The Clapton CFC men’s first team host Battersea Ironsides in the second round of the Anagram Records Trophy on Saturday at Wadham Lodge Stadium.

The Ironsides football team was founded in the 1950s and is part of a multi-sports club also featuring rugby and cricket sections.

They finished seventh in the Surrey Premier County Football League Premier Division last season, the same level as our own division.

This season they’re in fourth spot with Rashane Wilson and Henry Dalton Stone scoring a dozen goals between them so far.

The competition – sponsored by the punk record label – is officially known as the Capital Counties Feeder League Trophy.

It is for clubs from various leagues across London and the South East who don’t qualify for the FA Vase.

Clapton CFC reached the ART final in our first season in 2018/19, losing to Catholic United who were then a level higher in front of 540 spectators at Redbridge’s Oakside.

Last season the competition restarted after a two-year absence, with Clapton CFC losing in the quarter-finals on penalties at NW London.

The winners of the Clapton CFC vs Battersea Ironsides game will travel to Old Bradwell United (near Milton Keynes) in the third round.

It’s straight to pens at 90 minutes in this cup so we will get a result on the day.

Match information

Clapton CFC vs Battersea Ironsides is on Saturday, November 5 2022 at 1.30pm at the Wadham Lodge Stadium, Kitchener Road, Walthamstow.

Advanced tickets are not needed, you can just turn up. Entry as usual is free but with donations welcome, with a suggested £3 for waged adults.

We will have a mini programme available at the entrance, pick one up for free, donations welcome.

Fusion Foods will be selling hot and cold food – meat, veggie and vegan options – and accept cards or cash.

The hygiene bank collection for our charity partners Magpie Project is back. You can donate toothbrushes, toothpaste, shower gel, sanitary towels and deodorant at the entrance.

Directions

• Wadham Lodge is about 20 minutes walk from Walthamstow Central station. Turn onto Hoe Street and follow the road all the way along (past the junction with The Bell pub) until Chingford Lane. Continue past Sir George Monoux 6th Form College and take the first right onto Brookscroft Road then left onto Kitchener Road.
• You can catch a bus along that route too. The 357, 34, 97, 215 will all take you to the top of Brookscroft Road from Walthamstow Central. It will take about 12 minutes.
• There’s also car parking space available at the ground but it may be better to park on a street nearby.

The full draw

1st Round
1 Shepherds Bush v Hertford Heath

2nd Round
2 Galleywood v Sudbury Sports
3 Clapton Community v Battersea Ironsides
4 Sporting Hackney v Sungate
5 Larkspur Rovers v Cuffley
6 Codicote v Lymore Gardens
7 Toby v The 61FC Luton
8 Milton Keynes College v Belstone
9 Brimsdown v OIR
10 AFC Walcountians v Cricklewood Wanderers
11 Totternhoe v Catholic United
12 AFC Caddington v Bush Hill Rangers
13 Sarratt v Kensington Dragons
14 Kodak (Harrow) v Chipperfield Corinthians
15 Bovingdon v Sandridge Rovers
16 Shepherds Bush or Hertford Heath v Ware Sports
17 Old Bradwell United v Aston Clinton

3rd Round
18 Old Bradwell United or Aston Clinton v Clapton Community or Battersea Ironsides
19 Sarratt or Kensington Dragons v Kodak (Harrow) or Chipperfield Corinthians
20 Shepherds Bush or Hertford Heath or Ware Sports v Brimsdown or OIR
21 Galleywood or Sudbury Sports v Milton Keynes College or Belstone
22 Totternhoe or Catholic United v Larkspur Rovers or Cuffley
23 Codicote or Lymore Gardens v Sporting Hackney or Sungate
24 AFC Caddington or Bush Hill Rangers v Bovingdon or Sandridge Rovers
25 Toby or The 61FC Luton v AFC Walcountians or Cricklewood Wanderers

Quarter Final – Saturday 11th March 2023
26 Sarratt or Kensington Dragons or Kodak (Harrow) or Chipperfield Corinthians v Totternhoe or Catholic United or Larkspur Rovers or Cuffley
27 Galleywood or Sudbury Sports or Milton Keynes College or Belstone v Codicote or Lymore Gardens or Sporting Hackney or Sungate
28 Old Bradwell United or Aston Clinton or Clapton Community or Battersea Ironsides v Toby or The 61FC Luton or AFC Walcountians or Cricklewood Wanderers
29 AFC Caddington or Bush Hill Rangers or Bovingdon or Sandridge Rovers v Shepherds Bush or Hertford Heath or Ware Sports or Brimsdown or OIR

Semi Final – Saturday 1st April 2023
30 Sarratt or Kensington Dragons or Kodak (Harrow) or Chipperfield Corinthians or Totternhoe or Catholic United or Larkspur Rovers or Cuffley v Galleywood or Sudbury Sports or Milton Keynes College or Belstone or Codicote or Lymore Gardens or Sporting Hackney or Sungate
31 AFC Caddington or Bush Hill Rangers or Bovingdon or Sandridge Rovers or Shepherds Bush or Hertford Heath or Ware Sports or Brimsdown or OIR v Old Bradwell United or Aston Clinton or Clapton Community or Battersea Ironsides or Toby or The 61FC Luton or AFC Walcountians or Cricklewood Wanderers

Cup Final – Venue And Date To Be Advised
AFC Caddington or Bush Hill Rangers or Bovingdon or Sandridge Rovers or Shepherds Bush or Hertford Heath or Ware Sports or Brimsdown or OIR or Old Bradwell United or Aston Clinton or Clapton Community or Battersea Ironsides or Toby or The 61FC Luton or AFC Walcountians or Cricklewood Wanderers
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Sarratt or Kensington Dragons or Kodak (Harrow) or Chipperfield Corinthians or Totternhoe or Catholic United or Larkspur Rovers or Cuffley or Galleywood or Sudbury Sports or Milton Keynes College or Belstone or Codicote or Lymore Gardens or Sporting Hackney or Sungate