March to the Arch: Update

As you know MTTA is well and truly under way in the F.A.Cup.  The emphasis seems to be with the away teams in the early stages. We will show the progress of the F.A.Cup later.  This week sees the start of 3 other tournaments being covered by the feature.

The F.A.Vase starts this weekend, with the bulk of games being played on Saturday, which of course is Non League Day.  We will be starting at St Blazey FC as they entertain Dartmouth in the 1st Qualifying Round.  St Blazey, by the way, is where one certain Mr Nigel Martin started and went on to win International honours.  We will bring you details of the match next Monday.

During next week both the F.A.Youth Cup and F.A.Women's Cup start. In the youth cup we will be following St Albans City and in The women's Cup we will be following Weymouth Ladies, so keep reading.

F.A.Cup.

Game 1:    Extra Preliminary Round
Barkingside 0 Southend Manor 2

Game 2:    Preliminary Round
Southend Manor 0 Brentwood Town 4

Game 3:  1st Qualifying Round
Brentwood Town  v  Aylesbury United

So under the new point system for this season, Southend Manor are leading the way.  I will publish the new point system again when we report on the St Blazey v Dartmouth game.

Southend Manor     9pts
Brentwood Town    8pts
Barkingside             1pt