The 15th Royalist Cup was played on april 23rd 2017 at Bedgrove, Aylesbury, Bucks.
The Gold Cavaliers who led the Sky Blue Cavaliers 4-2 at halftime, went on to win 6-3, with Devon Blackman opening his Cavalier account with 4 goals, and Rai Lee-Long and Ashton Lawler also on target for the Golds. David Richards with a penalty, Ty Deacon, and Aiden Bailey, getting the Sky Blues goals.
There was Cavalier debuts for Dan Stone (Golds) and Karlington Myers and Sam Williams (Sky Blues)
Thanks to the pitch hiring fee being kindly waived by the local council, generous donations from the players, and sales of the remaining stock of Cavalier sweatshirts, the recent fundraising game for the victims of Hurricane Matthew (that devastated the Carribean Island of Haiti) raised £250, which was donated to the U.H.U.K. charity to help purchase vital supplies and aid there.
Royalist Cup 14 was played on Sunday December 20th at Bedgrove, Aylesbury, Bucks. It was a benefit game to raise funds for the beleaguered people of Haiti in the carribean after the severe widespread destruction of the recent Hurricane Matthew.
After the frustrating (but now seemingly expected) delaying of the kick off, due to late time keepers and non shows, the two teams kicked off with 10 players apiece. A young lad of 15 who had been kicking a ball about with a friend was asked if he wanted to play and make up the numbers due to the shortages of personnel. He kindly agreed, and what a revelation he was !!! He was not in the least bit fazed by the jump up in age and size. Little did we know, Max came from a very good local footballing pedigree ! (his Dad being former Aylesbury United legend Cliff Hercules). He ran with such pace and dribbled and controlled the ball with an confidence way beyond his years !!!. The sky blue Cavaliers had a fearsome Wall in defence with big defenders Aiden Bailey, and Leon Thompson, and though the sky blue Cav`s went on to win the game 3-2, Max certainly caused the whole team problems all afternoon with his trickery and speed.
Ryan Blake turned out once more for the Cavaliers, this time for a very worthy cause, and his jet heeled pace and deadly eyed markmanship was clearly displayed again with another brace. The Sky Blues and Damsons led 1-0 at the half The Golds started the second half with poise and purpose, and looked to be controlling the game, and certs to equalise, but a great long range dipping shot from Jordan Castello found the top corner to make it 2-0 to the sky blues and took the stuffing out of the Golds come back. Ryan Blake then controlled a long crossfield pass from Jordan Castello and shimmied his way just into the area and shot across the goal and onto the far post and in to make it 3-0. Andy Peattie then thumped home a header from a corner to put the golds back into the game. Rai Lee-Long raced on to a through ball to despatch the ball beyond Simon Mills and make it 3-2 (his 37th All time Cav`s goal) very late in the game to make it a very nervy couple of final minutes as time expired.
Royalist Cup 13 was played on sunday march 6th 2016, at Bedgrove, Aylesbury, Bucks. It was the closest Royalist Cup game yet, with the sides locked at the break with the first EVER goal less half !!!. After the break the Purple Cav`s scored first through Rai Lee-Long only for the golds to level through Craig Fraser`s well taken strike after being set up by a slide rule defence splitting pass from team mate Devon Blackman. The Purple`s had an impressive and scarily fast attack with Ryan Blake up top with Rai. Though the Gold`s defence stood up to the test for the whole of the first half with Veteran Defender Darren Druce and Big defender Leon Thompson mopping things up, alongside Rich Clothier and the very impressive Ashton Lawler who not only defended with class, but also made endless runs forward without getting the support or reward that they deserved. Aiden Bailey and Ian Gelly were likewise solid for the Purple`s defence. Andy Peattie and David Richards worked tirelessly for the Purple`s midfield as did Jordan Rice for the Gold`s. The Purple`s ended up taking a 3-1 lead through another 2 goals for hitman Rai Lee-Long, who now stands at the top of the Cavaliers All Time scorers with 36 strikes to date. The Gold`s did though, make it a tight, and exciting finish to the game, when a long range shot from Omari Alphonse just slipped through the Purple`s `volunteer` goalkeepers Marc Bassinder`s hands, who had otherwise had a very solid performance, and who had stepped in at very late notice. Special mention`s must go out to David `Bruno`Richards and Patrick Henry for their Cavalier debuts for the Purple`s, and Trevor Bateman for the Gold`s. Whilst the volunteer officials -Errol Henry -referee, Dino Rice and Anthony Hall -linesmen, must be thanked for their efforts as no one else wanted to step in/up to do it !!!. After the Gold`s winning the first 10 of the 13 Royalist Cup matches, the Purple`s have now won 3 on the bounce !!!. The tradition of exciting and well matched games continue. 
Chiltern Cavaliers F.C. (Gold) Royalist Cup 12 runners up, December 2016.
This year 2016 marks the 20th year anniversary of the Chiltern Cavaliers F.C.`s first ever game in August 1996. There are plans to commemorate this historic date with a special event. More details will be released in due course.
The magic of an F.A. Cup giant killing was experienced by one time Cavalier Ryan Blake, who struck a long range goal to send his current team Chesham United through to the 2nd round at the expense of Sky Bet Division 2 club Bristol Rovers. The buckinghamshire side from the Evo Stik Southern Division pulled off a real `David and Goliath` cup `scalp` winning 1-0 away at the Memorial Stadium, home of `The Pirates`. Everybody involved with the Cavaliers wishes Ryan even more success in the next round !!!
The eleventh Royalist Cup was played on sunday september 20th, at Bedgrove, Aylesbury, Bucks. The Purple Cavaliers were victorious beating the Gold Cavaliers by the final score of 8-3, after only leading 3-1 at the break.
Ryan Blake grabbed a hat trick on his impressive Cavalier debut for the Purple Cav`s, along with other debutant strikes from Jamaican Howie Hylton, and Leon Thompson who powered home a header. The Gaffer Paul Borzone slotted home a penalty, and Jordan Castello and Josh Rice also netted. Rai Long struck an hat trick for the Gold Cav`s, which made him the all time leading Cavalier goal scorer with a tally of 31 goals.
Dino Rice stood in as a last minute choice as goal keeper for the Purple`s and played very well. Young Jamaican Jabari Hylton caught the eye for the Gold`s with some mazy runs and trickery, whilst Devon Blackman was again so close to getting his first Cav`s goal.
The game was refereed well by original Cavalier Errol Henry, who`s task was not helped by not having any proper linesmen.
It was only the first loss for the Gold Cav`s in the eleven Royalist Cup Finals played to date.
Royalist Cup 10 was played on sunday on the hottest day of the year. With some players not turning up and others being drafted in on the day, it was a sterling effort from all concerned. Each team only having one subsitute to use in the oppressive and sapping heat.
The game was another exciting draw, ending 6-6, and then being decided AGAIN on penalties. With the Golds having scored their first three spot kicks, coupled with Alastair Smart pulling off 2 saves, and Jordan Castello missing his, the Purples were to lose 3-0 on penalties.
There was again some very impressive Cavalier debuts, with Liam Fitzgerald (who agreed to play only 5 minutes before kickoff as he had come originally as a spectator) blasting a hat trick for the Purple Cavaliers !!!. Charlie Tanner played his first Cav`s game also for the Purples, whilst for the Gold`s jet heeled Devon Blackman (though amazingly not actually getting on the scoresheet) had a really good game, striking both posts and the crossbar on at least 3 occasions. Also for the Gold Cav`s Matt Tagliarini also was up and down the pitch all game capping it off with a goal. Fellow debutant Mark Avis had a solid game in the heart of the Purple`s defence, especially as he had the very hard task of trying to shackle Rai Lee-Long.
As Usual, the Cavalier hitmen Rai Lee-Long and Jordan Castello, added to their prolific scoring rates with Rai getting a hat trick and Jordan a brace. Joshua Rice AGAIN !, Jordan Murphy, and Marc Bassinder were the other scorers. Ian Gelley was also very impressive throughout the game, though even though it seems a bit absurd after a 6-6 scoreline ! , both teams defenders were really hardworking and kept the score down !!!!.
A Massive thank you to Terry Druce (Darren`s Dad and regular volunteer linesman) who kindly agreed to step up and referee the game at the last minute as we were really desperate !!!. It`s a thankless task and can leave you open to unfair criticism and flak as you cannot please everyone with decisions, so I want to thank him for helping us out.
WOW !!! what an end to end game !!!Despite having about 6 regulars missing due to work commitments, the Royalist Cup 9 turned out to be one of the best ever games. The cavalier debutants were worthy replacements and the full time score was a very fair 4-4 draw. However, after some requests from a few players, we had our first ever penalty shootout. That was a tight and tense affair as well, with the Gold`s edging it 5-4. Both keepers did great, with Simon Mills (who has played in a Royalist Cup before as a midfielder) saving the vital spot kick low to his right.Praise also to Arron Billingham in the other goal who had not played for a long time due to injury.
The Gold`s who initially had no subsitutes, had to start with manager and veteran cavalier Paul Borzone playing upfront alongside the ever dangerous Rai Long. About 20 minutes into the game, a great through ball from Marc Bassinder was collected out on the corner of the area by Paul Borzone who after a first touch, shot high and across into the far top corner of the net to make it 1-0. The Purple Cav`s were having and creating more chances, but luck seemingly was not with them. Jordan Castello making his long awaited cavalier return, was as dangerous as ever !, and no one could catch him for pace. He missed a couple of glorious chances, and young Shahaab Raja was unlucky not to score when put through by a great ball from Rich Clothier.Ten minutes later Paul Borzone steered a Rai Lee-Long shot beyond the Purple Cav`s keeper to seemingly make it 2-0 ! but it was ruled out as the gaffer had been judged to have strayed offside !!!.
After James Chapman had to leave the pitch as a recent injury flared up again, the purple`s got back and equalised through Jordan Castello`s fierce drive. Raimond Lee-Long was not to be outdone by his fellow goal getter and rival marksman, and almost immediately put the Gold`s 2-1 up from the restart.It was his 25th all time Cavalier goal. Ten minutes later though and it was all square at 2-2 when Alex Clothier scored an unfortunate own goal.
The second half started with the sides evenly matched, but then about 20 minutes in, the re introduction of Young Shahaab Raja and Elias Williams really got things going for the purple cav`s, Elias showed a deft touch and maturity above his age, which must of made his team mate and dad Johnny, very proud. He`s obviously inherited the good footballer gene !!!. The game was literally swinging from end to end, Marc Bassinder put the gold`s 3-2 up after a great cross from Omari Alphonse. For the purples Ped French sped down the right flank and shot from a tight angle to make it 3-3.
Subsitute Mark Tattum was having a great game for the Gold`s though and was really pulling the strings and creating, with some surging runs. And for the Purple`s Jordan Castello was still a constant threat up front, with young Shahaab and Elias both supporting him with speed and creativity down the wings as well. It really was a nail biter. Mark Tattum put the Gold`s 4-3 up after a little controversy with the purple`s disputing there had been a foul in the build up. The district referee explained his decision, and minutes later Elias Williams capped off his fine debut with the equaliser as Simon Mills (who otherwise had a great game) decided to play `Hot Potato` with the ball and help it in !!. Josh Rice was very unfortunate not to keep his scoring run going as he had smacked the crossbar and later also forced Arron Billingham in to a great save down at his left post. His dad Dino, coming on as a 2nd half sub, made a couple of maurauding (ashley colesque !) runs down the flank from left back, but wasn`t always picked out by the midfield.
Then to penalties then, and Millsy more than redeemed himself with the winning spot kick save from the very unfortunate Andy Peattie, who had a otherwise great game, and he had earlier had a goal bound chance cleared of the line by the dependable Ted Walker.
All in all, a great and exciting game from both teams !!!! UP THE CAV`S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
