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Bratton had two players sent off as they went down to a 2-1 defeat against fellow strugglers Mere Town Youth in a windswept game at Leighton Sports Centre.

Mere Town took the lead after 11 minutes before Bratton pulled a goal back on 34 minutes through Peter Gizzi to make the half-time score one 1-1.

The second period started badly for the home side as within seconds of the restart David Jones found himself in the referee's book for a late challenge.

Substitute John Fenwick then became the second Bratton player in the note book for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Not to be left behind in the caution race Adam Scourse of Mere then collected a yellow card as he went into the book for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Two minutes later, in the 67th minute, Mere regained the lead to go 2-1 in front.

With time running it got worse for Bratton as Richard Gray was dismissed for foul language in the 82nd minute and their goalkeeper cautioned for dissent.

On the stroke of full time Bratton found themselves down to nine men as Tim Beecham was dismissed for foul language.

Bromham Reserves 5, Broughton Gifford 1

BROMHAM Reserves maintained the pressure on the leaders as they beat one of them, Broughton Gifford, by 5-1.

Tim Sandiford started the rout before Tom Slater made it two just before the break.

The second half started with Broughton pulling a goal back, but this didn't dent Spring Cup finalists Bromham's spirit and they went on to score three more goals.

Tim Sandiford scored two more to complete his hat-trick and Anthony Butler added a single.

Rowde Sports 11, The Stiffs 0

THE Stiffs remain rock bottom as they travelled to Rowde for an 11-0 thrashing.

Rowde's goals coming from Ray King (3), Marcus Wallen (2), Jamie Selby (2), Ben Giles (2), Jonathan Emm and Sam Weller.

Seend United Reserves 1, Great Western 6

GREAT Western remain joint top after they overcame Seend United Reserves 6-1.

Dave Castle opened the scoring for the home side before Great Western's Russell Gibbings equalised just before the interval.

The second half saw Great Western up the tempo to score five unanswered goals through Luke Wolfe, Mike Godsall, Mike Blunsden (2) and a second from Russell Gibbings.

Trowbridge Wanderers 2, Calne Eagles 2

TROWBRIDGE Wanderers stretched their unbeaten run in all competitions to seven games when they twice came back from a goal down to share the points with Calne Eagles.

The first half was a very tight affair, with both teams struggling to create chances. Wanderers came closest to opening the scoring after 15 minutes when Chris Penelhum's rasping shot was impressively tipped over the bar by Calne goalkeeper Andy Windsor.

It was the Eagles who drew first blood after half an hour when Adam Bewley's wayward cross reduced Wanderers goalkeeper Liam Newbie to a spectator as the ball sailed into the net.

Within minutes of the second half, Wanderers got their equaliser when James Harman swept the ball home at the far post following a mistimed clearance by Darren Axford.

Wanderers then had their best spell of the game and only good defending and impressive goalkeeping from Windsor prevented them from taking the lead.

Then, completely against the run of play, a through ball from Danny Thompson sent Jamie Davies clean through on goal and finished confidently to score his 19th goal of the season.

Davies then had a further two good chances to extend Calne's lead but adept goalkeeping from Liam Newbie kept him at bay.

Wanderers substitute Rob Jacques completed the scoring with only 12 minutes remaining when he ran onto a long ball and slipped his shot past Windsor.

In the closing stages Calne Eagles came closest to winning the game when substitute Gareth Cook saw his shot well saved by Newbie.

12:30pm Monday 7th April 2008

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