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Wiltshire Senior League
 Melksham Town Open Up 5
Point Lead With Late Winner
Mid Wiltshire Division leaders Melksham Town opened up a five-point lead at the top of the table on a cold Tuesday night with a narrow 1-0 win over a much-improved Amesbury Junior Badgers side. Melksham left it very late to claim all three points, Simon Charity scorer the winner with the very last kick of the game, taking his total for the season to eight.  Melksham may have a five point lead over Bradford Town but Bradford have two games in hand and that late goal by Charity on Tuesday night could be very important come the end of the season. Whilst Melksham were securing that win three of the chasing pack all dropped points in the other two games played in the Mid Wiltshire Division.

On Monday night Devizes Town, who started the night in fourth place in the table, entertained third placed Westbury United at Green Lane in the first meeting of the season between the two sides. The resulting 1-1 draw saw both teams lose ground on Melksham, a 12th goal of the season from Rhys Schell for Devizes, and a goal six minutes from time for Westbury from leading scorer Wayne Wheeler, as it finished honours even. 

The following night, again at Green Lane, Chippenham Town were looking to go level on points with second placed Bradford Town with a win against Radstock Town. However, Radstock came into the game on the back of their first win of the season the previous week against Amesbury Junior and were looking to make it two games unbeaten for the first time this season. Come ten o’clock it was mission accomplished as they limited Chippenham to a solitary goal, scored by Matthew Hooper and scored one of their own through Carl Mackness. The point for Radstock was enough to lift them out of the bottom two, moving above Amesbury Junior Badgers on goal difference. With bottom of the table Trowbridge Tigers to come on Monday night they will be looking to extend that run to three games.
The two games in the North Wiltshire Division this week produced ten goals between them. On Tuesday night at New College, Royal Wootton Bassett Town looked to be coasting against Swindon Old Boys thanks to goals from Stephen Yeardley, Mark Simpkins and Ben Gould but Old Boys came back strongly and replies from Joe Anderson and Ben Keating meant there were a few nervous moments at the end for Royal Wootton Bassett Town before they made certain of the three points. The win saw them move above Cricklade Town on goal difference and into second spot in the table. All of the top three have lost just one league game all season in what is shaping up to be another exciting title race in the North Wiltshire Veterans’ Division.

Stephen Yeardley (picture courtesy of Carlos Green) and Ben Gould who both scored in Royal Wootton Bassett Town's 3-2 win over Swindon Old Boys

The final game of the week was on Wednesday night, and it saw another five goals scored as Chiseldon secured a 4-1 win over Blunsdon. The leading scorer in the two Veterans’ Divisions, Richie Miles, was once again amongst the goals scoring twice for Chiseldon with James Lovell also bagging a brace Tyrone Spencer replying for Blunsdon.

Next week sees two of the four outstanding games in the Second Round of the League Cup set to be played with FC Calne from the Mid Wiltshire Division up against North Wiltshire Division side Swindon Rovers and the all North Wiltshire Division tie between Chiseldon and Redhouse.

League Tables

Leading Scorers

Results and Next Week's Fixtures

19 January 2023
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