Division 3 Round Up – Match Week 1 – Sunday 4th September 2022
The Division 3 Season in the newly merged Shoestrings Chargrill Sponsored Chippenham & Bath Football League brought a full allocation of matches in a division that is really hard to call with many newly formed sides taking to the pitch.
Corsham Rovers FC 1-2 Bath Rovers FC
Battle Of The Rovers Is Won By Bath
Bath Rover staged a comeback as they emerged victorious in the battle of the Rovers.
Morgan Akerman gave Corsham Rovers the lead but that was cancelled out Chris Spurrey.
Khaled Harwood then punced to score what turned out to be the winning goal for Bath Rovers.
Lansdown Reserves FC 3-0 TSW FC
Lansdown Reserves On Top
Lansdown Reserves ran out comfortable winners against league new buys TSW FC.
A Luke Priddle brace which included 1 from the penalty spot as well a 3rd goal from Jake Banks ensure the comfortable victory.
Marshfield Sunday FC A-A Biddestone Athletic FC
Entertaining Match Ended Early
Despite a thoroughly entertaining match taking place between Marshfield and Biddestone Athletic, the match had to be abandoned after 71 minutes.
At the time Marshfiled were leading by 4 goals to 3, a Tyler Smith hat-trick for Biddestone but goals from Callum Duckett(2), Adrian Williams and a George Ball penalty meant Marshfield were edging this the before the abandonment.
The match is currently being investigated to determine the outcome of matters that happened on the pitch.
The Pewsham FC 7-1 Keynsham Rangers FC
Pewsham’s Last Seasons Woes Behind Them
The Pewsham were looking to put a tough 2021/22 season behind them and they did just by crushing Keynsham Rangers by 7 goals to 1.
Goals for Carl Ledbury(2), Sam parmenter(2), Billy Walker(1), Mark Smollens(1), Callum Fortune(1) ensured the rout with Nathan Jessop grabbing the consolation for Keynsham.
Trowbridge Athletic FC 2-6 Whiteway FC
Whiteway Start The Right Way
Notton House was the venue for this Division 3 opener and it was the team from Bath, Whiteway Fc who took the spoils back with them with a comfortable 2-6 victory over Trowbridge Athletic.
Whiteway raced into a 3 goal lead, Ashton Muir scoring the opener which was followed up by Brad Matthews and then a 2nd of the match for Muir.
Trowbridge then fought to get themselves back into the match and were rewarded when Toby Baker scored to do just that for the home side.
Billy Turner then restored the 3 goal advantage but it was most definitely game back on when Joshua Mockridge pulled another back for 2-4.
The game then was finished as a contest when Whiteway were awarded a penalty and Muir stepped up to tuck away his 3rd and claim the match ball.
there was time for one final act as Finn Forester scored to put some gloss on the result.