TLFG DAILY DIGEST
Within the following part, I record what are in my view probably the most notable video games of the week and provides some transient causes for my alternative. Examine the maps above for kick-off instances, ticket information and instructions.
Monday 2 September
Nationwide League South
Aveley v Dorking Wanderers @745pm – after final season’s run to the play-offs, the Millers have gotten off to a really disappointing begin and so they’re now winless in six and within the relegation zone. On Saturday they made the lengthy journey to Torquay and picked up an encouraging level. On Monday they welcome opponents from Surrey who have been within the fifth tier final season and have solely misplaced as soon as since their relegation.
Tickets Boreham Wooden v Worthing @745pm – the hosts additionally suffered relegation final season and have made a really comparable begin to Dorking with just one defeat from their six video games. Sitting simply exterior the play-off locations, they face a Worthing aspect who’ve conceded a whopping 13 objectives in 5 video games, the second worst within the division, regardless of sitting comfortably in midtable.
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Tuesday 3 September
EFL Trophy
Leyton Orient v Arsenal U21 @7pm – the motion in Southern Group E will get underway at Brisbane Street on Tuesday. When you’ve by no means heard of this competitors, it options all of the golf equipment in League One and League Two and some U21 sides from golf equipment increased up the pyramid. It begins with a gaggle stage, progresses to knockout rounds and winds up with a ultimate at Wembley. The O’s have made a disastrous begin to their league marketing campaign, shedding all 4 matches, however in some way received at Millwall within the EFL Cup. Arsenal, even with this younger aspect, ought to fancy their possibilities of getting one thing right here.
Tickets Bromley v Cambridge United @745pm – following their promotion from the Nationwide League, this would be the first time the Ravens have performed on this competitors. After profitable their first two league video games of the season, they’ve now misplaced a pair so a morale-boosting victory over a workforce which is struggling in League One would not go amiss.
Tickets Nationwide League South
Hornchurch v Farnborough @745pm – the Urchins have misplaced greater than they’ve received since getting promoted by they’re retaining their heads above water. Farnborough, however, have received 4 of their six video games to seek out themselves within the play-off locations as we transfer into September.
Tickets FA Cup First Spherical Qualifying Replays
Cray Wanderers v Larkfield & New Hythe @745pm – London’s oldest membership travelled right down to Kent to play ninth tier L&NH on Saturday however solely managed a 1-1 draw regardless of enjoying two ranges above them. Cray have by no means made it past the qualifying rounds and though they need to win this, their early league type suggests they will battle to set a brand new document this season.
Tickets Hanwell City v Sheppey United @745pm – the Geordies additionally spent their Saturday afternoon in Kent enjoying lower-division opposition and so they, too, solely managed a 1-1 draw. Sheppey are a special proposition to Larkfield as they’re prone to problem for the title within the eighth tier and are effectively able to inflicting an upset right here.
Tickets Walton & Hersham v Hanworth Villa @745pm – these sides produced an exhilarating 3-3 draw on Friday night time which noticed the Swans rating a late equaliser to keep away from turning into the victims of a notable upset. Hanworth did beautifully effectively in opposition to the workforce from a degree above them however you’d suppose that again on dwelling soil, W&H will in all probability get the job performed.
Tickets Haringey Borough v Brightlingsea Regent @745pm – the hosts suffered relegation from the Isthmian Premier final season and have discovered it laborious to regulate to the Isthmian North, shedding all three of their video games to date. Brightlingsea are additionally within the division however are doing significantly higher, that means the London membership did effectively to attract 1-1 and drive this replay.
Tickets Hayes & Yeading United v Margate @745pm – these two eighth-tier sides floor out a 0-0 draw on the Kent coast on Saturday that means they need to do all of it once more on the SkyEx on Tuesday. The hosts have made it past the qualifying rounds quite a few instances of their historical past and begin as favourites in my ebook. Tickets are £12 on the gate
Barking v St Neots City @745pm – there is a tie between two ninth-tier groups at Mayesbrook Park as a objective 20 minutes from time earned the Blues a 2-2 attract Cambridgeshire on Saturday. Since reforming in 2006, one of the best Barking have performed is make the Third Spherical Qualifying in order that they’ve nonetheless obtained a solution to go to match that. Tickets are £10 on the gate
CCL Premier North
North Greenford United v Egham City @745pm – the hosts have gotten off to a blistering begin within the league and nonetheless have their 100% document after six video games. Three factors clear on the prime, they subsequent welcome one other aspect within the prime 5. Win this too and so they’ll need to be thought to be severe title contenders. Tickets will likely be obtainable on the gate
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Thursday 5 September
FA Youth Cup Preliminary Spherical
There are matches on this U18 competitors most days this week however on Thursday that is all there may be. There are eight ties unfold everywhere in the capital with the likes of AFC Croydon Athletic, Corinthian Casuals, Erith City and Hanwell City all internet hosting video games. Given it is an FA competitors, be ready to pay a nominal entry charge at every sport – it should not exceed £5
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Friday 6 September
FA Trophy First Spherical Qualifying
Kingstonian v Eastbourne City @8pm – the most effective issues about groundshares is we frequently get groups drawn at dwelling in the identical rounds of cup competitions that means we get bonus video games on Friday nights or Sunday afternoons. That is one such sport as Raynes Park Vale are at dwelling too. This nationwide knockout competitors is for golf equipment within the fifth to the eighth tiers with its ultimate at Wembley. This tie sees two eighth-tier golf equipment who’re each eighth of their respective divisions meet at Grand Drive so it must be shut. Tickets are £10 on the gate
Essex Senior League
Barking v West Essex @745pm – in case you’re on the east aspect of city, then this ninth-tier match would look like your only option. Each are in midtable and each will likely be coming into this off the again of video games on Tuesday night time so it is a tight turnaround for them. Tickets will likely be obtainable on the gate for £10
FA Youth Cup Preliminary Spherical
Langley v Hilltop @745pm – that is one for the hardened groundhoppers amongst you. Langley do not have a house of their very own and at the moment play their senior matches at Uxbridge. Nonetheless, that is being performed at Grasshoppers rugby membership which is walkable from both Osterley Tube station on the Piccadilly Line or Syon Lane on SWR from Waterloo
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Saturday 7 September
League One
Charlton Athletic v Rotherham United @3pm – with there being a global break this weekend, the best degree sport on provide is that this one at The Valley. Nathan Jones’ aspect have made a strong begin however suffered their first reverse final weekend after they misplaced 2-0 at Studying. The Millers completed backside of the Championship final season and have continued to seek out life powerful within the the third tier. Nonetheless, they picked up an essential win in opposition to Huddersfield City final day trip.
Tickets UEFA Ladies’s Champions League
The mini event which started earlier within the week concludes on Saturday at Boreham Wooden with a 3rd place play-off between
Atletico Madrid and
Rangers at 12pm and a ultimate which sees
Arsenal tackle
Rosenborg for a spot within the subsequent spherical at 730pm.
Tickets can be found for every sport individually. The kick-off instances imply you possibly can simply do a treble and see three video games on Saturday with close by non-league sides Belstone and Hadley providing good 3pm choices
Ladies’s pleasant
Chelsea v Feyenoord @12pm – the Blues welcome Dutch opposition to Kingsmeadow for this pre-season sport as they put together to defend their WSL title. Though one of many largest names within the Netherlands, the guests solely managed an eighth-place end final season. If you wish to see at the least two video games on Saturday afternoon, then the early kick-off ought to provide you with time to get to one of many close by non-league matches at Corinthian Casuals, Hampton & Richmond Borough, Raynes Park Vale or Westside. These will all end in loads of time so that you can get to the Arsenal sport above if you wish to then do a 3rd.
Tickets Nationwide League
Sutton United v Boston United @3pm – The U’s obtained off to a superb begin and have solely misplaced considered one of their six matches however they’re additionally three with out a win, that means they’re beginning to slip down the desk. The Pilgrims scraped into the Nationwide League North play-offs final season and went on to win them to return to the fifth tier for the primary time since 2002. Relying in your mode of transport, and in case you get fortunate with the site visitors, you can in all probability even get to this match after the Chelsea one too.
Tickets Wealdstone v York Metropolis @3pm – each these sides efficiently fought battles in opposition to relegation final season however have skilled contrasting fortunes within the early a part of this marketing campaign. The Stones made a poor begin underneath new boss Matt Taylor however after shedding their first three, they’re now unbeaten in three and have a win underneath their belts. With just one defeat from six, the guests are within the prime six however head to Grosvenor Vale having misplaced all 4 matches they’ve performed in opposition to the London membership over the past two seasons.
Tickets Nationwide League South
Enfield City v Maidstone United @3pm – the Towners have been one other aspect to take pleasure in play-off glory final season however you must surprise in the event that they have been prepared for all times within the sixth tier given their worrying begin. With six defeats from seven, they’re within the backside three. Kent membership Maidstone had an important 2023/24. They too made the play-offs however will likely be most remembered for his or her run to the Fifth Spherical of the FA Cup which included a surprising win over Ipswich City at Portman Street. Sadly, they’ve additionally struggled to date and sit simply above the relegation zone.
Tickets Hampton & Richmond Borough v Boreham Wooden @3pm – two golf equipment from TLFG’s catchment space meet at The Beveree. The hosts have been inconsistent to date and are floating round decrease midtable however their 1-0 win at Weymouth in midweek may have raised spirits. The Wooden are enjoying on this division for the primary time since 2015 following their relegation and, like Sutton, are beginning to slide after a constructive begin.
Tickets Welling United v Torquay United @3pm – the Wings are sometimes among the many strugglers on this division however handle to maintain their heads above water and this season has begun in a means which means that type may proceed. Former EFL membership Torquay are one of many largest golf equipment within the NLS and are second after a robust begin.
Tickets Isthmian League Premier
Carshalton Athletic v Lewes @3pm – the MOTD within the seventh tier, in my view, takes place at Colston Avenue in south London. The Robins are within the prime 10 and made snug progress within the FA Cup final weekend as they noticed off Haywards Heath City. Though prime with a 100% document, the identical cannot be mentioned of the Rooks who suffered one of many largest upsets of the First Spherical Qualifying, shedding at dwelling to ninth tier Harefield United on penalties after drawing the preliminary tie in Middlesex.
Tickets FA Trophy First Spherical Qualifying
Raynes Park Vale v Beckenham City @3pm – there are quite a few ties that includes eighth-tier golf equipment throughout London on Saturday however this match would look like one of the best in my view. Each at the moment within the prime three of their respective divisions of the Isthmian League, this match at Grand Drive must be effectively value a watch. Tickets are £10 on the gate
SSML Premier
Cockfosters v London Lions @3pm – within the ninth tier we have got a north London derby. Located on the finish of the Piccadilly Line, Chalk Lane is simply throughout the highway from the station so is very easy to get to. The guests play a little bit to the west on the opposite aspect of Barnet. At present seventh and sixth and solely some extent aside within the desk, the 2 matches between these sides final season produced 13 objectives so hopefully we’ll get comparable ranges of leisure right here. Tickets are £10 on the gate
SCEFL Division 1
Croydon v Clapton CFC @3pm – the Trams are at the moment prime of this Tenth-tier division after making an important begin to the marketing campaign. Nonetheless, their lead is slim and three groups are queued up only a level behind them. A kind of sides are CCFC so first place is probably up for grabs. There’s been lots of on-line construct as much as this sport with the hosts actually attempting to get an enormous crowd and there is not any doubt the guests will journey in good numbers. Apart from the soccer, there will likely be quite a few points of interest for all of the household to take pleasure in together with face portray, a bouncy citadel and hook a duck! Tickets are £7
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Sunday 8 September
Ladies’s Championship
Charlton Athletic v Portsmouth @2pm – the season will get underway within the girls’s second tier this weekend. The Addicks missed out on the title and promotion by one level final season so must be among the many favourites to problem once more. Final Sunday they held WSL aspect Aston Villa to a 2-2 draw which ought to give them some confidence. Pompey are new to this division after profitable promotion from the FAWNL. My buddy’s niece is younger goalkeeper Eve Annets. She signed for Manchester Metropolis in the summertime and was promptly loaned to Portsmouth so hopefully she’ll get a sport right here. The match is being performed at The Valley and
tickets are £10 on-line. They change into £2 extra in case you purchase them on arrival
London Metropolis Lionesses v Newcastle United @2pm – there’s lots of pleasure about these groups too. Each have obtained vital funding over the previous couple of months with American millionaire Michele Kang funding LCL and Saudi house owners pumping cash into the Magpies. Swedish legend Kosovare Allsani and England’s Demi Stokes are simply two of the gamers who’ve been introduced in by the perimeters in a present of buying energy that is in all probability by no means been seen at this degree of the ladies’s sport. This will likely be LCL’s first aggressive match at their new Hayes Lane dwelling which they share with Bromley.
Tickets FAWNL Southern Premier
AFC Wimbledon v Oxford United @2pm – the Dons return to Plough Lane after selecting up their first win of the season in opposition to Cheltenham City. With 4 factors from three video games, they need to be happy with the beginning they’ve made following promotion. The guests are normally among the many challengers on this division with their fifth-place end final season their lowest for some time. At present fourth, they need to present the hosts with a superb exercise.
Tickets Watford v MK Dons @2pm – the Hornets have additionally accrued 4 factors from their first three video games following relegation from the Championship. On Sunday they tackle the underside membership and victory would look like virtually sure. MK Dons have been a strong sufficient aspect final season however misplaced most of their squad to large spending Actual Bedford within the division beneath over the summer time. After three video games they’ve scored one objective and conceded 17 – relegation appears to be like assured already. This match is being performed at Wealdstone.
Tickets FAWNL Division 1 South East
Actonians v QPR @2pm – it is West London Derby day within the fourth tier as these two native rivals battle for supremacy. The A’s completed one place and two factors beneath the R’s final season regardless of doing the double over them within the derby video games. Each side have skilled managerial change over the summer time and kinds have altered considerably. What makes this match much more anticipated than regular is that QPR have introduced in Danny Harrigan as supervisor. He presided over Actonians’ most profitable season ever in 2022/23. With seven factors from three video games, the hosts have began effectively while QPR are nonetheless in search of their first league win. The match is being performed at Rectory Park in Northolt.
Tickets are £5 on-line prematurely or £5 money solely on the gate. Sadly I will not be there however I’ve obtained a chunk within the printed programme which you should purchase on arrival
Ashford City (Middlesex) v Norwich Metropolis @2pm – every season there’s normally one workforce which actually struggles and barely will get some extent. Sadly for the Tangerines, it appears to be like like it will be them. After a extremely nice 2023/24 which noticed them end fourth, they misplaced star participant Ashley Cheatley to Brentford and quite a few others departed too. They’ve misplaced all three of their opening video games and suffered a 7-0 drubbing at Dulwich Hamlet final weekend. It is prone to get even worse right here because the Canaries are one of many title favourites and have received each sport. This match is being performed at Hanworth Villa as Ashford are having a brand new pitch put in. Tickets are £5 on the gate
London Bees v Dulwich Hamlet @2pm – either side are new to the division following relegation and promotion respectively and this will likely be a superb measure of how good they’re. With one level from three video games, the hosts have but to get going however they’ve had a really powerful run of fixtures so I do not wish to choose them simply but. Dulwich, with the momentum of promotion and cheered on by massive crowds, might do rather well this 12 months. With two wins from three, their solely setback was a 3-2 loss to Norwich who will beat most groups this season. Type suggests at the least some extent for the guests however let’s examine. That is being performed on the Bees Stadium which is a part of The Hive advanced in north London.
Tickets London Seaward v Cambridge United @2pm – after a vibrant begin noticed them win at Chesham on the opening weekend, the hosts’ outcomes have tailed off sharply with back-to-back losses to Dulwich within the league and cup and a 5-0 defeat to Norwich. Granted, these have been powerful opponents so this match in opposition to Cambridge, who’ve additionally solely received one sport, will likely be one other good yardstick of how effectively these two sides are prone to fare this season. That is being performed at Redridge’s floor and tickets will likely be obtainable on the gate – I have never seen a value but it surely’s prone to be £5
L&SE Ladies’s League Premier
Fulham v Ashford United @230pm – if you wish to go to a Premier League membership’s coaching floor then head right down to Motspur Park for this match. The Cottagers are the largest identify on this division and will actually be profitable it this 12 months after ending third in a good title battle with Dulwich Hamlet and Dartford final season. The guests prevented relegation by some extent in 2023/24 in order that they’ll do effectively to get something right here.
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