Gateshead (0) 2 Booty 45 Brown 109
Solihull Moors (0) 2 Beck 69,96 (pen)
After Extra Time, Gateshead won 4-3 on penalties
Attendance: 19,964
Admission: £10
Mileage: 100/7,890
Match Report
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Gateshead 2 Solihull Moors 2
Match 115/23/2238 - Saturday, 11th April 2024 - FA Trophy Final
Gateshead (0) 2 Booty 45 Brown 109
Solihull Moors (0) 2 Beck 69,96 (pen)
After Extra Time, Gateshead won 4-3 on penalties
Attendance: 19,964
Admission: £10
Mileage: 100/7,890
Match Report
Gateshead (0) 2 Booty 45 Brown 109
Solihull Moors (0) 2 Beck 69,96 (pen)
After Extra Time, Gateshead won 4-3 on penalties
Attendance: 19,964
Admission: £10
Mileage: 100/7,890
Match Report
Great Wakering Rovers 0 Romford 3
Match 114/23/2237 - Saturday, 11th April 2024 - FA Vase Final
Great Wakering Rovers (0) 0
Romford (0) 3 Nalbant 53, 90+1 Deering 55
Attendance: 19,964
Admission: £10
Mileage: 100/7,890
Match Report
Great Wakering Rovers (0) 0
Romford (0) 3 Nalbant 53, 90+1 Deering 55
Attendance: 19,964
Admission: £10
Mileage: 100/7,890
Match Report
Monday 6 May 2024
Chatham Town 0 Enfield Town 3
Match 113/23/2236 - Monday, 6th April 2024 - Isthmian Premier Play-off Final
Chatham Town (0) 0 Tanner 48 Wyllie 70 Taaffe 90+1
Enfield Town (0) 3
Attendance: 3,000
Admission: £6
Mileage: 32/7,790
Match Report
Chatham Town (0) 0 Tanner 48 Wyllie 70 Taaffe 90+1
Enfield Town (0) 3
Attendance: 3,000
Admission: £6
Mileage: 32/7,790
Match Report
Sunday 5 May 2024
Larkfield & New Hythe 1 Staplehurst Monarchs 0
Match 112/23/2235 - Saturday, 4th April 2024 - SCEFL One Play-off Final
Larkfield & New Hythe (0) 1 McIlheron (o.g.) 61
Staplehurst Monarchs (0) 0
Attendance: 828
Admission: £3
Mileage: 26/7,758
It was the cruellest of ways to lose any game of football but to see a season ended in this manner was harsh in the extreme.
Just past the hour, a forward pass down the left saw Larkfield’s Matt Day’s cross from the byline take a deflection off Staplehurst’s Grant McIlheron that looped up and over a helpless Steve Lawrence and into the net.
Premier League managers regularly lament “fine margins” and this was the finest of margins in a SECEFL First Division Playoff that had all the hallmarks of either being settled by a single goal or going the distance to penalties. If there was one small mercy we were spared that.
A relative local derby and warm sunshine attracted a huge crowd of 828 to Larkfield and New Hythe’s Taray Group Community Stadium where the second and third clubs in the division would meet for a place in next season’s Premier Division.
In an attritional first half that was edged by the visitors, the first chance of the game fell to Staplehurst on 11 minutes as Caine Smith managed to get on the end of Danny Ashton’s pass before the onrushing Larkfield goalkeeper, Jordan Carey, but his lob nestled on the roof of the net. That proved to be the one and only chance of the half.
Early chances in the second half also fell the way of the Monarchs with Smith firing over three minutes into the half and, on 55 minutes, Carey produced a magnificent save to turn over Smith’s near post header from Ashton’s cross.
It was probably the defining moment as five minutes later Larkfield were in front courtesy of McIlheron’s misfortune.
Staplehurst were a whisker away from parity just two minutes later when Jack Hyslop’s free kick was wide by the narrowest of margins with Carey beaten.
Larkfield, to their credit, managed the game to the final whistle well with neither side creating much in the final 25 minutes.
Larkfield take their Premier place and look forward to visits to, and from, the likes of Faversham Town and Whitstable Town, big clubs that really should not be in the League while Staplehurst regroup and although the disappointment will be acute they should remember that two years ago, just being in this league was only dawning on them as a reality.
Paul Atkins, Staplehurst manager, said: “I’ve said to the boys before we started, ‘make a good account of ourselves’ and I think they did. I know that they did.”
You did and the village should be proud of the season’s achievement.
Larkfield & New Hythe (0) 1 McIlheron (o.g.) 61
Staplehurst Monarchs (0) 0
Attendance: 828
Admission: £3
Mileage: 26/7,758
It was the cruellest of ways to lose any game of football but to see a season ended in this manner was harsh in the extreme.
Just past the hour, a forward pass down the left saw Larkfield’s Matt Day’s cross from the byline take a deflection off Staplehurst’s Grant McIlheron that looped up and over a helpless Steve Lawrence and into the net.
Premier League managers regularly lament “fine margins” and this was the finest of margins in a SECEFL First Division Playoff that had all the hallmarks of either being settled by a single goal or going the distance to penalties. If there was one small mercy we were spared that.
A relative local derby and warm sunshine attracted a huge crowd of 828 to Larkfield and New Hythe’s Taray Group Community Stadium where the second and third clubs in the division would meet for a place in next season’s Premier Division.
In an attritional first half that was edged by the visitors, the first chance of the game fell to Staplehurst on 11 minutes as Caine Smith managed to get on the end of Danny Ashton’s pass before the onrushing Larkfield goalkeeper, Jordan Carey, but his lob nestled on the roof of the net. That proved to be the one and only chance of the half.
Early chances in the second half also fell the way of the Monarchs with Smith firing over three minutes into the half and, on 55 minutes, Carey produced a magnificent save to turn over Smith’s near post header from Ashton’s cross.
It was probably the defining moment as five minutes later Larkfield were in front courtesy of McIlheron’s misfortune.
Staplehurst were a whisker away from parity just two minutes later when Jack Hyslop’s free kick was wide by the narrowest of margins with Carey beaten.
Larkfield, to their credit, managed the game to the final whistle well with neither side creating much in the final 25 minutes.
Larkfield take their Premier place and look forward to visits to, and from, the likes of Faversham Town and Whitstable Town, big clubs that really should not be in the League while Staplehurst regroup and although the disappointment will be acute they should remember that two years ago, just being in this league was only dawning on them as a reality.
Paul Atkins, Staplehurst manager, said: “I’ve said to the boys before we started, ‘make a good account of ourselves’ and I think they did. I know that they did.”
You did and the village should be proud of the season’s achievement.
Thursday 2 May 2024
Staplehurst Monarchs 1 Rochester United 0
Match 111/23/2234 - Wednesday, 1st April 2024 - SCEFL One Play-off SF
Staplehurst Monarchs (1) 1 Smith 40
Rochester United (0) 0
Attendance: 342
Admission: £4
Mileage: 1/7,732
Staplehurst’s “biggest game in their history” ended as just a prelude to the biggest game in their history as they emerged from a tense, hard fought Playoff Semi-Final, desperately clinging on to their one goal lead earned on the half-hour.
They will now visit Larkfield on Saturday for a place in the SCEFL Premier Division.
Home advantage for the semi-final was sealed on the last day as a point for Staplehurst at K Sports proved enough whilst Rochester United lost at Thamesmead and thus an impressive 342 were drawn to the Jubilee on an evening that turned a little cold after the warmest day of the year.
A tight game was always on the cards as both teams have won the away fixture in the regular season by an odd goal and from the outset it was obvious that this game would be no different. Staplehurst had the early half-chances with Caine Smith’s seven minute effort clearing the bar and a header that drifted wide.
A long throw hoisted into the Rochester box saw Danny Ashton head wide before the visitors created chances with Fjord Rogers shooting over and Steve Lawrence was the first goalkeeper seriously tested when he turned over a header from Freeman Rogers after 26th minute.
Five minutes before the break, the hosts broke the deadlock. A quickly taken throw-in allowed Grant McIlheron to deliver a cross that was headed home by Smith.
As the second half progressed and Rochester searched hard for an equaliser, Staplehurst’s back line was put under serious pressure with central defenders, McIlheron and Jack Bray being asked time again to deal with the aerial onslaught being imposed.
Lawrence was only asked to make routine saves and in their sporadic attacks, Smith tested Rochester’s goalkeeper, Luke Watkins, who with seven minutes remaining made a fantastic double save from Stanley Oldfield and the follow-up from Toby Sargeant to keep Rochester in the game.
Seven minutes seemed an eternity for the home support but only a shot that drifted well wide from a good position from Ben Wyness was the only real scare.
The visitors ended with 10 men after a show of dissent from Tony Whittaker saw him sin binned.
Regular season results suggest that Saturday’s final will be a similarly closely fought affair.
Staplehurst Monarchs (1) 1 Smith 40
Rochester United (0) 0
Attendance: 342
Admission: £4
Mileage: 1/7,732
Staplehurst’s “biggest game in their history” ended as just a prelude to the biggest game in their history as they emerged from a tense, hard fought Playoff Semi-Final, desperately clinging on to their one goal lead earned on the half-hour.
They will now visit Larkfield on Saturday for a place in the SCEFL Premier Division.
Home advantage for the semi-final was sealed on the last day as a point for Staplehurst at K Sports proved enough whilst Rochester United lost at Thamesmead and thus an impressive 342 were drawn to the Jubilee on an evening that turned a little cold after the warmest day of the year.
A tight game was always on the cards as both teams have won the away fixture in the regular season by an odd goal and from the outset it was obvious that this game would be no different. Staplehurst had the early half-chances with Caine Smith’s seven minute effort clearing the bar and a header that drifted wide.
A long throw hoisted into the Rochester box saw Danny Ashton head wide before the visitors created chances with Fjord Rogers shooting over and Steve Lawrence was the first goalkeeper seriously tested when he turned over a header from Freeman Rogers after 26th minute.
Five minutes before the break, the hosts broke the deadlock. A quickly taken throw-in allowed Grant McIlheron to deliver a cross that was headed home by Smith.
As the second half progressed and Rochester searched hard for an equaliser, Staplehurst’s back line was put under serious pressure with central defenders, McIlheron and Jack Bray being asked time again to deal with the aerial onslaught being imposed.
Lawrence was only asked to make routine saves and in their sporadic attacks, Smith tested Rochester’s goalkeeper, Luke Watkins, who with seven minutes remaining made a fantastic double save from Stanley Oldfield and the follow-up from Toby Sargeant to keep Rochester in the game.
Seven minutes seemed an eternity for the home support but only a shot that drifted well wide from a good position from Ben Wyness was the only real scare.
The visitors ended with 10 men after a show of dissent from Tony Whittaker saw him sin binned.
Regular season results suggest that Saturday’s final will be a similarly closely fought affair.
Sittingbourne 1 Three Bridges 2
Match 110/23/2233 - Tuesday, 30th April 2024 - Isthmian League SE Play-off SF
Sittingbourne (1) 1 Harris 22
Three Bridges (0) 2 Jalloh 71 (pen) Leighton 87
Attendance: 809
Admission: £5
Mileage: 32/7,731
Match Report
Sittingbourne (1) 1 Harris 22
Three Bridges (0) 2 Jalloh 71 (pen) Leighton 87
Attendance: 809
Admission: £5
Mileage: 32/7,731
Match Report
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