Goal of the season: Dan Carr vs Plymouth Parkway
Committee's Player of the Season: Jordan Edwards
Golden Boot: Jordan Edwards
Manager's Player of the Season: Harry Seabrook
Players' Player of the Season: Dan Carr
Supporters' Player of the Season: Dan Carr
Hanwell Town secured the highest ever finish in their history by defeating Plymouth Parkway under the west London sunshine.
A quiet opening quarter was broken by Parkway snatching a lead, as Matt Wright was able to prod the ball home after a looping cross in to the box was missed by everyone and Wright converted from close range.
Hanwell then countered immediately, and Parkway keeper Alex Rutter had to stand tall to tip over Kam English’s shot from just inside the penalty area.
The Geordies came out the better in the second half and slowly got back into the game, but it took a well taken finish to bring Hanwell back onto level terms.
A cross came in from a right hand side free kick, and the clearance was met by Dan Carr, who struck a clean volley right into the top corner from distance, the crowd ecstatically rising to acclaim a quality finish.
Ten minutes later, the Geordies took the lead with another quality finish; Carr pulled the ball back to the edge of the penalty area to find Joe Wilson, who struck a low finish past Rutter.
With moments to go, Hanwell’s Joe Waight looked to have extended the home team’s lead from close range, converting a Joe Wilson cross, but the assistant’s flag ruled it out for offside.
Hanwell concluded their travels within the Southern League Premier South with a comfortable victory at Chertsey on Bank Holiday Monday, extending their best ever season to new heights.
The Geordies got off to a sound start and they weren't long in taking the lead. A corner from Dan Carr evaded everyone, except the late arriving Will Hall, who bundled it home from close range.
Chertsey still needed points to be absolutely safe from relegation, and started to push forward with McCoy managing to connect with a cross, but his header was over the bar, not threatening Sam Beasant's goal.
Manager Chris Moore had brought in Kameron English to try and exploit a perceived lack of pace in the Chertsey defence and just before the half hour, it almost paid off. English broke through the defensive line but his shot was pushed wide by Chertsey keeper Josh Strizovic. From the resulting corner, Eliott Benyon reacted quickest to glance the ball into the back of the net.
After half time, Chertsey started to gain the upper hand, and once again, McCoy was closest with a shot that Beasant pushed wide of the post.
Hanwell were by now looking comfortable, and Chertsey’s task got harder as Louis Birch was dismissed for a second yellow card just before the hour.
Inside the final 15 minutes, and the home side were still fighting, with Luke Robertson coming closest but in the end, Hanwell earned a very good 3 points away from home, confirming a top 10 finish within the Southern League Premier South.
Chris Moore was content with the result, saying post match, “We were excellent from start to finish today. Yet we could have had more goals, there were at least another 3 or 4 one on ones. If you said to me before the game, that we'd going to come to Chertsey Town and win two-nil, I'd have taken your hand off, after they'd beaten us twice this season.”
Hanwell finish their best ever season with a final home game, against Plymouth Parkway on Saturday 26thApril, afterwards there will be the club’s End of Season Awards in the clubhouse, with tickets being available on line on the club's website.
Hanwell Town
1 Sam Beasant, 2 Roberto Nditi, 3 Dan Carr, 4 Will Hall, 5 Dwayne Duncan, 6 Harry Seabrook, 7 Callum Woodcock (Chris Regis 87’), 8 Mat MacKenzie, 9 Elliot Benyon (Alfie Pendlebury 89’), 10 Ryan Cole, 11 Kameron English (Ridwan Hassan 74’).
Substitutes
12 Joe Waight, 14 Alfie Pendlebury, 15 Ridwan Hassan, 16 Chris Regis, 17 Joe Wilson.
Hanwell Town went down to an acrimonious defeat at the Powerday Stadium against a Taunton Town squad that had as much to play for as the Geordies did, both teams being solidly perched in mid-table.
Hanwell found it hard going right from the off, looking a bit out of sorts and lethargic, the Peacocks winning most of the early exchanges.
All the hard work that the Geordies had put in early was undone on 30 minutes, when Zebroski met Feltham's cross at the back post to hit the ball past keeper Sam Beasant from close range.
Hanwell started then to create chances but weren't able to level the score before the half time break.
After half time, the Geordies were starting to get into the game when after a loose tackle by Nielsen, Dwayne Duncan's verbal annoyance at the heaviness of the challenge on him was seen a dissent worthy of a red card by the match referee, much to the puzzlement of many within the ground.
Hanwell reorganised and started to make a much better showing, restricting the visitors to half chances. With about 15 minutes to go, Hanwell created their best chances, Mat MacKenzie’s shot on goal having to be scrambled off the line, all after he'd hit the bar with a header.
The Geordies made changes to stiffen the midfield but it all came to naught, as almost immediately, a high foot by Callum Woodcock was seen as dangerous play and so the referee decided to air his red card again.
Deep into the somewhat excessive 10 minutes of additional time, Taunton wrapped the game up.
Midfielder Nielsen caught Hanwell on the break, being short of numbers at the back as they tried to secure an equaliser. His pass inside found substitute Brain, who curled his shot into the net, past Beasant, from the edge of the penalty area, to leave the Geordies feeling hard done-by come the final whistle.
Post match, manager Chris Moore wasn't impressed by the performance by the Hanwell team.
He said: “We were better with nine men, we dug in and hit the bar twice. I was really happy with the way they rolled up their sleeves and never gave up. In the second half, we asked for more energy from the boys and got it from those nine men.
One thing that pleased Moore was the debut of QPR Academy player Ridwan Hassan in the second half.
“Ridwan has been another that QPR have entrusted to us, signing on deadline day, but had been injured. You could see he's a bit of a livewire and we look forward to seeing what he can do.”
Hanwell have two matches left of their season, making a visit to Chertsey Town on Bank Holiday Monday and then wrapping it all up with the final game, home to Plymouth Parkway on Saturday 26th.
Hanwell Town
1 Sam Beasant, 2 Joe Wilson, 3 Dan Carr, 4 Roberto Nditi, 5 Dwayne Duncan, 6 Harry Seabrook, 7 Taylor Miles (Callum Woodcock 72’), 8 Mat MacKenzie, 9 Alfie Pendlebury (Kameron English 87’), 10 Chris Regis (Ryan Cole 89’), 11 Joe Waight (Ridwan Hassan 54’).
Substitutes
12 Ryan Cole, 14 Ridwan Hassan, 15 Kameron English, 16 Callum Woodcock, 17 Will Hall.
Hanwell booked their place in the London Senior Cup final after coming from a goal down to beat Isthmian League side Dulwich Hamlet.
The Geordies were looking to make their second final of the season after finishing as runners-up to Rayners Lane in the Middlesex Senior Cup made life difficult for themselves after falling behind to Aaron Williams-Bushell’s 13th minute strike.
Dan Carr equalised under 10 minutes later before second half goals from Taylor Miles and Callum Woodcock gave the Geordies a two-goal cushion.
Hanwell, though, never do things the easy way and Amauru Kaunda pulled a goal back in the fifth minute of stoppage time and survived a late corner to progress to the final where they will meet Brentford B.
Chris Moore shuffled his pack after the 3-0 defeat at Gosport on Saturday, with Chris Regis, Joe Waight, Alfie Pendlebury, Will Hall and Woodcock coming into the side. Joe Wilson, Mat Mackenzie, Elliot Benyon, Ryan Cole and Kameron English made way.
The Geordies needed time to get into the game against the step three strugglers with Regis missing an early chance inside the first three minutes and they found themselves 1-0 down when Dulwich broke down the left hand side and the ball found its way to Williams-Bushell who made no mistake from close range.
The goal woke Hanwell up and they started to play the football that secured their best season in the club’s history and found their equaliser midway through the first half. Waight was fouled but the referee played a superb advantage to allow Regis to break into the penalty area. He rolled the ball across to Carr who fired home the equaliser.
Hanwell looked to apply more pressure but it took until the 65thminute for it to tell as Roberto Nditi, a fantastic mid-season signing, broke down the right and, after Dulwich failed to clear their lines, Taylor Miles’ shot took a deflection on its way past Dylan Berry and into the net.
And, while Berry was blameless for Miles’ goal, his clearance seven minutes later fell straight to Woodcock. The Geordies midfielder fed Pendlebury whose shot was blocked but Woodcock was on hand to make it 3-1 and seemingly send Hanwell to the final.
Hanwell had the game under control and could have added more goals but were caught late on as Kaunda had a free header in the 95thminute to give Dulwich a lifeline with two minutes of additional time remaining.
The visitors threw the kitchen sink, forcing a corner. Berry advanced but as soon as Hanwell cleared the ball, the referee blew the final whistle to send the Geordies to the final, provisionally scheduled for 29 April at Harrow Borough’s Earlsmead ground. A confirmed date will follow in due course.
Before that, though, Hanwell are back at the Powerday Stadium on Easter Saturday when the Geordies entertain Taunton Town before making the short trip to Chertsey Town on Easter Monday.
Hanwell: Beasant, Nditi, Carr, Hall, Duncan, Seabrook, Miles, Woodcock, Pendlebury, Regis, Waight.
Subs not used: Cole, Giscombe, Wilson, English, Carter-Rogers.
Fresh from their dismal mid-week display against Hilllingdon Borough in the Middlesex Charity Cup, the Geordies travelled to meet Gosport Borough on Saturday with a side showing several changes from that which commenced the game against Hillingdon but still without leading goal scorer Jordan Edwards suffering from a long term injury.
There was immediate concern ten minutes into the game when Matt MacKenzie went down clutching his already damaged elbow which resulted in his withdrawal at half time.
Gosport were the more dominant side in the opening stages and they took the lead in the eighteenth minute, when from a short corner on the left wing, the ball found Gosport's Charlie Wassmer on the near past and he somehow squeezed it home past Town keeper Sam Beasant from close range.
Shortly afterwards a confrontation between Town's Dan Carr and Gosport's Bradley Tarbuck led to them both receiving yellow cards from the match referee.
Gosport went two up just after the half hour mark and again there was some concern at the frailty of Town’s normally resolute defence as an unchallenged Daniel Wooden volleyed home Nmarndi Nwachuko's cross from close range.
Town then had a great chance to reduce the deficit when excellent work by MacKenzie in midfield culminated in him playing a great ball into the path of Kameron English right through on goal but with just the advancing Gosport goalkeeper Adam Parkes to beat, his shot across the keeper went just wide of the far post.
At the other end, Tarbuck missed a good chance for Gosport, whilst on the stroke of half time, Ryan Cole saw his low shot beat Parkes with the ball just missing the far post.
The Geordies made three changes at the interval with Joe Waight, Alfie Pendlebury and Callum Woodcock coming on to replace MacKenzie, Elliot Benyon and Cole.
The move almost proved to be pivotal in any fight back as almost instantly, Parkes in the Gosport goal made a great save to deflect Waight's shot onto the crossbar from a cross by Carr and from there to safety.
In the fifty third minute, Gosport scored their third goal to virtually seal their victory when a low shot from Nwachuko took a huge deflection, wrong footing Sam Beasant completely as it found its way into the back of Town’s net.
Town made two further substitutions with Chris Regis replacing English and Will Hall, on his way to returning to full fitness, replacing Harry Seabrook.
As the minutes ticked away, Gosport were awarded a very tame penalty kick that surprised both sides but justice was done when Asher Yearwood's weak effort was comfortably saved by Sam Beasant.
1 Sam Beasant (C), 2 Joe Wilson, 3 Dan Carr, 4 Roberto Nditi, 5 Dwayne Duncan, 6 Harry Seabrook (Will Hall 81’), 7 Taylor Miles, 8 Mat Mackenzie (Callum Woodcock 46’), 9 Elliot Benyon (Alfie Pendlebury 46’), 10 Ryan Cole (Joe Waight 46’), 11 Kameron English (Chris Regis 61’).
Substitutes
12 Chris Regis, 14 Joseph Waight,15 Alfie Pendlebury, 16 Will Hall, 17 Callum Woodcock
Hanwell Town crashed out the Middlesex County Cup at the quarter-final stage with a disappointing 4-3 loss to Hillingdon Borough on Tuesday (8 April 2025).
The Geordies were 2-0 down before 20 minutes had been played and despite twice narrowing the deficit, couldn’t defend well enough to give themselves a real chance to equalise.
Hillingdon, who play in the Combined Counties League Division One three tiers below Hanwell, played a brand of football reminiscent of a higher-level side and were good value for their leads throughout the game.
The Geordies came into the match after a huge 2-1 win over Merthyr Town on Saturday. However, they failed to carry their momentum over into what should’ve been a routine win against lower league opponents.
Hillingdon set the tone for the match after 24 seconds when Claudinei Briviglieri scored the opener. The forward dribbled through the middle of the hosts before firing a shot into the bottom left corner.
In the 18th minute, the visitors doubled their advantage. Mirko Jovanovic received a ball from the left in space just outside the box. The forward then curled his shot from the edge of the box into the top left corner.
Hanwell manager Chris Moore wasn’t happy and made two changes in the 20th minute. Alfie Pendlebury and Joe Waight were withdrawn and Chaynie Burgin and Ryan Cole were introduced.
With no clear improvement by the 36th minute, The Geordies made their third change of the evening with Mat Mackenzie replacing Callum Woodcock.
Five minute later a corner eventually found its’ way to Dwayne Duncan in the box. The defender headed the ball down to Burgin who smashed home from close range.
Just as Hanwell looked to push on after the break, Jovanovic scored his second of the game. The forward’s powerful shot from the right of the box wrong footed Trent Carter-Rogers and snook in the near post.
Joe Wilson cut the deficit to one once again in the 63rd minute with a shot from just outside the box into the bottom left corner.
Just as the hosts looked set to grab a late equaliser, Hillingdon broke down the left with Briviglieri before the finished into the bottom right corner for his second goal of the night.
Hanwell reduced the visitors’ lead once again just before half time. A cross from Wilson was headed in off the post from Duncan. Despite a late surge forward, Hanwell were unable to rescue the game and fell to a disappointing defeat.
The Geordies will look to avenge their defeat this weekend when they travel to Gosport Borough.
On the day they celebrated 70 years of service by their Chairman Bob Fisher, Hanwell Town caused another twist in the Southern Premier League South title race with a 2-1 win over Merthyr Town.
Second half strikes from Dan Carr and Mat Mackenzie saw The Geordies race into a two-goal lead after the break. A penalty from Cole Jarvis gave the league leaders some encouragement but the hosts stood firm to hand Merthyr their first defeat since August.
Hanwell Chairman Bob Fisher was celebrated before the game with a guard of honour by both teams. A crowd of 402 fans watches lively first half end without a goal.
Elliot Benyon headed the biggest chance of the first half into the side netting after a Kameron English cross. The league leaders had limited chances, struggling to adjust to the pace of the game in the bright London sun.
At the start of the second half, English immediately attacked down the left and was brought down in the penalty area. Carr made no mistake from the spot and The Geordies had an unlikely advantage.
In the 58th minute, Hanwell had a fantastic chance to double their lead, English again got to the touchline and pulled the ball back for Carr. The wing-back’s powerful shot powered off the post before Mackenzie fired the rebound over.
The hosts eventually had their second goal in the 78th minute. A scramble in the box saw the ball bounce up for Mackenzie and the midfielder provided a looping header over the Jamie Cogman and into the Merthyr net.
Late on, Duncan fouled Simpson on the right side of the penalty area. Jarvis fired the penalty into the bottom right corner to get the visitors back into the game.
Merthyr, though, failed to create another big chance and Hanwell held on for a big win.
The result sees Hanwell climb to eighth in the Southern Premier League South. An incredible achievement considering the fight for survival they went through this time last year.
Hanwell manager Chris Moore was delighted with his team’s performance as they recorded their second straight home win over a title contender.
He said: “I think we’ve won a few games recently where we’ve ground it out and not been spectacular, but I thought we were really good today, really well organised and deserving winners."
Next week, Hanwell welcome Hillingdon Borough to The Powerday Stadium in the Middlesex County Cup Quarter Final. Then, they travel to Gosport at the weekend.
