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 Stratton Juniors Orange Head the North,
Melksham Move Clear in Mid Wilts
With all games in the Mid Wiltshire Veterans’ Division postponed on the day of the Queen’s funeral as a mark of respect, four teams agreed to play on different days in the week. Melksham Town and Westbury United agreed to bring their game forward from Monday to Sunday teatime and were rewarded with a crowd of 150 for a Veterans’ League game, a gate most Step 5 clubs would be very happy with. Both teams went into the game with identical records having won one and drawn one of their opening two fixtures, but Melksham ended that unbeaten record of Westbury United inflicting a 4-1 defeat on the White Horse Men. Melksham Town’s leading scorer the past two seasons, Charlie Griffin, led the way scoring twice to double his total for the season, Simon Charity also doubled his own total for the season with one of the other goals and the final goal being scored by Kris Beasley with his first of the season. Dale Rowland with the consolation goal for Westbury United.

With their scheduled games on Monday postponed and their original opponents being unable to agree to re-scheduling on the Tuesday night, Chippenham Town and Trowbridge Town Tigers arranged to play each other in conjunction with the League Fixture Secretary at short notice. Well done to the two teams in collaborating to get another game played. On the night it was the two defences that shone as the two teams fought out a 0-0 draw to share the points, the point for Trowbridge Town Tigers moving them off the bottom of the table.

There was also one of the original scheduled games played on Tuesday night at Bulford and it saw visitors Corsham Town return home with all three points courtesy of a 4-0 win with two goals in each half against Amesbury Junior Badgers. Steve Tweddle led the way scoring twice with further goals coming from Jonathan Scott and Stuart Skinner. The win saw Corsham move up into fourth spot in the table.

   Steve Tweddle who scored twice in Corsham Town's 4-0 win over Amesbury

There were three games on Tuesday night in the North Wiltshire Division including Cricklade Town’s first outing of the new season. They had ended last season with nine straight wins, and they extended that winning run into double figures with a 2-0 success over Stratton Juniors Black. Summer signing TJ Bohane opened his account at Veterans’ level and Matt Richards with the other Cricklade goal.

   TJ Bohane who scored one of the two goals for Cricklade Town in their 2-0 win over Stratton Juniors Black

Whilst Stratton Juniors Black were losing their third straight game, their stablemates Stratton Juniors Orange were having a much better night. A hat-trick from leading scorer Vince McMackin plus a further goal from Matthew Tate secured an impressive 4-2 win over Swindon Rovers who had started the season with two straight wins. The win for Stratton Juniors not only saw them move above their opponents on goal difference but also sent them to the top of the division displacing Royal Wootton Bassett Town from top spot. The two goals for Swindon Rovers were scored by Tom Bailey and Leon Hills.
The third game on Tuesday night in the North Wiltshire Division involved Chiseldon and AFC Swindon with both sides looking to pick up their first points of the season. Last season Richie Miles had scored at a rate of 1.5 goals per game in helping Priory Vale to runners-up spot and he is already above that rate for his new club Chiseldon after firing a hat-trick in a 3-1 win to add to the one he scored in Chiseldon’s opening game. The win for Chiseldon lifted them a couple of places in the table. AFC Swindon continue to run opponents close this season and those first points can not be too far away, their goal coming from Jeremy Hope.

The final game of the week in the North Wiltshire Division was on Wednesday night at the Gerard Buxton Sports Ground between Swindon Old Boys and last season’s champions Redhouse. After an opening day defeat, Redhouse had bounced back with a win last week and goals from the division’s top scorer last season, Dave Rendle, and one from Nolan Paul, in a 2-0 win made it two victories on the spin. The win saw Redhouse climb a couple of places to fourth spot in the table.

   Redhouse who won for the second consecutive game with a 2-0 success over Swindon Old Boys

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22 September 2022
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