Category: Weekly Update

We got away fairly lightly on the weather front so far, let us hope it stays that way!

In the UHL Premier Division on Saturday, Fairford Towngot an 85^th minute winner away v Cinderford Town for a 2-1 win. Cirencester Town picked up 3 points in their 3-0 win v Thornbury Town. Corsham Town won 3-2 in an entertaining game v Slimbridge. Hallen continued their revival with a 3-0 home win v Westfields. Hereford Pegasus v Tuffley Rovers ended 0-0 and Highworth Town v Lydney Town was also a draw at 1-1. Longlevens had a strong 3-1-win v Worcester Raiders. The local Derby between Mangotsfield United and Cribbs was 2-0 toMangotsfield United up until the 87^th minute until 3 late away goals resulted in a 3-2 away win for Cribbs in front of 251 watching spectators. Pershore Town v Royal Wootton Bassett Town ended 1-1 and the top of the table clash between Roman Glass St George and Droitwich Spa finished 3-1 to Roman Glass St George. On Tuesday evening, Cirencester Town and Hallen drew 1-1, Thornbury Town travelled to Lydney Town and won 2-0 and Slimbridge hosted Tuffley Rovers and won 3-0 in front of a watching 174. It is still tight at the top with Roman Glass St George in pole position closely followed bySlimbridge and Droitwich Spa. At the bottom Lydney Town are 4 points behind Royal Wootton Basset Town. 

In UHL Division One, Bewdley Town continued their strong form with a 1-0 away win v Thame United Reserves, but left it late with their winner coming in the 87^thminute. Redditch Borough won 2-0 v Chipping Sodbury Town, Cheltenham Saracens travelled to Ludlow Townand the game finished 0-0. FC Stratford moved into 2^ndplace with a 2-1 win over Newent Town, Stonehouse Town on a good run of form won 3-0 v Clanfield 85 and Wantage Town won 5-1 at home v Wellington with a crowd of 209 watching. Malmsbury Victoria v Carterton was postponed due to an area of the pitch being unplayable. Bewdley Town are currently 5 points in front of a very closely packed top 6 with Thame United Reservescurrently in bottom place. 

There were wins for Banbury United Dev, Headington Amateurs and Marlow Reserves in Alliance East. 

There were wins for University of Bristol (9-0) andEvesham United Reserves in Alliance West. 

There was one game in the Batemans Sports Alliance (Chairmans) Challenge Cup with Bourton Rovers Dev winning away v UDA Glos Dev. 

Golden Glove award winners for October have been announced, congratulations to Ronnie Newbury of Cirencester Town and Kai Lloyd of Bewdley Town respectively who will soon be in receipt of their Uhlsport Gloves. 

Enjoy the football over the weekend, 

Regards, 

Ian

Much needed rain this week, let us hope it knows when to stop!!

In the Isuzu FA Vase First Round Proper on Saturday, the long trips for Lydney Town and Newent Town to Cornwall and Barnstaple respectively ended in 4-0 defeat for Lydney and 5-0 defeat for Newent Town. Hopefully everyone had a good day out. The other games resulted in Highworth Town, Cirencester Town, FC Stratford, Malmesbury Victoria and Droitwich Spa going out. (FC Stratford went out on penalties.) Going through to the next round were Cinderford Town (on penalties), Thornbury Town (on penalties), Hallen, Corsham Town and Slimbridge. Shortwood United’s game away to Street was abandoned after 75 minutes due to a serious injury to a Street player. This game will be replayed and I will cover the next round leading up to the games.

In the UHL Premier Division on Saturday, Worcester Raiders bounced back in style from their recent defeats beating Royal Wootton Bassett Town 7-1, there was a surprise home defeat for leaders Roman Glass St George, losing 2-1 at home to Hereford Pegasus with the winning goal for the away team coming in the 96^th minute. Mangotsfield United beat Tuffley Rovers 2-1 with their winning goal also coming in the 96^th minute. Westfields picked up a good away win at Pershore Town winning 1-0 to move into the top 5 and Cribbs v Longlevens ended in an entertaining 3-3 draw.

In UHL Division One, Carterton continued with their good form winning 2-1 v Wellington, Wantage Town who are in good form themselves beat Redditch Borough 5-2, leaders Bewdley Town won 2-1 away v Woodford United, Clanfield 85 returned to winning ways beating Alcester Town 3-2, Stonehouse Town won 4-1 away v Ludlow Town, and Chipping Sodbury Town had a 94^th minute wonder strike by Lewis Bezer to thank for their 2-1 win v Brimscombe & Thrupp. On Tuesday evening, Clanfield 85 lost 3-2 at home to Malmesbury Victoria and on the same night Ludlow Town won 5-1 at home v Easington Sports Development in the Wiseman Lighting (UHL) Floodlit Cup.

Headington Amateurs v Hungerford Town Reserves finished 4-4 in Alliance East.

Highworth Town Reserves v Evesham United Reserves finished 5-2 in Alliance West.

There were several Vets games played on Wednesday evening with a few postponements as well.

I wanted to pay tribute to Lydney Town’s Roger Sansom, who recently celebrated his 50 years of service to Lydney Town. I have known Roger for a very long time and always think of him as Mr Lydney Town. The club have just bestowed the honour of naming the ground Sansom Park and proudly display the sign. Take a bow Roger and he is to many more years.

Finally, I am delighted to announce the UHL September Teams of the month

Premier Division – Longlevens, Division 1 – Bewdley Town, Alliance – Easington Sports Dev. 

Regards,

Ian

The weather is turning from Sunday so make the most of it!!!! 

The Isuzu FA Vase First Round Proper takes center stage this weekend and we have strong representation with home games for Slimbridge, Hallen, Fairford Town, Cirencester Town, FC Stratford and Malmesbury Victoria. Travelling we have Highworth Town, Cinderford Town, Thornbury Town (to Fairford Town), Droitwich Spa, Corsham Town, Lydney Town, Newent Town and Shortwood United. There are some very long trips ahead, most notably; Lydney Town (who were supposed to be going to Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police – susequently expelled for playing an ineligible player) and now they are travelling to Helston Athletic in sunny Cornwall and Newent Town travelling to Barnstaple Town. Good luck to all of our teams and keep the UHL flag flying high.

In the UHL Premier Division which kicked off on Friday with Slimbridge v Thornbury Town, Slimbridge continued their pursuit of the big prize with a 1-0 home win v Thornbury Town. It was a late strike in the 87^th minute which sealed the 3 points. On Saturday, fellow top 3 club Droitwich Spa were held to a 0-0 away v Cinderford Town, while top placed Roman Glass St George travelled to Tuffley Rovers and won 3-2. I was involved in this game and it really was an entertaining one. Roman Glass St George were 2-0 up at half time, even though Tuffley Rovers had hit the post twice and had other good chances. Roman Glass St George added a 3^rd goal in the 87^thminute which seemingly put the result firmly their way, only for Tuffley Rovers to score in the 88^th and 89^th minute and no doubt cause some ‘squeaky-bum’ time on the Roman Glass St. George bench. Cirencester Town hit 6 without reply in the home win v Lydney Town, Corsham Towntravelled to Worcester Raiders and won 3-1, Pershore Town travelled to Mangotsfield United and won 2-0 with their 2^nd goal coming in the 92^nd minute, Cribbs won 1-0 at home v Fairford Town, Hereford Pegasus won 3-2 at home v Longlevens, despite being 2-0 down up to the 53rd minute, Hallen v Highworth Town finished 2-2 in a game that Hallen were leading 2-0 at halftime and Westfields v Royal Wootton Bassett Town ended 1-1. On Tuesday Slimbridge travelled to Worcester Raiders and won 1-0 with a 92^nd minute goal scored by Dan Hannson. This leaves the top 3 grouped very closely together with a little gap developing below them. At the bottom sit Lydney Town, but there are still plenty of games to go. 

In UHL Division One, we only had 3 games due to the majority of teams being involved in UHL Challenge Cupgames. The games that did take place included a 7-goal thriller between Shortwood United and FC Stratford which was 3-0 to FC Stratford at halftime. The second half produced 4 more goals with FC Stratford eventually winning 4-3. Woodford United won 2-0 at home v Clanfield 85 and Alcester Town won 1-0 v Chipping Sodbury Town. FC Stratford moved into 3^rd place and Clanfield 85 stayed 2^nd bottom. The UHL Challenge Cupgames included some fixtures that produced a glut of goals. Current D1 leaders Bewdley Town hit 12 goals at home v lower division Evesham United Reserves, Brimscombe & Thrupp hit 10 at home v lower division Kidlington FC Development and Wantage Town hit 6 at home v lower division Ardley United FC Reserves. Carterton appear to be hitting some form and won 3-0 at home v Redditch Borough, Stonehouse Town won 3-1 at home v University of Bristol, Malmesbury Victory won 2-0 at home v Thame United Reserves, Wellington won 2-1 away v Ludlow Town and Cheltenham Saracens and Newent Town drew 1-1, with Cheltenham Saracenswinning 6-5 on penalties. 

On Tuesday night we had Wiseman Lighting (UHL) Floodlit Cup action with Chipping Sodbury Town winning 4-1 away v Brimscombe & Thrupp, Carterton winning 4-2 at home v Kidlington FC Development, Malmesbury Victoria winning 5-1 at home v University of Bristol, Shortwood United winning 2-0 v Bourton Rovers Development, Stonehouse Town winning 2-1 v Clanfield 85, Hungerford Town Reserves beating Marlow FC Reserves 3-2 and Thames United Reserves winning 5-3 v Ardley United FC Reserves.  

Wednesday included Wantage Town travelling to Banbury United Dev and winning 3-0 in the Wiseman Lighting (UHL) Floodlit Cup, 3 x Hellenic Veterans Premier Division games and 2 x Hellenic Veterans Division One Games. 

May the ball roll sweetly for you all, 

Regards, 

Ian

Weather set fair for the weekend!

In the UHL Premier Division on Saturday, Droitwich Spacontinued their stay at the summit by beating Royal Wootton Bassett Town 2-1, Roman Glass St Gerogetravelled away to Pershore Town and won 3-1 to stay 2^nd, Slimbridge were away at Cribbs and were looking defeat in the eyes being 2-1 down up until the 96^th minute when they equalized and then goal machine Jack W Smithscored the winner in the 98^th minute. The top 3 appear relentless in their pursuit of silverware at the present time. Worcester Raiders were held to 0-0 draw away at Fairford Town and Corsham Town won 2-1 v Hereford Pegasus to maintain 5^th place. Highworth Town turned the formbook upside down with a comprehensive 4-0 win v Westfields, near(ish) neighbours Thornbury Town and Mangotsfield United drew 2-2, Tuffley Rovers were beaten at home 2-0 by Cirencester Town and Lydney Town and Longlevensdrew 2-2. Big news of the day though was Hallen claiming their first win of the season by beating Cinderford Town 3-2 at home. They moved out of bottom place as a result. In midweek, Fairford Town v Roman Glass St Georgefinished 2-1 to the home side; with Fairford Town drawing their last 2 games 0-0, they will have been glad to score some goals and win their game. 

In UHL Division One, leaders Bewdley Town continued with a 2-0 away win v Chipping Sodbury Town, Cheltenham Saracens moved 2^nd with an impressive 5-4 away win v Wellington. They led 4-1 at half time, Wellington came back at them, but they held on for victory. Redditch Borough had a 3-0 win v Stonehouse Town to move into 3^rd place, Malmesbury Victory travelled to Carterton and suffered a 5-2 defeat which ripped the current form book up and dropped them to 4^th place. Newent Town’s fantastic start to the season suffered a blip where they were beaten 4-2 at home v Wantage Town,Alcester v Ludlow ended 1-0 to the home team, Brimscombe & Thrupp won 2-1 at home v Thames United Reserves with their winner in the 93^rd minute and Clanfield 85 and Shortwood United ended 1-1 in a bottom 3 battle.  

Both the UHL Premier Division and Division One look set for an exciting season both at the top and at the bottom which is a great advert for the league. 

In the Alliance East, we had 2 games with an away win for Headington Amateurs who scored 8 without reply and a draw between Eversley & California Reserves v Banbury United.

In the Alliance West we had 4 games with all home wins for Mangotsfield United Development, UDA Glos Development, University of Bristol and Wantage Town U23’s. 

I am happy to say our Results Officer Chris L returns to the Results hotseat this weekend. I stood in for him last Saturday and midweek, trying to officiate on a game, rush home and do the results as well as doing my League Secretary role has been a challenge. So welcome back Chris, hope you had a good holiday. 

How are we in October already??

In the UHL Premier Division on Saturday, the big fixture of the day saw Slimbridge v Roman Glass St George end all square at 2-2 with Roman Glass St George equalizing in the 98^th minute. Droitwich Spa continued their strong season and took advantage to move into top spot with a hard fought 2-1 away win v Lydney Town. Worcester Raiders march on with a narrow 1-0 away win v Mangotsfield United. Recent high scorers Westfields only managed 1 goal this week and were on track for a home victory until Cribbs equalized in the 93^rd minute. Another form side Corsham Town were evidently very impressive in their 4-0 away win v Pershore Town, Cirencester Town v Hereford Pegasus ended in a high scoring 4-4 draw, Cinderford Town with Lewis Powell again appearing on the score sheet won 2-0 at home v Thornbury Town. Longlevens who are right up there as an in-form side won 1-0 at home v Highworth Town, Tuffley Rovers travelled away and won 2-1 v Royal Wootton Bassett Town and Fairford Town V Hallen ended 0-0. The current top 5 have developed a little gap at the top and Hallen are still awaiting their first win at the bottom. 

In UHL Division One, we have new leaders in Bewdley Town, who won the top of the table clash v Cheltenham Saracens 2-1. Malmesbury Victory leapt into 2^nd place by winning 2-1 at home v fellow top five side Redditch Borough. FC Stratford maintained their top 5 place by beating bottom side Thame United Reserves 4-0. Stonehouse Town won 3-1 at home v Carterton and currently struggling Clanfield 85 lost 4-1 at home v Wellington. The other sides were involved in UHL Challenge Cup games which saw Newent Town continue in their stride with a 5-1 home win v UDA Glos Development, Wantage Town hitting 5 without reply away at Bourton Rovers Development, University of Bristoltravelled away to D1 Chipping Sodbury Town, drawing 2-2 and then winning 4-3 on penalties, Alcester Town and Ludlow Town drew 2-2 with Ludlow Town winning 3-2 on penalties. The Gloucestershire Derby between Brimscombe & Thrupp and Shortwood United finished 1-1 with Brimscombe & Thrupp equalizing in the 94^thminute and winning 5-3 on penalties. Headington Amateurs v Hungerford Town Reserves finished 2-1 with Headington Amateurs scoring their equalizer in the 88^thminute and their winner in the 97^th minute. 

On Tuesday night we had Wiseman Lighting Floodlit Cupaction with Alcester Town winning 3-2 away v Cheltenham Saracens, Marlow FC Reserves winning 2-1 away v Eversley & California Reserves and in-form Newent Towntravelling to Wellington and winning 6-2. 

In the Alliance East, we had 4 games with both Marlow Reserves and Easington Sports Dev both hitting 7 goals against their opponents. 

In the Alliance West we had one game on Friday night and two on Saturday with Clanfield (85) Reserves and Wantage Town hitting 3 a piece against their opponents and Carterton Dev winning 4-2 at home on Friday evening. 

UHLSPORT Golden Gloves for September results are in with Worcester Raiders’ Charlie Emery winning the Gloves in the Premier Division and Brimscombe & Thrupps’ Anthony Brown winning the Gloves in Division One. Congratulations to both goal-keepers.

The weekend saw the Isuzu FA Vase Second Round Qualifying games played with good representation from UHL teams. 

Fairford Town travelled to Cheltenham Saracens and won 6-5 on penalties, Corsham Town won 2-0 v Clanfield 85, Hallen had a goal fest and won 8-1 v Milton United, Longlevens and Slimbridge drew 4-4, with Slimbridgewinning 3-2 on penalties, Lydney Town won 3-2 v Evershley & California, Cirencester Town travelled to Mangotsfield United and won 4-1, Pershore Town and Chelmsley Town drew 2-2, with Chelmsley Town winning 6-5 on penalties, Cinderford Town travelled to Wokingham & Emmbrook and drew 1-1 before winning 5-4 on penalties, Bewdley Town went down 3-1 at home v Atherstone Town, Hereford Pegasus made the journey up to Bilston Town and were hit for 6 replying with 1, Wellington travelled to Brocton and were also hit for 6 without reply, Shortwood United travelled to Longwell Green Sports and drew 1-1 before winning 5-4 on penalties. Malmesbury Victoria won 3-0 at home v AEK Boco. Newent Town with a healthy crowd of 162 won 2-0 at home v Keynsham Town to maintain their good start to the season. Stonehouse Town lost 3-1 at home to Calne Town. Thornbury Town won 3-1 at home v Brislington on Friday night. 

In the UHL Premier Division on Saturday, due to the FA Vase games we had 4 fixtures and the big one between 2^ndplaced Droitwich Spa v 1^st placed Roman Glass St George finished in an emphatic 4-1 win to Droitwich Spa, thus ending Roman Glass St George’s unbeaten league record. Royal Wootton Bassett Town v Cribbs ended 3-1 to the home side. Westfields v Tuffley Rovers finished 7-2 to the home side with Westfields Aidan Clark claiming the match ball with his hattrick. and Worcester Raiders v Highworth Town finished 3-0 to Worcester Raiders. In midweek Mangotsfield United V Highworth Town ended 1-0 to Mangotsfield United. Slimbridge v Westfields was a thriller with Westfields continuing their goal scoring exploits, winning 4-3 and ending Slimbridge’s unbeaten league run. Longlevens v Royal Wootton Bassett Town produced 8 goals with Longlevens winning 6-2. This Saturday sees Slimbridge host Roman Glass St George in a localish Derby which is probably too early to call a 6 pointer!

In UHL Division One, the FA Vase games again resulted in only 4 fixtures, Alcester Town v Wantage Town finished 2-1 to the visitors. Brimscombe & Thrupp v Ludlow Townalso finished 2-1 to the visitors, Chipping Sodbury Town v Thame United Reserves was won by the home side 1-0. Woodford United v Redditch Borough finished 2-0 to the home side. 

The Alliance East had 4 games with the stand-out score being the 11 goals Hungerford Town Reserves hit away v Kidlington FC Development without reply.  

The Alliance West had 3 games with the 4-4 draw Evesham United Reserves and Clanfield (85) Reserves shared in Evesham being the thriller of the day. 

There was a Batemans Sports Division Two (Chairmans) Challenge Cup as well as some GFA Senior Amateur Cupand GFA Senior Challenge Cup games involving UHLTeams. 

 More Vets games were played in midweek, with three in the Premier and five in Division One.

 Enjoy the football over the weekend,

Regards,

Ian

Looking good weather for football this weekend.!!

This Saturday sees the Isuzu FA Vase Second Round Qualifying and we still have 16 teams left in the competition. There are several all UHL ties, so we will still have teams in the next round. Let us hope some of our clubs can emulate Hartpury University’s exploits of last season. (The final is the aim for this season though!!) All the best to all of our Teams. 

In the UHL Premier Division on Saturday, leaders Roman Glass St George continued their unbeaten run with a 2-0 away win at Westfields. Slimbridge, who are also unbeaten and already have a goal difference of +19 won 4-1 away v Highworth Town. Droitwich Spa, who sit in between Roman Glass St George and Slimbridge in 2^ndwon 3-0 at home v Corsham Town. Big news at the bottom saw Lydney Town getting their 1^st win with a 3-0 home win v Royal Wootton Bassett Town.  Longlevens continued their revival with a 3-0 home win v Hallen, who still remain without a win and now have dropped into bottom spot.Hereford Pegasus and Fairford Town played out a 6-goal thriller with Fairford Town scoring 2 second half goals to win the game 4-2. Thornbury Town and Cribbs ended 2-2 with all 4 goals coming in the second half. Pershore Townwon away 2-1 at Tuffley Rovers despite being 1-0 down up until the 57^th minute. Cinderford v Mangotsfield Unitedand Worcester Raiders v Cirencester Town both ended 0-0. Apologies to Westfields who I incorrectly called Westfield by a Typo in last week’s notes. (I will endeavor not to let it happen again, but I am pleased folks do read these notes!)

In UHL Division One, leaders Cheltenham Saracenscontinued their impressive form by winning 2-1 at home v Stonehouse Town coming from 1-0 down. Redditch Borough had a narrow 1-0 away win v Shortwood United. Bewdley, who are also a side in fine form won 4-1 at home v Wantage Town, Newent Town, who are on a great run themselves continued, with a 2-0 home win v Woodford United. Brimscombe & Thrupp and Malmesbury Victoria played out a 0-0 and Chipping Sodbury Town won 3-1 at home v Alcester Town.  A thrilling 6 goal game at FC Stratford saw them winning 4-2 v Wellington with some very late goals in the game. Ludlow Town won 2-1 at home v Carterton. In mid-week, Bewdley Town rounded off an impressive few days with a 2-1 home win v promotion rivalsRedditch Borough, the winning goal coming in the 94^thminute.  It is very tight at the top and equally tight at the bottom of the table. 

In the UHL Challenge Cup, Thames United Reserves won 3-0 v Clanfield 85. 

The Alliance East had 3 games over the weekend and there were plenty of goals. Eversley & California Reserves won 4-0 v Kidlington Development, Headington Amateurs won 4-1 v Penn & Tylers Green United and Marlow Reserves won 8-1 v Hambleden.

The Alliance West had 2 games with Clanfield 85 Reserves losing 6-1 at home to the University of Bristoland Mangotsfield United Development winning 5-2 v Newent Town Development. 

There were also a good range of Vets games in midweek, good to see those games being populated across the two divisions. 

 Hope you all enjoy the unseasonably warm weather – make the most of it, 

Regards, 

Ian

19/09/2025

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 99^th minute. Roman Glass St George sit in top spot and share an unbeaten record with Slimbridge who sit in 3^rd with Droitwich Spa in between them in second. At the bottom, Hallen sit in 19^th and Lydney Town in 20^th 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

Emirates FA Cup

It was a mixed afternoon for Hellenic sides in the FA Cup. Worcester Raiders battled hard but bowed out after a narrow 2-1 defeat away at Coleshill Town, while Fairford Town were edged out 2-0 by Southern League visitors Sholing.

Banbury United needed just a single goal to see off Mangotsfield United, while Dorchester Town grabbed a late 1-0 victory against Slimbridge.

The tie between Royal Wootton Bassett Town and Torpoint Athletic was delayed until 4pm and ultimately ended in a rare “L-L” left lingering with no conclusion when the results were sent out, however we now know it was a loss for the royal town 1-3.

Hellenic Premier Division

Plenty of goals on offer across the top flight. Cirencester Town hit the road and hit form, thumping Cinderford Town 4-1. Westfields were also clinical in front of goal, leaving Corsham Town on the wrong end of a 4-2 scoreline.

Hereford Pegasus produced an excellent 2-1 win away at high-flying Cribbs, while Droitwich Spa were dominant at home with a 3-0 win over Hallen.

Pershore Town lit up the division with a commanding 4-0 victory over Lydney Town, Archie Thurston stealing the headlines with a first senior hat trick.

Elsewhere, Roman Glass St George edged out Longlevens AFC 2-1, and Thornbury Town came from behind to beat Tuffley Rovers 2-1.

Hellenic Division One

Drama and goals galore. Bewdley Town and Malmesbury Victoria shared the spoils in a 2-2 draw, while Brimscombe & Thrupp edged Alcester Town 1-0 in a tight affair.

Chipping Sodbury Town enjoyed an away-day delight, sneaking past Cheltenham Saracens 3-2, while FC Stratford were comfortable 3-0 winners over Carterton.

Newent Town saw off Clanfield 85 3-2, while Wantage Town were among the day’s biggest scorers with a 5-2 victory at Shortwood United.

It was the same scoreline for Redditch Borough, who overpowered Thame United Reserves 5-2. But the real fireworks came at Stonehouse Town, where they slotted 9 past Wellington, the visitors bringing their shooting boots in some style! What a score line. 2-9

Woodford United and Ludlow Town served up a six-goal thriller, sharing the points in a 3-3 draw.

Alliance East

A quieter affair as Marlow Reserves and Hungerford Town Reserves cancelled each other out in a goalless draw.

Alliance West

The University of Bristol proved too strong for Highworth Town Reserves, running out comfortable 3-0 winners.

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