Calne Town U18s who made it through to the Cup Semi Final with a 3-1 win at Kingsdown Lions

With all the wet weather the advantages of 3G pitches were clearly demonstrated this week in the Under 18 Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League when the only two games that were played were on artificial pitches at Kingsdown School and Green Lane.

On Tuesday night there was action in the quarter final of the Under 18 League Cup when Kingsdown Lions entertained Calne Town. When Calne had visited Kingsdown in the league in October they had left with all three points following a 5-2 win and they completed a league and cup double on Tuesday night at Kingsdown School courtesy of a 3-1 win. The first half was a tight affair and despite chances at both ends the teams turned round with the game still looking for its first goal. The deadlock was finally broken on the hour mark, Calne’s leading scorer Asher Jones netting his seventh goal of the campaign. Calne doubled their lead six minutes later through Thomas Gates and Gates then made sure it would be Calne who progressed to the semi final with his second of the game ten minutes from time. Kingsdown did manage a late consolation goal through their leading scorer Nicholas Wilkes, who had also scored in their previous three games, with his seventh goal of the season.

Unfortunately, the First Round tie between Warminster Town and Royal Wootton Bassett Town was postponed for the third time and it will need to be re-scheduled again. Similarly the quarter final tie between last season’s beaten finalists AFC Aldermaston and Radstock Town.

The one league game to be played in the week was on Friday night at Green Lane where Bishops Cannings hosted Radstock Town. Bishops Cannings were without a win in their previous three games in all competitions and keen to get their season back on track, whilst Radstock Town came into the game on the back of a big 9-1 win over Kingsdown Lions in their last game. On a bitterly cold evening the two sides provided an entertaining game which saw both teams hit the frame of the goal on a number of occasions and both keepers deny their opponents with some good saves. It was to be Bishops Cannings night though. Harvey Swain put them one up before Jack Farion doubled their lead. It then became the Jack Smith show as the Cannings leading scorer added a third and a fourth to take his total for the season to 13. Radstock Town pulled one back before Smith went from scorer to provider setting up Lleyton Edwards for a fifth Bishops Cannings goal as it finished 5-1 to the home side. The win for Bishops Cannings saw them move up above Radstock in the table into fourth spot.

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16 January 2023