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FOR HAVING ALL THEIR MATCHES CAPTURED ON VIDEO

ABBEY YOUTH OLD BOYS WITHDRAW FROM THE LEAGUE

For some reason, Abbey Youth Old Boys have suddenly withdrawn their First Team from Division One and are now running just the one team in Division Three...and without the Brownjohn brothers being involved ! For them, that is almost like myself and Trevor quitting Edmonton Rovers and leaving it for others to run, so it is is real surprise, especially as Abbey Youth Old Boys have been in the Waltham Sunday League even longer than we have, with the Brownjohn family running both their First & Reserve Teams throughout.

What this means is that because they did not complete 75% of their fixtures, their playing record has now been expunged from the Division One table, leaving us with three points less and back in danger of being relegated if we do not pick up at least two more wins in our remaining six matches this season, although only the bottom team is now likely to go down because of Abbey’s withdrawal. Thankfully it doesn’t look as if any other team in our division are likely to drop out before the end of the season, although we have been coming perilously close to fielding teams of less than eleven ourselves in some of our more recent matches.

In addition to Abbey Youth Old Boys withdrawing from Division One, I.M.L. have now folded up in the Premier Division with most of their players signing up for Enfield Rangers.

I.M.L.’s playing record has also been expunged and the amended Premier Division table can now be found here.

MIDWEEK TRAINING SESSIONS CANCELLED

Regarding TRAINING at the Southgate Hockey Centre on Wednesday evenings, we have now decided to scrap that for the rest of the season as we only had six matches left to play after Christmas. With nothing but mid-table mediocrity to play for (as usual), players who have not been playing regularly are unlikely to attend training in an effort to force their way into the squad for matches, so it will be a waste of the club’s money if we pay another £470.00 for the next 10 weeks and only 5 or 6 players attend (as was happening before Christmas due to work commitments and too many players not being able to drive). We will of course be entering the Summer 7-a-side League in May as usual though, and new and returning players  can have a run-out there.

LONDON F.A. SUNDAY INTERMEDIATE CUP DRAW

Unfortunately we are now out of this competition after losing 1-0 at Home to Albion Manor in the Second Round on Sunday 13th November (after receiving a Bye in the First Round).

To see how Albion Manor progress in the competition, please see here on the London F.A. website.

WALTHAM SUNDAY LEAGUE CUP DRAWS

Unfortunately, following our narrow 1-0 Extra-Time defeat to F.C. Alpha on Sunday 16th October, we are now out of both the LEAGUE SENIOR CUP (for all teams in the Premier Division & Division One) and the LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP (for all teams in the League) after the First Round stage (as usual).

If you want to follow the progress of the teams who knocked us out, links to the Waltham Sunday League Cup Draws & Results are at the bottom of this page.