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Havant & Waterlooville 1-0 Histon
Saturday, April 7 2007
Conference South – match day thirty-eight
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Havant & Waterlooville continued their promotion bid with a good victory over Histon at Westleigh Park, which saw Ross Bye scoring the only goal of the match in the second half.

It actually took fifteen minutes for the first chance of the match when Paquette brought out a fine save from the Histon goalkeeper and England had put the ball out for a Havant throw-in.

It was quite a boring first half at Westleigh Park and Kennedy could only put the ball into the side netting after picking a short pass but it was still nil-nil in this tricky Conference South encounter.

On twenty-nine minutes the match took a turning point when the away side where reduced to ten men when Paquette was chopped down by Jon Richardson and the referee showed him a second yellow card and he was walking.

The remainder of the first half was so boring nothing happened since the free kick and in the fifty-third minute and the first attack of the second period, Ashley Grimes should have done better but he smashed over the bar when he was looking for the top corner.

It took sixty-eight minutes of this dull affair for the deadlock to be broken when the ball was played across to Bye and Ross Bye drove the ball into the back of the net past Hedge and the hosts where leading.

With fourteen minutes remaining, Mitchell-King had a free kick, which he hit straight at Shane Gore in the home goal and it didn’t look like they where going to score.

After being played in, Ashley Grimes put the ball past the post with just three minutes remaining in Havant and this had a one-nil victory written all over it and it looked realistic.

With just a minute remaining, Bye almost smacked the home side further ahead on his debut but he had to see his shot get tipped over the crossbar and the hosts had a late corner.

I think this time it was O’Connor who had the chance but Hedge managed to push it away but it did actually look like the ball had gone off the crossbar and it remained one-nil to the hosts.

The full time whistle was blown and Havant & Waterlooville had won this match by a goal to nil to move up to fourth in the Conference South table as they look like they want to cement their position in the play-offs.

Hewson won the man of the match after keeping a good defensive line at Westleigh Park against Histon.

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Fisher Athletic 1-2 Havant & Waterlooville
Monday, April 9 2007
Conference South – match day thirty-nine
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Havant & Waterlooville made another great step in their hunt for promotion as they remained in fourth position after a two-one away success against Fisher at the Surrey Docks Stadium in London, which saw Ben Wilkinson return to the attack.

Dean had the first chance for the hosts on seven minutes but Shane Gore in the Havant goal parried his deflected free kick and Harkness cleared the ball into touch.

Robinson then came close for the home side that had made a brighter start to this match but Robinson’s shot skimmed the top off the crossbar, as it was inches from hitting the top corner on twenty-three minutes.

A ball played into Byles which seen him get his shot tipped over the crossbar from the Fisher goalkeeper as Havant the away side mustered their first chance of the match.

From the Elam corner, Byles’ header fell into the side netting, as it stayed goalless with twenty-six minutes on the watch at the Surrey Docks Stadium in the Capital City.

On twenty-seven minutes, Ben Wilkinson was causing problems and his cross was headed into the back of the net from Ashley Grimes and the visitors where in the lead tonight.

The home side tried to make an immediate impact when Singh tried his luck from just outside the penalty area but it beat off the crossbar with Shane Gore defeated but this has been a better game with still under half an hour played.

Ben Wilkinson was next to try his luck for the visitors who almost made it two-nil but he had to watch his shot agonizingly close from doubling the lead on his return to the starting eleven and the first half coming to an end.

With the first chance of the second period of the match, Hearn could only head his head over the crossbar, as it was never going to trouble Shane Gore in the away goal.

Nicholls had to be sharp to deny Ashley Grimes from doubling the advance for the away side in the fifty-first minute, smart save to deny the on-loan Nottingham Forest man who had decided to extend his loan with the Conference South outfit from Forest.

Harkness was allowed to play the ball back into the penalty area after a bit of bad defending from the hosts and he played the ball back in and Ashley Grimes tapped home the second goal with six minutes remaining.

Three minutes where remaining when they decided to pull one back from a Webster corner kick and the ball was headed into the back of the net from Potter and it was one-two.

Husnu saw his header headed straight at the goalkeeper, Gore after being picked out from a cross in the last two minutes of the match as it looked like the visitors where to hold on.

The whistle was blown and it was a deserved victory for the away side today in London as Havant manager, Vegard Heggem hopes to see his boys get promoted to the Conference National as he had taken over back in February he probably couldn’t believe he’d be looking for promotion.

Vegard Heggem is hoping he can gain promotion, which looked unlikely when he took over back in February but now it's possible as they are fourth in the Conference South.

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Come on Havant & Waterlooville !!!

Good Luck Mr. Heggem :thup:

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Havant & Waterlooville 0-0 Dorchester Town
Saturday, April 14 2007
Conference South – match day forty
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Havant & Waterlooville could only manage a point in a goalless draw at home to Dorchester Town in the fortieth game of the season with about two remaining, Havant still sit in a play-off position.

After a poor goalkeeping clearance led to the first chance of the match in the fifteenth minute when the ball fell to Harkness who drove the ball off target when he should have gone higher rather than lower.

Luke Byles had a good chance to open the scoring for the hosts this afternoon for the young midfielder didn’t strike the ball properly and it drove wide of the mark when it could have caused damaged if struck right.

On twenty-four minutes again a miss-hit shot this time from Ashley Grimes bounced past the far post as the hosts had to sort out their finishing if they where to win this match at home against Dorchester.

From the long goal kick, the visitors almost went ahead in Havant when Sainsbury on-loan from Bournemouth who is in league one saw his shot saved by the goalkeeper as it stayed level.

Harkness saw his shot get tipped over the bar when crossed by Ashley Grimes but it was still level with thirty-six minutes remaining at Westleigh Park in Havant & Waterlooville.

I think it was either Byles or Wilkinson who met a floating free kick but whoever it was seen their beat off the woodwork and it was as close as both sides have become and it was level still.

With four minutes of the first half remaining, Ben Wilkinson decided to take a turn and have a shot but it only went into the side netting and it was still level, Havant really need to sort out in front of goal if they want promotion.

A Harkness cross with the first meaningful attack by either side in the second half saw Collins get his header off target when he was trying so hard to keep it on but it wasn’t to be on that timing.

On the hour mark the goal did finally arrive when the ball had fallen perfectly to Ben Wilkinson who ran in towards goal, rounded the goalkeeper but while he was slotting the ball into the net the linesman decided to raise his flag and it was disallowed.

Groves had the next chance for the away side when his shot was tipped over the crossbar from Shane Gore and he was keeping a well-deserved clean sheet, same as the Dorchester goalkeeper too.

A Walker ball into Groves saw the Dorchester play come agonizingly close to breaking the deadlock as the clock was ticking closer to seventy-minutes gone in this Conference South match.

With the clock ticking to two remaining minutes, I think it was Harkness who smacked the ball full welt over the crossbar much to the whistles and jeers from the home supporters.

The whistle was blown and it was a point for each side but probably more two points lost for the home side who need promotion to leave little Hayes behind to p*ss Tarrantino off, hehe. The home side remain fourth in the Conference South table with two games remaining.

Richard Martin had to make some important stops to deny Havant & Waterlooville today.

This post has been edited by Hughesie: 20 November 2006 - 03:22 PM

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You're doing well with the new club, Hughesie. KUTGW mate. :thup:

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Havant & Waterlooville 2-1 Yeading
Saturday, April 21 2007
Conference South – match day forty-one
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Two Ben Wilkinson goals was enough to overcome a hard Yeading side who had put up a fight for most of the match and especially when they had gotten released to ten men on the stroke of half time with the game level.

The first chance of the match worth noting came in the fourteenth minute when a good through and a knockdown from Ben Wilkinson let himself him and he slotted the ball into the back of the net and the hosts had the lead.

One nineteen minutes it should have been two when Brooker was in space but he couldn’t keep his shot on target and it blazed over the crossbar from about twelve yards out.

A Hudell free kick somehow found its way to Neil Sharp but the Yeading man couldn’t keep the shot on target and he shot over the top but maybe he was a bit more shocked that the ball had found him on twenty-six minutes.

The visitors where level on thirty-eight minutes when a Howes short free kick was passed to Hudell and his ball was touched into the back of the net from Gez Murphy and it was one-one in a crucial match for the home side.

On the stroke of half time a foul on Paul Harkness by Glenn Howes saw the Yeading man receive his second yellow card and the away side where down to ten men and will be forced to play the whole second half with ten men.

With five minutes gone in the second half, Havant should have regained the advantage but Ashley Grimes cracked over from just inside the eighteen yard box, disaster miss from the on-loan Forest man.

Just two minutes later and after great play from Ben Wilkinson, Ashley Grimes should have again put the home side into the advantage for the second half but again he headed the ball just over.

It took till the seventy-seventh minute for the home side to regain the lead when a Elam corner was flicked on from Harkness and Ben Wilkinson from almost on the goal line was to tap it home and it was Havant & Waterlooville two, Yeading one in the penultimate Conference South fixture.

Murphy blazed over in the seventy-eighth minute after making good play and the former Nuneaton player should have done better with his shot but it wasn’t causing Shane Gore any problems as the match was going into the last ten minutes.

After being picked out, Byles tried to kill the tie off but he couldn’t get it into the back as it went past the far post with the clocking ticking into the eighty-first minute at Westleigh Park.

That was the last notable attack on goals for either side and Havant & Waterlooville remained fourth with this victory in a tricky Conference South encounter, Havant will now probably just need a point in their last fixture, which will see them travel to Sutton.

Ben Wilkinson scored twice to earn Havant victory, as the former Hull man wants to help them to the Conference.

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Sutton United 2-2 Havant & Waterlooville
Saturday, April 28 2007
Conference South – match day forty-one.
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It was the last day of the Conference South season as Havant & Waterlooville travelled to already league winners, Sutton United knowing that a point should be enough to secure a play-off position.

On thirteen minutes gone and the first meaningful attack brought the opening goal of the game when Harkin was able to slam the ball Davies and the visitors at the Gander Green Lane against Sutton United.

A Harkin corner was headed off target from Tom Jordan and the Scottish man couldn’t keep the effort on target and it was a goal kick for Sutton with twenty-two minutes gone.

A quick knockdown saw Ben Wilkinson blaze the ball over the crossbar and it was never going to trouble the Sutton United goalkeeper as the visitors where still leading by the single goal.

Oji’s quick ball back into the net was flicked home from Rocky Baptiste and on twenty-seven minutes it was all level in the last Conference South encounter of the season.

Forty minutes where on the clock when Ben Wilkinson slammed the ball over the Sutton goalkeeper and Havant where in the lead for the second time today as they wanted to secure a play-off position.

There was a great end to the first half when the hosts got a second equaliser when Steve Douglas knocked the ball down and he blazed the ball into the net and it was two-two in the Forty-second minute.

When a free kick from Smyth found Baptiste and he couldn’t keep his effort on target with the first meaningful attack of the second half with that effort coming in the sixty-third minute

In the sixty-ninth minute, Sutton United came close from taking the lead for the first time when a great ball played in Steve Douglas and he cannoned his drive against the crossbar and it should have been three-two.

Byles was on the charge to win the match for the visitors but his long run and shot was tipped over the top and the away side had a corner kick with the clock ticking into the last ten minutes of the final Conference South match.

A foul in the third minute of added time gave Waterlooville the chance to win the match from twelve yards, Paul Harkness stepped up but he saw his penalty get blazed over the crossbar.

The full time whistle was blown and it was a two-two draw between Sutton and Havant to secure the visitors position in the play-offs after finishing fourth and it’s also I think eleven games undefeated.

Luke Byles was immense in the midfield

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Havant & Waterlooville get play-off spot
Saturday, April 28 2007

Havant & Waterlooville have today earned a Conference South play-off position under Vegard Heggem after going eleven games undefeated since defeat at home to Cambridge City.

A two-two draw at Sutton United was enough to secure the position as it was Havant’s to lose in the first place as they had started the afternoon in fourth position and its where they finished.

They will now face Histon in the semi-final of the play-off which will mean if they can get through that two legged tie, they’ll be in the play-off final where they will get a Conference position, if they get through.

The first leg will be played on Thursday, May third two thousand and seven with the second leg being three days later on the Sunday, May sixth two thousand and seven.

In the Conference South season, Havant & Waterlooville did the double over Histon, including a two-one away victory and a one-nil home victory hence why they are favourites.

The other fixture will pit Bognor Regis Town against Newport County where the winners will face the winners of Havant & Waterlooville and Histon tie.

Havant & Waterlooville and Hayes go head to head in the first semi-final

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Play Offs here we come!!!

Come on mate, so close now.

Don't muck it up.

[Michael Chopra]

Well done on getting to the playoffs :thup:

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Havant & Waterlooville 0-2 Histon
Thursday, May 3 2007
Conference South play-off semi final, first leg
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Manager, Vegard Heggem had no choice but to lambaste his squad after a two-nil home loss to Histon in the first leg of the Conference South play-off semi-final which angered the manager.

The first meaningful chance came in the twenty-first minute when Roberts cut inside and he blazed his shot over the crossbar and it didn’t cause Shane Gore any problems as Histon had it.


In the twenty-eighth minute the visitors where to take the lead when a ball found McDougald and he took a touch and then slotted the ball past the Havant goalkeeper and it was one-nil in the first leg to the away side.

Just three minutes later and it was a second goal for the away side when McDouglad had another shot but this time it hit the post but Roberts reacted quicker and it was Havant nil, Histon two in the first leg at Westleigh Park.

Andrews had the first meaningful chance in the second half but he blazed over the bar in the fifty-second minute in this boring play-off encounter.

In the fifty-seventh, Havant & Waterlooville pulled one back when Wilkinson ran in and a low cross-found Ashley Grimes who tapped the ball into the net but it was disallowed for offside.

Absolutely no chances happened for the remainder of the game that was worth noting and this boring, boring first leg was over and Histon had won by two goals to nil with only two effort on targets while Havant didn’t have a single one, disgraceful and of course Heggem was fuming.

Shane Gore conceded twice to put their final hopes in serious doubt.

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Histon 1-0 Havant & Waterlooville
Sunday, May 6 2007
Conference South play-off semi-final, second leg
Histon win 3-0 on Aggregate
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Manager, Vegard Heggem was left fuming at his players as he called them a ‘bunch of f***ing morons’ as they failed to win the Conference South semi-final against a club who they had beaten twice in the league and over the two legs, Waterlooville had a record no shots on target which is disgusting.

It took twenty minutes for the first chance of the match when McDougald saw his cross find Roberts from close range but he saw his shot stopped at close range from Gore to deny him.

A ball played across found Brooker but he couldn’t keep his effort on target with twenty-eight minutes gone in Histon in the second leg of the semi final play off.

With the first half of the second leg boring play-off, Paul Harkness blazed the ball over the crossbar as it looked like they would never score in the semi-final because they couldn’t get one f***ing shot on target.

On seventy-two minutes a cross by England found Kennedy who tapped the ball home from close range and surely there hopes where over in securing a place in the final of the play-off.

The full time whistle was gone in this disgraceful semi-final for Havant & Waterlooville where in the two legs they averaged no efforts on target, yet no efforts at all and they stay in the Conference South, Vegard Heggem is now considering resigning as he has failed but the fans hope he doesn’t.

Manager, Vegard Heggem is now considering his future after failing to gain promotion through the play-offs.

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Havant complete three new signings
Wednesday, May 16 2007

Despite still considering his future, current manager Vegard Heggem has completed the signing of three players on free transfers as they where unemployed ahead of the new season whoever will be in charge.

The first signing was of Gus Uhlenbeek who at thirty-six should still be an alright signing throughout the season, the uncapped Surinam international has had previous Championship experience with Ipswich, Fulham, Sheffield United, Walsall and Bradford but has also played for Chesterfield, Wycombe, Mansfield Town and Halifax, he should be a good little signing.

Second was Amund Kristiansen has also signed under Vegard Heggem, the thirty-three year old hasn’t really played for any top clubs but the midfielder should be a regular in the first team at Havant and he just hopes Vegard will still remain in charge.

Last but not least is off former Aston Villa midfielder, Michael Tuohy who is a nineteen year old midfield player and got released by the Premiership club before he got to break into the first team, he should play each week however with a bit of luck at Havant.

Michael Tuohy has signed on a free after being released by Villa but manager Heggem still considers future and he might leave

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Next year is the season for you.

You can start to assemble a real team together now ... if you stay.

KUTGW :thup:

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I’m sorry to regret that I am thinking of ending this story because recently I have not found the time to update regularly like I used too and with me doing volunteer work, I find it hard and losing interests in doing updates now after I finish.

I do the work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from nine O’clock to five thirty in the evening and the Thursday and Friday, I am in college and I hate to regret but for the time being I would rather concentrate on the work for at least the next month then I could do stories again when the first patch comes out.

Once I get used to working up there, in two weeks I might be back but for the time being I won’t be writing stories and I am sorry to regret the news but it’s okay because I WILL BE BACK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS

Watch this space for my next story once I get used to working up in Centra, which might take two weeks if not a month, but it’s okay because like I wrote in bold capitals, I will be back soon, so I wouldn’t worry.

Sorry for the inconvenience, sorry for also people who might have been enjoying it but at the end of the day, work really comes first.

[Michael Chopra]

Thats a shame . It was a great story aswell

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Sorry for the inconvenience, sorry for also people who might have been enjoying it but at the end of the day, work really comes first.

You mean none of this is real, this isn't what I really do

Hope you're back soon writing more stories... but remember, Work is for life, Not just for Christmas

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Sorry for the inconvenience, sorry for also people who might have been enjoying it but at the end of the day, work really comes first.

You mean none of this is real, this isn't what I really do

Hope you're back soon writing more stories... but remember, Work is for life, Not just for Christmas

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Keep this story open for a return :thup: