UNDER 9’S LEAGUE CUP A single goal in a very close good game saw Chippenham Town Youth come away with a victory against Castle Combe Colts White.
Melksham Town Youth came out on top in their very closely fought game against White Horse Juniors Dynamos with a goal in each half. The first goal was from Evan Dewers who played his first under 9’s match with Callum Demkiv scoring the second to seal the victory in the last minute. Lewis McCaron gave visitors AFC Corsham Jaguars a 1-0 lead at the end of the first half in their tie against Devizes Town Youth B. Second half strikes from Patrick Grieshaber (2) and John Harding gave Jaguars a 4-0 victory. Devizes Town Youth A and Warminster Highbury A cancelled each other out in the first half with 1-1 score line at the break. An evenly fought second half was finally settled with a second for Devizes for them to finish 2-1 winners. William Bissett and John Johns scored for Devizes. Westbury Youth saw their way into the last eight with a convincing 5-0 away win against home side Trowbridge Wanderers B. Michael Mills (2), Harry Green, Harry Gardiner and Jame Booth scored for Westbury. Trowbridge Wanderers A ran out 3-2 winners at home to Worton & Cheverell. UNDER 10’S LEAGUE CUP A close fought contest saw White Horse Juniors Sparks take the lead in the first
half against home side Westbury Youth. Westbury replied with a goal from Jake Rylands before the break. The Sparks regained the lead within ten minutes of the restart with a great individual goal. Westbury threw everything at them but could not get the equaliser. Alex Hounsell put home side Trowbridge Wanderers Black in the lead against AFC Corsham Jaguars before Ollie Dean netted two giving the Jaguars a 2-1 lead at the break. Wanderers never gave up in the second half and were rewarded in the final minutes bringing the game level through Jordan Field. Extra time prevailed with neither managing to make a difference. Penalties settled this tie with Wanderers booking their place in the next round hitting the target four times with just three replies. Penalty scorers for Wanderers were Nathan Rawling (2), Jordan Field and Jake Samuel with Alex Kilbane, Jordan Dick and Seth Lavington replying for the Jaguars. Melksham Park Youth B saw their way into the quarter finals after running out 2-0 winners against local rivals Melksham Town Youth A. UNDER 11’S LEAGUE CUP
Devizes Town Youth were on top for the first ten minutes of their away game against Trowbridge Town Youth but were on the back foot when Nathan Cockram turned in a cross from James Lawford. Trowbridge double their lead through Lawford but Devizes were back in the game at 2-1 just before the interval. Trowbridge controlled the mid-field throughout the second half leading to two more for Cockram and a hat-trick from Luke Murden. Great passing and tenacious defending resulted in a 7-1 victory for Trowbridge. Derry Hill battled hard in the first half against home side Melksham Town Youth with the visitors taking a 3-1 lead. After the break Melksham controlled the game netting a further eleven with no reply to finish 14-1 winners. Aidan Stevenson (2), Jake Brewer, Jake Cooper (2), Charlie Austin (3), Jordan Turnbull (4), Will Stead and Billy Cookson all scored for Melksham. FC Chippenham were quick off the mark in their home tie against Trowbridge Wanderers B going 4-0 up at the break. The second half was more even with both sides scoring one a piece for the game to end 5-1 to Chippenham. Curtis Trudgeon (2), Steve Hayes, Nicky Manifold and Harry Campbell scored for Chippenham with William Hayden replying for Wanderers. Tommy Smith, Conner West (3), Tom Hollingworth (2), Cameron Wishheart (3), Conner Harrington, Jack Smith (4), Jake Chambers (2) and Harry Beckley (5) all scored for home side Amesbury Juniors Tigers in their 21-0 win against Bromham. Westbury Youth ran out 5-1 winners at home to Amesbury Juniors Lions. UNDER 12’S LEAGUE CUP Trowbridge Town Wildcats started the stronger against home side Melksham Town Youth A consistently out-passing a hesitant Melksham side and deservedly took the lead on fifteen minutes with a good individual goal from midfielder Oliver Bullock. As the half progressed Trowbridge lost their way and Melksham started to dominate play hitting two goals in quick succession to go in at half time 2-1 up. The second half saw a much more confident Melksham team quickly extend their lead and despite the Wildcats pulling one back to make it 3-2, through Alex Thompson, Melksham continued to control the game and completed a comfortable victory by adding a further four goals in the last twenty minutes to earn a well deserved place in the next round of the cup. Melksham saw goals from Ashley Barnett (3), Jordan Evans, Adam Lloyd and two from man-of-the-match, right mid-fielder Peter Jackson. UNDER 13’S LEAGUE CUP Blue Divisions Devizes Town Youth started brightly against Warminster Highbury taking the lead with a goal from man-of-the-match Lee Martin. The second half started as the first did with Devizes scoring through Joseph Hutchinson but Highbury pulled a goal back before Devizes scored a penalty to keep the two goal lead. Highbury never gave up and were back in the game at 3-2. Despite further efforts time ran out for Highbury seeing Devizes into the last eight. Chippenham Town Youth ran out 8-1 winners away to Melksham Town Youth with Ben Wyborn scoring for Melksham. AFC Corsham booked their place in the next round with a 9-0 away win against Red Divisions Devizes Town Youth. UNDER 14’S LEAGUE CUP
After a bright start Melksham Park took the lead but home side Warminster Highbury were back level just before the break. Melksham regained the lead after the restart then held out until the last minute when escape artists Highbury brought the game level sending the game into extra time. With the adrenaline still pumping Highbury believed in themselves and were soon in the lead. A further three goals and no replies saw an ecstatic Highbury 6-2 winners at the end of extra time. Highbury saw goals from Craig Sheppard (2), Jamie Airey and a hat-trick from Ben Johns. Trowbridge Wanderers turned a 1-0 half-time lead into a 5-0 final score in their home tie against Worton & Cheverell. Kurt James (2), Daniel Moore (2) and Kyle Norris scored for Wanderers with Joe Stadling and Daniel Moore named joint man-of-the-match. Trowbridge Town Youth A ran out 4-2 winners against home side Team Bath Arsenal. UNDER 15’S LEAGUE CUP
Home side Trowbridge Town Youth 2nds and Chippenham Town Youth cancelled each other out throughout this tie with a 2-2 half-time score, 3-3 full-time score and 3-3 at the end of extra-time. After a nerve wracking penalty shoot-out Chippenham won the day with five shots on target to three. Goal scorers for Trowbridge were Danny Talbot, Mario Bertolli and James Cameron. Castle Combe Colts and visitors Salisbury City were evenly matched for this tie. Salisbury raced into 2-0 inside the first fifteen minutes but Combe were up to the challenge and were back level before the break. Salisbury regained the lead before Combe equalised for the second time. The game appeared to be heading for extra time when Salisbury stole it at the end to finish 4-3 winners. Chris Fower, Carl Skingley, Simon Edwards and Mat Dyson scored for Salisbury with Jack Tyzak-Smith (2) and Jamal Bellahrach replying for Combe. UNDER 16’S LEAGUE CUP
Six goals from six players saw Trowbridge Town Youth comfortably into the next round after running out 6-1 winners at home to Westbury Youth. Liam Milburn, Craig Sheppard, Matthew Mead, Sam Jordan, Ashley Pike and Scott Cunningham scored for Trowbridge with Sam McQueen replying for Westbury. UNDER 9’S BLUE DIVISION
No games UNDER 9’S GREEN DIVISION
Bradford Town Youth ran out 3-1 winners at home to Trowbridge Town Youth. A single first half goal was enough for FC Chippenham to win their first game of the season running out 1-0 winners against Warminster Highbury. UNDER 9’S RED DIVISION
AFC Corsham Leopards ran out 3-2 winners at home to Chippenham Town Rangers. Warminster Highbury earned their second win of the season after running out 3-0 winners away to Derry Hill United.
UNDER 9’S YELLOW DIVISION
FC Chippenham and White Horse Juniors Flames were both quick off the mark levelling the game at 1-1 in the first few minutes. The Flames then stepped up a gear and goals from Kieran Hegarty (2), Joe Halliday (3), Chris Halliday (2) and Jake Taylor completed Luke Richards and Laurence Bunney both earned the man-of-the-match award for their best ever game in a White Horse shirt. Melksham Park continue unbeaten following their 3-1 home win against Trowbridge Town Youth. Tom Jones (2) and Ben Jenkins scored for Melksham with Alex Vowell replying for Trowbridge. The mid-table clash between Castle Combe Colts Black and Bradford Town Youth brought glory for neither with a 4-4 final score. Gus Wright (3) and Ollie Clayton scored for Bradford. UNDER 10’S BLUE DIVISION
FC Chippenham secured their biggest win of the season with a 5 - 1 win over Melksham Park. In a very even first half FC Chippenham went in at half time with a 1 - 0 lead after both keepers had performed confidently pulling off a string of brave saves. A Mack Drysdale hat-trick in the opening ten minutes of the second half secured the points with him adding FC's fourth and fifth his in the closing stages. Team Bath Arsenal earned their first win of the season after taking all three points with a 3-1 win against home side Chippenham Town Youth. Matthew North scored for Chippenham. UNDER 10’S GREEN DIVISION A very even and enjoyable game with Castle Combe scoring in the first half and Warminster Highbury's Sam Randall equalizing in the second half ended the game level at 1-1. Trowbridge Wanderers Orange move ten points clear at the top of the table after running out 3-1 winners at home to Larkhall Athletic Hawks. Billy Bartlett (2) and Jordan McNeil scored for Wanderers. UNDER 10’S ORANGE DIVISION
Callum Elkins, Dan Precup and Drew Adams gave home side Westbury Youth a 3-0 lead at the break against Warminster Juniors. Westbury dominated the second half with
Adams and Precup scoring again and Jake Rylands adding their sixth. Some great saves from the Warminster keeper kept the score down but Westbury were eventual 6-1 winners. A first half own goal gave Derry Hill United the lead against White Horse Juniors Sports but a fine strike from Jordan Mitchell brought the game level at the break. White Horse hit the pos and cross bar several times during the second half but made none of their chances count for the game to end level at 1-1. Devizes Town Youth remain two points behind leaders Westbury after running out 6-0 winners away to FC Chippenham. Tommy Arkle (2), Luke North, Andrew Williams, Harry Dodds and Will Davis all scored for Devizes. Bradford Town Youth remain in third place with two games in hand following their 4-1 home win against Team Bath Arsenal. Bradford saw a hat-trick from Alex Carter and a great solo effort from Sam Francis. UNDER 10’S RED DIVISION
Melksham Town Youth equalised three times against home side Westbury Youth levelling the game at 3-3 with just minutes to play. Westbury had the last laugh scoring the winner to finish 4-3 victors. Adam Osborne (2) and Charlie Burgess (2) scored for Westbury with Ben Howell, Henry Ballinger and Darrel Card replying for Melksham. Gareth Jones and Lewis Hurley both scored for FC Chippenham in their 2-1 home win against Bromham giving them their first win of the season. UNDER 10’S YELLOW DIVISION A hat trick for Worton and Cheverell’s Ethan Hyslop, his first for the club, plus two goals each for David Vick and Jordan Wildman and one from Sam Jones did not give a wholly accurate picture of their home game against Trowbridge Town Youth Pumas. The Pumas gave a spirited performance and should have scored their first goals of the season but for a lack of scoring confidence and good defending by Henry Littleworth and Luke Tyler plus Jack Dixon in goal. Praise should be given to the Trowbridge Town Pumas who enjoyed the game and were still smiling at the end despite all their efforts going unrewarded which is the perfect spirit for mini soccer in Wiltshire. UNDER 11’S BLUE DIVISION Trowbridge Town Youth Cougars were on cloud nine after their encounter with local rivals Trowbridge Wanderers which started with both sides looking for their first points of the season. Town took the lead early through Callum Torch before Wanderers equalized from a corner through Cameron Doddington but Ryan Underwood restored Towns lead. Zac Henderson slipped a free kick past the keeper to give Town a 3-1 half time lead. Town continued to dominate in the second half with Kieran Chester scoring and Henderson getting his second to give town a 5-1 win and 3 much deserved points. Merry Christmas and thanks for the Santa that fills my 2 year old with joy every day when she picks her brothers up from school. She spends a good few minutes every day staring at him UNDER 11’S GREEN DIVISION
Amesbury Juniors dominated play in their away game against FC Chippenham running out 8-1 winners. Adam Flint (2), Cameron Wishheart, Conner Harrington (2), Jake Chambers and Harry Beckley (2) scored for Amesbury. UNDER 11’S ORANGE DIVISION
Westbury Youth ran out 3-0 winners away to Worton & Cheverell. UNDER 11’S RED DIVISION
Warminster Juniors earned a narrow victory over visitors Marshfield FC running out 3-2 winners with goals from Dale Bard, Tobias Bolton and Andrew Scarrott. Melksham Park move eight points clear at the top of the table following their away win against Bromham. Bromham took the lead through Harry Goddard before Ross Chalice brought the game level. After the break two strikes from Melksham’s Tamin Ibrihim settled the game at 3-1. UNDER 11’S YELLOW DIVISION Castle Combe Colts ran out 6-1 winners away to Westbury Youth with Tim Kirk scoring his first goal for Westbury as captain. UNDER 12’S BLUE DIVISION
In a competitive game Trowbridge Town Wasps made their superior possession tell against Derry Hill United with the hard working midfield of John Carroll, Kieran Mccaldon and Aaron Patrick laying on some excellent chances for Alex De Silva and Joshua Moss up front. De Silva converted Trowbridge’s first goal with a calm finish from close in after a long throw in from John Carroll. Trowbridge’s defence was tested on several occasions by a determined Derry Hill side but solid tackles from Andrew Rendall and Oliver Winchcombe prevented any comeback from the home side before Joshua Moss grabbed the Wasps second with a snap shot into the bottom corner for the visitors to go in 2-0 up at the break. The second half was a similar story with Mike Reynolds, Corey Smitherman and Conor Stevens all going close for Trowbridge before Derry Hill broke away and only a brave tackle from the backtracking Jack Miluk prevented the home side from pulling one back. Trowbridge finished strongly with good efforts from Kieran Mccaldon and John Carroll testing the Derry Hill keeper before Mike Reynolds broke through five minutes before the end to complete the score-line of 3-0 to Trowbridge. FC Chippenham dominated long periods of play in their away game against Trowbridge Wanderers which ended 10-1 to Chippenham. UNDER 12’S GREEN DIVISION
Amesbury Juniors fabulous record continues with fifty-four goals for and only two against after following their 8-0 home win against Chippenham Town Rangers. Amesbury saw goals fro James Henry (3), George Coward (2). Tristan O'Hagan, Jordan Matthews and Brandon Mundy. White Horse Juniors took the lead twice in their home game against Westbury Youth. Two late goals from Westbury sealed them a 3-2 win. Lewis Gardiner, Thomas Blackman and Scott Ingram scored for Westbury with Ben Wickens scoring both goals for White Horse. Richard Tandy scored four goals for Worton & Cheverell in their 6-2 home win against Chippenham Town Youth. Worton also saw goals from Charlie Waylen and an own goal. AFC Corsham notched up their fifth win of the season after running out 5-0 winners at home to Chippenham Town Youth. Corsham saw a hat-trick from Ryan Godridge, a single from Leigh Rogers and an own goal. UNDER 12’S RED DIVISION Both home side Bradford Town Youth and Castle Combe Colts started the match with only eleven players in the squad but produced an enthralling and competitive match which was enjoyed by all the spectators. Bradford took a 1-0 lead into the second half before extending this to 3-1. Combe refused to give up and scored two quick goals with eight minutes to go to even up the score. Neither team deserved to lose so a draw was seen as a fair result. A J Hill scored a hat trick for Bradford. Nathan Osbaldeston put Trowbridge Wanderers into the driving seat giving them a 1-0 lead at the break against Westbury Youth. Westbury drew level in the second half before Yassin El-Filai scored the winner for Wanderers leaving them three points behind leaders Larkhall with a game in hand. Pewsey Vale gave their best team performance all season to run out 15-1 winners at home to a stunned Melksham Park Youth. Pewsey saw goals from Cameron Amor (5), Chris Milne (3), Tom Pinder (4), Ross Campbell, Conrad Hewitt and an own goal. UNDER 13’S BLUE DIVISION
No games UNDER 13’S GREEN DIVISION
Division leaders Pewsey Vale were held back for most of the first half by Westbury Youth taking a narrow 1-0 lead at the break. Westbury continued to defend well and earned themselves a point with an equaliser from Lewis Jordan mid-way through the second half. UNDER 13’S RED DIVISION
Castle Combe Colts and Melksham Park 2nds produced a good game to watch with end to end action and Combe taking a 2-1 lead at the break with goals from Jonny and Will (Shirley; I feel as if I should say ‘you KNOW who you are’).
Melksham started the second half with real determination scoring their second to
level the game. Combe’s determination paid off with three more goals from Matt Holdaway, Nick Brazier and Gorgio to finish 5-2 winners. An encouraging run of form for Castle Combe. Dan Gerrish and Lewis Heathcote scored for Melksham. Local rivals FC Chippenham and Chippenham Town Rangers produced another excellent game of football. FC Chippenham seemed to have the game sown up at half time with goals from Matthew Hudson, Joshua Hodges, Ajay Arithoppah and a penalty save by Ryan Strudwick. Chippenham Town Rangers had other ideas with a great fight back producing three goals from Ryan Armstrong, Chris Bolter and George Perry setting up a tense last 15 minutes. The deadlock was broken in FC Chippenham's favour by Joshua Hodges who managed to squeeze the ball in at the near post from a tight angle. This win keeps FC Chippenham at the top of the league but both teams can be proud of the football they produced. Derry Hill United ran out 3-2 winners at home to FC Chippenham 2nds. UNDER 14’S BLUE DIVISION
A close and friendly encounter saw home side Devizes Town Youth take a 2-0 lead at the break against Warminster United Youth before going on to finish 3-0 winners. Devizes saw goals from Maverick Drewitt, Jake Walters and Jake Roberts with a long range free kick. UNDER 14’S GREEN DIVISION
Bemerton Heath Harlequins narrow move to within six points of leaders South Newton with a game in hand following their 4-1 away win against Trowbridge Wanderers. Bradley King-Taylor scored for Wanderers. UNDER 14’S RED DIVISION
Aaron Robson gave home side Amesbury Juniors a 1-0 lead at the break but the three points slipped away in the last minute with a late equaliser from visitors AFC Corsham. FC Chippenham 2nds denied opponents Trowbridge Town Youth 2nds the opportunity to move into second place after running out 5-2 winners. UNDER 15’S BLUE DIVISION
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Bradford Town Youth dominated their game against visitors Amesbury Juniors 2nds running out 13-2 winners with goals from Tom Champman (5), Tom Giles (4), Cameron Lange, David Cheshire, Josh Smith and an own goal. Amesbury replied with goals from Paul Thompson and James Wright. Daniel Marshall gave AFC Corsham the lead in their home against FC Chippenham but within a minute the visitors were back level through Jonny Ingram. Paul Cook gave Chippenham the lead shortly after the restart but this time Corsham were quick to bring the game level through Daniel Purser. Chippenham regained the lead through Ingram before going further ahead to steal the game at 4-2 with an own goal. Amesbury Juniors 1st move up into second place following their home game against South Newton & Wishford. Amesbury gave a confident performance turning a 3-1 half time lead into a 7-2 full-time result. Amesbury saw goals from Jack Gentle (2), Peter Hilliard and four from man-of-the-match Joe Hill. The mid table clash between home side Castle Combe Colts White and Westbury Youth saw Westbury run out 4-3 winners. Arthur Richardson and Thomas O’Cain scored for Castle Combe. UNDER 16’S BLUE DIVISION
Chippenham Town Youth are just one point behind leaders Trowbridge Town Youth with two games in hand after running out 4-0 winners away to Devizes Blues. UNDER 16’S RED DIVISION After a goal-less first half home side Salisbury United took the lead through Ollie Hill before Castle Combe Colts equalised for both to take a point each from the game. Pewsey Vale took a 2-0 first half lead against visitors Bradford Town Youth. Bradford won the second half netting two with one reply for Pewsey to finish 3-2 victors. Zak Mayer (2) and Max Wood scored for Pewsey. UNDER 17’S BLUE DIVISION No games | 
