Midweek Fixtures & Results - 16/17 August

[Rhodes]

I'll have a wager that Kentish Town's attendance this evening isn't much better

I should have made this post on the prediction thread, it beat Tokyngton Manor's attendance on Tuesday by 1

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Last night’s details:

 

Wednesday 17 August

Premier Division

1 2 Aylesbury United v AFC Dunstable

140

http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/home/

http://www.afcdunstable.com/news.php?team_id=9&n_id=199

0 2 Hadley v Royston Town

75

http://www.roystontownfc.co.uk/match-reports/match-report-hadley-v-royston-town/

 

Division One

2 2 Crawley Green v Harpenden Town

44

1 0 Kentish Town v Sun Postal Sports

15

0 2 London Lions v Welwyn Garden City

35

http://www.londonlions.com/view_far.php?id=3693&Team_id=22&played=yes&Type=1

1 1 Wodson Park v Hoddesdon Town

86

http://www.hoddesdontownfc.co.uk/1st%20XI%202011%2012.htm

 

 

[thecoldend]

I was at the Wodson Park v Hoddy game and a great one it was. All square was just about right but Hoddy keeper did pull off some good saves in the second half but Hoddy were the better side in the first half. Match highlights will be downloaded sometime tomorrow morning when I get time.

[View from the Paddock]

I'll have a wager that Kentish Town's attendance this evening isn't much better

 

Kentish Town achieved their highest crowd to date for last night's game with Sun Postal Sports

Attendance was 15.

 

In defence of the likes of Tokyngton and Kentish Town (and Brache Sparta in the past), there are many different ways of arriving at the attendance figure. Some clubs count everyone actually watching the game, including spare players, WAGs, parents, people watching from nearby windows etc, whilst others faithfully record the number who actually paid! I attend a lot of lower level games, and I have NEVER seen a number as low as 14 atcually in attendance. The League should issue some guidance as to who counts if it wants to record attendances and publish comparative stats.

 

I attended a Brache Sparta game with a published gate of 7 and a headcount during the game produced 50!

 

I dont really see tne importance of reporting the attendances at SSMFL games, what difference does it make, the only important thing is the revenue that the gate receipts and refreshment sales produce to help clubs survive

[Horace]

I'll have a wager that Kentish Town's attendance this evening isn't much better

 

Kentish Town achieved their highest crowd to date for last night's game with Sun Postal Sports

Attendance was 15.

 

In defence of the likes of Tokyngton and Kentish Town (and Brache Sparta in the past), there are many different ways of arriving at the attendance figure. Some clubs count everyone actually watching the game, including spare players, WAGs, parents, people watching from nearby windows etc, whilst others faithfully record the number who actually paid! I attend a lot of lower level games, and I have NEVER seen a number as low as 14 atcually in attendance. The League should issue some guidance as to who counts if it wants to record attendances and publish comparative stats.

 

I attended a Brache Sparta game with a published gate of 7 and a headcount during the game produced 50!

 

I dont really see tne importance of reporting the attendances at SSMFL games, what difference does it make, the only important thing is the revenue that the gate receipts and refreshment sales produce to help clubs survive

 

I think that it is important to give a true reflection of how many people were interested in watching the game, To use my example of Brache Sparta, the impression given was that only 7 people were actually watching the game, when in fact there were about 50! The discrepancy is explained by the fact that the club had no way of stopping people wandering up to watch, and the 7 referred to the number of people who responded positively to the polite request to buy a programme!

 

I was at a County League game the other night where no gate was taken, but a headcount showed over 100 (including a nice selection of "wags"). These lucky people saw a good game for free, but I wonder how many would have paid, say £2, to watch?

Edited August 19, 2011 by Horace

[thecoldend]

WODSON PARK V HODDESDON TOWN HIGHLIGHTS are now on the cold end.

 

Great game icluding both goals... Wodson's was a great strike by Tyler Hatherly..

 

You'll see Hoddesdon Town miss a great chance to make it 1-2 late on in the game (5 mins 40 secs) and Wodson's chance to win the game which ended in Tom Bullock scrambling across the goal to just get his hand to the ball to make a brilliant save (6 mins 10 secs)..... don't think you'll see a better bit of keeping anywhere else in the football world... or was it a terrible miss???? maybe a bit of both

 

 

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[Rhodes]

London Lions 0 Welwyn Garden City 2 (Smith, Hinds)

A comprehensive press report on this one from Wednesday evening:

 

http://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/football/welwyn_garden_city_tame_london_lions_1_997842

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Wednesday 17 August

Division One

1 1 Wodson Park v Hoddesdon Town

86

A report on this one from the Hertford Mercury:

 

http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Sport/Wodson-and-Hoddesdon-share-spoils-18082011.htm

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Full Time:

Hadley 0 Royston Town 2

A report on this one from the Hertfordshire Mercury:

 

http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Sport/Crows-march-on-18082011.htm