 2-0 Hucknall Town
Swanwick PR 1-3 Pinxton FC

NSL PREMIER
AFC Dunkirk 2-5 Newark Flowserve
Awsworth Villa A-A Bilborough Town
Bingham Town 6-1 Southwell City
F.C. Cavaliers 6-1 Magdala Amateurs
Kimberley MW AFC 2-2 Gedling SB
Ruddington Village 1-5 Underwood Villa

Eastwood Ladies CFC 5-0 Kettering Town Ladies FC

Sunday 24th September – venue Coronation Park, Chewton Street. Eastwood, Notts.

Eastwood Ladies CFC v Kettering Town LFC

Competition:  East Midlands Women’s Regional Football League Premier Division

Eastwood Ladies won their first league game of the season last week, and continued their good form with a convincing win over their visitors from Northamptonshire. 

It took just 17 minutes for the home team to open their account, Paige Singleton lifting the ball over the Kettering keeper from 12 yards. Eastwood keeper Vanessa Kinnerley had to be alert ten minutes later, diving to her left to push away a well struck free-kick from the opposition 10 shirt. 

Kinnerley’s opposite number did well to keep out a Chantelle Robinson effort on 27, but the striker wasn’t to be denied for long, as a couple of minutes later her powerful 25 yard drive flew into the net with the keeper rooted to the spot. H-T 0-2

Robinson added the home teams third with just two minutes of the second half played, tapping home Holly Brindley’s perfect cross from just a few yards out. The roles were reversed for Eastwood’s fourth goal on 82, Robinson finding Brindley who ran to the edge of the box before firing across the keeper and into the far corner of the goal. 

Another assist from Robinson for Eastwood’s fifth – this time she fed the ball to Amy Townsend whose cross-cum-shot deceived the Town keeper and flew straight in at the far stick. F-T 5-0

The win sees Eastwood sit atop the league on goal difference from Peterborough North Star. Eastwood’s next game? Away at Peterborough on 1st October!

Midweek - local teams in action w/c 25th September

Monday 25th

WVH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U19 SOUTH
Notts County Pathway Academy P-P FBT International Academy

Tuesday 26th

NP PREMIER
Barwell FC 2-1 Mickleover Sports
Buxton FC 0-2 Whitby Town
Matlock Town 0-1 Shaw Lane

NP DIV 1 SOUTH
Market Drayton Town 2-2 Loughborough Dynamo

NCEL PREMIER
Rainworth MW 2-1 Staveley MW
Thackley FC 2-1 Clipstone FC

EMCL
Belper Utd 0-2 Kimberley MW

CMFL FLOODLIT CUP
Clay Cross Town 7-2 Askern FC

WVH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U19 SOUTH

Southwell City 4-1 West Bridgford Colts

OTHER GAME
Selston FC 2-1 Alfreton Town XI 

Wednesday 27th

NCEL PREMIER

Worksop Town P-P AFC Mansfield

NCEL DIV 1
Worsborough Bridge Ath 0-3 F.C. Bolsover

CMFL NORTH
Collingham FC 5-4 Staveley MW Res

CMFL FLOODLIT CUP
Eastwood CFC 4-2 Keyworth Utd
Tideswell Utd 6-0 Retford Utd Devp

WVH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U21 SOUTH
Heanor Town 0-3 Belper Town

EAST MIDLANDS WOMENS REGIONAL FL
Calverton MW Ladies 3-0 Teversal Ladies


Thursday 28th

WVH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U21 NORTH
Harworth Colliery 0-1 Hallam FC

WVH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U21 SOUTH
Kimberley MW 1-11 (eleven) Eastwood CFC

WVH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U19 NORTH
Alfreton Town 0-1 Retford Utd
Worksop Town P-P Sheffield FC

WVH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U19 SOUTH
Sandiacre Town 0-5 Dunkirk FC


Friday 29th

NSL PREMIER
Calverton MW 1-4 Basford Utd CFC
Cotgrave FC 1-2 Wollaton FC

WVH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U21 NORTH
Sheffield FC 1-4 Staveley MW

WVH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE U21 SOUTH
FBT International Acad  (eleven) 11 - 3 Sandiacre Town

A few words on recent visits to local games

Four more games watched - with a total of 21 goals scored!

Think Children sees a further £6.30 added to their fund!

Wednesday 20th September 

Free admission

Another visit to Eagle Valley, this time to watch Arnold Town Ladies Development FC take on Market Warsop LFC in an East Midlands Regional Womens Football League Divison 1 North fixture. Emily Obeng put the home team ahead in just the 8th minute and Jess Long fired home from the corner of the box on 16 to double Arnold’s lead. Shelley Marriott-Smith brought the visitors back into the game 8 minutes before the break, her powerful drive from 12 yards too good for the home keeper. H-T 2-1

Obeng added Arnold’s third a couple of minutes into the second half, but the visitors never gave up and were back in it on 58 when former Arnold player Emily Nellis drove the ball home from 15 yards. Arnold now had their backs to the wall and held on until the 89th minute when Marriott-Smith fired home from close range to bring the scores level. With 5 minutes of added time played, the home team’s defence was ripped open again, and when a deflected shot rolled towards the goal, they were thankful a defender was on hand to hack the ball away and despite their early dominance, Arnold must have been grateful to leave Eagle Valley with a point. F-T 3-3

Thursday 21st September

Admission £3.00 / £1.00

Basford Utd U18 entertained Dunkirk FC U18 in the F.A. Youth Cup. The teams looked well matched initially, but Dunkirk gradually took control of the game and went ahead in the 27th minute when Dylan Kubu prodded home from close range after the Basford keeper could only parry an Ethan Hunter shot. H-T 0-1

Things got worse for the home team on 53 when a George Boswell low drive flew past the home keeper to double Dunkirk’s advantage. We had to wait until the 4th minute of added time for the next goal, Louis Parkes firing the ball home low and hard from the edge of the box. F-T 0-3. Dunkirk will now meet Harborough Town Youth at home in the next round.

Friday 22nd September

Admission: £2.00 / £1.00

Southwell City travelled to Bilborough Town in a Notts Senior League Premier Division game and with the home team missing several players for one reason or another, City took full advantage and ran out comfortable winners. Town did take the lead in the 6th minute, Ellis Williamson slotting the ball across the goal and into the far corner of the net, but their lead lasted only 8 minutes as Romello Nangle tricked his way into the box before firing past stand in keeper Jack Cooper. The same player added Southwell’s second on 38, this time taking on the whole home defence before drilling the ball home from 12 yards. H-T 1-2

Nangle completed his hat-trick from the spot 10 minutes after the restart, then City added a fourth when Calum Law headed home powerfully from a right wing corner on the hour mark. Town did grab a second with 7 to play, Liam Stewart running into the City area before slotting the ball past the City keeper. Southwell had the final word though, Dalton Stevens firing home after he was picked but in the area. F-T 2-5

Saturday 23rd September

F.A. Vase time at Watnall Road – Hucknall Town hosting local rivals Eastwood CFC. Both teams are in the Central Midlands League South Division, and both looking for bragging rights in this derby game. 

Teams:

Hucknall - Randall, Maxwell, Pitt, Leak (c), Henry, Phillips, Crawford, Banister, Smith S, Danso, Ashurst. Subs: Nelson, Hubbard, Hawkins, Jones, Jenkins

Eastwood – Walker, Conn, Thomas, Mitchel. Short (c), Brooks, Butler, Charles, Webb, Smith J, Betteridge. Subs: Smith R, O’Dowd, Allen, Jackson, Millward.

Referee: Scott Mason

Attendance : 240

Admission £5.00 / £3.00 

Eastwood looked up for this straight from the off, and were deservedly ahead in the 23rd minute when Joe Butler nodded the ball over the outstretched arms of Mike Randall as the keeper came out to try and punch clear. With half an hour played, Hucknall went further behind when a Greg Conn cross from the right was headed towards the Town goal by Butler, and Jordan Phillips' attempt to clear with a low, stooping header went horribly wrong, the ball ending up in the back of his own net. (The goal has been subsequently awarded to Butler - and I reckon Phillips will be happy with that decision,). In added time, the Red Badgers added a third when Paddy Webb made a terrific run into the box before firing the ball across Randall and into the far corner of the goal. H-T 0-3

Butler added Eastwood’s fourth on 72, his instant control of the ball with his instep just inside the Hucknall area left him with just Randall to beat, and the striker did this with some ease. With 10 to play, Town did manage to spoil Eastwood’s clean sheet, Adam Nelson stepping up to fire home from the spot. Harry Allen came on late in the game for Eastwood, and the big man should have bagged twice, but hit one close range effort way over the bar, and dragged another inches wide with most of the goal to aim at. F-T 1-4

Saturday 23rd September - local teams in action

F.A. VASE 2ND ROUND QUALIFYING
Barton Town 1-2 Clipstone FC
Boston Town 1-2 South Normanton Athletic
Holwell Sports 0-1 Dunkirk FC
Hucknall Town 1-4 Eastwood CFC
Leicester Nirvana 4-2 Belper Utd
Loughborough Uni 2-4 Staveley MW
Lutterworth Town 7-0 Teversal FC
Melton Town 1-4 F.C. Bolsover
Radford FC 1-4 Kimberley MW
Retford Utd 1-2 Pinxton FC
Sandiacre Town 1-3 Sherwood Colliery
Shirebrook Town 3-1 Long Eaton Utd
Worksop Town 3-0 Kirby Muxloe

NL NORTH
Spennymoor Town 2-1 Alfreton Town

NP PREMIER
Mickleover Sports 5-0 Hednesford Town
Sutton Coldfield Town 2-1 Buxton FC
Workington FC 0-1 Matlock Town

NP DIV 1 SOUTH
Bedworth Utd 0-2 Belper Town
Carlton Town 0-1 Leek Town
Loughborough Dynamo 4-3 Corby Town
Sheffield FC 1-2 Basford Utd

MFL PREMIER
Shepshed Dynamo 0-1 Coleshill Town

MFL DIV 1
Ilkeston FC 4-1 Hinckley AFC

NCEL PREMIER
Rainworth MW 0-3 Albion Sports

EMCL
Borrowash Victoria 4-2 Anstey Nomads
Gedling MW 1-0 West Bridgford
Graham St Prims 1-4 Clifton AW
Stapenhill FC 2-2 Selston FC

CMFL NORTH
Dinnington Town 3-3 Collingham FC
Harworth Colliery 2-3 Clay Cross Town
Staveley MW Res 0-3 Retford FC
Thorne Colliery 4-2 Newark Town
Welbeck Lions 2-1 Brodsworth Welfare

CMFL SOUTH
Aslockton & Orston 9-0 Teversal Res
Blidworth Welfare 1-0 Matlock Town Res
Hilton Harriers 5-2 Holbrook St. Michaels
Keyworth Utd 4-0 AFC Kilburn
Linby CW 2-1 Swanwick PR
South Normanton FC 3-2 Mickleover RBL

NSL PREMIER
Attenborough FC 1-3 Calverton MW
Basford Utd CFC 3-2 AFC Dunkirk
Gedling SB 1-1 F.C. Cavaliers
Newark Flowserve 4-0 Wollaton FC
Ruddington Village 4-4 Kimberley MW AFC
Underwood Villa 2-2 Bingham Town