Robbed of a tasty derby – to protocol

AFTER a month without football, I was really looking forward to watching a good local game to get me back in the swing and settled on watching Hartley Wintney and Fleet Town. Although this derby was only a friendly, I was hoping there might be an element of local rivalry.But, on Friday, I was utterly dismayed to hear that Fleet had to pull out at the last minute due to a baffling league rule by the Wessex League.Apparently, all Sydenhams Wessex teams were told in no uncertain terms that they were not permitted to play friendlies yesterday if they opted out of playing a league gam...

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