WEEKEND PREVIEW - 20 SEPTEMBER
We have a mixture of league and cup games this weekend - plenty of league games in both divisions, plus five Southampton Senior Cup ties.
In the Senior Division, leaders AFC Shirley are in cup action, so the teams below them will look to take advantage. Third-placed Crofton Saints, now the only team unbeaten, can take over at the top if they win their home game with Moneyfields Res. Fourth-placed Denmead, who lost for the first time in midweek, play their first game at their new home, 32 Acres, and face Whitehill and Bordon, who are on a four-match winning streak.
Liss Athletic lost last time out at Shirley and will be looking to get back on track at home to Hedge End Rangers, who have won their last three, so an interesting game is in prospect. Third-bottom Liphook United, winless in six, face a difficult trip to Hook, and second-bottom Stockbridge also have a tricky task as they travel to Meon Milton. Bottom club Andover Town face Southsea Sports, only three places above them, at the Portway.
Division One sees leaders Overton United bid to gain their fifth league win in a row as they host Hayling United, who gained their first win last weekend. Just behind them, AFC Netley, who have won their first three league games, travel to Paulsgrove, who may be winless in the league, but have just won two cup games on penalties against Senior Division teams.
Unbeaten Silchester are fourth and have a home game against Mob Albion, who won their first league game of the season last weekend. Headley United are bottom, and have a tough-looking trip to Rushmoor Community, who are fifth. Hedge End Town have a home game against Twentyten.
In the Southampton Senior Cup, we have a couple of all-HPFL ties; there is an attractive game at Broughton where the home team, in sixth place in the Senior Division, play leaders AFC Shirley. Two teams from opposite ends of Division One also play each other as Whiteley Wanderers host Nursling & Shirley.
The other ties involve HPFL teams against Southampton League Premier sides; at Priory Park, Bishops Waltham Dynamos v Fordingbridge Turks could be a good one; Locks Heath, fresh from a midweek win over Denmead to go second in the Senior Division, travel to Bournemouth to play Select Generation, a football academy with a lot of young international players; and BTC Southampton are at home to Sporting Wessex