Match Reports - Week 29

Senior Cup
Premier Division basement boys, Charlbury Town and FC Chequers met in the Senior Cup on Saturday. FC Chequers raced to a 3-0 lead with Ryan Colleton (2), and Dave Cooper putting the visitors ahead. However, the hosts rallied and came back to win the tie 4-3. Matt Holloway, Sean Gilbert, Steve Fitzgerald and Matt Smith all scored to snatch the win for the hosts.

Junior Cup
In the Junior Cup; Middle Barton edged past Witney Wanderers 3-2. Ashley Scearce (2) and George Wood scored the winning goals after Martin Jones and Gary Atkins had given Wanderers the lead.

Chipping Norton eased into the next round after seeing off Hailey Reserves 4-0. Rhys Bayliss (2), Gary Smith and Justin Morgan scored the goals.

Jerry Burgess and Adam Hamp scored the goals that saw Hanborough Reserves through 2-1 against Brize Norton 2-1. Gerard Morgan scored for Brize.

Supplementary Cup
Carterton Rangers beat West Witney Reserves 2-1. Matt Parry and Ben Pearce scored for the hosts before Alex Stubbs pulled one back for the visitors.

Keiron Lace (2), Darren Davenport and Kai Merritt were all on target for Carterton Pumas after they beat Carterton B 4-0.

Eynsham SSC narrowly saw off North Leigh B 1-0 courtesy of a Ross Gardner strike.

It also took a single goal to give FC Mills Reserves a 1-0 win over their opponents AFC Marlborough. Jamie Smith scored the goal.

Premier Division
Hailey regained the Premier Division title in the week after beating Witney Royals 3-0. However, their celebrations were dampened at the weekend after the newly crowned Champions went down 4-1 to now-deposed Champions, Hanborough. Mark Stitchcombe, Dan Haggie, Tom Weedon and Will Potter scored the goals that moved Hanborough into second. Dean Mays got his name on the sheet for Hailey.

Spartan Rangers beat Carterton A 5-2 in their mid-table clash. George Woodcock scored a hat trick in the win with other goals from Martin Cripps and Steve Williams. Chris McNeal and Richard Proctor hit back in vain for Carterton.

Royals picked up another win in their end of season run with a 4-1 defeat of Ducklington. Ben Hutter scored for the hosts but a Gary Nicholson hat trick and a strike from Jamie Kennedy put the result beyond doubt.

Division One
Witney Royals Reserves picked up only their second win of the season on Saturday after a 5-2 win over FC Nomads. Steve Reynolds, Simon Cowell, Luke Rippington and Lee Beer were amongst the goals for the visitors with Josh Truby and Chris Lawrence hitting back for Nomads.

Aston Beat FC Mills 3-2. Dan Long scored twice with Ben Sunblad getting the other. Rob DeBanks hit both for Mills.

Division Two
Freeland A were crowned Division Two Champions on Friday night after an evening kick off saw them defeat previous leaders, Ducklington A 6-2. Pablo Torress and Joe Crocker each bagged a brace in the win with Ady Walker and Steve Carvey getting the others. Shane Imms and Andrew Drury replied for Duck.

Division Three
Tackley took a step towards safety with a comfortable 4-2 win over Witney Royals A. Greg Finnemore hit a hat trick with Kyle DeFraitis adding. Paul Thompson and Mikey Piper replied for bottom side Royals.

Spartan eased to a 7-2 win over Kingham AB Reserves. They picked up all three points courtesy of goals from Tom Merchant (2), Ben Allan, Alex Mills, Ryan Clarke, Rory Dunseath and an own goal. Dan Davies and Brennan Marles scored for Kingham.

Joe Hatt and Dean Spivey scored for FC Hollybush as they went down 3-2 to Minster Lovell Reserves. Pete Hanley, Ed Dunn and John Forteath scored the winning goals for the visitors.

Division Four
Freeland B kept their slim promotion hope alive after defeating Corinthians 1-0. A single strike from Tom Mason was enough to take all three points and keep the hosts in third spot.