Match Reports - Week 25

Supplementary Cup
John Ayres grabbed a brace in Eynsham SSC’s 4-0 win over FC Hollybush in the Supplementary Cup. Jon Hall and Jamie Butler got the others.

West Witney Reserves eased through 5-1 against Freeland B. Dave Harris scored for the hosts, but goals from Jamie Goodwin (2), Alex Stubbs (2) and Josh Grant saw the Division Three side through to the next round.

Two Penalties, one either side of half-time saw AFC Marlborough through against Spartan Rangers Reserves 2-1. Alex Metcalf and Steve Foreman were on target from the spot overturning Ben Allen’s goal for Spartan in the first half.

Pawel Bronk (2) and Lewis Hathaway scored the winning goals in their 3-2 win against Combe Reserves. Max Dunmore and Sam Benwell scored the goals for Combe but it wasn’t enough.

Premier Division
Hailey Stretched their lead at the top of the Premier Division to 5 points after beating Combe 5-1. Luke manning and Daniel King both got doubles with Carl Williams getting the other. Sam Hibberd scored for Combe.

Hanborough lost ground on the leaders after going down 3-1 to Carterton. Chris McNeal (2) and Carl Williams scored the telling goals with Dan Haggie on target once again for Boro’.

Ducklington closed the gap on their nearest rivals Witney Royals by turning them over 4-2. Luke Chadwick and Matt Thompson scored for the hosts but Craig Mays helped himself to a hat trick in the win with Ben Reynolds getting the other.

Will Smaldon also scored a hat trick in North Leigh A’s 6-1 thrashing of Kingham. Jason Lonsdale, Sam Doherty and Mark Stayt got the others.

Division One
There were no surprises as top met bottom in Division One. West Witney, true to form came out 5-1 winners against relegation-fodder, Witney Royals Reserves. Luke Rippington scored in the second half for the hosts but West Witney shared the goals amongst Andrew Bolley, Chris Hirons, Tom Fletcher, Wayne Moscrop and Tony McLeman.

Richard Taylor scored a last minute penalty to earn second placed Brize Norton all three important points in their 1-0 win over Ducklington Reserves.

The points were shared evenly at Finstock where the hosts drew 1-1 with Aston. Gary McKinnon and Ryan Maskery scored for Finstock and Aston respectively.

Hanborough Reserves went down 3-0 to Minster Lovell for whom Neal Crozier, Charlie Collins and Nathan Harris all scored.

Darren Craig and Chris Lawrence both scored in FC Nomads 2-0 win over Stanton Harcourt.

Division Two
The form book was temporarily ignored in Division Two as relegation threatened Charlbury Town Reserves pulled off a shock 4-1 win over promotion hopefuls Milton. Mark Deller (2), Steve Fitzgerald and Gary Jones scored for the hosts with Jim Littlewood replying in vain for Milton.

Wootton produced another shock by holding form side, Hailey Reserves to a 1-1 draw. John Gonzales scored for Wootton with Jon Andrews hitting netting for Hailey, with both goals coming in the first half.

Middle Barton took their 3 well-earned points after a 6-1 mauling of Brize Norton Reserves. Ashley Scearce and George Wodcock bagged a brace each for the visitors with Matt Grimes and Martin Kay adding. Chris King scored for Brize.

Division Three
Score draws were on the cards in Division Three as none of the 3 games could produce a winner. Minster Lovell Reserves drew 2-2 with Tackley. Pete Hanley and John Forteath scored for the hosts with Ryan Wearing and Paul DeFraitis scoring for Tackley.

Kingham AB Reserves and Chipping Norton Reserves drew 1-1 with Brennan Mawle and Arrun Witham scoring for Kingham and Chippy respective, while basement boys Witney Royals A and Aston Reserves played out a 0-0 draw.

Division Four
Carterton B stay top of Division Four after a 7-0 whitewash over Greystones. Ollie Bush (2), Chris Reed, Jon White, Chris Jones, dave Anstee and Matt Johnson were all on target for the hosts.

Carterton Rangers are still hot on the leaders heels after seeing off Ducklington B, 6-2. Stan Smith helped himself to a four goal haul with Josh Bishop and Stephen Reed scoring the others. Aidan Foarde scored twice for Duck.

Corinthians are still within striking distance of the leaders after seeing of FC Mills Reserves 3-1. Jason Bucket scored for the hosts, but despite a string of contentious decisions from the referee, Corinthians took and held the lead through Darren Mobey (2) and Frank Webb.

Ben Readhead scored two for hosts Spartan Rangers A but still ended up on the losing side as Dave Lydiard (2) and Rael Mills scored the winning goals for Wychwood Foresters in their match which ended 3-2.