Saturday 23rd January

[the leatherhead lip]

Any new players?

 

Massive wins for Southall FC and Hillingdon Borough FC.

Several new faces for the Hares and a step up in performance, Perry Dicker out injured  didn,t help the cause though, at least they are not stranded at the bottom (yet) a 2 or 3 game winning run would do their confidence the world of good otherwise they may well be playing Southall and Hillingdon Boro next season.

[Catdog Rovers]

Can't see a way out for the Hares now. Yesterday was a must win.

 

At least they won't finish with the worst goal difference with Broxbourne going the way they are.

[BFraser]

Buzzing to be back at Southall and win my first game as captain. Great to have Paul and Matt in charge. Brought in quality players and we should have a strong second half of the season.

[Rebadiah Hongfield]

Made my first trip to Silver Jubilee Park since the Kingsbury London Tigers days. Got to say, there's been a BIG improvement there, although still ongoing. One thing I couldn't believe though was the old "Kingsbury slope' was still there, despite a re-lay of the pitch!! Surely should've been addressed at the time?

 

The game - First of all, I was treated to 90 mins of non-league peter pan f.moore and he didn't disappoint. Won every header, pinged out his clearances and he even went close to scoring with a cheeky outside of the foot effort. It'll be a sad day when he hangs up his boots.

Both sides played decent football, first half was Baldock's, second was Edgware's and after going down early on in the game, they snatched a deserved late equaliser in what I think may have been added time, if not, just before the 90. I had to have a chuckle as the Edgware fans, who were uncharacteristically quiet (I'm told), bellowed out "you're not singing anymore!" to the fantastic small gathering of Baldock fans behind the home goalkeeper's goal, who had been singing some crackers throughout the entire 90.  As usual with ssml games, thought the officials were poor unfortunately. One absolute howler moment, they played 'advantage' as the ball fell to an edgware player in an offside position - one it wasn't even passed to him, it broke to him from a Baldock tackle/foul and two it wasn't an advantage as he was offside! Both ref and referee's official dilly dallied and came to the wrong conclusion denying Edgware either a penalty or a free kick right on the edge of the box ( I couldn't quite see). They also missed two penalties for Edgware that on another day, you would've seen one, if not both, given. 

 

Overall, a good game and on this form, I can see Baldock pushing Edgware and Crawley Green for a promotion spot. It is just two who go up from this league isn't it?

[Rebadiah Hongfield]

I see Berko still have their eye on the Vase. Fair play to them though, anyone can win the Vase, why not Berko. They can always go for the league next season.

[RendonBodgers]

Great result over the weekend for the Kent club after a tough week of hearing about there eviction and closure of there home. Many of legendary nights held down there with Daly and co.

Edited January 25, 2016 by RendonBodgers

[Neutral]

Kents are closing?

 

Hugely sad if so, not just for football but Luton in general. Some brilliant players will come available. I bet Dick at 61 has been on the phone tapping them up already.

[Karen Browne]

Kent have lined up a couple of alternative venues to complete this season.

As to their plans for next season nothing is in place as yet

[Munchkin]

There have been rumblings about losing their pitch the last 2 years. Terrible if that is happening mid season.

[OD's]

Hopefully Kents will survive. For the size of Luton only having 61FC (SML) playing in the town is quite unbelievable.

What has gone wrong ?

[RendonBodgers]

Few of the chaps were in the Biscot Mill Sunday grabbing a bite to eat amd discussing it. Many calls for the possibility of a move over to Dallow Rd(Brache Spata). The nearest cafe will be happy to get there Saturday breakfast club fans back in if thats true.

 

All reminds me alittle to much of Broadfields United being moved out of there lovely Headstone home back in the day. Still, they carried on moving forward so no reason it cant work for Kent.

[Munchkin]

Hopefully Kents will survive. For the size of Luton only having 61FC (SML) playing in the town is quite unbelievable.

What has gone wrong ?

At a guess I would say facilities and money.

[Slidetacklelongthrow]

At a guess I would say facilities and money.

The Kents situation is basically down to the land being more valuable with houses on it. The leagrave/Beechwood road area is so popular because of its links to the train station and m1 as well as the schools and bury park walking distance.

The hierarchy at the Kents club had a history of not being overalls fussed about the football teams and preferred the bowls club. Now both have gone.

Such a shame, spent most of my childhood in the Kents club.

Moving to Brache may be a possible move but I would think a lot of work would need doing to the changing rooms and club house.

 

61fc may be the only side to still be playin in Luton at the minute but fingers crossed Crawley Green pull their finger out and get the ground they've promised to build started sooner rather than later.

[OD's]

Yes, Crawley Green have been promising for ages that their ground up Crawley Green Road would going ahead. Anyone got any news on that.