Old Amplefordians FC

Despite being on the wrong end of a 3-0 last week, the votes are counted and the MOTM for the game against Canford was Tom Picceri.

Surprised it has taken 5 games to be awarded the accolade as he has been on tremendous form this season. 5 goals in "all competitions" as he keeps reminding us.

A first defeat of our season on Saturday against a solid Canford side.

A bruising affair where Canfordians came out on top. The scoreline could have been so different but the Canfordians defended their goal unbelievably well, an outstanding sliding clearance off the line, a header off the line and rattling the crossbar, we just couldn't buy a goal.

Canford were good for their victory and retain their 0 losses for the season.

A big game against Kingston next week to keep ourselves at the top.

A big fixture this weekend (aren't they all?)

Home match against Dorset's finest .... the Old Canfordians. We'll be looking to avenge a humbling defeat last season.

Lets go SHAC

All - looking for help in sourcing a Yorkshire referee for a fixture on 25 October

Any help greatly appreciated as our referee has had to pull out

Saturdays Man of the Match brought to you by and as voted for is Will Rogers.

A return to the side after 2 games away, the driving force in midfield controlling the tempo. It was always going to be tough for whichever team conceded first in those conditions, but Will's drive and creativity gave us chances and eventually he tucked away our equaliser with 15 mins to play.

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A hard earned draw in very difficult conditions thanks to Storm Amy. It was difficult to find any sort of rhythm for either team, although we had the lions share of the chances. Hitting the cross bar, as well as a wonderful save from the Harrow keeper.

They took the lead early in the second half and it was always going to be very difficult to get back into it, playing up the hill and into the 'wind' / hurricane.

A wonderful cross from Max Kinsky picked out Will Rogers who half volleyed it from 8 yards.

A point will do

And a big one. Club founder Louis Robertson has returned to the side this season on a mission to tick off a few milestones, first it was recording a goal after 9 years since the last, now it's surpassing the big 1-0-0.

We literally wouldn't be here without him, he has div 4 and div 5 trophies and looking to try and help us reach the dizzying heights of division 3, where he left us when handing the club over.

Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻 again a superb stint and a wonderful servant to the club.

Too old (school) to be on insta LOL

Today's fixture brought about some milestones achieved by some of the squad today. Max Kinsky blessed us with a superb assist on his 50th appearance.

It's a miracle we have Max as his first two games for OAFC we scored 0 and conceded 14... enough to put off even the most hardened players. Alas the pull of the gridiron has proven to be too much and here we are at 50 games and a season as captain, the David Moyes to our Alex Ferguson.

Bravo Max .kinsky

This Saturday we travel North West to Harrow to face the Old Harrovians III team.

In contrast to us, OAFC have yet to get going properly this campaign, with a D and two L's. This time last year they also sat afoot the table but managed to climb their way out to safety and will be looking to kick start that movement again pronto.

We're hoping to build on our momentum as a few strong names appear for the first time this season, AJ and Tom Wright, while Will Rogers comes back having been sunning himself for the last few weeks. Guy Bartleet makes his first appearance in 4 years, his first since his milestone 50th.

2 more important milestones for 2 important club members to come tomorrow so watch this space.