On this weekend...

19 Dec 2014

Our look back at fixtures played on this weekend over the past six seasons has thrown up only one season's worth of games - in the 2011/12 campaign both the Harrow 1st and 2nd XI's were in action:

Three Seasons Ago: December 17th 2011

OHAFC 1st XI 5 Old Cholmeleians 1, Arthur Dunn Cup Rd 2:

The 1st XI enjoyed a comfortable passage into the quarter-finals of the Dunn Cup with a convincing win over Cholms on the Hill.

The side got off to the best possible start thanks to that rarest of commodities - a right-footed goal from Piers Bourke, who timed his run perfectly to connect with a Freddie Brunt cross.

The lead lasted only a few minutes thanks to some good fortune for the visitors - a long cross from the right caught the wind and sailed straight over 'keeper Luke Raffety's head and into the far corner.

But Harrow regained the lead shortly before the break thanks to a sweeping counter-attack that saw Harry Hoffen calmly round the 'keeper to slot home.

An intricate set-piece saw the lead doubled on the hour mark when a corner was flicked back across goal twice, first by Hadden-Paton then by Molloy, for Fred Milln to head home from close range.

The game was put to bed in the final twenty minutes with two long-range efforts: substitute Lederman curled the ball into the far corner, fortunately, direct from a corner before Ed Martins repeated the feat rather more deliberately from the edge of the box.

The draw for the quarter-finals wasn't the kindest: a trip to Tonbridge to play on the astroturf.

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The crowd, including some well-known local weirdos, went home happy...

Old Salopians 2's 3 OHAFC 2nd XI 0:

The Harrow 2nd XI enjoyed their pre-Christmas football slightly less than the 1's, slipping to a 3-0 defeat at the Old Salopians.

Despite playing well in the first half the visitors failed to take any of their chances and were punished in the second half when the Salopians scored three unanswered goals.

On this Weekend...Premier League and Top of the Pops:

5 Years Ago: December 20th 2009

UK Singles Chart No.1: Lady Gaga "Bad Romance"

Premier League top three: 1st Chelsea 41pts from 18 games, 2nd Man Utd 37 (18), 3rd Arsenal 35 (17)

Premier League bottom three: 18th Bolton 16 (16), 19th West Ham 15 (18), 20th Portsmouth 14 (18)

10 Years Ago: December 21st 2004

UK Singles Chart No.1: Band Aid 20 “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

Premier League top three: 1st Chelsea 43 (18), 2nd Arsenal 38 (18), 3rd Everton 37 (18)

Premier League bottom three: 18th Crystal Palace 14 (18), 19th Southampton 13 (18), 20th West Brom 10 (18)

20 years Ago: December 19th 1994

UK Singles Chart No.1: East 17 “Stay Another Day”

Premier League top three: 1st Blackburn Rovers 43 (19), 2nd Manchester Utd 41 (19), 3rd Newcastle Utd 38 (19)

Premier League bottom three: 20th Aston Villa 16 (19), 21st Leicester City 14 (19), 22nd Ipswich Town 12 (19)