MIDWEEK HEADLINES
Ampthill Town and Stotfold produce Cup shocks against higher ranked sides. Shefford Town & Campton hit six unanswered second half goals to knock out Division Two side The 61FC (Luton).

Tuesday brought about 38 goals from the 11 games (an average of 3.45 per game).

Tuesday Stats: 11 games played of which 6 were home wins, 2 were away wins and 3 draws.

Without A League Win to date: Burton Park Wanderers.

Without A League Draw to date: Aston Clinton, Broadfields United, Codicote, Risborough Rangers Development, Sarratt, and The 61FC (Luton).

Without A League Defeat to date: Risborough Rangers.

Tuesday’s Highest Attendance: 266 Arlesey Town v Stotfold (League Challenge Trophy), 224 Flackwell Heath v Penn & Tylers Green (League Challenge Trophy) and 161 Ampthill Town v Dunstable Town (League Challenge Trophy).

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Premier Division Clubs): 449 Leighton Town v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos, 435 Dunstable Town v Leighton Town and 418 Leighton Town v Harpenden Town.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division One Clubs): 317 Stotfold v Letchworth Garden City Eagles, 283 Stotfold v Langford and 257 Stotfold v Amersham Town.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division Two Clubs): 175 Bovingdon v Berkhamsted Raiders 130 Totternhoe v Old Bradwell United and 128 Milton Keynes College Football Academy v Berkhamsted Raiders.

Tuesday 9th November

LEAGUE CHALLENGE TROPHY First Round
Two of the ten midweek SSML League Challenge Trophy First Round midweek ties saw lower league opposition knock out higher ranked sides, Division One table toppers Stotfold won 3-1 at Premier Division Arlesey Town in front of a crowd of 266 while Division One Ampthill Town came through a penalty shoot-out to knock out visiting Premier Division strugglers Dunstable Town after a 2-2 draw. The lottery of penalty kicks also decided the ties at Long Crendon and Northampton Sileby Rangers, the former winning 4-3 against Winslow United while the latter defeated Second Division Eynesbury United 7-6 after both games had finished 2-2. Shefford Town & Campton came from a half time deficit to defeat Second Division The 61FC (Luton) 6-1 while Hadley won 3-0 at Harpenden Town. Elsewhere it was a night off home wins as Risborough Rangers defeated Buckingham Athletic 2-0 and Flackwell Heath edged out Division One side Penn & Tylers Green by the odd goal in three. In an all Premier Division tie Oxhey Jets avenged a recent heavy league defeat with a solitary goal success against New Salamis while the night’s other action saw Wellingborough Whitworth win the all Division One tie with Raunds Town 2-1. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

2-2 [4-2 pens] Ampthill Town v Dunstable Town (Cerminara [2]) / (Theodore, Hartley) Attendance: 161
1-3 Arlesey Town v Stotfold (Miller) / (Clarke [pen], Amaning, Woodley) Attendance: 266
2-1 Flackwell Heath v Penn & Tylers Green (Weekes, Taylor) / (Colverd) Attendance: 224
0-3 Harpenden Town v Hadley (J Edwards [2], Marriott) Attendance: 111
2-2 [4-3 pens] Long Crendon v Winslow United (Ashworth, Chappell) / (Brown, Deall) Attendance: 52
2-2 [7-6 pens] Northampton Sileby Rangers v Eynesbury United (Lyons, Olowoyo) / (Baxter, Dixon) Attendance: 35
1-0 Oxhey Jets v New Salamis (Williams) Attendance: 71
2-0 Risborough Rangers v Buckingham Athletic (Clark, Kedzierski) Attendance: 102
6-1 Shefford Town & Campton v The 61FC (Luton) (Hammer [2], Snee [2], Renney, Cooksley) / (Debola) Attendance: 31
2-1 Wellingborough Whitworth v Raunds Town (Taylor, Smith) / (Goodman) Attendance: 60

MIDDLESEX SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP Second Round
Harefield United’s venture into this season’s Middlesex Senior Challenge Cup ended in the Second Round when they were beaten by the odd goal in three at Combined Counties side Spelthorne Sports. Full result and goalscorers are listed below.

2-1 Spelthorne Sports v Harefield United (Livingstone [2]) / (Austin) Attendance: Unknown

AND FINALLY
Charity Begins at Home (Except for the Premier League)
The Premier League has blocked its clubs wearing their away kits at home on Boxing Day to raise awareness around homelessness. Homeless charity Shelter hoped to get the support of clubs for the #NoHomeKit initiative on 26 December. However, while the clubs were supportive of the idea, the Premier League says it would break its rules around kits. The rules demand home teams wear home kits as their first priority. The Football League says it will accept clubs wearing away kits on the same day if they make a formal request. So far, Cardiff and Portsmouth have had their requests approved, whilst another 15 EFL clubs are committed to supporting the campaign. The Premier League has noted clubs are allowed to change their sponsor for one game per season and replace it with a charitable message. "The Premier League receives a large number of requests from charities every season, however we aren't able to support all centrally," the organisation said. "Clubs are entitled to support charitable causes, and we encourage clubs to do so, provided it is in compliance with Premier League rules." Shelter feels the sight of clubs and fans wearing a different kit at a home game would be a powerful message to help raise awareness of homelessness. The organisation estimates 180,000 households have lost their homes during the coronavirus pandemic. It has given advice to 22,644 households through its dedicated helpline team during 2020 and 2021. BBC Sport understands a number of clubs are now considering their own initiative to promote #NoHomeKit.

Pictured above Totternhoe’s Chris Harvey receiving their recent Team of the Month Award from League Committee member Dave Henman.