This week there was limited league action in the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League Veterans’ divisions with eight sides involved in the outstanding First Round games in the Wiltshire FA’s Veterans’ County Cup. Just three league matches took place.

On Monday evening Bradford Town picked up their biggest win of the season with a 6-0 triumph over Trowbridge Tigers. By scoring six goals they moved level not only on points with Corsham Town in third place in the table but also goal difference. Pete Ayrton and Sam Gooding both scored their first goals of the season, both bagging a brace, and there was also two more goals for Kane Scott who moved onto three for the season.

The one game on Tuesday evening at New College in the North Division saw Redhouse look to maintain their 100% winning record and move level on points with KMLC at the top of the table with a win against Swindon Rovers. Swindon Rover’s last game before lockdown had seen them defeat Royal Wootton Bassett Town in the Wiltshire Veteran’s Cup and they were looking to maintain that winning feeling after the long break. However, the Redhouse side proved too strong on the night recording their biggest win of the season so far, 7-2 the final score. Chris Hughes fired a hat-trick, with David Rendle and Michael Lichota both scoring twice, Richard Miles and Damian Gwazeni replying for Swindon Rovers. The win saw Redhouse join KMLC at the top of the table and whilst they have an inferior goal difference they have a game in hand over their main rivals for the title.

A summary of the final league game between Marlborough Town and Melksham Town on Thursday night is shown below, after the round-up of the Wiltshire FA’s Veterans’ County Cup which saw First Round wins for Melksham Town, Corsham Town, FC Calne and Marlborough Town.

On Monday night at the InfiLED Stadium Mid Wiltshire Division leaders Melksham Town found themselves trailing to a Daniel Foster goal against St Andrews but responded with goals of their own from their usual source of Charlie Griffin and Steve Tweddle, with Thomas Stadden also netting, with his second time this season, as Melksham progressed to Round Two courtesy of a 3-1 win.

Corsham Town made light work of defeating Amesbury Junior who have had a tough run of fixtures since the restart after lockdown. Monday night’s encounter saw Simon Gray fire a hat-trick for Corsham, taking his total to seven for the season, Adam Taylor scored twice and there was a first of the season for Chris Jones as Corsham ran out 6-0 winners on the night.

FC Calne also join Corsham and Melksham in the Second Round of the County Cup after a 4-1 win against Chippenham Yard Dogs on the same night, amongst the goal scorers for FC Calne were Adam O’Keeffe, Tristan Garland and Kieran McLauglin.

The final game in the First Round of the County Cup competition took place on Tuesday evening and saw Marlborough Town join the other seven sides in the draw for Round Two with a 4-0 win over AFC Swindon from the North Division. Craig Wall led the way with a hat-trick, taking his total for the season to eight, Anthony Clark with the other goal for Marlborough. Marlborough’s win means that there will be five representatives from the Mid Wiltshire Division in the last eight, all of whom are in the top six in the league table, with three from the North Division, including the current top two KMLC and Redhouse.

The full summary of the First Round results is shown below along with details of the Second Round draw, which was made by the Wiltshire FA today. The tie of the round looks to be the one which sees Redhouse, the unbeaten joint-leaders of the North Wiltshire Division take on Melksham Town, the league leaders of the Mid Wiltshire Division, who are also unbeaten. Dates and times for these games will be advised in due course.

Wiltshire FA Veterans’ County Cup             

Season 2020-21               

First Round         

Chippenham T YD  1 FC Calne 4

Corsham Town  6 Amesbury Junior 0

KMLC  3 Bradford Town 1

Marlborough Town 4 AFC Swindon 0

Melksham Town 3 St Andrews 1

Redhouse 4 Stratton Juniors 2

Royal W. Bassett T 2 Swindon Rovers 4

Trowbridge Tigers 0 VFC Devizes 2

Second Round Draw

Marlborough Town Vets v Corsham Town Vets

VFC Devizes Vets v FC Calne Adults Veterans

Redhouse FC Vets v Melksham Town FC Vets

Swindon Rovers FC Vets v KMLC Vets

After their cup wins earlier in the week, Marlborough Town and Melksham Town met in the Mid Wiltshire Division on Thursday night. In a hard-fought contest Marlborough Town became the first side this season to take points off Melksham Town as the two sides drew 1-1. League leaders Melksham went ahead on nine minutes, the leading scorer in the two Veterans’ divisions, Charlie Griffin, with the goal. Marlborough drew level on 19 minutes, the ball was deflected to Marlborough's winger and his cross was met by Craig Wall who headed home for his ninth of the season to make it 1-1. It remained all square at the break. Whilst Melksham were on top for most of the second half, a combination of some resolute defending and missed chances meant Marlborough held on and became the first side to avoid being beaten by Melksham this season. Following tonight’s draw, Melksham are now three points clear at the top but VFC Devizes have a game in hand, whilst Marlborough climb to fifth spot in the table.

Next Week's Fixtures

Mid Wiltshire Division

Monday 19th April 2021

Corsham Town v Chippenham T Yard Dogs

Melksham Town v St Andrews

Amesbury Junior v VFC Devizes



Tuesday 20th April 2021

Trowbridge Tigers v Marlborough Town

North Wiltshire Division

Tuesday 20th April 2021

Royal W. Bassett Town v Swindon Rovers