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Where do we start? Opening day of the league season is August 8th but some sides in our division have FA Cup games that day so not all fixtures will be played. We have escaped that possibility and face a journey to Biggleswade Town for our first match. We return home on the following Tuesday, … Continued
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FA Cup – preliminary round, August 22nd Our final place in last season’s league table gets us a bye into the preliminary round of the FA Cup. We will meet the winners of August 8th’s extra-preliminary round game between Leverstock Green and Walthamstow. Coincidentally we were drawn to meet either Leverstock or Ilford at the … Continued
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Not a rogues gallery Just a quick glimpse of those who have signed for the coming season. Doubtless there will be more to follow. There will be more detail published in our socials later. Names to note. We’re pleased to see so many of last year’s squad returning. In particular Jack Grosvenor will be hoping … Continued
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The two main charity competitions sponsored by the county FA have, I suppose, been in terminal decline for some years or even decades. After deducting the officials and visiting team’s travel expenses plus floodlight costs for what had become midweek matches there was little left over to add to the funds distributed to deserving causes … Continued
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The basics There are still twenty-two clubs in the division, two to be promoted and four relegated as last year. The difference in 2026/7 is that the play-off places will be opened up to six clubs, with fourth to seventh playing a preliminary round before the winners go forward to meet second and third placed … Continued
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Do we need a transitional stage? What I’ve heard supporters say in the past is that without an Under-23 side the transition from our youth set up to the first team looks difficult, close to impossible. I might have had similar thoughts myself. So, it was interesting when Kevin Kuhn suggested we look at the … Continued
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You can’t keep a good man down. Glen Alzapiedi (second from right in the photo), the manager who took us to the Isthmian Division Two championship, the first round proper of the FA Cup, the Isthmian division one play-offs and the Herts Senior and Charity Cup finals has gone back to his playing days. The … Continued
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We were runners up last year but have gone one better this time. Congratulations to our Under-17 side whose 1-0 victory over Cheshunt U18s secured the trophy. Unfortunately for the opposition the only goal of the game came late on from one of their players. The success has been added to our “Honours Board” on … Continued
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Brian John Croucher, 10th April 1941 to 28th February 2026 Brian had been a long term supporter of Ware FC. I remember him and his brother Roy accompanying their father Charlie at games in the 1960s. More recently Brian attended games with his wife Maureen who did the driving when the team were away from … Continued
