League Chat

United Counties League News

Five of our fourteen clubs in FA Cup Preliminary Round action made progress with five more facing midweek replays.

Four of the successful clubs were from Lincolnshire and three disposed of UniBond League sides. Ian Dunn, Keith Gray and Rob Masters were the Bourne marksmen in a 3-1 defeat of Goole while two Ryan Oliver goals and one from Dan Reidy saw Sleaford overcome Stamford 3-1. Also claiming a higher grade scalp were Blackstones who defeated Shepshed 3-2 at Lincoln Road, their marksmen Matty Doyle, Kevin Ainslie and Elton Holmes.

Boston Town made it four Lincolnshire clubs through with a 2-0 success at Shirebrook with first half goals from Paul Goodhand and Liam Ogden, while our fifth side to progress were Long Buckby who overcame hosts Norwich United 1-0, Dan Chilton the matchwinner.

The league is guarenteed a further side through as Daventry Town and Desborough will replay at Communications Park after drawing 1-1 at the Waterworks Field where Jon Mitchell scored for Ar Tarn to cancel out Richard Wesley's opener for Daventry. A goal six minutes into added time saw Northampton Spencer pegged back at Gorleston where Kevin Slinn's goal had the Millers in front for seventy minutes, while Rothwell Corinthians must travel to Godmanchester after a goalless draw. Perhaps happier with a scoreless stalemate were St Ives who held higher grade Soham.

There will be no repeat of last season's FA Cup run for Newport Pagnell, beaten 2-0 at home by Heybridge while lower grade interest ended with Wootton's 2-0 defeat at Thame. St Neots went out 3-0 at Mildenhall after a goalless first half while Cogenhoe were well beaten 4-0 at Kirkley