Continuing our look back at OHAFC fixtures played on the corresponding weekend over the previous five seasons:

Last Season: February 1st 2014

OHAFC 1st XI 4 Old Chigwellians 0:

The Harrow 1st XI climbed into mid-table safety with a fine performance and win over Chigwell on the Harrow School Astroturf.

Despite the absence of several key players, Harrow’s defensive discipline was excellent and they comfortably nullified any attacking threat from the visitors utilising a five-man midfield.

With the game evenly balanced in the opening period, the hosts were gifted the lead after a quarter of an hour when a careless back-pass to the ‘keeper was well intercepted by Charlie Stebbings and he slotted home at the near post.

A second defensive slip handed Harrow their second, the Chigwell goalie somehow allowing a powerful but straight shot to slip through his grasp. With a two-goal lead the hosts could relax and in the second half put the game beyond doubt with two further goals.

Fred Richardson scored the third with a superb solo effort, carrying the ball for twenty yards past two defenders before calmly slotting the ball in the far corner. And Alex Gilbert nabbed the fourth, again finishing with excellent composure following a fine team move. Harrow moved into fourth with the win, with leaders Charterhouse due up next.

Three Seasons Ago: January 28th 2012

OHAFC 1st XI 3 Lancing Old Boys 1:

Following a 1-1 draw earlier in the season, Harrow and Lancing were expected to contest another tight game on a cold, grey day on the Hill. As it turned out, Harrow produced an excellent performance in a bad-tempered ninety minutes to run out 3-1 winners.

Ed Martins, playing at left-back, created the opening goal after twenty minutes, spraying a 50-yard ball to right winger Lederman in acres of space. The winger delivered a pinpoint cross into the box for Luke de Rougemont to head home from five yards out.

The hosts enjoyed a stroke of luck just before the break when a cross from the left looped over Luke Raffety and clipped the top of the Harrow crossbar. But the game turned for the worse minutes later when a scuffle broke out inside the Harrow box and referee Richard Wilson was forced to intervene.

Harrow doubled their lead shortly afterwards when Molloy headed in a Lederman corner at the near post. But the second half proved a much tougher proposition for the hosts, who struggled to play with the same fluency they had in the opening forty-five minutes.

The ill feeling between the teams continued with several ugly incidents and an unhealthy leniency from the referee. But Lancing found a way back into the game when they pulled a goal back ten minutes after the break, several failed clearances allowing a cross from the left to wind it’s way to the back post where it was comfortably headed in.

Thankfully, from Harrow’s point of view, substitute Freddie Brunt killed off any hopes of a comeback for the visitors when he fired home superbly on the half-volley from the edge of the box to restore the two-goal lead with twenty minutes remaining. Harrow held on to complete a fine victory, although tempers remained frayed right up to the final whistle.

OHAFC 2nd XI 2 Old Brentwoods 2’s 2:

The Harrow second string fought out a hard-earned 2-2 draw against their Brentwood counterparts on the adjoining Phil pitch. Alex Breeden opened the scoring with ten minutes of the first half remaining but the Blues were indebted to Max Curry’s strike twenty minutes from time to earn a share of the spoils.

Four Seasons Ago: January 29th 2011

OHAFC 2nd XI 1 Lancing Old Boys 2’s 2:

A narrow defeat for the Harrow 2’s against Lancing on the Hill, with an early Phil Berry goal proving insufficient to earn Arjun Chopra’s men a point.

Five Seasons Ago: January 30th 2010

Lancing Old Boys 1 OHAFC 1st XI 1:

A weakened 1st XI travelled to Kingston University to take on Lancing with goalkeeper Luke Raffety, captain Quentin Baker and midfielder David Lederman all unavailable. It was a vital fixture for the Harrow 1’s, with Charterhouse having overtaken them at the top of the table since they last played.

Ed Poulter, playing in an unfamiliar role in central midfield, scored a superb opening goal on the half hour, curling in from the edge of the box with his right foot. But Lancing equalised soon afterwards when stand-in goalkeeper Pritchard fumbled a low shot and the rebound was turned in from a narrow angle.

Old Haberdashers 4 OHAFC 2nd XI 6:

Despite this game being played on an appalling pitch in Chiswick, the Harrow 2’s and Habs produced a ten-goal thriller with the visitors running out winners 6-4.

Bemini Soyinka scored twice in the opening quarter of an hour to put Harrow in the ascendency and Ed Arghebant added a penalty before the break. In the second half, substitute Olly Hadden-Paton scored Harrow’s fourth with twenty-five minutes remaining but the points were only secured late on when Mike Okoigun and then Amir Shah scored – Shah’s goal the best of the lot, an inch-perfect lob from the right.

On this Weekend...Premier League and Top of the Pops:

5 Years Ago: January 31st 2010

UK Singles Chart No.1: Owl City “Fireflies”

Premier League top three: 1st Chelsea 54pts from 23 games, 2nd Man Utd 53 (24), 3rd Arsenal 49 (24)

Premier League bottom three: 18th Burnley 20 (23), 19th Hull City 20 (23), 20th Portsmouth 15 (22)

10 Years Ago: February 1st 2005

UK Singles Chart No.1: Ciara “Goodies”

Premier League top three: 1st Chelsea 61 (24), 2nd Manchester United 53 (25), 3rd Arsenal 51 (25)

Premier League bottom three: 18th Southampton 18 (24), 19th Norwich City 17 (24), 20th West Brom 17 (25)

20 years Ago: February 1st 1995

UK Singles Chart No.1: Rednex “Cotton Eye Joe”

Premier League top three: 1st Blackburn Rovers 59 (26), 2nd Manchester Utd 54 (26), 3rd Newcastle 48 (26)

Premier League bottom three: 20th West Ham United 25 (25), 21st Ipswich Town 20 (26), 22nd Leicester City 18 (25)