Aylesbury & District League

Division 1

Wednesday 29th April 2026

Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.34

Rivets Sports 0 Aylesbury Hornets 5, attendance 27

7’ 0-1

9’ 0-2

10’ 0-3

13’ 0-4

69’ 0-5

@ War Memorial Recreation Ground

Bishopstone Road

Stone

HP17 8QX

No Admission or Programme.

The War Memorial Recreation Ground is just an open pitch in a public park, with a number of park benches around the perimeter and the changing room building does have cover at the front, but not needed on a sunny evening.

The match was 2nd versus 5th in the league table, with both still able to take the runners up slot and with it promotion. Oddly, Rivets played players out of position, treating the game as a joke, or at least they did for the early stages. They conceded after seven minutes and three minutes later they were already 0-3 down. Their ‘keeper was immediately substituted, by what looked like their normal ‘keeper replacing him (perhaps he’d arrived late?), but he only lasted three minutes before conceding a goal himself. Their attitude was pathetic, but once they realised Hornets were just going to dish out a thrashing to them, they at least dug in a bit, but it was too late to rescue the game. A very weak Referee allowed some shocking challenges to go unpunished and was at risk of letting the game get out of hand. The second half was better, but only just. Hornets saw a header hit the crossbar midway through the half and then added their fifth goal of the night a couple of minutes later, volleying in at the far post.

So, Rivets end their season in second place, but the defeat tonight means both Stoke Mandeville Reserves and Aylesbury Hornets, who are now up to fourth, can both finish above them. Very odd decision to basically throw away tonight’s game….

Despite kicking off four minutes late, the halftime interval was short and it was all over by 20.14, even with a couple of minutes stoppage time in the second half. The usual M25 queue from J14-J16 outbound, but a clear run coming back.