Football
Binfield the form side with Hendon win while Bracknell Town stun leaders – Football in Berkshire
Isthmian League South Central Division One Binfield are the form Berkshire side in the top four steps of non-league football. The Moles are second in the form table over the last six league games according to FootballWebPages as they chase another season at Step 4. Impressive wins over league leaders Leatherhead and play-off chasing Hayes […]
Devonn Reid to lead Thames Valley Premier League rep side with UEFA conquest in mind – Football in Berkshire
The first Step 7 Inter League Representative fixtureof the season takes place on Saturday 7th February at Dorchester Town. The Thames Valley Premier League squad will travel to face a Dorset League side with Football in Berkshire’s men’s Manager of the Season Devonn Reid in charge, assisted by Newbury Town’s Carl Jenner. Reid, by day, […]
Bracknell Town complete ‘ruthless’ comeback while Binfield stun leaders Leatherhead with five goal haul – Football in Berkshire
The Carl Davies effect is in full-swing at Bracknell Town as the Robins shocked visitors Sholing on Saturday with a stunning comeback from 2-0 down in the Southern League Premier Division South. With 83 minutes on the clock, Bracknell were 2-0 down to goals scored in the first half by Jake McCarthy and Tommy-Lee Higgs […]
Hungerford Town chairman issues rallying cry to community with club experiencing ‘a very challenging period’ – Football in Berkshire
Southern League Premier Division South Hungerford Town have shared a statement saying the club is ‘currently experiencing a very challenging period’. The Crusaders, historically, have been around the Hellenic League Premier Division and old Isthmian League Division Two before experiencing a meteoric rise over nine seasons from the Hellenic League, through the Southern League before […]
An (FA Cup) Replay Requiem – Football in Berkshire
Like anything else in life, football evolves. Any changes inevitably provoke opposition, but the test of time will prove their efficacy. Thus, in my lifetime, the use of goal average to rank teams on the same number of points or the back-pass to the keeper are barely remembered, never mind lamented. The digital revolution has […]
Burnham lead the way but this season’s Combined Counties League should go to the wire – Football in Berkshire
The Combined Counties League Premier Division North in its current incarnation doesn’t tend to have a runaway leader and 2025/26 looking no different. Typically a competitive division, the last runaway champions were Ascot United during their FA Vase winning 2022/23 season when they stormed to the title, amassing 102 points – 18 points clear of […]
How Carl Davies turned Bracknell Town’s fortunes around – Football in Berkshire
Carl Davies is back in the Bracknell Town dugout having previously led the side to to promotion from the Hellenic League as well as lifting the League Cup between February 2018 and November 2018. He took over in October 2025 from Matt Saunders with the Robins bottom of the Southern League Premier Division South for […]
Martin Law is the constant at Reading City – Football in Berkshire
This interview was originally published in the special one-off match day programme for Reading City’s FA Vase Fourth Round tie at home to Lymore Gardens in January 2026. Martin Law has enjoyed league and cup successes in his 35-year reign, but the Reading City chairman believes the FA Vase could provide him with his most […]
Bracknell Town add Connor Harris as George Knight ‘deserves’ Dorking Wanderers opportunity – Football in Berkshire
Bracknell Town have paid tribute to long-serving midfielder George Knight after he was snapped up by Enterprise National League South Dorking Wanderers. Knight has been a Bracknell player since 2020 when returned to the UK following three seasons at Lander University in South Carolina where he played for Lander Bearcats. As a Robins fan favourite, […]
The Dave Tarpey interview – Football in Berkshire
It is not every day that you get to interview Diego Maradona – but then his alter ego Dave Tarpey’s footballing story is no run-of-the-mill tale. During the 2014/15 season – and in a publicity stunt for sponsors Paddy Power – players and staff at Conference South side Farnborough Town changed their names by deed […]