Club News August 2002

August 31st A hat trick from Shane O'Sullivan, two goals from Marvin Elliott and one by Ben Olweny gave Southall an emphatic 6-1 victory at Jewson Eastern Counties Premier League side Stowmarket Town. The last time Southall scored six goals in an away tie in the F.A. Cup was on November 14th 1936 when they beat Oxford City 6-3 in a Fourth Qualifying Round match. This earned them a First Round Proper match away to Third Division South Cardiff City which they lost 3-1. Southall did score seven goals in the 1955-1956 season. They faced Sudbury Town in the second replay of a Fourth Qualifying Round match on a neutral ground at Ilford. Two goals each from Len Frost and Neil McPherson and one each from Harry Tillyer, Peter Stevens and Des Gittus gave Southall a 7-2 victory and an away tie in the First Round at Hastings United. Southall lost 6-1 and this was their last appearance in the Rounds Proper of the F.A. Cup. Southall Reserves began their season in Division 1 of the Select Appointments Middlesex County Football League with a 2-1 home defeat by Marsh Rangers. August 30th Please note that the web site is in the process of being updated. Whilst this process is taking place the links from this page to other areas of the web site are greatly reduced.  Match reports for the AFC Wallingford, Chipstead and Bedfont games can be found by following these direct links. The match  reports are in pdf format and  you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader to utilise the files. August 27th IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT THE AFC WIMBLEDON GAME ON SEPTEMBER 3RD The web master has been advised that admission on the night will be: Adults £5 Senior Citizens and Under 16: £2 Programmes will be available at £2 each. Please note that the price of admission on the night does not include a programme. August 26th Southall visited near neighbours Bedfont in their latest Seagrave Haulage League match and returned home well deserved 5-3 winners. First half goals from Mo Kadi and Lonyo Engele helped Southall into a 2-1 lead at half time. Two goals from Inderjit Mattu and one from Andre Robinson completed the Southall scoring. IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT THE AFC WIMBLEDON GAME ON SEPTEMBER 3RD Tickets for the game are available in advance from the Southall Football Club Office - 020 8566 4758 Price - £5 including programme Two coaches will take supporters to the game from the Southall area. The coaches will leave SOUTHALL COMMUNITY CENTRE at 6.30 pm. Price - £6 including admission and programme. Details from the Southall Office - 020 8566 4758 Stewards are urgently needed for the game. If you are able to assist please contact the Southall Office - 020 8566 4758 August 24th A brace of goals from Mo Kadi earned Southall their first point of the season with a 2-2 home draw against Chipstead, the conquerors during the week of AFC Wimbledon. August 23rd IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT THE AFC WIMBLEDON GAME ON SEPTEMBER 3RD Tickets for the game are available in advance from the Southall Football Club Office - 020 8566 4758 Price - £5 including programme Two coaches will take supporters to the game from the Southall area. The coaches will leave SOUTHALL COMMUNITY CENTRE at 6.30 pm. Price - £6 including admission and programme. Details from the Southall Office - 020 8566 4758 Stewards are urgently needed for the game. If you are able to assist please contact the Southall Office - 020 8566 4758 August 20th Southall's disappointing start to the season continued with a 3-1 home defeat by current champions AFC Wallingford. Andre Robinson scored the goal for Southall. August 19th It is expected that both Andre Robinson and Tony Gordon will be included in the team to face AFC Wallingford. August 17th Southall lost their opening  league game 4-2 away to Raynes Park Vale. Jerry Moses was on target in the first half whilst an own goal added to the Southall total after the interval.  Jerry Moses suffered concussion during the game and was taken to  Kingston Hospital where he was detained overnight for observation. August 10th Southall's pre-season campaign continued with a visit to the Farm Park ground of Spartan South Midlands side Brook House. The opposition turned out  to be Brook House Reserves who last season won the Northern Division of the Suburban Football League.  A clinical finish from Andre Robinson and an excellent volley from Jerry Moses gave Southall a 2-0 lead at half time. Manager Frank Gill made several changes during the second half and Southall managed to add a third goal from Shane O'Sullivan to secure a comfortable victory. Southall Reserves faced Broadfields United Reserves in a pre-season friendly but were defeated 4-1. Their league campaign begins on August 31st with a home fixture against Marsh Rangers. Two further home fixtures follow on September 7th and September 21st against Neasden 2000 Reserves and Signcraft respectively. August 9th The web master would like to apologise for the lack of information on the web site over the past few days. This has been due to holiday commitments. Southall faced Spartan South Midlands side Hillingdon Borough, who put out a weakened team, in their second pre-season friendly on Wednesday August 7th and came back from the Breakspear Road ground comfortable 5-1 winners. Goal scorers included Andre Robinson who has returned from a spell at Crystal Palace and Inderjit Mattu who made several appearances during the club's final season in the Ryman League. The other goal scorers were Jerry Moses, Shane O'Sullivan and Tony Gordon. The web master has been advised that the Combined Counties League has secured the sponsorship of Seagrave Haulage Limited for the next three seasons. As a result the competition will now be known as the The Seagrave Haulage Football League.