Five of my standout London FA Sunday Challenge Cup ties from the second round are featured below. Please note that both Yeni Bogazici and Hatcham have both progressed into round three, after their opponents had withdrawn from the competition.
Jesus & Ministries (JAM FC) versus AC Milano: What a great second round tie of this great county cup competition that this promises to be, on Sunday at Sporting Club Thamesmead FC (on the 4G pitch). JAM, who as noted from their recent social media post, lost 7-1 to AC Milano two years ago, come into this London Cup tie with three wins from their last three matches in all competitions. And the talented south London side who compete in the Woolwich & Eltham Sunday Football Alliance Premier Division, will be looking to put in a fine performance as a team against a long running AC Milano, who won the Essex Sunday Corinthian Football League Senior Division last season. And they are in very good form so far this season, having won a number of games in emphatic fashion.
Cheam Athletic versus FC Nyva: Two top sides from London meet on Sunday, as season’s Leatherhead and District Sunday Football League Premier Division champions, a very good Cheam Athletic side, face another very good side, in top Hackney & Leyton Sunday Football League side, FC Nyva. The team with roots in London’s Ukrainian community won the league and cup double last season in their famous east London Sunday league. And, FC Nyva will be looking to impress in this season’s London Sunday Challenge Cup. However, this will be a fantastic test for them against Cheam Athletic.
City East versus East London Ballers: Hackney & Leyton Sunday Football League Premier Division side City East have made an unbeaten start to this season in league and cup competitions. A very good side, City East’s biggest challenge to stopping that unbeaten run will be on Sunday, when a top East London Ballers side (of the Essex Sunday Corinthian Football League) travel to Hackney Marshes, with big hopes to go far in the London cup this season. This will be a really interesting cup tie on Sunday, between two sides who have started this season just how they would have wanted.
Westminster Wanderers versus New Salamis: At Dulwich Sports Ground on Sunday, a so far unbeaten side in all competitions this season, in Westminster Wanderers, face New Salamis. It’s north London versus south London in this London Cup tie, as two well known Sunday teams, in Westminster Wanderers (they are the only remaining Premier Division team in the Southern Sunday Football League) and Barnet Sunday League side New Salamis go head to head. The north London team who are currently in their second season following their return to Sunday football, won 7-3 at home to New Park CG in the first round.
London Academics Royals versus Greenwich Park Rangers: Inner London Football League side London Academics Royals face Greenwich Park Rangers, of the Woolwich & Eltham Sunday Football Alliance Premier Division, this Sunday afternoon in the London Cup. With both sides having made very similar starts to their respective league seasons, this will definitely be a good cup tie this Sunday.
The full list of London Sunday Challenge Cup second round ties:
- JAM versus AC Milano
- Spartans versus South West Alumni of Graveney
- Highgate & Muswell versus West London Athletic
- Highgate Albion versus Palace Saint Germain
- Westminster Wanderers versus New Salamis
- Mehmetcik Galatya versus ECS Classic
- Kenningwell United versus Our Lady
- Cheam Athletic versus FC Nyva
- FC Elmstead (1958) versus Boundary Estate
- Clapton Community Development versus Trabzonspor UK
- Olympia FC versus North London Athletic
- City East versus East London Ballers
- Baiteze Squad versus Sporting Continental
- London Academics Royals versus Greenwich Park Rangers
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