Match Reports - Week 23

Fred Ford - Quarter Final
A Johnny Fletcher brace was enough to secure passage for West Witney to the Semi-Final of the Fred Ford Cup after a 2-1 win over hosts, Charlbury.

Jack Busby Cup – Second Round
Milton Reserves cruised through to the Third Round of the Jack Busby Cup after a 4-1 defeat of Combe Reserves. Cameron Elphick scored for the hosts but goals from Stephen Hocknell (2), Louis Breaks and Paul Mould settled the tie.

Jack Busby Cup – Quarter Final
Division Two’s Spartan Rangers Reserves were made to work for their 4-3 win over Eynsham SSC Reserves. Darren Mobey (2) and Dan Clifford scored for Eynsham but the hosts avoided the shock defeat with goals from Omar Semlali (2), Charlie Harper and Steve Wright.

Premier Division
Minster Lovell took a huge step towards Premier Division survival at the weekend after defeating fellow relegation candidates, Hailey 6-3. Despite notching 3 times through Luke Manning (2) and Dennis Quinlan, the former Champions looked out of sorts and Minster Lovell took advantage. Gary Mitchell bagged a brace with Jordan Denley, Andy Horne, Eddy Dunn and James Hector all getting on the score sheet.

At the top, Carterton Town A missed the chance to go level on points with leaders West Witney after they were held to a 3-3 draw with Chipping Norton Town. Mark Corbett, Shaun Collins and Andy McCabe all scored for the hosts with Carl Williams, Jason Trinder and Jack Morton all hitting the back of the net for Carterton.

Bourton Rovers defeated Combe 3-1 with Jake Forster, Josh Catling and Connor Teague all netting. Matt Baker scored Combe’s consolation.

Division One
Despite breaking their duck and picking up their first points of the season, Hailey Reserves will see their 2-2 draw with hosts Brize Norton Reserves as a missed opportunity. However, with both sides struggling in the bottom two slots of the division, the you could argue that this proverbial ‘6-pointer’ ended in a fair result. Bartek Lachwitz and Pawel Bronk scored for the home side but goals from Dan Lewington and Mark Orpwood brought parity to the score line.

At the other end of the table Stonesfield produced the shock of the day as the mid-table side, ended Kirtlington’s winning streak with a 2-0 victory. Sam Hart and Paul Penny scored the goals for the hosts to stall Kirtlington’s title charge.

Unbeaten Eynsham SSC now look set to top with games in hand after a 4-1 win over Spartan Rangers. Rob Marchbank scored for Spartan but a brace from Matt Walker and further goals from John Ayres and Ryan Stockford saw Eynsham move level on points with leaders Kirtlington.

FC Hollybush’s good form continued despite only a narrow 3-2 win over Chadlington. Steve Holder scored a hat trick for the hosts with Jarvis Morley pulling two back for Chad.

Division Two
There was little change at the top Of Division Two with 3 of the top 4 sides all picking up maximum points. Leaders Carterton Town B had no problem seeing off Moreton Rangers 5-0. Olly Bush (2), Dan Sollis, Lee Beer and Rob Marsh all hit the back of the net in the win.

Second placed Bampton United scraped a 5-4 win against Witney Wanderers. Sid Ashley hit a brace with further goals from Jordan Day, Ben Liddle and Lloyd Hancock.

Luke James was on target for hosts Hanborough Reserves in their 3-1 defeat to Milton. The visitors left with all three points courtesy of goals from Alex Ayres (2) and Jake Taylor.

Division Three
Leaders, Wychwood Forest’s fine form continued as they handed out an 8-0 demolition to a hosting Witney Royals Reserves. Steve Harris lead the scoring with a 4-timer as Dan Walkinshaw, Tom Cairns and Darren Davenport all got on the score sheet.

A stunned Tower Hill will be ruing missed chances as they were held to a 3-3 draw by relegation threatened Bourton Rovers Reserves. Luke Bolley, Leigh Smith and Lewis Bartlett were on the score sheet for Tower Hill with Liam White, Ross Temple-Richmond and Lee Mosson all netting for Bourton.

Tower Hill Stars on the other hand pulled clear of their opponents in third place after defeating Eynsham A 6-2. Tyler Walker and Jordan Lyne scored for the hosts but goals from Steve Foster, Ashley Overton, James Scott and a brace from Craig Mays put the result beyond doubt.

FC Mills poor form continued with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Middle Barton being the latest defeat. Tony Bott, John Umney, Gary O'Donovan and Jack Fowler all hit the back of the net for the visitors.

Wootton went down 7-2 to Corinthians with Rob Alexander netting twice for the hosts. Corinthians sit comfortably in mid table with Puffitt, Nathan Storey, Frank Webb and Dan Smith amongst the goal scorers.

Division Four
Jordan Godfrey and Callum Jeffries each scored a hat trick in Chadlington Reserves’ 9-1 demolition of Wychwood Forest Reserves. Matt North scored twice with Dave Austin completing the rout. Mike Johnson scored Wychwood’s lone reply.

Eddie Webb scored two for Kingham AB Reserves as they went down 5-2 to Wootton Reserves. The visitors picked up all three points after sharing out their goals amongst Mike Stease, Luke Leggett, Karl Gustha, Dan Boulton and Jack Pease.