Hilperton Greyhound FC 7 Dilton Marsh Wanderers FC 2
GREYHOUND WIN AGIAN TO KEEP TITLE DREAM ALIVE
Hilperton Greyhound FC are very much in the race to be crowned Gooding Accounts Ltd sponsored-Trowbridge & District Football League, Second Division champions.
A 7-2 victory at home to an inform Dilton Marsh Wanderers side saw them avoid a potential banana-skin to hopes over pipping Freshford United to the title.
Josh Propert opened the scoring for Darren Brewer’s Greyhound side, but Dilton Marsh who went into the game on the back of 7 straight wins restored parity via Nathan Pepler. Louis Woolford regained the lead for Greyhound who were also boosted when the visitors had Tom Wheeler sin binned and down to 10 men they conceded a third when Josh Lewis scored direct from a corner.
The second half saw Greyhound boss the game, Arthur Dolan added another to make it 4-1 and to take his tally to an impressive 8 in three games since he moved from Seend United.
Liam Lawes made it 5-1, number 6 was scored by Ayman Rtabi and Jason Hughes became the seventh Greyhound scorer when he fired home a 40 yard free kick to make it 7-1.
Aaron Knowles grabbed a late, late consolation for Dilton Marsh who with two matches remaining chase a top 5 finish. Greyhound on the other hand will finish top of the pile if they win their 4 remaining games.
Calne Eagles FC 6 South Newton & Barford Hornets 1
EAGLES AVOID GETTING STUNG BY HORNETS
Calne Eagles FC who suffered a 2-0 defeat against Semington Magpies in midweek, returned to winning ways courtesy of a 6-1 victory over South Newton & Barford Hornets FC on the 3G pitch at Beversbrook.
Eagles led though a Gregg Moss own goal, Aiden Hawkins doubled their advantage and they took a 3-0 interval lead courtesy of an Ewan McConnachie goal.
Robbie Harrison was on target to pull a goal back for the visitors, but it was only a consolation as Archie Green added a fourth for Eagles before a second from Ewan McConnachie made it 5-1 and Jake Mizen completed the scoring with the hosts sixth of the afternoon.
Trowbridge Town Tigers FC 1 Freshford United FC 5
FRESHFORD WIN BUT FACE
With Trowbridge Town Tigers FC unable to use their Woodmarsh pitch, their game was switched to Brown’s Park home of Division Two leaders Freshford United.
Freshford who regained pole position from Holt FC last week when they were awarded the 3 points from their game with Calne Eagles, extended their lead at the summit to 4 points, thanks to a 5-1 win over the Tigers, however Chris Birleson’s side face an anxious few weeks wait to see it it will be the Gold or Silver medals they will receive as Hilperton Greyhound could still pip them to the title.
When they sides met earlier in the season, the game resulted in a rare goalless draw and for the opening 45 minutes it was a case of de-ja-vu with neither team able to break the deadlock.
That changed in the second period and once Jake Hale had unlocked the Tigers defence Freshford raced into a 3-0 lead thanks to a goal each from Jordan Jenkins and Reece Mortimer.
Jack Milburn pulled a goal back for Trowbridge Tigers, however it was little more than a consolation as a Mark Maguire double wrapped up the all important 3 points for Freshford.
POSTPONED MATCH
Staverton Rangers FC v Semington Magpies FC
Fixtures For Saturday 13th April 2024
Calne Eagles FC v Semington Magpies FC; Dilton Marsh Wanderers FC v Trowbridge Town Tigers FC; Hilperton Greyhound FC v Aces FC; Staverton Rangers FC v South Newton & Barford Hornets FC. Matches Kick-Off @ 3.00pm unless stated otherwise.