Wiltshire Senior League

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Wiltshire Senior League

Joint Leaders Both Pick up

Maximum Points in Busy week

Shrivenham U18's who picked up 6 points from their 2 games this week (picture courtesy of Mike Wray)

Another busy week of games in the Under 18 Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League saw both the joint leaders in action on Monday and both were winners on the night.

Chippenham Town, whose pitch is unavailable, played their third consecutive home game on their opponents ground due to excellent co-operation between the two clubs to enable the fixtures to get played. All three games that have been switched have now been won by Chippenham as they secured a 4-1 win over Pewsey Vale, returning to winning ways after last week’s defeat at Melksham. David Moor-Bardell led the way with a couple of goals as he took his total for the season to six, the other two coming courtesy of Eduardo Silva and leading scorer Dylan Jones, who moved onto seven for the season. Pewsey's response was scored by Dylan Young from a free kick.

The same night Shrivenham recorded their biggest win of the season against visitors New College, scoring eight times with just the solitary consolation goal for New College from their leading scorer Sam Morse. Star of the show was Shrivenham’s Kieran Sutton who helped himself to five goals to move level with Tyger Hall as Shrivenham's leading scorer. The other three Shrivenham goals on the night came courtesy of Kai Richardson, who is in a rich vein of scoring form having scored in three of the last four games, Beyazit Durdu and James Hirst. The win saw Shrivenham move onto twenty points as they matched Chippenham Town stride for stride with each having four games to play.

The two sides met again on Thursday night at New College’s ground at Swindon Supermarine and this time round it was a much closer affair, although Shrivenham once again came out on top in a 6-3 win to make it a maximum six points out of six for the week. Kai Richardson continued his impressive goal scoring record of late with a hat-trick for Shrivenham, Kieron Sutton and James Hirst were also once again on the score sheet, with the other goal coming from Matthew Slevin with his first of the season. New College’s scorers in reply were Michael Friend, who bagged a brace, and Ari Filho with his second of the season.

Also making it six points out of six ahead of next Thursday’s big encounter with Shrivenham were the other joint leaders Chippenham Town. They were made to work really hard for the three points though by a Radstock Town side who fell to only their second defeat of the season. Once again this was a “home” game for Chippenham played at their opponents ground as they maintained that sequence of victories on borrowed grounds. It was all square at the break with neither side finding the net, but the decisive goal came after the interval, Matt Robinson becoming the 21^st different goal scorer for Chippenham Town in the U18 Division this season to secure a hard fought 1-0 win over a good Radstock side. So, both Shrivenham and Chippenham now go into next week’s encounter at Barrington Park with identical records for a match which could well decide who will win the U18 Division this season.

Melksham Town have had a strange season so far but Colby Cain’s side look like they intend ending it on a high. They started the campaign with three straight wins before a mid-season blip saw them lose five on the bounce. They have, however, returned to that early season form, winning all of their last three to sit third in the table with just three games to play. Their latest win came in their final home game of the season at the InfiLED against FC Chippenham, a 3-2 success avenging a 3-0 defeat against the same opponents back in October. The defeat for FC Chippenham on Thursday was a serious blow to their title chances, although if they win their four games in hand they can still move to within a point of the joint leaders, although their destiny is no longer in their own hands. On target for Melksham in their latest success were Olly Clarke, Cameron Pearce and Jaiden Pearce, Charlie Morgan and Louie Lang with the FC Chippenham goals.

Royal Wootton Bassett Town recorded their biggest win of the season at home against Pewsey Vale on Thursday night. When the sides had met just over a fortnight ago it had been a tight affair with Royal Wootton Bassett just edging it by the odd goal in five. It was a different story in the return fixture as a storming first half saw Royal Wootton Bassett Town 6-0 up at the break. Harry Farrow fired in a hat-trick, Thomas Pitt scored a brace of penalties and James Johnson also found the net in an impressive first half showing. Credit to Pewsey who did not give up and had a much better second half, limiting the home side to just two goals, including a third penalty of the night, and scoring one of their own. Royal Wootton Bassett Town's scorers in the second half were Tom Warren and Mike Gilder, Pewsey's goal came from Dylan Young, for the second time this week he fired in from a free kick. The win lifted Royal Wootton Bassett Town a couple of places in the table into fourth spot. All the goals from this game can be watched using the link below.

29-04-2021 Royal W. Bassett Town v

Pewsey Vale (U18 Div)