Bit short on FA Cup shocks so far this weekend.
Perhaps tomorrow will bring a change?
Cracking result for Darlo, got every chance of beating them up here in the replay.
I deliberately didn't mention Darlington because I knew there'd be a reaction!
National League South Maidstone United beat National League Torquay United 1-0, thus revenging the town's Oakwood Park Grammar School's 2-0 defeat to Torquay Boy's Grammar School in the semi-final of the 1987 ESFA Schools Cup.Bit short on FA Cup shocks so far this weekend.
Perhaps tomorrow will bring a change?
I see that Hyde United suddenly experienced a dramatic loss of both confidence and form in the BetVictor Northern Premier League when news filtered through to Ewen Fields that a certain pundit on this website ventured the opinion that non-league football was not worth reporting on this thread, causing the usual Hyde United website member to cease his postings on behalf of the club.
Bit short on FA Cup shocks so far this weekend.
Perhaps tomorrow will bring a change?
Although Maldon & Tiptree winning at Leyton Orient was a bigger shock.
And kingstonian 4 -0 Macclesfield.
Macclesfield fielded a team of youth and loanees as their first team all went on strike
Even better was to see Pep Guardiola absolutely losing it on the touchline. Genius, but also a crazy man at time.
Ouch. Ha ha. Good result for us today (Liverpool).Even better than that was various Citeh fans losing it on 606. Robbie Savage then made a fantastic comment to one of them: “I completely agree that City are a brilliant team, but are you now looking over your shoulder at Sheffield United?”
I heard that too. I was driving along after watching the game at a friends house chuckling away...Even better than that was various Citeh fans losing it on 606. Robbie Savage then made a fantastic comment to one of them: “I completely agree that City are a brilliant team, but are you now looking over your shoulder at Sheffield United?”
Ouch. Ha ha. Good result for us today (Liverpool).
Didn't one of Cities players hand ball just before Alexander-Arnold? Don't care really.
Maldon don't look to be "bankrolled" like some non-league teams, but their record this season is Liverpool-esque.They didn't look like an 8th tier side. Have they got backing?
Maldon don't look to be "bankrolled" like some non-league teams, but their record this season is Liverpool-esque.
In the league Played 8. Won 8. Goals 25-4.
https://www.betvictoristhmian.co.uk/match-info/tables?table_id=d-51836
Plus 12 wins in 13 cup games.
they didn't look step 8. I have seen step 8 at Northern Premier League one (now East and West) level and the northern sections are held to be better than the southern sections ( See FA Vase wins). That wasn't them. I will do some digging.
Well done to them mind - it s a good story but it is a better story if they actually are a team of butchers, bakers and candlestick makers
FA Vase is step 9 and below; step 8 is FA Trophy
sorry got the wrong cup. I should know as the draw for the trophy is today and we are in it! The Vase has, until recently, been dominated by North East clubs
Have a look at Tynecastle’s form in the East of Scotland 1st Division Conference B - I’m terrified for when Ormiston play them. In 3 of their last 4 games they’ve hit double digit score lines.Maldon don't look to be "bankrolled" like some non-league teams, but their record this season is Liverpool-esque.
In the league Played 8. Won 8. Goals 25-4.
https://www.betvictoristhmian.co.uk/match-info/tables?table_id=d-51836
Plus 12 wins in 13 cup games.
I've just seen the draw for the 3rd QR of the FA Trophy and, as usual, it is heavily biased against northern clubs.
The northern section has 18 ties involving the 22 NLN clubs. The southern section has 22 ties involving the 22 NLS clubs. So NLS teams have a better chance (22/43 = 51.2%) of drawing a lower league club than NLN sides (14/35 = 40.0%). This pro-Southern bias happens in all the FA competitions.
And it will get worse and worse now two of the four feeder leagues to NLN/NLS are in the south and a third is in the south midlands. They should never have formed NLN and NLS and just left the NPL, SPL and IPL alone as the three feeder leagues to the NL.
doing that would then have left the issue of the three feeder leagues only having one promotion space each unless there were playoffs across the three feeder leagues are two up from each and a scary six down from the national league
but whatever system is in place, there’s inevitably “league creep” dependent on the geographic locations of the teams that come down from the national league.