Southern League Premier South – Saturday 7th November 2026
Annual Remembrance Day Game
Basingstoke Town 1 v 1 Hanworth Villa Attendance 495
Where: Winklebury Centre, Winklebury Way, Basingstoke. RG23 8BF
Manager Dan Brownlie made one change from last Saturday’s line-up, with Luis McGrory coming back into the lineup for Chinedu Agu: 1. Simon Grant, 2. Lewis Colwill, 3. Joe O’Loughlin, 5. Jack Ball, 6. Billy Upton (Capt), 7. Thomas Blake, 8. Scott Armsworth, 9. Jeremiah Okine-Peters, 10. Amir Hadi, 11. Louis McGrory, 25. Dan Bayliss
On the bench: 12. D’Andre Brown, 14. Kristian Shevchenko, 15. Amardeep Singh, 16. Alex Solomon, 17. James Henry
Referee – Michael Smith
With the “Annual Remembrance Day” game perfectly respected, by the players and supporters alike, this important game got underway, and after an initial attack by the visitors, Stoke broke into Hanworth’s half, with Amir Hadi, who slid the ball out to Lewis Colwell on the right wing, who took a touch before sending over a cross that Hadi had raced into the penalty area, and met the cross, but was unable to direct the ball on target, as it flew over the bar.
The game continued with Hanworth pushing forward down both flanks, however Stoke’s defence dealt with all crosses that came into the penalty area.
On thirty minutes, Stoke had its next real attack, as Jeremiah Okine-Peters broke into the penalty area on the left, but his left-foot shot from 8 yards was blocked by a Hanworth defender and the ball rolled comfortably to their keeper.
Ten minutes before the break and this game has failed to get going, as Hanwell had a shot from 25 yards that Simon Grant easily held.
This was all to change as a through ball to their striker Michael Harding, sees the referee award a penalty for a slightest touch on him, which he gets up and takes the penalty himself, which he converts, and we go a goal behind. Basingstoke Town 0-1 Hanworth Villa
Still very little to note as we hit the last minute of normal time, as its announced there will be two minutes of added-time, which was played out without incident.
Halftime Score: Basingstoke Town 0 vs 1 Hanworth Villa
Stoke made no changes at halftime, and the game got back underway, with them showing more purpose, and a cross from the right by Colwell, was met by Okine-Peters, but his connection could only send the ball wide.
It was Okine-Peters a few minutes later, who broke towards the Hanworth goal, but was hacked down just out side the penalty area on the left. The free-kick taken by Tom Blake, looked to be going in, until the Hanworth keeper got a touch, to it as he pushed it over the bar, even though the referee awarded a goal-kick.
Stoke were starting to win more battles in the midfield, and we made our first change of the day, with Okine-Peters replaced by Kristian Shevchenko (63 mins).
Stoke continued to attack a good move saw the ball fly across the face of the goal, without a Stoke forward to put the ball away.
Hanworth had done little in the second-half apart from winning one corner, and Stoke made its second change with Scott Armsworth being replaced by James Henry (69 mins).
Stoke made its third change with Dan Bayliss being replaced by D’Andre Brown (74 mins).
Stoke continued to push, but that equaliser didn’t appear to what to come, as Amir Hadi, slid the ball to Blake whose cross from the left by Shevchenko’s header, that bounced off the right-hand post, and Hanworth escaped.
Stoke’s next chance fell to Louis McGrory who made a good connection to a half-volley outside the penalty area, but the Hanworth keeper made a good save.
Finally that equaliser arrived, as a cross from D’Andre Brown, is met by Billy Upton’s overhead kick that finds the net and Stoke were level. GOAL! Basingstoke Town 1 – 0 Hanworth Villa (Upton 79 mins)
The goal from Upton, took a slight deflection, but who cared, Stoke were deservedly level.
Hanworth finally had a shot on target in the second-half, but it took them forty minutes of the second-half to do that it, and it was easily saved by Grant.
Stoke were looking for the winner, but Hanworth were now digging deep, as we hit added-time.
Neither team were able to put anything of note on goal in those extra minutes, and the points were shared, with Stoke the more impressive team.
Fulltime Score: Basingstoke Town 1 vs 1 Hanworth Villa
Upton 79 mins, Harding 37 mins (Pen),
Match Thought’s
After a rather even and poor first half, Stoke were more dominant in the second 45 minutes, as we won most of the midfield battles, and pushed Hanworth all the way, and made them look quite ordinary on the day. A bit more luck and we could have had all three points, but have to settle for just the one. We continue to sit in fifteenth, but with a couple of teams below us getting closer to us after picking up wins.
Up Next:
We are back at Winklebury next Saturday with a crucial home game against Chippenham Town Saturday 14th November KO 3pm.
Match Report by Martin French..
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