Trowbridge Wanderers FC 3 Bishops Cannings Reserves 1
EARLY START SEE’S WANDERERS OPEN WITH A WIN
With both teams wanting to watch the Community Shield match, Bishops Cannings Reserves who were due to host league newcomers Trowbridge Wanderers FC saw their opening Gooding Accounts Ltd sponsored-Trowbridge & District Football League, Second Division switched to Wanderers home base with a 12 noon kick-off time.
The high-noon showdown was won by Jake Little’s Wanderers side who opened their campaign with a 3-1 triumph, with all four of the goals coming in the first half, and all of the hosts coming inside the opening 27 minutes.
The first goal of the new season went to Ewan Balkwill who netted after just 2 minutes. Luke Ransome made it 2-0 in the 9th minute and he bagged his second and Wanderers third of the contest on 27 minutes.
Bishops Cannings pulled a goal back on 42 minutes, Alex Parish setting up Jack Spanswick to give the visitors some hope of getting back into the game, however it wasn’t to be as Spanswick’s goal was just a consolation as after the break, neither teams were able to add to their first half efforts.
Durrington FC 7 South Newton & Barford Hornets FC 0
DURRINGTON OPEN WITH A MAGNIFICENT 7
League newcomers Durrington FC hosted local rivals South Newton & Barford Hornets FC and their first ever Trowbridge League fixture saw them romp to a convincing 7-0 success.
A pre-season poll to see who would be the Second division champions was topped by Stuart Andrews side and although their will tougher challenges ahead the Salisbury based side have sent an early warning to the rest of the division with their opening day success.
Aiden Fitzgerald opened the scoring for the hosts and a second from Fitzgerald doubled the advantage. Lewis Perret made it 3-0 before Fitzgerald completed a first half hat trick.
Max Harris added number 5, Olly Mason made it 6-0 before his second of the afternoon left the final result 7-0 in favour of the Durry boys.
Calne Athletic FC 4 Trowbridge Town Tigers FC 3
NEW LOOK ATHLETIC EDGE TIGERS IN 7 GOAL THRILLER
In what would appear to have been a thrilling contest at Beaverbrook, Calne, after taking a 2-0 lead a new look Calne Athletic FC , formerly Calne Eagles, came from behind to take all 3 points from their match against Trowbridge Town Tigers FC who should be very proud of their contribution to an excellent match that Athletic won 4-3, but Tim Brown’s side will be annoyed that having taken a 3-2 lead they didn’t get something from the game.
Calne Athletic started the brighter of the 2 teams and Tigers found themselves 1-down after just 2 minutes when Ewan McConnachie latched on to a ball from the right hand side from Max Sawyer to calmly slot the ball home to put the hosts into an early lead and things got better for the home team as the doubled their advantage on 21 minutes, with previous supplier, Max Sawyer making it 2-0 after latching onto a free kick delivered by Max Half and delightfully lobbing the onrushing goalkeeper from the edge of the area.
Trowbridge Tigers got themselves back in the game on prior to half time, winning a penalty and although Sam Peacock managed to get his fingertips to the resulting spot kick to turn the effort onto the post, Sam Parker Gale reacted quickest to net the rebound and breath new life into the visitors.
The score remained 2-1 until halftime.
After the break, Tigers got themselves back on level terms almost immediately with Callum McNamee restoring parity to make it 2-each.
From 2-0 down the Tigers completed the turnaround when Liam Pritchard put them into a 3-2 lead, however Calne Athletic showed their new found fighting spirit and thanks to Ewan McConnachie they turned the game on it’s head to claim a remarkable victory from a game they looked to have lost.
McConnachie netted his second of the afternoon to level things as 3 apiece and then he bagged his third to complete a well taken treble, and more importantly it sealed a great 4-3 comeback win for John McConnachie’s side.
Staverton Rangers FC 5 Freshford United Reserves FC 1
5-STAR STAVERTON SLAY NEWCOMERS
Staverton Rangers FC who were unbeaten in their final four games of the previous season, picked up where they left off from, a 5-1 triumph at home over new boys Freshford United Reserves FC has given Keith Dyckes side the perfect start to the season.
Jake Abbott fired Staverton into the lead and he was on hand to make it 2-0 and that was how things stayed until half time
After the break an Al Johnstone own goal put Staverton 3-0 ahead.
Josh Hiscox gave Freshford hope of staging a fightback, however that hope was short lived as Hiscox’s goal was just a consolation, Kieran Mills restored Staverton’s 3 goal advantage and Ash Hamdia wrapped up the 5-1 triumph with his first ever goal for the club.
POSTPONED MATCH
Pilot FC v Avon Valley FC – Pitch deemed Unfit
Fixtures For Saturday 17th August 2024
Avon Valley FC v Freshford United Reserves; Bishops Caannings Reserves FC v Pilot FC; Durrington FC v Trowbridge Town Tigers FC; South Newton & Barford Hornets FC v Staverton Rangers FC; Trowbridge Wanderers FC v Calne Eagles FC. Matches Kick-Off @ 3.00pm unless stated otherwise.