SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS V ESSEX SENIOR LEAGUE - FA CUP BATTLE

There were a total of eight cross over games between the ESL and the SSML over the weekend....Who came out on top?? Here are the results -

Burnham Ramblers 2 Hoddesdon Town 1
Bowers and Pitsea 4 Dunstable Town 1
Takeley 0 Hertford Town 4
Cockfosters 2 Hullbridge Sports 1
Tring Athletic 2 Enfield 1893 0
Eton Manor 3 Bedford 0
Hadley 0 Barking 0
Kentish Town 1 Stansted 0

So the record stands at

                           P   W   D   L   GF   GA
ESSEX SENIOR LEAGUE        8   3   1   4   10   11
SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS     8   4   1   3   11   10

As you can see it's all very close with only one draw being this afternoon's goalless encounter between Hadley and Barking. Stand out results are Kentish Town's victory today over ESL Champions Stansted and Cockfosters win against Hullbridge Sports who are one step above them in the non-league pyramid.

The best result of the round came at Garden Walk where SSML Division One side Crawley Green dumped Premier Division Royston Town out of the competition in an unexpected 1-2 victory. Green's win earns them a home tie against Premier Division Harefield United. Here are the rest of the results from the ESL and SSML teams -

Biggleswade United 1 Newport Pagnell Town 4
Chalfont St Peter 1 Stotfold 0
Colney Heath 3 Broxbourne Borough 0
Hanwell Town 1 London Colney 3
Haringey Borough 3 Hillingdon Borough 0
Kingsbury London Tigers 1 FC Clacton 2
Langford 1 Aylesbury United 3
Leverstock Green 1 Harefield United 2
Oxhey Jets 3 Hatfield Town 2
St Margaretsbury 2 Welwyn Garden City 1
Team Bury 2 Ampthill Town 1
Saffron Walden Town 3 Mauritius Sports Association 2
Clapton 0 Stanway Rovers 4
Bethnal Green United 4 Basildon United 0
Witham Town 3 Wembley 0
London APSA 3 Halstead Town 3
Barkingside 0 Southend Manor 2

The draw for the Preliminary Round for the SSML and ESL teams now reads -

Aylesbury United v Eton Manor
Burnham v Chalfont St Peter
Burnham Ramblers v Haringey Borough
Cheshunt v Cockfosters
Colney Heath v FC Clacton
Crawley Green v Harefield United
Kentish Town v Bethnal Green Utd
Maldon & Tiptree v Hertford Town
Marlow v London Colney
Oxhey Jets v St Margaretsbury
Tring Athletic v AFC Hayes
North Greenford United V Bowers & Pitsea
Witham Town V Ilford
Hadley or Barking V Redbridge
London APSA or Halstead Town V Stanway Rovers
Tring Athletic V AFC Hayes
Southend Manor V Brentwood Town

The magic continues in midweek with the two replays and then moves onto the weekend of the 29th August.