UNDER 9’S BLUE DIVISION Trowbridge maintained their unbeaten run despite going a goal behind for the first time this season. Devizes scored with their first attack five minutes into the first half. Trowbridge players then showed the sort of character that has kept them at the top of the table all season, the equaliser came when a great through ball by Mathew Morris was converted by Bradley Neate after fifteen minutes. Trowbridge then took the lead through Liam Naylor's close range effort and ended the half 3 -1 up when Joe Blais tapped in the third from a corner. The second half continued with Trowbridge piling the pressure on the Devizes goal only to be denied by some fine keeping by the Devizes goalkeeper, eventually they were rewarded with a fourth goal scored by Morris who beat the keeper from just outside the box. Devizes nearly grabbed a second when a free kick was eventually scrambled clear.
AFC Corsham Jaguars and FC Chippenham Youth played a very close first half with both sides playing well. Corsham dominated the second half and with ten minutes remaining Liam Merret came on. He ran through the middle of the pitch and blasted the ball into the goal. Final score 1-0 to Corsham.
Charlie Walton put home side Warminster Highbury into the lead in their game against Melksham Town Youth. Highbury remained on top until mid way through the second half when Dan Cleverley brought the game level ending the encounter all square at 1-1.
UNDER 9’S GREEN DIVISION White Horse Dynamos just edged out Warminster in a close game with the only goal of the match being scored by Joshua Morgan-Williams. Westbury Youth went into the break with a comfortable 4-0 cushion against FC Chippenham Youth. Westbury battled hard in the second half but Chippenham limited them to just one reply for the game to end 4-1 to Westbury. Harry Gardiner (2), Michael Mills and Jack Booth scored for Westbury with Cameron Younger replying for Chippenham. UNDER 9’S RED DIVISION Melksham Town Youth strengthened their position at the top of the red division with an emphatic win over hosts Warminster Highbury. The visitors created a lot of goal scoring opportunities from some excellent passing moves. Melksham set their stall out from the start passing the ball out from defence and racing to the other end for Luke Thompson to score the first of his three goals. Liam Harris, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Clayton and Joe Read all contributed with a goal each. James Pritchard once again pulled off a stunning save mid way through the second half to help keep yet another clean sheet with a 7-0 final result. It was ten minutes into the first half before Worton & Cheverell broke the deadlock against a stubborn FC Chippenham defence. Harry Waylen opened the scoring with further goals coming in quick succession from Ben Marshall, Elliot Bodman and a second Waylen. Liam Cutler also opened his scoring account for this season by slotting in from an Elliot Bodman cross taking the score line to 5-0 at the interval. The second half saw the Chippenham’s defence as resillient as the first half and Worton struggled to increase their goal tally. Two goals in the last two minutes from Josh Hatcher and Waylen sealed the victory against a strong Chippenham team that never gave up. Chippenham Town Rangers ended 2005 on a high after running out 2-1 winners at home to Devizes Town Youth.
UNDER 9’S YELLOW DIVISION
The local derby between Trowbridge Wanderers and Trowbridge Town Youth proved to be a closely fought game with good attacking football played by both sides. Town eventually ran out winners through Alex Vowel whose goal in the last five minutes proved to be decisive. UNDER 10’S BLUE DIVISION
Melksham Park Youth played catch up throughout their game against Trowbridge Town Youth Tigers. Park saw three equalisers from Jonathan Mead, George Briggs and a second for Briggs ending the game all square at 3-3. Trowbridge saw goals from Elliott Hughes and Callum Cooper. Bath Arsenal raced into a three goal lead before Trowbridge got back into the game in the second half with goals from Ashley Rendall and two from Daniel Letchford. Bath got their fourth and the winner with the last kick of the game. UNDER 10’S GREEN DIVISION In a close opening five minutes Larkhall Hawks took the lead against Trowbridge Town Jaguars with a fine strike from the edge of the area giving Towns keeper Alex Shaw no chance. Trowbridge dug deep and were rewarded with the equaliser after fifteen minutes with an excellent finish from outside the box by midfield livewire Callam Mccaldon. Town continued to press forward and were rewarded with two more goals before the break both scored by Conor de Silva who was a constant thorn for the home sides defence. The second half saw Larkhall pull a goal back and then almost grab an equaliser on several occasions with only some fine saves from Shaw and a last gasp goal-line clearance from Austin Uncles keeping them out. Trowbridge rallied with another goal from Conor and an excellent follow up from a Lee Phillips shot by Ruben Harris rounded off the score with Trowbridge Jaguars winning 5-2. Two first half goals from Billy Bartlett and Jordan McNeil were enough for Trowbridge Wanderers Orange to run out 2-1 winners against Warminster Highbury. The win leaves Wanderers twelve points clear at the top of the table. UNDER 10’S ORANGE DIVISION Although Westbury dominated the first half Devizes strong defence kept
the score at 0-0 at half time. Westbury took the lead after the break
through Callum Elkins with Jo Edwards making it 2-0 shortly afterwards. Man
of the match for Westbury was Jake Rylands. Bradford Town Youth Whites remain three points behind leaders Westbury with a game in hand following their 9-1 home win against Warminster Juniors. Sam Francis (2), Mitchell Hamber (3) and Alexi Andriopoulos (4) scored for Bradford. UNDER 10’S RED DIVISION Jordan Norvill gave visitors Melksham Park the lead inside a minute in their match against Bromham with Lewis Pearce making it 2-0 shortly after. Kendray gave Melksham a three goal lead just before the half time whistle with a long shot from outside the box. Norvill increased their lead to 4-0 with his second before Thomas Hall scored a consolation goal for the home side. FC Chippenham earned their second win of the season so far after running out 3-1 winners against visitors Trowbridge Town Youth Lions. Gareth Jones and Lewis Hurley (2) scored for Chippenham with Joe Laughton replying for Trowbridge. UNDER 10’S YELLOW DIVISION At half time visitors Worton & Cheverell were three goals down against Marshfield who were on for their second win of the season. After the break David Vick, Kieran Dickinson and Sam Jones brought it back all square with the last eight minutes touch and go with both teams very close to getting the extra two points. Marshfield saw goals from Jeremy Bond, Callum Hariden and an own goal. Trowbridge Wanderers Black dominated from the kick off to the final whistle running out 14-0 winners against home side White Horse Juniors Gems. Jordan Field (5), Jake Samuel (3), Henry Beer (3), Craig Player (2) and Alex Hounsell all scored for Wanderers. UNDER 11’S BLUE DIVISION UNDER 11’S GREEN DIVISION
Calne have made a significant improvement since the second match of the season, which FC Chippenham won comfortably. Despite FC Chipenham dominating possession and territory, Calne kept them from scoring until half way through the second half when Jaden De-Arth scored a cracker when he volleyed the ball in the goal direct from a corner pass. Steve Hayes secured the match for FC Chippenham with the second goal" UNDER 11’S ORANGE DIVISION
Bradford dominated all areas of their game against Derry Hill United in the first half but failed to find the back of the net. Great passing skills created a chance for Duncan Burnside to put Bradford 1-0 ahead four minutes into the second half. A second from George White gave Bradford a two goal cushion. Derry pressed on and two late goals ended the game all square at 2-2. Ben King refereed the game superbly. UNDER 11’S RED DIVISION UNDER 11’S YELLOW DIVISION UNDER 12’S BLUE DIVISION
UNDER 12’S GREEN DIVISION AFC Corsham won the first half of their away game against Chippenham Town Rangers going in 4-0 up at the break. Rangers battled their way back into the game bringing it to 4-3 before the final whistle. Rangers saw goals from Danny Giles, Curtis Small and Tom Williams with his first goal for the club. UNDER 12’S RED DIVISION UNDER 13’S BLUE DIVISION UNDER 13’S GREEN DIVISION A well contested game between Pewsey Vale and Westbury Youth 2nds saw neither side able to score with the defenders coming out as top performers.
Pewsey managed to score eventually through George Snook midway through the second half. This didn’t open the floodgates though, with the keepers continuing their good form to maintain the score line. Warminster Highbury kept a clean sheet in their away game against Trowbridge Wanderers turning a 3-0 lead at the break into a 5-0 victory at the final whistle. Ali Rose (2), Alex Bryant, Adam Bryant and Nathan Salmons scored for Highbury. UNDER 13’S RED DIVISION The game between home side Chippenham Town Rangers and Castle Combe Colts was a very entertaining game for the neutrals out there but for the managers it was heart stressing stuff. Chippenham Rangers went ahead in the first half with a quick break resulting in a goal. Castle Combe applied pressure to Rangers and after a number of
chances stopped by the Rangers keeper and defence finally equalised before
half time with a great goal from Matthew Cox. The Second half saw Castle
Combe continue to pressure and score a second goal through some good
midfield work resulting in Matthew Holdaway putting it away. Then Castle
Combe seemed to sit back and Rangers fought back coming close to scoring a
number of times but for Castle Combe's goalie Lui. Rangers determination
paid off with two quick breaks seeing them score two goals to make the final
score 3:2 to Rangers. Credit to all the players and supporters who made this a good match to be part of. Melksham Park keep up the pressure on leaders Chippenham Town Rangers after running out 4-2 winners against Derry Hill United. Matty Bird (2), Jon Cox and Ben Macey scored for Melksham. UNDER 14’S BLUE DIVISION
Trowbridge Town Youth were made to work hard for the three points in their home match against Lydiard FC. Trowbridge took the lead in the first half when a Tom Mackinder corner was deflected in. Lydiard pressed throughout the second half and were denied the equaliser five minutes from the final whistle when they hit the cross bar. Team Bath Arsenal took the lead in their away game against Devizes Town Youth but a clean strike from Kieran Chivers brought the game level at the break. Second half strikes from Jake Walters (2) and Maverick Drewitt gave the home side a 4-1 advantage. Team Bath finished the game with a second leaving the final score at 4-2 to Devizes. Trowbridge Wanderers keep up their challenge with a 4-0 away win against Castle Combe Colts Black with goals from Kyle Norris, Jake Hiscocks, Daniel Moore and Ryan Spong. UNDER 14’S GREEN DIVISION UNDER 14’S RED DIVISION
Home side AFC Corsham cruised into a 3-0 lead at the break against FC Chippenham 2nds with goals from Josh Rutley, Jack Vasey and Lee Marshall. Corsham lost the services of their keeper Tom Page through injury just before the break. James May increased Corsham’s lead but the pressure was on as Chippenham fought their way back into the game with goals from Josh Hodges and Jack Ibbeson (2). Time ran out for the visitors with a final score of 4-3 to the home side. UNDER 15’S BLUE DIVISION The top two sides remain level on points after the weekends fixtures. Leaders Salisbury City dominated play in their game running out 10-0 winners against Trowbridge Town Youth 2nds. Chris Fower (3), Simon Edwards (5), Tommy Williams and Will Hawkins scored for Salisbury. Second place Trowbridge Town Youth ran out 4-0 winners in their local derby against Trowbridge Wanderers with goals from Stuart Greener (2), Kurt Hammond and Liam Flower. Josh Summers put home side Castle Combe Colts Black in the lead against Warminster Highbury but the visitors were back level before half time. The game could have gone either way in the second half but a great strike from Sam Barrie gave Castle Combe the three points. Pewsey Vale caught home side Devizes Town Youth cold in the first three minutes taking the lead through Luke Little. Devizes closed down Pewsey very quickly and were back level before taking the lead at 2-1 before half time. After the break Devizes continued to dominate increasing their lead to 5-1. A late goal from Tom Wren ended the game at 5-2 to Devizes. Jacob Wrobel (2), James Moore, Jack Hopper (penalty) and Wayne House all scored for Devizes. UNDER 15’S RED DIVISION A disastrous first ten minutes by AFC Corsham allowed Chippenham Town Youth to go 3 -0 up and dominate the game. Chippenham continued to dominate and were 5-1 ahead at the break. Corsham held fast in the second half but could only manage one more on target to finish on the wrong side of a 5-2 final score. Corsham saw goals from Tom Lye and an own goal. Josh Fryer gave home side South Newton & Wishford the lead in their game against Castle Combe Colts. The Colts brought the game to 2-2 with a second equaliser just before the break. Both sides looked for the winner throughout the second half but a third for the visitors sent them home with all the points. Arthur Richardson (2) and Tom Flynn scored for Castle Combe with South Newton’s second goal from Carl Pollitt. UNDER 16’S BLUE DIVISION
Warminster Highbury go into their Christmas break with their first win of the season after taking all the points with a 3-0 away win against Salisbury City. UNDER 16’S RED DIVISION
The mid table clash between home side Bradford Town Youth and Melksham Park saw the home side on the wrong side of a 2-1 score line at the break. Bradford fought their way back into the game netting four with one reply to finish 5-3 winners. Mark Maguire (2) and Stuart Jones (3) scored for Bradford with Luke Waldridge, Joe Scott and Joel Moody replying for Melksham. UNDER 17’S BLUE DIVISION Westbury ended 2005 with a comprehensive defeat of a
spirited Chippenham Town Youth. Chippenham matched Westbury
in the first half with both teams scoring to go in level at 1-1. After the break it was
the Billett show with a hat trick from him and goals
from Ashley Caws, Ben Mcee and Lee Meaden giving
Westbury a 7 -1 home win. This ensured Westbury went
top of the league having not lost any youth games
this half of the season. | 
