Tom Bailey (Page 11)

With Yeovil’s dull Monday night draw with Aveley over and done with, let’s see if anyone was able to capitalise on the dropped points at Parkside…

There was another huge clash at the top of the table on Monday night, as 2nd placed Chelmsford City hosted 3rd placed Worthing. If you’ve read one of these before, you’ll know that Worthing won (thanks to the bold font), and it was a thunderbolt from Jack Wadham that separated the two sides in a narrow 1-0 win for the visitors.

There were four more games to cover, and we begin at the Gallagher Stadium, as Maidstone twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Bath City. Saturday’s hosts Farnborough got back to winning ways with a 1-0 win over Saturday’s visitors Welling United, while Hampton & Richmond continued their playoff push with a 1-0 win over 10-man Eastbourne Borough. In the final game of the night, Weston-super-mare won on their travels in a 1-0 victory over Chippenham Town.

Taunton were meant to host Slough Town, but of course, their pitch was deemed unplayable, resulting in a postponement…

National League South results – in full

Chelmsford City 0-1 Worthing
Chippenham Town 0-1 Weston-super-mare
Farnborough 1-0 Welling United
Hampton & Richmond Borough 1-0 Eastbourne Borough
Maidstone United 2-2 Bath City
Taunton Town P-P Slough Town

Yeovil’s “bouncebackability” was on full display yesterday as they left Farnborough with all three points after their 3-1 win. Let’s see how everyone else in the National League South got on!

We begin at Welling United, where they took on Braintree Town. On what was essentially a quagmire in some areas (take notes Taunton!), the two sides played out an entertaining 2-2 draw, in which the relegation-threatened hosts took the lead twice, only to be pegged back by their playoff-chasing visitors. Moving to Gloucester now, where Truro City played their “home” game, as they took all three points home with a 2-0 win over Taunton Town.

There were further 2-0 wins across the league, a dramatic one coming at last weekend’s hosts Chelmsford City, where a fight broke out just before half-time, resulting in one Chelmsford, and two Aveley players being sent off. Aveley’s manager Danny Scopes was also sent off in the second half, as well as one of their physios… we’ll see them all on Monday as their suspensions won’t kick in yet. Tonbridge Angels deepened Eastbourne Borough’s relegation worries with their win at home, while Havant & Waterlooville picked up another important three points with their win away to Hemel Hempstead.

Down to the South Coast now, where new BFFs W*ymouth and Torquay United met – the game finished in a 1-1 draw, Kevin Dawson making his long-awaited return from injury being the highlight for Glovers fans. The final game of the day took place at Dover, where they once again fell to defeat, Maidstone leaving as 1-0 winners.

There were a string of postponements across the division, thanks to the weird and wonderful weather… Chippenham’s game against Weston-super-mare will need to be rescheduled, as will Dartford’s home tie against Worthing. St Albans also failed a late pitch inspection, as they intended to host Hampton & Richmond, while the game at Slough was called off for a different reason entirely.

The game got underway, with Slough racing into a 4-0 lead over Bath as the two sides went into half-time. The visitors got two goals back, before a medical emergency in the crowd paused the game. After a delay, the game was abandoned, meaning the two sides will face each other once again. Our best wishes to the supporter in question, who it has been announced is healthy and well.

National League South results – in full

Chelmsford City 2-0 Aveley
Chippenham Town P-P Weston-super-mare
Dartford P-P Worthing
Dover Athletic 0-1 Maidstone United
Hemel Hempstead Town 0-2 Havant & Waterlooville
Slough Town A-A Bath City
St Albans City P-P Hampton & Richmond Borough
Tonbridge Angels 2-0 Eastbourne Borough
Truro City 2-0 Taunton Town
Welling United 2-2 Braintree Town
W*ymouth 1-1 Torquay United

National League South table

A difficult afternoon for Yeovil, as they left Chelmsford empty handed following their 1-0 defeat in Essex. Let’s see how the rest of the league fared…

It was a day for a draw, so we’ll run through the three other games that ended with a winner – the biggest win (yet smallest in scoreline) was at title challengers Worthing, where Braintree Town did us a big favour by grabbing all three points, courtesy of Aaron Blair. There were also two 2-1 wins, with one of them being earned by Slough Town, in controversial circumstances. A goalmouth scramble was ruled to have crossed the line in the 91st minute, handing the visitors the full three points away to Tonbridge Angels, while Chippenham Town recovered from a goal deficit to win at home against Dover.

Onto the draws, and we start with Torquay United, who got off to a solid start under interim manager Aaron Downes with a 2-2 draw at home to Aveley. There were FOUR 1-1 draws, the most dramatic of which came at Hampton & Richmond, as Farnborough buried a 92nd minute equaliser, while there was more late drama at Havant & Waterlooville, where Daniel Hayfield scored an 86th minute equaliser for Bath City. The final two games were dead heats between Dartford and 10-men Taunton Town, and St Albans City and Welling United.

Two games were postponed, and one was cancelled entirely; of course Truro’s “home” game was postponed against Hemel Hempstead, and Weston-super-mare’s home tie against Eastbourne Borough was also postponed due to an unplayable pitch, while W*ymouth’s trip to Maidstone was rescheduled due to the host’s involvement in the FA Cup on Monday night.

National League South results – in full

Chippenham Town 2-1 Dover Athletic
Dartford 1-1 Taunton Town
Hampton & Richmond Borough 1-1 Farnborough
Havant & Waterlooville 1-1 Bath City
St Albans City 1-1 Welling United
Tonbridge Angels 1-2 Slough Town
Torquay United 2-2 Aveley
Truro City P-P Hemel Hempstead Town
Weston-super-mare P-P Eastbourne Borough
Worthing 0-1 Braintree Town

National League South table

Another weekend, another 3 points for the Glovers! As Yeovil registered a narrow 1-0 win over Havant & Waterlooville yesterday, let’s see how the rest of the league got on, during a day of yet more miserable weather!

We begin in Dorset, where W*ymouth fell to a farcical 4-1 defeat at home to title chasing Worthing. Ollie Pearce made it 32 goals in 31 games as he hit another hattrick, as W*ymouth struggled against 9 men, and a managerless visiting side (Adam Hinshelwood was sent off with 20 minutes to go). There were also big wins for fellow playoff contenders, as Chelmsford City won 3-0 at ten-man Eastbourne Borough, while Bath City secured a huge 3-1 win at home to St Albans City to make it four consecutive wins.

Farnborough won a thrilling 3-2 encounter at home to Truro City, an 89th minute winner from Hady Ghandour handing the hosts the three points, while there was yet more late drama around the London area – Welling United and Tonbridge Angels played out a 2-2 draw, Sonny Fish equalising for the hosts against his former employers in the 92nd minute; while Slough Town recovered from a two goal deficit to draw 2-2 at home to ten-man Chippenham Town.

Tuesday’s visitors, Weston-super-mare, continued their four game road trip with a 2-1 win over Hemel Hempstead, courtesy of an 86th minute winner from Jacob Cane; elsewhere, another 2-1 win came at Dover Athletic, as Dartford left with all three points to further dent Dover’s survival hopes. There was a massive win for Aveley to keep their playoff push alive, as they defeated Hampton & Richmond in a 1-0 finish, and the same score line could be found in Essex, as Braintree Town condemned Torquay United to their fifth consecutive defeat.

There was supposed to be a final game to mention, however as expected, Taunton’s fixture against Maidstone was postponed thanks to… yes you guessed it, an unplayable pitch.

National League South results – in full

Bath City 3-1 St Albans City
Braintree Town 1-0 Torquay United
Dover Athletic 1-2 Dartford
Eastbourne Borough 0-3 Chelmsford City
Farnborough 3-2 Truro City
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0-1 Aveley
Hemel Hempstead Town 1-2 Weston-super-mare
Slough Town 2-2 Chippenham Town
Taunton Town P-P Maidstone United
Welling United 2-2 Tonbridge Angels
W*ymouth 1-4 Worthing

National League South table

https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/national-league-south/league-table

Well, there were goals galore in the National League South today, despite a reduced schedule thanks to the FA Trophy 5th Round, as well as Mother Nature herself. Let’s take a look at how everyone else got on as Yeovil won away at Tonbridge Angels in a 4-2 cracker!

We’ve become accustomed to this in these roundups now – we begin at Worthing, who hit six at home to bottom side Dover Athletic, Ollie Pearce bagging four of them himself. The visitors did their best, scoring four of their own as Worthing had to replace their goalkeeper in the first half following a serious injury to Josh Jeffries (who is in hospital and recovering). There were another six goals for a home side, as St Albans City stuffed Taunton in a 6-0 drubbing, Shaun Jeffers scoring a hat-trick in the process.

There was late drama at Plainmoor as Torquay United surrendered a lead three times to Slough Town, a 91st minute winner from Leon Chambers-Parillon handing the Rebels the three points and leaving the hosts with one win in ten games. Last weekend’s hosts Maidstone were held to a 1-1 draw by Hemel Hempstead, courtesy of a 96th minute equaliser by George Williams; meanwhile Chippenham Town fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat at home to Braintree Town.

There were two more games in the National League South, and both finished in 1-0 scorelines. Bath City registered their first win against Dartford since 2019, thanks to an early Cody Cooke goal, while Chelmsford City ended W*ymouth’s four game win-streak with their home win. There were two games cancelled due to the weather, with Truro City’s first game at Taunton’s ground, infamous for its drainage (or lack thereof) being called off against Eastbourne Borough, while Weston-super-mare had their home game against Farnborough called off too.

There were three teams from the National League South in FA Trophy action on Saturday as well, and all three faced elimination from the tournament. Bromley ended Aveley’s run with a 2-0 home win, while Welling United took a 3-0 defeat at home to Barnet. Hampton & Richmond were the subject of an upset, as they were defeated by step 3 side Macclesfield at home.

National League South results – in full

Bath City 1-0 Dartford
Chelmsford City 1-0 W*ymouth
Chippenham Town 0-1 Braintree Town
Maidstone United 1-1 Hemel Hempstead Town
St Albans City 6-0 Taunton Town
Torquay United 3-4 Slough Town
Worthing 6-4 Dover Athletic

FA Trophy 4th Round results (NLS teams in bold)

Bromley 2-0 Aveley
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0-2 Macclesfield
Welling United 0-3 Barnet

National League South table

As Yeovil come back down to earth with a thump in their 2-1 defeat away to Maidstone, let’s see how the rest of the league took advantage of this, as well as quickly looking over the three midweek games, one of which involved the mighty Glovers!

We start on Monday night, where a 92nd minute equaliser for Weston-super-mare rescued them a point away to promotion-chasing Chelmsford City. On Tuesday night, Yeovil Town registered a 3-1 win (see match report here) at home to Slough Town, and in the other midweek fixture, relegation-threatened Welling United came from a goal down to win 2-1 at home to Hampton & Richmond.

Onto the weekend fixtures now, and we begin at our noisy neighbours, as W*ymouth came from behind twice in a thriller against Hemel Hempstead, Malachi Linton contributing to their 4-3 win. Torquay United’s woes continued amid protests against Gary Johnson and Clark Osborne, as they were hammered 4-0 at home against St Albans City, and there were two 3-0 wins, for Braintree Town at home to Dover Athletic, and Worthing on their travels to Aveley, Ollie Pearce grabbing a double to further cement his position as the league’s top scorer.

There were three more 2-1 wins, all for home sides, as Havant & Waterlooville continued to fight for survival with a comeback win over Chelmsford City, 10-man Hampton & Richmond took the three points against Truro City, and Farnborough battled back against Dartford to take a hard earned win in a mid-table clash.

Slough Town bounced back from their midweek defeat to the Glovers with a 2-0 win at home to Weston-super-mare, while next week’s hosts Tonbridge Angels registered a 2-0 win at home to Chippenham Town, the hosts did go down to 10 men for the last 5 minutes however. Ex Yeovil man Ewan Clark scored the winner in a 1-0 win for Bath City at home to Eastbourne Borough, and in the fina game of the day, Welling United and Taunton Town played out a 0-0 draw, a result that doesn’t help either side.

National League South results – in full

Midweek

Chelmsford City 1-1 Weston-super-mare
Welling United 2-1 Hampton & Richmond Borough

Saturday

Aveley 0-3 Worthing
Bath City 1-0 Eastbourne Borough
Braintree Town 3-0 Dover Athletic
Farnborough 2-1 Dartford
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2-1 Truro City
Havant & Waterlooville 2-1 Chelmsford City
Slough Town 2-0 Weston-super-mare
Tonbridge Angels 2-0 Chippenham Town
Torquay United 0-4 St Albans City
Welling United 0-0 Taunton Town
W*ymouth 4-3 Hemel Hempstead Town

National League South table

https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/national-league-south/league-table

Well, attempt number two at matchday 28 was successful, although the result may not have been exactly what Glovers fans were wishing as, as Yeovil recorded a 1-1 draw away to St Albans City. Let’s see how the rest of the league got on.

Before we start in the league though, I’ve got two words… Maidstone United. In one of the biggest shocks in recent FA Cup history, the Stones defeated promotion-hunting Ipswich Town in a historic 2-1 win. A big congratulations to Maidstone, and I’m sure we all look forward to visiting on Saturday!

Onto the league now, and in what feels like a constant theme on these roundups, we begin once again with Worthing. They’re the league’s top scorers by some distance, and they proved it again with another thumping win over Torquay United, Ollie Pearce grabbing his customary goal to doom the 10-man visitors to their 11th league defeat of the season. Moving to the West Country now, and Weston-super-mare played out an entertaining 3-1 win over Tonbridge Angels, while Taunton Town and Aveley couldn’t be separated, a frantic 10 minute period bringing all 4 goals in their 2-2 draw.

There were three 2-1 wins to mention; Eastbourne Borough earned a massive 3 points in their relegation battle by beating Farnborough, Braintree Town earned their 3 points away to Truro City, while it was the end of the line for Welling United manager Danny Bloor, despite their win away to Hemel Hempstead.

The last four fixtures were all 1-0 victories, with Chelmsford City continuing their impressive run of form in a massive win away to Hampton & Richmond, while another huge win came further down the table, as Dover Athletic defeated Tuesday’s visitors Slough Town despite being down to 10 men for the final few minutes of the game. Chippenham Town dealt with now-bottom of the table Havant & Waterlooville, and in the final game of the afternoon, Dartford lost 1-0 at home to W*ymouth.

National League South results – in full

Chippenham Town 1-0 Havant & Waterlooville
Dartford 0-1 W*ymouth
Dover Athletic 1-0 Slough Town
Eastbourne Borough 2-1 Farnborough
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0-1 Chelmsford City
Hemel Hempstead Town 1-2 Welling United
Taunton Town 2-2 Aveley
Truro City 1-2 Braintree Town
Weston-super-mare 3-1 Tonbridge Angels
Worthing 4-2 Torquay United

FA Cup 4th Round results (NLS teams in bold)

Ipswich Town 1-2 Maidstone United

National League South table

Almost a full programme for the National League South, with one exception being Yeovil’s fixture away to Truro City, who I falsely believed would be able to go ahead! Let’s see how the rest of the league got on in blustery conditions.

We’ll begin with the single Monday night fixture, as Chelmsford City bagged a 1-0 win over Welling United to move themselves further into the playoff picture. Moving onto Tuesday, we take a look at this weekend’s hosts, St Albans City, who put Havant & Waterlooville to the sword, and deepened their relegation concerns with a thumping 4-1 win, as the Saints climbed to 9th in the table. A battle amongst two relegation-threatened sides went down at Wordsworth Drive, where Taunton played host in a 2-0 loss to W*ymouth, as Brandon Goodship grabbed a brace.

There were three 2-1 victories last night, the most dramatic coming at last weekend’s visitors Hemel Hempstead, as an 87th minute winner gave them the win over Farnborough; a 63rd minute penalty completed a comeback for Aveley over Eastbourne Borough, while Tonbridge Angels deepened Dover Athletic’s woes with their away win.

There were also three 1-1 draws to mention, as Chippenham Town came back against 10-man Torquay United, another Ollie Pearce goal rescued a point for Worthing at home to Slough Town, and Muhammadu Faal scored his 2nd goal in 2 games since joining Maidstone as they were held to a tie by Braintree Town. In the final game of the night, a Cody Cooke goal handed Bath City the three points at Weston-super-mare.

National League South results – in full

Chelmsford City 1-0 Welling United
Chippenham Town 1-1 Torquay United
Dover Athletic 1-2 Tonbridge Angels
Eastbourne Borough 1-2 Aveley
Hemel Hempstead Town 2-1 Farnborough
Maidstone United 1-1 Braintree Town
St Albans City 4-1 Havant & Waterlooville
Taunton Town 0-2 W*ymouth
Weston-super-mare 0-1 Bath City
Worthing 1-1 Slough Town

National League tables

On a chilly Saturday afternoon, Yeovil registered their fifth consecutive win, as they avenged their opening day demons against Hemel Hempstead. In a minimised running order (thanks Mother Nature!), let’s see what else happened in the NLS this weekend.

We start in Essex, where Aveley twice surrendered a lead to record a 2-2 draw at home to Chippenham Town, while a surprise came at Slough Town, where a Josh Jackson double gave the hosts a brilliant 2-1 win over playoff contenders Maidstone. Another 2-1 win came at Havant & Waterlooville, as visitors Weston-super-mare left the south coast with all 3 points.

In the final two games of the day, there were 1-0 wins for two playoff chasers; Ollie Pearce bagged his 21st goal of the league campaign to give his Worthing side the win away to Tonbridge Angels, meanwhile Gary Johnson’s Torquay United scraped a 1-0 win at home to Dover Athletic, courtesy of yet another thunderous Brett McGavin strike.

Tuesday’s hosts, Truro City, weren’t in action as their trip to Welling United was postponed, however a positive to take is that it’s likely our fixture will go ahead with them, as their ground-sharing hosts Plymouth Parkway played at Bolitho Park on Saturday with no issues.

National League South results – in full

Aveley 2-2 Chippenham Town
Bath City P-P Dartford
Braintree Town P-P Taunton Town
Farnborough P-P Chelmsford City
Hampton & Richmond Borough P-P Eastbourne Borough
Havant & Waterlooville 1-2 Weston-super-mare
Slough Town 2-1 Maidstone United
Tonbridge Angels 0-1 Worthing
Torquay United 1-0 Dover Athletic
Welling United P-P Truro City
W*ymouth P-P St Albans City

National League tables

With Aveley in FA Trophy action, and Yeovil’s scheduled fixture with them this weekend being postponed as a result, it gave Mark Cooper’s men the weekend off! Let’s look at what the rest of the league have been up to in the league leader’s absence.

We’ll begin in the FA Trophy, as there were 8 NLS teams left in the competition. The biggest shock came at Park View Road, where Welling United saw off runaway National League leaders Chesterfield with a 2-0 win to book their place in the next round. Also causing upsets against tougher opposition were our expected hosts Aveley, and Hampton & Richmond, as they defeated AFC Fylde and Hartlepool United respectively.

Torquay United fell to a 2-0 defeat away to Hereford, while Chippenham Town and Weston-super-mare put on admirable performances away to National League opponents, both losing on penalties to Bromley and Gateshead. Chelmsford City fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat at home to Wealdstone, courtesy of former Glover Tahvon Campbell, while a shock came at Twerton Park as Bath City lost on penalties to Coalville Town. With the Fourth Round completed, our 8 league representatives drop to 3, and we will continue to bring coverage of their progress.

Onto league action now, and we’ll begin with Worthing, who hammered an in-form Truro City with doubles from Ollie Pearce and Danny Cashman handing the visitors a 4-1 win and three points on their travels. Slough Town remain winless against W*ymouth in all competitive fixtures, as the visitors fell to a 3-0 defeat on the South Coast, ex-Glover Brandon Goodship getting on the scoresheet once again; meanwhile next weekend’s visitors Hemel Hempstead recorded a 2-0 win at home to Tonbridge Angels.

Another ex-Glover was on the scoresheet on Saturday, as Ryan Seager’s double handed Havant & Waterlooville a surprising 2-1 win over Maidstone to assist in Yeovil’s title push, as well as aiding Havant’s relegation battle. Another relegation threatened side fell to a defeat, as Eastbourne Borough lost 2-1 at home to St Albans City, Shaun Jeffers getting himself involved in the goals, while Taunton and Dover Athletic played out a 1-1 draw that doesn’t really help either team.

National League South results – in full

Eastbourne Borough 1-2 St Albans City
Havant & Waterlooville 2-1 Maidstone United
Hemel Hempstead Town 2-0 Tonbridge Angels
Taunton Town 1-1 Dover Athletic
Truro City 1-4 Worthing
W*ymouth 3-0 Slough Town

FA Trophy 4th Round results (NLS teams in bold)

Aveley 1-0 AFC Fylde
Bath City 0-0 Coalville Town (Coalville won 4-3 on pens)
Bromley 1-1 Chippenham Town (Bromley won 4-2 on pens)
Chelmsford City 0-1 Wealdstone
Gateshead 2-2 Weston-super-mare (Gateshead won 4-3 on pens)
Hartlepool United 0-0 Hampton & Richmond Borough (H&R won 4-2 on pens)
Hereford 2-0 Torquay United
Welling United 2-0 Chesterfield

National League South table