Match Reports - Week 8

O F A Charity Cup
Craig McCallum hit a brace in Charlbury Town’s 3-2 win over Eynsham. Matt Holloway grabbed the other.

Ducklington’s cup run is over as they went down 2-1 to Mansfield Road. Craig Mays scored Ducks only goal.

Premier Division
Hailey moved 5 points clear at the top of the Premier Division after their 4-0 win over Spartan Rangers. Mark Wright (2), Joel King and Jacob Hambidge scored the goals.

Carterton A picked up their second win of the season with a 6-1 thrashing of Kingham. Mike Duerden scored two with Chris Bowles, Chris McNeil, Dan Sollis and Carl Williams adding. Sam Phillpots replied in vain for the hosts.

Witney Royals join Carterton in their ascent up the league after a comfortable 6-0 win over Combe. Matt Thompson hit a hat trick with Jamie Kennedy getting two. Dan Price added the sixth in the rout.

Division One
AC Finstock picked up their first points of the season with a 2-1 win over Witney Royals Reserves. Ryan Bowers scored both the goals for the hosts with Dan Hall replying for Royals.

League leaders, Chipping Norton beat Minster Lovell 8-2 Warwick Thompkins and Rhys Warner-Carter each bagged a brace with Mark Corbett, Justin Morgan, Reece Bayliss and James Harri getting the others. Ed Dunn and Rob Hibkin scored the consolation goals for Minster.

FC Nomads beat Hanborough Reserves 3-1. Joey Burgess scored for the visitors but Sgteve Bircher, Andy Blissett and Dave McCue scored the winning goals.

Jamie Poynton scored the only goal of the game in FC Mills 1-0 win over Aston.

West Witney put 5 past Ducklington Reserves in a comfortable 5-1 win. Wayne Moscrop, Chris Hirons, Karl Roberts, Adrian Holder and Murray Cox all got in on the act. Dan Southgate scored Duck’s goal.

Brize Norton moved into third after a 3-0 win over Stanton Harcourt.. Dan King scored twice with Steve Marshall getting the other.

Division Two
It was a very tight game at the top of the table from which Freeland A emerged 4-3 winners over league leaders FC Chequers Reserves. The lead was exchanged over the 90 minutes but Freeland held on for the win with Jamie Perkins (2), Scott Greening and George Wagerfield getting the goals after Tom Gonzales, Zac Caine and Karim Diallo had earlier put Chequers ahead

The chasing pack didn’t failed to capitalise on Chequers slip as Milton went down 2-1 to Hailey Reserves. Jim Littlewood scored for the hosts either side of goals from Stu Morrison and Karl Russell.

Witney Wanderers also dropped points as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Charlbury Town Reserves. Mark Goode and Martin Grimsley scored for Charlbury with Keiran McPherson and Martin Jones replying for Wanderers.

Ducklington A picked up a well deserved 3 points after a 6-2 win over Bampton. Mark Hawkins scored a hat trick with Tom Madden, Jason Hirschfield and John Townsend getting the others. Jamie Austin and Brian Wright scored for Bampton.

Wootton picked up a narrow 2-1 win over Brize Norton Reserves. Tom Williams and Arron Bowerman scored for Wootton with Rob Brown netting for Brize.

Division Three
North Leigh B retain their lead at the top with an impressive 6-1 win over Chipping Norton Town Reserves. Pawel Bronk helped himself to a 4-goal haul with Lewis Hathaway and Neil Maskell adding. Andy Watson got one back for Chippy.

Carterton Pumas kept on the pressure with a fine 7-1 win of their own. Dave Wanless scored a hat trick Simon Turner (2), Darren Davenport and Ryan Maddison grabbed the others.

Eynsham SSC dropped their first points of the season after being held to a 2-2 draw by West Witney. Steven Henderson and Jamie Goodwin gave the visitors the lead but goals from Lewis Clarke and John Ayres levelled the tie.

AFC Marlborough hit eight past hapless Witney Royals A without reply. Steve Foreman (3), John Clements, Tom Melhuish, Bruce Wilson, Anthony Booker and Nathan Kelly all scored in the 8-0 rout.

Matt Townsend scored a hat trick in Spartan Rangers Reserves 4-1 win over Kingham AB Reserves. Tom Merchant got the other with Mike Hayes scoring for Kingham.

Craig Broome scored both goals in Tackleys 2-0 win over Minster Lovell Reserves.

Division Four
Carterton Rangers closed the gap on top spot after beating previous leaders Freeland B 8-0. Tom Claptopn scored a hat trick with Dan Smith (2), Chris Smith, Mike Wharton and James Baker adding,.

Corinthians are enjoying their best ever start to a season after picking up another 3 points. This time they beat Eynsham SSC Reserves in a 7-0 thrashing. Frank Webb scored four in the rout with Ian Carey (2) and Darren Mobey adding further goals.

FC Mills earned another 3 points after their 4-3 win over Spartan Rangers A. Paul Neale scored a hat trick for the home side but goals from Tyrone Smith (2) and Keiron Durrant ensured the win .

Nigel Jones, Chris Jones and Ollie Bush scored in Carterton B’s 3-1 win over Graystones. Dan Smith scored for the hosts.

Wychwood Forest beat Combe 2-1 with Darren Smith and Adrian Wooldridge scoring for the home side. Mark Minchin replied for Combe.

Ducklington B beat Burford 6-1. Jesus Pastor netted twice with Jeff Brunton, Scott Mason adding further goals. However the icing on the cake was a rare goal from Gareth Sparrowhawk. Jordan Mills scored for Burford.