Saturday 25 January - SSML Results/Reports

[Rhodes]

Saturday's fixtures:

Saturday 25 January (kick off 3.00pm unless stated)

Premier Division

Baldock Town v Colney Heath

Cockfosters v Wormley Rovers

Dunstable Town v Biggleswade United

Kempston Rovers v FC Romania

Milton Keynes Irish v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

Potton United v Harpenden Town

Tring Athletic v Crawley Green

Winslow United v London Lions

Division One

Ampthill Town v AFC Welwyn

Desborough Town v Raunds Town

Huntingdon Town v Stotfold Reserves

Leighton Town Reserves v Langford

Letchworth Garden City Eagles v Rushden & Higham United

London Colney v Moulton FC (kick off 2.00pm)

Rothwell Corinthians v Buckingham FC

Royston Town Reserves v Wellingborough Whitworth

Division Two

Caddington AFC v Aston Clinton (kick off 2.00pm)

Newport Pagnell Town Development v New Bradwell St Peter

Padbury Village v Bovingdon (kick off 2.00pm)

Pitstone & Ivinghoe v Eynesbury United (kick off 2.00pm)

Stony Stratford Town v Codicote

The 61 FC (Luton) v Milton Keynes Irish Reserves (kick off 2.00pm)

Totternhoe v Old Bradwell United (kick off 2.00pm)

Tring Corinthians AFC v Milton Keynes College Football Academy (kick off 2.00pm)

Edited January 27 by Rhodes

[Rhodes]

On 23/01/2025 at 13:58, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Division One
Leighton Town Reserves v Langford

The match programme from Bell Close:

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.pitchero.com/clubs/3144/T7tpWVdRdioZw3Z7SCqm_20250125 Leighton Town Res v Langford Match Programme.pdf

[Rhodes]

1 hour ago, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Division One
London Colney v Moulton FC (kick off 2.00pm)

Confirmation that the fixture at Cotlandswick is a 2.00pm kick off this afternoon, Full Time states 3.00pm, another 'schoolboy error':

[Rhodes]

1 hour ago, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Division One
Huntingdon Town v Stotfold Reserves

The match programme:

https://huntingdontownfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Hunters-vs-StotDev.pdf

[Rhodes]

1 hour ago, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Premier Division
Potton United v Harpenden Town

The match programme:

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:77b3fa39-f6aa-4f1f-9371-c5b16d33653f?viewer!megaVerb=group-discover

[Rhodes]

3 hours ago, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Division One
Stony Stratford Town v Codicote

Codicote will be hard pushed to make the top five in Division Two in order to gain promotion to Step 6 next season despite having a lot of games in hand:

[Rhodes]

7 minutes ago, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Division One
Ampthill Town v AFC Welwyn

How do we see this interesting affair going at Ampthill Park, sixth in the table hosting second:

[Rhodes]

32 minutes ago, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Division Two
Totternhoe v Old Bradwell United (kick off 2.00pm)

We're under way at Dunstable Road:

[Rhodes]

Sports Shots have interestingly highlighted the fixtures this afternoon, I'm assuming their photographer will be at Manor Fields, watch this space:

https://www.sportsshots.org.uk/2025/01/24/2024-5-spartan-south-midlands-league-fixtures-saturday-25th-january-2025/

[Tally Ho]

1 hour ago, Rhodes said:

How do we see this interesting affair going at Ampthill Park, sixth in the table hosting second:

I'll guess at 2-1 to Welwyn.

[Rhodes]

The results

Saturday 25 January

Premier Division

Baldock Town 3 Colney Heath 0

Cockfosters P Wormley Rovers

Dunstable Town 2 Biggleswade United 1

Kempston Rovers 2 FC Romania 2

Milton Keynes Irish 2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 1

Potton United 4 Harpenden Town 2

Tring Athletic 2 Crawley Green 2

Winslow United 6 London Lions 0

Division One

Ampthill Town A AFC Welwyn

Desborough Town 7 Raunds Town 0

Huntingdon Town 1 Stotfold Reserves 2

Leighton Town Reserves 2 Langford 0

Letchworth Garden City Eagles 4 Rushden & Higham United 1

London Colney 0 Moulton FC 1

Rothwell Corinthians 2 Buckingham FC 2

Royston Town Reserves 1 Wellingborough Whitworth 1

Division Two

Caddington AFC 0 Aston Clinton 0

Newport Pagnell Town Development 2 New Bradwell St Peter 0

Padbury Village 0 Bovingdon 3

Pitstone & Ivinghoe 1 Eynesbury United 4

Stony Stratford Town 3 Codicote 2

The 61 FC (Luton) 0 Milton Keynes Irish Reserves 8

Totternhoe 1 Old Bradwell United 2

Tring Corinthians AFC 3 Milton Keynes College Football Academy 3

Edited January 27 by Rhodes

[Rhodes]

On 25/01/2025 at 14:10, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Premier Division
Milton Keynes Irish 2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 1

As anticipated, over 110 photographs from Manor Fields courtesy of Sports Shots photographer Luke Stafford:

[Rhodes]

On 25/01/2025 at 16:43, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Premier Division
Winslow United 6 London Lions 0

It looks like London Lions were still feeling the effects of their disappointing FA Vase Fourth Round defeat at Egham Town last Saturday:

https://www.sportsshots.org.uk/2025/01/26/2024-5-ssmflpd-tamplin-brace-helps-winslow-united-hit-six-against-high-flying-lions/

[Rhodes]

On 25/01/2025 at 16:43, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Division Two
Pitstone & Ivinghoe 1 Eynesbury United 4

Eynesbury United's match report:

Spartan South Midlands Division 2 - Pitstone & Ivinghoe (0) 1 Eynesbury Utd (1) 4 (Jones 2, Wood, Palmer)

If Carlsberg did Saturday's then the Bulls can claim that yesterday was one of those days. In the championship and promotion race at the top of Division 2 leaders New Bradwell lost away at Newport Pagnell Town and Totternhoe lost at home to Old Bradwell, which saw the Bulls move within five points of the leaders.

And that sets up next Saturday when the Bulls travel to New Bradwell for a huge top of the league clash.

After last weeks 2-0 defeat for Pitstone & Ivinghoe to the Bulls, they had changed their approach to the game and came out guns blazing. In the early stages a shot from Churchill was deflected goal wards by Owen Meeds and somehow Arnold cleared it off the line. Minutes later Payne had a great chance but Dylan Martin pulled off an amazing save (it must of been good as Fieldy was impressed) as he stretched and turned the ball over the bar.

United were struggling to get their game together and with Pitstone we’re winning every second ball it looked likely they would be the only team to score. However, the first time United actually got their game together and got the ball down and played, they scored. The superb Brad Brown panicked Stevens into a mistake and the ball found McLeod who played a great ball through to Palmer who sprinted clear of the defence and slotted home past Frost. One up against the run of play but the Bulls settled down after that and started to cause issues for Pitstone.

Ryan Baxter was working hard up front and was having a good battle with both centre half’s. Last week Pitstone's John Smith was sent off for pulling Ty McLeods hair, and Pitstone were seeking revenge, an incident in the penalty box saw the centre half fall to the floor and allegedly Ty had pushed him. After some discussion by the Officials Ty was shown a yellow card, but this further encouraged the Pitstone players who were screaming every time Ty made a tackle but McLeod continued to be superb in the middle of the park and let his feet do the talking. One nil up at half time and the Bulls had to make three changes due to injuries.

The second half started with both sides coming out looking to get the upper hand, the Bulls were certainly the better team and a great chance saw Jones run through the defence but his shot was weak. Lee and Meeds were solid in the back four and were rarely troubled, apart from free kicks into the box which they dealt with superbly. On 66 minutes the game blew into life as a shot from Wood was blocked but the Referee adjudged that the defenders arm was in an un-natural position and he awarded the Bulls a penalty. This infuriated the Pitstone side and Jack Stevens said too much and was sinned binned, as he was walking off he obviously said something else and the Referee showed him a second yellow. Pitstone stalled the taking of the penalty for as long as they could but Iwen Jones was the coolest man on the pitch, stepped up and slotted home the penalty - 0-2

United started to boss the possession but Pitstone won a corner and reduced the deficit to one goal when Cestrone headed home. This could have turned into a squeaky bum time but within minutes Iwen Jones picked the ball up in the centre of the park and sent a superb curling shot past the motionless keeper - 1-3

The Bulls were again in charge and put the icing on the cake when a sweeping counter attack saw Jake Wood blast home at the far post for his second goal in two games and with that the Referee blew for full time. This was a great performance on a day the league was blown wide open. The Bulls travel to Godmanchester Rovers on Tuesday for a friendly, kick off 7.45pm.

[Rhodes]

On 27/01/2025 at 12:57, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Premier Division
Dunstable Town 2 Biggleswade United 1

Highlights from Creasey Park and a match report:

https://www.dunstabletownfc.co.uk/post/match-report-dunstable-town-2-1-biggleswade-united

[Rhodes]

On 25/01/2025 at 16:43, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Division One
Ampthill Town A AFC Welwyn

Highlights from the abandonment at Ampthill Park due to a serious injury to Ampthill Town player Zion Selassie-Yoseph:

Saturdays match at Ampthill Town sadly had to be abandoned after Ampthill striker Zion Selassie-Yoseph suffered what we later found out was a double fracture and a dislocation. Up to this point the game was being played very well with us putting our noses ahead thanks to a very clean free kick by Scott Bridges. We wish Zion a speedy and strong recovery, a JustGiving page has been set up to help support his young family whilst he cannot work, please give what you can: https://justgiving.com/crowdfunding/p... Massive shout out to our Physio Ryan who was excellent looking after Zion along with the Ampthill Officials, until the ambulance arrived.

[Rhodes]

On 27/01/2025 at 12:57, Rhodes said:

Saturday 25 January
Premier Division
Milton Keynes Irish 2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 1

A match report and highlights from Manor Fields:

https://mkirishfc.co.uk/first-team/report-mk-irish-2-1-aylesbury-vale-dynamos/