(Action from Basildon Town's win at May & Baker in the Thurlow Nunn Challenge Cup, photo courtesy of Richard Brock @Beckton86)
I was bored so decided to do another blog on the latest action involving Essex Senior & Thurlow Nunn South sides, Wednesday only saw two games in total, so here is what happened in those and I will also look ahead to the weekend games in both divisions....
Wednesday Evening
Essex Senior Cup 1st Round
White Ensign 3 Harwich & Parkeston 1
Ensign are through to the 2nd Round of the Essex Senior Cup after they saw off Thurlow Nunn North side Harwich & Parkeston at Burroughs Park. Ensign grabbed a third minute lead when Jordan Fisher flicked home a neat close range finish and that lead was doubled in first half stoppage time when Joe Gregory slotted home a low angled finish. The visitors got back into the game in the 63rd minute thanks to a thunderous Jamie Beecham strike, but Ensign sealed their passage into the next round in stoppage time at the end of the contest after a cut back found Billy Hutchison who fired home a low finish, setting up another home tie in the next round against either Newbury Forest or Dunmow Town.
Thurlow Nunn League Challenge Cup 1st Round
May & Baker 0 Basildon Town 2
Basildon Town are into the next round of the League Challenge Cup after goals from Alfie Terry and Alfie Yeend were enough for them to see of May & Baker at Parkside.
Let's look ahead to the weekend's fixtures now, with all but one of those across the two leagues being league fixtures and they are all on Saturday too.....
Essex Senior League
Athletic Newham v Stanway Rovers
Barking v FC Clacton
Frenford v Tilbury
Great Wakering Rovers v Coggeshall Town
Halstead Town v Romford
Hullbridge Sports v Buckhurst Hill
Little Oakley v West Essex
Saffron Walden Town v Takeley
Sporting Bengal United v White Ensign
Woodford Town v Ilford
A full set if fixtures in the ESL this weekend after a few weekends of cup competitions and my picks to look out for see Romford's visit to Halstead Town, Hullbridge Sports taking on Buckhurst Hill at Lower Road and Walden hosting Takeley at Catons Lane. Romford are in third and currently trail leaders Woodford Town by five points, but they travel to a Halstead side who have started the season very well indeed, they are in seventh and only four points behind Romford so that should be a decent contest at Rosemary Lane.
Hullbridge, who are in 12th, take on 13th placed Buckhurst Hill with the visitors galvanized by the return of Suleyman Zuhdu and have picked up three wins since he returned to the club, and they will want to heap more misery on a Hullbridge side who have not started the season as they would of hoped and will be looking to grab a win that could kick start there season perhaps, it proved to be a very intriguing encounter at Lower Road.
And there is local bragging rights at stake over at Catons Lane as two sides who have had indifferent starts to their campaigns clash head on, Walden recently welcomed Jason Maher back as manager after Terry Spillane departed, it was supposed to be the season they finally had a good crack at promotion but it hasn't started how they would of hoped, leading to Spillane's departure, can Maher galvanize a club he loves so much and defeat a Takeley side who are also getting used to changes off the field as well following the Marc Das era ending in the summer, with Martyn Westcott taking over the reigns.
Takeley have also had a tough start this campaign, and with the clubs sitting 15th and 16th respectively, a win for either here could really kick start their season, so this is an important battle in terms of getting their seasons going as well as bragging rights, it promises to be a rather blood and thunder tie that's for sure.
Elsewhere 8th placed Athletic Newham take on manger less Stanway Rovers after Karl Duguid resigned from his post following a rather disappointing start to their campaign, 11th placed Barking host 6th placed FC Clacton at Mayesbrook Park, 17th placed Frenford welcome 5th placed Tilbury to The Drive, and 9th placed Great Wakering Rovers welcome bottom and winless Coggeshall Town to the Essex coast with the visitors hoping they can finally grab a win in the league.
10th placed Little Oakley welcome second placed West Essex to their Memorial Ground on the outskirts of Dovercourt near Harwich, that could be a very entertaining contest, surprise package Sporting Bengal United, who are 4th and playing some neat football this season, welcome 14th placed White Ensign who will be a tough nut to crack, and finally but most certainly not least, leaders Woodford Town and only unbeaten side left in the league this season take on a struggling Ilford side at Ashton's looking to increase their lead at the top if others slip up.
Thurlow Nunn First Division South
Basildon Town v Brimsdown
Clapton Community v Cannons Wood
Hackney Wick v Tower Hamlets
Harlow Town v Barkingside
Hoddesdon Town v Burnham Ramblers
NW London v Newbury Forest
Park View v Dunmow Town
Southend Manor v Clapton
St Margaretsbury v Hutton
Herts Senior Centenary Trophy 1st Round
Wormley Rovers v Tring Corinthians
7th placed Basildon Town take on 10th placed Brimsdown at Rookery Hill with both sides looking to get into that all important top five, CFC and Cannons Wood also have similar aspirations and they clash at The Old Spotted Dog ground at the weekend which should be a feisty affair in front of a big crowd, Hackney Wick & Tower Hamlets clash at Spa Road in Witham and both sides are looking to pull clear of the drop zone whilst second placed Harlow, who since their 5-1 drubbing at home to Hutton on the opening day, have won seven of their games since out of eleven, take on a Barkingside who have picked up recently and are themselves trying to pull away from the drop zone.
Struggling Hoddesdon Town, who were relegated from Step Five last season, host a Burnham Ramblers side aiming to break into the top five, bottom side NW London entertain ninth placed Newbury Forest at Coles Park, the visitors also aiming for a top five position at the surprise to many, whilst league leaders Dunmow Town will look to net more goals as they travel to face fourth bottom Park View who themselves will look for a shock result to try and pull away from the bottom three. Two teams who were relegated from the Essex Senior League last season clash at The Southchurch Park Arena, hosts Southend Manor will desperately be looking for a win to pull themselves away from the drop zone against a Clapton side with similar aspirations.
At The Recreation Ground third bottom St Margaretsbury welcome Senior new boys Hutton to their gaff, the visitors have stuttered slightly after a superb start to their season, but the fourth placed side could see a win take them back top of the pile if other results go their way, you just never know in this division which is almost impossible to predict!!!
And finally, there is a cup game at Wormley Sports Club as Wormley Rovers take on Tring Corinthians in the 1st Round of the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy with the winners setting up a trip to either Sandridge Rovers or Royston Town U23s in the next round.
That's it for today's blog, more to come over the coming days no doubt, especially if I get bored.....
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