Ladies Premier Division
The heavy rain last week put paid to a couple of Sunday's fixtures in the Ladies Premier Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League, with one game also being postponed with Durrington unable to raise a side due to injuries and illness in their camp. In the end just two games went ahead in the division. The first saw AFC Brislington move level on points with second placed Highworth Town thanks to a 6-0 away win at FC Chippenham. Emily Plummer led the way for the visitors, scoring twice to double her tally for the season, with further goals from Jasmine Pither, Libby Sims, Neave Sparks and substitute Kia Houghton as Brislington made it five wins and two defeats from their opening seven games.
The second game played on Sunday was at Westbury where Westbury Youth entertained Calne Town who were looking to build on their first win of the season in their last outing against FC Chippenham. It was objective achieved for Calne, as a goal in each half from Sophie Shine led them to a 2-1 victory, Sarah Cross with the Wetsbury goal 20 minuted from time.
Ladies Development Division
The impact of the wet weather was even worse in the Development Division with just the one game surviving. That game was at Moredon where Ferndale Rodbourne were able to utilise the 3G pitch to ensure that their fixture with Salisbury went ahead. Unfortunately for Ferndale they were unable to build on last week's win against Staverton Rangers and fell to a 4-0 defeat, Salisbury scoring twice in each half to secure the three points. There were two goals for Phoebe Spanswick and one apiece for Barbara Brown and Hannah Owen as Salisbury picked up their third win of the season to move fourth in the table, ahead of South Newton and Barford Hornets on goal difference.
League Knockout Cup
Next week sees a break in fixtures due to half-term with the action getting back underway on Sunday 3rd November with the League Cup, with four games in both the Preliminary Round and the First Round of the competition.
In the Preliminary Round, Marlborough Town from the Development Division will look to create a cup upset when they take on Premier Division side Melksham Town. The other three Preliminary Round ties see teams from the same division up against each other. There is an all Premier Division clash at Brislington where AFC Brislington are at home to Westbury Youth. When the sides met in the league, AFC Brislington ran out 7-1 winners and will start as favourites to progress in the cup. The Preliminary Round is completed by two all Development Division clashes, Malmesbury Vics are home to South Newton & Barford Hornets, looking to avenge the narrow 5-4 defeat they suffered at the hands of the Hornets in the league. The final tie of the round sees Salisbury at home to Staverton Rangers who Salisbury defeated 3-0 when they met in the league and will be looking to complete a league and cup double over their opponents.
The four First Round ties see three games involving just Premier Division sides. Swindon Supermarine will start as firm favourites against Durrington, having defeated Durrington 9-0 in the opening game of the season in the league. It should be a close affair between Kingsdown and Highworth Town, the two sides again having met on the opening day of the season in a game that saw Highworth just edge it by the odd goal in three. The other all Premier Division tie sees Calne Town at home to FC Chippenham. Calne will go into the game in confident mood having defeated FC Chippenham 4-0 in the league just a fortnight ago. The final tie of the day in the First Round, which looks to be the tie of the round, sees the Development Division league leaders Trowbridge Wanderers looking to cause a cup upset against the leaders of the Premier Division, Bemerton Heath Harlequins.
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22 October 2024
