FC Baresi U23s 1 Old Barkabeyyans Reserves 1 (FC Baresi U23s won 4-3 on penalties)

Essex Alliance League Division Three Cup Final, Thursday 26th May 

I was at Victoria Road in Dagenham on Thursday night for my third Essex Alliance Final of 2022 and saw FC Baresi U23s claim a league and cup double after they edged out Old Barkabeyyans Reserves in a shootout to claim the Division Three Cup after an entertaining contest.

This final was billed to be a rather entertaining affair as FC Baresi’s U23 side had won the Division Three title, five points ahead of Old Barks Reserves who finished runners up, meaning both sides had already clinched promotion to Division Two for next season, and with FC Baresi netting just under four goals per game and Old Barks an equally impressive five goals a game in their twenty game league campaign, goals were surely on the agenda.

However, in the two league games played between the sides this season, FC Baresi won them both, winning 3-0 at Old Barks in October before winning a very entertaining one at home just over a month ago in a 6-4 success, so a rather exciting contest that must have been, would we get one in this final and could Old Barks get one over their opponents and take some silverware? Or could Baresi complete a league and cup double?

FC Baresi had to win three ties to get to this final, whereas Old Barks just needed to win two, here is the Division Three cup in full results wise: -

First Round

Harlow Inter L-W Together United

FC Baresi U23s 5 Terin 0

Melbourne Sports 1 Buckhurst Way 6

Glendale 4 Lymore Gardens Reserves 4 (Glendale won 5-4 on penalties)

Quarter Finals

Together United 0 ASA 0 (ASA won 7-6 on penalties)

Royal Forest Reserves 1 FC Baresi U23s 5

Buckhurst Way 1 Old Barkabbeyans Reserves 4

Flyers U23s 1 Glendale 2

Semi Finals

ASA 2 FC Baresi U23s 2 (FC Baresi U23s won 4-2 on penalties)

Old Barkabbeyans Reserves 5 Glendale 0

FC Baresi breezed through their first two games before a penalty shoot-out was needed for them to dispatch ASA in the semi-finals, whereas Old Barks breezed through both their ties, including a semi final win over Rob Parker’s very own Glendale (Rob is media man and committee member on the league so had they reached the final that would have been interesting!!!) but alas it wasn’t to be so he can concentrate on his league duties as normal for this final.

So to that final, and Old Barks could easily have been out of sight in the opening twenty five minutes or so after missing some golden chances, but they failed to capitalise on a very slow start from the Division Three champions, and thereafter Baresi did have some moments of their own too, including one such effort from range flicking off the top of the bar.

Old Barks though had carved out a bundle of opportunities as said though, and someone the game was still goalless heading for the half time break, but, Old Barks were to be made to pay for all those misses when FC Baresi edged ahead just as the half went into stoppage time, and it was a brilliant goal too, as Daniel Adutwum waltzed his way through the Old Barks side before slotting past keeper Ben Wood, and it meant Baresi had the half time lead, leaving their opponents scratching their heads as to how they were behind in this one.

The harsh reality was their finishing had been poor and this was the reason why, but four minutes after the break they were awarded a penalty after Baresi keeper Ataaib Khan was adjudged to have felled an attacker although it looked soft to say the least, but Michael Ryder stepped up and thumped the spot kick in off the post, and bringing Old Barks level.

Despite plenty of endeavour from both sides though, neither could muster a winner, so it was another penalty shoot out in an Alliance Final to decide the winners, Baresi sent their first penalty over the bar and after five successful spot kicks thereafter, Old Barks led the shootout 3-2 after three pens each, and Old Barks knew that two more successful penalties would win it for them.

But after Baresi netted their next kick to make it 3-3 Ataaib Khan saved the fourth Old Barks kick, and after another successful penalty from Baresi, Khan was the hero saving his second successive spot kick, meaning his side had won the shootout and claimed a league and cup double.

Full time FC Baresi U23s 1 Old Barkabeyyans 1 (FC Baresi U23s won 4-3 on penalties)

 

 

  

Catholic United 3 Canning Town 2

Essex Olympian League Premier Division, Saturday 21st May

The penultimate Saturday of May saw me over at The Len Forge Centre for Catholic United's final home game of the Essex Olympian Premier season, and they fought back from two goals down with half an hour to go to defeat Canning Town, relegating the visitors in the process.

The only thing left to decide in the division going into this weekend was who would take the final relegation spot (assuming two go down which seems to be the case now) currently occupied by Canning Town, and they knew if they won their final three games they would leapfrog Springfield and send the Chelmsford side down in their place. 

This would be a tall order though for the Beckton based side, Catholic were embarking on their final game of the season, and after the Hoops 4-0 reverse last weekend at Ongar Town which saw the Lakeside based side clinch the championship, the hosts wanted to go out on a high here, and then Canning would play two games against Sungate, the side trying to beat Catholic to sixth place.

 But whilst it's still mathematically possible you have to try and believe don't you, and after just three minutes Canning had the perfect start as a long range effort thumped back off the post and hit Louis Godwin-Green, who was playing his last game before retiring from football, on his back and went back into the net for an unfortunate own goal, and the visitors now had something to build on.

They would ride their luck somewhat for the remainder of the half though as Catholic carved out several openings but either found the visiting keeper in the way or wayward passes, crosses or finishing deny the hosts a leveller, and so it meant at the halfway stage of this contest, Canning Town were keeping their slim survival hopes alive for another game ahead of the first Sungate game on Tuesday.

And five minutes after the break this looked even more likely when Canning doubled their advantage after a cross from the right looped over Godwin-Green and found the far corner, pretty sure the full back did not intend to find the net, but he did nonetheless and now Canning had a two goal cushion and it was looking very good for them indeed.

The hosts were not going to let their final game of the season end in disappointment though and after Ronnie Bridges had come on to officially become the top appearance maker for the club with 202 appearances in the green and white hoops, they managed to find a goal back just past the hour mark when Frank Craik fired into the bottom corner from just inside the box and put some nerves back into the visitors camp.

Just seven minutes later though Catholic were level as a corner drilled in from the right by Alfie Whiteaker hit a visitors defender on the thigh and flew into the back of the net, and Canning now knew unless they could find a third goal and win the game, they were heading through the trap door into Division One, although the hosts were most certainly in the ascendancy now.

And with fifteen minutes remaining Catholic completed the comeback to take the lead when a good break by the hosts saw Whiteaker drive down the left and produce a lovely cross into the box where Tom Kearney was on hand to send a power close range header into the back of the net on what was his 200th appearance for the club, and drill another nail into the coffin for Canning's survival hopes which were fading fast.

Canning were given late hope when the hosts were reduced to ten men with eight minutes remaining after a sin bin, although the visitors knew they needed two goals in the final part of the contest to keep their survival hopes alive, and although they hit the bar late on they could not muster up enough openings to create what would have been an incredible finish had they found two goals to win the contest, and it meant Catholic would run out winners on the day and sadly for the visitors confirm their relegation to Division One for next season.

After the game a lovely touch from the Catholic players who gave their keeper Godwin-Green a guard of honour as he now retires from football to spend more time with his family, and I would like to take this opportunity to say well done to Louis on an excellent career, and I really hope he enjoys his retirement, he is an excellent keeper but also a wonderful man too, so I wish him all the best.

Full time Catholic United 3 Canning Town 2

Fairlop Rovers 3 Old Esthameians 1

Essex Alliance League Fenton Trophy Final, Monday 16th May

Monday night saw me at Brisbane Road, Leyton Orient, for the first ever Essex Alliance League Fenton Trophy Final and saw a Harry Oliver brace help Fairlop Rovers record victory over Old Esthameians to complete a league and cup double.

This competition was created this season for teams who play in Divisions Two, Three and Four of the Alliance, and Fairlop Rovers had won the Division Two title to gain promotion to Division One next season, whereas their opponents, who also play in Division Two, will most likely end the season in fifth spot (they have one game left against second placed Rainham Working Mens Club) and are sixteen points behind their opponents.

How did the sides do against each other in the league season, well, in the game at Old E’s at the end of October, Rovers netted a 9-2 win, whereas the game scheduled to take place at Rovers only a week or so ago saw a home win awarded after Old Es failed to fulfil the fixture and in doing so saw Rovers clinch the title as a result, so it didn’t look to clever for Old Es heading into the final looking at their two (or one) game against their opponents in the season.

This is a cup final though so you never know what may happen, and Old Es could end the season with some silverware I they could pull off a surprise, whereas Rovers were looking for a league and cup double to cap a fine campaign, and one of these sides would be the first name to go on this trophy as well.

Shall we see how both teams got to this final, below is how they did it…

Preliminary Round

Flyers U21s 0 Old Esthameians 2

First Round

Fairlop Rovers 10 Avondale Rangers 4

Old Esthameians 9 Emerson & Upminster A 3

Second Round

Lymore Gardens Reserves 1 Fairlop Rovers 12

Ryan U23s 3 Old Esthameians 4

Quarter Finals

Fairlop Rovers 2 Loughton Lions 2 (Loughton Lions won 3-2 on penalties, however after protest from Rovers, they were awarded the tie and progressed)

Royal Forest 2 Old Esthameians 3

Semi Finals

Fairlop Rovers 1 Rainham Working Mens Club 1 (Fairlop Rovers won 4-3 on penalties)

Old Esthameians 3 Unitey 2

Rovers certainly had an interesting path to the final, after netting twenty-two goals in their first two ties of the competition, they were then knocked out by Loughton Lions on penalties but after a protest they were reinstated and sent through, and then needed another shoot out win against RWMC in a top two clash in Division Two to make this final.

Old Es had to play one extra game to make this final, starting in the Prelim Round and they netted their fair share of goals too as they progressed although were also involved in some close encounters too, with their three latest ties all being decided by the odd goal, but Old Es managed to come out on top in all those fixtures to set up their chance of silverware at The Orient.

Anyway to that final, and it turned out to be a pretty entertaining encounter, both teams created chances galore as both keepers were put through their paces as well as the defences too, although it wasn't a good start for Old E's and their keeper after a mishap allowed Oliver to steal in and nod a header beyond him and trickle towards goal and over the line despite the keeper and his defenders best attempt to get back to it and prevent it crossing the line.

And with only three minutes on the clock you feared the worst for Old E's, but backed by a very noisy support they responded well to going behind and levelled just past the midway point of the first half when a lovely ball into the box found Les Moyo who stretched to provide a decent finish and level up this final.

More on that atmosphere, it was electric, and with over 400 people present and all sat together in the middle of the stand behind the dugouts, it felt loud, and they were being treated to a decent final which remained all square until Rovers took control early in the second, firstly regaining the lead when Oliver emphatically converted a spot kick eight minutes into the second period, and then on the hour mark came an outrageous piece of skill to increase that lead.

Jack Kibblewhite was the man to take a bow, as he produced a wonderful Rabona kick across goal and into the far corner from inside the box, bringing a wow from most people inside the ground, it was a superb piece of skill and one that handed Rovers a two goal cushion heading into the final half hour.

Could Old E's possibly get back into this final? Well, the game sadly became a bit stop start and scrappy after many players kept going down with cramp, which is normal for sides not used to paying on such a large playing area at a football league ground, so this did affect the game the closer it got to the end.

Old E's did there upmost to try and get back into the contest, but they could not find a second goal that may have caused some alarm for Rovers, and in trying to win a penalty last on, Old E's striker Neil Robinson was given a second yellow for simulation, meaning they would end the game a man light.

It mattered not though as Rovers certainly did more than enough to be the first side to have their name etched onto the Fenton Trophy, and also completed a double after they had won the Division Two title only days before, so not a bad season for Rovers you could say, although they were made to work hard for it by a Old E's side who certainly can be proud of their performance.

Full time Fairlop Rovers 3 Old Esthameians 1

   

  

Ongar Town 4 Catholic United 0

Essex Olympian League Premier Division, Saturday 14th May

Saturday saw my first ever visit to the Lakeside Sports Ground, and it saw Ongar Town blow Catholic United away after a clinical second half showing and see them take the Essex Olympian Premier Division title in their first season at this level on a very warm and sunny afternoon.

After months of hard graft it came down to this game to decide where the Premier Division title would be headed, Basildon Town’s win at Hutton last weekend (here is my blog on that one http://pedroslocalfootiefix.blogspot.com/2022/05/hutton-0-basildon-town-1.html) all meant that only a win for Ongar would do if they were to be champions of the division, anything else and Bas Town would be champions, it was that simple (table below).

Ongar would have had no fears about winning this one though, they came into this final game of the season off the back of seven straight wins (and a walkover win against Kelvedon Hatch so technically eight!!!) having scored thirty goals in that run and only conceding seven, and their last game was a 3-2 win at Catholic United, so everything pointed towards a home win here.

Catholic though are a tough side to play against, as Ongar found out two weekends ago, although their recent form, like their season, has been up and down, although since that defeat to Ongar they have won two games netting nine goals in the process including a very impressive 4-0 win over Hutton, so they would have been bringing some good form and morale into this one, and with nothing to play for they could be a dangerous animal.

Pressure can always play a part in this type of scenario too and all the pressure was on the hosts for sure, this was their first campaign at this level, and they had given themselves a chance of winning a very tough division at the first time of asking, could they deal with that pressure and grab the win they so desperately wanted? Let’s find out shall we.

The first half certainly did not go to plan for the hosts, and they endured a frustrating half of football, Catholic came and made it very difficult for their opponents and defended very well to keep their opponents out, the best chance the home side created and indeed anyone created in the opening forty five minutes was when centre half Jake Chadwick headed against the bar.

You could see the nerves amongst the hosts, this was a huge game for them with so much at stake, and they got more and more frustrated as the half went on, passes and crosses were not finding their target, and they seemed to be forcing the issue somewhat, desperate for a breakthrough to calm the nerves, but at half time they had not found this, and as it stood at that point Basildon Town were going to be celebrating their promotion to Step Six as champions of the division.

However, the second half was to be a much more one sided affair and only two minutes of the second period had elapsed when Ongar found a much needed breakthrough when great work down the left from Harry Rawlins saw his cross deflected to the back post where Evernage Nyahunda was on hand to head home, and it was to get even better for the hosts two minutes later.

This is because Ongar, now with their tails up and freed after that all important break through, saw Jack Zielinski strike an effort against the inside of the post, but the ball came back out into the path of Joe Lilly who struck home to make it two and give Ongar a precious two goal cushion and an ideal start to the second half.

And twelve minutes after the break Ongar added a third goal when a ball across the penalty area found skipper Mitchell McCabe who fired home to send them wild as they now knew that the title was almost certainly now headed to them, all the tension of that first period had been blown away thanks to a three goal burst in ten second half minutes, incredible.

Catholic's resolve had been totally blown apart and they were in danger of being embarrassed, but they were only to concede one more goal before the end of the contest, although it was some goal it has to be said, outrageous in fact, as Freddy Mattock twisted and turned past a couple of defenders before curling a sublime effort into the far corner, it was a special goal to cap what was a special season for Ongar Town.

The hosts certainly celebrated afterwards with some champagne, and were even given a guard of honour as they left the pitch by Catholic United, which was a nice and classy touch from the visitors it has to be said. Well done to Ongar though, EOFL Premier Division Champions for 2021/22 and in that second half showing they certainly showed us why they were champions.

Full time Ongar Town 4 Catholic United 0

Let's see what happened in the EOFL Premier today...

Results

Canning Town 3 Bishop's Stortford Swifts 0

Ongar Town 4 Catholic United 0

Springfield 0 Galleywood 1

Sungate 0 Old Southendian 2

Table

So, Ongar as said win the title on goal difference from Basildon Town, but it will be Bas Town who will go up into Senior Football for next season at Step Six in the Eastern Senior South Division, so congratulations to them for gaining this step up into the Senior game.

Down at the bottom Galleywood grabbed a huge win at Springfield to confirm their Premier status for next season, and with Canning Town netting a 3-0 win at home to Bishop's Stortford Swifts, they kept their slim hopes of survival alive, they still need to win their remaining three games to do this to overhaul Springfield and Leigh Ramblers (if Stortford Swifts win their final game they will be safe) to survive (two go down most likely it seems but who knows!!!).

These are the remaining fixtures in the division for the season...

Saturday 21st May

Bishop's Stortford Swifts Vs Hutton

Catholic United Vs Canning Town

Harold Wood Athletic Vs Old Southendian

Tuesday 24th May

Canning Town Vs Sungate

Saturday 28th May

Sungate Vs Canning Town

So, can Canning Town possibly survive? Whilst it's still possible they will go for it no doubt, but a trip to Catholic and then two games against Sungate will be tough, but with those sides now having not a lot to play for does this hand Canning Town the edge, we shall see over the next two weeks, no doubt Springfield in particular will be cheering on Catholic next weekend!!!

 

 

  

Chingford Harriers 0 Flyers U21s 0 (Flyers U21s won 3-1 on penalties)

Essex Alliance League Division Four Cup Final, Wednesday 11th May

I was at the first Essex Alliance Cup Final for three years, and it saw Flyers U21s take the Division Four Cup honours, edging out Chingford Harriers on penalties after a goalless draw at Victoria Road in Dagenham.

These two had finished second and third respectively in the Division Four table, although Harriers had finished seven points clear of Flyers and had narrowly missed out on the Division Four title by two points from Sporting Pillars, so Harriers were looking to try and get some silverware in this competition, although Romford side Flyers also fancied doing just that too.

Shall we see how both sides got to the final? Oh ok then let's have a quick look...

First Round

West Essex Under 23s 2 Chingford Harriers 4

Quarter Finals

Chingford Harriers 1 Fairlop Rovers Reserves 1 (Chingford Harriers won 4-3 on penalties)

Newham Royals 0 Flyers U21s 5

Semi Finals

Chingford Harriers 1 Emerson & Upminster A 1 (Chingford Harriers won 4-3 on penalties)

Sporting Pillars 1 Flyers U21s 2

Harriers then had to win three ties, and two of those were on penalties, whilst Flyers played just the two ties to reach the final, but did beat league winners Sporting Pillars in the semi finals, so that was a very good result indeed.

Onto the final then and the first half saw limited opportunities for both on a nice sunny clear evening in Dagenham, and a decent crowd of over 200 were their to cheer on their sides, although the majority certainly appeared to be cheering on the Romford side and were making the most noise.

Flyers saw an early header saved, and then Harriers had a decent chance when they got clear but thankfully for Flyers a defender managed to thwart the attacker before he got his shot away, and then just before the half hour a lovely ball in from Flyers just evaded any attacking threat coming in.

Late on in the half Harriers created their best chance thus far but saw a spectacular effort fly wide, but then they were down to ten men for the end of the first period and start of the second when Billy Ling was sin binned for speaking out of turn to the linesman, and Flyers nearly took advantage in stoppage time at the end of the half but saw an effort smashed into the side netting.

Neither keeper had been tested though really, would that change in the second period, well Flyers had two great chances early in the second period to break the deadlock but saw a header thump against the bar and then another one fly over from close range, but apart from those two chances the opening twenty minutes of the period was fairly quiet.

Both teams created half chances with around twenty minutes remaining, but with plenty of players going down with cramp and other issues, it was very stop start and becoming a bit of a scrappy encounter, and it looked as if one goal would settle the game if indeed a goal was forthcoming, and Flyers nearly grabbed it late on but a brilliant block on the line prevented that from happening, so the tie went to penalties.

Now for Harriers this was a third straight penalty shoot out in the competition and they had won them both 4-3, so would lightning strike thrice for the Chingford side, well no, as they endured a terrible shootout, netting just one of their four spot kicks, and allowed Flyers to run out 3-1 victors in the shootout and become Division Four Cup winners!!!

Full time Chingford Harriers 0 Flyers U21s 0 (Flyers U21s won 3-1 on penalties)

Hutton 0 Basildon Town 1

Essex Olympian League Premier Division, Saturday 7th May

Saturday saw me over Polo Fields to see if Basildon Town could grab the win they needed to give themselves a great chance of winning the Essex Olympian Premier and confirm promotion to the next level, and a second half goal from Graham Harrison handed the visitors a hard earned win, heaping the pressure onto Ongar Town next weekend.

After Rayleigh Town's thumping 4-0 win over Galleywood on Tuesday (see my blog on this one here (http://pedroslocalfootiefix.blogspot.com/2022/05/rayleigh-town-4-galleywood-0.html) Bas Town knew they needed to claim at least a point overhaul Rayleigh, however with Ongar Town yet to play next weekend, they knew a point would probably not be enough as with Ongar having a much better goal difference, a point for Ongar next weekend would give them the title and see Bas Town end up runners up.

So, three points was imperative for the visitors here against a Hutton side who had themselves fallen out of the title race in recent weeks, but this was their last game at Polo Fields for at least a season after agreeing a groundshare at Tilbury's Chadfields for next season as they, like Bas Town, have ambitious of entering Senior Football in the near future, so they were looking to sign off from this ground at least in a positive manor, so it would not be easy for the visitors that was for sure.

The hosts also wanted to bounce back in their final home game of the campaign after a rather abysmal performance at Catholic United in midweek where they were beaten 4-0, boss Matt Singh no doubt wanting a response to that abject display at Len Forge, so could they deny Bas Town the points they needed to heap the pressure on Ongar ahead of their final game next weekend, against Catholic United funnily enough.

Bas Town themselves edged past Sungate in their final home game last weekend, so wanted to try and end the campaign with back to back wins, and when these two sides had met earlier in the season, Bas Town had won them both, 5-2 at home in the league and then a 2-1 home success in the Premier Cup, so the visitors had at least won both their games against Hutton this campaign.

This was a different scenario though, Bas Town had all the pressure on them to find a positive result to keep themselves in with a realistic chance of taking the title, and the first forty five minutes did suggest that they may have been a tad cautious perhaps, and with Hutton certainly making things difficult it made for a very tough contest, as expected.

Hutton did actually manufacture the first real chance of the game, and what a chance too, as a lovely ball saw Brad Freeman in on goal, but he could only screw wide of the far post, it was a big let off for the visitors who really did not want to go a goal behind in a game they had to win.

Bas Town did end the half on the front foot though and saw Rhys Fatt send a powerful far post header on target, but it was not powerful enough to beat Adrian Faherty in the Hutton goal, who claimed fairly comfortably, and then another header from the visiting player was blocked on route to goal in another attempt for the visitors as the half ended goalless.

The game had been played at a decent tempo too, and whatever was said in the visitors changing room at half time certainly worked for the early part of the second period as Bas Town certainly upped their tempo going forward, and they should have netted when Fatt raced in on goal but struck his effort against the post, and after Harrison had fired another chance across goal and wide, he was to go one better eleven minutes after the break.

This occured when after Hutton failed to clear their lines, the ball fell to Harrison who managed to send a effort across keeper Faherty and into the far corner, and the visitors had that goal and the breakthrough and potentially a big goal in the title shake up, could they now go on and make the rest of the game comfortable?

Fatt thought he had doubled Bas Town's lead when he tapped home after Faherty had saved an effort from Adan Bassani, but the linesman had his flag up so the goal was chalked out, and as the game got closer to the end, Hutton began to get more of the ball as Town got deeper and deeper as they looked to hold onto that precious one goal lead.

Hutton had their moments towards the end too, hitting the woodwork on one occasion from a far post header, and the visitors had to withstand some nervous moments at the back as Hutton did all they could to try and deny them a win and grab a point for themselves to at least end their home campaign with a point.

However, after several minutes of stoppage time, the referee brought proceedings to a close and Bas Town had their victory and went three points clear of both Rayleigh Town and Ongar Town and will now await to see how Ongar get on in their final game next weekend knowing if Ongar fail to win then they will be crowned champions.

For Hutton it has been a very good season despite a disappointing end to their campaign, but this performance will certainly have pleased their boss Singh after what they produced last time out, they will finish fourth in the division and will hope they can finish their campaign in two weeks time with victory at Bishop Stortford Swifts.

Full time Hutton 0 Basildon Town 1

Here is how the table looks after today's games:-

So, Ongar Town host Catholic United at Lakeside Sports Ground next weekend, and simply put and mentioned more than once already in this blog, if Ongar fail to win next weekend then Basildon Town will be champions, simple as that, so Ongar know what they now must do. It will be tough though against a Catholic side who have netted nine goals in their last two games, although Ongar did win 3-2 at Len Forge only a week ago so if they repeat that win then they will be champions. Should be a tight contest though and no doubt plenty of drama to come.

The only other thing to be decided is who finishes in the bottom three, although it does appear that third bottom may not be relegated now, but who knows, so it's best not to finish there and then worry about it after. Fourth bottom Springfield take on third bottom Galleywood next weekend in both sides final contest of the season, and if the hosts avoid defeat then Galleywood will finish in the bottom three.

Technically Canning Town could overhaul both Galleywood and Springfield if they won all four of their remaining games and that huge clash between Springfield and Wood ended a draw, and Canning Town also overturned a goal difference deficit of sixteen goals in winning those four games to survive on goal difference, seems highly unlikely, but funnier things have happened, however it does appear they will join Harold Wood Athletic in Division One next season.