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Bradford United Reserves had a fairly comfortable 3-0 win over Bratton Reserves, their goalkeeper not having a save to make during the whole match, despite Bratton having one or two chances on the break.

United's greater determination and share of possession saw them take the lead on the half-hour through Skip Ayoub, who added a second 15 minutes into the second half.

Jon Williams added a third 10 minutes before full time which eventually sparked a response from Bratton but that was too little, too late.

Broughton Gifford 1, Trowbridge Wanderers 4

A RAIN soaked pitch hosted the meatiest clash of the day between Trowbridge Wanderers and Broughton Gifford.

With the match switched to The Common, Broughton hosted the visitors for the third time in six weeks.

Broughton started strongly and attacked from deep only for a few chances to dwindle away. Wanderers defended well and managed to cause a stir with a couple of testing shots.

It was the Trowbridge-based side that took the lead when Mark Reynolds took hold of the ball on the left and sweetly placed his shot past the outstretched keeper and into the net.

Broughton Gifford fought back and had a few chances though nothing to test the Wanderers goalkeeper.

Broughton rode their luck and broke away with some incisive passing. Leigh Rowles-Hitchcock was brought down in the area by the goalkeeper and a penalty awarded. Up stepped Chris Turk to add to his impressive tally, only for his effort to be blasted wide.

Wanderers gathered pace and had a penalty denied them when the Broughton Gifford goalkeeper brought down Tom Pang in the area. But Pang had the last laugh when a slow defence played him onside for him to smash the ball home.

After some heavy protests from the opposition about the offside decision, the referee gave the goal and it was 3-0 to Wanderers.

After half-time it was Broughton on the attack again but some instinctive saves from Liam Newble kept them quiet along with Jamie Moth and James Harman with a tough display in the centre of the park.

Mark Reynolds teed up Pang again only for him to square it to Nigel Penelhum who saw his shot saved by the Broughton goalkeeper. Broughton were given a lifeline when the referee gave a penalty for holding and Leigh Rowles-Hitchcock smashed home his spot kick.

But their joy was short lived when a quick free-kick gave Pang the freedom of the goalmouth to maintain a three goal advantage.

Chris Penelhum came on to steady the ship and almost created as many chances as his minutes on the field. A delightfully crafted one-two set up with a back heel saw Paul Reynolds come close, and Penelhum almost bagged a goal himself, weaving through the defence with some trickery only to see his shot superbly finger tipped clear.

Despite some good keeping from both sides the game went to Trowbridge Wanderers who were happy to see their clinical finishing take three important points back home.

Calne Eagles 9, FC Chippenham Youth A 1

CALNE Eagles completed the double over FC Chippenham Youth A with an emphatic 9-1 win at Stanley Park.

The first half was very open, with both teams playing some good football, but it was Calne who scored first after 15 minutes when Jamie Davies finished off a neat move.

They doubled their lead ten minutes later when Brett Cullen tapped one in at the far post following good work from Shaun Jefferies. With 30 minutes gone, it looked like Eagles had wrapped up the points when Jamie Davies scored from the penalty spot, but shortly before half-time a very good finish from Kotse Petrov gave FC Chippenham some hope.

Within a minute of the second half kicking off, Calne regained their three goal lead when a poor back-pass let in Jamie Davies to complete his hat-trick.

From then on, Calne took complete control. Shaun Jefferies scored two good goals, both set up by Darren Axford, before centre-back Roy Wenham coolly slotted home a penalty to make it 7-1.

Shaun Jefferies completed his hat-trick before substitute Steve Roberts rounded off the scoring.

Mere Town Youth 4, The Stiffs 3

THIS bottom of the table clash saw Mere Town Youth increase the points gap over The Stiffs.

Ben Strong put Mere in front after ten minutes and made it 2-0 five minutes later.

Rob Elliott pulled a goal back for The Stiffs after an error in the Mere defence but Strong then completed his hat-trick on the stroke of half-time to give Mere a 3-1 lead.

The second half started with Adam Scourse increasing Mere's lead to 4-1 before The Stiffs began a mini-revival as they scored two quick goals, through Pete Ford and Rob Elliott, to set up a tense last ten minutes but they couldn't find the equalising goal.

Bromham Reserves 2, Rowde Sports 2

WITH Great Western not playing, Bromham Reserves went top after being held to a 2-2 draw by Rowde Sports.

Rowde had a one goal lead at the break after a solo goal from Jamie Mullings.

Dan Paget equalised for Bromham eight minutes into the second half and they went in front as Jason Cole scored.

Rowde continued to push forward in search of an equaliser and with ten minutes left they found the net through Jamie Selby.

1:54pm Monday 17th March 2008

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