Extra Preliminary Round

Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Brandon Utd 2-1 West Auckland
Calne Town 1-0 Downton
Glossop North End 3-1 Formby
Hamworthy Utd 3-2 Buckland Athletic
Holbeach Utd 1-2 Shirebrook Town
Kirkley & Pakefield 1-0 Walsham Le Willows
Newport I-O-W 2-1 Button
Northallerton Town 1-2 Shildon

Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Atherton LR 1-0 Bacup Borough
Barton Town OB 2-1 Gedling Town
Biddulph Victoria 0-1 Cradley Town
Birtley Town 1-3 Billingham Synthonia
Blackstones 2-1 Gedling M W
Bourne Town 3-0 Teversal
Brislington 1-2 Portishead
Bristol Manor Farm 2-2 Carterton Town
Bristol Manor Farm win 3-2 on penalties
Cobham 2-1 Littlehampton Town
Dunston UTS 0-2 Whitley Bay
Ellistown 2-1 Holwell Sports
Esh Winning 2-2 Bridlington Town
Bridlington win 4-2 on penalties
Farnham Town 3-0 Raynes Park Vale
Friar Lane & Epworth 3-0 Deeping Rangers
Haringey Borough 1-3 Harefield Utd
Haverhill Rovers 0-1 Godmanchester Rovers
Heath St John 1-0 Gresley
Hoddesdon Town 2-0 Potton Utd
Horley Town 3-0 Dorking
Hullbridge Sports 0-1 St Margaretsbury
Malvern Town 2-1 Highgate Utd
Pagham 1-1 Banstead Ath
Pagham win 4-3 on penalties
Raunds Town 1-3 Great Yarmouth Town
Ringmer 2-0 Egham Town
Sandhurst Town 2-4 Erith & Belvedere
Sevenoaks Town 2-1 Tunbridge Wells
Southend Manor 0-3 Hatfield Town
Staveley Miners Welfare 2-2 Squires Gate
Staveley win 5-3 on penalties
Street 0-1 Willand Rovers
Tow Law Town 1-2 Horden CW
Wantage 4-1 Hamble ASSC
Westbury Utd 2-3 Wootton Bassett Town
Winsford Utd 4-6 Flixton
Wivenhoe 1-4 Halstead Town

Sunday, 16 August 2009
Barkingside 1-4 Bowers & Pitsea
Broxbourne Borough 1-4 Enfield 1893
Crawley Green 3-1 Cranfield
Hinckley Downes    1-4 Boston Town
Scarborough Athletic 1-2 Guisborough Town
Stansted 2-5 Royston Town
Whickham 2-0 Chester Le Street

Saturday, 15 August 2009
Abbey Hey 1-6 Hallam
AFC Wulfrunians 2-0 Boldmere St Michaels
Almondsbury Town 2-0 Longwell Green
Alresford Town 8-0 Shaftesbury
Ardley Utd 2-2 Witney Utd
Ashton Athletic 1-2 Bootle
Banstead Ath 1-1 Pagham
Bardon Hill 3-2 Arnold Town
Barking    2-3 Tring Athletic
Barnstaple Town 3-1 Tavistock
Barwell    1-2 Long Eaton Utd
Bedlington Terriers 2-0 Thackley
Bewdley Town 0-2 Alvechurch
Bicester Town 1-4 Dunstable
Biggleswade Utd 2-0 Stotfold
Billingham Synthonia 1-1 Birtley Town
Binfield 3-5 Colliers Wood Utd
Bishop Sutton 1-2 Bodmin Town
Bitton 1-2 Newport I-O-W
Borrowash Vics 3-0 Greenwood Meadows
Bottesford Town 1-5 New Mills
Bournemouth 1-2 Highworth Town
Bridlington Town 0-0 Esh Winning
Bridport 3-1 Keynsham Town
Brocton 5-1 Shifnal Town
Buckingham Town    1-3 Hanwell Town
Buckland Athletic 1-1 Hamworthy Utd
Camberley Town 1-2 East Preston
Castle Vale 4-2 Goodrich
Causeway Utd 3-1 Wellington
Chadderton 2-2 Atherton Collieries
Chalfont St Peter 3-2 Tokyngton Manor
Clapton 2-5 Kingsbury London Tigers
Coalville Town 3-2 Barrow Town
Coleshill Town 2-0 Bridgnorth Town
Congleton Town 3-2 Dinnington Town
Consett 5-0 Billingham Town
Cornard Utd 0-4 Gorleston
Cove 4-0 Bookham
Coventry Sphinx    3-2 Bromyard Town
Cradley Town 3-3 Biddulph Victoria
Crawley Down 4-1 Westfield
Crowborough Athletic 1-1 Bedfont Green
Croydon    2-5 Shoreham
Dawlish Town 0-0 Elmore
Deal Town 3-2 Arundel
Deeping Rangers    1-1 Friar Lane & Epworth
Dereham Town 3-1 Leiston
Desborough Town 4-1 Newmarket Town
Devizes Town 0-5 Shrivenham
Diss Town 2-3 Cogenhoe Utd
Dorking    0-0 Horley Town
Downton    1-1 Calne Town
Dudley Sports 2-1 Southam Utd
Dudley Town 3-2 Walsall Wood
Dunkirk 1-3 Winterton Rangers
East Grinstead Town 4-1 Feltham
Eastbourne Utd 3-1 Redhill
Eccleshall 1-3 Tividale
Egham 2-2 Ringmer
Ely City 0-1 Wisbech Town
Erith & Belvedere 1-1 Sandhurst Town
Erith Town 2-0 Ampthill Town
Fareham Town 1-2 Moneyfields
FC Clacton 2-1 London APSA
Flixton 3-3 Winsford Utd
Formby 1-1 Glossop North End
Gedling M W 1-1 Blackstones
Gedling Town 2-2 Barton Town OB
Gillingham Town 5-1 Cullompton Rangers
Godmanchester Rovers 0-0 Haverhill Rovers
Great Yarmouth Town 1-1 Raunds Town
Gresley 2-2Heath St John
Guildford City 4-1 St Francis Rangers
Hailsham Town 1-7 Lingfield
Hall Road Rangers 2-6 Bishop Auckland
Halstead Town 1-1 Wivenhoe
Hamble ASSC 2-2 Wantage
Harefield Utd 1-1 Haringey Borough
Hartley Wintney 1-2 Holmesdale
Hassocks 1-4 Ash Utd
Hatfield Town 2-2 Southend Manor
Heath Hayes 2-1 Lye Town
Hebburn    7-0 Eccleshill Utd
Highgate Utd 3-3 Malvern Town
Hillingdon Borough 2-3 Kentish Town
Holbrook MW 5-0 Heanor Town
Holker Old Boys 0-2 Padiham
Holwell Sports 2-2 Ellistown
Horden CW 0-0 Tow Law Town
Ilfracombe Town 0-1 Falmouth Town
Jarrow Roofing 2-1 Armthorpe Welfare
Kidlington 1-0 Abingdon Town
Lancing 0-2 Selsey
Langford 0-6 Aylesbury Vale
Larkhall Athletic 4-1 Shepton Mallet
Launceston 2-0 Clevedon Utd
Laverstock & Ford 1-3 Alton Town
Leverstock Green 2-1 Burnham Ramblers
Lincoln Moorlands 2-3 St Andrews
London Colney 4-1 Harwich & Parkeston
Long Buckby 3-2 Hadleigh Utd
Lydney 0-5 Totton & Eling
Maine Road 3-1 Alsager
Maltby Main 1-3 Rossington Main
Marlow Utd 1-2 Hallen
Meir KA 0-4 Tipton Town
Milton Utd 3-0 Corsham Town
Molesey    2-1 Sidley Utd
Needham Market 1-0 Felixstowe & Walton Utd
New Milton Town 4-1 Cowes Sports
North Greenford Utd 0-2    Cockfosters
Northampton Spencer 1-0 March Town Utd
Norton & Stockton Ancients 3-0 Pickering Town
Norton Utd 2-5 Newcastle Town
Nostell MW 2-1 Oldham Town
Nuneaton Griff 3-1 Shawbury Utd
Oadby Town 2-3 Kirby Muxloe
Oakwood    2-4 Lordswood
Oxhey Jets 0-1Brimsdown Rovers
Parkgate 1-3 St Helens Town
Peacehaven & Telscombe 1-3 Mile Oak
Pegasus Juniors    5-1 Ellesmere Rangers
Petersfield Town 0-2 Brockenhurst
Pontefract Collieries 1-4 Penrith
Poole Town 3-2 Welton Rovers
Portishead 1-1 Brislington
Radford 0-3 Rainworth Miners Welfare
Radstock Town 0-1 Wimborne Town
Ramsbottom Utd 5-1 Cheadle Town
Raynes Park Vale 2-2 Farnham Town
Reading Town 2-0 Melksham Town
Ringwood Town 2-1 Christchurch
Runcorn Linnets 4-1 AFC Emley
Saltash Utd 6-2 Chard Town
Seaham Red Star    1-4 Morpeth Town
Selby Town 0-0 Leeds Carnegie
Sherbourne Town 4-1 St Blazey
Shildon 0-0 Northallerton Town
Shirebrook Town 2-2 Holbeach Utd
Shortwood Utd 1-0 Blackfield & Langley
Silsden    3-1 Colne
South Shields 1-4 Newcastle Benfield
Southwick 2-1 Herne Bay
Spennymoor Town 5-1 Ashington
Squires Gate 2-2 Staveley Miners Welfare
St Ives Town 6-1 Daventry Utd
St Margaretsbury 0-0 Hullbridge Sports
Stewarts & Lloyds 1-2 Norwich Utd
Stokesley SC 3-1 Crook Town
Stone Dominoes 7-0 Cadbury Athletic
Stowmarket Town 0-3 Mildenhall Town
Stratford Town 5-0 Pilkington XXX
Studley    1-0 Pershore Town
Sunderland RCA 1-3 Ryton
Team Northumbria 4-0 Marske Utd
Teversal 1-1 Bourne Town
Thame Utd 1-0 Bedford
Three Bridges 1-3 Chichester City Utd
Tiptree Utd 3-2 Colney Heath
Tunbridge Wells 2-2 Sevenoaks Town
Walsham Le Willows 1-1 Kirkley & Pakefield
Warminster Town 5-1 Amesbury Town
Wealden 1-3 Epsom & Ewell
Wellingborough Town 0-2 Wroxham
Wellington 1-3 Bideford
Wembley 2-3 Basildon Utd
West Allotment 3-2 Liversedge
West Auckland 2-2 Brandon Utd
Westfields 5-0 Bolehall Swifts
Whitehawk 1-2 Hythe Town
Whitley Bay 2-2 Dunston Federation
Whitton Utd 0-5 Daventry Town
Wick 4-0 Frimley Green
Willand Rovers 2-2 Street
Witham Town 2-1 Saffron Walden Town
Woodbridge Town    1-4 St Neots Town
Wootton Bassett Town 2-2 Westbury Utd
Wootton Blue Cross 2-2 Sporting Bengal Utd
Worthing United    0-2Badshot Lea
Yaxley 1-2Rothwell Corinthians

Friday, 14 August 2009
Bacup Borough 1-1Atherton LR
Eton Manor1-2 Stanway Rovers
Flackwell Heath    4-0 Welwyn Garden City
Hertford Town 1-2 Newport Pagnell Town
Littlehampton Town 1-1 Cobham
Potton Utd 2-2 Hoddesdon Town

Former Liverpool and Newcastle striker, Michael Owen, has been announced as transfer acquisition by Manchester United in a shock decision announced on Monday.

Owen had previously been linked to Premiership minnows Stoke City and Hull City, and nobody could have anticipated that he’d have been chosen by Sir Alex Ferguson to fill the gaping void left by the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.

The decision makes sound financial sense, as the Owen will depart Newcastle on a free transfer, allowing United to determine the striker’s remuneration according to his performances on the playing field.

“Michael is one the greatest centre forwards that this country has ever seen,” former Liverpool teammate, Jamie Redknapp, told Sky Sports. “I played alongside him for four or five years and he has phenomenal ability. He might have lost a little bit of pace, but when that ball falls in the box there is nobody better.”

“Given the amount of opportunities that Manchester United make there is no doubt in my mind that he will get goals, but he just needs to stay fit.”

Chelsea put a sheen on an otherwise disappointing season on Saturday, defeating Everton 2-1 in the 2009 FA Cup final.

The FA Cup final did not start in a promising manner for Chelsea, with Everton putting a goal on the board just 25 seconds into the match - Louis Saha’s goal for Everton being the fastest in the history of the tournament.

However, it didn’t take long for Chelsea to draw level, with Didier Drogba heading home the equalizer midway through the first half. Frank Lampard then secured the FA Cup for Chelsea by scoring the winning goal in the second half.

The result provided coach Guus Hiddink with a fitting send-off, after the Dutchman had rescued his side from an indifferent season in the Premier League and taken them to the verge of their second consecutive Champions League final.

“I am really delighted,” Drogba said after the match. “It took a lot of effort. We needed to win a trophy this season. We just had to believe in our expectations. Guus Hiddink has transformed us.”

Everton manager David Moyes has taken on the Football Association ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final.

The Scotsman is outraged over miserly ticket allocation to Everton and Chelsea, with the two clubs given 25,000 tickets to distribute amongst their supporters. This leaves over two thirds of the remaining tickets at the disposal of the FA and Wembley Stadium.

“It disappoints me when all through the season the managers get questioned about not putting out their strongest team, leaving one or two players out, in FA Cup ties,” Moyes was quoted as saying in the Mirror.

“The biggest disrespect has come from the FA in how many tickets they have given the teams who get to the final. It is a bit hypocritical. They want us to support the competition, speak well about it, play everyone in it and then when we get there, they give the teams a limited amount of tickets.”

Moyes suggested that the FA needs to go back to the drawing board and consider whose interests it is serving when it comes to cashing in on spectator interest at major club football matches.

“I don’t agree with the semifinal being held at Wembley, but what puzzles me is how our fans get more tickets for that game than they do for the final. Something is not right when 40,000 tickets have gone to corporate people.”

The final act of the 2008/2009 football season is scheduled to be played out on Saturday afternoon at Wembley Stadium with a cast featuring Everton and Chelsea battling for the last major piece of silverware for the season – the 2009 FA Cup.

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Chelsea coach Guus Hiddink has lightened the mood ahead of the last major football match of the English season by warning his successor, Carlos Ancelotti, to brush up on his English before he joins the club next season.

Ancelotti’s departure from AC Milan is virtually certain, with the Italian manager set to take control of Chelsea when Hiddink departs Chelsea following the FA Cup final.

“First of all, the club have to announce who will be the next manager. But on the specifics, I know Ancelotti personally,” Hiddink said at a press conference on Wednesday.

“I’ve met him several times. The last time at Jaap Stam’s testimonial farewell game in Holland. He and I were on the same bench coaching the 1998 Dutch team against the side where Jaap had his first game. We have a nice game and a nice evening together.”

“He’s a very nice person - direct and open. Seeing his career in Italy, his playing career but also his managing career, it’s full of prizes and experience.”

Hiddink warned Ancelotti that his time spent coaching in Korea had taught him that a basic knowledge of the local language, and swearwords in particular, was important for any manager looking to achieve success abroad.

“I didn’t speak Korean, though I learned a bit - the bad words always first!” explained Hiddink. “Koreans are almost too polite to do so, but the players always teach you the dirty words.”

“They say: ‘When you talk to the president, use this word and that word’. So, all of a sudden, you have a president reacting: ‘How can this man say that’. That’s nice, always, to do those tricks. I like it very much when they do that. But learning the language is important.”

Date: Saturday, 30th May
Time: 15:00 GMT
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Weather: 22°C, sunny

Everton will be looking to claim their first piece of silverware in over a decade when they take to the field at Wembley Stadium on Saturday for the 2009 FA Cup final.

The last time the club found themselves at Wembley they came up against a Manchester United team at the peak of the powers, yet somehow managed to find the goal that counted and emerged from the fray victorious.

Many fans believes that the present Everton team is stronger than the one that won the FA Cup in ’95, and their defeat of Manchester United in the semifinals suggests that this analysis is not far off the mark. The club boasts a strong, cohesive team, expertly guided by David Moyes.

Chelsea, however, are certain to rate themselves favourites for the counter. The club boasts the kind of international talent that their opponents lack, and are desperate to claim their first piece of silverware following a disappointing season.

Bookmakers have priced Everton as clear outsiders at 4/1, while William Hill have applied the favourites tag to Chelsea with a price of 4/6. Nevertheless, fans with memories of 1995 will know it will take just a second of magic to deny Chelsea the FA Cup.

Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar has promised the club’s supporters that he’ll line up against Chelsea on Saturday, despite rumours that he’d be kept out of the match by a hamstring injury he sustained during Saturday’s 2-0 win over Fulham in the Premiership.

The Merseysiders will need all the weapons at their disposal to put down a Chelsea side desperate to get their hands on silverware after a disappointing season, and Pienaar believes he will be fit enough to take up his midfield position at Wembley Stadium.

“I’m fine and ready for the big match on Saturday, and my fans should not worry because I’m available for selection,”  Pienaar told Sowetan yesterday. “It could have been serious if we did not do anything immediately.”

Everton players are looking to reward manager David Moyes with his first piece of silverware since taking charge of the club. The Scotsman has been credited with rescuing Everton from mid-table anonymity and turning them into a top tier club in the Premiership.

“Our game plan is to go out there and give it our best shot. Naturally, we want to end the season on a high by winning the FA Cup,” Pienaar concluded.

Everton manager David Moyes is backing his club to upset Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday.

Everton are no stranger to David vs. Goliath encounters on the hallowed turf of Wembley, and emerged triumphant from their last FA Cup final appearance at the ground in 1995 after defeating all-conquering Manchester United 1-0.

Saturday will see Everton up against a club that finished third in the Premier League and also managed to reach the semifinals of the 2008/2009 Champions League. With a squad packed with international superstars, Chelsea are the clear favourites to win on the weekend.

“We know we will have to play well to beat them but we have come close,” Moyes was quoted as saying by the AFP. “I think games against them have been tight recently and hopefully it will be much closer than people expect.”

Moyes believes that Everton will benefit from qualifying for the FA Cup final irrespective of the result of proceedings at Wembley on Saturday.

“I think it is not just me but everybody at this club has longed for Everton to get to an FA Cup final,” he added. “We have got the opportunity to win the FA Cup now and we have to do it. I think we are a side that is moving forward and that has grown.”

“We are climbing a big hill and we are not at the top of it yet but I can see us doing that. The FA Cup final is another step in the right direction. This is only the first of many finals and we will have the opportunities to win many more in the future.”

Chelsea’s players are planning to give stand-in coach Guus Hiddink a rousing send-off by winning the FA Cup at the end of the month. The Dutch manager has presided over an impressive recovery by Chelsea following the sacking of Luiz Felipe Scolari.

While Chelsea were eliminated in the semifinals of the Champions League, and are out of contention for the Premiership title, they will have one more opportunity to secure silverware when they take on Everton in the FA Cup final at the end of May.

“I really like him, he has brought a lot out of the players but it’s not going to happen,” Chelsea’s Ashley Cole said on Chelsea’s website. “All the players would love him to change his mind but it’s not down to us and we are going to miss him.”

“He gets you motivated very quickly, and he has been a big part of that. Our season is not over yet, we still have the FA Cup to go forward to, and we all want to win for him as well. It would be nice to send him off with the FA Cup.”

“Last season we could have had a treble and ended up with nothing. The FA Cup is a great trophy and one we want to win.”