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Report: Rayners Lane 1-1 Bedfont Sports (Lane win 3-0 on pens)
Rayners Lane sealed promotion to the Isthmian League after defeating Bedfont Sports on penalties in the Combine Counties Football League Premier North Division play-off final. Sports had looked to return to the South Central division at the first time of asking, but after a wonder strike midway through the second…
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Report: Bowers & Pitsea 1-1 Brentwood Town (Bowers win 3-2 on pens)
In front of crowd of 1,101, Bowers & Pitsea secured an immediate return to the Isthmian League Premier Division with a penalty shootout win over Brentwood Town. The sides couldn’t be separated after 120 minutes of football, but the hosts held their nerve from the spot to secure promotion. The…
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Preview: A winner in the North
Saturday brings the curtain down on the 2023/24 Isthmian League North season as the final promotion is decided between Bowers & Pitsea and Brentwood Town in the play-off final. Bowers host the final after finishing the regular season in 4th, a place higher than their opponents. The four teams finishing…
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Report: Enfield Town 1-0 Wingate & Finchley
A goal from Taylor McKenzie in the second half was enough to send Enfield Town into the play-off final after a hard fought victory over Wingate & Finchley. The only chance in the first twenty minutes or so came in the first couple as Jake Cass forced Ben Goode into…
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Report: Walthamstow Reserves 2-1 FC Baresi
Goals from Issa Sidibe and Matthew McDowell helped Walthamstow Reserves onto Essex Alliance League Senior Division victory over senior division champions FC Baresi. Stow dominated early on in the match, but couldn’t make it count. The ball was pinged around the box in the opening minutes before the linesman’s flag…
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Report: Colliers Wood United 1-1 Sheerwater
Relegation from the Combine Counties Football League Premier Division South came right down to the final game between Colliers Wood United and Sheerwater. The hosts began the day bottom of the table with 25 points and boasting a -43 goal difference compared to their opponents, who sat a place above…
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Report: Phoenix Sports 1-2 Sittingbourne
Goals from Mitchell May and Joe Tyrie were enough for Sittingbourne to defeat an already-safe Phoenix Sports as they secured third place in the Isthmian League South East Division. Neither sides made much happen in the first ten minutes or so, with both sides seeing ball going straight into the…
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Scrapping Replays: How the FA got it so wrong!
Slough Town away to Grimsby Town. Weymouth at AFC Wimbledon. Curzon Ashton against League One Cambridge United. Just some examples of non-league clubs facing higher opposition in replays after battling well against far stronger opposition, but from next season [2024/25], those opportunities won’t be available. The FA and Premier League…
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Like London Buses!
1984 was the last time the Essex Senior League was represented in the FA Vase Final with Stansted reaching the competitions showcase match 40 years ago and going onto win the trophy. During that season [1983/84], the Airportmen faced Epping Town in the Preliminary Round of the competition, winning 2-0,…
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Report: Potters Bar Town 2-3 Margate
Margate came back from 2-0 down to seal a huge three points away to Potters Bar Town on Thursday. The Scholars welcomed Margate to Coles Park, the home of Haringey Borough, but made themselves feel at home as they found themselves 2-0 up. The first goal had come in the…
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