Mid Wilts Youth League September 24 (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

Mid Wilts Youth League September 24

2:41pm Monday 25th September 2006 in Football By Gazette Sport Reporter

Under nine blue

Melksham Town Youth Saints striker Warren Rees scored two magnificent goals to sink home team Warminster Highbury in this top of the table clash which was played with great spirit giving the neutral spectators some highly entertaining football.

The Saints goals came in the first half after some great passing moves. Melksham's man of the match, Luke Seymour, was an inspiration at the back. New signings Harry Box and Sean Horobin got their debuts for the Saints and both proved welcome additions to the team. Warminster came out strong in the second half but failed to take their chances count but did manage to pull one back minutes before the final whistle.

Under nine green

Patrick Osborne opened the scoring for AFC Corsham after just five minutes adding his second soon after in their home game against Chippenham Town Youth Blue. Connor Willcox made it 3-0 just before the break. The Chippenham team put up a spirited defense, with their goalkeeper Yasmin making some great stops. Osborne added two more in the second half with Willcox and Shaun Bushby adding to the tally for Corsham to finish 7-0 winners. The game was refereed well by Callum Smith.

Devizes Town took the lead against the run of play away to Trowbridge Town Youth B. Trowbridge had several chances throughout the game including two strikes of the woodwork from Kyle Webb. Trowbridge thwarted further advance from the visitors with keeper Kyle Oakley making a brilliant double save to keep Trowbridge in contention. With barely a minute to go Danny Bryce side stepped two defenders to equalize.

Under nine orange

Melksham ParkA played Castle Combe Colts away. The game was played in great spirit with park attacking from the kick off and the ball sailing just over the bar from Tom Corke, From the resulting goal kick George Dee thundered a low drive against the post.

Some great defending from Luke and Joseph stopped Colts strikers from hitting our net. After seven or eight more good chances park were unable to find the net but kept hitting the post. A lovely run from the half way line from the colts striker split our defense and he kept a cool head to round our keeper and put colts 1 - 0 up at half time.

The second half started like the first with park hitting the post twice more and going close four more times. With five minutes left a fantastic through ball from Callum Carroll put Tomas Corke through who laid the ball off to George Dee who played a side ways ball to Myles Edwards who thumped the ball past the diving keeper into the corner of the goal to level the game at 1 - 1. A few more chances by both teams fell just wide of the posts to leave the final score a draw.

Under nine purple

Melksham Town Robins went into a one goal lead against FC Chippenham with a good finish from Brandon Mills after some good team play in the build up to the goal.

Melksham increased their lead when Kieran Hall's corner curled straight into the top corner. More good team play was rewarded with a third goal from Callum Mcrandle who finished with a snap shot after pressure from a corner. Chippenham battled back into the game and turned a lot of possession into a well taken goal from outside the box to make the score 3-1. The game opened up and both teams had plenty of chances, Melksham came close with two great headers from Brandon Mills , the second crashing against the post after a great run and cross from Evan Jewers. A cracking match that was played in a good spirit by both sets of players and enjoyed by both sets of supporters Trowbridge Town Youth move up to second in the table after running out 5-2 winners away to Devizes Town Youth B. Trowbridge saw goals from Oliver Peacock, Harry Bonnure and a hat trick from Amin Bellezrnk with Luke and Aidan replying for Devizes.

Under nine yellow

Aidan Maidment scored a first half hat trick for Mere Town Youth in their home game against Trowbridge Town Youth D. Mere defended well keeping a clean sheet and adding to their tally with a fourth for Maidment to finish 4-0 winners.

Under ten blue

Robin Batson scored a hat-trick and Kieran Hegerty added another as White Horse Dynamos went 4-1 up in the first half of their exciting away match against Trowbridge Wanderers.

Wanderers never gave up showing great team spirit and reduced the deficit but late strikes by Kieran Hegerty and Thomas Hatton ensured Dynamos went home with all three points with a 6-2 final score. William Green and Callum Yates scored for Wanderers with Yates named as man of the match.

Amesbury Juniors Tigers move one point clear at the top of the table after running out 4-2 winners away to Melksham Town Youth Saints. Dan Sibley and Harry Waylen scored for the Saints.

A single goal for George Butler was all that separated home side Larkhall Athletic and AFC Corsham Jaguars giving Larkhall the narrow 1-0 victory.

Under ten green

Trowbridge Town secured their third win of the season, again displaying excellent attacking and defending play in their game against Chippenham Town Youth Blue.

A well placed pass from Harvey Hale was converted by Aaron Cockerill to give Town an early lead. Chippenham responded quickly to equalize. A goal clearance to Cockerill who turned his defender and shot gave Trowbridge the lead again, however Chippenham took advantage of a goal mouth scramble two minutes later to equalize. James Pridham's impressive throw from the right hand side was volleyed by Sam Fuller to give Trowbridge a 3-2 lead at half time. The second half saw both teams battling to score, but Trowbridge defended their lead well giving them another well deserved win.

Melksham Park played host to local rivals Melksham Town Youth Robins with both sides enjoying a thrilling local derby match played in good spirit throughout. Park played some good football early on and created several good opportunities especially from corner kicks.

Town hung in and scored against the run of play through Fraser Smith. Park fought back but were denied an equalizer by the crossbar and some good goalkeeping. Early in the second half a defensive error from Town almost allowed Park in for an equalizer, then a minute later Town repeated the error but this time were punished when Harry Fulke-Greville equalized.

Town responded well and created some very good scoring opportunities, but it was Park that would have taken all three points but for a missed late penalty.

Kane Fernandez, Matthew Warren and George Cook all scored for Chippenham Town Youth White in their 3-2 away win against Worton & Cheverell. Elliott Bodman scored both goals for Worton and was named their man on the match.

Westbury Youth and visitors Warminster Highbury cancelled each other out in the first half with a 1-1 score line. Westbury had the upper hand in the second half netting two further goals with no reply to finish 3-1 winners. Daniel Bodman, Harry Green and Brad Gill scored for Westbury.

Under ten red

A much improved performance from Trowbridge Town Youth gave them their first points of the season in a 4 - 0 home win against Melksham Park with goals from Kieran Plummer, Luke Petty, Nathan Pepler and Adam Hale.

Bradford Town Youth Whites ran out 2-1 winners against home side Trowbridge Wanderers with Ben Cooper scoring for Wanderers.

Devizes Town Youth applied pressure on the FC Chippenham Phantoms goal right from the kick off and after several good saves from the Chippenham keeper Devizes scored direct from a corner through Jake Hillier. After the break Devizes sealed their 2-0 victory with a stunning fifteen yard strike from Thomas Edwards.

Derry Hill took the lead in their high tempo game against home side White Horse Junior Flames. The Flames equalized through Jessie Wollater making it 1-1 at the break. Both keepers gave excellent performances throughout the game but Derry scored their second then hung on for the win.

Under ten yellow

In another thrilling encounter newcomers Bishops Cannings took a 2-0 lead at the break against fellow newcomers Biddestone FC with goals from George Miller and Liam Coles. Coles added two more to his tally for his hat trick but Biddestone never gave up and managed to pull one back for a 4-2 final score. The game was refereed well by Chris Fair.

Castle Combe Colts Black took the lead in their away game against Chippenham Town Youth Yellow.

Callum Marr brought the scores level at the break. The second half was as even as the first but both sides failed to take their chances ending the game level at 1-1.

A first half hat trick for Mere's Reece Newman settled their game against Larkhall Athletic which ended 3-2 with all goals scored in the first half.

Under 11 blue

Three quick goals from Liam Sunderland, Jordan Dick and Oliver Deane early in the first half effectively killed the game for a FC Chippenham victory against Trowbridge Wanderers.

Two further goals from Oliver Deane and Miles Burton gave Chippenham a 5 - 0 half time lead. The game was wrapped up in the second half with another goal from Sunderland and man of the match Burton getting his hat trick.

The game between home side Larkhall Athletic and Trowbridge Town Youth was won in the first six minutes as the Town took a 3-0 lead. Six further goals before half time made it a convincing half time score of 9-0 to the visitors. The second half was a much tighter although town scored three further goals but Larkhall never gave up and battled all through the game.

Trowbridge goals were scored by man of the match Elliott Hughes (5),George Hall (2),Tom Oakley (2), Ashley Rendall, Nathan Hallet-Young and Joe Bakali-Laughton. Special mention to to Jack Whiting who was superb for Town in defense.

Under 11 green

In a hard fought game it was Trowbridge Town Youth who took early control against Team Bath Arsenal with goals through Ben Prosser and Alex Shaw.

Trowbridge created a number of chances to go further ahead but went in at half time only two goals up. In the second half Bath struck back twice to equalize against the run of play and must have thought they won it when they went ahead with less than five minutes left.

This was the cue for a solo effort from Alfie Francis who struck a well deserved equalizer with only seconds left to give Trowbridge a share of the points. Barry Towler refereed superbly helping both teams enjoy an exciting game After a closely fought first half visitors Frome Collegians took a narrow 1-0 advantage into the second half of their game against Warminster Highbury. Both sides created more of chances in the second half with Frome adding three more to their tally and Highbury netting two for Frome to finish 4-2 winners. Richard Ledbury and Joel Robbins scored for Highbury.

Under 11 orange

Devizes Town Youth remain at the top of the table following their third win on the bounce. Chippenham Town Youth White proved tough opposition holding Devizes to a 0-0 score line in the first half.

The second half saw goals from both sides but a late second for Devizes gave them the three points. Bradley Hill and Grant Bridewell scored for Devizes.

Melksham Park ran out convincing 11-2 winners at home to Castle Combe Colts with goals from Milo Pearson 3 , William Abrams, AJ Hobbs, Conner Randell, Jonathan Mead, Lewis Pearce (3) and Luke Roberts who had come out of goal for the second half. Combe saw goals from Muz Giuloglu and Oscar Ryan.

Under 11 yellow

Marshfield opened their season with an 11-3 away win against Melksham Town Youth.

Marshfield saw goals from Josh Gardiner (2), Ha4ry Steed (2) and own goal and a double hat trick from Jeremy Bond with Benjamin Howell, Luke Thomson and Aarron Munk replying for Melksham.

Under 12 blue

Trowbridge Town Youth dominated visitors Chippenham Town Youth to win 3 - 0 with a goal from Nathan Cockran and 2 own goals from Chippenham.

AFC Corsham s started brightly against visitors Bradford Town Youth Whites passing the ball around well and making good use of the wingers Kalif Barnes and Harry Roberts. The pressure began to tell and Corsham were awarded a penalty which Josh May crashed against the bar. However, he was later to make up for the miss by scoring one of the goals of the game.

It did not take Corsham long to take the lead. The pace of Josh Hard was causing Bradford's defence problems and he latched on to a through ball from Jordan O'Dwyer and calmly slotted his first of the game. He struck again a few minutes later with a similar cool finish after good work by Hugh Tayler and Josh May set him free again. Corsham then scored four quick goals. Alex Bray got a brace using his pace and skill to unlock the Bradford defence. Josh Hard then got his hat-trick with a powerful header after a pin-point cross from Kalif Barnes and a fourth with a low finish.

Not to be out-done the midfielders then got on the score sheet. First Josh May worked an opening and sent a rifling shot into the top of the net from the edge of the area. Then Jordan O'Dwyer finished off a passing move that started with Corsham's goal keeper Adam Mitchell. Mitchell released an early ball to Bradley Boyd, whose pin-point pass found Nicholas Chandler and after an exchange of passes with the hard-working Harry Roberts the ball was worked through to O'Dwyer who finished with a crisp shot. Josh Hard got his fifth just before half time to give Corsham an interval lead of 9-0.

Bradford then shuffled their defence and came out fighting in the second half. They started to pass the ball around and closed down Corsham. Soon Bradford were on the score sheet. After good work down the left wing the ball was worked across the middle and slotted home. Suddenly Bradford had more belief and Corsham looked nervous. Bradford then scored two quick goals and Corsham were rocking. Half way through the second period Bradford's midfield fed the ball through the Corsham defence and Bradford's striker was brought down in the area. The penalty was well taken and it looked possible for Bradford to make an incredible come-back.

However, Josh Hard steadied Corsham's ship with another well taken goal. Corsham regained control and scored three more through O'Dywer who got his second, Bray who completed his hat-trick and Charlie Picton got on the score sheet with a well taken one-on-one with the goalkeeper. In defence, Daniel McCartan and Nick Richer took control to stop Bradford from scoring again. The game ended with Kalif Barnes crashing a shot off the post and man-of-the-match Josh Hard continuing to cause problems for the Bradford defence.

An even first half saw Luke Ross score for home side Warminster Highbury with Cameron Wishart replying for Amesbury Juniors. Amesbury had the edge after the break taking the final score to 3-1 with goals from Harry Beckly and Conner Harrington.

UNDER 12 GREEN An exciting end to end game saw Bemerton Heath Harlequins come out on top of their clash against Derry Hill United. Harlequins took a two goal lead through Sammy Miller and Sam Harding before Derry Hill pulled one back and they could of equalized but for the fine defending of the Bemerton back four. Sammy Miller scored his second just before the break and the Harlequins lead 3-1 at the break. The second half saw more end to end football before Bemerton wore down the Derry Hill team with three further goals from Russell Jones, Sam Harding and James Payne. Jordan Edmonds was voted man of the match. Special mention is made to both teams and to the match referee Ashleigh Saxby for this excellent game played in the right spirit.

Melksham Park took an early lead in their home game against Amesbury Juniors but Conner Cutler pulled one back to bring the scores level at the break. Amesbury saw most of the possession in the second half leading to two more for Cutler for his hat trick and one from Simon Perry to finish 4-1 winners.

Under 12 red

First half goals from Joe Goddard, Cody Haines and Jack Henson saw Calne take 3-1 lead into the second half against visitors Bromham. Within a minute of the second half Luke Chapman scored for Calne followed by goals from Caner Ozaka, Daylan Eddolls, Haines and Harry Warner scoring a great solo goal to secure an 8-3 win for Calne.

Trowbridge Town Youth Cougars traveled to Melksham Town Youth Reds to run out 6-0 winners. Daniel Cleverley had a great debut game in goal as did Shane Windsor in defense and Jack Noden up front. A great team performance was capped off with goals from Jack Noden (3) Lewis Kay (1) Jack Lambert (1) and Reuben Cross (1).

Under 12 yellow

Bradford Town Youth Blue took a 2-0 lead at the interval away to Castle Combe Colts Black before going on to finish 8-1 winners. Wes Mumford (2), Cameron Dewer (2), Max King (2), Ryan Mackie and Partick Bolwell scored for Bradford with Harry Green replying for Combe.

Dilton Rovers enjoyed their first win of the season after running out 4-1 winners away to Chippenham Town Rangers. Oliver Rush and Freddy Ayers (3) scored for Dilton with Will Geeves replying for the Rangers.

In an end to end game Westbury Youth took all three points against Malmesbury Youth in a thirteen goal thriller. Westbury took a 3-2 lead at the break before going on to finish 8-5 winners. Jack Hayward (5), Owen Mumford and Ryan James (2) scored for Westbury with Jake James, Theo Blundell, George Barrell, William Winterborne and Tom Hayden replying for Malmesbury.

Under 13 blue

The game between home side Bradford Town Youth and Chippenham Town Youth started as a cagey affair and the home team could have taken the lead with two clear chances that went just wide.

Eventually Chippenham got a cross into the box that was headed in at the far post. The second goal came from a thirty yard free kick that was driven hard and low taking a deflection off a defender leaving the keeper stranded. Bradford continued to fight back and pulled one back but sloppy defending let them restore the two goal cushion and at half time it was 3-1 to Chippenham against the run of play. In the second half the Bradford defense was over-run as their midfield pushed forward in search of some comeback goals. Chippenham showed their class and broke through a crumbling defense with carbon copy goals and a long range lob for a bit of variety. Chippenham were eventual 9-1 winners bur Bradford learnt a few valuable lessons from last years division winners.

In an even balanced and competitive game Trowbridge Town Youth drew first blood against Warminster Highbury with a goal from Alex De Silva after a goalmouth scramble. Despite further chances for both teams the score remained 1-0 to Trowbridge at the break.

In the second half Trowbridge wasted a number of chances to increase their lead until Luke Gumm turned and shot into the top corner after an excellent through ball from Jack Miluk. Trowbridge quickly added a third through the lively Josh Moss before Warminster deservedly pulled one back from a late free kick. Final Score 3-1 to Trowbridge Town Youth.

Corsham FC earned their first three points of the season with a convaincing 8-3 home win against Trowbridge Wanderers. Ryan Godridge (3), lee Rogers (2), Mell King (20 and Mike Marshall scored for Corsham.

Under 13 green

Trowbridge Town Youth 2nds and Worton & Cheverell gave their spectators a great game to watch played in the right spirit and a fair result between two evenly matched teams . Trowbridge took the lead early in the second half through Jack Parker. Worton equalized just after the restart with a well taken goal from Richard Tandy. Trowbridge regained the lead again through Parker but with five minutes left to play Jamie Sandy scored from ten yards inside his own half ending the game level at 2-2. The game was refereed well by young referee Michael Towler.

Westbury Youth earned their first three points of the season to take them to the top of the table running out 5-2 winners at home to Larkhall Athletic after taking a 4-0 first half lead. Thomas Blackman (2), Billy Precup, Ashley Bodman and Lewis Gardiner scored for Westbury with Bradley Craipier and Leon Reid replying for Larkhall.

In a reversed fixture a depleted Chippenham Town Rangers traveled to Trowbridge Wanderers with just nine men. Rangers started well taking a two goal lead through Curtis Small (penalty) and Daniel Giles but Wanderers were level at 2-2 at the interval with two goals scored on the break. As the nine players from Chippenham tired Wanderers netted two more for a 4-2 lead but the visitors never stopped trying and their magnificent efforts were rewarded with two more goals from Carl Pengelly and a second for Small ending the game level at 4-4. Nathan Osboleston (3) and Adam Russell scored for Wanderers.

Under 13 red

Melksham Park started their home game on top against FC Chippenham 2nds taking a 4-0 lead at the break through James Webb (2), Jacob Brickell and Nick Richens.

Melksham increased their lead just after the restart with a cracking long range shot from outside the box from captain Stuart Jones. Chippenham never gave up and were straight back in the game scoring three quick goals taking the score to 5-3. Adam Lloyd finished the game off scoring Parks sixth.

Under 14 blue

Trowbridge Town Youth raced into a 3-0 first half lead in their away game against Warminster Highbury. Highbury denied Trowbridge further advancement in the second half and were back in the game with a goal from Joe Bradley to settle the affair at 3-1.

Under 14 green

Chippenham Town Youth ran out 3-2 winners away to Castle Combe Colts with Lui Polastrone and Johnny Simpkins scoring for Combe.

Trowbridge Wanderers ran out 7-1 winners away to Melksham Town Youth with George Harding scoring for Melksham.

In a closely fought game between two evenly matched sides Westbury Youth were eventual 3-2 winners against Trowbridge Town Youth 2nds with goals from Chris Lanfear, Darrly Thompson and Anthony Holton with Lewis Jordan named as Westbury's man of the match.

Under 14 red

Newcomers Mere have found themselves with three wins in three games putting them at the top of the table after running out 6-3 winners away to Bradford Town Youth White.

Mere saw goals from Dan Wright (3) and captain Troy Catley (3) who was congratulated by the referee for his very professional attitude as. Bradford saw goals from Mark Daniels, Ben Sessions and Issac Phillips.

Derry Hill United and visitors FC Chippenham Youth 2nds enjoyed an end to end game with chances at both ends which ended level at 4-4. Matt Tuck, Will Stevens, Callum Coupland and Cameron Hackett scored for Chippenham.

Bradford Town Youth Blue earned their first three points of the season with a 3-2 home win against Devizes Town Youth 2nds with Alex Own and Olly Clements scoring for Devizes.

An evenly matched first half saw home side Larkhall Athletic take a 4-3 lead against Westbury Youth 2nds. Larkhall dominated the second half and finished 8-4 winners. Connor Lynch (3), Ryan Shipp (3) Matthew Klinpikuln and Chris Day scored for Larkhall.

Under 15 blue

FC Chippenham took a 1-0 lead at the break through Nash in their home game against Lydiard FC before going on to finish 4-0 winners with further goals from Harrison, Tinson and Flynn.

Defensive errors gifted Castle Combe an early three goal lead against home side CTC which was extended shortly after the break. A memorable comeback looked likely with CTC goals from Isaac Bateson, Kyle Norris (2) and Jason Henley but a fifth for Castle Combe settled a well-battled if somewhat niggley encounter.

Under 15 green

Division leaders Trowbridge Wanderers hoped to extend their lead at the top in their encounter with second place Melksham Park.

Wanderers started strong taking a 2-1 lead at the break extending this to 3-1 just after the restart. Park never gave up and two second half strikes on target ended the game level at 3-3. Aaron Burbidge, James Reeves and Ryan Spong scored for Wanderers with Ben Forester (2) and Dan Moore replying for Park.

Under 15 red

At the end of a hard fought and enjoyable game FC Chippenham 2nd beat Westbury with the last kick of the game after Jack Ibbetson struck the ball beautifully from the edge of the box through a crowd of players following a corner.

Chippenham had gone ahead early in the first half, again from a corner, when Richard Hudson hammered the ball into the roof of the net following a flick on.

As the game went on Chippenham early dominance was countered by Westbury who gained a deserved equaliser in the second half only to lose at the death.

James Short scored for Westbury with Martin Perry named as their man of the match.

Sam Vasey gave home side AFC Corsham a 1-0 lead at the break in their game against Bradford Town Youth White. Jack Vasey made it 2-0 after the restart before Bradford hit back with two goals from Kyle McGauley and James Iberson-Hurst. Late in the game Corsham were awarded a free kick on the edge of their own half which Lee Marshall struck beautifully for their third and winning goal.

Amesbury Juniors ran out convinsing 7-1 winners against Worton & Cheverell Black's for their first three points of the season. Aaron Robson (5), Mark Ellis and Simon Bown scored for Amesbury.

Castle Combe Colts White never gave up and just kept going winning praise from their opponents despite their heaviest defeat ever losing 23-0 to Trowbridge Town Youth 2nds. Trowbridge saw goals from Bradley King-Taylor (7), Natti Mills (5), Lawrence Giles (4), James Ricaud (3), Liam Gilbert, Omar Bakali, George Devitt and Ashley Lewis.

Under 16 blue

Westbury narrowly missed picking up their first point of the season when Chippenham Town Youth scored with just two minutes to go for a 2-1 win. Simon Carter scored for Westbury.

Bradford produced an excellent team performance against home side Salisbury City taking a two goal lead at half time with goals from Tom Giles and Cameron Lange . A second goal by Lange near the end completed the win for Bradford. The game was marred by a nasty injury to Bradford's David Cheshire who was taken to hospital by Ambulance.

Trowbridge Town Youth 2nds took the lead twice in the first half of their away game against Devizes Town Youth to lead 2-1 at the interval. Devizes brought the game level at 2-2 before going on to lead 4-2. Trowbridge battled on and were back in the game at 4-3 but further efforts were thwarted by good defending and excellent goal keeping by Devizes. Devizes saw goals from Matthew Blumsom, George Rodman, Jacob Wrobel and an excellent thirty-five yard shot from James Moore.

A James Vince penalty gave visitors Trowbridge Town Youth a 1-0 lead in their game against Castle Combe Colts. A second half strike from Liam Flowers gave Trowbridge the game at 2-0.

Under 16 red

Amesbury Juniors went 1-0 up against visitors Castle Combe Colts following a low and powerful shot from Peter Hilliard just inside his own half.

Castle Combe started stronger in the second half beating the keeper only for Nathan Mundy to clear of the line. Amesbury doubled their lead on seventy minutes when a Hilliard corner was headed home by Mundy. Castle Combe battled on scoring a consolation goal ending the game 2-1 to Amesbury. The game was refereed superbly by Tony Whittaker from Andover.

Home side Bradford Town Youth suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of AFC Corsham after loosing their keeper Bo Berry following a head injury. Final score 21-1 to Corsham.

Melksham Town Youth remain at the top of the table following their 4-1 win away to FC Chippenham Youth. Ricky Treweke scored for Chippenham.

Mere FC are still looking for their first win after their 6-1 away defeat to South Newton & Wishford. Eddy Perritt (3), Ricky Harrison (2) and Hal Rhoades scored for South Newton.

Matt Gurd put visitors Salisbury United 1-0 up from the penalty spot in their game against Warminster Highbury. Highbury were soon back level through Jack Coxall before taking the lead at 2-1 with a fine strike from Jonathan Haggerty. The game remained at 2-1 until the dying minutes when Ricky Duncan sent home the equalizer.

Under 17 blue

Devizes Blues dominated the first half of their away game against Marlborough Town taking a 3-0 lead at the break. The second half was more even with both sides scoring to leave a final score of 4-1. Leigh Ford scored for Marlborough.

Salisbury United opened their season with a 2-0 home win against Castle Combe Colts with goals from Jake Fuller in the first half and Ollie Hill in the second.