31 January

Premier Division
In the only scheduled midweek Premier League fixture, Thame United beat Abingdon Town 2-0 with Daniel West and Stephen Meredith scoring the goals.

Hellenic League Supplementary Cup
Thatcham Town beat One West opponents Old Woodstock Town 3-1 with all the goals coming in the 2nd. David Cameron took a night off from matters of state to opening the scoring for Thatcham and a double from Clark completed the scoring for Thatcham. Danny Bone scored a consolation penalty for Old Woodstock Town. The other scheduled tie between New College Swindon and Newbury was abandoned by the Referee at the conclusion of the 90 minutes with the scores tied at 4-4. The pitch was deemed unsafe for any further action with the temperature plummeting below freezing and the tie has now been rescheduled for 28th February

AM Print & Copy Floodlit Cup Quarter Final
Binfield won by the odd goal in five against Flackwell Heath. Binfield having gone in at half time 2-0 up thanks to a James Suarez double were pegged back by 2nd half strikes for Flackwell Heath from Riccardo Cannon and Danny Jordan. Stuart Tanfield scoring his third goal in two games struck late on however to seal Binfield's place in the semi final. They were joined on the night by Shortwood United who fielded a much changed squad from that put out by Manager John Evans last weekend, making full use of his squad in what has now become a hectic run in to the end of the season and we are only just at the close of January! Shortwood once again made the trip to Palmer Park, Reading, to take on Highmoor Ibis, leaders of Division One East, in a tie rearranged from a couple of weeks ago that was lost to a frozen pitch. Highmoor gave a very good account of themselves twice taking a first half lead against their Premier Division opponents through goals from Aaron Baker and Phil Griffiths. An own goal and a Matt Bennett strike midway through the second half drew Shortwood level. With no further scoring at 90 minutes, the tie proceeded straight to a penalty shootout which Shortwood won 4-3 to continue their involvement in four Cup competitions and the chase to win the Premier Division.

Middlesex Help for Heroes Charity Cup
A dour affair saw Hanworth Villa and Rayners Lane goalless after 90 minutes and extra time. In the ensuing penalty shoot out Rayners Lane eventually came out on top 6-5 to book their place in the Final.

Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy
Once again the ill-fated Berks & Bucks tie between Wantage Town and Holyport was called off for the third consecutive week due to the prevailing weather conditions. The tie has now been rescheduled for 7th February when hopefully it will be fourth time lucky!

28 January

Premier Division
Ardley United travelled to Abingdon Town scoring four first half goals without reply. Ryan Brooks notched a hat trick and Troy Bryan added Ardley’s other goal with Mark Janes replying for Abingdon Town.
Oxford City Nomads won 2-0 at Flackwell Heath with the goals coming from Albi Skendi and Conor McDonagh. Shortwood United were back in league action and were held to a 1-1 draw at Reading Town. Mike Haddock opened the scoring for Shortwood but Dan Lingwood scored a late equaliser for Reading to share the points. Highworth Town recorded a 4-1 win at Wantage Town. Gavin Jones opened the scoring for Wantage but two goals from Josh Parsons together with strikes from Ben Curtis and Rory Sproule saw Highworth take the points. Binfield beat Fairford 4-1. Callum Whitty set Binfield on the way and further goals came from Josh Millar and a double from Stuart Tanfield. Joe Dorey netted the Fairford consolation. Ascot United drew 1-1 at home with Cheltenham Saracens. Tim Standing scored for Ascot with Jack Oldham doing likewise for Saracens.
Kidlington had a welcome win beating struggling Witney Town 3-1 with goals from Danny Mason, Danny Leggett and Ryan Curtin, the Witney reply came from Shaun Webb.
Shrivenham lost 2-1 to Thame United with the visitor’s goals coming from Alex Stewart and Ben Connelly, Shrivenham’s goal was an own goal. Slimbridge recorded at 2-1 win at Wokingham & Embrook with goals from Marvyn Roberts and Michael Bryant. Matthew Jones scored Wokingham’s reply.

One West
Brimscombe & Thrupp’s impressive first season in the Hellenic League continued with a 3-0 home win over Easington Sports. All the goals came in the last five minutes of the match from David Woodfield and a brace from John Dalton.
Clanfield’s first home win of the season remains as elusive as ever, this time being held to a 2-2 draw by New College Swindon. Both sides benefited from an own goal with Robbie Harrington scoring Clanfield’s second and Todd Hathaway likewise for the visitor’s. Hook Norton made short work of Cricklade Town winning 5-0 with two goals from Jamie Wyatt, a goal each from Chris Tillcock and Neal Hobday and an own goal. Carterton earned a welcome point away at Lydney Town drawing 1-1. Yasir Mahmood scored for Carterton with Steven Jones equalised for Lydney. Trowbridge Town went down 5-1 at home to Winterbourne United, Jack Pitcher and Sam Vile both scored twice for Winterbourne with Ben Dowdell adding the other goal. Emilio Menghini was on target for Trowbridge. Old Woodstock Town and Wootton Bassett Town fought out a goalless draw.

One East
Leaders Highmoor Ibis increased their lead at the top of the Division with a 2-0 win at lowly Milton United with Anthony Alleyne scoring both Highmoor’ goals. Newbury slipped up at home going down 2-3 to close rivals Rayners Lane. Scorers for Rayners Lane were Lawrence Yaku, Dene and Lee Gardner. Callum Wilmoth and Ben Wickens replied for Newbury. Abingdon United drew 2-2 with Finchampstead. The Abingdon goals were scored by Steve Andrews and Chris Baker. Dan Willis and Richard Kell were on target for Finchampstead. Didcot Town recorded a rare win beating Chalfont Wasps 2-0 courtesy of two Lee Newport goals. Maidenhead United went down by the odd goal in five to Chinnor in what Maidenhead Match Secretary, Graham Alfred, described as a battle of the Centre Forwards. Maidenheads’ centre forward Anthony Mendy scored twice but Chinnor’ Centre Forward, Ryan Chapman, went one better scoring a winning hat trick. Thatcham Town went down 1-2 at home to Woodley Town. Tom Gooding opened the scoring for Thatcham but late goals from Brett Ran and Nicholas Edwards saw Woodley steal the points.

Hellenic Supplementary Cup – 2nd Round
Malmesbury Vics from Division One West sprang a surprise beating Premier Division Henley Town 2-1 on their own patch. Mark Field and Ed Wilkins were the Malmesbury scorers with Ahmed El-Amir replying for Henley

21 January

FA Vase – 4th Round Proper
It was not a good day for The Hellenic League in the 4th Round. Pride of place went to Shortwood United who over came Enfield 1893 through a solitary James Singh goal before an excellent crowd of 209. Sadly the other Hellenic sides were unable to follow suit, Reading Town put up a brave show against Larkhall Athletic before losing 3-2 in front of a very good attendance of 169. Reading's goals came from Michael Bartley and a Phillip John Penalty. Old Woodstock Town had no reply to Bethnal Green United losing 2-0 and in the words of Binfield secretary, Rob Challis, we were thoroughly outplayed going down 7-1 at Tividale with Ian Davis scoring Binfield's consolation goal.

Premier Division
In a reduced Premier program, Bracknell Town lifted their spirits with a 4-1 defeat of fellow strugglers Fairford Town. Ben Knight scored twice for Bracknell, the other goals came from Tom Nugent and Jose Silva. Charlie Grabe scored Fairford's reply. Abingdon Town scored five without reply from Cheltenham Saracens. Jamie Mundy and Adam Lovegrove both scored twice Lewis Gabbidon grabbed the other. Ardley United ran out 3-1 winners away at Witney Town to maintain their lead at the top of the Premier Division. Regular scorer Ryan Brooks was on target twice for Ardley Stuart Bridges also netted. Tom Austin replied for Witney. Oxford City Nomads kept up the heat on Ardley United recording a 5-0 win home to Holyport with a Conor McDonagh hat trick and further goals for Ben Moses and Louis Joyce. Shrivenham returned to winning ways defeating Kidlington 2-0, Lewis Page scoring the Shrivenham goals. Thame United and Wantage Town fought out a 1-1 draw. A late Adam Rhodes goal for Thame cancelled out Dan Keen's opener for Wantage. The games between Henley Town and Wokingham & Embrook and Slimbridge and Ascot United both ended in goalless draws.

One West
No change at the top of One West with runaway leaders Tytherington Rocks recording a 4-0 win over Wootton Bassett with goals shared between Marc Hughes, Nicholas Jones, Jason Wood and Toby Colbourne. Purton regained 2nd place defeating Carterton 4-1 with two goals from Scott Campbell and one each from Tom Cadden and Marcus Hall. Richard Stevenson scored Carterton's goal. Clanfield came back from trailing 0-2 at half time to draw 2-2 with Lydney Town. Dan Clarke scored both Lydney goals with Steve Olphert and Andrew Little replying for Clanfield. Winterbourne United also had to come back from a 0-2 half time score to draw 2-2 with Easington Sports. James Trevitt and Shaun Lambourne scoring for Easington and Jack Pitcher and a late Matthew Plant goal saw Winterbourne take a share of the spoils. Brimscombe & Thrupp secured a 3-0 win at Cricklade Town with goals from David Woodfield, Ben Jones and Michael Beckingham. Hook Norton took the points with a 2-1 win over Cirencester Town with goals from Richard Oakey and Jamie Wyatt. Danny Hale scored Cirencester's reply. Trowbridge town picked up a welcome away point at New College Swindon to brighten up what has been a torrid spell for the Wiltshire side. Brett Partner and Neil Grant scored the Trowbridge goals with Josh Skeates and Nathan Blackford on target for New College. Headington Amateurs and Malmesbury Victoria drew 0-0.

One East
Surprise result of the day saw leaders Highmoor Ibis slip up 0-1 at home to Thatcham Town. Shaun Thorpe was on target for Thatcham from the penalty spot. Abingdon United Reserves fought back from a 0-3 deficit to share the points with Maidenhead United Reserves. Maidenhead's lead came from goals from Dan Marioni, Jack Banks and Ashley Parker. Abingdon's goals came from Joe Parker, Steve Munday and Christian Turner. Chalfont Wasps overcame Finchampstead 2-0 courtesy of an own goal and the obligatory goal from Fred Tripp. Lambourn Sports came out on top over Milton United with a last minute winner from Matthew Pedder. Earlier Milton had cancelled out a 2-0 Lambourn lead with goals from Matt Shelton and Ben Taylor in response to two earlier Lambourn goals from Paul Davis and Richard Guy. Letcombe lost 1-3 at home to Newbury. Mark Piper scored two for Newbury with a further goal from Rob Panting. Paul Jezzard scored for Letcombe. Rayners Lane beat Penn & Tylers Green 3-1 with goals from Lee Gardner, Lawrence Yaku and an own goal. Owen Hunte-Milligan scored Penn & Tylers reply. Woodley Town beat bottom side Didcot Town Reserves 2-0. Nick Edwards scored the day's fastest goal inside twenty seconds. Eighty minutes later Jamie Fairchild added a second. Hungerford Town Reserves beat Chinnor 4-1 but sadly at the time of writing no details of scorers were available.

19 January 2012

AM Print & Copy Floodlit Cup Quarter Final
All three scheduled Quarter Final ties in the AM Print & Copy Floodlit Cup fell victim to the frosty conditions experienced in the early part of the week and will be rescheduled accordingly.

One East
The only midweek fixture played in One East saw Milton United make the short trip to near neighbours, Didcot Town and come away from Loop Meadow Stadium with all three points with goals from Dan Oatway, Chris Hooper and Mark Druce. Lee Newport replied for Didcot.

One West
Old Woodstock Town warmed up for their weekend FA Vase 4th Round tie with Bethnal Green Utd with a hard fought 3-2 win at Clanfield, but only after giving up a two goal half time lead. Chris Gilkes and Danny Bone scored Old Woodstock's two first half goals. A Lee Keyes penalty and a goal from Steve Olphert restored parity for Clanfield. An 87th minute winner from Marley Joseph saw Old Woodstock leave Radcot Road with all three points

County Cup Matches
As with the AM Print & Copy Floodlit Cup, the scheduled tie in the quarter final of the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy due to take place at Alfredian Park between Wantage Town and Holyport fell victim to the weather, albeit only a short time before kick off following a late pre-match inspection.

14 January

Premier Division
A sharp overnight frost took its toll on the Premier Division with the matches scheduled to take place at Henley Town, Witney Town and Wokingham & Emmbrook all being postponed.
In the fixtures that went ahead, Ardley United bounced back to form winning 4-1 at Reading Town with a Ben Thomas hat trick and a penalty from Ryan Brooks. Marcus Richardson scored for Reading Town.
Oxford City Nomads kept up the pressure on Ardley winning by the odd goal in five at Ascot United. Scorers for Nomads were Adam Morris, James Ferreira and James Dobson. Ian Brooks scored both of Ascot's goals. Bracknell Town gained a valuable away point at Cheltenham Saracens. Ben Knight equalised an early Saracens goal scored by Michael Rhodes. Slimbridge beat Abingdon Town convincingly by 5-2. On target for the Swans were Marvyn Roberts, Alex Higgs and a hat trick from 19 year old Daniel Holloway. Jamie Mundy and Mark Janes replied for Abingdon. Wantage Town continue to pull away from the wrong end of the table recording a 2-0 win over Shrivenham with goals from Chris Collin and Dan Keen.

One West
Tytherington Rocks march on with a 6-1 win at home to Clanfield with the goals being shared between Tony Perry, Alex Chapman, Dale Emery, Tim Baker and a late double from Toby Colbourne. Steve Olphert scored a last minute reply for Clanfield.
Hook Norton's recent good run came to a halt losing to the odd goal in seven to the students of New College, Swindon. Hook Norton scorers were Mark Dennis, Jason Tillcock and Reve Barsanti. Josh Skeates scored at hat trick for New College with a further goal coming from Jake Johns.
Carterton Town's poor season continues with a 1-3 home defeat to Winterbourne United. Jack Pitcher got all three goals for Winterbourne with Carterton's reply coming from Barry Morton. Cirencester Town were held at home to a 2-2 draw by Headington Amateurs. Josh Morse and Danny Hale were on target for Cirencester, Luke Cuff and James Luckett replying for the Amateurs.
Wootton Bassett and Easington Sports fought out a 1-1 draw. Matt Bown equalised an earlier Easington goal scored by James Trevitt. Lydney Town against Cricklade Town and Purton against Malmesbury Vic's both ended in stalemate.

One East
Abingdon United overcame Newbury winning 3-1 with goals from Steve Andrews, Francesco Merola and Drew Fowler. Darren Jones scored for Newbury. Chinnor were well beaten at home 0-3 by Chalfont Wasps. Scorers for Wasps were Simon Williams, John Mason and Fred Tripp.
Finchampstead and Hungerford Town Reserves settled for a draw 2-2 with Steve Ryan and Kylo Atkinson on target for Finchampstead. Shawn Foster and Josh Blackwood scored for Hungerford. Didcot Town Reserves lost 5-2 to Rayners Lane, in an away game that was played at home! (Rayners pitch was unplayable so all was moved to Loop Meadow)
Lambourn Sports and Penn & Tylers Green cancelled each other out in a 1-1 draw. Matthew Pedder scored for Lambourn and Jamie Hunt equalised for Penn & Tylers.
In a topsy-turvy game, Maidenhead United raced into a 3-0 half time lead over Letcombe with two of the goals coming from Anthony Mendy. Not to be bowed, Letcombe showed great resolve to score four second half goals without reply to earn a famous victory. Letcombe's goals being scored by the three Adam's, Bruce with two goals, Claydon and Pendell! Highmoor Ibis were successful winning 2-0 at Woodley Town thereby retaining their lead at the top of Division One East

Cup Games
Two ties were scheduled in the first Round of the Hellenic League Supplementary Cup. However, a very late postponement by the match referee saw the match between Thatcham Town and Old Woodstock Town postponed. Milton United overcame luckless Trowbridge Town 4-0 in the other tie.
Shortwood United go into the Semi final of the GFA Challenge Trophy with a narrow 2-1 win over Brimscombe and Thrupp. Cirencester Town also move into the next round with a 2-0 win against Patchway Town. Highworth Town won through to the Semi final of the Wilts Senior Cup but had to do it the hard way overcoming Warminster Town 4-3 after extra time. Highworth at one time were 0-3 down and played the entire second half and extra time with 10 men having had Craig Curtis dismissed. Josh Parsons with his second hat trick of the week and Dan Hilder scored the Highworth goals.

11 January

AM Print & Copy Floodlit Cup Quarter Final

Oxford City Nomads made the short trip to Wantage Town for a Quarter final of the AM Print & Copy Floodlit Cup and effectively killed the tie off scoring two goals in the opening 11 minutes through Ben Moses and 18 year old Albi Skendi. A further goal on the hour from Adam Morris sealed a comprehensive victory and a Semi Final Spot for the Nomads.

Premier Division
Highworth Town travelled to face Cheltenham Saracens and came away victorious courtesy of a first ever hat trick at Senior level by 18 year old Josh Parsons together with a goal from Dan Hilder. Lorcan Sheehan netted Saracens reply from the Penalty spot.

One West
Having suffered two cancelled home fixtures over the recent holiday period due to a waterlogged pitch, Malmesbury Vics played their first home fixture since December 10th and collected three very welcome points winning 1-0 against fellow strugglers Carterton Town through a Mark Field goal after 15 minutes.

County Cup Matches
The midweek fixture list saw three County Cup matches and a Reading Senior Cup Tie. In the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy, there were wins for Binfield 2-1 away to Reading Town and an impressive 6-3 away win for Abingdon Town at Combined Counties League Sandhurst Town. Fairford Town lost 6-0 away at Cadbury Heath in the Quarter Final of the Gloucestershire Challenge Trophy. In the Reading Senior Cup, Wokingham & Embrook defeated Division One East opponents Newbury Town 4-2.

7 January

Premier Division
Ascot Utd provided the day’s shock result winning 2-0 at League leaders Ardley Utd with goals from Luke Seldon and Lee Boone.
Henley Town also recorded a surprise 2-1 win at in form Binfield, Steve Mayberry and Chris Ovenden on target for Henley. Binfield’s reply was an own goal. Abingdon Town went down 4-1 at home to Shortwood United. TJ Bohane continued his recent fine form with two goals. James Singh and James Haddock added further goals with Abingdon’s reply coming from Louis Gabbidon.
Bracknell Town looked to have secured a draw against neighbours Reading Town after a lot of work to get the match played following a break in and internal damage to the clubhouse and changing rooms. Goals from Ben Knight and Tom Nugent cancelling out earlier goals from Reading’s Jamie Piercy until Marcus Richardson seizing on a poor clearance popped up late on with Reading’ winner. Flackwell Heath and Slimbridge fought out a 2-2 draw, Riccardo Cannon and Danny Jordan on target for Flackwell, Marvyn Roberts scoring both Slimbridge goals.
Similarly Holyport and Wantage Town drew 2-2, Jamie Handscomb and Lee Hawkins scoring for Holyport and Richard Claydon scoring both Wantage goals.
Kidlington went down 3-1 at home to Thame United. Luke Ricketts opening the scoring in the first minute for Thame with further goals coming from James Keeble and Alex Stewart, Ryan Curtin replying for Kidlington. Shrivenham recorded a 3-2 win at home to Wokingham & Emmbrook in a free flowing match. Shrivenham replied to a Matt Jones goal and netted three goals from Chris Flanagan, Steve Robertson and Ryan King. James Rushby scored Wokingham’s second goal late on which saw an enthralling finish with twelve minutes added time played
Fairford Town recorded a fine 4-0 away win to draw level on points with opponents Witney Town courtesy of goals from Lee Simpson Henry Traas and a Dan Bailey brace.

One West
The Tytherington goal machine keeps rumbling on but only after a scare at Cricklade Town that saw the Rocks 3-2 behind at half time to Cricklade with goals from Aaron Webb and two from Ben Carter. Stewart Nelson and Tony Perry replied for Tytherington. In the 2nd half  normal service was resumed with Perry scoring his 2nd of the match followed by Alex Chapman weighing in with a 2nd half hat trick to make the final score 6-3 to Tytherington.
Another nine goal match took place at Headington with the Amateurs running out the winners by 5-4 against Wootton Bassett Town. Headington were quickly out of the blocks with Luke Cuff scoring twice inside 17 minutes. Further goals from Shaun Pearce and Jay Hill against replies for Bassett from Connor Thompson and Matt Bown made the score at half time 4-2. Mitch Wyatt and Alex Green levelled the scores at 4-4 inside the first ten minutes of the 2nd half but Liam Morbey ensured the points went to Headington with a 77th minute winner.
Carterton entertained Brimscombe & Thrupp but went down 1-3 despite scoring first through Kris Redford. Two second half goals from Michael Beckingham and one from John Dalton saw the visitors take the spoils. Hook Norton show signs of picking up winning 2-1 win at home to Winterbourne United with goals from Joe Davies and Chris Tillcock James Mainstone replied for Winterbourne from the penalty spot.
Lydney Town took three points off 3rd place Old Woodstock Town with a 3-1 win with goals from Jarred Liddington and two from Niall Halford. Murray Nicholls replied for Woodstock. Purton are in 2nd place after a 3-1 win at home to Clanfield. Purton goals were scored by Jonathan Coole, Tom Cadden and Ashley Gooch. Robbie Harrington scored for Clanfield. After a traumatic week for Trowbridge Town, a 0-4 defeat at home to Cirencester Town probably represents some kind of improvement compared to recent results. Danny Hale netted a hat trick for Cirencester supported by Josh Morse goal.

One East
With several clubs involved in County cup action there were only two games played in Division One East with both matches between Penn & Tylers Green and Thatcham Town Reserves and Woodley Town against Chalfont wasps ending in goal-less draws. The match between Rayners Lane and Didcot Town was postponed due to problems with the Rayners lane pitch and is scheduled to be reversed to Didcot next Saturday 14th January.

1 January 2012

Premier Division

Surprise result of the day saw Shortwood United slipping up and losing 2 – 1 at Wokingham & Embrook. Tom Hopper and a late winner from Luke Lee saw the Satsuma’s take the points, TJ Bohane scored for Shortwood.
With the postponement of Friday night’s match between Ardley United and Oxford City Nomads due to a water logged pitch, both clubs effectively benefited from this result without having to kick a ball in anger. Ascot United recorded a 3 – 2 win at home to Henley Town who played 86 minutes with ten men following a sending off. Ben Lyden with two and Jon Bennett scoring for Ascot. Tranell Richardson and Chris Dean for Henley. Another bumper crowd of 274 at Stubbs Lane saw Binfield demolish Bracknell Town 5 – 0. Danny Wing opened the scoring in the fourth minute. Callum Whitty struck on 38 minutes and once again the goal scoring Davies brothers were on the scoresheet, Ian on 25 mins and Carl weighing in with two late goals in the last six minutes.  Cheltenham Saracens beat Reading Town 2 – 1 with goals from Jordan Bryan and Joe Donaghue. Jamie Piercy scored for Reading. Flackwell Heath got back to winning ways and moved into third place in the table with a 2 -1 victory over Thame Utd. On target for Flackwell Heath were Riccardo Cannon and Adam Harman. James Keeble replying for Thame Utd in the last minute. Highworth Town had a goal fest against struggling Witney Town. Scorers for Highworth were Sean McKeon, Dan Hilder, Rory Sproule and Josh Parsons with two each. Holyport recorded their second win of the week, defeating Shrivenham 2-1. Tristan Heyward and Matt Rolfe scored for Holyport, Steve Robertson replied for Shrivenham. Wantage Town and Abingdon Town fought out a 2 – 2 draw with Graham Edney and Richard Claydon on target for Wantage, Ben Chalmers scoring both Abingdon goals.

One West
The Friday evening fixture between Clanfield and Hook Norton at Radcot Road went ahead despite heavy rain from mid afternoon and credit is due to all concerned. The match ended a 1 – 1 draw with Lee Keyes netting his third goal of the week for Clanfield. Jamie Wyatt replied for Hook Norton. Tytherington Rocks continue to march on with a convincing 3 – 0 win at New College, Swindon. Alex Chapman continuing his rich vein of goals opened the scoring for the Rocks. Further goals came from Tom Perry and Andrew Criddle. Purton closed the gap on 2nd place Old Woodstock to one point with a creditable 3–1 win at Woodstock thanks to goals from Scott Campbell, Dave Gee and Ashley Gooch. Dan Green scored Woodstock’s goal. Wootton Bassett were held to a 1 – 1 draw at home by Brimscombe & Thrupp. Matt Bown was on target for Bassett and John Peacock for Brimscombe. Headington Amateurs succumbed 2 – 4 at home to Winterbourne United. Liam Morbey scored two goals early on for Headington with a reply from Geraint Williams. The 2nd half however saw Winterbourne add three further goals through Jack Pitcher, Greg Stutt and an own goal. Trowbridge Town restored some pride after their 10 – 1 drubbing at the hands of Tytherington Rocks earlier in the week to record a creditable 1 – 1 draw against Cirencester Town Development. Danny Hale opened the scoring for Cirencester with Sean O’Brien equalising for Trowbridge. Cricklade Town were held at home by Lydney Town. Ben Carter notched both Cricklade goals with Niall Halford and Miles Lloyd responding for Lydney

One East
Highmoor Ibis took over the lead at the top of Division One East with a 2 – 1 win over Chinnor. Arron Baker and Shane Small-King notching the goals for Highmoor, Chinnor’s replied through Ryan Chapman. Newbury were held to a 2 – 2 draw by Lambourn Sports who finished the match with nine men having two sent off. Jeff Kalejaiye and Barry Elmore were the scorers for Newbury with Ben McCready and Mark Bone hitting the net for Lambourn.
In the proverbial match of two halves, Chalfont Wasps came from 2 – 1 behind at half time to record a 4 – 3 victory at Letcombe in a seven goal nail- biter. Chalfont’s hero was Fred Tripp who scored a hat-trick. Mark Holt was also on target for the Wasps. Letcombe’s goals were scored by Adam Bruce, Lyall Gifford and an own goal.
Hungerford Town were held to a 2–2 draw by Woodley Town following a pitch inspection by match referee Rob Sayers who deemed the pitch perfectly playable after the home club had sought a postponement on the basis of a waterlogged goalmouth!
Arron Simpson scoring both Hungerford goals and Woodley Town’s response coming courtesy of an own goal and a late equaliser from Sam Cripps.
Milton United went down 2 – 4 at home to Penn & Tylers Green with Frank Haines scoring twice for Milton. For Penn & Tylers Green, Chris Hurst recorded a hat trick with a further goal from Dean Munday.