Action from Devizes Town's 5-1 win over Trowbridge Town to maintain their perfect record in the Mid Wiltshire Division (picture courtesy of David Giles)
North Wiltshire Division
Nationwide extended their lead at the top of the North Wiltshire Veterans’ Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League to six points with an emphatic 6-0 win over ExIntel at Moredon on Tuesday night. The damage was inflicted in the first half as goals from Adam Rudman, Mason Worthington and Richie Miles saw Nationwide go 3-0 up. They then had Neil Snow sent off but added a fourth through Adam Devine just before half time to lead 4-0 at the break. Despite the numerical disadvantage in the second half, they added two further goals through Adam Rudman after the break, that is now 18 for the season in all competitions for Rudman.
Unfortunately, second in the table Redhouse’s scheduled game against Royal Wootton Bassett Town did not go ahead on compassionate grounds following the sad passing of the Redhouse’s former manager and player James Aghabi. The thoughts of everyone at the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League are with James’ family at this difficult time.
The other two sides still involved in the battle for the end of season honours Cricklade Town and Penhill United both secured victories. On Monday night Cricklade Town became the first team in seven games to lower the colours of much improved FS Stratton, Sam Collier scoring the only goal of the game to give his side a 1-0 win.
On Wednesday night, Penhill United moved back level on points with Cricklade following a 4-1 win over Chiseldon at Moredon. Two goals from Peter Myall set them on their way and a third from Luke Wareham saw them lead 3-0 at the break. Chiseldon pulled one back through Adam O’Keeffe, his 12th of the season, but a third for Myall to complete his hat-trick rounded off a good evening for Penhill. The division’s leading scorer has now hit 23 goals in all competitions so far this season.
The final game of the week in the division was on Thursday night at Moredon between Swindon Rovers and AFC Swindon. The game saw AFC Swindon pick up their second win of the season to move off the bottom of the table, Robert McMahon, Ashley Chapman and Jason Cobb scoring in a 3-2 win, Sean Lewis and James Cornfield with the Swindon Rovers goals. The only blemish on the night for AFC Swindon was the nasty face injury suffered by Dan Scourfield following an accidental clash of heads that saw him spend most of the night in A& E and all at the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League wish him a speedy recovery from his injury.
Mid Wiltshire Division
It was good week for the top two sides in the Mid Wiltshire Veterans’ Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League with both winning to maintain their excellent seasons to date. On Monday night Melksham Town were without the division’s leading scorer Gary Higdon, absent due to illness, for their game against Warminster Town and it was to prove to be a close encounter as Warminster pushed Melksham all the way. Ian Dowell scored early on for Melksham with a close-range finish before Aaron Ledgister doubled their lead inside the opening ten minutes when he beat the high Warminster defensive line to run through one on one against the keeper and place the ball into the net. Christopher Steele then pulled one back for Warminster with his sixth goal of the season just before half time to leave Melksham with a slender one goal lead at the break. In a tense second half, Melksham pushed for a third and Warminster searched for an equaliser, but the score remained 2-1. The win for Melksham saw them temporarily go three points clear at the top of the table whilst, due to results elsewhere, Warminster Town dropped a place to fifth spot.
It was Calne Town who moved above Warminster into fourth place in the table thanks to a 3-1 home win over Radstock Town. Goals from Paul Maddox, Gary Newman and Chris Robinson securing the three points for Calne at MOD Lyneham, a 16th goal of the season for Jack Broadway six minutes from time in reply for Radstock Town.
The final game of the week saw Devizes Town maintain their perfect start to the season with an eleventh straight win in the league to join Melksham on 33 points at the top of the table, winning 5-1 against Trowbridge Town Tigers. Whilst the result may have been disappointing for Trowbridge, they have the honour of being the first team this season in any of the seven divisions to complete all their league fixtures. Their pro-active rescheduling of games to Selwood Academy when the pitch has not been available at Woodmarsh has enabled them to complete their fixtures within a week of the last scheduled date in the original fixtures for the division, whilst others still have six games to play. Star of the show for Devizes in the 5-1 win was Wayne House who scored a hat-trick with further goals from Mark Dolman and Robert Mitchell, Mariusz Hoszko with the Trowbridge Town Tigers goal. David Giles was at the game with his camera and more pictures can be found on the League Facebook Group Page.
More action from Devizes 5-1 win over Trowbridge
(pictures courtesy of David Giles)
15 March 2026
