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Wiltshire Senior League
 Veterans' Round-up
Another Busy Week
 It was another busy week of Veteran’s football with three league games played in both the Mid Wiltshire and North Wiltshire Veteran’s divisions plus the two fixtures to complete the First Round of the League Cup.

The two outstanding League Cup games both saw teams from different divisions up against each other. On Monday night at Green Lane Blunsdon from the North Wiltshire Division were up against Mid Wiltshire Division side Corsham Town. It was the Mid Wiltshire Division side who came out on top in a close encounter, goals from Liam Brunker and substitute Jonathan Scott securing a 2-1 win which saw Corsham progress to the Second Round, Jamie Saunders with the Blunsdon goal. Corsham will be at home to Trowbridge Town Tigers in the Second Round with the draw having been made by League General Secretary Jim Thorn and Registration Secretary Brian Busson.

The other outstanding First Round cup game again saw a cross-divisional clash between Amesbury Junior Badgers from the Mid Wiltshire Division and Chiseldon from the North Wiltshire Division. Whilst the previous nights cup game had been a close game this one witnessed a comfortable win with Chiseldon progressing to the last 16 of the competition courtesy of a 9-1 win. Star of the show was Chiseldon’s prolific Richie Miles who helped himself to seven goals on the night to take his total for the season to an impressive 19 goals, the other Chiseldon goals coming from Godfrey Chisanga and Dean Hughes, Lee Bates with the Amesbury consolation goal. Chiseldon will now meet Redhouse in the Second Round. The complete First Round results and the full draw for the Second Round is shown below:
The majority of the Second Round games will be scheduled for week commencing 9th January 2023.
The league games in the Mid Wiltshire Division this week saw Melksham Town have the opportunity to extend their lead at the top of the table after FC Calne’s game against Devizes Town had to be postponed due to floodlight maintenance at MOD Lyneham. Melksham took full advantage on Monday night, securing a 4-2 home win over Trowbridge Town Tigers thanks to goals from Lee Morgan, Rob Cousins, Simon Charity and Kris Beasley, Luke Mattravis and leading scorer Clifford Sakyi replying for Trowbridge Tigers.
 
The same night Westbury United travelled to Radstock Town looking to return to winning ways after suffering two league defeats on the bounce. Radstock have yet to win in the league and have found goals hard to come by with just one in their opening five league games. However, they have also been pretty solid in defence with just seven goals conceded in those five games. With Westbury having hit 14 the previous week against Stratton Juniors Black in the cup that defensive effectiveness looked like it might be subject to a severe test. Once again though Radstock made it very difficult for their opponents and a solitary goal from Westbury’s leading scorer Philip Hampson was all that separated the two sides. The win for Westbury saw them climb a place in the table to sixth spot.

Westbury United Vets who were 1-0 winners against Radstock Town (picture courtesy of Martin Pearce)

The final game in the Mid Wiltshire Division was on Tuesday night at Green Lane where Chippenham Town, who started the night in second place in the table, were looking to extend an eight game unbeaten run. Their visitors were Bradford Town who were also on a good run, unbeaten in four and having won their last three. Last season’s runners-up and County Cup winners Bradford showed that they are once again going to be in the mix for honours this season with an impressive 3-0 win to bring Chippenham’s unbeaten run to an end. Nicholas Ross led the way scoring twice with Mark Robinson also getting on the score sheet. The win lifted Bradford Town up to second place in the table, moving above their defeated opponents, and they remain five points behind leaders Melksham but with two games in hand.
There were also three league games played in the North Wiltshire Division. On Tuesday night at New College two goals from Andrew King plus further strikes from Paul Stonehouse and Anderson saw Swindon Old Boys secure a 4-1 win over AFC Swindon, Jason Walsh with the consolation goal for AFC Swindon. Swindon Old Boys temporarily moved up to second place in the table but were to be displaced the next night by Cricklade Town.

It was a repeat of last season’s league cup final when Cricklade Town met Swindon Rovers at the Coronium Stadium. That cup final had required extra time to decide matters and it was once again a tight affair settled in the end by a solitary goal scored by Cricklade Town’s Mike Sloan. The win saw Cricklade go back second in the table but they remain six points behind the leaders Redhouse who were also in action on the same night and picked up a big win. That win for Redhouse saw them score seven unanswered goals against Stratton Juniors Black. Both Sean O’Brien and Fred Galrito bagged a brace with one apiece for Marc Connolly, Michael Lichota and James Turpie in the 7-0 win.

Redhouse who maintained their 6 point lead at top of the North Wiltshire Division with a 7-0 win over Stratton Juniors Black

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Leading Scorers

18 November 2022
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