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A good start to the day. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system.. The first half was something of a drab affair, in no way helped that both sides lacked any quality. I don’t know why those four words would mean anything to anybody in their right mind, but clearly poor Lewis is prone to imagine himself pinging balls out for a throw-in instead of taking aim at goal. The view from the top of the banking on the far touchline behind the dugouts certainly offers something a bit more unique however. For the life of me, I’ve completely forgotten what it was called, but as ever, I got the last pint in the barrel and had to swap beers having run down the road to the nearest cash machine. Still, we escaped with our lives, and found a chippy to quench our raging stomachs. It cut all of four seconds from our time, but certainly provided a different backdrop from which we could munch away at our chips that we’d waited so long for. You reach the pitch level via a set of stairs leading from the clubhouse and changing rooms, and there’s a cracking view across the rolling hills on the far side. PREM - Thankfully, the rail system was behaving, and we were soon enjoying a pint in ‘The Merry Monk’ alongside West Ham comfortably beating Liverpool in the Premier League. Being 19 years old and as mature as a nice lump of Cheddar, I obviously have to take a photo of anything with my name attached to it. Back to the Merry Monk. The links below allow you to view the Full Time FIXTURES on this site The club left the County League in 1978 but rejoined as of the founder members of the new Division Three in 1983. With an open pool table that allowed for free games (+ 10 points to any establishment that offers free pool), we enjoyed a couple of drinks with Watford vs Man City game on in the background, before missing our train and heading back inside for another drink. With the promise of a 3G pitch and a guaranteed game of football, I wasn’t going to turn my head on this one and off to Sussex I went, even after the travel debacle of the night before. 28/12/20 11:00, LAST: Following the tragedy that struck the club, and the football world as a whole, I admire their courage to keep on fighting. Southern Combination League, Division Two Supplementary Shield, Group B Charlwood 0 TD Shipley 4 (att 55) FULL-TIME offers you an easy way to manage your football leagues online. I had to see what was going on. The Greenville Braves were Southern League mainstays from 1984 into the new millennium, but with a 100-win season and an MVP effort from Javy Lopez, the 1992 team made history. Cup: - It’s only small, and many would deem it not worthy of mention, but it’s the small things that set certain clubs apart. The visitors ultimately could have run up double figures, but, having played largely good football, just didn’t want to score goals. On top of that, it was pissing it down outside. 34. As you do. Now, I don’t know what happens in your local area, but apparently in Hassocks it’s perfectly acceptable to jump out of a doorway and shout ‘Boo!’ at any given passer-by. Don’t get me wrong here, I took absolutely no pride in going to watch this game because Ferring leak goals faster than your average Wok drains water. Sadly, I wasn’t able to get hold of some largely unheard of poison from central Europe, so I had to settle for a pint of Heineken instead. At 1-0, my favourite quote of the season could be heard across the ground, and it really was a belter. I’m told they follow the side home and away, and they are an absolute credit to the club. If you were previously unaware, good evening, my real name is Sheridan. If you’ve ever worked a day in retail, you’ll be on side with me here. Behind the far touchline is an excellent view of the hills, making for a rather picturesque ground. The match itself went the way we expected it to go, without any disrespect to visiting opponents East Preston. Cheers Worthing. I took perch to the right of the dugouts for the first twenty minutes of the game, before mooching round to take a few snaps on my phone, with the quality of photo continuing to frustrate me. I’m sure Matt and Jacob are still on the minds of everybody, but at least their club continues to make a good appearance of itself. League Status. It was all very spontaneous. Follow us on Twitter I honestly believed that we were the first visitors to this little community in years, and that we wouldn’t make it out again to tell the tale. Follow us on Twitter; Latest News. I really hope Ferring can pull themselves together before it ends in a brick wall, but I don’t know how they’re going to go about achieving that. With midfielder Lewis Finney lining up a free-kick some 25 yards out, somebody, and sadly I don’t know who, gave him arguably the greatest piece of advice ever given. With the season quickly drawing to an end, I’ve apparently made it my life goal to sack off revision for my exams and head back out in to the big, wide world in the search of some silly football to enjoy. Incredible. Heavily enough in fact that as I supped my Tuborg, and chomped away at my £4 curry, the homeless of Southsea were getting across town via an inflatable dinghy. Just outside of the station, ‘The Hassocks’ is a lovely little family pub offering food and drink, with a beer garden and kids park on site. Enables clubs and referees to administer their day to day activities, There are no upcoming fixtures to display, There are no postponed or cancelled fixtures to display, LAST: Southern Combination League - Southern Combination League Division One. It is sponsored by Cherry Red Records, and therefore officially known as the Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League. I love spontaneity, and well, the least said about the rest of that night the better. Rottingdean. With that in mind, and the rain running down my back, I was in no mood to stick around for any extended period of time. FA Cup Entries 2021/22. Worthing United ply their trade in the newly refurbished Southern Combination League Premier (formerly the Sussex County League until the beginning of this season) and their Lyons Way home is certainly typical of some of the local Sussex grounds. 12/05/21 19:30, LAST: The original plan had been to travel with Bashley over to Evesham United, but with the game postponed early, it was back to the drawing boards. Simply head down Brighton Road, and you’ll soon stumble across the long driveway heading up to the entrance, to the right-hand side of quite an elaborate garden centre. The club is worth a visit if you get the chance, you never know, you might even see them score a goal! That being said, what with such a dry summer, pitches across the south were holding out well and postponements were of short supply, so at least our options remained open. 7 talking about this. It was decided at the end of the game that we best continue sheltering from the rain before making a sprint for the train, and so we naturally ended up in the pub. Team management made easy. Obviously. It is, after all, the silly things that keep us sane. The people love the club, and you’re given a reason to love the football yourself, even if it is only for the one afternoon. Even Bashley never managed that, and we were playing at a higher level! We arrived at Lyons Way just as the game was kicking off and soon went off on a mooch of the ground. Gutted. We were on our way to Ferring. Eventually we managed to board a train in our chosen direction, with a couple of cans of 1664 to enjoy on the journey, having somehow managed to persuade the owner of the local off-license that my 16-25 railcard was a valid form of age identification. Of course, being me, the two midweek games fell out of the schedule faster that I’d added them in the first place. It was certainly a nice place to be spending a couple of hours on what was actually a pretty grim afternoon weather wise. The tables and results are stored on NLM for information purposes at the point where the season was halted Andy has a pretty normal name and as such didn’t fully comprehend my glee, and as such was still giving me funny looks as I skipped into the pub just across the street. I’d probably have ended up on top of the stand had it found the back of the net. As with any change from the typical mild weather, a spot of rain threw Southern Trains services into a complete meltdown, threatening to throw our plans out the window. As a Bashley fan, I know what it’s like to be in East Preston’s position, and it isn’t a fun place to be. It does include my date of of birth, so he bought it, and I bought the beer. The clubhouse is a large, spacious affair, with the tea bar in the corner offering a range of hot drinks and food. It was the day of the Shoreham Air disaster, and amongst the 11 victims were Matt Grimstone and Jacob Schilt, both tragically taken before their time. United had been due to host Loxwood in a Southern Combination tie that day, but in light of the events, the fixture simply could not go ahead. As it so happened, and as I always do, I continued perusing the league tables further, and that’s when I stumbled across a golden opportunity. It was still raining as well. Southern Combination Football League League Tables. Lancing are a friendly club with cracking facilities, and well worth a visit any time you happen to be in Sussex. It’s never happened to me before, other than in Cwmbran, South Wales, but every eye turned on us as we wandered through the door and went to purchase a drink from the bar. On entrance at Hassocks however, I was presented with a £3 admission fee and a further £1 for a matchday programme. As it so happened, he stepped up and curled his effort well over the bar. I came back down to the news that Andy had photographed myself whilst I was up there, and it’s apparently led to the most iconic photo in football so far this season. Our day had begun with Andy and I deciding where the footballing gods were going to take us. Lancing’s home, Culver Road, also plays host to the Sussex FA and so I wasn’t too surprised to find a well maintained ground with a 3G playing surface on arrival. 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