Thames Valley Premier League
Division 1
Monday 20th April 2026
Kick Off 18.00 Actual 18.36
Hype Train 2 Marlow United 4, attendance 10
6’ 1-0
19’ 1-1
43’ 1-2
52’ 2-2
57’ 2-3
82’ 2-4 (pen)
@ Calcot Recreation Ground
Highview
Calcot
RG31 4XD
No Admission or Programme.
Hype Train normally play home games on the 3G pitch at Waingels College, but some sort of problem with the changing rooms means they’re temporarily using Calcot Recreation Ground. It’s just a pitch in a huge field, about 200 yards from the changing rooms and car park. I’d confirmed venue and kick off time via the away club, who advised the kick off would probably be closer to 18.30 than the advertised 18.00. We eventually got underway at 18.36, but on a nice sunny evening fading light wasn’t going to be a problem.
The match was 7th versus 6th in the league table, with both well clear of the relegation zone and very unlikely to grab a promotion place, although the latter is not mathematically impossible. With no real pressure on either side, it produced a very entertaining match, with both sides looking to attack at every opportunity. Hype Train took an early lead, after a quickly taken throw in saw a looping shot over the ‘keeper that found the far corner. Marlow levelled after nineteen minutes, lobbing the ‘keeper from the angle of the 18 yard box and went in front two minutes before halftime, when a through ball was finished with a lob over the ‘keeper from just inside the box. Hype Train had a player sin binned five minutes into the second half, but then grabbed an equaliser a couple of minutes later, chasing a through ball down the left before cutting inside the full back and beating the ‘keeper low inside the near post. Marlow then had a shot cleared off the line, but soon made advantage of their extra man by making it 2-3, with a shot fired high into the roof of the net after a corner wasn’t properly cleared. Once back to full strength the hosts were unable to force an equaliser and the visitors wrapped the game up by scoring from a penalty with eight minutes left.
Unusually, no traffic problems in either direction, going M25 and M4 outbound and returning via Bracknell and M3.
