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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

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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

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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

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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

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Well, that wasn’t the most entertaining of afternoons, however it was still a good point, as Yeovil drew 0-0 with high flying Hampton & Richmond Borough. Thankfully, there were goals aplenty across the league, keeping me in a job for another week! Let’s take a look at who’s done what, and how it impacts the league table.

We begin in West Sussex, where a top-end clash went down, with tons of goals to boot. Worthing hammered 10 man Maidstone, an Ollie Pearce hattrick handing the hosts a 5-1 win. Last week’s hosts Dartford were on their travels, and probably wished they weren’t, as they fell to a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Tonbridge Angels. Another contender for game of the week came at Plainmoor, where Torquay United recovered from a two goal deficit to win 3-2 at home to Hemel Hempstead, a Dean Moxey winner coming in the 89th minute.

Another 3-2 thriller was played out on the North Somerset coast, where Truro City travelled back home with all 3 points over Weston-super-mare, former Glover Ryan Law getting himself on the scoresheet for the visitors. Havant & Waterlooville continued their revival as they dismantled Taunton to win 3-0, lifting themselves off the bottom of the table for the first time since matchday 8; meanwhile, Slough Town and Farnborough dropped a “Desmond”, the draw doing neither side any favours.

St Albans prevented Chelmsford City from winning 3 away on the bounce with a 2-1 win to continue their inconsistent season, Shaun Jeffers finding himself on the scoresheet with a penalty, while next week’s hosts Eastbourne Borough secured a huge 2-0 win away at Welling United to move level on points with Slough at the cusp of the relegation zone, albeit with 4 more games played. Chippenham Town and W*ymouth played out a 1-1 draw to leave the noisy neighbours hovering above the drop zone.

In the final two games of the day, Braintree Town moved themselves back into the playoff spots with a 1-0 win over Aveley, who now find themselves winless in the league in their last 7 games. Finally, under their new management of Jake Leberl and Mike Sandmann, Dover Athletic held playoff contenders Bath City to a 0-0 result.

 

National League South results – in full

Braintree Town 1-0 Aveley
Chippenham Town 1-1 W*ymouth
Dover Athletic 0-0 Bath City
Havant & Waterlooville 3-0 Taunton Town
Slough Town 2-2 Farnborough
St Albans City 2-1 Chelmsford City
Tonbridge Angels 4-0 Dartford
Torquay United 3-2 Hemel Hempstead Town
Welling United 0-2 Eastbourne Borough
Weston-super-mare 2-3 Truro City
Worthing 5-1 Maidstone United

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With Yeovil out of that pesky FA Trophy, it allowed us time to catch up with some league football! Following the entertaining 2-2 draw away to Dartford today, let’s take a look at what else happened with our fellow NLS combatants in both the league, and the FA Trophy.

We’ll start with the league action, where only 2 other games took place today, and they were absolute corkers! The main event took place in Worthing, where they played out a 4-4 thriller with St Albans City, ex-Glover Shaun Jeffers finding himself on the scoresheet. Meanwhile, a current Glover, Malachi Linton, made an appearance off the bench for Taunton, as they thrashed Farnborough 4-0 at home. Truro City and Dover Athletic was postponed before kick-off due to an unplayable surface.

Into the FA Trophy, and we’ll cover the pick of the round first, where Chippenham Town defeated Gloucester City in a 5-3 cracker at home. The National League North visitors put up a decent fight but the attacking threat of Matt McClure and Craig Fasanmade was too much for them. Another thumping for a fellow NLS competitor came in Frome, where Torquay United won 4-1 away from home to book their place in the next round.

There were one or two “cupsets” involving NLS sides, for the better and for the worse. Bath City and Hampton & Richmond both pulled off wins over National League opposition in the shapes of Boreham Wood and Southend United respectively, while on the other end of the spectrum, W*ymouth were knocked out by Hendon.

 

National League South results – in full

Taunton Town 4-0 Farnborough Town
Truro City P-P Dover Athletic
Worthing 4-4 St Albans City

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

Aveley 1-1 Hungerford Town (Aveley won 8-7 on pens)
Barnet 4-0 Maidstone United
Bath City 1-0 Boreham Wood
Bromley 1-0 Slough Town
Chippenham Town 5-3 Gloucester City
Frome Town 1-4 Torquay United
Hendon 2-0 W*ymouth
Oxford City 0-1 Chelmsford City
Southend United 2-2 Hampton & Richmond Borough (Hampton & Richmond won 2-4 on pens)
Welling United 1-1 Brackley Town (Welling won 4-3 on pens)

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With the 243rd West Country derby now in the history books, it was the mighty Glovers who took the win, their 14th win of the season handing them a 6 point lead at the top WITH a game in hand! Let’s see what happened elsewhere on a wet midweek of football.

Action in the National League South was spread across 3 days, starting with the regular Monday night fixture for Aveley. They hosted Welling United, who found themselves down to 10 men in the 39th when goalkeeper Reice Charles-Cook was sent off. Midfielder Antony Papadopoulos was subbed on and took the gloves for the remainder of the game, and did a good job, as Aveley could only muster a 2-2 draw!

The rest of the action came on Tuesday night, and we start with Weston-super-mare, who made it 4 wins in a row by hammering Worthing, the 4-0 scoreline sending the hosts up to 11th. Torquay United continued their revival in form by handling W*ymouth with ease, a stunning free-kick from Brett McGavin among the 3 home goals in their 3-1 victory. Meanwhile, Maidstone handled visitors Truro City in a 2-1 win, sending home the 22 visiting fans who made the 10 hour, 600 mile round trip on Tuesday night, huge credit to them!

Chippenham Town travelled to Hemel Hempstead and left as 2-0 winners, the win elevating the Bluebirds just above the hosts to 14th. The final game of the night was a 1-1 draw between Hampton & Richmond and Braintree Town, where a 94th minute Ben Seymour penalty rescued a point for the high flying hosts, who sit in 3rd.

There was a final match, meant to be played on Tuesday, but once again, Taunton were meant to play but their game against Slough was postponed and will be rescheduled.

 

National League South results – in full

Aveley 2-2 Chelmsford City
Hampton & Richmond Borough 1-1 Braintree Town
Hemel Hempstead Town 0-2 Chippenham Town
Maidstone United 2-1 Truro City
Taunton Town P-P Slough Town
Torquay United 3-1 W*ymouth
Weston-super-mare 4-0 Worthing

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Well, the run has come to an end… it was wonderful while it lasted, but the journey for the Glovers ends in the second round at the hands of Wrexham. Let’s see what else went down this weekend for all the other NLS sides.

We begin with the FA Cup, where there was only one other NLS side remaining in the form of Maidstone. They did what we couldn’t, by defeating League 2 opposition in a major upset! They beat Barrow 2-1 at home to book their spot in the 3rd Round against either Stevenage or Port Vale, both in League 1.

Into the league fixtures now, and there were tons of goals to talk about! Aveley and Farnborough played out a 3-4 barnstormer, with the hosts conceding three times in the final 15 minutes to hand the Yellows their first away win of the season. Another classic took place at the Draper Tools Community Stadium, where Havant & Waterlooville registered their second win of the season, and their second 4-3 win of the season, holding off a late comeback from Dover Athletic to close the gap between the bottom two to 3 points.

Weston-super-mare brought Welling United back down to earth with a thud, as they ran out 4-2 winners, former Glovers Reuben Reid grabbing a brace, while a game full of action at Wednesday’s hosts Bath City ended in Chelmsford City‘s favour. 3 penalties (2 for Bath, 1 for Chelmsford), a red card for Chelmsford and also an own goal in favour of Chelmsford (keeping up?) meant they came from 2-0 down to win 3-2!

Down in Plymouth, Truro City lifted themselves out of the relegation zone with a 3-1 win over St Albans City, while an Ollie Pearce hattrick handed Worthing all 3 points at home to Chippenham Town. In the comparatively dull final fixtures of the day, both Hampton & Richmond and Torquay United registered 2-1 wins to continue their playoff pushes, over Hemel Hempstead and Tonbridge Angels respectively.

There was one postponed fixture due to the chilly weather, and one abandoned mid-game due to bad weather, with Braintree Town and Weymouth not even getting underway, while Eastbourne Borough and Taunton Town was abandoned at the half-time mark, Taunton winning 2-1 at that point. Rearranged dates will be announced in due time.

 

FA Cup 2nd Round results (NLS teams in bold)

Maidstone United 2-1 Barrow

National League South results – in full

Aveley 3-4 Farnborough Town
Bath City 2-3 Chelmsford City
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2-1 Hemel Hempstead Town
Havant & Waterlooville 4-3 Dover Athletic
Torquay United 2-1 Tonbridge Angels
Truro City 3-1 St Albans City
Weston-super-mare 4-2 Welling United
Worthing 3-1 Chippenham Town

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A tricky week for Yeovil, ending in their defeat at Welling United yesterday would normally spell disaster for the Glovers, but with a full 12 game programme on Saturday, let’s see if there’s been a real impact on the league leader’s gap at the top.

We start in Kent, where Tonbridge Angels made light work of 10-man Havant & Waterlooville, hammering the bottom-placed side 4-1 to hover just outside the playoff spots. There were also some upsets, with St Albans City pulling off an impressive 3-2 win over Maidstone, ex-Glover Shaun Jeffers finding himself on the scoresheet, while Dartford hit Torquay United for three in a first half demolition, the defeat leaving the visitors hovering in mid-table.

There were more trip-ups for frontrunners too, as Farnborough held on for a 2-2 draw at home to Bath City, while W*ymouth benefitted from a Charlee Hughes own goal to share the points at home to Aveley. Another playoff contender, Braintree Town, fell victim to a Slough Town side that were out to prove that there is life after George Alexander, who was recalled from his loan spell by Bromley only to be sent out to division rivals Dartford (Alexander scored on his debut for Dartford today).

Truro City put to rest a 7 game winless run in the league by nabbing the three points away to Chelmsford City, while Chippenham Town attempted a late comeback at home to Hampton & Richmond, but to no avail, both these games finishing in 2-1 wins for the away sides. Taunton and Worthing played out a 1-1 draw, with the hosts scoring an 88th minute equaliser, while there were two 1-0 wins for Weston-super-mare and Hemel Hempstead, over Dover Athletic and Eastbourne Borough respectively.

Yeovil will look to get back to winning ways against Wrexham in the FA Cup Second Round on Sunday, up the Glovers!

 

National League South results – in full

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

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Yeovil found themselves back in league action on Tuesday night, where they were held to a 1-1 draw away to Chippenham Town. With nearly a full midweek programme, let’s take a look at what went down elsewhere.

We start in Essex, where Chelmsford City played host to a 1-0 defeat to Maidstone, another goal from Levi Amantchi temporarily elevating the visitors to 2nd in the table. Chelmsford’s end to their good run causes them to fall out of the playoffs.

Onto Tuesday’s action, and we begin with Worthing registering a 3-0 win away to Farnborough, while Slough Town added further misery to Havant & Waterlooville’s season with a 91st minute winner to edge themselves away from the relegation zone. Both W*ymouth and Braintree Town registered 2-0 wins, against Truro City and Dartford respectively. Dartford will be without Paul Rooney for the Glovers’ visit, as he saw red in the first half of their defeat.

There were two 1-1 draws, with Dover Athletic hosting Eastbourne Borough, and Tonbridge Angels doing well at home against a visiting Aveley. James Morton scored an 86th minute screamer to hand Weston-super-mare a 1-0 win away to St Albans City, and in the final game from Tuesday, Hemel Hempstead and Bath City played out a 0-0 draw.

Taunton’s clash at home to Torquay United was postponed, as was Welling United’s home game against Hampton & Richmond Borough. This was due to the FA Trophy tie that was supposed to be played on Saturday.

 

National League South results – in full

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

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