Sunday 25th of October 2009

All the news, results and some match action from today's league and cup games

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  Cricketers stump high flying Grenson to progress in The Vale of Aylesbury Cup.  Britannia United see off a much improved Padbury, Sparta beat 10 man Nags and VTS have no problems in dispatching Meadowcroft United.  Big wins also for Bucks (Aylesbury) and Aylesbury Town
  The Square go top of Div One as LBG slip up at home to Sparta Reserves.  Cavese get their fist point with a draw against Unique and Cheddington are held at home to Aristocrat
  Wanderers lose ground at the top of Div Two after surprise defeat at Ickford Reserves and Jakemans Sports go second after beating St Johns

This morning, it was Round Two of The Vale of Aylesbury Sunday Challenge Cup sponsored by Aylesbury Lock & Key.  

The game between AFC Waddesdon and Thame Athletic was postponed with the authority of the league and it will be replayed next week.

Div One leaders Grenson took on Chearsley Cricketers who were big winners in Round One.  Here's some of the action from a bright and breezy Meadowcroft:

The RAF provided a fly past over Meadowcroft in honour of Round Two of The Vale of Aylesbury Sunday Challenge Cup and its new sponsors - Aylesbury Lock & Key.
Wasn't that jolly decent of them??

In the doghouse!!
The dog was allowed out to watch the footie this morning.
Well not so much allowed out, but kicked out!!
Last night, a baby bird landed in the garden and he tried to eat it.  The Daughter came to the rescue of the bird, who was now unable to fly.  She gave it some bread and put the bird in a box and left it on the garden table so it could survive the night.  In the morning, she saw the bird looked better and attempted to release it back to the wild, only for the dog to frighten it away into the waiting jaws of next doors cat - oops!!

An early Chearsley effort goes wide.

The wind was a factor in today's game.

The Cricketers have an early chance...

...it looks on its way in...

...but Grenson's James Ward is on hand to tidy things up on the line.

The referee played an excellent advantage which allowed The Cricketers to go 1-0 up.

Referee Ben Campbell.

Not in use today, but the bottom pitch at Meadowcroft starts to get its Autumn carpet of leaves.
How long can it survive as the ever expanding new Buckingham Park housing complex creeps ever closer??

The first 2 months of the season have been played in fine weather.
The River Thame, which flows past Meadowcroft and Haywood Way, is starting to rise though after some recent rain!

The first half saw few more chances.
This yellow card was for Grenson's David Daley despite the disbelief of new summer signing Ryan Collings.

It was just a guess, but with Grenson being the favourites and with a strong breeze at their backs, I took up a position behind the Chearsley goal in anticipation of the oncoming second half onslaught.
Davis Daley's early diving header went close...

...and a similar effort sails over moments later.

Keeping up that famous tradition of great veteran Chearsley Cricketers goalkeepers, Adam Lazaruk keeps out Daley again...

...and again.

Grenson skipper Daniel Ripley sees his header bounce off the top of the bar...

...and the same thing happens later as the The Cricketers defense hold firm.

Grenson had chance..

...after chance...

...after chance...

...after chance that went begging...

...and the inevitable happens as The Cricketers go up the other end and score again on the break.
Final score, Grenson 0, Chearsley Cricketers 2.

In the rest of the days cup games, FC Sparta Corinthians saw off 10 man Nags Head 4-1, this after Nags Keeper Connor White saw red early on and VTS FC beat Meadowcroft United 7-2 in an an ill tempered affair at Haywood Way.  Bucks (Aylesbury) have made a poor start to their league campaign, but they have some cup cheer this evening after winning through 4-1 at home at the expense of Excel Dents.  The big clash between two of top Div Two sides was over as a contest by half time with Aylesbury Town ahead 4-0 at the break over Stoke Mandeville.  It ended 5-1 to The Town and in the final game, Britannia United beat Padbury AFC 7-0.

In league action, the chasing pack looked to make ground on Div One leaders Grenson who as we saw, were in cup action.  It's The Square FC, who are in great form right now, that are celebrating tonight as they sit on top of the table after a fine 3-1 win over FC Torpedo Aylesbury.  LBG (Aylesbury) continue their patchy form with a disappointing 3-0 defeat at home to a much improved FC Sparta Corinthians Reserves and Cheddington lost ground after a 3-3 draw at home to lowly Aristocrat FC.  AS Cavese earned their first point of the season after an entertaining 3-3 draw with Unique FC today.  Dan Nichols' mazy run ended up in him being side swiped in the box and Stuart Philbey converted the resulting spot kick on 80 minutes.  The game will be remembered though for an incredible 30 yard own goal - just one of many in today's games according to Results Secretary Dave McArdle.

**Incidentally, Dave has reported that all clubs have phoned in their results on time over the past few weeks - well done, but he has asked that clubs try and remember their goal scorers - even if the result is too painful to bare for some!!**

There were just a couple of games in Div Two today as FC Wanderers blew the chance of nicking top spot after a narrow 1-0 defeat away to Ickford Reserves.  Two sides who share the same ground met today as St Johns lost 3-1 'at home' to Jakemans Sports at St John's Sports & Social Club - a result that sees Jakeman's go second in the table this evening.

Here are today's results

The Vale of Aylesbury Sunday Challenge Cup (sponsored by Aylesbury Lock & Key) Round Two

Division One

Division Two