The Under 18 Floodlight Division saw one game played before the rest of the division started due to the two teams, Melksham Town and Westbury United, participating in the national FA Youth Cup competition. It would prove to be a comfortable night for a strong Melksham Town side as they ran out 7-0 winners. Two goals for Oliver Robinson, with the other five being shared around the team with Rueben Church, Ben Gingell, Theo Griffiths, Oscar Hall and Callum Kirkman all finding the back of the net.

With the rest of the league getting their league fixtures underway this week the two sides had mixed fortunes in the FA Youth Cup Preliminary Round. On Monday night Westbury United fell to a 7-0 home defeat at the hands of Swindon Supermarine’s South West Counties Youth League side. Melksham Town were in action the following night and had a night to remember, securing a 4-2 away win at Bishops Cleeve that sets up a enticing First Qualifying Round tie against near neighbours Chippenham Town, with that tie expected to take place on Thursday 18^th September.

In this week’s league fixtures the biggest winners of the week were Bishops Cannings who on Monday night inflicted a heavy defeat on last season’s champions Radstock Town who are in the process of a rebuild after last season’s runaway title success. Oliver Holbrook led the way in the 9-0 win, scoring a hat-trick, Jack Spanswick bagged a brace and there were further goals from Thomas Thomas, Oliver Fedyk, Nathaniel Balinski and Rhys Phillips. The game itself was a lot my competitive than the final score would suggest, with the home side scoring a rush of goals towards the end of the game.

The same night there was a tight game at Kintbury Recreation ground where home side Kintbury Rangers  edged a close encounter over Calne Town by the odd goal, Oliver Hall and Ryan Hutchings scoring in a 2-1 win.

Amesbury Town were another side to get their season off to a winning start with a 6-1 home win over new side Trowbridge Town on Thursday night. Martin Jack scored twice for Amesbury with the Oliver Ford, Brandon Crofts, Toby Cooper and Hugo Drury-Smith all also getting one apiece, Bruno Kopera with the consolation goal for Trowbridge. Alwyn Bodman was at the game with his camera and pictures from the game can be found on the League Facebook Group page.

Devizes Town were the final side to get their season off to a successful start winning 4-1 away at the other new side to the league, Gillingham Town. Star of the show was Theo Drewitt who scored hat-trick with Lewis Hancock getting the other Devizes goal, Finley Holm with the Gillingham reply.

The same night Swindon Supermarine were involved in a local derby game against Wims 11 in a game played at the Imagine Cruising Stadium. Swindon Supermarine led 1-0 thanks to a Alfie Telling goal as the game moved deep into injury time, but Wims snatched a share of the points with a goal from Omaree Cox in the fifth minute of added time as it finished 1-1.