RAYNERS LANE OR FLACKWELL HEATH - WHO WILL WIN THE CHERRY RED RECORDS COMBINED COUNTIES PREMIER NORTH TITLE

POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	FORM	PP
1.	RAYNERS LANE	28	21	4	3	80	27	+53	67	WWDWLW	97
2.	FLACKWELL HEATH	28	21	4	3	71	23	+48	67	WWWWWL	97

The race for The Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Premier Division North title is looking like it's going to go right down to the wire as Rayners Lane and Flackwell Heath have both played 28 games and are currently on 67 points. 

Both have lost only their third game of the season in their last six games played. Flackwell Heath lost 0-2 at home to Harefield United on Saturday in front of a crowd of 268 people at Wilks Park which came just two weeks after they had won 0-2 at Rayners Lane on Saturday 24th February. 

Chris Ayres has been The Heathen's Manager since October 2021. 

Rayners Lane made some headlines last June when they appointed Gary Meakin as Manager. He replaced Scott Patmore who had been very successful during his spell with the club helping them to win the Middlesex Premier Cup in 2023 and gain promotion via the 2022/23 Division One play-offs beating London Samurai Rovers and Langley.  

Meakin had been manager at Beaconsfield Town (Beaconsfield SYCOB), Egham Town, Burnham, Northwood and Wingate & Finchley previously.

 his Assistant Wes Daly played for a number of non-league clubs (including Basingstoke Town, Bromley and AFC Wimbledon) after starting his career with Queens Park Rangers. 

RAYNERS LANE LEAGUE DEFEATS THIS SEASON

Tue 29th August - Virginia Water 1-0 Rayners Lane 

Sat 2nd September - Ardley 2-1 Rayners Lane 

Sat 24th February - Rayners Lane 0-2 Flackwell Heath 

FLACKWELL HEATH LEAGUE DEFEATS THIS SEASON

Tue 10th October - Flackwell Heath 1-3 Reading City 

Sat 27th January - Flackwell Heath 1-3 Rayners Lane 

Sat 9th March - Flackwell Heath 0-2 Harefield United

As well as the title race Rayners Lane have got through to the Middlesex Senior Cup Final for the first time in their history where they will play Hayes & Yeading United on Wednesday 17th April at Uxbridge FC. 

Flackwell Heath are still in The Berks & Bucks Senior Cup where they travel to Beaconsfield Town in the Quarter Final next Tuesday. They also through to the Quarter-Final stage of the Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup where they will face Langley, Reading City or Milton United. 

If the Middlesex side go up it'll be the first time in their history that they have played at Step Four. Flackwell Heath last played at Step Four in the 06/07 season when they finished bottom of the Isthmian Division One North - They played in the lower divisions of the Isthmian League from 1984 to 2007. 

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Saturday 16th March 

Flackwell Heath v Milton United

Rayners Lane v Wembley 

Tuesday 19th March

Beaconsfield Town v Flackwell Heath (B&B Senior Cup QF)

Reading City v Rayners Lane 

Saturday 23rd March 

Egham Town v Flackwell Heath 

Rayners Lane v North Greenford United

 

Saturday 30th March 

Flackwell Heath v Wallingford & Crowmarsh 

Wokingham & Emmbrook v Rayners Lane