Freshford United Reserves FC 2 Pilot FC 3
PILOT TAKE SPOILS AWAY AT FRESHFORD
After conceding 39 goals in their opening five Gooding Accounts sponsored Trowbridge League, second division outings Pilot FC manager Max Davies turned to the evergreen Ali Jewers and a last minute transfer from Trowbridge Town Tigers saw the 54 year old shop stopper mark his debut for his new club with a 3-2 success away at Freshford United Reserves.
Freshford who fell behind to a Shem Okumu own goal were 2-0 down when Joshua Jacques fired in his third goal of the season.
Reece Mortimer made have reduced the deficit for Freshford before the break, but thanks to a second for Jacques, Pilot regained their two goal advantage.
Pilot then had to weather a Freshford storm as they looked for a way back into the game and when Ryan Mortimer rolled back the years by netting his first of the season, it was game on, and despite a being up against it at times, Pilot held out to claim a deserved win.
Durrington FC 4 Avon Valley FC 1
DURRINGTON CLAIM DERBY DAY SPOILS
A 4-1 victory for Durrington FC over local rivals Avon Valley FC not only saw them claim bragging rights until the sides meet again, it also meant that they extended their winning run to 6 matches and 2 points clear of Calne Athletic at the top of the table.
James Fisher landed the first goal for Durrington only for Harry Worley to restore parity for the visitors after that it was was the Tyler Pavey show as he took centre stage to dismantle Avon Valley.
Pavey regained the lead for Durrington before half time. The second second period saw him put his side 3-1 up before completing his hat trick to make the final score line 4-1 in favour of the leaders/
Calne Athletic FC 11 Bishops Cannings Reserves FC 1
ATHLETIC RUN RIOT AS McCONNACHIE SCORES 4
Bishops Cannings Reserves were the visitors to Beversbrook for this Division 2 clash against one of the early front runners Calne Athletic and the home side ran riot to post an 11-1 victory, their biggest victory of the season to date.
It took just four minutes for the divisions’ top goal scorer, Ewan McConnachie to break the deadlock and this was followed by Archie Green opening his Calne Athletic account just over ten minutes later.
When McConnachie added his second and Athletic’s third with 24 minutes on the clock, it seemed that the writing was on the wall for a long afternoon for Phil Hendy’s side.
However, it was Bishops Cannings who scored the next goal via substitute Lewis Hiscock, taking advantage of Calne Athletic briefly switching off and reducing the deficit.
That however, was about as good as it got for Phil Hendy’s team as this only seemed to open the floodgates further, Oli Andresen getting in on the action and McConnachie completing his hat-trick before the interval for a 5-1 halftime scoreline.
The second half did not give the Bishops Canning defence any respite, Green scoring two quickfire goals to take a share of the match ball and Dan Croft made it 8-1 before the hour mark.
The goals were coming thick & fast for Athletic and McConnachie scored his fourth of the afternoon to ensure he took the lions share of the match ball from his strike partner.
The goal that brought up double figures was arguably the goal of the game, Connor Mizen as he cut in from the left-hand side curled a beauty into the top corner and this was followed up by an equally good goal as Tyler Smith powered home the eleventh and final goal of the day as Calne Athletic ran riot to keep pace at the top of Division 2.
Staverton Rangers FC 0 Bromham FC 4
BEATTIE BOYS HELP BROMHAM OVERCOME STAVERTON
Bromham FC’s short trip to Bowerhill, Melksham where they met Staverton Rangers reaped dividends, a 4-0 victory has set them up nicely for what will be a tougher challenge and a must win match against Calne Athletic next weekend.
Tyler Beattie opened the scoring in the 11th minute and midway through the half Archie Harris made it 2-0.
Tyler Beattie scored his second of the afternoon and Bromham’s third in the 51st minute and it was left to Tobei Beattie to fire home number 5 minutes from time.
Trowbridge Wanderers FC 1 Trowbridge Town Tigers FC 5
TIGERS MAUL WANDERERS FOR DERBY DAY WIN
Local rivals Trowbridge Wanderers FC and Trowbridge Town Tigers FC met at the Studley Green Community Centre in what was expected to be a fiercely but closely contested encounter, as the end of the 90 minutes it was everything but close as Tigers ran out 5-1 victors.
Lewis Harford got the Tigers roaring with an early goal before two Callum McNamee’s goals gave them a 3-0 interval lead.
Luke Ransome pulled a goal back for Trowbridge Wanderers, but it proved to be a lone consolation as both Joel Grandos-Reeves and Dan Tugwell came off the bench to score a goal apiece on their debut’s to seal a fine win for Tim Brown’s side who will have bragging rights until the sides meet again.
Fixtures For Saturday 28th September 2024
Avon Valley FC v South Newton & Barford Hornets FC; Bishops Cannings Reserves FC v Durrington FC; Bromham FC v Calne Athletic FC; Freshford United Reserves FC v Trowbridge Town Tigers FC; Pilot FC v Trowbridge Wanderers FC. Matches Kick-Off @ 3.00pm unless stated otherwise.