Weekly Round up. It's Week 9 .

Weekly Round-up for Sunday 31 October 2021. The weather has devastated the fixtures but we do have a few results. It’s week 9 and we start as usual with the Cup matches and that means the Cancer Research UK Charity Invitation Cup 2021-22 - Preliminary Round

Heathcote Athletic 5 Long Itchington Reserves 2
This was close until half time. The Long men in front twice only for Heathcote to reply. Cale Sunner started the ball rolling on twenty minutes putting the villagers ahead. Musa Sabo replied for Heathcote, and ten minutes later Kamil Potrec restored the Long Men’s advantage. Just before half time and Nick Keenan popped up to make it all square again. The second half then belonged to Heathcote as Kristoffer Burbury scored eleven minutes after the re-start. Keenan then added another less than ten minutes later and John Aston rounded it off with five minutes left to go. Heathcote go into the next round , whilst Long Itchington Reserves go into the Supplementary Cup.

Long Itchington 2 Bulldog 2
The Longmen were away with this one, but the Bulldog clawed their way back with two late strikes. Oscar Rose put the Long Men ahead after eleven minutes. Kieran Seagar then extended the lead shortly after half time. It looked like it was all over! With only fifteen minutes left Kyle Needham struck to give Bulldog hope. Then with only three minutes left James Walsh then finished and made it all square, and so to penalty kicks.
Long Itchington win 9 - 8 on penalties.
Long Itchington go into the next round and Bulldog go into the Supplementary Cup.

Napton 4 Upper Lighthorne 1
Lighthorne took the lead here through Ashley Jones after Thirteen minutes. Napton were back in the game after twenty minutes with an own goal. Aiden Print then popped up with a brace in an eight minute spell before half time to give Napton the advantage. Two late goals from Sayanthan Ravindrakumar and Chris Watts sealed the deal. Napton into the hat for the next round and Upper Lighthorne go into the Supplementary Cup.

We move on to League action now and we start with Division 2
Khalsa Reserves 0 AFC Warwick 2
AFC up to third in the table with a late Melvinino Mauritson brace to thank for the points here. Both goals coming in the last twenty minutes.

As usual we finish with Division 4

Cubbington Albion 5 Wellesbourne Wanderers 0
A Lewis Papworth brace here , the first one being fastest goal of the day after only two minutes. Ross Quartermaine made it two after fifteen minutes . Papworth took his second just after the break, then two late strikes from Max Sharpe and Connor Wilson rounded it off. Albion stay Top of the Table but the Wanderers are not far behind with a game in hand.

HRI Wellesbourne Reserves 0 Stockton 4
Stockton move up to third in the table here after a ten minute Jake Lee brace was swiftly followed by a five minute Malachy Rose brace doing the damage before half time. Division four looks like a tight one again this season.

Whitnash Sports & Social Club 4
Sporting Club de Stratford 3.
A hum dinger here with two goals inside the first ten minutes. Louis Todd put Whitnash ahead on five minutes and three minutes later Liam Perkins had levelled. Matty Goodwin restored the Whitnash lead shortly before half time. A minute into the second half and George Dick had made it all square again from the spot. Michael Aulak then popped up nine minutes later to restore the Whitnash advantage . Another spot kick on seventy one minutes. Again Dick was on the mark and we were back to level pegging. Aulak then had the last laugh with a stoppage time winner to take the points for Whitnash and break the Sporting hearts.