Just the one game was played in the U18 Floodlight Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League U18 Floodlight Division in the fortnight before Christmas as waterlogged pitches saw all other games postponed. The one game played saw in-form Wims 11 at home to bottom side Trowbridge Town. In a one-sided affair Wims 11 were 24-0 winners to move up to fifth place in the table. Masood Garder led the way scored ten times, there were hat-tricks for Harry Bekoe and Okikola Olawuyi, Omaree Cox bagged a brace, two goals were own goals, with the other goals coming through William Smith, Nathan Nikoi-Appoh, Oliver Tucker and Noah Gray.
With half the division now into the second half of the season the league is starting to take shape with five teams looking like they will be involved in the race for honours. The current leaders are Swindon Supermarine who sit two points clear at the top of the table but have played more games than any other side in the division with just nine games to play.
Calne Town sit in second place with a game in hand over the leaders having won ten of their opening 12 league games. Their only defeats have come at the hands of leaders Swindon Supermarine and a surprise opening week defeat against Kintbury Rangers.
Bishops Cannings sit third in the table, ten points adrift of Swindon Supermarine, but with four games in hand mainly due to their cup run in the Wiltshire FA Youth Cup, could go top of the table if they won all those games in hand.
Melksham Town sit in fourth place, 12 points behind the leaders with three games in hand. With ten points dropped already with two defeats and two draws, they are the outsiders for the title now and if they are to mount a serious challenge for the title they can’t afford to drop too many more points.
The form team in the division are Wims 11 who have won five games in a row after that latest win against Trowbridge Town and with games in hand can move to within three points of leaders Swindon Supermarine if they win all their games in hand. They may come to rue the three points deducted for failing to fulfil a fixture come the final reckoning at the end of the season.
At the other end of the table Trowbridge Town have found their first season at this level very difficult but with a young side will be picking up experience which will be helpful for next season.
The U18 Division is normally the one that suffers the most with postponements, given the priority given to adult sides and the mainly Thursday night game night for the teams using grass pitches, and that is indeed the case this season in terms of percentage of games postponed, with 28 games postponed (30%). However, the good news is that there have been 14 more games played than last season at the same stage and the season is currently 49.2% complete, which is the best level of completion at this stage for many a season.
24 December 2025
