This week saw the honours in the Under 18 Floodlight Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League all decided. On Monday night a solitary goal from Radstock Town’s Theo King was enough to give the home side Radstock a 1-0 win over Royal Wootton Bassett Town thus ending the visitors’ chances of pipping Kintbury Rangers for the league title. King’s goal was a strike from distance and ensured Radstock continued their excellent end of season form in the league which now extended to nine unbeaten games. The win for Radstock meant Kintbury had won the title with a game to spare, the final game against Warminster Town, now scheduled for next Wednesday, no longer has relevance to the title race. Congratulations to Kintbury on their title success, with that one game still to go they have lost just one in the league all season, that an early season loss away at Royal Wootton Bassett Town. The defeat for Royal Wootton Bassett Town also meant that, not only had the title quest been ended, achieving runners-up was also not just in their own hands, they would now need Radstock to do them a favour by taking points off Calne Town in their game scheduled for Thursday night.

On Thursday night, Royal Wootton Bassett Town, Calne Town and Radstock Town went into their respective games with just a single point separating all three but with Calne Town having a game in hand over the other two, knowing that if they won both their games, they would be certain of runners-up spot. For Royal Wootton Bassett Town a win against Warminster Town at home was essential and then they needed Radstock to take points off Calne, a Calne defeat would see Royal Wootton Bassett Town take that runners-up spot, a draw would mean a play-off would be needed if Calne Town then defeated Bishops Cannings in their final game. For Radstock to finish as runners-up they needed to beat Calne and hope Royal Wootton Bassett failed to beat Warminster and that Bishops Cannings then won that final game against Calne Town.

Royal Wootton Bassett Town did what they needed to do against Warminster Town. An early goal from Jowan Partridge settled any nerves but it was only in the second half that they made certain of the three points. A goal from Joey Warren doubled the lead and a third from Charlie Stammers put them in a commanding position. Warminster pulled one back from the penalty spot before late goals from Joe Beavis and a second for Partridge saw the game finish 5-1.

Down in Radstock the home side Radstock Town were not only looking to get the win for a possible second place finish but also avenge the recent defeat against Calne Town in the cup final. It started well for Radstock two first half goals saw them lead 2-0 at the break. Whilst Calne game back at Radstock in the second half scoring two of their own through Jack Smith and Woody Smart a third for Radstock ensured the unbeaten league run extended to ten games to end their season. On target for Radstock were Jack Farion with two and Tom Hobbs and also meant that Royal Wootton Bassett Town would be confirmed as runners-up for the second season running.

The final game of the week was on Friday night at Green Lane, and it saw Warminster Town back in action again away to Bishops Cannings as they end the season with four games in the final two weeks of the campaign due to pitch issues during the winter months. The two sides had drawn 2-2 back in October but it was to be a one-sided affair in the return game with Bishops Cannings hitting eight unanswered goals. On target for Bishops Cannings in the 8-0 win were Szyman Raczak, who helped himself to a hat-trick, Oliver Brogden, Harvey Swain, Jack Cross, Aaron Joseph and Tyler Moore. The win for Bishops Cannings saw them move above Melksham Town into fifth place. Warminster will play their final two games next week at their opponent’s grounds with maintenance work already underway on their own pitch.

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Results and Next Week's Fixtures

6 May 2023