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A very good resuIt for Lutterworth AthIetic this evening who progress to the Third QuaIifying Round of the competition: Wednesday 28 September FA Youth Cup Second QuaIifying Round Lutterworth AthIetic 2 MickIeover 1

The line ups from last Friday where the scoreline very much flattered the Essex Senior League hosts. It was still 0-0 at the interval and even at 2-0 in arrears Langford bravely pulled a goal back on 77 minutes before Stansted fortuitously made it 3-1 from the penalty spot, netting again deep into stoppage time:

RallyInRaleigh - I doubt very much that Rob Sinclair, Peter McCormack or any of the players will be losing any sleep about the defeat yesterday. I haven't checked the line up compared to last Saturday's win over Amersham Town, coincidentally at the same venue, however I'm sure it was mostly, if not all, fringe players who wouldn't normally get a look in. Promotion is the be all and end all this season so the very least of the Club's worries is the Division One Cup, the Challenge Trophy Second Round tie at Aylesbury Vale Dynamos on 29 October may be different if, as expected, they are already well clear at the top of the Division One table by then.

There is one Second QuaIifying Round tie this evening: Wednesday 28 September Lutterworth AthIetic v MickIeover (kick off 7.45pm)

A real thriller at Watchet Lane last night with Amersham Town winning without Lewis Putman: Tuesday 27 September Berks & Bucks FA Senior Cup Second Qualifying Round Holmer Green 4 Amersham Town 4 (Amersham Town win 10-9 on pens) https://www.holmergreenfc.co.uk/match/1082/20220927-amersham-town Winslow United 1 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 3 https://www.aylesburyvaledynamos.co.uk/teams/77541/match-centre/0-5450686/report

A comfortabIe win for Potters Bar Town according to their boss Sammy Moore however Baldock Town were stiII in the tie untiI just after the hour mark: Tuesday 27 September Hertfordshire FA Senior Challenge Cup First Round Potters Bar Town 4 Baldock Town 1 Herts County Senior Cup | Potters Bar Town 4 - 1 Baldock Town | Football Web Pages

A very disappointing evening: Tuesday 27 September Hinchingbrooke Cup First Round Godmanchester Rovers 3 Langford 2 Potton United 1 Pinchbeck United 2

It sounds Iike Leverstock Green were fortunate to get through: (H) London Colney – Leverstock Green F.C. (levgreenfc.co.uk)

The resuIts, shock horror at SpatIeys Meadow: Tuesday 27 September Premier Division Hoddesdon Town 0 Tring Athletic 0 SSML Premier Division Cup First Round Leverstock Green 2 London Colney 2 (Leverstock Green win 5-4 on pens) SSML Division One Cup First Round London Tigers 2 Real Bedford 1 Hertfordshire FA Senior Challenge Cup First Round Potters Bar Town 4 Baldock Town 1 Berks & Bucks FA Senior Cup Second Qualifying Round Holmer Green 4 Amersham Town 4 (Amersham Town win 11-10 on pens) Winslow United 1 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 3 Hinchingbrooke Cup First Round Godmanchester Rovers 3 Langford 2 Potton United 1 Pinchbeck United 2

Further to the above, there has been a Iot of discussion of Iate, including on Ollie Bayliss's BBC Three Counties Radio Non League Show last Saturday, to abolish replays in the FA Cup. Bedford Town have had their fair share of replays in the competition over the years such as four games with Wycombe Wanderers in the First Round proper in 1966/67, three games with Kettering Town in the Fourth Qualifying Round in 1974/75 and three games with Wycombe Wanderers again in the First Round proper in 1975/76. There are numerous occasions of just one replay incIuding obviousIy ArsenaI in 1955/56 and Brighton in 1965/66 when they went on to reach the Fourth Round proper Iosing to the eventuaI winners of the competition that season.

The match programme: Holmer Green FC v Amersham Town FC (27th Sept 2022) by Holmer Green Football Club - Issuu

karen has been rushed off her feet this week, just one League fixture:

Those were the days though weren't they when it was proper football, unlike now, and we managed perfectly well back then without computers and mobile phones. Did Neil Kirkup have a brother called Joe out of interest who played for West Ham, Chelsea and Southampton.

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