North Wiltshire Division

There are new leaders in the North Wiltshire Veterans’ Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League following this week’s round of games, with Nationwide taking over at the top of the table after Cricklade Town dropped their first points of the season on Tuesday night at New College. On a night when goals were in short supply across the two games in the North Division, Cricklade Town were held to a 0-0 draw by Chiseldon. With leading scorer TJ Bohane absent Cricklade were unable to find a way through a resolute Chiseldon defence and had to settle for a point against an improving Chiseldon side who are now unbeaten in four games in all competitions.

There was a shortage of goals in the other game played on Tuesday in the North at Moredon between Penhill United and AFC Swindon. This game was also without a goal at half time but a strike from Penhill’s Daniel Hiscocks midway through the second half was enough to give his side all three points which saw his side up to sixth place ahead of Wednesday and Thursday night’s games.

On a freezing cold Wednesday night at Moredon, Royal Wootton Bassett Town picked up their fourth win of the season with a 3-1 win over bottom of the table FS Swindon. Two goals from Sam Collier plus one from Josh Connolly did the damage for Royal Wootton Bassett Town, Daniel Stroud with the FS Swindon goal.

The same night saw the big game at the top of the table at the Gerard Buxton Ground between league leaders Redhouse and Nationwide who started the night in third place in the table. Nationwide had the better of things in the early exchanges and tested Redhouse keeper Stewart Thompson on a couple of occasions. Nationwide finally found a way past the Redhouse keeper on ten minutes, a powerful run down the left by Paul Stonehouse saw him check inside and then curl a shot from just outside the area into the far corner of the net for 1-0 to Nationwide. Whilst Nationwide continued to have the better of things that was to be the only goal of the first half. Five minutes into the second half Nationwide doubled their lead. A ball into the box from the right found Adam Rudman and the Nationwide leading scorer fired past Thompson from close range to make it 2-0. Redhouse went close to pulling one back from a free kick that went just over and then went close again when Nationwide gave the ball away on the edge of their own box, but it was to be a night when the normally potent Redhouse strike force drew a blank as Nationwide won 2-0. The win for Nationwide saw them move clear at the top of the table, one point clear of their beaten opponents with a game in hand, with Cricklade three points behind but with a game in hand over Nationwide. Due to cup fixtures, Nationwide and Cricklade are now not set to meet each other until March. Your Sport Swindon were at the game with their cameras and subscribers can view the highlights by clicking on the link below or accessing the game via the link on the Your Sport Swindon page of the League Website where you can also find links to all the other games that have been covered by Your Sport Swindon across the various divisions.

The final game of the week in the North Wiltshire Division was on Thursday night at Moredon where ExIntel, who started the night in seventh place in the table, took on Swindon Rovers who started the night in fifth place and who were looking to move level on points with Cricklade if they could secure their fifth win in seven games.

Mid Wiltshire Division

The action in the Mid Wiltshire Division got underway on Monday night at Selwood Academy where the divisional leaders at the start of the week, Trowbridge Town Tigers entertained Warminster Town. Last season’s top scorer for Warminster, James Vincent, has been absent in the first few months of the season but had scored in both games since his return and he was once again amongst the goals in his third game back, scoring both goals for Warminster in a 2-0 win that saw his side move joint fifth in the table. After a difficult start to the season Warminster are now unbeaten in their last four league games.

Tuesday night’s game at Green Lane saw plenty of goals as Chippenham Town and Westbury United  shared six goals and the points following a 3-3 draw. Wayne Wheller scored twice for Westbury with Peter Sturman getting their other goal, James Weston, Darren Chitty and Robert Burton with the goals in reply for Chippenham Town.

The following night, with Trowbridge having dropped points on Monday night, Durrington had the chance to move level on points with the league leaders with a win against struggling Amesbury Junior Badgers. A dominant first half saw Durrington score four times and a further goal after the break rounded off a good night for Durrington who maintained their perfect start to the season in the league with their fifth straight win. There were two more goals for Jesse Walters to take his total for the season to six in all competitions, also moving onto six for the campaign was Ben Reilly, with the other two goals being scored by Craig Lewis and Shaune Smith.

On Friday night Devizes Town were involved in a local derby game against near neighbours Bishops Cannings at Green Lane. A sixth successive win for Devizes would see them move level at the top of the table with Durrington and Trowbridge Town Tigers and whilst it was mission accomplished in the end, they had to work hard for the three points against their local rivals, with the game decided by three goals in a minute minute spell in the second half. 0-0 at the break Bishops Cannings went in front on 33 minutes, Adam Bewley with his sixth goal of the season. The lead did not last long though as two minutes later Devizes were back on level terms thanks to an own goal. There was to be one more goal and it came within three minutes of the equaliser, Devizes' leading scorer Rhys Schell firing home for his 12th of the campaign with what proved to be the winner.  That is now six wins in six matching Durrington's record with the two sides with the perfect records not set to meet each other until the first week of January.  David Giles was at the game with his camera and more of Davis's excellent pictures can be found on the Devizes Town website which can also be accessed from a link on the League Facebook Page.

Warminster Town were back in action on Friday night when they hosted Calne Town in the one outstanding league cup tie. It was to prove to be a good night for the home side as they hit five goals without reply to book their passage into the Second Round where they will be away to Melksham Town. The full details of all the results in the First Round of the League Cup and the Second Round draw is shown below:

With Storm Bert having decimated the weekend programme in the league unfortunately not surprisingly the two Vets' games scheduled for grass pitches on Monday night have already been postponed due to waterlogged pitches.

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24 November 2024