A couple of non league snippets

[Irishadrian]

9 hours ago, Irishadrian said:

If our next league opponents Oxford City beat Truro tommorrow night in the FA Trophy their game in the next round will be against Haringey Borough who beat Dartford who eliminated us 

The 24hr postponement of this tie is because a Truro player is awaiting the result of a Covid19 test due on Wednesday  If the result is a positive then Truro will forfeit the tie and Oxford will progress I hope the game takes place as we will be well rested and Oxford will not.

[Reading Rebel]

15 hours ago, Irishadrian said:

The 24hr postponement of this tie is because a Truro player is awaiting the result of a Covid19 test due on Wednesday  If the result is a positive then Truro will forfeit the tie and Oxford will progress I hope the game takes place as we will be well rested and Oxford will not.

Game cancelled due to the player testing positive. Oxford have been given a bye to the next round.

Edited December 22, 2020 by Reading Rebel

[Reading Rebel]

Due to a positive test for Covid within the Havant club tonights game at Welling has been postponed.

Their games over the xmas period against Hungerford and Dorking have also been postponed. 

[Reading Rebel]

Frome v Maidstone in the Trophy tonight has been postponed due to Frome refusing to travel from a tier 2 area into a tier 4 area.

 

[Reading Rebel]

Dartford now isolating due to a squad member reportedly testing positive.

[Irishadrian]

Wealdstone continue to strengthen their squad  latest addition is winger Rhys Browne son of Steve Browne.

[Irishadrian]

Only 2 games survived in our league today

Chippenham 1  Bath 1

Dorking 0 Hampton and R  1

Hamptons away win at Dorking lifts them to 4th

[Reading Rebel]

5 games off in the NL including Wealdstone v Boreham Wood due to covid in the Wealdstone squad and Barnet v Maidenhead.

[Irishadrian]

Wealdstone  keen to strengthen their leaky defence have signed Rob Swaine  Wellings captain last season 6'4" 32 years old

[GlenSTFC]

4 hours ago, Irishadrian said:

Wealdstone  keen to strengthen their leaky defence have signed Rob Swaine  Wellings captain last season 6'4" 32 years old

Slightly odd signing considering he’s been playing for Brentwood whatever league they’re in.

[Shredding Green]

1 hour ago, GlenSTFC said:

Slightly odd signing considering he’s been playing for Brentwood whatever league they’re in.

Brentwood Town are in Isthmian League Division One North. They have only played five league matches this season, the last being on Saturday 24th October. Since then they have played one match, a 3-2 FA Trophy defeat at Bishops Stortford in which Rob Swaine played the full 90+ minutes. It will be quite some time before they play again.

Rob Swaine has signed for Wealdstone on dual registration terms with Brentwood Town. Perhaps the recent rest has done him good at 32 and his several seasons with Bromley and Maidstone United in National League Premier might provide Wealdstone in the short term with the midfield experience that they need.

[Reading Rebel]

10 hours ago, GlenSTFC said:

Slightly odd signing considering he’s been playing for Brentwood whatever league they’re in.

He might be 32 but he has the quality and experience to shore up the Wealdstone defense in the short term.

Not played much football but runs his own personal fitness company so should be relatively fit.

[GlenSTFC]

I know of his experience but surely if he was still decent he wouldn’t be playing for Brentwood and other step 1 or 2 clubs would have signed him? I guess he’s cheaper and available than others they may have wanted to sign.

[Reading Rebel]

3 hours ago, GlenSTFC said:

I know of his experience but surely if he was still decent he wouldn’t be playing for Brentwood and other step 1 or 2 clubs would have signed him? I guess he’s cheaper and available than others they may have wanted to sign.

He lives in Brentwood, so I guess at his age a combination of work commitments and a good deal has lead to this. 

[Reading Rebel]

Nothing on the Dulwich social media but yesterday's re-arranged game between Dulwich Hamlet and Tonbridge was postponed because of a covid issue at Dulwich.

Before our scheduled game next Saturday, Dulwich are due to play Maidstone on Tuesday. 

Edited January 3, 2021 by Reading Rebel

[SloughFlyer]

Hellenic League have made a statement postponing the league for the "foreseeable future" with 2 weekly updates ongoing.

[GlenSTFC]

The leagues website has our match v Dulwich Hamlet postponed, no surprise I guess but just utterly frustrating. Will we actually play a game in January? It’s beyond a farce now, why can’t the league do the sensible thing and either suspend the season until the situation is safer or just cancel it because at this rate a lot of clubs may have to play 3 times every week.

[Reading Rebel]

Yes, just seen that both Dulwich v Slough and their game with Maidstone both postponed.

I think there is a meeting with the Leagues next week to discuss the situation.

I think it's suddenly dawning on them that this situation can't continue and something drastic has to be done.

[Irishadrian]

5 hours ago, SloughFlyer said:

Hellenic League have made a statement postponing the league for the "foreseeable future" with 2 weekly updates ongoing.

Not just the Hellenic league a number of other leagues mostly in the midlands have followed suit and the FA have postponed all the next round of FA Vase ties " until it's safe to play them"

[SloughFlyer]

According to the league dates, the last weekend is scheduled in our league for 29th May. With the Dulwich game off that gives 20 weeks to now play 30 games for us. Not at critical 3 games per week yet, but not far off it!

The league have to take action in some way as its becoming a ridiculous situation where you have 8/10 matches cancelled per week!