Week 27 Football Report

Fred Ford Cup 22-23 - Quarter Final
Hailey edged a five-goal thriller as they secured their semi-final spot with a 3-2 win over RAF Brize Norton. Jack Wood, Freddie Buckingham and Sebastian White scored the important goals with Rich Hall and Carl Drury replying for the visitors.

Hanborough were on the wrong end of the same score line as they fell 3-2 to Enstone. Arran Hobley and Josh Brooks scored for the hosts but a brace from Rhys Carter and a goal from Liam Harris took the visitors through.

Premier side Milton drew a blank as they were knocked out after a shock 4-0 loss to Faringdon Town Development from Division One. Goals from Chris Rutt, Richard Evans, Andy Makepiece and Jamie Arlott saw the underdogs through to the semi-finals. The winners of the respective games will join Cassington Rangers in the hat for the semi-final draw.

Premier Division
Charlbury Town declared that they have not given up on the Premier Division title and moved into second place with a 3-1 win over current leaders Stonesfield. A Raffy Rice goal was all the hosts had in response to goals from David Jenkins, Felix Robertson and Cian Fitzgerald. Charlbury are now only one point behind the leaders Stonesfield, who however, have three games in hand.

Division One
Carterton increased their lead at the top of Division One to seven points after a convincing 4-0 win over bottom side Combe. Connor Townsend scored twice with Zac Sheffield and Ben Bellenger adding.

Heyford Athletic in third boosted their promotion hopes after beating Chadlington 3-2. Kian Duggan (2) and Tom MacNamara scored the goals that saw off the hosts with Hans Korge and Alfie Peachey replying in vain for the visitors.

Alex Anderson and Fabian Daniels each bagged a brace in Hatherop’s 6-1 demolition of Witney Royals. A Jason Cobb own goal was the highlight of Royals’ visit as Mani Randahawa and Dan Olson added to their misery.

Ducklington moved level on points with Aston after being their hosts 3-1. Lewis Scott scored for Aston with Harvey Butler, Jasper Winder and George Townsend scoring the important goals for Duck.

Josh Hartley put in a Man of the Match performance as well as scoring an injury time winner to give Tower Hill a 1-0 win over visitors Hailey.

Division Two
Eynsham SSC continue to chase down an automatic promotion place after destroying Spartan Rangers Reserves 13-0. Ben Oates filled hit boots with a hat trick with Stephen Chappel, Jack Knight and Owen Johnson all netting doubles. Matthew Hall, Peter Edwards, Luke Hamill and Malek Chok also grabbed a goal a-piece to complete the rout.

Brize Norton playing their game in hand on leaders Cassington Rangers will look at their 2-2 draw with Kingham All Blacks as 2 point dropped points, Damian Corbin and Jake Godfrey scored for the hosts with Dylan Briggs and Joe Hatt scoring for Brize who were unable to find the winner.

Freeland Reserves went down 2-1 to Bampton with Karl Pritchard and Callum Driscoll scoring the telling goals. Matt Moore scored for the hosts.

Goals from Nicollas Gomes and Benjamin Russel helped Leafield to a 2-0 win over Faringdon Town A.

Division Three
Yarnton A closed the gap on Division Three leaders Wootton after a convincing 6-0 thrashing of Tower Hill Reserves. Connor Jones and Michael Trafford each scored twice with Martin Ognyanov and Slavyan Atanasov adding.

It was first versus second at the beginning of the day as hosts Chadlington Reserves (in third) held leaders Wootton to a 1-1 draw. Ollie Jordan and Asha Townsend scored for Chad and Wooton respectively.

FC Mill kept their faint promotion hopes alive as they saw off Aston Reserves 3-2. Alex Murrell and Reece Waine scored for the hosts but a Dean Mays brace accompanied an own goal to earn all three points for Mills.

Finley Baker scored a hat trick in Stonesfield Reserves 5-0 mauling of Eynsham SSC Reserves. Jacob Oliver and James Cox scored the others.

Carterton Town drew 1-1 with Deer Park Rangers. Tyler Webster scored for Town with Brandon Laing replying for Rangers.

Leafield climbed out of the bottom two in the battle of the basement boys. Kameron Yahia-King and James Wade each scored in the first half for the hosts to give them a 2-1 win with Ed Wembridge netting for the visitors.