We continue our look at every attendance of this week. Time for Non League + National League Cup…
NATIONAL LEAGUE CUP
Aldershot Town 2–1 Southampton U21 – 272
Wealdstone 2–0 Derby County U21 – 93
Woking 2–3 Fulham U21 – 222
Maidenhead United v Brighton & Hove Albion U21 – TBC
Boston United 3–2 Newcastle United U21 – 386
FC Halifax Town 2–2 (3–5 p) Leeds United U21 – 471
Gateshead v Sunderland U21 – TBC
Braintree Town 3–2 West Bromwich Albion U21 – 123
Dagenham & Redbridge 1–3 Nottingham Forest U21 – 174
Sutton United 3–0 Tottenham Hotspur U21 – 1,092
Rochdale 0–1 Manchester United U21 – 3,681
Altrincham 4–1 Stoke City U21 – 879
NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH
Aveley (0) 0-3 (1) Maidstone United – 647
Chelmsford City (2) 2-3 (0) Boreham Wood – 668
Chesham United (1) 1-3 (1) Hornchurch – 525
Salisbury (0) 0-2 (1) Worthing – 565
Northern Premier League – Premier Division
Blyth Spartans (1) 2-2 (0) FC United of Manchester – 598
Isthmian League – Premier Division
Billericay Town (0) 2-1 (1) Horsham – 439
Southern League – Premier Central
Lowestoft Town 2-2 Biggleswade Town – 255
Southern League – Premier South
AFC Totton 3-0 Chertsey Town – 1,177
Hanwell Town (0) 0-2 (2) Frome Town – 147
Northern Premier League – East Division
Grimsby Borough (1) 1-2 (1) Newton Aycliffe – 128
Northern Premier League – Midlands Division
Anstey Nomads (2) 2-0 (0) Rugby Town – 203
Sporting Khalsa (0) 1-2 (1) Loughborough Students – 115
Isthmian League – North Division
Basildon United (0) 1-1 (1) Felixstowe & Walton United – 90
Cambridge City (0) 0-1 (0) Waltham Abbey – 442
Haringey Borough (3) 3-3 (0) Redbridge – 136
Heybridge Swifts (0) 1-3 (0) Brentwood Town – 160
Gorleston (2) 2-1 (0) Grays Athletic – 63
Isthmian League – South Central Division
Binfield (0) 0-0 (0) Kingstonian – 110
Hayes & Yeading United (0) 1-1 (0) Badshot Lea – 179
Leatherhead (0) 2-1 (0) South Park (Reigate) – 237
Isthmian League – South East Division
Ashford United (0) 1-1 (0) AFC Croydon Athletic – 197
East Grinstead Town (1) 2-1 (0) Ramsgate – 102
Littlehampton Town (0) 0-1 (0) Sittingbourne – 212
Southern League – Central Division
Biggleswade 3-1 Stotfold – 123
Aylesbury United 1-3 Barton Rovers – 103
Southern League – South Division
Melksham Town 1-0 Helston Athletic – 260
Bishops Cleeve 4-4 Thatcham Town – 95
Yate Town 1-2 Cribbs – 338
Football is…
Football is a wiggle of the hips
Football is a whistle to the lips
Football is an unfollowed script
Football is
Football is kickabouts in the park
Football is floodlights in the dark
Football is fans not oligarchs
Football is
Football is the dream of finishing top
Football is the fear of facing the drop
Football is an open book not a closed shop
Football is
Football is not a share price but a shared obsession
Football is more than just keeping possession
Football is freedom of expression
Football is
Football is the real thing not a rehearsal
Football is a language that’s universal
Football is drama not a corporate commercial
Football is
Football is a door to which we are the key
Football is nothing without you and me
Football is whatever we allow it to be
Football will be…
Poem by Brian Bilston
Expressions of hope from fans
Blackburn fan Callum Dunn-Broom
“Hope. It’s hoping for a team that fights for the badge. It’s hoping for a team that makes you proud. It’s hoping for the next Adam Wharton. It’s hoping for last minute winners, celebrating with strangers and losing your glasses in the process. It’s hoping this year’s the year. The year you walk down Wembley Way with your old man for the first time. It’s the hope that kills you. But we’ll be there. Week in. Week out. Hoping.”
Cambridge fan Connor O’Reilly
“Another season brings bouts of anxiety following our teams up and down the country. From the highest of highs of last minute victories and cup shocks, to the lowest of lows with derby day defeats and awful form with no end in sight, it’s never easy being a football fan.”
Wycombe fan Jonny King
The best bit of the season is just before kick off in the opening game. The moments before the first whistle is blown and the first ball is kicked, when everyone is equal and anything is possible. Both sets of fans united by the same hope. The tantalising prospect of what if? What will happen next is anyone’s guess. So all the more reason to enjoy the blissful pre-match ignorance of whatever madness, agony, heartbreak… or glory is about the come.
Crewe fan Jonny Tomlinson
In a town that many pass, but few ever stay, the passion here shines, in a special way. The hope of the Railwaymen, our hearts filled with pride, Crewe Alexandra, we’re always at your side. When passion meets hope, a magic ignites, something truly special, under our stadium lights. Through triumphs and trials, our spirit stays true. Crewe Alexandra, this season and every season were with you.
Salford fan Andrew Gordon
We trust in the process, we hope in the dream. With past high to inspire us, and past lows to drive us. We believe that this is our years! A belief we can be champions. A belief we will go up. You can call it blind loyalty. We call it true faith.
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