Corsham Print
Wiltshire Senior League
One of Those Great Weeks for Shrewton
Shrewton's Lee Weeks who bagged a brace in their 4-2 comeback win over Kintbury Rangers (Picture courtesy of John Cuthbertson)
The wet weather once again struck the schedule fixtures in the Premier Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League this weekend but two big games at the top of the table did survive.

At the Southbank Ground in Corsham there was a local derby with Melksham Town Reserves the visitors to second in the table Corsham Town Reserves. When the two sides had met back in August at Melksham an own goal had settled matters in Corsham’s favour in a real tight affair. Both sides went into this game in good form. Corsham were unbeaten in seven, six of which had been won, whilst Melksham themselves were unbeaten in six and another close contest was anticipated. Home side Corsham took an early lead when Emilio Mudrak put them ahead with just six minutes on the clock. Melksham replied just before the half hour mark through Harvey Flippance with his eleventh goal for Melksham Town Reserves this season. With him also leading the goal scoring chart in the Under 18 Division he is clearly having a great season and the youngster is the latest in a line of top young strikers coming through the ranks at Melksham. Melksham then went in front for the first time with a second goal this time scored by Dan Sibley. Corsham got themselves back on level terms just before the half time interval, Ed McCormack with the goal to make it 2-2 at the break. It was another close affair again in the second half but a second goal for Dan Sibley secured all three points for Melksham who extended that unbeaten run to seven games. This was the third defeat of the season for Corsham Town Reserves, with all three defeats coming at the Southbank Ground where they had been unbeaten last season and they slipped a couple of places in the table as a result of the defeat. Melksham Town Reserves remain in sixth spot but closed the gap to the top five sides.

The other big game at the top end of the table saw Shrewton United host Kintbury Rangers. Again, both sides were in good form in the league, visitors Kintbury were unbeaten in six, five of which had been won, whilst home side Shrewton had won their last three league games. Visitors Kintbury started well and went 2-0 to the good thanks to goals from Fabio Pinto and Stephen Blunt, both players scoring their second goal of the season. However, Shrewton pulled one back before half time, Lee Weeks firing in with an impressive strike from distance to make it 2-1 at the break. A stern talking to at half time from manager Joe Sheldrake saw Shrewton come out for the second half a much-improved side and three unanswered goals saw them turn the game around to run out 4-2 winners. There was a second for Weeks, with another stunning strike, plus further goals from Craig Lewis and Charlie Utterson, the latter bagging his seventh of the campaign. With Corsham Town Reserves losing, the win lifted Shrewton two places in the table into second spot, two points behind leaders Wroughton but having played four more games.

The only other game to survive the wet weather was at Pewsey where home side Pewsey Vale were looking to avenge a heavy 10-0 defeat earlier in the season against their visitors Frome Collegians. It was a different story to that first encounter this time round, as a much-strengthened Pewsey side picked up their first point of the season at the eleventh time of asking. The two sides turned around at the break with neither side having found the net in the first forty-five minutes, but Pewsey had the advantage with Frome having had Joe Upshall sent off on thirty-five minutes when he picked up his second yellow card of the game. The deadlock was broken early in the second half when Connor Marsden put Pewsey Vale 1-0 ahead but ten-man Frome replied mid-way through the second half with a goal from Lewis Perrett to ensure a share of the spoils. So, for Pewsey the re-build has now started but they remain on negative points having suffered a points deduction for postponed games. The point for Frome Collegians saw them climb a place in the table, moving above Cricklade Town into ninth position.

The league games at Malmesbury Victoria, Marlborough Town, Purton and Royal Wootton Bassett Town and the County Cup game at Trowbridge were all postponed due to waterlogged pitches.

The league now takes a break for the Christmas period with the next set of league fixtures not scheduled to take place until Saturday 4th January 2020. The League Committee would like to wish all our clubs, their players and spectators, our sponsors and all our match officials a happy Christmas and best wishes for a prosperous New Year.

Action from today's game between Corsham Town Res & Melksham Town Res (pictures courtesy of John Cuthbertson)
Results, Saturday 14th December 2019
Premier Division
Corsham Town Res 2 Melksham T Res 3
Malmesbury Vics Dev v Cricklade Town - Postponed
Marlborough Town v Ludgershall Sports - Postponed
Pewsey Vale 1 Frome Collegians 1
Purton v Wroughton - Postponed
Royal W. Bassett T Dev v Stratton Jun. - Postponed
Shrewton United 4 Kintbury Rangers 2

Wiltshire Senior Cup
Trowbridge Town v Calne Town – Postponed
Saturday 14 December 2019
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