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Hadley Game Postponed
4FebAs will come as no surprise, today's game against Hadley has been postponed due to a frozen pitch.
The match will now be rearranged for a date later in the season.
United's next fixture is set to be at home on Wednesday against Hatfield Town, but with temperatures looking unlikely to rise, that match must be in doubt already as well.
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Tomorrow's Game vs Hadley
3FebDue to the current freezing conditions, a 10.30am pitch inspection has been arranged prior to tomorrow's home match with Hadley.
Already it is looking very unlikely that the game will go ahead with the forecast for tomorrow looking little better.
Other league member clubs have applied for a 'blanket' postponement of all fixtures given the circumstances, but at the moment this has not happened.
Tring Game (18th Feb) Postponed
3FebThe Southern League have amended our landlords Leighton Town's fixtures, giving them a home match on Saturday 18th February.
As a result, Aylesbury's game against Tring Athletic, scheduled for the same day, has been postponed.
The match will now be rearranged for a midweek game in March, date to be advised.
FA Consultative Meeting Review
2FebOn Sunday 29th January, Alan Sherwell attended an FA 'Consultative Meeting' to discuss potential Step 5 which would impact Aylesbury United.
Following the meeting he produced some review notes, detailing all the discussions that took place.
Click here: Download PDF of his notes
Pictures From Yesterday
29JanWe have added some pictures from yesterday's home win against London Tigers to the photo gallery, courtesy of Zana Bayley.
Premier Division Roundup - 28th January 2012
28JanAt the top of the table, Royston Town bounced back from last weekend’s FA Vase elimination by winning away at Harefield United. The Crows bounced back from conceding to Jack Reader’s 9th minute goal by going on to record a crushing 6-1 win courtesy of braces from Matt Standen and Kaan Fehmi, and solitary strikes from Luke Robins and Tom Malins.
The makeup of the top 4 remains the same as the chasing pack of Dunstable Town, AFC Dunstable and Haringey Borough were all victorious.
Dunstable Town’s Lee Roache scored a hat-trick in the first 29 minutes at Berkhamsted to secure his side a 3-0 win, whilst a goal in each half from Craig Butler and new signing Dean Whitaker helped AFC Dunstable to a 2-0 home win against Oxhey Jets.
Haringey Borough won an entertaining encounter at Leverstock Green 4-3. After the home side had scored first, Haringey equalised on the half hour mark, took the lead four minutes later, and were ahead from that point.
Veteran former Aylesbury striker Mick Swaysland scored two goals for 5th place Tring Athletic at United’s next opponents – Hadley, but on each occasion the home side levelled to leave a final score of 2-2.
The Ducks’ win over London Tigers saw them move up to 7th in the table with both Berkhamsted, and Hillingdon Borough – defeated 2-0 at home to strugglers Hatfield Town – losing.
Biggleswade United are now just three points above the relegation zone as they suffered yet another defeat. Chris Butler gave them the lead at St. Margaretsbury after just 2 minutes, but an own goal and a late Chris Powell effort turned the match around 2-1 in the Saints favour.
Also down at the bottom, in addition to Hatfield’s win, Holmer Green gained a massive three points with a 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Hertford Town – who, after their recent improvement in form, are now back down to 18th, ex-Duck Andy Shed netting Holmer’s second.
Elsewhere, Stotfold are up to 14th with a 2-0 win at fellow mid-table outfit Colney Heath, and Broxbourne Borough shared a 2-2 draw with bottom side Hanwell Town.
Super Joey Tames the Tigers
28JanJoey Acheampong's late heroics saved the day for Aylesbury in injury time with the match seemingly headed for a draw after Erhad Ponxha levelled on 85 minutes.
The first half ended goalless, but the biggest talking point came after 29 minutes when John Mulholland was headed by his opposite number Dimitri Larin at a corner kick.
Larin came off far the worst, suffering a nasty head injury and heavy landing for his efforts, suffering a fit whilst on the ground and requiring swift paramedic treatment. Thankfully, he was able to later walk to the ambulance but was taken to hospital for precautionary checks.
The game restarted after 20 minutes, but it wasn't until the second half when the deadlock was broken - Paul Edgeworth scoring for the third game in a row when he lashed home Stacey Field's cross.
United, defending well, looked on their way to a satisfying 1-0 win, but the visitors had other ideas and stepped up their game before finding an equaliser late in the day.
But Acheampong secured the three points for United in stoppage time, going on a slalom run before finishing supremely.
Premier Division Roundup - 21st January 2012
21JanDunstable Town’s draw with Aylesbury allowed town neighbours AFC Dunstable to draw level with them on points thanks to their 4-2 at St. Margaretsbury where two goals in the last six minutes secured the win for AFC. With Royston Town involved in FA Vase action the gap between top and 2nd/3rd remains 4 points.
At the other end of the table, a healthy crowd of 117 saw Hanwell Town end their miserable 10-match losing streak which stretched back to November by beating Harefield United 4-2. Myles Stephenson, Jordan Wells-Gardner and Arafat Kabuye all struck for the home side to give new manager Tommy Williams his first victory in the job.
With Holmer Green holding out for a good away point at Tring Athletic courtesy of a goalless draw, Hatfield have closed the gap but still remain bottom for now.
Berkhamsted were the big winners of the day – leapfrogging Aylesbury into 8th place by virtue of their 5-1 win at Hatfield Town. Debutant Kerkston Macpherson, signed from Broxbourne Borough, opened the scoring but Lee Newman gave the sides parity going into half time. A second half brace from Lawrence Bunker put Berko back in control, with Josh Chamberlain and Aaron Usmani adding further goals late on.
There are now 12 points separating 3rd and 4th place as Haringey Borough were held to a 1-1 draw by Colney Heath, whose Ian Cooper scored a 92nd minute penalty to cancel out Chris Benjamin’s earlier strike and rescue the point for his side.
Hertford Town were sent crashing to a 3-0 home defeat, their second in succession, by Hillingdon Borough, whilst Broxbourne Borough were also away winners – 2-0 at Biggleswade United for whom alarm bells must be ringing now as their awful form continues.
Colin Jenkins 19th minute goal gave Oxhey Jets an impressive 1-0 home win over Leverstock Green, whilst, finally, Stotfold and London Tigers shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw.
In the FA Vase both the remaining SSML sides were sadly eliminated. Both Royston Town and Ampthill Town lost 2-1 at Bournemouth and Oadby Town respectively.
United Make Their Point
21JanOnly a stoppage time leveller prevented Aylesbury taking all three points from Dunstable Town, but one was a more than satisfactory return against the league's 2nd place side.
The Ducks shocked their hosts by taking a 2-0 lead into half time with goals from Paul Edgeworth and Lewis Hallford, despite an onslaught from the Blues.
After the break the heavy pressure on goal continued and eventually had to tell as Town hauled themselves back into proceedings and eventually levelled with twenty minutes remaining.
Aylesbury dug deep and looked to have completed their smash and grab raid when Ben Baines netted late on.
But Dunstable ended a dramatic game by drawing level once again, deep into stoppage time, and the Ducks had to be content with a strong point.
Player News
17JanJust to keep all Ducks fans updated Luke Flood is still an Aylesbury United player, however he has moved house and travelling to games has been and will be tough from now on. Luke is a great lad who I have a lot of time for and he has asked to stay signed on as a player and will be back in the squad when he can.
Leaving the club will be Kevin Ayodele. Kevin rejoined the club but was unfortunately injured in his first game and with the good displays at right back from Sam Slatter he has found it difficult to reclaim his place in the side. Good luck Kevin.
I have acted quickly to void this defensive gap in the squad and signed young defender Joe Donaldson from New Bradwell St Peter. Joe is a strong lad and will add good competition.
Also joining us is Russell Clark, a midfield player signed from Berkhamsted, and Warren Smith who is an attacking midfielder or forward who came on for the last few minutes at Hanwell
All three signings are young players who have talent and will feature this season but are players that I feel l are for the future of the club as well.
We have a good squad of players at present and it is now a good time for young players to gain experience from our senior players as we start looking to the future to build this great club more solid foundations as we go in to 2012 and beyond.
Joycey.
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