Matchbeat

Nationwide Conference
St Albans 1 Exeter 2
Weymouth 0 Stevenage Borough 1

Ryman League Division One North
Arlesey A Ware A (abandoned 56 mins waterlogged pitch)

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Colney Heath A Chalfont A (abandoned 45 mins)
Kingsbury 1 St Margaretsbury 3
London Colney A Holmer Green A (abandoned 45 mins)
Oxhey Jets A Hertford A (abandoned 45 mins)

Spartan South Midlands League Challenge Trophy
Hertford v Stony Stratford

Nationwide Conference
Christmas Cheer For Borough
Stevenage Borough gave their hopes of a place in the Conference play offs a big boost with a hard fough derby win over St Albans at Clarence Park. Borough went in front after 34 minutes when Adam Miller struck from the edge of the area. St Albans struck back 2 minutes after the break through Lee Clarke's close range effort but further strikes from George Boyd and Steve Morison put Mark Stimson's team firmly in the driving seat before Lee Flynn's 86th minute header set up a tense finale in front of a crowd of 2,878
St Albans: Bastock, Damien Batt, Seeby (Marwa 87), Elphick, Okuonghae, Hann, Davis, Cracknell (Simon Martin 87), Clarke, Benyon, Hakim (Flynn 54).Subs Not Used: Perks, Theobald.
Stevenage:Julian, Fuller, Nutter, Gaia, Henry, Guppy (Binns 62), Miller, Beard, Nurse, Boyd (Dobson 87), Morison (Oliver 87).Subs Not Used: Potter, Thorpe.

Ryman League Division One North
Ellerbeck Double Gets Blues Back on Track
Ware bounced back from Saturday's defeat at Hornchurch by beating tenants Enfield 2-1 at Wodson Park in front of a bumper Bank Holiday crowd. Chris Ellerbeck put Ware in front right on half time, Paul Oshin pulling Enfield level 3 minutes into the second half. The Blues though weren't to be denied Ellerbeck striking the winner with only 2 minutes remaining. Elsewhere the top 4 all won leaving Ware in 6th place 12 points behind leaders Hornchurch.

Nationwide Conference
St Albans 2 Stevenage Borough 3

Ryman League Division One North
Ware 2 Enfield 1

Ryman League Division One North
Ware’s unbeaten run came to an end at leaders Hornchurch the Blues went down 2-1 to stay 6th in the table. It was Ware’s first defeat in 9 games.

Spartan South Midlands League
Hertford gained ground on leaders Edgware thanks to a comfortable 3-0 win over Colney Heath at the Glenridge Stadium. Pablo Ardilles, Panios Panayiotou and Kevin Cooper got the goals. Edgware were held 3-3 at Biggleswade Town. Welwyn Garden City are down to 6th after their first defeat in 4 games the Citizens lost 2-1 at Leverstock Green. It was also a bad day for London Colney thumped 4-0 at Ruislip Manor while St Margaretsbury have now gone 4 games without a goal after a 0-0 draw with Tring Athletic at the Recreation Ground. In Division One Hoddesdon’s recent good run was ended as they lost 3-0 at home to Kentish Town. It was the Lilywhites first league defeat since 14th October.

Ryman League Division One North
AFC Hornchurch 2 Ware 1

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Hertford 3 Colney Heath 0
Leverstock Green 2 Welwyn Garden City 1
Ruislip Manor 4 London Colney 0
St Margaretsbury 0 Tring Athletic 0

Division One
Hoddesdon 0 Kentish Town 3

Herts Senior County League Premier
Codicote 2 v Buntingford 3
Hertford Heath 4 Knebworth 1
Sandridge Rovers 1 Hatfield Town 1
Wormley Rovers 0 Standon & Puckeridge 1

Division One
Little Munden 2 Cuffley 2
Wodson Park 2 Lemsford 1

Rugby

National League Division Three South
Hertford 16 Chinnor 13

Herts Senior Cup Round 2
Barnet a Welwyn Garden City a
abandoned 75 mins fog (0-0)

Spartan South Midlands League

Challenge Trophy
Hertford P Stony Stratford P

Premier Division Cup
London Colney a Chalfont St Peter a
abandoned H/T (2-2)

FA Trophy

Hotshot George Sends Borough Through
Four goals from George Boyd saw Stevenage Borough safely into the next round as Mark Stimson's side thrashed Methyr 7-0 at Broadhall Way. Boyd opened the scoring on the half hour giving Borough a 1-0 lead at the break. Six second half goals including four in six minutes making sure of an easy passage, Steve Morison, Steve Guppy and Craig Dobson joining Boyd on the scoresheet.
Stevenage: Julian, Fuller, Nutter, Gaia, Nurse, Boyd, Johnson, Morison, Guppy, Henry, Beard.Subs Not Used: Potter, Oliver, Dobson, Binns, Bradshaw

Saints Crash Out In Derby
St Albans fell at the first hurdle going down 3-2 to local rivals Bishop Stortford. An own goal and Lee Clarke's sixth goal of the season weren't enough to stop the Saints crashing out. Danny morgan with a double and Roy Essendoah were on target for te home side.
St Albans: Bastock, Damien Batt, Elphick, Theobald, Flynn, Hann, Davis, Marwa, Walshe, Hakim, Clarke.Subs Not Used: Perks, Okuonghae, Seeby, Cracknell, Simon Martin.

Ryman League Division One North
Ware took their unbeaten run to eight games but still dropped a place in the table after a 2-2 draw with Great Wakering at Wodson Park. it was an afternoon of mix fortunes for Sam Berry who scored both the Blues goals from the penalty spot before being sent off. Ware are now in 6th place nine points behind leaders Hornchurch who won 6-1 at Ilford.

Spartan South Midlands League
There's no stopping Ryan Redford the striker notched his 4th hattrick so far as Hertford moved second in the table with a 3-2 win at Aylesbury Vale. Redford has now scored 27 goals this season. Welwyn Garden City kept the pressure on the leaders thanks to a 4-1 win over Holmer Green at Herns Lane it was The Citizens third straight win on home territory. London Colney returned to winning ways after two straight away defeats beating Biggleswade Town 2-0 but there was no joy for St Margaretsbury who lost 1-0 at the Recreation Ground against Chalfont. Colney Heath moved into the top half of the table for the first time thanks to a 1-0 victory at Broxbourne Borough. In Division One Hoddesdon's good league form continued as the Lilywhites beat leaders Cockfosters 2-0 at Lowfield.


Herts Senior County League
With Hatfield Town in cup action leaders Hadley went four points clear at the top thanks to a 4-0 win over Bedmond. Hertford Heath are 4th after a 1-1 draw at home to Buntingford. Sandridge Rovers kept in touch with the leaders thrashing Bushey Rangers 5-1 with Chris Wickens scoring four. Codicote failed to build on last weeks victory over Hinton being held to a goaless draw by bottom club Standon & Puckeridge. Knebworth bounced back from their Annagram Trophy defeat beating Hinton 2-0. Craig Woodham scored twice as Hatfield Town booked a place in the 4th round of the Annagram Trophy beating London Lions 5-2 after extra time. Adie Hamill, Gary Coley and Lewis Field got the other goals.
In Division One Lemsford crashed 5-1 at home to Croxley Guild a Matt Jones goal providing the only bright spot for the home side. Allenburys are up to 4th place following a 4-3 win over Bovingdon. A Chris Hatt goal was enough to stop Little Munden's revival as they went down 1-0 at Evergreen. Wodson Park's game against Sarratt was postponed.

Friday

Netball

NSL
Mavericks 36 Team Bath 40

Football

FA Trophy
Bishops Stortford 3 St Albans 2
Stevenage Borough 7 Methyr 0

Ryman League Division One North
Ware 2 Great Wakering 2

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Aylesbury Vale 2 Hertford 3
Broxbourne Borough 0 Colney Heath 1
London Colney 2 Biggleswade Town 0
St Margaretsbury 0 Chalfont 1
Welwyn Garden City 4 Holmer Green 1

Division One
Hoddesdon 2 Cockfosters 0

Herts Senior County League Premier
Hertford Heath 1 Buntingford 1
Knebworth 2 Hinton 0
Sandridge Rovers 5 Bushey Rangers 1
Standon & Puckeridge 0 Codicote 0

Division One
Allenburys 4 Bovingdon 3
Evergreen 1 Little Munden 0
Lemsford 1 Croxley Guild 5
Wodson Park v Sarratt

Anagram Records Trophy
Hatfield Town 5 London Lions 2 aet

Rugby

National League Division Three South
Hertford 17 Clifton 21

London One
Old Albanians v Ealing

London Two North
St Albans v Tring

London Three North West
Datchworth v Welwyn
Stevenage Town v Vauxhall Motors

Basketball
EBL Division One
UH West Herts Warriors v PAWS London Capitals

Herts Senior County League
Aubrey Cup
Hatfield Town 1 Whitewebbs 2

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Welwyn Garden City 4 Colney Heath 3

Nationwide Conference

Borough Cruise Into Top Ten
A comfortable victory over Gravesend at Broadhall Way lifted Stevenage Borough into the Conference top ten for he first time this season. Jon Nutter opened the scoring on an afternoon when the home sides superiority was never in doubt converting a 24th minute penalty after Gravesends Peter Hawkins had handled in the area. Steve Morison's fifteenth goal of the season made it two with 72 minutes gone and within three minutes Jon Nurse had put the game beyond the visitors reach heading home Steve Guppy’s free kick.
Stevenage: Julian: Beard: Nutter: Gaia: henry: Miller (Binns 39): Johnson: Guppy (Bradshaw 90): Dobson (Nurse 66): Boyd: Morison:

Saints Fail To Capitalise on Bright Start
St Albans recent revival came to an end in Yorkshire as Halifax recovered from an early shock to leave Colin Lippiatt’s side well beaten. Eliott Benyon put the visitors in front with just six minutes gone. Halifax though were quick to equalise Robert Atkinson taking advantage of Tom Kearney’s free kick after 18 minutes. Atkinson was left to put the home side in front drilling home a shot on the hour before further strikes from Shane Smeltz and Chris Senior made it a miserable trip back to Clarence Park for Saints.
St Albans: Bastock: Batt: Seeby: Okuonghae: Elphick: Walshe: Davis: Marwa: Hann: Benyon: Clarke:

Ryman League Division One North

No Stopping Blues
Ware made it six wins in their last seven games after thumping Witham 4-1. The Blues are up to sixth place in the table seven points behind leaders Hornchurch who won 2-0 at Waltham Abbey. The remaining teams in the top five also won harlow 2-0 at Arlesey Canvey Island 6-1 at home to Ilford and Enfield Town 2-0 at Maldon.

Spartan South Midlands League

Ryan Redford took his season tally to 24 as Hertford bounced back from last weeks defeat at Welwyn Garden City by beating Kingsbury 3-1 at the Glenridge. Scott Neilson scored the Blues other goal as they stayed third in the table behind Leverstock Green and Edgware who both didn’t play. In the days other game Colney Heath won their first game in four beating St Margaretsbury 1-0. There was no joy for Welwyn Garden City in the FA Vase the Citizens crashing out 5-0 at Ridgeons Premier side Lowestoft Town

Herts Senior County League

Hatfield Town are up to second in the Premier after their eighth win in nine games 2-1 away at Elliott Star. Buntingford returned to action for the first time in 3 weeks beating neighbours Standon & Puckeridge 4-2 at The Bury. Will and Matt Turl were on target for Town with Duncan Easley and Mark Wright getting the other goals Brad Ratcliffe and Bradley Brooks replying for the visitors. Joel Mason scored the only goal of the game as Codicote beat Hinton 1-0 while Knebworth were beaten 1-0 after extra time by frenford Senior in the Anagram Records Trophy. Sandridge Rovers produced the cup result of the day with goals from Nick Darke and denys Ryan enough to beat Hoddesdon 2-1 in the Herts Centenary Trophy. Lemsford are down to second in Division One following a 2-1 defeat at Bovingdon . Andrew Robinson and Barry Ridley were on target as Allenburys were held 2-2 at home by Buckhurst Hill. Wodson Park have gone gone five games without a win after a 1-1 draw with struggling Cuffley while Little Mundens game at Loughton was postponed.

Nationwide Conference
Halifax 4 St Albans 1
Stevenage Borough 3 Gravesend 0

Ryman League Division One North
Witham 1 Ware 4

FA Vase 3rd Round
Lowestoft Town 5 Welwyn Garden City 0

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Colney Heath 1 St Margaretsbury 0
Hertford 3 Kingsbury 1

Herts Senior County League Premier
Buntingford 4 Standon & Puckeridge 2
Codicote 1 Hinton 0
Elliott Star 1 Hatfield Town 2

Division One
Allenburys 2 Buckhurst Hill 2
Bovingdon 2 Lemsford 1
Cuffley 1 Wodson Park 1
Loughton P Little Munden P

Anagram Records Trophy
Hertford Heath P Hadley P
Knebworth 0 Frenford Senior 1 (aet)

Herts Centenary Trophy
Sandridge Rovers 2 Hoddesdon 1

Rugby

Intermediate Cup 3rd Round
Staines 22 Old Albanians 16

EDF Senior Vase 4th Round
Harlow 37 Datchworth 14
Welwyn 30 Hammersmith & Fulham 5

Hockey

Mens National South
Ipswich 3 St Albans 1

Womens National South
Swansea 2 St Albans 2

Womens East Division 1 South
Welwyn Garden City 0 Holcombe 5

Mens East Division Two South
Ford 7 Stevenage 4

Netball

NSL
Team Northumbria 30 Mavericks 46

Basketball

Mens National Trophy Semi Final
UH West Herts Warriors 76 Worthing Thunder 89

Herts Senior County League Floodlit Cup
Hatfield Town v Met Police Bushey

Herts Senior Cup
Hertford 3 Potters Bar Town 2

Herts Senior County League Floodlit Cup
Wormley Rovers v Wodson Park

Netball

SuperLeague
Mavericks 47 Northern Thunder 23

The Netball Super League comes to Hatfield tommorow night as Sky TV cameras prepare to record the action as The Mavericks face their first home match against The Northern Thunder. The Mavericks who boast a number of England Internationals including captain Amanda Newton got their season off to a poor start with a narrow 34-31 defeat at Brunel Hurricanes last weekend so they will be determined to put on a show in front of the cameras and whats expected to be a sell out crowd. The match takes place at the University of Herts Sports Village with an 8pm tip. It will be broadcast on Sky Sports on Thursday evening.

Nationwide Conference

Nine Man Borough Hold On
Stevenage Borough 2 Oxford United 2
Stevenage Borough held on to a point in a dramatic encounter at Broadhall Way that saw the home side go into a two goal lead before being reduced to nine men for the final 33 minutes of the match. Steve Morison drilled home Steve Guppy’s pass to put Stevenage in front after only 15 minutes. Borough were reduced to 10 men just six minutes later when Hasim Deen was dismissed for violent conduct. Morison struck again 10 minutes before the break to give Mark Stimson’s side some breathing space. Oxford fought back in the second period Robert Duffy halving the deficit after 53 minutes. Struggling to contain the league leaders things got worse for Stevenage 4 minutes later when Luke Oliver was shown a second yellow card allowing Chris Hargreaves to equalise from the resultant free kick.
Stevenage: Julian: Deen: Nutter: Oliver: Henry: Miller: Johnson: Guppy (Gaia 62): Beard (Dobson 84): Boyd: Morison

Mawra and Davies Lift Super Saints
Cambridge United 0 St Albans 2
St Albans climbed further away from the bottom three with an impressive showing at the Abbey Stadium. Ram Mawra gave Colin Lippiatt’s side the lead finishing off Elliott Benyon’s pass with 22 minutes gone. Benyon played a prominent part in the visitors second pulled down in the box by Cambridge keeper Paul Crichton 10 minutes into the second half. Tom Davies thumping home the penalty after Crichton had seen red from referee Alan Raynor. Saints are now up to 17th in the league table.
St Albans: Bastock, Seeby, Elphick, Theobald, Damien Batt, Hann, Marwa (Okuonghae 90), Davis, Walshe (Flynn 90), Clarke, Benyon.

Ryman League Division One North
Berry Beats Bury
Two goals from midfielder Sam Berry kept Ware’s unbeaten run in tact as they beat Bury Town 2-1 at Wodson Park. The Blues have now gone 6 games without defeat and move up one place to sixth place in the table. Berry gave Ware the lead after only 2 minutes Stephen Bugg pulling the visitors level after 33 minutes before Berry sealed the points with his second of the game after an hour. Hornchurch are the new leaders after a 3-1 home win over Enfield this mornings leaders Harlow lost 2-0 at home to third placed Canvey Island.

Spartan South Midlands League

Featured Game
Citizens Give Hertford The Blues
Welwyn Garden City 3 Hertford 1
Goals from Matt Wardle, Alex Kinsley and Lee Benmore provided Welwyn Garden City with the perfect build up to next weeks FA Vase tie. The Citizens were good value for their win in an often bad tempered derby at Herns Lane. The home side should have been in front after only 6 minutes when Mark Virgo dived to his right to deny Kinsley’s penalty awarded when Anthony Beamish appeared to be pushed in the box. Virgo was again quickly in action denying Harry Hunt with 8 minutes gone. It was an afternoon when both keepers produced some excellent saves Citizens Simon Bartley denying Ryan Redford and Kevin Cooper as Hertford began to gain more first half possession. With the half drawing to a close though it was Welwyn Garden City who took the lead. Hunt’s header rebounded off the bar Richard Tiexiera was quickest to the rebound only for Kevin Kilroy to clear his effort off the line before Matt Wardle made it third time lucky for the home side scrambling the ball home. A half time confrontation between Hertford boss Dave Greenwood and the match officials set the mark for an ill tempered second half which started with the Citizens doubling their lead. Kinsley beating Virgo from 25 yards out after 47 minutes. The game that had been simmering then boiled over as Tiexiera saw red after a head butt on Tony Neilson while Hertford’s Asley McAloon was fortunate to only receive a yellow card for throwing a punch in the reulting melee. After Barlett had again denied Cooper and Redford, Panayiotis Panayiotou gave Hertford hope sliding the ball in from inside the box. With Hunt providing a good outlet Howard Cowley’s team weathered the storm substitute Lee Benmore reacting quickest when Virgo parried Hunt’s header to seal a memorable win.
Welwyn Garden City: Bartley: Dawes: Tiexiera: Yates: Beamish: McKay: Hunt: Brindley: Wardle: Kinsley: Griggs:
Hertford: Virgo: McAloon: Ardiles: Kilroy: Draper: Panayiotou: Taylor: Neilson: Redford: Cooper: Roberts

Premier Division
Hertford failed to take advantage of slip ups by the top two. Edgware being held 1-1 at Harefield and Leverstock Green losing their second game in three 4-3 at home to Broxbourne Borough. London Colney stay 5th despite their second straight away defeat, this time the Blueboys going down 2-1 at Kingsbury. Welwyn Garden City are 6th their 3-1 win over Hertford was only the Citizens second home win in the league. Colney Heath continue to struggle a 3-0 reverse at Aylesbury Vale making it four games without awin for Heath.

Herts Senior County League
Hertford Heath's run of three straight wins came to an end at Met Police Bushey they though stay fourth as the top three were not in action. Heath going down 3-2 with Neil Barella's 13th goal of the season not enough to earn a point. Standon and Puckeridge stay rooted to the foot of the table a 5-3 defeat at Hinton was their seventh in a row. In Division One Allenburys continue to be the masters of inconsuistency crashing 5-1 at Chipperfield. In the Herts Centenary Trophy 2 goals from Phil Scanlon couldn't stop Codicote going out 4-3 at London Lions while Wodson Park bowed out of the Intermediate Cup losing 4-3 at home to Welwyn Garden City Reserves.

Nationwide Conference
Cambridge United 0 St Albans 2
Stevenage 2 Oxford United 2

Ryman League Division One North
Ware 2 Bury Town 1

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Aylesbury Vale 3 Colney Heath 0
Kingsbury 2 London Colney 1
St Margaretsbury P Bigglewade United P
Welwyn Garden City 3 Hertford 1

Herts Senior County League Premier
Buntingford P Whitewebbs P
Hinton 5 Standon & Puckeridge 3
Met Police Bushey 3 Hertford Heath 2

Division One
Chipperfield 5 Allenburys 1
Little Munden P Buckhurst Hill P
Old Parmiterians P Lemsford P

Herts Senior Centenary Trophy
London Lions 4 Codicote 3
Sandridge Rovers P Hoddesdon P
Harpenden 1 Hatfield Town 0
Bedmond P Knebworth P

Herts Intermediate Cup
Wodson Park 3 Welwyn Garden City Res 4

Rugby Union

National League Division Three South
Havant 44 Hertford 12

London One
Shelford 22 Old Albanians 47

London Two North
Twickenham 17 St Albans 16

London Three North West
Haringey 27 Datchworth 0
Harpenden 10 Welwyn 17
Stevenage Town 20 Ruislip 15

Hockey

Womens National Division South
St Albans 7 Southampton 0

Womens East Division One South
Welwyn Garden City 2 Southend 1

Mens East Division Two South
Luton 2 Stevenage 2

Basketball

EBL Division One
UH West Herts Warriors 98 Sheffield Arrows 90


Sunday

Hockey

National Mens Division South
St Albans 2 Oxford Hawks 3