MONDAY 19th OCTOBER/TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER/WEDNESDAY 21st OCTOBER
MIDWEEK HEADLINES
Tring Athletic have done it, yes a first league win of the season at the ninth attempt. Premier Division table toppers Eynesbury Rovers hit six on the road.
Midweek Stats: 13 games played of which 7 were home wins, 3 away wins and 3 draws.
Highest Attendances: 179 Newport Pagnell Town v Leighton Town, 100 Tring Athletic v London Colney and 89 Dunstable Town v Eynesbury Rovers.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bottom club Tring Athletic finally registered their first league points of the new campaign when welcoming the club immediately above them, London Colney, the hosts coming from a goal down to win 3-1, the result lifting Tring above their opponents in the standings. No changes at the top of the table as the leading three clubs all recorded wins in a full midweek programme of fixtures. Leaders Eynesbury Rovers enjoyed a 6-1 win at Dunstable Town, second placed Colney Heath won 4-1 at North Greenford United while third placed Harefield United ran out 3-0 winners against visiting Harpenden Town. Potton United moved into fourth spot as they edged out visiting Edgware Town by the odd goal in five while Oxhey Jets were thankful to their goalscoring talisman Lewis Putman whose brace saw them defeat Broadfields United in Hertfordshire. Baldock Town recorded back to back home wins with a 3-1 success over Crawley Green while Aylesbury Vale Dynamos secured a 3-0 success on their travels at Wembley. Elsewhere it was honours even as Newport Pagnell Town and Leighton Town shared four goals between them with the visitors levelling late on with a goal from the halfway line and Leverstock Green were held to a goalless draw at home against Biggleswade United. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.
1-6 Dunstable Town v Eynesbury Rovers (Stapleton) / (Hatch [3], Danobrega, Brown, Moss) Attendance: 89
3-0 Harefield United v Harpenden Town (Farhall, Payne, Sesay) Attendance: 55
0-0 Leverstock Green v Biggleswade United Attendance: 49
2-2 Newport Pagnell Town v Leighton Town (Smail, Ford) / (McClelland, Fitzgerald) Attendance: 179
1-4 North Greenford United v Colney Heath (Manitou) / (Woods [3] [1 pen], Devine) Attendance: 81
2-1 Oxhey Jets v Broadfields United (Putman [2]) / (Pitt) Attendance: 53
3-2 Potton United v Edgware Town (McArdle [2] [1 pen], Maxwell) / (Page, Nagheeb) Attendance: 73
3-1 Tring Athletic v London Colney (Smith [2], Naylor) / (Beevor) Attendance: 100
0-3 Wembley v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos (Lambeth [2], Jackson) Attendance: 46
3-1 Baldock Town v Crawley Green (Hay [2], Piggott [pen]) / (Holmes) Attendance: 78
DIVISION ONE
Milton Keynes Irish climbed into the top four in midweek as they overcame lowly London Tigers 3-1, a result that leaves Tigers still in search of their first league points of the new campaign. New Salamis welcomed Ampthill Town to Coles Park for a mid-table clash with both clubs eager for the three points to push them up the standings in the battle for the four promotion places on offer this season. The game proved to be a hard fought, tight and tense battle and in the end it was honours even following a 2-2 draw. The other Division One midweek action saw Langford leap-frog visiting Park View in a game between two struggling clubs, the hosts winning by a solitary goal. Full results and goalscorers (where known) are listed below.
2-2 New Salamis v Ampthill Town (Hervel, Rosero) / (Cerminara, Unknown) Attendance: 45
3-1 Milton Keynes Irish FC v London Tigers (G Shrieves, Spence, Uings) / (Unknown) Attendance: 55
1-0 Langford v Park View (L Osborne) Attendance: 40
AND FINALLY
When AZ Alkmaar fans heard their team would be facing Italian giants Napoli in the Europa League with 13 players ruled out because of positive coronavirus tests, they must have feared the worst. Instead, a side featuring a number of youth teams players pulled off a shock by winning 1-0 in the Group F match. Dani de Wit curled in the unexpected winner in the second half. It was a frustrating evening for the hosts, who had dominated throughout.
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