DIVISION ONE ROUND UP – 15th October 2023

Fox & Hounds (Warminster) FC 10 Spires Athletic FC 2

SPIRES SUFFER HEAVY LOSS TO THE FOX & HOUNDS

Fox & Hounds (Warminster) dropped 4 points in their two meetings against Spires Athletic so when Spires travelled to the land Warfare Centre they would have been confident of getting something from their first meeting of the season with the Fox especially as Kieran Baskerville’s side had convincing won their last four matches.

Fox & Hounds themselves were in fine form ahead of the game and in what must have been one of their best ever performances ripped up the form book between the two sides as they put the visitors to the sword with a thumping 10-2 triumph that saw Sam Wright turn on the style with a 6 goal salvo.

Sam Wright’s first goal of the game put Fox & Hounds ahead, a Zac Bruce penalty saw Spires square things up at 1-1, after that it was all Fox & Hounds. Beau Blakeman regained the lead for the hosts, a second for Wright made it 3-1.  Brandon Humphreys added number 4 before Wright completed his hat trick to see his team lead 5-1 at the break.

Just like the first half, Wright netted the opener before Kieran Tarrent responded for Spires, after that Wright scored a further 2 goals to complete his double hat trick. Goals from Reece Collyer and Toby Worts made up the double figures for Fox & Hounds who will be looking for another 3 points when they entertain The Green Dragon next weekend.  

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Old Road FC 2 Whiteway FC 3

MASLEN HIT WINNER FOR WHITEWAY AT OLD ROAD

Old Road FC played hosts to a Whiteway FC side who after their latest victory, this time a 3-2 success continue to set the pace at the top of the Chippenham & Bath League, First Division from the Beeches who they hold a 3 point gap on.

Ollie Wells gave Old Road the lead which was cancelled out by Tyler Mulholland’s 31^st minute equaliser.  A second from Mulholland on 40 minutes saw the teams go into the break with Whiteway 2-1 ahead.

The second half game to life just before the hour mark when Hugh Skelhorn fashioned an equaliser for Bath Road who were unable to stop their guests from scoring again, as just 10 minutes after getting back on level terms, Old Road conceded what proved to be the winner when Aiden Maslen netted to make it 3-2.

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The Green Dragon 3 Bath Rovers FC 1

GREEN DRAGON PUNISH TARDY BATH ROAD

Lavington based The Green Dragon FC bounced back from last week’s 8-2 mauling at the hands of Beeches by beating promotion hopefuls Bath Rovers for whom it was a second successive loss and a third in six matches.

After taking a 2-0 lead and blowing it a week ago, Green Dragon had no such problems this week after goals from Josh Duckett and Sam Chapman put them 2 up at half time.

A second for Josh Duckett made it 3-0 and despite Deklan Davies pulling a goal back, it wasn’t enough as the damage had already been done and Green Dragon saw the game out with ease.

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Two Weir Town FC 1 Beeches FC 6

DOWELL NETS HAT TRICK ON BEECHES DEBUT

Melksham based Beeches FC looked to have got their league campaign back on track, a recent loss to Spires Athletic appeared to have derailed it, however a 6-1 success away at Two Weir Town FC which came after last week’s triumph over The Green Dragon have seen them move into second place in the standings.

It was Two Weir who actually took the lead through a Nick Tanner effort, this only seemed to wake Beeches from their autumn slumber as three goals in each half saw the title hopefuls to victory.

Tom Dowell making his debut for Beeches had a match to remember, Dowell restored parity with his first goal for the club and then put them 2-1 up with his second.  Aaron Masson’s goal gave Beeches a 3-1 interval lead. After the break, Billal Karmouni and Sam Alford scored their first goals of the season for Beeches before Tom Dowell capped a great individual performance when he completed his hat trick, with goal number six of the day for Ben Cooper and Lewis McMullen’s side.