Tom Bailey (Page 12)

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

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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

What’s better than a 1-0 win over your south-west rivals? Well, a 2-0 win of course! That’s exactly what happened on Saturday as Yeovil extended their unbeaten run to 6 games. Let’s look at what went down on a busy Saturday afternoon.

Before we get stuck into National League South action, I feel it’s right to give Maidstone some well-earned attention. They would’ve faced Havant & Waterlooville, but instead they were in FA Cup action hosting Stevenage in the 3rd Round, and they didn’t disappoint. Stevenage continued their recent poor form against non-league outfits (looking at you 2021 2nd Round tie) as a Sam Corne penalty handed the Stones a famous 1-0 win, booking their place in the 4th Round for the first time in their history!

Back to league action, and we begin in Essex, where Hampton & Richmond’s 16 match unbeaten run finally came to end in a surprising 3-1 defeat away to Braintree Town, Shaquille Coulthirst’s brace proving to be the difference maker. There were two 3-2 thrillers, with the better of the two coming at Hardenhuish Park. George Williams slotted a 90th minute penalty to win the game for 10 man Hemel Hempstead over Chippenham Town; in the other fixture, Chelmsford City left Worthing with all three points, with NLS top scorer Ollie Pearce’s double proving too little too late for the hosts.

Welling United’s relegation worries were deepened with a 3-1 loss at home to Aveley, the visitors leading 3-0 at half-time. Taunton head into Tuesday’s visit from the Glovers with concerning form, as they were easily dealt with by Slough Town, the 3-0 win giving the hosts a serious boost to their season. And in the only other 2-0 win of the day, Truro City left Dover Athletic with all three points, as they registered their 4th win on the bounce.

There were two 2-2 draws to discuss, with two injury time equalisers involved! Decarrey Sheriff got a 93rd minute equaliser for Eastbourne Borough‘s new manager Adam Murray’s first game in charge, taking a point away from Torquay United. In the other game, a 96th minute Reuben Reid goal rescued a point for Weston-super-mare as they hosted a stop-start Dartford side. St Albans City held on for a vital three points in a 2-1 win at home to Farnborough, and in the final game of today’s roundup, Tonbridge Angels climbed to 9th place in a 2-1 win over W*ymouth.

National League South results – in full

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

FA Cup 3rd Round results (NLS teams in bold)

Maidstone 1-0 Stevenage

National League South table

Well, on what was meant to be matchday 25 for Yeovil, there were plenty of goals to make up for the absence of our fixture against Taunton. Let’s look at what took place across the New Year weekend!

We start with the two fixtures that took place on Saturday, with Aveley coming away as 2-1 winners against bottom placed Dover Athletic, a 90th minute winner from Emmanuel Ogunrinde separating the two sides; meanwhile, Dartford dropped two points at home to Welling United with a 90th minute own goal from Moussa Diarra handing the visitors a much needed point. There was meant to be a third fixture on Saturday, but Truro City v Torquay United was called off due to a waterlogged pitch.

Moving onto the New Years Day fixtures, and we head to Hampshire, where Farnborough fell to a 4-2 defeat at home to Havant & Waterlooville in a barnstormer. Another cracker came down on the south coast at our noisy neighbours, as W*ymouth rescued a point at home to Weston-super-mare in a 3-3 thriller, two former Glovers finding themselves on the scoresheet in Brandon Goodship (W*Y) and Reuben Reid (WSM).

Eastbourne Borough’s depressing Christmas period finally came to an end, as did their manager’s tenure – Mark Beard was sacked shortly after their 4-0 home defeat to Worthing, who climbed to 3rd following their second win in a row by more than 3 goals. North of London, St Albans City completed a dramatic comeback away to Hemel Hempstead, with ex-Glover Shaun Jeffers finding himself on the scoresheet in a 3-2 win, while Chelmsford City made it two 3-0 wins over Braintree Town, despite finding themselves down to 10 men in the 33rd minute!

Our final three fixtures involve playoff contenders – Hampton & Richmond continued their unbeaten run with a dramatic 2-1 win at home to Slough Town, another former Glover in Ben Seymour snatching the 90th minute winner, allowing the hosts to close the gap at the top to *just* 7 points. Maidstone posted their first win in 4 league games with a 2-0 win at home to Tonbridge Angels, while Bath City and Chippenham Town played out a 0-0 draw at Twerton Park.

National League South results – in full

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

National League tables!

How we feeling today then, Glovers fans?! Another record attendance in the bag, our biggest league win of the season, and a double digit lead at the top of the table… following our 4-1 win against Taunton yesterday, let’s see what all our opponents got up to on a historic Boxing Day schedule!

We begin in Berkshire, where our closest rivals Hampton & Richmond travelled to Slough Town in one of three early kickoffs. This encounter proved to be the best for the neutral, where the hosts found themselves in a surprising position, taking a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. The visitors hit back with 3 second half goals to seemingly take all 3 points, until a 98th minute equaliser from Slavi Spasov meant both sides left Arbour Park with a point each. In the other early kick-off’s, Tonbridge Angels scored a 94th minute equaliser at home to Maidstone to continue their good league form, and Dartford left Welling United as 1-0 winners.

The first game we’ll look at from the 3pm kick-offs took place in North Somerset, where Weston-super-mare fell to W*ymouth in a 3-2 thriller, the visitors registering their first win in six. There were two big 3-0 wins for playoff contenders yesterday, with Chelmsford City winning away at Braintree Town in a 15 minute raid in the second half, and Worthing hosting Eastbourne Borough, pulling off a similar 15 minute heist across the two halves of play.

There were three 2-1 wins, the first coming for Bath City where they defeated Chippenham Town, Hemel Hempstead came from a goal down against 10 man St Albans City (Shaun Jeffers was the departee for St Albans), and for the first time in 22 games, Dover Athletic have won a game, coming from behind as they hosted Aveley.

A big surprise came at Plainmoor, where Truro City nabbed a 1-0 win over playoff contenders Torquay United, and in the final game of the day, Farnborough moved to within 2 points of the playoffs with a 1-0 win away to Havant & Waterlooville.

National League South results – in full

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

National League tables!

Festive spirit has descended upon the country, and that spirit has only grown stronger as Yeovil left the South Coast as 1-0 winners against Eastbourne Borough. Let’s dive into the rest of the league action, and see if Santa has left us any early Christmas gifts!

We start back in Somerset, where Bath City hammered Welling United at home to register their first league win since Remembrance Day. Ex-Glover Shaun Jeffers got himself on the scoresheet once again as St Albans City downed Dartford 3-0 away from home to make it 3 wins in their last 5, while late drama at our holiday opponents Taunton went down, as Tonbridge Angels scored in the 89th and 94th minutes to give themselves a win… or so they thought, as a 96th minute equaliser from Nick Grimes meant both sides shared the points.

Santa was feeling generous this season for Yeovil fans, as there were many favourable results for the league leaders! Aveley fell at home to Slough Town, Torquay United were sent packing away to Chelmsford City, and Worthing were defeated away to Hemel Hempstead, all ending in 2-0 defeats. Maidstone also lost at home to Chippenham Town to further aid Yeovil’s title push, the only threat to their lead coming at Hampton & Richmond, as they won 2-1 against Weston-super-mare to continue their unbeaten run.

Dover Athletic extended their winless league run to 21 games, albeit with a credible 1-1 draw away to W*ymouth, while Farnborough and Truro City ran out as 1-0 winners, against Braintree Town and Havant & Waterlooville respectively.

Before the full results list and the tables below, I just want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, up the Glovers!

National League South results – in full

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

National League tables!