Ladies Premier Division

There were just three games played in the Ladies Premier Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League last week as a result of Trowbridge Wanderers withdrawing from the league and the scheduled game between Highworth Town and Barford Hornets being postponed with Barford Hornets unable to raise a side.

The three games that went ahead saw league leaders Marlborough Town drop their first points of the season as they fell to a 4-0 defeat on the 3G at Moredon against FC Abbey Meads. Chloe Neate put FC Abbey Meads ahead on 21 minutes and Amelia Fowles then doubled FC Abbey Meads lead three minutes later. A third from Hayley Huckin nine minutes before the break put FC Abbey Meads in command by half time. An improved second half showing from Marlbough saw the game remain at 3-0 until 20 minutes from time when Claire Moreton added a fourth for FC Abbey Meads to round off a good afternoon for the Swindon based side as it finished 4-0. With the league table having now been adjusted for the withdrawal of Trowbridge Wanderers, Marlborough Town still have a five-point lead at the top of the table despite the defeat and FC Abbey Meads sit in fourth place, six points behind Marlborough but with two games in hand.

Melksham Town moved up into second spot after a 3-1 away win at Calne Town. A goal from Andrea Chludilova saw Melksham lead 1-0 at the break but second half goals from Nicholle Duncan and Eva Allison confirmed the Melksham victory, with Megan Hamill getting one in reply for Calne Town. Barbara and Alan Swan were at the game with their cameras and more of their excellent pictures can be found on the League Facebook Group page.

Keynsham Town "A" sit third in the table for now after a 3-0 home win over Purton Kingsdown despite ending the game with just ten players. First half goals from Kerry Bartlett and Gracie Reed saw Keynsham in a comfortable position at the break. However, ten minutes into the second half Mandy Hennessy was sent off leaving Keynsham to play the rest of the half with one player short. Despite the numerical disadvantage they added a third, Bartlett scoring her second of the game to make sure of the three points.

League Cup

There were also several big scores in the Preliminary Round of the Ladies League Cup, this despite the Management Committee having given byes to ten of the eleven Premier Division sides with five of the six games played being all-Division One affairs. The one Premier Division side playing in the Preliminary Round, FC Abbey Meads,  proved too strong for Purton Kingsdown Reserves scoring 21 unanswered goals highlighting the big difference in standard between the top of the Premier Division and Division One. There was a double hat-trick for Rebecca Wakley, Michelle Rich scored five, Summer Dennis scored four, Hannah Attewell registered a hat-trick, Chloe Neate scored twice with Millie Swift getting the other goal. Credit to the Purton Kingsdown players for playing the game rather than conceding the tie as some might have done in the circumstances, and they can go forward in the knowledge that they will not play such a strong side again this season. FC Abbey Meads will be away to fellow Premier Division side Highworth Town in the next round.

Although all the other ties were all-Division One affairs, there were still another 40 goals scored in the five games. Malmesbury Victoria had won 13-0 earlier in the season in the league against Durrington and the south Wiltshire side had another difficult afternoon in the north of the county in their Preliminary Round tie as Malmesbury ran out 18-0 winners on a heavy pitch at the Flying Monk ground to make it through to the last 16. Leading scorer Emilee Collier added four more to her total, Rhianon Stidever, Lisa Lane and Karma Kabbani all scored hat-tricks, Laura Deacon added two more to her tally for the season with Amberlie Miller and Karen Marshall also amongst the goals.  Malmesbury’s reward for the win is another home tie, this time against Premier Division opposition in the shape of Keynsham Town A.

When Salisbury had met Stratton in Swindon in the league earlier in the season, they had returned home with all three points following a 4-0 win. They had a more comfortable afternoon in completing a league and cup double over Stratton scoring nine goals without reply. Leading scorer Nicole Webster led the way adding four more to her total to take her tally for the season to 14, the rest of the goals were shared around the team with Samantha Deacon, Angela Collins, Lucy Pearson-Motley and Melissa Penn all scoring one apiece with the final goal in the 9-0 win coming courtesy of an own goal. Salisbury will now be home to Blunsdon in the next round.

FC Chippenham were another side who carried their good league form into the cup competition and were a third side completing a league and cup double, with Bishops Cannings their victims. Having won 6-3 in the league there was this time a four-goal margin of victory, a hat-trick from leading scorer Lily Aylan plus further goals from Amy Totterdell and Mollie Cavaciuti securing the a 5-1 win, Lucy-Anne Skinner with the consolation goal for Bishops Cannings. The win effectively sees FC Chippenham through to the quarter final as they had been drawn against Trowbridge Wanderers in the next round and will consequently now get a bye as a result of Trowbridge withdrawing from the league.

Blunsdon were yet another side completing a league and cup double on Sunday having won 4-0 on their last visit to Staverton Rangers they repeated that scoreline on Sunday thanks to two goals from Laura Gammon and one each from Jody Nicholls and Danielle Tuck. As noted earlier, they will be away to fellow Division One side Salisbury in the next round.

The final tie of the Preliminary Round saw two teams who had met in the league the week before, Marlborough Town Reserves and Ferndale Rodbourne up against each other. In the league encounter at Marlborough the home side had run out 3-0 winners and they repeated that score line for a second consecutive week, two goals from Daisy Cox and one from Kerry Ash securing the cup win. Marlborough Town Reserves will be home to Premier Division side Barford Hornets in the next round.

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6 November 2025