March to the Arch 3: F.A.Cup 1st Round, Cobblers for Hatters

March to the Arch3 has passed through the qualifying rounds and heading straight to the 1st round proper. Hendon represented Sports Pulse, as they headed to Kenilworth Road to meet Luton Town. The hatters will take the baton and represent us in the 1st Round Proper, when they welcome Northampton Town in the Monty Panesar Derby. We will have a match report of yesterdays game, followed by the March to the Arch tracker (including results to date) and an updated merit table.

Luton Town 5 Hendon 1

The Greens F.A.Cup run ended with a hammering and 10 men at Kenilworth Road yesterday, in the 4th Qualifying Round.

The game started perfectly for Hendon as Carl McCluskey converted a Scott Cousins free kick after 3 minutes, but then Halloween started early – a horror show.

The Hatters finished their tee party and came out to play. Dean Beckwith was brought down in the box and Aaron O’Connor equalised from the penalty spot. Five minutes later James Dance powered home a header from a Curtis Osana cross, the scorer was later carried off with a head injury.

Osana went close again, but his shot was parried into the path of Tommy Wright, who found the net to make it 3-1.

Although the match was out of Hendons reach, their cause wasn’t helped by Kevin Maclarens sending off, just after the hour mark.

The Hatters killed the game with a 60 second double salvo. First Stuart Fleetwood rounded the ‘keeper to make it 4-1 and seconds later Aaron O’Connor scored his second to complete the rout.

Hendon, who are 3 stages below the hatters, put up a good fight and we have enjoyed following them. We wish them well for the rest of the season. Luton Town now carry the hopes of Sports Pulse into the 1st Round proper – COME ON YOU HATTERS!

March to the Arch – Result Tracker.

We started the march at Barkingside. SportTrades Representatives will appear in bold

Extra Preliminary Round.
Barkingside 1 Hertford Town 3

Preliminary Round
Burnham Ramblers 3 Hertford Town 3
Replay:#
Hertford Town 2 Burnham Ramblers 2 (Hertford win 3-2 on pens)

1st Qualifying Round
Hertford Town 0 Oxhey Jets 1

2nd Qualifying Round
Oxhey Jets 1 Hendon 2

3rd Qualifying Round
Maldon & Tiptree 1 Hendon3

4th Qualifying Round
Luton Town 5 Hendon 1

F.A.Cup 1st Round

The Monty Panesar Trophy

Luton Town v Northampton Town

Merit Table after 6 Rounds

1. Hendon 18
2. Hertford Town 14
3. Oxhey Jets 9
4. Luton Town 7
5. Burnham Ramblers 4
6. Barkingside 1
6. Maldon & Tiptree 1