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| MIDS LOSE AT THE SEASIDE IN NATIONAL COMPETITION |
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The Gray Hooper Holt LLP, Mid Sussex Football League's continued participation in the FA Carlsberg National League System Cup failed at Shoreham on Saturday (14 September) when its representative team was beaten 3-1 by the Brighton, Hove & District Football League in a preliminary round tie.
Following an even first half, the Brighton League opened the scoring 10 minutes into the second half and added a second on 76 minutes after which Mids poured on pressure which led to them pegging back their opponents' lead courtesy of a Nathan Cook goal on 82 minutes. Mids then continued to push forward to grab an equaliser and take the tie into extra time but all to no avail when they were caught on the break a minute from time with Brighton's win earning them a visit to the Herts Senior County League in the next round.
The Mid Sussex League squad was Steven Kelly, Nick Pollard, Jamie Torbet, Reilly Grant, Curtis Ford, Lee Funnell-Cooper, John Verrall, Chris Hoad, (all Peacehaven United), Matthew Collins, Nathan Cook, (Portslade Athletic), Ben Pollard (East Grinstead United), Andrew Davies, (Burgess Hill Albion), Matthew Waterman and Harry Magee (Old Varndeanians), Ben Bacon and Sam Holman (Cuckfield Town).
Issued (LLGP): Tuesday 16 September 2013 |
| HERE WE GO, AGAIN! |
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After reduced fixture lists in the past two weeks it is full steam ahead as the Gray Hooper Holt Mid Sussex Mid Sussex Football League provides full fixtures lists from this coming Saturday (7 September). Despite a disturbing decline nationally in the 11 v 11 game the League has managed to maintain the number of teams and increased the number of clubs since the Crawley & District Football League was dissolved at the end of the 2009 - 2010 season, after which most of that League's clubs opted to move to the Mid Sussex League to play their football. This season sees 140 teams of 79 clubs competing in the League's fourteen divisions and twelve Saturday challenge cup competitions while the Fred Pretty Veterans Cup, the only competition of its type in Sussex which this year has an entry of 28 teams in an area extending from South Godstone in the north to Brighton in the south with the clubs drawn in four groups and each playing approximately one group match a month until February when the competition goes into the quarter-final knockout stage
Although no longer at Step 7 in the FA National League System, a status which the it is aiming to resume, the League is able to maintain a presence in the biennial FA Inter-League Cup and, after going under to Jersey the eventual winners in St Helier two years ago, the representative team has a somewhat shorter journey when it travels to Shoreham a week Saturday (14 September) to meet the Brighton, Hove & District League in a preliminary round tie in the competition commencing at 2.00 p.m. If successful manager Richard Nelson's squad will travel again in the first round where it will meet the Herts Senior League in mid-October.
Last season the League secured a silver award as the south east regional winners in the FA's Respect and Fair Play Awards of which part of the prize was £1,500 towards training courses, in connection with which the League's Management Committee is currently considering ways the money can be spent to give the greatest good to the greatest number of its member clubs.
In the coming season the league will maintain its longstanding Merit Awards, that provide monetary rewards on a division by division basis not only for on-field activities but also takes into account club administration. The awards would not be possible without sponsorship and in this respect Gray Hooper Holt LLP Solicitors of Redhill, and more recently Haywards Heath, will be sponsoring the league for the sixteenth season which is one of the longest, if not the longest, consecutive sponsorship in English football.
The League Management Committee is hoping it does not face another season like the last when bad weather resulted in it only just being able to determine divisional winners and runners-up at the expense of the abandonment of two knockout cup competitions and is assisted this year by most divisions having eleven or fewer teams.
Issued (LLGP): Tuesday 3 September 2013 |
| CUCKFIELD TOWN SNATCH FIRST SILVERWARE |
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In a closely fought contest for the Allan Washer Trophy at Leylands Park, Burgess Hill on Saturday (17 August) Cuckfield Town secured the first Mid Sussex Football League silverware of the season with a win on penalties over Peacehaven United. Cuckfield Town played in the match as the 2012 - 2013 Premier Division runners-up while Peacehaven United were last season's Montgomery Cup winners. With the heavy rain of last season coming back at Saturday's match to haunt league officials there was no score at the break, following a first half that Peacehaven just shaded, and the stalemate continued in the second half until with some 20 minutes remaining Dwight Cunningham broke the deadlock to give Peacehaven the lead. Then later with the game looking done and dusted Nolan Mortimer popped up in the dying minutes for a Cuckfield Town equaliser and, with no extra time played in this competition, the match went straight to a penalty shoot-out to decide the outcome. With Cuckfield Town going first both teams missed their first penalty and each side scored with their second and third. However, with Cuckfield converting their next two penalties and Peacehaven missing out on their fourth the trophy went to Cuckfield Town, the first their 1st Team has gained at intermediate level in the past fourteen seasons.
Issued (LLGP): Tuesday 20 August 2013 |
| MID SUSSEX LEAGUE FOOTBALL GETS UNDERWAY |
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The Gray Hooper Holt LLP Mid Sussex Football League swings into action again on Saturday (17 August) with its traditional pipe-opener the Allan Washer Trophy, normally contested by the previous season's Premier Division champions and the winners of the Montgomery Cup, the League's premier challenge cup competition. This year, however, Dormansland Rockets 1st Team, the Premier Division champions for the past two seasons, have moved to pastures new resulting in Cuckfield Town, the league runners-up, meeting Peacehaven United, the winners of the Montgomery Cup as well as gaining promotion as runners-up in the Championship Division, to contest the trophy. The game takes place at Leylands Park, Burgess Hill with a 3.00 p.m. kick off.
The following Saturday sees just a handful of league matches while a limited fixtures list will operate of Saturday, 31 August before the league programme gets fully into gear on Saturday 7 September.
Issued (LLGP) - Tuesday 13 August 2013 |
| LEAGUE OFFICERS' RESPONSIBILITIES 2013 - 2014 |
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The following information has been provided to assist Club Officials: FIXTURES SECRETARY [Roger Peters on 01737 213190 (Fax Only] 01737 501109 (Mobile] 07804 143388 or e-mail fixtures@midsussexfl.co.uk deals with all matters concerning fixtures including those of the Fred Pretty Veterans Cup Competition; Scorers for all games by Email, Fax or Text by/before Noon following day of match. REGISTRATION SECRETARY [Roger Peters on 01737 213190 (Fax Only] 01737 501109 (Mobile] 07804 143388 or e-mail registrations@midsussexfl.co.uk deals with all matters concerning player registration, transfers and reinstatements including receipt of match return forms; PRESS OFFICER [Jean Hall 01323 727748] receives telephoned match results (not Scorers - see Roger Peters), including the results of all Mid Sussex Junior Charity Cup, Mid Sussex Senior Charity Cup and Fred Pretty Veterans Cup matches. N.B. Assistant Secretary Paul John (see above) is responsible for the weekly notification of results and fixtures to the local press while the General Secretary is responsible for ad hoc press releases and updating the Mid Sussex Football League's home page at www.football.mitoo.co.uk: COMPLIANCE OFFICER [Ian Earl 01273 891099 or e-mail earlyian@btinternet.com] monitors club match returns to ensure League Rules concerning the provision of club referees, club first aiders and club assistant referees are adhered to and will assist in the organisation of training to remedy any shortages where funds permit. In addition, Ian will monitor marks awarded to referees to ensure that, where a mark less than 61 is awarded, the club awarding the mark sends a written explanation as required by League Rules. . |
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