If you are not travelling up to Gloucester to watch the FA Cup Preliminary round against Longlevens AFC, then don’t worry Severn Sports have you covered.
They will be carrying live commentary of the game from 14:50. You can listen to the match live at https://severnsport.co.uk/severn-sport-live/severn-sport-live-longlevens-vs-binfield-fa-cup-preliminary-round/
Binfield FC are pleased to welcome Matt Browning Electrical as a new sponsor.
Based in the village, they are an electrical contractor providing quality electrical design, installation, and maintenance services to a wide range of clients.
Talking about the sponsorship, Matt stated “As a local electrical contracting business we are pleased to support Binfield FC. Having seen the great work the club does at a junior level, I wish the whole club a successful season.”
Marketing & Communications Director, Andrew Spiers added “As a community club, we are keen to build links to local businesses such as Matt Browning Electrical Contractors. We thank them for their sponsorship and look forward to welcome Matt and his team to the Iconic Stadium”
To find out more about Matt Browning Electrical Contractors, please click on the image below;
Following on from our 3-1 win over Wokingham Town in the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round, the Moles now face an away trip to face Longlevens AFC.
The club was established in 1954 and joined Division Four of the North Gloucestershire League. In 1968 they moved up to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League. The club were Division One champions in 2008–09, and after a third-place finish in 2010–11 they were promoted to the Gloucestershire County League.
Longlevens were Gloucestershire County League champions in 2012–13. The following season saw them win the League Cup and retain the league title, resulting in promotion to Division One West of the Hellenic League. They went on to win Division One West in 2014–15, earning promotion to the Premier Division.
Longlevens AFC were drawn at home against Winslow United of the Spartan South Midland League. The first game finished 1-1.
In the replay, it looked like Winslow were going through to play the Moles but Longlevens equalised late in the game before scoring two more in extra time to finish 3-1 winners.
Longlevens AFC reached the 2nd qualifying round of the FA Cup in 2021-22 where they lost 3-1 to Gloucester City. The Moles have gone one step further and made it to the 3rd qualifying round in 2022-23 where they lost 3-5 to Beckenham Town.
Longlevens is a suburb of Gloucester and the football club play at Saw Mills End, Corinium Avenue, Gloucester GL4 3DG.
Before the Moles were promoted to Step 4, they played in the Hellenic Premier league against Longlevens. The last time we played was in the Covid hit 2020/21 season where the away fixture was a 1-1 draw.
We now have the opening league fixture for our Development U23 side. The team play in the Thames Valley Premier League Division One who have released the fixtures for the opening round of games.
The young Moles will play home against Wokingham Town FC on Saturday 7th September at 2pm. Wokingham Town are new to this league having previously played in the Suburban League. The game will be played at the Iconic Stadium, Binfield.
We will publish a full list of fixtures as soon as we have them from the league.
Below is an extract from Ross Weatherstone’s programme notes from the home game against Horndean FC;
“I feel immensely proud that the Club has been able to provide a football platform for all players and staff to progress up the football ladder. Seeing Killian Barrett sign his 1st Professional Contract at Sheffield Wednesday FC, having been pivotal to our Great Escape last season, is proof that you never know who is watching, so it’s important to enjoy playing the game and always put your talent to work come KO. I have worked with Killian since he was 16 years old, it’s not always been a smooth road for him, between us both its when we’ve hit the bumps, our biggest learning and progressions have taken place, Killian has got the rewards of exactly what his talent deserves, the real hard work now begins for him and I know everyone at the club will be watching with supporting eyes to see how he progresses.
That is now 2 professional footballers made in 6 months, with Jack Matton signing for Wycombe Wanderers FC and Killian to Sheffield Wednesday FC, I am looking forward to see who is next in line. I look forward to putting match shirts up of both players in the club house, next to an already outstanding group such as Lewis Hall at Newcastle United FC.”
The Velocity Cup draw has been made and the Moles will be playing Badshot Lea away in the 2nd round. As soon as we have details of the match date, we will publish on the website and our social media channels.
The Moles played Badshot Lea in the 1st round of the trophy last season with Badshot finishing 6-0 winners. The Baggies made it through to the quarter finals of the cup before losing on penalties to Hashtag United.
The Moles began their league campaign hosting a tough Horndean side who were a new team to the league this year after transferring from the Isthmian South East Division.
A very quiet 15 minutes to start the game was sharply changed after Kelvin Robinson’s opener in the 16th minute. The ‘Deans’ advantage was doubled in quick succession from a cool finish from Horndean’s number 11, Zackary Willett. This sparked a bit of energy into the Binfield team creating a few chances for themselves with some good work around the area. However, they were pegged back again after the referee awarded the visitors with a penalty for a handball against Tyler D’Cruz. This was calmly converted by Tommy Scutt.
After half time, Binfield grew back into the game after Jamie Hilton, Lucas Surpanu were introduced to the affair. Binfield also welcomed back Daniel Lewis who had been sidelined during the end of pre-season. The action included a free kick from Mitchell Parker which he hit sweetly, however rebounded of the post and the ball could not be finished.
Both teams had more chances to add a goal to their tally, however none of them were acted upon. Following more Horndean pressure, they added a fourth, from a Daniel Sibley finish.
Despite Binfield coming into the game and having a much better second half, they couldn’t gain a consolation goal and it finish 4-0 to the visitors.
Binfield look ahead to Longlevens next Saturday as they continue their Emirates FA cup campaign. Whilst Horndean will look to continue their form into their next games.
The Moles are due to travel to Horndean for our final game of 2024, on the 28th of December. However, we meet again on the 7th September in FA Trophy.
A tough start to their league campaign for the Moles. Horndean FC were the visitors and came away as 4-0 winners.
The Moles U23 Development side make their debut this season in the Berks and Bucks FA Charles Twelftree Trophy. The trophy is played by Saturday Men’s first teams that play in the regional feeder leagues & below.
The Moles have a bye in the first round and will enter the competition in the second round which will be played on Saturday 12th October.
The first round games will be played on Saturday 14th September so keep an eye on the website for the draw for the second round after that date.
The Moles Development U23 team now know their opponents for the upcoming season. They play in the Thames Valley Premier League Division One and their season will start on Saturday 7th September.
The full list of teams are;
Binfield Development u23
Burghfield Reserves
Fleet Spurs
Goring United
Maidenhead Town Reserves
Mortimer Reserves
Penn & Tylers Green u23
Westwood Wanderers Reserves
Wokingham Town Reserves
Yateley United “A”
The Moles now know who they will be playing in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup. Longlevens AFC from the Hellenic League and Winslow United FC from the Spartan South Midland League played out a 1-1 draw on Saturday in their Extra Preliminary Tie.
The replay finished 1-1 in normal time. Longlevens AFC were the stronger team in extra time and finished 3-1 winners.
The tie will be played on Saturday 17th August.
How good does it feel to wake up on a Monday morning after winning on a Saturday?
You can relive the goals from our 3-1 FA Cup win over Wokingham below.
Following on from our 3-1 win over Wokingham Town in the FA Cup, the Moles start their league campaign against Horndean FC. As Horndean are one of the new teams to our league, we thought we would do an introduction to them.
The club was established in 1887 and only played friendly matches until World War One, after which they joined the Waterlooville & District League. They won the title four times before they joined the Portsmouth League which they also won four times at various levels.
In 1972, they joined Division Four of the Hampshire League and were promoted to Division One by the mid 80s. They joined the Wessex League in 1986 but after finishing bottom of the league in 1994–95, they were relegated back to the Hampshire League, where they remained until rejoining the Wessex League as founder members of the new Division Two in 2004.
In 2010–11 they were promoted to the Premier Division after finishing as runners-up in Division One. The 2022/23 saw the Deans make history with a League & Cup double which saw them promoted as champions to Step 4 for the first time.
Last season, Horndean played at step 4 in the Isthmian League South East Division. They were promoted to Step 4 as champions of Wessex Football League Premier Division in 2022-23.
In the 2023/24 season, they finished 14th in the league in a classic middle table position. In the FA Cup, they got through three rounds to the 2nd Qualifying round where they lost 3-0 to Poole FC. In the FA Trophy, they lost to our local rivals Ascot United 2-3. At the end of the season, they were moved laterally into the Isthmian League South Central Division.
This season, they were beaten in the Extra Preliminary Round by Shepton Mallet 1-0.
Horndean is a village in Hampshire which is 8 miles north of Portsmouth and the village straddles the A3(M). Horndean FC play at Five Heads Park, Five Heads Road, Horndean PO8 9NZ.
As well as the two league games, we will play Horndean away in the FA Trophy.
| 10th August @ 3pm | Binfield vs Horndean | Isthmian League South Central Division |
| 7th September @ 3pm | Horndean vs Binfield | FA Trophy |
| 28th December @ 3pm | Horndean vs Binfield | Isthmian League South Central Division |
Manager Ross Weatherstone spoke to BBC Radio London after our 3-1 win over Wokingham Town FC in the FA Cup. Ross reflected on the win, discussed Charlie George’s goal and looked forward to the next road against either Longlevens or Winslow.
You can listen at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j9qcwm. Fast forward to 3 hours 52 minutes.
The game began very brightly for Wokingham Town with a flurry of chances for them but It was met with some classy defending from the Binfield back line. The game intensified after a few strong challenges came flying in from either sides, this forced the referee to introduce the Wokingham number 9 to a yellow card.
The first Binfield goal came from their number 4, Luke Wayborn with a delightful finish into the back of the net to give Binfield a goal advantage in the 20th minute. Just 9 minutes later, Mitchell Parker doubled the Moles’ advantage with a delicious half volley rocketed into the far top right corner.
This caused tempers to flare even more resulting Wayborn and the Wokingham number 7 to also be introduced to Thomas Healey’s book.
As the second half kicked off Wokingham looked for a goal to kick in a come back but were denied by a great block of the line by Elijah’s Bagdonavicius and a fantastic follow up save from the Binfield debutant Kacper Orlowski.
Their chances of a comeback were hindered heavily by Charlie George just nipping a foot into a through ball which just nudged it past the Wokingham shot stopper. The afternoon was soured by the Binfield keeper being dismissed due to an unfortunate handball decision. Mitchell parker took the reins of protecting the sticks for the final 17 minutes of play.
The Wokingham pressure built up over the first 80 minutes was always going to be tough, and they finally found a breakthrough in the 82nd minute after a Parker save onto the post was hammered in on the follow up. It then stayed 3-1 for the final 8 minutes and the final score stayed that way.
Binfield progress to the Preliminary round of the Emirates FA Cup, and also retain the Martin Joyce trophy. A trophy to celebrate the life of the Binfield and Wokingham captain who died in a car accident in 1967.
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