Ladies Premier Division

There were just two games played in the Premier Division on Sunday with league leaders Bemerton Heath Harlequins involved in FA Cup action. Unfortunately, their interest in this prestigious national competition was ended when they fell to a heavy defeat at the hands of South West Regional Women’s Football League Premier Division side Sherborne Town, Bemerton conceding ten goals as they fell to a 10-0 defeat. There was consolation for them though in the £750 they picked up by way of prize money from participating in the Second Round Qualifying.  

With Bemerton playing the FA Cup game, Highworth Town took full advantage to move three points clear at the top of the table with a big win over struggling Durrington. Durrington have lost all of their players from last season and are in a re-build phase, with a group of players taking their first steps in Women’s football but credit to them for fulfilling their fixtures and they will definitely improve as the season progresses. Leading scorers Lauren Bulley and Bethany Harris were once again amongst the goals for Highworth, both scoring double hat-tricks, Keeley Corcoran, Lucy March and Kirran Sanghera all bagged a brace, with further goals from Katy Edwards and Erin Pearce. For Durrington, after a tough set of fixtures to start the season, their next three games see them up against sides who are also currently still looking for their first points of the season.

The other game played in the Premier Division on Sunday saw Kingsdown make it three wins in a row with a 5-3 victory over Calne Town. Whilst Calne have lost all four of their games so far this season, there has never been more than two goals in it in each of their fixtures and those first points of the season cannot be too far away. Siobhan Peplow led the way for Kingsdown grabbing a hat-trick to double her tally for the season, with Charlotte Chandler getting the other two Kingsdown goals. In reply for Calne Town, Cerys Jones bagged her fourth goal of the season with both Abbie Pickett and Ellie Hamill registering their first Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League goals.

The game between Swindon Supermarine and AFC Brislington was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and FC Chippenham were unable to raise a side for their trip to Westbury Youth and will become the first Ladies game needing to be discussed at the next League Discipline Meeting.

This coming Sunday sees league leaders Highworth Town away at Calne Town as Calne's tough run of fixtures to open the season continues. They have been competitive in all their games so far this season but have yet to get their first points on the board but have another tough encounter with the visit of Highworth who have won all four of their games so far and are looking serious title contenders, even at this early stage of the season.

Second placed Bemerton Heath Harlequins will look to bounce back from that heavy defeat in the FA Cup when they entertain a much improved Kingsdown side, who go into the game on the back of those three straight wins that see them sit third in the table level on points with Sunday's opponents.

Melksham Town will look to maintain their 100% winning start to the season when they travel to the outskirts of Bristol to take on AFC Brislington who have also had a good start to the season with two wins in their opening three games.

At the other end of the table Durrington and FC Chippenham will go in search of their first points of the season, whilst Westbury Youth will also be looking to get their season up and running in terms of points accumulated when they host Swindon Supermarine in a game reversed due to pitch maintenance issues at Supermarine.

Ladies Development Division

Whilst all four games started in the Ladies Development Division on Sunday only three would go the full duration. The game between two of the unbeaten sides, Marlborough Town and South Newton & Barford Hornets was unfortunately abandoned on 40 minutes due to a heavy downpour that flooded the pitch. The score at the time of the abandonment was 0-0 and the game will now be restaged on Sunday 9^th February. 

The three games that did get completed resulted in Trowbridge Wanderers taking over at the top of the table following a 5-0 away win at Ferndale Rodbourne. Megan Keast put Wanderers ahead in the very first minute of the game but that was to be the only goal of the opening half. Trowbridge Wanderers stepped up their game after the break with Lily May Baldy doubling their lead ten minutes into the second half. Tilly Dunnery then added a third 20 minutes from time to make sure of the points and two goals in the final ten minutes, one from Bethany Woodman, followed by a second of the game for Baldy, completed the 5-0 win.

After last week’s defeat at the hands of Trowbridge Wanderers, Malmesbury Victoria returned to winning ways with a 5-2 victory over Kingsdown Development. On target for Malmesbury were Karen Marshall who netted twice, Emma Sharpe, Laura Deacon and substitute Clare Turner, with an own goal and one from Charley Moran in reply for Kingsdown. The win for Malmesbury saw them move second in the table a point behind Trowbridge Wanderers.

The final game in the Division was at Salisbury where the home side picked up their second win of the season defeating Staverton Rangers thanks to two goals from Nicole Kirkman and one from Angela Collins in a game played in front of a sizeable crowd. The win for Salisbury sees them sit fourth in the table, level on points with Marlborough Town and three points behind leaders Trowbridge.

This coming Sunday league leaders Trowbridge Wanderers are at home to Blunsdon and will look to maintain their unbeaten start to the season. Second placed Malmesbury Victoria are away to South Newton and Barford Hornets, whilst third placed Marlborough Town are away at Staverton Rangers. The final game is a local derby affair in Swindon when Kingsdown Dev host Ferndale Rodbourne. 

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24 September 2024