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The Binfield FC badge. Photo: Neil Graham.

Match Preview: Bedfont Sports – Home

It’s coming home. Football’s coming home. After four away games, including a trip down to Devon, the Moles finally have a run of home games with five of them in the month of November.

The first is a visit from Bedfont Sports.

About Bedfont Sports

Bedfont Sports are based in Bedfont, West London. They, along with Bedfont FC, probably hold the record for the closest football grounds in the country as their grounds nearly touch.

Bedfont Sports was only founded in 2002 starting out in the Hounslow and District League. A few years later, they moved across to the Middlesex County League before working their way up through the Combined Counties League and gaining promotion to the Isthmian League in 2017/18.

Head to Head

The Moles didn’t have a good record again the Eagles last season. We lost 2-1 at Bedfont Recreation Ground and then lost 3-1 back at Hill Farm Lane. Bedfont Sports only have one win this season beating Sutton Common Rovers 3-0 back in September.

Tickets

Tickets can be purchased on the gate or in advance via Ticketpass.

Prices are;

  • Adults: £8
  • Concession: £5
  • Under 16: £1

About Hill Farm Lane

Address: Hill Farm Lane, Bracknell RG42 5NR

The club house and changing rooms at Hill Farm Lane. Photo: C2 Photography.

Hill Farm Lane is a modern non-league football ground with parking on site, disabled access and more including:

  • Licenced bar
  • Tea bar serving hot and cold food
  • Disabled access to pitch side
  • Toilets
  • Standing and seated covered areas to watch the match

There are over 200 spaces available to park in the ground.

Binfield u13 Reds.

U13 Binfield Reds dig deep to secure the win

The Reds had an early kickoff on the other side of Reading at the weekend.

The boys started well with James Gilbert netting the first followed 20 minutes later with an excellent headed corner by James Fisher off of a brilliant Finlay Cole delivery.

From then on we had to weather a bit of a storm and our opponents were awarded a penalty for a handball. They came in 2-1 up at half time.

The Binfield u13 Reds enjoy a bundle.
The Binfield u13 Reds enjoy a bundle.

Then we dug in, the boys worked extremely hard, communicated well ( big achievement), our keeper Danny Mousley made some awesome saves and the team gave everything to secure the win.

They’ve had a tough start to the season but never give up, always support each other and todays win was the definition of teamwork.

Captain James Gilbert said “ We work hard every week and really deserved the win, Everyone was decent today!”

Parents MOTM – Danny
Coaches MOTM – Lucas

Submitted by Craig Gilbert (Manager)

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Moving the Molehill – 30 more parking spaces

Following on from the club’s recent building projects you may have noticed we managed to build our own giant molehill in the Binfield FC car park!

Thankfully, local company, Design Build International stepped in and kindly offered to remove all of the building spoils from our site.

Vice Chairman Craig Gilbert said: “We cannot thank Sam Fowles and the team at DBI enough. Having only met with Sam at the weekend to discuss the removal of the waste, by Wednesday it’s all gone! No fuss, no messing about and the site has been left in great condition. We are truly grateful and now have space for at least another 30 cars. The regained land will make a huge difference to our Junior and Senior match day parking.”

This is the second project at the club Design Build International have helped with, having installed our fantastic brick paved area earlier in the year.

A massive thanks from all at the club goes to DBI, Sam Fowles and Nigel Cole for making all of this happen.

Want to know more about DBI? Head to designbuildinternational.co.uk

Take a look at our car park before and after

The Binfield FC badge. Photo: Neil Graham.

Match Preview: Westfield – Away

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The Moles are onto their last stop on their road trip with a trip to Woking to play Westfield FC in the Pitching In Isthmian League South Central Division One.

Matchday: Tuesday 8th November
Kickoff: 7:45pm

About Westfield FC

Westfield FC play in the Westfield area of Woking, Surrey. They were founded in 1953 as Westfields Boys Club. The club played in the Combined Counties from 1980 until 2018 when they were promoted to the Isthmian League South Central Division One.

In their first season, they finished fifth and qualified for the end of the seasons play-offs. They lost in the play-off semi-final 2-1 to our neighbours Bracknell Town. After the two seasons abandoned due to Covid, they finished 16th in the league last season.

Head to Head vs Westfield FC

Last season, the Moles beat Westfield 3-0 at Hill Farm Lane and then drew 1-1 at Woking Park.

Where do Westfield FC play?

Westfield play their home games at Woking Park, Woking, Surrey, GU22 9BA. Their ground is just across from Woking FCs Kingfield Stadium.

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Isuzu FC – Kick Up Challenge

As the new title sponsor of The FA Vase and FA Trophy, Isuzu UK have kicked off with a competition for a chance to win a £500 tools voucher, plus £500 towards your chosen non-league football club.

Followers are encouraged to do as many keepie-uppies as they can in 15 seconds and share a video tagging @IsuzuUK, with the hashtag, #IsuzuUK. Highest score wins.

Isuzu UK will be running the campaign until 12/12/2022. Get involved, share videos and see more information here – Kick-Up Challenge- Isuzu FC 2022.

The Binfield FC badge. Photo: Neil Graham.

Match Preview: Hanworth Villa FC – Away

Hanworth Villa FC

Surprise, the Moles are still on the road. This time though they are back in league action with an away trip to Hanworth Villa FC in the Isthmian League South Central Division.

About Hanworth Villa FC

Hanworth Villa FC were founded in 1976. They played in various West London leagues, making their way up the football pyramid before being promoted to Division One of the Combined Counties League in 2002-03. The club were Combined Counties Premier Division North champions in 2021–22, earning promotion to the Isthmian League.

You may notice a couple of familiar names on the team sheet;

  • Sam Merson. Sam is the son of former Arsenal legend Paul Merson who played two games for the club in 2019.
  • Jonathan Hippolyte played for our neighbours Bracknell Town back in 2021. He also played for Maidenhead United.

Head To Head Record

This is the first time that the Moles have played Hanworth Villa FC this season.

Where do Hanworth Villa play?

Hanworth Villa play at Rectory Meadow, Hanworth. The full address is Rectory Meadow, Park Road (off Hounslow Road),Hanworth, Middlesex, TW13 6PN.

According to the club website, “the most difficult part of the journey is probably the last 400 yards once you have entered Park Road”. For full directions, visit the Hanworth Villa Where R We page.

Spratley Meadow, Amersham

Match Preview: Amersham Town – Away

Amersham Town FC

After a 400 miles round trip to play Tavistock AFC in the FA Trophy, the Moles are back on the road again. This time to visit Amersham Town in the Berks & Bucks County FA Cup.

Which league do they play in?

Amersham Town FC are a step 6 currently playing in the Spartan South Midland League One. The Spartan South Midland leagues cover the area north of London and includes Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.

They are currently sitting second in the league behind Real Bedford FC (the crypto backed team) with only one defeat.

What is the Berks & Bucks FA Senior Cup?

The Berks & Bucks FA Senior Cup is for teams playing Steps 1-6 of the NLS & above and was first played in the 1878-79 season. In last seasons final, Reading’s Under-23 defeated Ascot United 4-0.

Route to the 1st Round

Binfield had a bye to the 1st round whereas Amersham Town had to play in the 1st and 2nd qualifying round.

In the 1st qualifying round, the beat Milton Keynes Irish First 3-0 and in the 2nd qualifying round, they Homer Green on penalties 10-9 after the match finished 4-4.

The other fixtures in the 1st round of the cup are;

Newport Pagnell Town v Didcot Town
Thatcham Town v Marlow
Maidenhead United v Slough Town
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Beaconsfield Town
Amersham Town v Binfield
Hungerford Town v Sandhurst Town
Buckingham Athletic v Flackwell Heath
AFC Aldermaston v Shrivenham
Windsor v Bracknell Town
Aylesbury United v Chesham United

Where do Amersham Town play?

Amersham Town play at Spratleys Meadow which is at the edge of Amersham Old Town with open views out into the Chilterns.

Spratley Meadow, Amersham
Main stand at Spratleys Meadow

Address: Spratleys Meadow, School Lane, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 0EJ

FA Trophy

Moles Away Day: Tavistock AFC in the FA Trophy

The Moles have been drawn away (again) against Tavistock AFC (the Lambs) in the First Round of the FA Trophy but before we make the 400 mile round trip to Langsford Park, lets take a look at our opponents.

Which league do they play in?

Like the Moles, Tavistock are a step 8 club and they currently play in Southern League Division One South. They were promoted twice in successive years after winning the South West Peninsula League Premier Division in 2018-19 and after two Covid hit years, winning the Western League in 2021-22. At the time of writing, they are currently sitting in the top third of the table with 14 points from 8 games.

Route to the FA Trophy 1st Round

This is the first year that Tavistock have competed in the FA Trophy. In the 1st qualifying round, they beat Kidlington away on penalties. For the 2nd and 3rd qualifying rounds they were at home where they beat Didcot Town and Melksham Town.

Previously in the FA Vase, their best was the fifth round last season where they lost 3-1 to United Services Portsmouth who the Moles beat in the Semi Final on the way to Wembley.

Where do Tavistock AFC play?

Tavistock play their games at Langsford Park, Crowndale Road, Tavistock PL19 8JR which has a capacity of 2,000 of which 200 is seated.

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Binfield under 23s already making the step up

Binfield’s decision to relaunch an under 23 side in the summer is already bearing fruit with four youngsters involved in first-team activities in recent weeks.

Jake Fisher, Max Reid, William Mabukwa and Sam Applegarth have all been involved under new boss Garry Haylock and all four were in the squad for Tuesday night’s 2-0 win at Basingstoke Town in the Velocity Trophy with Reid, Fisher and Makubwa all coming on in the second half.

Reid and Fisher were also unused subs in the 3-1 defeat at South Park last weekend.

The Moles development side remain top of their Thames Valley Premier League division having won three and drawn one of their opening four games this season, but last weekends fixture at home to Finchampstead was postponed.

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‘Big moments and unforgettable memories’ Elliott Legg departs Binfield

Defender Elliott Legg has departed Binfield for neighbours Bracknell Town.

Legg was one of our Wembley FA Vase heroes having originally joined the Moles from Bracknell where he played alongside former boss Jamie McClurg.

Writing on his Twitter account, Legg left a lovely message for Moles fans: “Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone at Binfield FC. An amazing club, fantastic people, and the best group I’ve been a part of. What a few years it’s been. Some big moments, and unforgettable memories in there. I’ve loved every minute. DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT. YOU MOLES.”

Binfield would like to thank Elliott for his time with Binfield and wish him all the best for the future.

There is news also of a couple of other former Moles as Jack Thomson-Wheeler has joined Combined Counties League side Bedfont Town while George Short has signed for Badshot Lea.