Greetings and welcome to TLFG’s information to week two of pre-season within the capital.

The programme of what is accessible to look at is rising as extra golf equipment discipline sides.

However earlier than we discuss in regards to the week forward, how was the one simply gone?

On Saturday I met up with fellow QPR fan Andy R and headed right down to leafy Surrey to the prosperous commuter city of Farnham.

Simply past Aldershot, round an hour from central London, I knew it was a rich place however even I used to be unprepared for the way good it was.

With immaculate parks, outdated buildings and really engaging fundamental streets, it was simple to see why the common property value is over £500,000. 

The oldest membership in London will play the oldest membership on the earth on Saturday

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was MP right here till Thursday when a boundary change noticed Farnham transfer to a different constituency which, regardless of Labour’s landslide win, nonetheless returned one other Conservative candidate in Greg Stafford.

General you get the image.

So what of the soccer crew?

In current occasions, Farnham City have began to obtain a variety of funding and final yr they gained the ninth tier CCL Premier South title by an unlimited 29-point margin.

Crowds are unsurprisingly up and issues look very promising as they head into the brand new season within the Isthmian League.

On Saturday they welcomed a growth aspect from QPR for a pleasant.

The Memorial Floor is like no different I’ve ever been to and it is no manner close to as neatly manicured as the remainder of the city.

With a grass financial institution rising above the pitch at one finish, the Clock Finish might be probably the most notable characteristic of the stadium and offers it a variety of allure.

The opposite two sides are very slender and the opposite finish is closed off utterly which was a bit disappointing however explains why it solely has a capability of 1,500.

With most of QPR’s U21 aspect on tour with the primary crew in Spain, the London membership fielded a really younger crew and it was no shock that they discovered the problem of such a very good non-league crew to be an excessive amount of for them.

Two targets in every half noticed the hosts win 4-0 and former R’s goalkeeper Marcin Brzozowski barely had a save to make as they cruised to victory.

I do not assume both aspect realized so much from this sport however Farnham’s coffers actually benefited from the 1,200+ attendance.

On Sunday, household commitments meant I could not get to Actonians’ first pleasant towards Billericay City however I heard constructive reviews from buddies who did.

Girls’s soccer goes by a really unusual summer season with the highest golf equipment making massive signings and embracing professionalism while some golf equipment within the second tier and beneath are beginning to battle to maintain up, with Studying the most important casualty to date.

After all of the euphoria of profitable the Euros in 2022, the push to develop the sport is comprehensible however I feel it is being accomplished at an unrealistic tempo.

Within the males’s sport you want crowds of no less than 2,000-3,000 to maintain a professional membership and solely the highest eight within the WSL comfortably achieved that final season. Three nearly managed it and West Ham United fell brief to complete backside of the attendance desk.

While you additionally contemplate that tickets are actually low cost too (I paid £15 after I went to video games at Arsenal and Tottenham final season), the wages paid are going to be low (they’re) or subsidised.

Final season in Actonians’ fourth-tier division, the golf equipment who paid their gamers completed within the prime three positions. The money did give them that relative success however was it nicely spent? The subsequent three groups, who have been all novice, weren’t 1,000,000 miles behind and solely the champions bought promoted.

Enormous funding has gone into London Metropolis Lionesses in current weeks which is thrilling for an unbiased ladies’s membership however with out the connection to a males’s crew, how rapidly will they have the ability to develop?

Lastly, good luck to England who seem to have lucked their approach to the semi-finals of the Euros regardless of some actually turgid performances.

They play the Netherlands on Wednesday evening and most non-league golf equipment will probably be internet hosting screenings so you may assist assist your native one by going alongside and having a drink or two when you watch.

THE WEEK AHEAD

This week we have matches that includes sides from the second tier and beneath with Championship membership Watford topping the invoice.

As at all times, please be sure you test with golf equipment earlier than you journey simply in case a sport has been referred to as off or the venue or kick-off time has modified – that is extremely potential for a number of the decrease non-league golf equipment. Additionally, please let me know if something is fallacious or lacking.

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