North Wilts Division
The It was a good week for the leading sides in both of the two Veterans’ Divisions of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League.
In the North Wiltshire Division, the top three all picked up three points from this week’s fixtures, although in the case of league leaders Redhouse they were gifted the points by Stratton Juniors who became the first side in the North Wiltshire Division to fail to raise a side this season.
The action in the division had got underway on Tuesday night and the two games saw big wins for both the title chasing sides, Nationwide and Cricklade Town. Nationwide entertained AFC Swindon at New College and made a blistering start scoring twice in the opening three minutes through Adam Rudman, his 11th of the season, and Paul Stonehouse. Whilst AFC Swindon quickly pulled one back through their leading scorer Andrew Copland, there was to be no comeback as further first half goals from Neil Snow and Antony Quant put Redhouse in a commanding position at half time. Three unanswered goals in the second half for Nationwide completed a comfortable 7-1 win that saw them remain within two points of leaders Redhouse but still with those two games in hand.
The same night Cricklade Town were away to Swindon Rovers at Moredon and, despite missing a few of their regular players, also had a comfortable night running out 6-1 winners. The division’s leading scorer TJ Bohane was once again amongst the goals scoring four to take his total for the season onto 23. The other two goals for Cricklade were scored by Stuart Hughes and Adam Smith, Tim Hughes with the consolation goal for Swindon Rovers. Your Sport Swindon were at the game with their camera and subscribers can view highlights by clicking on the link below or using the link on the Your Sport Swindon page of the League Website where all other games in the league covered by Your Sport Swindon can also be accessed.
On Wednesday night there was a close encounter at the Gerard Buxton Sports Ground where Royal Wootton Bassett Town entertained Penhill United. Two goals from Penhill’s Peter Myall, with just one in reply for Royal Wootton Bassett Town, saw Penhill record their fifth win of the season to move above their beaten opponents into fifth spot in the league table.
The final game of the week in the North Wiltshire Division was on Thursday night at Moredon and it saw an improving Chiseldon side register their second league win of the season with a 6-1 victory over FS Swindon to close the gap to the sides immediately above them in the table. On target for Chiseldon were Adam O’Keeffe who scored twice, Richie Miles, Sean O’Brien, Shaun Smith and Barry Cleminson, Calum Dunn with the solitary reply for FS Swindon.
It was also a good week for the leading sides in the Mid Wiltshire Division with both Devizes Town and Melksham Town maintaining their unbeaten starts to the season in the league and Durrington returning to winning ways after their first defeat of the season against Melksham Town last week.
At MOD Lyneham on Monday night Devizes Town made it eight wins from their opening eight league fixtures with a narrow 2-1 away win over Calne Town. Two early first half goals from Josh Brigham put Devizes ahead at the break but Calne came back at them in the second half and pulled one back through Chris Robinson but were unable to find an equaliser as Devizes held out to return with all three points.
The same night Melksham Town maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 5-1 home success over Bishops Cannings at the Oakfield Stadium. Gary Higdon led the way for Melksham scoring twice to take his total for the season into double figures, with further Melksham goals from coming through Ian Dowell, Tom Robinson and Luke Turvey.
Durrington maintained their title challenge with their seventh win in eight league fixtures, the only reverse so far being that defeat last week at Melksham. Their latest win came on Tuesday night at Green Lane where goals from Stephen Moore, Shaune Smith, Jesse Walters and Craig Appleby secured a 4-2 win over Chippenham Town, Robert Burton and Craig Fisher with the Chippenham goals.
Two fixtures were scheduled for Friday night but in the end just one was to go ahead, Westbury United being unable to raise a side for their home fixture with Calne Town gifting Calne the three points. The one game that did go ahead as at Warminster Town where the home side returned to winning ways with a 4-0 win over Amesbury Junior Badgers.
This coming week sees five games in the Second Round of the League Cup with there also being two league games in the North Wiltshire Division. In addition there is one re-arranged County Veterans’ Cup game between Bishops Cannings and Westbury United which is being re-staged after it was abandoned due to an injury with Bishops Cannings leading 3-0 at the time and Westbury down to ten men.
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16 December 2024
