There were four games played in the Under 18 Floodlight Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League last week. On the Monday night Kintbury Rangers picked up their third win of the season, a solitary strike from Stanley Herdman being enough to give them all three points against Devizes Town.
The same night Bishops Cannings were in action at Green Lane and goals from Sebastian Kent, Casper Olczak, Jack Spanswick and Aaron Waldron secured a 4-0 home win over Westbury United and saw Bishops Cannings move to within two points of second placed Calne Town with a game in hand.
There was an entertaining game at the Imagine Cruising Stadium between league leaders Swindon Supermarine and Melksham Town on the Wednesday night, with plenty of chances at both ends and both keepers pulling off some great saves during the game. The first of the two keepers called into action was the Melksham keeper who pulled off a tremendous save to prevent Supermarine taking an early lead. At the other end, Melksham were then awarded a penalty and now it was the turn of the Supermarine keeper to pull off the save, diving to his left to save the spot kick. It would be Supermarine who would finally get themselves the first goal, a free kick into the box found Alfie Telling just inside the area, he controlled it before hitting a powerful volley into the far bottom corner of the net to make it 1-0 to the home side. There continued to be chances at both ends, but it remained just the one goal in it mainly due to the efforts of the two keepers. Ironically it would be an error though from the Supermarine keeper that allowed Melksham back into the game, his miscontrol allowing him to be closed down by Latrell Flower and the attempted clearance ricocheting off the Melksham player and into the net. Melksham then went close twice to taking the lead, hitting the bar on both occasions, the first an effort from just inside their opponent’s half and then a second time from a free kick. It remained 1-1 as the teams turned around at the break. The two sides continued to create chances at both ends, but it would be Supermarine who got their noses in front for a second time, a free kick from Liam Clark deceiving everyone and ending up in the back of the net for 2-1. The two sides would in the end, however, have to settle for a point apiece, a mix up by the Supermarine defence allowing the Melksham striker Callum Kirkman to nip in and take the ball off a defender before slipping the ball into the net from a tight angle for 2-2. The point saw Swindon Supermarine increase their lead at the top of the table to two points from Calne Town with both sides having now played ten games. Highlights from this game can be viewed on Swindon Supermarine's TV channel.
Gillingham Town have now found their form in the division after a slow start and registered their third straight win with a 12-1 away victory at Trowbridge Town to move up to fifth place in the table. Those three games have seen Gillingham score 24 goals. Finlay Holm led the way at Trowbridge scoring four goals, including a first half hat-trick, both Charlie Watson and Caleb Pack scored twice with further goals coming through Daniel Dacombe, Daniel Yeatman, Thomas Gaylard and Luca Prescod-Toogood.
25 November 2025
