Pitches are greening up nicely! Let us hope we do not have any postponements now!
The weekend produced a full program in the UHL Premier, Division One and 8 games spread over the Alliance East and Alliance West. The Vets kicked off in the week as well, so it’s full steam ahead.
In the UHL Premier Division previous leaders Droitwich Spa travelled away to Cribbs and were held to a 1-1 draw. Taking over top spot were Roman Glass St George who produced a commanding 5-0 home win over Lydney Town. Slimbridge continued their goal scoring spree hitting 5 without reply against Pershore Town at home. Cirencester Town beat Mangotsfield United 2-0 at home, Corsham Town won 1-0 at home v Tuffley Rovers, Westfield travelled to Fairford Town and won 2-0, Worcester Raiders won 2-0 away v Hallen, Cinderford Town travelled to Hereford Pegasus and won 2-1, Highworth won 1-0 at home in the local Derby v Royal Wootton Bassett Town and Longlevens travelled to Thornbury Town and won 2-0 with their second goal coming in the 99th minute. Roman Glass St George sit in top spot and share an unbeaten record with Slimbridge who sit in 3rd with Droitwich Spa in between them in second. At the bottom, Hallen sit in 19th and Lydney Town in 20th with both sides seeking their first wins of the season. There were three midweek games in which Roman Glass St George kept up their unbeaten record winning 2-1 away v Cirencester Town, Tuffley travelled to Lydney Town and won 4-1 and Worcester Raiders maintained their good form with a 3-1 home win v Thornbury Town.
In UHL Division One, leaders Malmesbury Victoria lost 2-1 at home v FC Stratford, Redditch Borough held on for a 3-2 home win v Wellington, despite them being 3-0 up in the first half. Newent Town continued their good form with a 5-4 away win v Thame United Reserves. The full story of this match is pretty impressive with Newent Town going 2-0 up early in the first half, Thame United Reserves leading 3-2 at half time, Newent Town pulling back to 3-3, Thame United Reserves going 4-3 up, Newent Town coming back to 4-4, then Newent Town winning 5-4. A hat-trick and match ball for Newent Town’s Kyle Taylor. What an advert for UHL Division One football. Cheltenham Saracens returned to winning ways and won 2-1 at home v Alcester Town. Brimscombe & Thrupp travelled to Carterton and won 2-0. Bewdley Town travelled to Clanfield 85 and won 3-1. Ludlow Town won 3-1 at home v Shortwood United. Stonehouse Town won 3-1 at home in the local Derby v Chipping Sodbury Town. Woodford United drew 2-2 at home v Wantage Town. There was one midweek game which saw Cheltenham Saracens pick up a narrow 1-0 home win v FC Stratford to move into top spot in the table.
The Alliance East had 5 games over the weekend with one on Friday night. The Friday night game produced an interesting result with Hungerford Town Reserves beating Hambleden 16-1. Message from Hambleden stating Hunderford Town Reserves may be too strong for this league will be interesting to observe in the upcoming weeks. Upon checking with Bill B and Brian K this is not a record result in the Hellenic League, and we have had 17 goals scored by one team in the past. The other games produced wins for Banbury United, Headington Amateurs, Marlow FC Reserves and Eastington Sports Development.
The Alliance West had 4 games with wins for Clanfield 85 Reserves, Highworth Town Reserves and Wantage Town FC U23 with another goal fest to report with Carterton Development winning 5-4 away at Evesham United Reserves.
Finally, I would like to pay tribute to Clive Baker, Club Vice President and former Chairman of Brimscombe & Thrupp FC. Clive was a legend at the Club and part of the band of great people who always look after everyone visiting so very well. The recent news of the passing of Clive is truly sad and we all offer our condolences to Clive’s family, friends and all at Brimscombe & Thrupp FC. RIP Clive.
Yours in Sport,
Ian
12/09/2025