(Action from Hoddesdon Town Vs Benfleet in the Thurlow Nunn League Challenge Cup, photo courtesy of Hoddesdon Town (@HoddesdonTownFC) so thank you for that)
Essex Senior League
Tuesday 5th December
Coggeshall Town 1 Halstead Town 1
Basement boys Coggeshall halted a run of seven league losses in a row to grab a point against Halstead Town at West Street. It looked as if the visitors may go on and take a comfortable win when leading after just ten minutes when Sonny Dutton crossed for Kane Gilbert to finish, but it turned out to be anything but. And with twenty minutes remaining The Seedgrowers netted the leveller to grab a point after Jack Hauser smashed an effort into the roof of the net and hopefully for the hosts give them something to build on going forward.
Hullbridge Sports 1 FC Clacton 3
It five defeats in six league outings now for Hullbridge Sports as their alarming form continued after they were beaten at home by FC Clacton. The visitors last league win had been way back on October 7th, but they put themselves on track for one here when Reuben Cowler netted a sublime volley just before the quarter hour mark, and when Louie Kudiabor doubled their advantage before the break, they were well on their way. Hullbridge were given a lifeline though when after a brilliant run from Alfie Whiteaker was ended with a foul inside the box, Martin Tuohy converted the penalty to reduce the arrears, however, after Hullbridge almost levelled soon after, FC Clacton broke, and saw Shayden Baker-Williams round Lamar Joseph-Johnson to restore their two goal cushion and seal a very welcome win for the Seasiders.
Saffron Walden Town P-P Stanway Rovers
The scheduled match at Catons Lane was postponed after the referee deemed the pitch unplayable. The hosts tweeted at around 4.20pm on Tuesday saying "Unfortunately even with a valiant effort by ground staff to keep tonight’s game on a late pitch inspection by the referee has resulted in cancellation of the game". A new date for the fixture will be announced in due course.
Wednesday 6th December
Athletic Newham 1 Takeley 1
The hosts were attempting to get into the top five and those play off spots with a win here against a Takeley side who after a sorry run of six losses had only one defeat in seven league games since and themselves were trying to get themselves into the top half with some more good form going forward. A goalless first half of very few chances did yield to a couple of second half goals, Newham edging ahead only for the visitors to level and claim a point in this one.
Woodford Town 1 Barking 1
It wasn't long ago that Woodford were the ones to catch, but a sticky patch of form lately has seen them fall to third and five points off now leaders Sporting Bengal United, and they were against a Blues side who have had an amazing November to get themselves into the top ten and only four points off the play off spots. And when Barking edged ahead in the 19th minute after Karl Kayembe curled an effort into the bottom corner of the net with help from the inside of the post, Woodford would have been fearing the worst, but they were to claim a point after levelling ten minutes before the break, which also saw The Blues unbeaten run continue.
Let's see how the table looks after those midweek games....
Woodford did close the gap to the leaders but only by a point, Halstead, Athletic Newham are right on the cusp of the top five after they both drew, Hullbridge, despite their terrible form lately, are still only two points outside the top five.
Barking's point sees them now just three points off those play off spots, FC Clacton jumped up to 12th after a first win in a couple of months, Takeley continue a good recent rivival but stay 15th, Coggeshall's decent point against Halstead sees them now four points behind second bottom Ilford.
Thurlow Nunn League
Tuesday 5th December
First Division South
St Margaretsbury 0 Brimsdown 2
Brimsdown climbed into ninth spot and eight points off the play off places after a goal in each half was enough to see off struggling St Mags at The Rec. The visitors goal scorers were Eric Koduah and Zion dos Santos sinclair, the hosts remain just one point above the bottom three after this latest defeat.
League Challenge Cup
Round Three
Hoddesdon Town 1 Benfleet 1 (Hoddesdon Town won 4-3 on penalties)
The all Thurlow Nunn South tussle in the League Challenge Cup went the way of Hoddesdon Town after they surprisingly knocked high flying Benfleet out on penalties at Lowfield. Dion Laughton had given Hoddy the lead midway through the first period, but after Billy Carter scored for Benfleet with fifteen minutes remaining, the tie went to penalties, and the hosts duly prevailed to set up another all First Division South contest, again at home, against league leaders Hutton.
Round Four
Haverhill Rovers 1 Harlow Town 4
It was North vs South Division in this Round Four tie, and it was the South Division side who prevailed in this one as Harlow Town netted four as they got the better of Haverhill Rovers. A Ruben Santos’ delivery from a corner was met by Jack Zielinski to give Harlow an eleventh minute lead, but after Ryan Twinn had been felled by James Folkes for a hosts penalty, Tom Debenham levelled from the spot on the half hour mark. The second half belonged to the visitors though and Folkes made amends for his earlier foul by heading home a Jack Cousins cross a minute after the restart to restore Harlow's advantage, and then an absolute screamer from Arley Barker in the 88th minute sealed the tie although their was still time for a fourth as nine minutes into stoppage time Bobby Kirby delivered for Zielinski to net his second of the game and send them through to the next round.
Wednesday 6th December
First Division South
Park View P-P NW London
These two are the worst two sides in the division in terms of league positions, Park View sit bottom with seventeen points from twenty three games, NW London are second bottom with twenty points from twenty played, so this was a big game at New River, that was for sure. The hosts had lost their last last five league games though, whereas NW London had halted their four game losing streak with a stunning win over promotion chasing Cannons Wood last time out. Now Park View have been having a lot of issues off the pitch and almost folded back in September, and those issues seem to be ongoing as according to NW London's twitter last night "Tonight’s match Vs Park View has been cancelled. For the second time in 3 months, Park View have withdrawn from this fixture with only 4 hours to go before the game. Previously, they were fined & game re-scheduled. We await notification from the League." Not much more to add really, watch this space.....
Here is the updated Thurlow Nunn South table anyway.....
Their was only one league match in the end, Brimsdown breaking into the top ten after their win at St Mags who themselves stay 17th and just a point above the drop zone.
That concludes the midweek blog, thanks as always for reading and supporting me.....
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