Youth football reports

Under 9's Division One

In a close match between Westbury Youth Lions and Trowbridge Wanderers A both sides started well. A great diving save from Alex Harrison for Westbury early in the first half kept Wanderers out but they soon took the lead with a deflected goal from a corner. Reece Mitten went close to equalising for Westbury before Matty Mantay made it two for the visitors. Westbury played some great football in the second half with some nice passing moves creating many opportunities to score but an increasingly heavy pitch and some last ditch defending from Wanderers kept them out.

Chippenham Town Youth White and Trowbridge Town Youth A played out an entertaining draw, one week before they are due to play each other in the cup. Trowbridge started the game well but were equally matched by Chippenham. Trowbridge took the lead thanks to a shot from Timmy Jones who struck a firm shot which slid through several defenders into the net. Chippenham came back strong and equalized in the second half after a neat finish from Luis Nyman. Chippenham had much of the possession but could not quite find the winning goal but go into next week's cup match hopeful against a strong and talented Trowbridge team.

Under 9's Division Three

Bradford overcame a plucky and spirited Trowbridge side to win 4-2. Sidwell opened the scoring for Bradford with a thundering right foot after an intercepted goal kick. An open end to end sequence of play followed . Ollie Coghlan produced Bradford's second with a superb low strike from the left just outside the box giving the Trowbridge goalkeeper diving to the right no chance. After the break Bradford got their third, with some good work by George Rebello. Coghlan produced a superb lofted cross from the right met by Angus Watts alone at the far post to simply slot the ball home. Despite some very solid defending from Jacob Beecham and Jonno Salter and some fine goalkeeping from Tom Hughes, Trowbridge refused to give up and came back with a good goal from Adam Boucham. Even after Alex Holmes made it four for Bradford. Trowbridge kept coming forward and their possession paid off with a second goal this time taken by Lyndon Williams.

Under 9's Division Four

A close game saw White Horse Juniors take the three points after running out 3-2 winners away to Bradford Town Youth B. Daniels (2) and Batson scored for White Horse with Marcus Bartolo (2) replying for Bradford.

The local derby between home side Trowbridge Town Youth and Trowbridge Wanderers provided some entertaining play resulting in town taking the win at 3-2. Town saw goals from Charlie Jones, Kieran Taylor and an own goal with Thomas McKeown and Connor Wase replying for Wanderers.

Under 9's Division Five

A hat trick from Christian Sulley and a single from Rhys Bevan gave Derry Hill a 4-2 victory away against AFC Calne. Tommy Redford scored both goals for Calne.

Under 9's Division Six

Three goals from Sam Cocks including a candidate for goal of the season with a fine right footed volley and one from Ellie Osborne gave Westbury Youth Tigers a 4 - 0 win over Melksham Town Magpies.

Trowbridge Town Youth E ran out narrow 1-0 winners against visitors Larkhall Athletic with a goal from Lewis Saliba.

Chippenham Town Youth Blue had a great start to their final round of games running out 7-1 winners away to Bradford Town Youth C. Dan Carter (3), Harry Jones, Ben Barclay, Alex Vogt and will Tucker scored for Chippenham with Jason Hughes replying for Bradford.

Under 10's Blue Division

Melksham Town Youth Saints took an early lead against home side FC Chippenham with a close range shot from Rhys Kemish. The lead was extended mid way through the first half, when Warren Maidment turned two Chippenham defenders before slotting the ball through to Callum Demkiv who rifled home the second into the top corner. Sean Horobin completed the scoring with a fine solo effort to make the half time score 3-0. Chippenham responded well in the second half, but Melksham defended solidly, led by an inspired Chay Forester. Warren Maidment completed the scoring for Melksham with a delicate chip. Again Melksham dominated possession but could not find a way past the Wanderers keeper who pulled off a string of fine saves.

Wanderers only needed a single attack to score the only goal of the match through Sam Padfield. No matter what Town did Wanderers managed to get a last ditch tackle in. It was a sporting match and well refereed.

U10 Green Division

Bradford Town Youth earned their first three points of the season after running out 3-1 winners against White Horse Juniors Warriors. Matthew Finnigan, Nico Clarke and Owen Evans scored for Bradford with Oscar Bruce replying for the Warriors.

Under 10's Purple Division

After taking a 3-0 lead at the interval visitors FC Chippenham went on to finish 4-0 winners against Devizes Town Youth. Tyler Willis (2), Ben Lesley and Harry Beazer scored for Chippenham.

Melksham Town Youth Magpies and Eagles fought out a well played 2-2 draw. Josh Thornton and Edward Wicks scored for the Magpies.

Under 10's Red Division

Marlborough started superbly from the kickoff and drove straight through the AFC Corsham Leopards defence to register a goal inside the first fifteen seconds. This seemed to throw Corsham out of their stride and they struggled to put together their normal passing game and were lucky not to go further behind. Slowly they came back into the match and managed to create a number of chances which foundered on the rock that was the Marlborough keeper. Time and again he threw his large frame across the goal to push shots round the post or to catch any long range efforts. So it was with Corsham pushing for the equaliser that Marlborough broke away and scored their second which effectively killed the match and avenged the defeat at Leafy Lane earlier in the season.

Larkhall Athletic Falcons ran out convincing 6-2 winners at home to FC Chippenham after taking a 2-1 lead at the break. Lean Haywood, Peter Kimberly (3), Ryan Musgrove, Jacob Miles (2) and Harrison Davis scored for the Falcons.

Larkhall Athletic Eagles notched up three points with a 6-2 home win against Melksham Park. Liban Suleiman (3), Oscar Archer, Thomas Von Hout and Mitchell Court scored for the Eagles with Joe McNally and an own goal for Park.

Under 11's Division One

Trowbridge ran out comfortable winners against Warminster Highbury. Town were 1-0 up in the first five minutes after Joe France drove the ball into the far corner after being pt through by Matthew Morris. Trowbridge got their second a few minutes later through an own goal. Credit must go to Highbury who pulled a goal back after putting Trowbridge under some sustained pressure midway through the first half. Town went onto get another three goals before the break with Morris getting two and Joe Blais coming on as a substitute to get a goal. Trowbridge continued to put Highbury under sustained pressure in the second half and where rewarded when Sam Fuller chipped the goalkeeper to get his first and Town's sixth.

Melksham Town Youth won their second game on the bounce with a 4-2 home win against Chippenham Town Youth White. Harry Waylen (2), Will Thomson and Chris Halliday scored for Town.

Under 11's Division Two

A good hard fought match saw Westbury come back from 3-0 down at half time to 3-2 at the final whistle. Jake Ayrton and Daniel Bodman scored for Westbury. All the Larkhall players soaked up the pressure and worked hard for a well earned victory.

Under 11's Division Three

Trowbridge Town found themselves 2-0 down after five minutes following football from Castle Combe. Combe continued to dominate the first half but a goal five minutes from the end of the half from Jake Paxton gave Town hope. Trowbridge came out for the second half and played some excellent football for the remainder of the game. Goals from Dennis McElhone (2), Jamie Morris and Will Green gave Trowbridge a 5-2 win.

After a dismal first half to the 2007/08 season FC Chippenham finally did what they been striving to achieve and ran out a 3-2 win against Warminster Highbury, unfortunately the two goals conceded against us were own goals, but three fantastic goals for FC Chippenham were scored by Elliott Jones, Joe Thompson and Jack Brind, with Warminster continually showing good form and making us chase our tails.

Under 11's Division Four

The first half opened with Worton controlling the game but failing to score past Melksham Town's sturdy defence. The first half looked to be ending at 0 - 0 when Melksham broke through Worton's defence and slotted home through Luke Thomson. The second half saw Melksham start spritely and continued where they had left off in the first half by putting Worton under a lot of pressure. Worton held out and Joshua Hatcher slotted home after a breakaway counter attack to level the scores at 1 - 1. A more even second half saw the deadlock broken by Jack Pearce breaking from midfield, running down the right wing, cutting in and then looping the ball over the goal keepers head, a stunning individual goal, 1 - 2 to Worton. Melksham continued to pile on the pressure but Ben Jenks broke away at the half way line to run the ball into the Melksham goal to seal a 1 - 3 victory to Worton. Man of the match for Worton was goalkeeper Cameron Garbutt for some fine saves to keep Melksham strikers at bay.

There was never more than the odd goal between the two teams as the game swung one way then the other with Mere snatching a last gasp equalizer. Derry Hill goals were scored by Joe Williamson (2). Marcus Frost and Kieran Glennon.

Under 11's Division Five

Result of above game was Chippenham Town Youth 9 Bishops Canning 2.

Chippenham Town Youth Blue ran out 9-2 winners against Bishops Cannings with goals from Kamraan Ahmadi (3), Oliver Alcorn (2), Ethan Jones (2), Daniel Salter and Matthew Carter.

Bradford took the lead after eight minutes against Larkhall Athletic with a clean strike from Jacob Smith. Bradford added their second through Fin Aubrey with a clever lob over Larkhall keeper before Aubrey struck again to end the first half 3-0 to Bradford.

The second half saw Larkhall start brightly but a second goal for Jacob Smith effectively ended Larkhalls chance of any points. Further goals for Callum Yates, Ollie Clayton-Smith and Ed Rolt saw Bradford run out eventual 7-0 winners.

U12 Blue Division

Devizes Town Youth's Bradley Hill scored five of their six goals taking his tally for the season to twenty-six in a game played in difficult conditions against visitors FC Chippenham . Chippenham kept battling to the end and were unlucky not to score when stand in Devizes keeper Joe Merritt saved a second half penalty. Andrew Wilkins scored the other goal for Devizes and Robbie Whyte was man of the match in the Devizes defence.

The match between Chippenham Town Youth White and Melksham Town Youth Blue in the U12 Blue league finished 3-1 to Chippenham. The scorers for Chippenham were Adam Gerrard 2 and Matt Savigar 1. Melksham scored their goal with a well worked move straight from the kick off. Melksham were on top for twenty minutes until Adam Gerrard scored the first of his two goals for Chippenham after finding himself one on one with the Melksham keeper. Chippenham were the team on top in the second half with goals from Matt Savigar and another from Adam Garrard. Thanks to some outstanding saves from the Chippenham Keeper Mikey Wright, Melksham did not manage a reply meaning Chippenham claimed all three points.

Jonathan Mead put home side Melksham Park ahead early in their game against Derry Hill United. Derry equalised before Milo Pearson regained the lead for Park with a deflected shot but Derry were soon back level. Connor Randal regained the lead for the Park just before the break. After the break Derry scored twice to lead for the first time in the game. Callum Dunbar brought the scores level in the final minutes sending a shot like a bullet from twenty-five yards out.

Under 12's Green Division's

The wind was a major factor in the game between home side Westbury Youth and Bradford Youth which led to a scrappy first half with few chances. Callum Elkins helped Westbury take a 1-0 lead at half time. In the second half Jake Rylands made it 2-0 with a long range shot before Nick Taylor scored a fine goal making it 3-0 to Westbury. Bradford continued to defend well against a lot of pressure. Westbury went 4-0 up when Jake Rylands went passed two defenders for Callum Elkins to score in the corner. Man of the match for Westbury was Dylan Tuck.

The game opened brightly between Worton and Cheverell and Trowbridge Town Youth A as both teams had chances but as the first half went on Worton were starting to dominate despite playing in to a biting wind. Despite this it was Trowbridge who took a two goal lead before Elliott Bodman came off the bench to score, just before half time.

In the second half with the wind behind them Worton were playing some good football, and Jack Francis and David Vick took the score to 3-2. Trowbridge didn't give up and pegged the home team back to 3-3 as the game entered its final quarter. With both teams pushing for a goal there was plenty of space behind the defences. Worton made the most of it as Francis scored his second and Chris O'Donovan made it five. It would have been six but for a full stretch save but the Trowbridge goalie. Trowbridge refused to give up and it took some last gasp defending by the Worton back four to make sure that the finally took their first win since September.

Larkhall Athletic's unbeaten run continued following their 9-2 home win against Frome Collegians. Larkhall saw goals from Theo Ojolo (2), Ollie Noad (2), Joe Batterick, Leis Russell and a hat trick for Joe Oswin on his debut.

Under 12's Red Division

Playing with a strong chilly wind at their backs Marshfield dominated the first half to lead 8-0 at half time against Melksham Town Yellows. The second half was more even but Marshfield were eventual 11-2 winners. Marshfield scorers were Jeremy Bond (5), Harry Steele (2) Lewis Hughes (2) Rory Smith and Anerion Llewelyn Evans with Callum McCaldon and Matthew Lucas, scoring his first goal for the team, replying for Melksham.

Chippenham town Youth Blue ran out 12-1 winners away to Westbury Youth with Paul Eddington scoring for Westbury.

Warminster Highbury remain at the top of the table following their 7-2 away win against FC Chippenham Youth. Bradley Edwards (3), Richard Ledbury (2), Matty Lyjak and Start Lindsay scored for Highbury.

Larkhall Athletic ran out 5-1 winners away to Melksham Town Youth Reds with goals from Matthew Davis, Hugh Whetherbuy, Daniel Marriott and an own goal with Sean Overton replying for Melksham.

4:15pm Monday 4th February 2008

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