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Bank Holiday Monday & Midweek
Premier Division
For the second successive match, a Witney town striker hit four goals in a match. Following on from James Dobson’s four – timer on Saturday, Conor McDonagh weighed in with four in Witney’s 6-3 win at Abingdon Town. Not to be outdone, Dobson snatched another two goals. Nathan Brown, Tom Larman and Josh Beech all scored as Abingdon put up a brave second half fight back. A seven goal thriller saw Ardley United narrowly defeat Kidlington. Steve Howkins with two, Jason Costello and Carl Standen were the Ardley scorers. Zac McEachran, Jordan Parker and Dalton were on target for Kidlington. Shrivenham hit six past bottom club Reading Town. Josh Fowler made a miraculous recovery from a suspected broken leg in last week’s fixture against Holyport to score four, much to Reading Town’s chagrin. Ryan Wilkinson and Greg Higgs scored further goals whilst Omar Mohamed and Tristram Dennis replied for Reading Town. Cheltenham Saracens overcame Thame United 4-2 with two goals from Lorcan Sheehan, and a goal each from Ethan Moore and Nick Hill. Cameron Lagan and Nik Rhodes scoring for Thame. Flackwell Heath recorded a good 3-1 win over neighbours Marlow. Louis Cordice with two goals and John Isaac were on target for Flackwell with Phillip John scoring the Marlow goal. Holyport slumped 1-3 at home to Highmoor Ibis for whom Callum Gallimore, Liam Ferdinand and Mitchell Parker all scored. Jamie Handscomb got a late goal for Holyport. Leaders Slimbridge were held at home 1-1 by Newbury who have quietly crept into third place. Ray Spence scored for Newbury with Tom Speers getting a late equaliser for Slimbridge. Wokingham & Emmbrook went nap putting five last season’s champions Oxford City Nomads without reply. Matthews Jones opened the scoring and further goals followed from Sam Duffelen, Dan Bateman, Elliott Rushforth and Callum Eagle.
One West
Clanfield left it very late to beat Fairford Town with an 89th minute winner from Ben Williams. Earlier Blaine Fitzgerald had put Fairford in front with Sean McKeon equalising for Clanfield. Old Woodstock Town beat the rejuvenated Carterton 2-0 with goals from Jack Quainton andJames Lambert. For the second time in this fledgling season, Purton lost a local derby by the odd goal ( an own goal!). On this occasion Purton went down 2-3 to Cricklade Town. Cricklade scorers were Jack Allan, Dean Hughes and an own goal. Steve Avenall scored both Purton Goals. Wootton Bassett continued their good early season form with a 2-1 win over reigning One West Champions, Tytherington Rocks. Regular scorer, Mark Barnes scored both of Bassett’s goals with Joe White replying for the visitors.
One East
Division One East new boys AFC Hinksey went down to the odd goal in seven to Easington Sports for whom Ben Milner with two, Niall Higgins and Terry Fitton were all on target. Hinksey’s scorers were Sean Flaherty, Julian McCalman and Jelroy Constant. Henley Town registered their first goal of the season through Jason Belgrave against Chalfont Wasps but sadly shipped another five with Tom Seddon scoring twice for The Wasps with further goals scored by Marc Holt, Mark Stack and Fred Tripp. Chinnor travelled to Milton Utd and came away 4-0 winners with two goals from Adam Stallwood, and a goal each from Ryan Chapman and Mark Jones. Thatcham Town Reserves beat Didcot Town Reserves 2-0 with goals from Tom Mahoney and Lee Hamilton.
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25 August
FA Cup Preliminary Round with Budweiser
At the time of writing, four Uhlsport Hellenic clubs had successfully fought their way through to the 1st Qualifying round of the FA Cup. Wootton Bassett went through on Friday evening beating Hamworthy 1-0 courtesy of a goal from Mark Barnes. Bracknell Town beat fellow Hellenic side Shrivenham 2-0 with goals from Shane Cooper-Clarke and James Rogers. Marlow travelled to Fleet Town and ran out 2-0 winners with goals from Michael Bartley and Phillip John. Wantage Town made short work of Hartley Wintney winning 4-1 with goals from Tom Butler, Tom Rowe (2) and Brad Chalmers. There were heavy defeats for Abingdon Town 0-5 at Cinderford, Thame United 0-6 at North Leigh and Ardley United 2-6 at Newport Pagnell Town. Steve Howkins scored both Ardley goals. The match between Bishops Cleeve and Ascot United was abandoned after 88 minutes with the scored tied at 2-2. Torrential rain throughout the afternoon had rendered the pitch unfit for further play and frustratingly for Ascot, they will now have to return to Bishops Cleeve to start the match from scratch. Highworth Town are scheduled to play former Hellenic Premier side Shortwood Utd (Sunday 26th Aug) and hopefully will boost the League’s representation in the next round to five clubs.
Premier Division
With eight of the Premier Division clubs involved in FA Cup action over the course of the weekend, there were only five scheduled Premier Division fixtures. Witney Town beat Holyport 5-1 with striker James Dobson scoring four goals and a further goal scored by Nick Thorne. Jamie West got a goal back for Holyport from the penalty spot. Newbury having hit nine in midweek beat Kidlington 7-2, Ray Spence scored his second hat trick of the week with further goals coming from Kalief Madden (2), Barry Elmore and Ben McCready. Zac McEachran and Jack Johnson replied for Kidlington. Flackwell Heath beat Highmoor Ibis 4-2 with goals from James Pritchard (2), Adam Harman and Louis Cordice. Highmoor’s goals came from Ian Griffin and Mohamed Davies. Binfield and early season Division leaders, Slimbridge drew 1-1. The Binfield goal was an own goal and Stuart Gates was on target for Slimbridge. In the days only other Premier Division fixture, Oxford City Nomads and Cheltenham Saracens fought out a goal less draw.
One West
Brimscombe & Thrupp quickly got back to winning ways following their midweek defeat at the hands of Fairford Town. Brimscombe were made to work very hard for a 1-0 win by New College Swindon. Matt Green scored the only goal of the match. Fairford Town went down 0-2 at Old Woodstock Town for whom Dan Green and Murray Nicholls were on target. Purton travelled to Lydney Town and surprised their hosts winning 5-2 with goals from Jonathan Coole, Tom Cadden, Dave Gee, Ashley Gooch and Aaron Paprocki. Adam Price and Niall Halford scored for Lydney. Carterton Town beat near neighbours Clanfield with goals fron Chris Mills, Kris Redford and Michael Duerden. Chris Blakely replied for Clanfield. Cricklade Town beat Lambourn Sports 1-0 with a Ryan Thomas goal. Letcombe and Hook Norton fought out a 2-2 draw. Tom Stone scored both Letcombe goals with Richard Oakey and Jason Tillcock on target for Hook Norton. Tytherington Rocks recorded a comfortable 4-0 win over North Leigh Reserves with two goals apiece for Justin Bishop and Joe White
One East
Rayners Lane retained top spot in One East beating Maidenhead United 4-0 with the ever dependable strike force of Lawrence Yaku (3) and Ryan Upton scoring the goals. Easington Sports also hit four without reply against Chinnor with Andrew Parsons, Chris Kirby and Ben Milner (2) all on target.
Finchampstead put seven past Henley Town without reply. Leading the way with two goals each were Connor Allston and Harry Swabey. Further goals were scored by Richard Kell, Luke Axton-Hall and Harry Wright. Headington Amateurs and Woodley Town drew 1-1 with Craig Dean scoring for the home side and Darrel Fairbrother equalising for Woodley.
Thatcham Town travelled to Penn & Tylers Green and won 2-0 with goals from Carl Self and George Stirland. The match between Chalfont Wasps and Milton Utd was abandoned after 80 minutes due to a waterlogged pitch with the score at 1-0 in favour of Chalfont Wasps. This match will be re-scheduled to a new date
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Midweek
Premier Division
Midweek action commenced on Monday with unbeaten Marlow United travelling to face Binfield , whom themselves were coming off the back of a good weekend result. Marlow won 2-1 with goals from Jamie Piercy and Danny Lingwood. Ian Davies scored for Binfield. Tuesday saw a host of fixtures with early season leaders Slimbridge travelling to bottom club Reading Town and returning to Gloucestershire with three points following a 2-0 win with goals from Chris Fower and Shaun O’ Connor. Highworth got over their bad day at the office last Saturday by beating Cheltenham Saracens 4-1, whom themselves had hit seven in their previous match. Scorers for the Worthians were Bradley Clarke, Liam Williams and Richie Saunders (2). Ethan Moore replied for Saracens. Kidlington got their season up and running with their first win, defeating Flackwell Heath 2-1 with goals from Jordan Parker and Ryan Curtin (pen). Louis Cordice was on target for Flackwell Heath. Top goal scorers on the evening were Newbury, who trounced Abingdon Town 9-1. There were hat tricks for Ray Spence and Darren Jones, with other goals being scored by Jamie Green, Carl Jenner and Chris Collin. Tom Larman scored for Abingdon Town. Holyport put three past Shrivenham without reply with goals from Jamie West, Sam Jones and Stuart Butler, Ardley beat Thame United 2-1 with a late winner from Ben Thomas, Earlier on, Nik Rhodes had opened the scoring for Thame that was cancelled out by George Redknap. Ascot United recorded their first League win of the season with a narrow 1-0 win over Highmoor Ibis with David Hoar scoring the goal. Wantage Town kept in touch at the top of the table with a 4-1 win at Wokingham & Emmbrook. Tom Rowe (2), Richard Claydon and McMahon were on target for Wantage with Sam Duffelen scored for Wokingham & Embrook. In an eagerly awaited match, Oxford City Nomads were held 1-1 at home by Witney Town in front of a good attendance of 129, James Dobson opened the scoring for Witney from the penalty spot and Rhys Denton equalised for Nomads on the stroke of half time. Witney spurned the chance to bag all the points by missing a 2nd half penalty.
One West
Fairford Town became the first club in One West this season to lower the colours of the previously rampant Brimscombe and Thrupp. Fairford won the match with two 1st half goals from Dan Bailey and Nathan Gambling. Lee Pritchard pulled one back for Brimscombe in the 2nd half, but Fairford held on to go 4th in the table. Wootton Bassett took full advantage of the Brimscombe slip to go top with a 4-1 win over Clanfield. Steve Yeardley, Mark Barnes (2) and Liam Edmondson scored for Bassett with Steve Olphert scoring for Clanfield.
One East
Maidenhead United Reserves went joint top on points of Division One East with Rayners Lane having inflicted a first defeat of the season on Hellenic League newcomers AFC Hinksey in a seven goal thriller. Ashley Watson (2), Jonathon Hippolyte and Kyle Lucas all scored for Maidenhead with Marlon James and Aniclet Odihambo (2) on target for AFC Hinksey. Headington Amateurs were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Chinnor. Dan Stone scored very early on for Chinnor with Benji Cuff replying for Headington well into the second half. |
18 August
Premier Division
There were plenty of goals in Saturday’s Premier League action. Leading the way were Cheltenham Saracens who beat Highmoor Ibis 7-3. Ethan Moore (4) Jamie Hammond, Ben Griffiths and Jordan Bryan scored for Saracens with Liam Ferdinand (2) and Mitchell Parker replying for Highmoor. Marlow put five past Champions Oxford City Nomads, Phillip John with his second hat trick of the week, Mark Bartley and Chris Hatton scoring for Marlow. Adam Lovegrove scored for the Nomads. Binfield hit five without reply against Highworth Town. Scorers were Jos Millar, Callum Whitty, Ian Davies, Jemel Johnson and Sebastian Bowerman. Witney Town edged Wokingham & Embrook 3-2 with James Dobson (2) and Ryan Brooks scoring for Witney. Will Elgar and Luke Lee replying for Wokingham & Embrook. Abingdon Town got off the mark with a 3-1 win over Ascot United courtesy of goals from Tom Larman (2) and Dan Morgan. Ben Knight scored for Ascot. Flackwell Heath and Newbury drew 2-2. Adam Harman and John Isaac scoring for Flackwell and Callum Willmoth and Ray Spence replying for Newbury. Shrivenham and Kidlington met each other for the third time in a week with Shrivenham prevailing 1-0 through a Josh Fowler goal. Thame United beat Holyport 3-2 with goals from Connor Hayes, Alex Stewart and Luke Ricketts. Jamie West and Jamie Wright replied for Holyport. Wantage Town beat Reading Town 3-0 with goals scored by Richard Claydon, Tom Butler and Gavin Jones. On Friday evening Slimbridge ran out 3-0 winners over Ardley United with goals from Shaun O’Connor, Liam Harding and Karl Nash.
One West
Brimscombe & Thrupp recorded their third win of the week scoring their nineteenth goal in the process with a 7-1 trouncing of North Leigh Reserves. Lee Pritchard (2), Ben Snook, Adam Snook, Michael Beckingham and Craig Cole all got on the score sheet with Alfie Saunders netting for North Leigh from the penalty spot. Carterton beat Lambourn Sports 3-2 with goals from Mark Norridge, Michael Duerden and Lewis Brownhill. James Mandry and Matt Pedder replied for Lambourn. Wootton Bassett edged Fairford 4-3 in a seven goal thriller at Cinder Lane. Both sides traded own goals with dan Bailey and Nathan gambling scoring for Fairford with Matt Bown, Jack Ellis and Mark Barnes doing likewise for Bassett. Lydney Town’s good start to the season continued with a 3-1 win over Letcombe. On target for Lydney were Dan Clarke, Peter Macklin and Jacob Morgan. Adam Pendell scored a late consolation for Letcombe. Old Woodstock Town and Purton drew 2-2 with Danny Bone and Dan Green scoring for Woodstock and Richard Crocker and Steve Avenall replying for Purton. Similarly Tytherington Rocks were held 2-2 by Hook Norton. Stuart Nelson and Toby Colbourne scoring for Tytherington and Mark Dennis and Jason Tillcock scoring for Hook Norton
One East
The impressive start of AFC Hinksey in the Uhlsport Hellenic League continued with a 5-3 defeat of Woodley Town. Anaclet Odihambo with a hat trick and Jelroy Constant (2) scored the Hinksey goals with Ben Lyden, Matt Bennett and an own goal for Woodley. Bracknell Town went down 1-2 at home to Rayners Lane who have started the season well. Shane Cooper-Clark opened the scoring for Bracknell with Liam Hind and Lee Gardner scoring for Rayners Lane. Chalfont Wasps went down 1-2 at home also to Maidenhead United. Michael Wilson scored for Chalfont with Kyle Lucas and Jonathan Hippolyte scoring for Maidenhead. Easington Sports put four past Henley Town without reply with Niall Higgins scoring a hat trick and Andrew Parsons getting a goal. Milton United went down 3-5 in a high scoring game at The Heights to Headington Amateurs for whom Luke Cuff (hat trick) Neil Lockhart and Paul Hedger were on target. Milton’s goals were scored by Aaron Andrews, Steve Andrews and Declan Hartigan. Penn & Tylers Green and Finchampstead drew 2-2 with Chris Hurst and Liam Ratcliffe scoring for Penn & Tylers with Finchampstead’s Scott Hunter scoring both of their goals Chinnor beat Thatcham Town Reserves 3-0 with goals from Mark Jones and Dan Stone (2).
11 August
FACup Extra Preliminary Round
The opening Saturday of the season saw seventeen Uhlsport Hellenic sides in FA Cup action. The draw was particularly unkind and produced seven all Hellenic ties. From these ties Abingdon Town, Ardley United. Bracknell Town, Wantage Town and Thame United proceeded to the next round at the expense of Fairford Town, Holyport, Binfield, Old Woodstock Town, and Newbury respectively The matches between Witney Town and Marlow and Kidlington and Shrivenham will require replays this week to decide on who progresses. The previous evening saw Ascot United easily dispatch Sandhurst Town 6-1 with Ben Knight scoring four goals, The same evening saw Wootton Bassett Town beat Calne Town. Both of these matches had very good attendances in excess of 250, someway off however the 375 that attended the local derby between Bracknell Town and Binfield.
Premier Division
The only Premier Division game of the day saw last season’s champions Oxford City Nomads commence the defence of their title with a 4-2 win over newly promoted Highmoor Ibis. Jamie Mundy and Rhys Denton both scored twice for the Nomads whilst Aaron Parker and Adam Theophanides scored for Highmoor Ibis.
Division One West
Brimscombe & Thrupp picked up where they left off last season with a 6-1 win over Hook Norton. Lee Pritchard netted a hat trick. Ben Snook, Michael Beckingham and Matt Green were all on target with Dan Watkins scoring Hook’s sole reply. Carterton started with a creditable draw against last season’s champions Tytherington Rocks. A first minute own goal and a late strike from Lee Watkins for Carterton were cancelled out by a Joe White double for Tytherington. Cricklade Town and Divisional new boys North Leigh Reserves fought out an entertaining 3-3 draw. Dean Hughes and Ryan Thomas (2) were on target for Cricklade with Jordan Cormack, Jozef Fullerton and Tom Weedon replying for North Leigh. Letcombe enjoyed their first game back in Division One West with a 4-0 win over New College Swindon. Adam Bruce soring a hat trick with a further goal coming from Adam Pendell, Lydney Town got off to a winning start with a 4-2 win over Lambourn Sports with goals from Close, Liddington, Clarke and Macklin. Russell Benham scored both the Lambourn goals from the penalty spot. Purton beat near neighbours Malmesbury 3-2 in a nail–biter. Justin Miller and Ritchie Crocker (2) scoring for Purton with Anthony Packer scoring twice for Malmesbury.
Division One East
Hellenic League newcomer’s AFC Hinksey got off to an emphatic start with a 7-1 trouncing of Thatcham Town Reserves. Ryan Macer (2), Aniclet Odihambo (2), Jelroy Constant (2) and Alex Fasoranti were all on target for Hinksey with Omari Holmes replying for Thatcham. Chalfont Wasps were also on the goal trail beating Headington Amateurs 6-1. Tom Kaill (2) Mark Stack (2) Tom Seddon and Karol Derewenko scored for the Wasps with Shaun Jacob scoring for the Amateurs, Easington Sports went down 2-4 at home to Rayners Lane. Peter Moulder scored both Easington goals. The free scoring Lawrence Yaku (2) opened his account for the season together with goals from Ryan Upton and Shakir Agada for Rayners Lane. Henley Town slumped 0-4 at home to Didcot Town Reserves for whom Jack Bernasconi, Tom Gooding and Gavin Mackie (2) all scored. Maidenhead United Reserves edged out Chinnor 2-1 with goals from Stefan Powell and Dale Wright, Jean-Pierre Jamil scoring for Chinnor. Milton United opened their account with a 2-1 win over Finchampstead with goals from Declan Hartigan and Steve Mundy, Harry Swabey replying for Finchampstead. Penn & Tylers Green were beaten1-4 at home by Woodley Town. Jordan Tallett, Darrel Fairbrother(2) and Ben Lyden all scoring for Woodley with Liam Ratcliffe scoring Penn & Tylers sole reply. |
9 August 2012
The season starts - Midweek Match Round Up
Premier Division
The opening evening of the 2012-2013 season’ saw the seven scheduled Premier Division games produce an amazing haul of 39 goals including two matches that produced 11 goals apiece. Leading the way were Holyport who put eight passed Kidlington whom for good measure scored three themselves. Scorers for Holyport were Jamie West with a hat trick, Dan Rapley (2), Matt Rolfe, Stuart Butler (Pen), and Lee Jerrum. Kidlington’s replies came from Kevin Neilsen – Pike, Zach Cochran and Patrick Beck-ford. The evening’s other high scoring game saw Witney Town, under the management of last season’s Champions manager, Justin Merritt beat Reading Town 7-4. On target for the Blanket-men were Adam Morris (2), Connor McDonald (2), Chris Perkins, Jermaine Ferreira and an OG. Reading Town goals were scored by Tarome Hemmings, Omar Mohammed and Josh Otudeko. Abingdon Town went down 1-3 at home to Wokingham & Emmbrook for whom Sam Duffelen and Sam Whiting together with an OG were on the score sheet. Abingdon Town’s reply was also an OG. Marlow made a winning start with a 4-1 defeat of Ascot United. Former Henley Town striker Jamie Piercy opened the scoring for Marlow, followed by two Phillip John penalties. David Stevens rounded off the scoring for Marlow. Ben Knight scored Ascot’s consolation. Newly promoted Newbury Town opened their Premier League with a 2-1 win over an almost completely revamped Highworth Town from last season. A Darren Jones penalty and a goal from Callum Willmoth gave Newbury a 2-0 half-time lead. Lee Hayward pulled a goal back for Highworth in the second half. Thame United were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Flackwell Heath. Dan West scored both goals for Thame with John Isaac and Adam Dickens replying for Flackwell Heath. Wantage Town got off to a winning start beating Binfield 1-0 with Tom Butler scoring the only goal of the match during the first half.
Wednesday evening saw two matches end with identical scores. Slimbridge travelled to Shrivenham and won 2-0 with goals from Alex Higgs and Shaun O’Connor. Ardley traveled to Cheltenham Saracens and likewise won 2-0 with goals from Scott Bridges and Troy Bryan.
One West
Fairford Town commenced life in One West with a 1-0 win over Old Woodstock Town thanks to a goal from Steve Hall. Wootton Bassett Town also got off to a winning start beating neighbours Malmesbury 2-0 with goals from Steve Yeardley and Shaun Terry, despite being reduced to 10 men following the dismissal of keeper James Domm for a technical infringement.
One East
The opening Division One East game of the season saw Bracknell Town travel to Thatcham Town Reserves and come away with a 4-1 win courtesy of a hat trick from Reece Jacques and a last minute goal from Tom Barrett. Lee Hamilton replied for Thatcham.
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