Basingstoke & District League Handbook
Basingstoke & District League Handbook
30/08/24
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It was asset back for Royals title hopes when they were held to a 2-2 draw by Bramley United
and it came after they were held a two goal lead and United went down to ten men when Matt Harris was sent off. Tommy Smith gave them a first half lead with a first time shot from a James McIntosh cross. James Gilham made it 2-0 in the 60th with a firm low shot and this looked to be it when Harris was dismissed for late tackle resulting in a straight red card. United came good in the 88th minute when Ben Squibb found Stuart Leddy who headed on for Adam Bartlett to net and in the last minute Adam Burt raced down the line and his centre was met with a fine overhead shot from Sam Cato to clinch a point. Welly Old Boys were on the receiving end of another heavy defeat when beaten 9-0 by Hook. Manager Graham Jenkins hopes to have few back this week to on their visit to Barlows Park to face Tadley Calleva A Andy Haig scored the opener from an Andy Parker assist and it became 2-0 when Aaron King was quick to respond when a shot by Peter Silvester redounded off the keeper. Parker made it 3-0 by half time and after the break the tiring Welly defence could not hold out and goals flowed from Haig, Parker and King scoring their seconds and singles from James Wilstead, Silvester and Stuart Bowser. Sherborne St John lost 6-4 away to Rising Sun DC but their manager Trevor Livingstone was not too despondent and felt with his full side available could have beaten them. Even with a team including four reserves, they hit the woodwork four times through Alex Izzo, Ibrahim Waheed, Asher Pirie and Olly Burgan and Matt Livingstone also missed a penalty. Ben Nicholls gave Rising Sun the lead after six minutes and it went 3-0 ahead with goals from Lee Chambers and Sam Nicholls before Burtan reduced the arrears, but a header from Lorne Howard saw Rising Sun 4-1 up at the break.. Sherborne came back with two quick goals through Izzo and a Livingstone penalty kick, but. Rising Sun scored again through Ben Nicholls and Ben Vine to make it 6-3. Sherborne replied again when one of their Reserves Rory Hatherwell put his chance away and the game was not over for Livingstone had a chance to get them right back in the game when his side were awarded a penalty, but Matt Powell made the save and so ended their hopes..
Overton United A head Division One on goal difference after beating Hook Reserves 6-1 at Berrydown. Siyanni Thomas gave them a fifth minute lead and injuries led to them having all three subs on the pitch in the opening twenty minutes. One of these was Brazilian Michael Bonifacto who played Nathan Beenis through for the second and another of the subs Charlie Palmer put them three up. Hook came back with a goal from Jack McKee in the 41st, but in the second half Beenis put away his second from a Thomas cross, Gus Reis from a Palmer assist and Thomas headed his second from another Palmer pass. DJS Telecoms are on level points after beating North Warnborough 2014 6-2, but things did not look good when they were trailing 1-0 after Ryan Thorpe had given Borough a fifth minute lead from a penalty. They held this lead until the 50th minute when Lee Neal found Mark Howell who made no mistake and Howell then put DJS ahead with a firm header. Thorpe put Borough level but after Peter Lomax put away a Nick Saunders cross with a header, DJS never looked back and further goals came from Neal, Reece Chapman and Ashley Elward. Twentyten came good against Hampshire Irons, winning a close contest 2-1, with the winner from Joe Hill coming in the 88th minute. A great volley from Joe Hill in the first half from a Joe Osborne cross saw them in front but a long throw went in off Craig Hopper for the half time equalizer. Frank Spacagna hit the bar from a penalty awarded to Twentyten in the 65th, and they managed maximum points when over came cross from Osborne and again Joe Hill did well to control and put away the decider..