Corsham Print
Wiltshire Senior League
Amesbury win again plus first wins
for St Andrews & Stratton Juniors
Whilst the impact of all the wet weather brought on by Storm Alex led to the postponement of the one scheduled Vets game being played on grass, there was no such problem for the three fixtures being played on the artificial surfaces at Devizes and New College.

On Monday night in the Mid Wiltshire Division, Amesbury Junior made it two wins on the bounce and are now unbeaten in their last three games after a narrow 2-1 win over FC Calne. Samuel Craig scored for the third consecutive game to take him to five for the season, substitute Anthony Sharp with the other Amesbury goal. The win lifted Amesbury above Melksham Town in the table into second place, two points behind VFC Devizes having played one game more.

The following night both St Andrews and Chippenham Town Yard Dogs were looking for their first win of the season and it was St Andrews who broke their duck with a 2-1 success. Goals from Daniel Foster and Carl Davies secured the points for St Andrews in close game, Gary Knowles replying for Chippenham. Chippenham are back in action again next week and will be looking to get those first points of the season when they take on another side who have yet to pick up any points so far, Marlborough Town.

Action at New College on Tuesday evening in the North Division saw two sides who were in search of their first points of the season go head-to-head. Last season Stratton Juniors had done the double over AFC Swindon scoring five times on both occasions, but it was a much tighter affair this time round.  With Stratton leading 2-0 AFC Swindon had the chance to get back into the game with a penalty but the spot kick was spurned. Stratton then scored a third to put the game beyond AFC Swindon, but AFC were denied a consolation goal on the night when they hit the bar late on. On target for Stratton were Mark Brimson, Jamie Garbutt with a penalty and last season’s top scorer Vince McMackin who scored his second goal in as many games.

Results


Monday 5 October

 Mid Wiltshire Division

 Amesbury Junior 2  FC Calne 1


Tuesday 6 October

 Mid Wiltshire Division

 Chippenham T Yard Dogs 1 St Andrews 2


 North Wiltshire Division

 AFC Swindon 0 Stratton Juniors 3

7 October 2020
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