Watford Sunday League round-up

FA Sunday Cup Round One

Division One side Hammer advanced through to the second round of the Sunday Cup with a fine 2-1 win at Green Man thanks to goals from Steve Stratford and Joe McCarthy.

Herts Senior Sunday Cup Round Two Rifle Volunteer surged into round three of the County Cup, demolishing Unison FC 8-1.

Wayne Jackson finished with four goals, including a 20-minute hat-trick, with brothers Andy (3) and Mark Lomas also scoring.

Herts Sunday Intermediate Cup Round Two

There were only five league winners from 15 ties, with Rickmansworth Athletic recording an 8-0 win at AC Malone.

Hadleigh De Vall scored a hat-trick and there were further efforts from Sean Cabey (2), Tom Gibson (2) and Bert Adams.

Reed Rangers thrashed FC Potters Bar 5-0; Karl Penny netting a hat-trick, with George Hobson and Leon Burke also weighing in.

Luke Hatherall scored two long-rangers to help Chorleywood Club beat The Queens Head 5-1. Michael East, James Roach and Harry Webb were the other Wood scorers.

Garston were 6-0 victors over Croxley FC, while there were 3-1 wins for both RD FC and Croxley FC Reserves.

RD beat Focus thanks to efforts from Flavio Demagio and Elliot Myrants-Wilson (2). Croxley Reserves struck via Rishi Doshi, Jason Quilley and Dan Pippin.

Cassiobury Rangers had to play for 80 minutes with ten men after their captain was sent off and went down 6-3 against Allenburys.

Rob Tomkinson and two-goal Jake Mortimer netted for Rangers.

Broadhall Rovers enjoyed a simple 5-1 win over Rickmansworth Athletic, whilst Broadhall Athletic came out on top in a tight game against Division Two table-toppers Amici FC 5-3. Amici’s goals were scored by Bradley Thompson, Chris Coleman and Ian Lang.

West Herts Reserves were beaten 3-0 at home by AC Finchley ‘A’, whilst Broxbourne Athletic won a five-goal thriller 3-2 against Met Police (Bushey).

New Riverside won an evenly-contested tussle against Rifle Volunteer Reserves 3-1, with Nathaniel Howell scoring the consolation goal for Rifle.

Leisure Leagues Herts were too good for the much-fancied Oxhey Lions, picking up a 3-1 win. Trafford Nolan got the Lions goal.

Langleybury Cricket Club were also pipped to a place in the next round as they went down 2-1 to Skew Bridge Reserves, with Matt Honey hitting the Bury goal.

In another tight encounter, Colne Valley were beaten by the only goal of the match against Mon the Bif.

Premier Division

Oakview regained second place in the Premier Division by picking up a comfortable 5-2 win at home to Mill End Sports – a result which leaves them top of the division with one point separating the top three clubs.

The Oakview goals came from five different sources in Lewis Putnam, Lee Armitt, Ben Alexander, Tom Kennedy and Warren Gladdy. Glen O’Malley and Stuart Derbyshire were Sports goalscorers.

Gadeside Rangers had a 3-0 victory over AFC Spartians, with goals coming via Ryan Boyle, Tom Mitchell and Harry Lock, while Oxhey Estates just beat West Herts 1-0 through a Luke Lloyd goal.

Division One

In the only fixture in the division, second-placed Green Dragon were made to work hard for the points as they overcame Old Fullerians 3-2.

Sam Margerison, Darren Goldstone and Jake Parratt scored for the Dragons, whilst Charlie Hailey added to an own goal for the Old Boys.

Division Three

With the top four sides in the division all picking up a win, there were no changes to the standings at the summit where unbeaten league-leaders AFC Oddfellows are still setting the pace, boasting a 100 per cent record.

Oddfellows continued their fine form with a 5-0 win over Sun Postal United after Mick Wherle netted a hat-trick. Supplementary strikes from Connor Flanagan and Matt Coultham applied the gloss.

Second-placed West Watford enjoyed a comfortable 3-0 triumph over Woodlands United, with goals from Aamer Khan, Ajmel Ahmed and Kemar doing the damage.

A place below in third, Oxhey Rangers piled on more misery for struggling Railway Arms by winning 5-1.

Liam Coles was the hero after running in a hat-trick, whilst Charlie Fordham and Carl Matthews also registered goals. Jerome Driscoll scored the only goal for the Railway.

Fourth and fifth went head-to-head as Carpenders Park Rangers and North Watford met, with fourth-placed Carpenders emerging 3-2 winners.

Strikes from Andy Avis, Steve Barton and Will Wilson carried Carpenders to victory, whilst Shoaib Ali and Mansoor Ali were the Watford marksmen.

Division Four

The two sides who still boasted 100 per cent winning starts to the season heading into the weekend were unable to do so by the end of it.

Top-of-the-table Wellington Arms were held to a 1-1 draw against The Swan, with Andy Weller scoring for Arms and Danny Brennan netting for The Swan.

Second-placed Sun Postal Sports were beaten 5-2 by Bell Rangers in a thrilling encounter.

Third-placed Rangers scored through Harrison Harrison (2), Joel Soaper, Michael Gubay-Smith and Max Holcomb, whilst Louis Hakner hit two for Sun.

Hertsmere (Sunday) and Evergreen Reserves played out a lively 2-2 draw, with Karl Beaumont and Nathan Slinger grabbing the Hertsmere goals and Callum Rimmer and Glen Conium scoring for Evergreen.

Green Dragon Reserves cruised to an easy victory at Garston United, winning 5-0 through Lewis Walker (2), Sean Mulling, Matt Byfield and Bradley Clews.