London FA Senior Cup - 2023/24

[Rhodes]

Unfortunately this afternoon's London FA Senior Trophy Quarter Final tie has been postponed. I gather the other two Quarter Final ties scheduled for today are still going ahead, FC Petrocub v Croydon (kick off 3.30pm) and Hilltop Reserves v FC Elmstead (kick off 3.00pm):

Saturday 20 January

London FA Senior Trophy Quarter Final
Sporting Hackney P Cockfosters Reserves

[agamemnon3]

The delayed tie between Corinthian Casuals v Queens Park Rangers U21s was finally played last night, with the U21s winning 4-1.

They will now be away at Dartford in the next round.

 

[Rhodes]

Agamemnon3 - Thanks, I noticed that a groundhopper was in attendance and here's his interesting report, £12 entrance seemed a bit pricey:

 

Corinthian-Casuals 1-4 Queens Park Rangers U21's

London Senior Cup First Round

Tuesday 23rd January 2023, 7:45 PM @ The United Business Group Stadium

Admission - £12, Programme - £2.50, Attendance - 126

Game number 138 of the 2023/2024 season

After some more 92 ticks this past weekend it was back to the Non-League scene for me tonight as I teamed up with Uncle Smiffy to see if QPR’s U21's could get past Corinthian-Casuals in the First Round of the London Senior Cup.

The Casuals are a very historic team and anyone who’s seen the documentary “brothers in football” will know all about their ties with Brazilian club Corinthians Paulista.

The weather tonight unfortunately was not very Brazilian - a mix of driving rain and strong winds - but that made for a very watchable game in which the Casuals had two good chances in the opening 20 minutes when firstly Thibault Abie had a cross struck towards goal by Koshey Murtra-Ebiesuwa whose effort was saved on the line before Thibault Abie himself had a shot deflect at QPR goalkeeper Harry Cant (careful with the autocorrect Charles!)

QPR however grew into the game and took the lead in the 36th minute when the Casuals could not clear the ball and Lorent Talla’s effort from the edge of the box deflected into the net.

Four minutes later however and Corinthian-Casuals equalised when Thibault Abie swung in a corner from the left which went all the way in at the far right post.

Two minutes later and QPR re-took the lead when Micah Anthony got upended for a spot kick which he tucked away into the bottom left.

QPR should have scored a third when Micah Anthony had a shot well saved around the right post by Arthur Leblond before the resultant corner saw a free header by Deon Woodman finish wide of the left post.

QPR however did get their third before half time when a Casuals mix up saw Harry Murphy pounce although his initial effort was heroically cleared on the line.

HT: 1-3.

After QPR’s Harry Murphy had a shot beaten away, they scored a fourth in the 60th minute when a rocket from Arkell Jude-Boyd flew into the top left from 20 or so yards.

QPR’s Trent Rendall got shown a straight red in the 73rd minute for a “dangerous tackle” but it had no impact on the game as QPR won through to play Dartford in the next round with the winners of that playing Cray Wanderers or Fisher so “El Smiffyco” of Cray Wanderers v QPR could very much be a possibility!

FT: 1-4.

MOTM: Harry Murphy (Queens Park Rangers U21's) - robust in midfield and got himself on the scoresheet.

[Rhodes]

No SSML interest but here's an update of the competition with some additional dates:

London FA Senior Cup First Round 
Cray Valley PM 1 Balham 4
Barking 1 Leyton Orient 0
AFC Croydon Athletic 2 Hilltop 
Metropolitan Police 2 Woodford Town 0
Hendon 6 Glebe 1   
Haringey Borough 2 Athletic Newham 1  
New Salamis 1 Welling United 2
Cray Wanderers 4 Tooting & Mitcham United 2
Bromley 4 Redbridge 2
Cockfosters 2 Charlton Athletic 3
Corinthian Casuals 1 Queens Park Rangers Under 21's 4
Erith Town 0 Dulwich Hamlet 2
Sporting Bengal United 3 AFC Wimbledon 1 
Erith & Belvedere 1 Fisher 2
Dartford 1 Harrow Borough 0
Wingate & Finchley 2 Brentford 'B' 0

London FA Senior Cup Second Round 
Haringey Borough 1 Barking 3
Dulwich Hamlet 3 Sporting Bengal United 3 (Sporting Bengal United win 5-3 on pens)
Metropolitan Police 2 Bromley 2 (Metropolitan Police win 3-2 on pens)
Dartford v Queens Park Rangers Under 21's (Tuesday 6 February)
Hilltop 1 Balham 1 (Balham win 5-4 on pens)
Cray Wanderers 3 Fisher 0
Welling United v Charlton Athletic (Wednesday 7 February)
Hendon 1 Wingate & Finchley 0

London FA Senior Cup Quarter Finals
Cray Wanderers v Dartford or Queens Park Rangers Under 21's
Hendon v Sporting Bengal United (Tuesday 20 February)
Welling United or Charlton Athletic v Barking
Balham v Metropolitan Police (tbc)

London FA Senior Cup Semi Finals
Balham or Metropolitan Police v Welling United or Charlton Athletic or Barking
Hendon or Sporting Bengal United v Cray Wanderers or Dartford or Queens Park Rangers Under 21's

https://www.londonfa.com/cups-and-competitions/results?countyCupKey=899163557|230771

Edited January 27 by Rhodes

[Rhodes]

Sporting Hackney and Cockfosters try again in their London FA Senior Trophy Quarter Final tie with Croydon waiting to welcome the winner in the Semi Final which will hopefully be Cockfosters Reserves:

London FA Senior Trophy  First Round
1 FC Elmstead 2 AFC Cubo 0
2 Hilltop Reserves 5 Hackney Wick 3
3 FC Baresi 1 Sporting Hackney 1 (Sporting Hackney win 7-6 on pens)
4 Bridon Ropes 0 NW London 2
5 Wimbledon Casuals P Sporting Club Thamesmead (Wimbledon Casuals walkover)
6 Park View P Meridian Sports (Meridian Sports walkover)
7 Redbridge Reserves 2 Jolof Sports 2 (Jolof Sports win 4-3 on pens)
8 Peckham Town 3 Clapton 3 (Clapton win 6-5 on pens)
9 Shepherds Bush P Athletic Newham A (Athletic Newham A walkover)
10 Sporting Bengal Reserves 1 Cockfosters Reserves 5
Byes - Lewisham Borough, Barking U23's, FC Petrocub, Tooting Bec, Croydon and Forest Hill Park

London FA Senior Trophy Second Round
Tooting Bec 0 FC Petrocub 1
Jolof Sports 1 FC Elmstead 5
Cockfosters Reserves 2 NW London 1
Sporting Hackney 3 Barking Under 23's 2
Hilltop Reserves 3 Athletic Newham 2
Forest Hill Park 3 Clapton 0
Wimbledon Casuals 3 Lewisham Borough 2
Croydon 1 Meridian Sports 0

London FA Senior Trophy Quarter Finals
Wimbledon Casuals v Forest Hill Park (Saturday 27 January)
FC Petrocub 0 Croydon 3
Sporting Hackney v Cockfosters Reserves (Saturday 27 January)
Hilltop Reserves 1 FC Elmstead 2

London FA Senior Trophy Semi Finals (ties scheduled for Saturday 17 February)
Wimbledon Casuals or Forest Hill Park v FC Elmstead 
Croydon v Sporting Hackney or Cockfosters Reserves

https://www.londonfa.com/cups-and-competitions/results?countyCupKey=324650802|230771

[Rhodes]

On 26/01/2024 at 16:15, Rhodes said:

Sporting Hackney and Cockfosters try again in their London FA Senior Trophy Quarter Final tie with Croydon waiting to welcome the winner in the Semi Final which will hopefully be Cockfosters Reserves:

Many congratulations to Cockfosters Reserves for reaching the Semi Final of the London FA Senior Trophy where they will travel to Croydon on Saturday 17 February, the other Semi Final will be between Wimbledon Casuals and FC Elmstead: 

Saturday 27 January

London FA Senior Trophy Quarter Final
Sporting Hackney 1 Cockfosters Reserves 1 (Cockfosters Reserves win 5-4 on pens)

[Rhodes]

On 29/01/2024 at 11:10, Rhodes said:

Many congratulations to Cockfosters Reserves for reaching the Semi Final of the London FA Senior Trophy where they will travel to Croydon on Saturday 17 February, the other Semi Final will be between Wimbledon Casuals and FC Elmstead 

Good luck to Cockfosters Reserves this afternoon in their London FA Senior Trophy Semi Final tie at Croydon FC:

[Rhodes]

On 17/02/2024 at 15:15, Rhodes said:

Good luck to Cockfosters Reserves this afternoon in their London FA Senior Trophy Semi Final tie at Croydon FC

Sadly Cockfosters Reserves were undone by a freak goal after just, wait for it, two and a half seconds of the London FA Senior Trophy Semi Final tie at Croydon FC on Saturday and never recovered, going down 3-0 in the end, however it was a good run for the Club in the competition. See some photographs from the action and reaction to the early goal scored:

https://www.scefl.com/photos-croydon-v-cockfosters-reserves

https://www.si.com/fannation/soccer/futbol/video/ryan-hall-scores-from-kick-off-but-was-it-the-earliest-goal-ever

https://www.scefl.com/hall-fast-goal

 

Edited February 20 by Rhodes

[Rhodes]

I see that the goal even made news at ten at the weekend following the Croydon v Cockfosters Reserves tie, at least Cockfosters got their fifteen minutes of fame despite losing:

Edited February 20 by Rhodes

[Rhodes]

An update on the main competition following recent activity or non activity due to the weather:

London FA Senior Cup First Round 
Cray Valley PM 1 Balham 4
Barking 1 Leyton Orient 0
AFC Croydon Athletic 2 Hilltop 
Metropolitan Police 2 Woodford Town 0
Hendon 6 Glebe 1   
Haringey Borough 2 Athletic Newham 1  
New Salamis 1 Welling United 2
Cray Wanderers 4 Tooting & Mitcham United 2
Bromley 4 Redbridge 2
Cockfosters 2 Charlton Athletic 3
Corinthian Casuals 1 Queens Park Rangers Under 21's 4
Erith Town 0 Dulwich Hamlet 2
Sporting Bengal United 3 AFC Wimbledon 1 
Erith & Belvedere 1 Fisher 2
Dartford 1 Harrow Borough 0
Wingate & Finchley 2 Brentford 'B' 0

London FA Senior Cup Second Round 
Haringey Borough 1 Barking 3
Dulwich Hamlet 3 Sporting Bengal United 3 (Sporting Bengal United win 5-3 on pens)
Metropolitan Police 2 Bromley 2 (Metropolitan Police win 3-2 on pens)
Dartford 1 Queens Park Rangers Under 21's 1 (Dartford won 5-4 on pens)
Hilltop 1 Balham 1 (Balham win 5-4 on pens)
Cray Wanderers 3 Fisher 0
Welling United 1 Charlton Athletic 2
Hendon 1 Wingate & Finchley 0

London FA Senior Cup Quarter Finals
Cray Wanderers v Dartford (Wednesday 20 March)
Hendon v Sporting Bengal United (Tuesday 26 March)
Charlton Athletic v Barking (Tuesday 5 March)
Balham v Metropolitan Police (tbc)

London FA Senior Cup Semi Finals
Balham or Metropolitan Police v Charlton Athletic or Barking
Hendon or Sporting Bengal United v Cray Wanderers or Dartford

[Rhodes]

On 24/02/2024 at 12:57, Rhodes said:

London FA Senior Cup Quarter Finals
Charlton Athletic v Barking (Tuesday 5 March)

Charlton Athletic (Under 21's) progress to the Semi Final of the London Senior Cup with a 4-3 win over Barking on Tuesday evening in a Quarter Final tie played at Dartford's Princes Park, see a match report and some photographs, courtesy of photographer Terry Gilbert:

U21 CUP REPORT | Charlton 4 Barking 3 | Charlton Athletic Football Club (charltonafc.com)

Edited March 7 by Rhodes

[Rhodes]

An update on the latter stages of the competition:

London FA Senior Cup Quarter Finals
Cray Wanderers v Dartford (Wednesday 17 April)
Hendon v Sporting Bengal United (Tuesday 26 March)
Charlton Athletic 4 Barking 3
Balham v Metropolitan Police (Thursday 28 March)

London FA Senior Cup Semi Finals
Balham or Metropolitan Police v Charlton Athletic
Hendon or Sporting Bengal United v Cray Wanderers or Dartford

Results - London FA

[Rhodes]

A further update :

London FA Senior Cup Quarter Finals
Cray Wanderers v Dartford (now Tuesday 16 April)
Hendon 2 Sporting Bengal United 1
Charlton Athletic 4 Barking 3
Balham 0 Metropolitan Police 0 (Metropolitan Police won 5-4 on pens)

London FA Senior Cup Semi Finals
Metropolitan Police v Charlton Athletic (Thursday 25 April)
Hendon v Cray Wanderers or Dartford

Results - London FA

[Rhodes]

A Hendon v Charlton Athletic London FA Senior Cup Final then, on Monday 29 April, venue still tbc: 

London FA Senior Cup Quarter Finals
Cray Wanderers 1 Dartford 2
Hendon 2 Sporting Bengal United 1
Charlton Athletic 4 Barking 3
Balham 0 Metropolitan Police 0 (Metropolitan Police won 5-4 on pens)

London FA Senior Cup Semi Finals
Metropolitan Police 1 Charlton Athletic 2
Hendon 6 Dartford 3

London FA Senior Cup Final
Hendon v Charlton Athletic (Monday 29 April at either Bromley FC or Dulwich Hamlet FC)

Edited Friday at 10:20 by Rhodes