Pre-Season Friendlies 2023

[Rhodes]

This original listing of the scheduled midweek games is probably out of date so those wishing to attend are obviously advised to check with the Club's first, without access to Twitter now it is difficult to confirm and update the pre-season fixtures:

Tuesday 25 July 

Apsley Argyle v Sarratt (Metropolitan Police Club, Bushey, kick off 7.00pm)  

Berkhamsted Raiders P Sandridge Rovers

Biggleswade United v Kempston Rovers (kick off 7.45pm) 

Chalfont St Peter Under 23's v Berkhamsted Raiders (Clement Danes School 3g, kick off 6.15pm) 

Codicote v Cockfosters (kick off 7.00pm)

Colney Heath P Letchworth Garden City Eagles (kick off 7.45pm)   

Cranfield United P Bugbrooke St Michaels

Desborough Town Reserves P Burton Park Wanderers (now Wednesday 26 July) 

Everett Rovers v Leverstock Green (kick off 7.30) 

Leighton Town v Milton Keynes Irish (kick off 7.45pm)   

Litlington FC v Baldock Town (kick off 7.30pm)  

London Colney v Letchworth Garden City Eagles (Herts FA Charity Shield, kick off 7.45pm)

London Lions v Sandhurst Town (kick off 7.30pm)

Moulton FC v Real Bedford (kick off 7.45pm)    

Raunds Town v Northampton Town XI (kick off 7.45pm)

Shefford Town & Campton v Buntingford Town kick off 7.45pm)    

Stony Stratford Town v Cranfield United (kick off 7.45pm)

Tring Athletic P Bedford Town 

Tring Athletic v Berkhamsted FC (kick off 7.45pm) 

Winslow United v Chalfont St Peter (kick off 7.45pm)  

Wormley Rovers v AFC Welwyn (kick off 7.45pm)  

Wednesday 26 July  

Desborough Town Reserves v Burton Park Wanderers (kick off 7.45pm) 

Eynesbury United v Great Shelford (kick off 7.45pm)

Thursday 27 July  

AFC Welwyn v Hendon XI (kick off 7.45pm)    

Hadley v Baldock Town (Herts FA Charity Shield, kick off 7.45pm)  

Potton United v Ampthill Town (kick off 7.45pm)

Edited July 29, 2023 by Rhodes

[Rhodes]

On 25/07/2023 at 14:51, Rhodes said:

Tuesday 25 July

Biggleswade United v Kempston Rovers (kick off 7.45pm) 

This one still goes ahead this evening and there should be a live stream:

Edited July 31, 2023 by Rhodes

[Rhodes]

On 21/07/2023 at 15:23, Rhodes said:

Saturday 22 July   

Everett Rovers v Sarratt (kick off 2.00pm)    

This was a thriller on Saturday, a groundhopper from another Forum was present:

PSF Everett Rovers 4 Sarratt 3
Played on the new 3g facility
Att c20 most associated with the Club
Cracking game, score went 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 2-3 3-3 4-3
Standard cage with 3 quarters of one side for spectators,
Word of warning if visiting on a wet day, the pitch got saturated from the rain, large puddles were forming.

[agamemnon3]

I suspect that no-one is really interested, but nevertheless, this is what I have been able to find from last weekend.

Friday July 21st:

Winslow United v Aylesbury United   3-4

Saturday July 22nd:

Arlesey Town v Kempston Rovers   1-1

Aston Clinton v Stoke Mandeville   3-2

Barnston v Stansted   0-7

Bovingdon v Holmer Green   9-2

Buckingham v MK Dons XI   0-0

Chatteris Town v Potton United   1-5

Cockfosters v Hadley   0-3

Everett Rovers v Sarratt   4-3

Harpenden Town v Chalfont St Peter   0-1

Huntingdon Town v Oakham United   1-2

Irchester United v Oundle Town   7-0

Leicester St Andrews v Northampton ON Chenecks Reserves   8-0

Milton Keynes Irish v Milton Keynes College Football Academy   5-1

Newport Pagnell Athletic v Buckingham Reserves   0-2

Peacehaven & Telscombe v Dunstable Town   2-1

Pitstone & Ivinghoe v Belstone   2-1

Rayners Lane v Crawley Green   2-0

Real Bedford v AFC Dunstable   0-4

FC Romania v St Panteleimon   1-3

Rushden & Higham United v Higham Town   2-2

Spratton v Northampton Sileby Rangers   1-6

Stanwick Rovers v Raunds Town   0-7

Totternhoe v AFC Oakley   2-4

Tring Corinthians v Flitwick Town   8-1

AFC Welwyn v Shefford Town & Campton   2-5

 

 

 

 

[agamemnon3]

All I've been able to find so far from earlier in the week.

Monday July 24th:

Hoddesdon Town v Stansted   0-3

Tuesday July 25th:

Apsley Argyle v Sarratt   2-0

Biggleswade United v Kempston Rovers   5-4

Codicote v Cockfosters   1-4

Dunstable Town v Barnet   0-5   (aban. 75m)

Everett Rovers v Leverstock Green   1-7

Leighton Town v Milton Keynes Irish   2-0

London Lions v Sandhurst Town   3-2

Moulton v Real Bedford   0-3

Raunds Town v Northampton Town U18   1-0

Stony Stratford Town v Cranfield United   1-3

Tring Athletic v Berkhamsted   4-2

Winslow United v Chalfont St Peter   2-4

 

 

[Rhodes]

On 27/07/2023 at 03:15, agamemnon3 said:

I suspect that no-one is really interested, but nevertheless, this is what I have been able to find from last weekend

Agamemnon3 - Not at all, just the opposite infact and thanks for all your efforts recently in painstakingly finding results, its less than a week now anyway before we can roll up our sleeves and get down to business.

[Rhodes]

9 hours ago, agamemnon3 said:

Tuesday July 25th

Dunstable Town v Barnet  0-5 (aban. 75m)

Agamemnon3 - Thanks for picking this one up, a groundhopper from another Forum was present:

Dunstable Town 0-5 Barnet (abandoned 75 min)
PSF - Adm £5/£3 Prog £2 Att 182 h/c
Not much traffic on the M1/M25 and arrived in the large car park in plenty of time. Decent set-up for Step 5 with a covered stand on far side, small covered area behind far goal and the clubhouse/tea hut/changing rooms on the near side.
Barnet sent a stronger team than I'd expected, and played some nice stuff going 4-0 up inside half an hour. Keeper Walker had to make a smart point-blank save shortly after HT to preserve the clean sheet but it was soon 0-5 following some nice work down the left wing leaving a tap in.
Things then started to take a bizarre turn - firstly a badly mistimed tackle from Barnet's new signing Zak Brunt led to a Dunstable player being carried off and, after much deliberation, the ref chose to send Brunt off. Things got increasingly niggly with both the Official and some Barnet players getting upset, and on 75 Bees skipper Gorman directed a few choice words at the Ref after a home player wasn't pushed back 10 yards at a free kick.
I'm guessing to some extent here, but it appeared that the ref either threatened to send off Gorman or demand that he be substituted, at which point the Barnet team left the field and didn't reappear. All very strange for a PSF.
Indoors therefore earlier than expected @ 22:05.

[Rhodes]

This original listing of the scheduled games due to take place tomorrow is likely to have changed so those wishing to attend are obviously advised to check with the Club's first:

Saturday 29 July  

AFC Caddington v Sandridge Rovers (Stockwood Park Stadium, kick off 3.00pm)

AFC Welwyn v Cockfosters (venue tbc, kick off 2.00pm)  

Ampthill Town v Biggleswade United (kick off 1.00pm) 

Arlesey Town v Harefield United v (kick off 3.00pm) 

Belstone v Letchworth Garden City Eagles (kick off 3.00pm) 

Blisworth FC v Northampton Sileby Rangers (kick off 2.30pm)  

Broadfields United v Baldock Town (Tithe Farm, kick off 11.00am) 

Caldecote AFC v Cranfield United (kick off 3.00pm)

Codicote v Crawley Green (kick off 2.00pm)

Colney Heath v Northwood (kick off 2.00pm) 

Dunstable Town v Risborough Rangers (kick off 3.00pm) 

Garsington Sports & Social Club v Aston Clinton (kick off 3.00pm)

Harpenden Town P St Margaretsbury  

Harpenden Town v Royston Town Under 23's (kick off 2.00pm)

Hatfield Peverel v Potton United (kick off 2.00pm)

Holmer Green v Winslow United (kick off 3.00pm) 

Huntingdon Town v Chatteris Town (kick off 3.00pm) 

Leighton Town v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos (kick off 3.00pm)  

London Lions v London Samurai Rovers (kick off 2.00pm)   

Milton Keynes College Football Academy v Raunds Town (kick off 3.00pm)

Milton Keynes Irish Reserves v Leighton Town Development (kick off 3.00pm) 

Oakham United v Eynesbury United (kick off 2.00pm)

Oxhey Jets v Leverstock Green (kick off 3.00pm)   

Park View P Stansted  

Pitstone & Ivinghoe v Irchester United (kick off 1.00pm)

Rayners Lane v FC Romania (kick off 3.00pm)

Roade FC v Moulton FC (kick off 3.00pm)  

Sarratt v Chipperfield Corinthians (SarChip Cup Final, kick off 3.00pm)  

Stony Stratford Town P Northampton ON Chenecks   

Stony Stratford Town v AFC Oakley (kick off 3.00pm)

The 61 FC (Luton) v Crawley Green Reserves (kick off 3.00pm)  

Tring Athletic v Berkhamsted Raiders (kick off 3.00pm)   

Tring Corinthians AFC P Knebworth FC 

Totternhoe v Langford (kick off 3.00pm)  

Wellingborough Whitworth v Shefford Town & Campton (kick off 3.00pm) 

Wooton Blue Cross v Newport Pagnell Town Reserves (kick off 3.00pm) 

Edited July 31, 2023 by Rhodes

[Rhodes]

21 hours ago, Rhodes said:

Saturday 29 July

Holmer Green v Winslow United (kick off 3.00pm) 

This one is off this afternoon, Holmer Green don´t sound too happy so I assume Winslow United cried off at the twelfth hour:

As if Holmer Green's preparation for their first ever CCL season could not get worse after three big defeats? Now comes news that Saturdays (29/7) game versus Winslow United is also OFF.

[agamemnon3]

Just a small point regarding the previous post -- despite the impression given, it was Holmer Green who pulled out, rather than Winslow United.

And with that out of the way, here is what I have been able to dig out this evening.

Thursday July 27th:

Potton United v Ampthill Town   3-2

The 61 FC v Stopsley United   1-2

AFC Welwyn v Hendon XI   0-7

Friday July 28th:

Hemel Hempstead Town v FC Romania   5-1

Saturday July 29th:

Ampthill Town v Biggleswade United   3-1

Arlesey Town v Harefield United   1-0

Baldock Town Reserves v Biggleswade United Reserves   1-1

Belstone v Letchworth Garden City Eagles   2-2

Blisworth v Northampton Sileby Rangers   1-0

Broadfields United v Baldock Town   5-2

Colney Heath v Northwood   3-1

Dunstable Town v Risborough Rangers   1-4

Garsington SSC v Aston Clinton   4-2

Harpenden Town v Royston Town U23   4-1

Huntingdon Town v Chatteris Town   3-0

Kempston Rovers v New Salamis   0-0

Leighton Town v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos   3-2

London Lions v London Samurai Rovers   3-1

Milton Keynes College Football Academy v Raunds Town   2-3

Oakham United v Eynesbury United   1-2

Oxhey Jets v Leverstock Green   1-5

Park View v Stansted   cancelled

Pitstone & Ivinghoe v Irchester United   1-4

Rayners Lane v FC Romania   cancelled

Stony Stratford Town v Northampton ON Chenecks   cancelled

Stony Stratford Town v AFC Oakley   2-4

Tring Athletic v Berkhamsted Raiders   1-4

Tring Corinthians v Knebworth   cancelled

Tring Corinthians v Wingrave   5-1

Totternhoe v Langford   3-2

Waltham Abbey Reserves v Cockfosters Reserves   1-6

Wellingborough Whitworth v Shefford Town & Campton   1-0

AFC Welwyn v Cockfosters   1-4

And I've just realised that neither Kempston Rovers nor New Salamis are SSML -- it doesn't matter, it was still 0-0...

 

Edited July 29, 2023 by agamemnon3

[Rhodes]

With thanks again to Agamemnon3, here are the last knockings of pre-season friendly fixtures where known before we finally get down to business:

Tuesday 1 August    

Bovingdon v Chipperfield Corinthians (kick off 7.00pm)

Cockfosters P Welwyn Garden City  

Pitstone & Ivinghoe v Leighton Town Development (kick off 7.00pm) 

Sarratt v Leverstock Green Development (kick off 6.45pm)  

Totternhoe v Stotfold Development (kick off 7.00pm)  

Wormley Rovers v Hoddesdon Town (Hertfordshire FA Charity Shield First Round, kick off 7.45pm)

  

Wednesday 2 August  

 

Stony Stratford Town v Men For Mind (kick off 6.30pm)

 

 

Edited August 1, 2023 by Rhodes

[Rhodes]

On 30/07/2023 at 01:00, agamemnon3 said:

Saturday July 29th

Dunstable Town v Risborough Rangers   1-4

A groundhopper from another Forum was at Creasey Park:

Dunstable Town 1 Risborough Rangers 4. Friendly. Spartan Midlands Premier v Combined Counties North. Admission: £5. Programme: £2 (very good). Crowd: 90 approx
Creasey Park is a smart, modern venue (with a grass pitch - hurrah!), which no doubt bears little resemblance to the ground where Jeff Astle, George Best and Kerry Dixon played for Dunstable.
The tea bar menu has a nod to the club's past - you can buy a tray of 'Barry's Fries'.
Dunstable itself is a surprisingly interesting place. You get the impression a successful club here could play much higher up the pyramid. Though, of course, the proximity of Luton Town will always affect attendances.
These teams finished fourth and third respectively in last season's SSML, Risborough now having moved sideways to the CoCo North.
The visitors look like they will be a force this season with names in their squad who have played at higher levels.
They took the lead early in the game when the ball was cut back to Lewis Toomey to score from close range. Toomey took a kick in the process and was immediately subbed.
A couple of minutes later it was 2-0, a low shot from Harry Scott went across the keeper.
Visiting goalie Connor Hunt was needed to make a couple of good saves as Dunstable tried to claw their way back into the game.
However, just before the interval the visitors made it 3-0 when a low cross was sliced by a home defender to Jamie Robinson who converted at the far post.
Dunstable made a better fist of it in the second period and pulled a goal back on 68 minutes through Luke Dunstan.
Then, with a few minutes left, a remarkable goal for Risborough. Dunstable had cleared an attack and Matt Peake-Pijnen, just inside his own half, smacked the ball back into the mixer. It bounced over home keeper Connor Coulson and nestled inside the far post.

[agamemnon3]

Tuesday August 1st:

Bovingdon v Chipperfield Corinthians   postponed -- playing Thursday

Sarratt v Leverstock Green Development   3-2

Totterhoe v Stotfold Development   2-3

 

Edited August 2, 2023 by agamemnon3