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GrassrootsFeature Match | Rockleaze Rangers vs Chipping Sodbury Town – Gloucestershire County League

SUPER-SUB Shane Budding firedRockleaze Rangers to their firstGloucestershire County Leaguevictory of the campaign, aided by abattling performance from hist e a m - m at e s.

After the sides had entered theinterval at a cool and damp CoombeDingle in a goalless deadlock, the27-year-old postman, introduced tothe fray eight minutes into thesecond period, provided the sparkto finally end Rangers’ winlessleague streak.

In a competitive and enjoyablecontest, lacking clear-cut opportun-ities and a killer instinct, Buddingshowed genuine class by seizing ona defensive mistake 14 minutesfrom time before calmly finishingfor the game’s only goal.

Rockleaze did have to weather ananxious final few minutes beforecelebrating the three points, muchto the relief of manager Dave John-son, a close-season replacement forthe watching Carmelo Micciche,who said: “That was a good90-minute performance by the boysand it’s been coming; we’ve shownin fits and bursts that we’re capableof that without finding the con-s i s t e n cy.

“It was Shane’s first game backafter a stomach injury he picked up

at the end of last season, and he wasmassive for us. As a team, we knowwe have what it takes to competestrongly again this season.”

Rangers weren’t helped by thefact key midfielder Nathan Bryerwas unavailable through work com-mitments, but they demonstratedplenty of heart in and around theengine room. Ed Freeman, in par-ticular, was often a threat, gettingin two early strikes, which weresaved by George Hale and hackedoff the line by experienced defenderPaul Dempsey, respectively.

At the other end, Sodbury, theirassistant boss Richard Bisp at thehelm in the absence of managerScott Gibson, were irked that ref-eree Brian Lee opted not to awardthem a penalty when left wingerKyle Ford sprinted on to a rakingcrossfield pass by Mike Englandand cut inside his man, before ap-pearing to be tripped inside thearea by Rangers right-back BenLear as he shaped to shoot.

Penalty appeals fell on deaf ears,too, at the other end, as burly for-ward Oshane West, returning froma long injury lay-off, powered

through several Sodbury chal-lenges before being brought toground. The ball ran loose to IggyGarcia, who thrashed his shot wellwide of the target.

Rockleaze had ridden their luckin the fledgling stages, whencentre-back Savas Frangoullis in-advertently headed a Sodbury crossstraight into his surprised goal-kee per’s clutches, but they werecertainly unfortunate not to snatcha 32nd-minute lead.

Freeman, who moments earlierhad nodded a Rich Bray corner onlyjust over the top, motored through agap in midfield and as the ballarrived at the feet of West on theedge of the penalty area, the marks-man drilled a fierce angled attempta fraction over the angle of farupright and bar.

With Budding an earlysecond-half introduction for Westfor Rockleaze, and Luke Maby join-ing the fray for Sodbury as a re-placement for right-back Reese, thesecond half took time to warm up,although it remained an absorbingaf fair.

Budding had already shaved thecrossbar with a header from acorner, a stern warning as to whatwas to follow because on the hourmark he sent a magnificent dippingfree-kick around the visitors’ wallfrom 25 yards out, which crashedagainst the base of the same post.

Rockleaze Rangers 1

Chipping Sodbury 0

He was getting closer and 14minutes from the end he got hisreward. Freeman, who had justsmashed a rising 30-yard thunder-bolt whistling a fraction above thebar, had tried to pick the nippyforward out with a pass, which wasinitially intercepted by Sodburyskipper Lloyd Harding. However, asthe defender tried to come awaywith the ball, he was robbed by hisalert opponent, who sped unop-posed towards goal and coollyevaded the advancing Hale, beforefinding an inviting net with asimple finish.

Rockleaze lived on their nerves alittle in the closing stages, althoughtheir goalkeeper Burgess, who hadproduced a magnificent diving saveto prevent Alex Fox’s searing strikeflying past him, was largely un-t ro u bl e d .

One late alarm did have Rangers’hearts in mouths when Fox’s head-er from Dan Bendall’s crossdropped narrowly adrift of the post,but they managed to cling on to theslender advantage, to their evidentdelight on the final whistle.Rockleaze Rangers: Sam Burgess; Ben Lear,Savas Frangoullis, Aaron Day, Rob Kellaway; IggyGarcia, Sam Andrews, Ed Freeman, Rich Bray(Theo Coombs, 72; Frank Stallard, Oshane West(Shane Budding, 53). Not used: Neil Simons.Chipping Sodbury Tn: George Hale; Karl Reese(Luke Maby, 55), Lloyd Harding, Paul Dempsey,Alex Cumming; Mark Totterdell, Mike England,Alex Fox, Ollie Clarke; Kyle Ford; Dan Bendall. Notused: Mike Beecham.Referee: Brian Lee.

Simon Parkinsonepsport@bepp.co.uk

Shane strikes to give Rockleazetheir first victory of the season

� Iggy Garcia, of Rockleaze Rangers, gets in a shot during the Gloucestershire County League game againstChipping Sodbury Picture: Artur Lesniak

Page 2&3 |Bristol PremierCombination, DistrictLeague andSuburban League

Page 4&5 |Sunday round-ups,Downs, Bristol &Avon and Churchesleagues, plusHanham MinorLeague

Page 6-8 |Junior Feature Match,Avon Youth Leagueand Bristol SaturdayYouth League

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lake slotted in the only goal forBendix at home to Lloydy CoalpitH e at h .

Horfield slumped to a 2-0 DivisionThree defeat to goals from BenLowrie and Simon Ward for SouthBristol Central, whose reserve sidehave resigned from the league be-cause of team-raising problems.

Greg Downs, Matthew Denton andGrant Wolsey were on the mark forS t ap l e t o n as last season’s AvonLeague champions were 3-0 winnersat Yat e , while Conrad Golden’sdouble saved Pucklechurch Re-serves in a 2-2 draw with HillfieldsOB.

Jordan Dunn shot Henbury A infront at home to Hallen B , for whomBen Fry grabbed a last-gasp equaliserin a 1-1 draw. Dominic Ander-o n - G o rd a n’s double for HambrookRe s e r ve s could not prevent a 4-2 de-feat by Olveston Reserves, for whomMatt Roberts and Tom Rock bothstruck twice.

The three Randall brothers hadgood cause to celebrate following a 4-2Division Four victory for Shaftes-bury Crusade Reserves at home toSea Mills Reserves. Sam Randallscored twice while his siblings, Jackand Troy, were also on target.

Matthew Dark’s hat-trick set up a4-3 win for Fishponds Athleticagainst Bradley Stoke Reserves,with Peter Dawes the other scorer.

A fine penalty save from 16-year-oldgoalkeeper Curtis Smith earned apoint from a 2-2 draw at L aw r e n c eRovers Reserves for Talbot KnowleRe s e r ve s , whose marksmen werePaul Dite, from 30 yards, and RickyN e l m e s.

Highridge Reserves goalkee perBrendan Shepherd also kept out aspot-kick in a 4-0 victory at G r ey -friars A , where Scott Sheridan hit ahat-trick and Stuart Wilson com-pleted the tally. Goals from Zac Taqui,Ash Painter and Kyle Wainesclinched a 3-2 home success forSoundwell Victoria Reservesagainst Bendix Reserves, for whomSean White and John Craig replied.

Wick A crashed 5-1 away to FryClub B, whose nap hand was sharedby Rayan Auchterlonie (2), JoelHardy, Scott Janes and Dave Jenkins,but strikes by Jack Philpot and DanBush could not save Old SodburyRe s e r ve s from a 3-2 defeat at home toWe s t e rl e i g h .

Jordan Rigg, Adam Jeanes and DanCole were on the mark for DivisionFive newcomers Staple Hill Orient,3-1 home victors against BrislingtonCricketers Reserves, while War m-ley Saints Reserves were hammered8-0 by Oldland Abbotonians A.

A hat-trick from Adam Simmonspaved the way for a 7-5 win for Pat ch -way North End Reserves atHighridge A, where goals from MarkBowers, Nathan Palmer, Kane Lans-down and Thomas Vaughan com-pleted the rout.

Stoke Lane Athletic began life inDivision Six with a 6-1 hammering ofCribbs B, thanks to strikes by ShaneHill (4), Kyle Gilbert and James Puo.

Mis Misra’s double gave Br adleyStoke A a 2-1 victory away toStapleton Reserves, whose replycame from Sean Minall.

Bristol Athletic have won bothgames, with goals from Ryan Jones andKadeem Sinclair clinching the pointsat home to Wessex Wanderers.Jouglas Zuco (3), Abdurahnan Wayd (2)and Hussein Mohammed were on tar-get for CAB Olympic in a 6-1 win athome Rockleaze Rangers Reserves,while Cadbury Heath Reserves b e atSouthmead CS United 8-2.

There were three hat-tricks in Di-vision One.

Ty Webb netted a treble for pro-moted AFC Hartcliffe, who won 5-1at Stoke Gifford United Reserves,with Ashley Lawrence scoring theirother two goals.

Ben Kington scored three times tohelp Broad Plain House Reserveswin their derby against St AldhelmsRe s e r ve s 6-1. Josh Latham, JoshScadding and Ryan Webber com-pleted their scoring.

Joe Weare’s hat-trick helped S t o keRang ers to a 7-1 home win over Old-bury FC. Liam Dixon, Paulo Mis-siato, Grant Matieson and Paul Noyesalso netted for Rangers.

Mark Osbourne and Joe Farmerscored to give Avonmouth Reserves

a 2-1 victory againstTyndalls Park Rangers.Cleeve Colts fell to theirsecond defeat, losing 4-0 at home toKellaway Rangers.

Gavin Ellington scored the onlygoal of the game for Hyde z at home toAFC Mangotsfield Reserves in Di-vision Two.

George Bassett hit a hat-trick forWa n d e r e r s in a 10-1 win at home to aweakened Keynsham Town A. ChrisDurbin and Brad Mead each scoredtwice, with Ben Coltman, Tom Evansand Simon Rex completing the tally.

Sam Wooles gave Fry’s OBahalf-time lead at home to BristolTelephone Reserves, who hit backto score three times in the secondh a l f,

In Division Three, Coupland In-sulation won 3-2 at Old CothamiansRe s e r ve s , whose goals came fromTim Bruton and Lee Hackett.

Zac Richards scored for Corinthi-an Sports in a 4-1 home defeat toAEK Boco Colts.

Promoted Bristol Bilbao s c o re dten times without reply at home toSevern Beach Reserves. Nick Joyce

PROMOTED Portville Warriorswill be making a bold bid for SeniorDivision honours on the evidence of aresounding 10-2 away victory againstNicholas Wanderers Reserves, whofaded out of the game after an evenfirst half.

Steve Tumbridge and Paul Henrywere early scorers for Wanderers,who were sunk by goals from newPortville secretary Van Papantoniou(3), Ashley Tweedy (3), Ben Anthony,Adam Scrase, Sam Jones and MattS my t h .

Warmley Saints twice took thelead through Nick Peters (penalty)and John Mayo at home to Hallen A,only to be pegged back to 2-2 byreplies from Anton Dowe and RyanMcLean.

De Veys staged a great recovery toshare eight goals at home toP u ck l e ch u r ch , who raced into anearly 3-0 lead, with Dave Mackie (2),Darren Purnell and Rob Belchertheir scorers. On the mark for thehosts were Connor Caddick, TimHughes, Nick Nutland and NickQuail.

Longwell Green A failed to re-spond to strikes by Luke Scadding,Jack Oatan and Rob Lucas forCrosscour t.

Henbury Reserves took the firststeps towards a return to the BristolPremier Combination, following lasts e a s o n’s relegation, with a 4-2 winaway to Shirehampton Reserves,whose marksmen were Martin Cookand Ollie Giltrow in reply to goalsfrom Harry Bartlett (2), Del Simpsonand Danny Simpson.

Chris Williams netted five in Bris-tol Barcelona’s 6-0 home rompagainst Wick Reserves , with NickWalters completing the rout.

Iron Acton beat AEK Boco Re-s e r ve s 2-1 at home, thanks to a doublefrom James Burke.

Promoted Totterdown Reserveslost 2-0 at home in Division One to asecond-half double from Jack Dorneyfor Rang ewor thy, while CliffordBaker and Darren Garton fired Ta l -bot Knowle to a 2-1 win away toSeymour Reserves, for whomJordan West hit back.

Makinde Kondwani replied forLebeq Reserves in a 2-1 home defeatby Soundwell Victoria, for whomJoe Power and Marc Hughes foundthe net, while Winterbourne A we n tdown 5-1 to goals from Tom Smyth (2),Ryan Brown, John Williams andLucus Kousaris for Hambrook.

Strikes by Kane Hancock andJamie Vile could not save MendipRe s e r ve s from a 3-2 defeat away toBradley Stoke, whose scorers wereAdam Townsend (2) and Adam Hay.

Lewis Browning and Jelani Wallisboth bagged a brace for St Pancras,whose other marksman was SteveWhithey in a 5-2 battering of StantonD r ew , with Andy Pain striking twicein reply. Miners were on the end of an8-0 drubbing at Chipping SodburyRe s e r ve s .

Relegated Hanham Reserves fin-ished 5-2 up against Har tclif fe inDivision Two, with Mick Saddler (2),Declan McLoigin, Ryan Madge andMatt Bennett on the scoresheet.

Drew Brimblecombe and CraigSperring sealed a 2-0 home successfor AEK Boco A against DRG Fren-chay Reserves, while Simon West-

THE Alden family were celebratingon Saturday as brothers Michael andCharlie scored six times for Pa rkK n ow l e in an 8-3 Division Four winat Glenside Five OB Reserves.

Michael scored four of the goals,while Jake Hawks and an own goalcompleted the scoring for Park.

In Premier One, Little Stoke fo l -lowed a 5-0 midweek win againstMangotsfield Sports by wining 6-1 atLawrence Weston. Nick Rugman

netted a hat-trick, with Dean Pat-terson, Craig Lancastle and MikeWillmott also on target..

Promoted Mangotsfield Sportsgained their first win with a 3-2 vic-tory against Easton Cowboys Sub-urbia. Tom Lewis, Josh Bennett andSam Hill were the Sports marksmen,while Ross Miller and Tyler Gaylereplied for the Cowboys.

Rich Lee, the new manager ofSevern Beach, gained his first winafter goals from Karl Edwards andAlan Bolton secured a 2-1 victory athome to Stoke Gifford United.

Tytherington Rocks Reservestravelled to Headley Park School top l ay St Aldhelms and won 5- 0.

Ashton United beat Avonmouth6-1 in midweek, with Lee Phillipsscoring a hat-trick, and followed itwith a 4-1 Somerset Senior Cup winover Stockwood Green.

The two promoted teams in Premi-er Two have started with two wins.Paul Kennedy scored a hat trick forDownend Foresters, who followed a5-0 midweek win with a 6-1 homesuccess over Glenside Five OB.Chris Johnston, Ross Pidgeon andDave Scutt were also on target for theFo re s t e r s.

Division One Champions AFCMang otsfield beat Lebeq United 3-1at Pomphrey Hill.

Dan Clarke bagged a brace for Bris-lington A in a 5-2 home win overAlmondsbury UWE Reserves. AlexMcArthur, Chris Rogers and KieranLee also scored for Brislington.

Bristol SuburbanLeague

Warriors slay Wandererswith a ten-goal show

BRISTOL Manor Farm Reservesconsolidated their position at the topof Premier One with a hard-fought 1-0home win against O l ve s t o n at TheC re e k .

Sam Folkes netted the only goal inthe 42nd minute, after a lengthy peri-od of pressure by the leaders, whohave scored eight times without reply,with a 100 per cent record, in thethree games played in the league.

“Olveston were formidable oppon-ents and had a strong defence,” saidFarm manager Andy Cole.

Promoted Sea Mills Park slumpedto a 4-1 defeat away to Fr ampton,who raced into an early three-goallead after dominating the first half.

Last season’s District League im-proved after the break and Kane Sil-cock replied to strikes by JimmyPotts, Robbie Warren, Marc Hughesand Jonathan Pledge.

A hat-trick from Glen Callagan setup a 5-2 home romp for Pat ch wayRe s e r ve s against Oldland Abboto-nians Reserves. Luke Hammondcompleted Patchway’s nap hand witha double, while Liam Jenkins and LeeDoyle hit back for the visitors .

Luke Matthison and Kai Holmesboth struck twice for L aw r e n c eRove r s , 4-2 winners at G r ey f r i a r s ,with Kelvin Long the new play-er-manager for the visitors. ClaytonKingman and Dave Brown (penalty)levelled the scores at 2-2 for the Fri-ars, who need a manager for the firstteam. Further details can be obtained

from secretary Kevin Wilkinson on07828 551257.

Nathan West equalised for MadeFor Ever, who lost 4-1 at home togoals from Dan Martin (2), AaronMcQuaid and Aaron Taynton forEden Grove.

Strikes by Mike Davey and Ben Leefailed to save Seymour United f ro ma 3-2 home defeat by BrimshamGreen, whose marksmen were JohnRuff, his brother Dan and LutaluO s a n d e.

Longwell Green Reserves tookanother step towards retaining thePremier Division crown with a 4-0victory away to DRG Frenchay.

Dan Stephens bagged a brace forthe champions, whose other scorerswere Mark Twentyman and KeironCampbell.

Aaron Thorne followed his mid-week double for Nicholas Wander-ers in a 3-1 success at DRG Frenchaywith another goal in the surprise 2-1win at Winterbourne Reserves.

Aaron Anderson equalised for thehosts who were sunk by a second-halfstrike from Vini Pinto.

In Premier Two, Kevin Taylor hit asecond-half hat-trick as Highridg eenjoyed a 4-0 home romp against Bit-ton Reserves, who had a player sentoff early in the game.

Sam’s goal keeps Farmat the top of the table

District League

Premier Combination

� Bristol Manor Farm Reserves, back row, from left, Mark Revill, Will Cawte,Gary Turner, Luke Carey, Jack Trott, Johnson Harbert, Aiden Hill, Marcus Hill,Dan Wigstow-Richards. Front row, from left, Jack Williams, Jordan Cole,Sam Folkes, Tom Kemp, Andy Cole, Joham Baboucharr

(4), Cory Clark (2), NathanStokes (2), Ryan Elsbury and

Dan Meek were the Bilbaom a rk s m e n .

Jacob O’Donnell and Jack Medje-doub scored for Sartan United in a2-0 win against Downened ForestersRe s e r ve s .

A penalty from Alex Batemanclinched all three points for OldGeorgians Reserves in a 2-1 winover Brandon Sports. Jamie Brownscored their first goal.

Goals from Callum Somerville andConnor Simpson earned North Bris-tol Catalans a 2-1 victory at home toWinford PH, whose goal came fromIan Palmer.

Sever nside won 4-0 at Filton Ath-letic Reserves and Stoke GiffordUnited A edged out Oldbury FCRe s e r ve s 4-3. Ronnie Jones, ChrisDavidge and Paul Tarron netted forO l d bu r y.

North Bristol United, newcomersto the league, started well by beatingReal St George 8-2.

Dean Graham (3) Karl Durston (2),John Stephens (2) and Rob Parsleywere the North Bristol marksmen.

David Hughesepsport@b-nm.co.uk

Derek Cumnerepsport@b-nm.co.uk

Sam Folkes, of Bristol Manor FarmReserves, tries to get pastOlveston’s Simon Pearce, left,during the Premier Combinationgame, which Manor Farm won 1-0Picture: Dan Regan

� Olveston United, back row, from left, Richard Thomson, Rob Dent, LiamCole, Joe Hardwick, Phil Williams, Greg Welsh, Simon Pearce, CraigThompson, Luke Garbaczs. Front row, from left, Ollie Stokes, Matt Knight,George Williams, Ben Farrell, Fred Mullen, Steve Farrell

Alden brothershit six goalsbetween them

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lake slotted in the only goal forBendix at home to Lloydy CoalpitH e at h .

Horfield slumped to a 2-0 DivisionThree defeat to goals from BenLowrie and Simon Ward for SouthBristol Central, whose reserve sidehave resigned from the league be-cause of team-raising problems.

Greg Downs, Matthew Denton andGrant Wolsey were on the mark forS t ap l e t o n as last season’s AvonLeague champions were 3-0 winnersat Yat e , while Conrad Golden’sdouble saved Pucklechurch Re-serves in a 2-2 draw with HillfieldsOB.

Jordan Dunn shot Henbury A infront at home to Hallen B , for whomBen Fry grabbed a last-gasp equaliserin a 1-1 draw. Dominic Ander-o n - G o rd a n’s double for HambrookRe s e r ve s could not prevent a 4-2 de-feat by Olveston Reserves, for whomMatt Roberts and Tom Rock bothstruck twice.

The three Randall brothers hadgood cause to celebrate following a 4-2Division Four victory for Shaftes-bury Crusade Reserves at home toSea Mills Reserves. Sam Randallscored twice while his siblings, Jackand Troy, were also on target.

Matthew Dark’s hat-trick set up a4-3 win for Fishponds Athleticagainst Bradley Stoke Reserves,with Peter Dawes the other scorer.

A fine penalty save from 16-year-oldgoalkeeper Curtis Smith earned apoint from a 2-2 draw at L aw r e n c eRovers Reserves for Talbot KnowleRe s e r ve s , whose marksmen werePaul Dite, from 30 yards, and RickyN e l m e s.

Highridge Reserves goalkee perBrendan Shepherd also kept out aspot-kick in a 4-0 victory at G r ey -friars A , where Scott Sheridan hit ahat-trick and Stuart Wilson com-pleted the tally. Goals from Zac Taqui,Ash Painter and Kyle Wainesclinched a 3-2 home success forSoundwell Victoria Reservesagainst Bendix Reserves, for whomSean White and John Craig replied.

Wick A crashed 5-1 away to FryClub B, whose nap hand was sharedby Rayan Auchterlonie (2), JoelHardy, Scott Janes and Dave Jenkins,but strikes by Jack Philpot and DanBush could not save Old SodburyRe s e r ve s from a 3-2 defeat at home toWe s t e rl e i g h .

Jordan Rigg, Adam Jeanes and DanCole were on the mark for DivisionFive newcomers Staple Hill Orient,3-1 home victors against BrislingtonCricketers Reserves, while War m-ley Saints Reserves were hammered8-0 by Oldland Abbotonians A.

A hat-trick from Adam Simmonspaved the way for a 7-5 win for Pat ch -way North End Reserves atHighridge A, where goals from MarkBowers, Nathan Palmer, Kane Lans-down and Thomas Vaughan com-pleted the rout.

Stoke Lane Athletic began life inDivision Six with a 6-1 hammering ofCribbs B, thanks to strikes by ShaneHill (4), Kyle Gilbert and James Puo.

Mis Misra’s double gave Br adleyStoke A a 2-1 victory away toStapleton Reserves, whose replycame from Sean Minall.

Bristol Athletic have won bothgames, with goals from Ryan Jones andKadeem Sinclair clinching the pointsat home to Wessex Wanderers.Jouglas Zuco (3), Abdurahnan Wayd (2)and Hussein Mohammed were on tar-get for CAB Olympic in a 6-1 win athome Rockleaze Rangers Reserves,while Cadbury Heath Reserves b e atSouthmead CS United 8-2.

There were three hat-tricks in Di-vision One.

Ty Webb netted a treble for pro-moted AFC Hartcliffe, who won 5-1at Stoke Gifford United Reserves,with Ashley Lawrence scoring theirother two goals.

Ben Kington scored three times tohelp Broad Plain House Reserveswin their derby against St AldhelmsRe s e r ve s 6-1. Josh Latham, JoshScadding and Ryan Webber com-pleted their scoring.

Joe Weare’s hat-trick helped S t o keRang ers to a 7-1 home win over Old-bury FC. Liam Dixon, Paulo Mis-siato, Grant Matieson and Paul Noyesalso netted for Rangers.

Mark Osbourne and Joe Farmerscored to give Avonmouth Reserves

a 2-1 victory againstTyndalls Park Rangers.Cleeve Colts fell to theirsecond defeat, losing 4-0 at home toKellaway Rangers.

Gavin Ellington scored the onlygoal of the game for Hyde z at home toAFC Mangotsfield Reserves in Di-vision Two.

George Bassett hit a hat-trick forWa n d e r e r s in a 10-1 win at home to aweakened Keynsham Town A. ChrisDurbin and Brad Mead each scoredtwice, with Ben Coltman, Tom Evansand Simon Rex completing the tally.

Sam Wooles gave Fry’s OBahalf-time lead at home to BristolTelephone Reserves, who hit backto score three times in the secondh a l f,

In Division Three, Coupland In-sulation won 3-2 at Old CothamiansRe s e r ve s , whose goals came fromTim Bruton and Lee Hackett.

Zac Richards scored for Corinthi-an Sports in a 4-1 home defeat toAEK Boco Colts.

Promoted Bristol Bilbao s c o re dten times without reply at home toSevern Beach Reserves. Nick Joyce

PROMOTED Portville Warriorswill be making a bold bid for SeniorDivision honours on the evidence of aresounding 10-2 away victory againstNicholas Wanderers Reserves, whofaded out of the game after an evenfirst half.

Steve Tumbridge and Paul Henrywere early scorers for Wanderers,who were sunk by goals from newPortville secretary Van Papantoniou(3), Ashley Tweedy (3), Ben Anthony,Adam Scrase, Sam Jones and MattS my t h .

Warmley Saints twice took thelead through Nick Peters (penalty)and John Mayo at home to Hallen A,only to be pegged back to 2-2 byreplies from Anton Dowe and RyanMcLean.

De Veys staged a great recovery toshare eight goals at home toP u ck l e ch u r ch , who raced into anearly 3-0 lead, with Dave Mackie (2),Darren Purnell and Rob Belchertheir scorers. On the mark for thehosts were Connor Caddick, TimHughes, Nick Nutland and NickQuail.

Longwell Green A failed to re-spond to strikes by Luke Scadding,Jack Oatan and Rob Lucas forCrosscour t.

Henbury Reserves took the firststeps towards a return to the BristolPremier Combination, following lasts e a s o n’s relegation, with a 4-2 winaway to Shirehampton Reserves,whose marksmen were Martin Cookand Ollie Giltrow in reply to goalsfrom Harry Bartlett (2), Del Simpsonand Danny Simpson.

Chris Williams netted five in Bris-tol Barcelona’s 6-0 home rompagainst Wick Reserves , with NickWalters completing the rout.

Iron Acton beat AEK Boco Re-s e r ve s 2-1 at home, thanks to a doublefrom James Burke.

Promoted Totterdown Reserveslost 2-0 at home in Division One to asecond-half double from Jack Dorneyfor Rang ewor thy, while CliffordBaker and Darren Garton fired Ta l -bot Knowle to a 2-1 win away toSeymour Reserves, for whomJordan West hit back.

Makinde Kondwani replied forLebeq Reserves in a 2-1 home defeatby Soundwell Victoria, for whomJoe Power and Marc Hughes foundthe net, while Winterbourne A we n tdown 5-1 to goals from Tom Smyth (2),Ryan Brown, John Williams andLucus Kousaris for Hambrook.

Strikes by Kane Hancock andJamie Vile could not save MendipRe s e r ve s from a 3-2 defeat away toBradley Stoke, whose scorers wereAdam Townsend (2) and Adam Hay.

Lewis Browning and Jelani Wallisboth bagged a brace for St Pancras,whose other marksman was SteveWhithey in a 5-2 battering of StantonD r ew , with Andy Pain striking twicein reply. Miners were on the end of an8-0 drubbing at Chipping SodburyRe s e r ve s .

Relegated Hanham Reserves fin-ished 5-2 up against Har tclif fe inDivision Two, with Mick Saddler (2),Declan McLoigin, Ryan Madge andMatt Bennett on the scoresheet.

Drew Brimblecombe and CraigSperring sealed a 2-0 home successfor AEK Boco A against DRG Fren-chay Reserves, while Simon West-

THE Alden family were celebratingon Saturday as brothers Michael andCharlie scored six times for Pa rkK n ow l e in an 8-3 Division Four winat Glenside Five OB Reserves.

Michael scored four of the goals,while Jake Hawks and an own goalcompleted the scoring for Park.

In Premier One, Little Stoke fo l -lowed a 5-0 midweek win againstMangotsfield Sports by wining 6-1 atLawrence Weston. Nick Rugman

netted a hat-trick, with Dean Pat-terson, Craig Lancastle and MikeWillmott also on target..

Promoted Mangotsfield Sportsgained their first win with a 3-2 vic-tory against Easton Cowboys Sub-urbia. Tom Lewis, Josh Bennett andSam Hill were the Sports marksmen,while Ross Miller and Tyler Gaylereplied for the Cowboys.

Rich Lee, the new manager ofSevern Beach, gained his first winafter goals from Karl Edwards andAlan Bolton secured a 2-1 victory athome to Stoke Gifford United.

Tytherington Rocks Reservestravelled to Headley Park School top l ay St Aldhelms and won 5- 0.

Ashton United beat Avonmouth6-1 in midweek, with Lee Phillipsscoring a hat-trick, and followed itwith a 4-1 Somerset Senior Cup winover Stockwood Green.

The two promoted teams in Premi-er Two have started with two wins.Paul Kennedy scored a hat trick forDownend Foresters, who followed a5-0 midweek win with a 6-1 homesuccess over Glenside Five OB.Chris Johnston, Ross Pidgeon andDave Scutt were also on target for theFo re s t e r s.

Division One Champions AFCMang otsfield beat Lebeq United 3-1at Pomphrey Hill.

Dan Clarke bagged a brace for Bris-lington A in a 5-2 home win overAlmondsbury UWE Reserves. AlexMcArthur, Chris Rogers and KieranLee also scored for Brislington.

Bristol SuburbanLeague

Warriors slay Wandererswith a ten-goal show

BRISTOL Manor Farm Reservesconsolidated their position at the topof Premier One with a hard-fought 1-0home win against O l ve s t o n at TheC re e k .

Sam Folkes netted the only goal inthe 42nd minute, after a lengthy peri-od of pressure by the leaders, whohave scored eight times without reply,with a 100 per cent record, in thethree games played in the league.

“Olveston were formidable oppon-ents and had a strong defence,” saidFarm manager Andy Cole.

Promoted Sea Mills Park slumpedto a 4-1 defeat away to Fr ampton,who raced into an early three-goallead after dominating the first half.

Last season’s District League im-proved after the break and Kane Sil-cock replied to strikes by JimmyPotts, Robbie Warren, Marc Hughesand Jonathan Pledge.

A hat-trick from Glen Callagan setup a 5-2 home romp for Pat ch wayRe s e r ve s against Oldland Abboto-nians Reserves. Luke Hammondcompleted Patchway’s nap hand witha double, while Liam Jenkins and LeeDoyle hit back for the visitors .

Luke Matthison and Kai Holmesboth struck twice for L aw r e n c eRove r s , 4-2 winners at G r ey f r i a r s ,with Kelvin Long the new play-er-manager for the visitors. ClaytonKingman and Dave Brown (penalty)levelled the scores at 2-2 for the Fri-ars, who need a manager for the firstteam. Further details can be obtained

from secretary Kevin Wilkinson on07828 551257.

Nathan West equalised for MadeFor Ever, who lost 4-1 at home togoals from Dan Martin (2), AaronMcQuaid and Aaron Taynton forEden Grove.

Strikes by Mike Davey and Ben Leefailed to save Seymour United f ro ma 3-2 home defeat by BrimshamGreen, whose marksmen were JohnRuff, his brother Dan and LutaluO s a n d e.

Longwell Green Reserves tookanother step towards retaining thePremier Division crown with a 4-0victory away to DRG Frenchay.

Dan Stephens bagged a brace forthe champions, whose other scorerswere Mark Twentyman and KeironCampbell.

Aaron Thorne followed his mid-week double for Nicholas Wander-ers in a 3-1 success at DRG Frenchaywith another goal in the surprise 2-1win at Winterbourne Reserves.

Aaron Anderson equalised for thehosts who were sunk by a second-halfstrike from Vini Pinto.

In Premier Two, Kevin Taylor hit asecond-half hat-trick as Highridg eenjoyed a 4-0 home romp against Bit-ton Reserves, who had a player sentoff early in the game.

Sam’s goal keeps Farmat the top of the table

District League

Premier Combination

� Bristol Manor Farm Reserves, back row, from left, Mark Revill, Will Cawte,Gary Turner, Luke Carey, Jack Trott, Johnson Harbert, Aiden Hill, Marcus Hill,Dan Wigstow-Richards. Front row, from left, Jack Williams, Jordan Cole,Sam Folkes, Tom Kemp, Andy Cole, Joham Baboucharr

(4), Cory Clark (2), NathanStokes (2), Ryan Elsbury and

Dan Meek were the Bilbaom a rk s m e n .

Jacob O’Donnell and Jack Medje-doub scored for Sartan United in a2-0 win against Downened ForestersRe s e r ve s .

A penalty from Alex Batemanclinched all three points for OldGeorgians Reserves in a 2-1 winover Brandon Sports. Jamie Brownscored their first goal.

Goals from Callum Somerville andConnor Simpson earned North Bris-tol Catalans a 2-1 victory at home toWinford PH, whose goal came fromIan Palmer.

Sever nside won 4-0 at Filton Ath-letic Reserves and Stoke GiffordUnited A edged out Oldbury FCRe s e r ve s 4-3. Ronnie Jones, ChrisDavidge and Paul Tarron netted forO l d bu r y.

North Bristol United, newcomersto the league, started well by beatingReal St George 8-2.

Dean Graham (3) Karl Durston (2),John Stephens (2) and Rob Parsleywere the North Bristol marksmen.

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Sam Folkes, of Bristol Manor FarmReserves, tries to get pastOlveston’s Simon Pearce, left,during the Premier Combinationgame, which Manor Farm won 1-0Picture: Dan Regan

� Olveston United, back row, from left, Richard Thomson, Rob Dent, LiamCole, Joe Hardwick, Phil Williams, Greg Welsh, Simon Pearce, CraigThompson, Luke Garbaczs. Front row, from left, Ollie Stokes, Matt Knight,George Williams, Ben Farrell, Fred Mullen, Steve Farrell

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Hanham Minor League

LIAM McCracken celebrated a dra-matic injury-time winner as BristolRovers Under-11s began the newnine-a-side campaign in Division Awith a 5-4 victory against ahard-working Keynsham Townteam who had stolen a 2-0 first-halflead.

Rovers started the second period adifferent side and man-of-the-matchMiguel Freckleton scored with aheader shortly after Bradley Webbhad netted from close range.

With Rovers now well on top, LewisBryan then struck before Freckletongrabbed his second to put the hosts4-2 in the ascendancy, only for gallantKeynsham to score two quick goals totie-up a scintillating contest at 4-4.

Rovers weren’t to be denied andwith time running out, Freckleton’sshot wasn’t held by the Town keeperand a jubilant McCracken reactedquickest to fire the winner from closerang e.

Sam Barney hit a hat-trick to cap alively personal showing as Mang ots-field United Under-11s made a greatstart to the top-division season with a4-0 victory over W hitchurchSpor ts.

Joe Calloway weighed in with agoal as well, while the excellent SamHaberfield was crowned Field’sm a n - o f - t h e - m at ch .

A real end-to-end cracker producedthree great goals to start the Division

home keeper no chance. Lewis Evanswould have made it 3-1 too, but for acontender for save of the season bythe Deerswood keeper late in the firsthalf. Mackenzie Welsh between theStoke sticks also did well to help seehis side to three points.

Meanwhile, newly-promotedThornbury Town Under-10s exper-ienced a tough start to their B-Di-

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� An AEK Boco Under-9s player, left, puts in a cross during the Hanham Minor League clash against Ashton Boys Picture: Jo Wakenshaw

McCracken hits a cracker to securevictory for Rovers in injury time

B season as Stoke Lane ove rc a m eD e e r swo o d 2-1 on the road.Deerswood began brightly and went1-0 up through a great strike. But theLane equalised straight from the re-start with unstoppable shot from out-side the area by Tom Isaac.

Ryan Jones, causing havoc on theleft side of midfield, then put Stoke 2-1up with a low strike which gave the

Bristol Girls’ League

S i l l i to e ’s perfecthat-trick winsit for Longwell

vision campaign in going down 5-3 athome to Downend Saints.

Both sides had good periods of pos-session and chances to score in alively opening game, which was onlydecided near the end when a fine solorun and shot by Charlie Moss handedThorns a slender advantage.

George Rowen had needed to pro-duce some strong saves, though,while man-of-the-match Joni Gadishenjoyed his best game in a Thornburyshirt with some eye-catching runs.

Town began the second meetingwith four rapid half-chances, but itwas Downend who took control byscoring three quick goals.

Thornbury soon struck backthough through an own goal andwhen George Baker was fouled insidethe box, he got up to calmly net withthe resultant penalty.

Peter Gregory was industrious inThor nbury’s defence and Theo Stow-ell made a pleasing impression ondebut, but Saints went on to scoretwice more to take the contest 5-2.

After winning the D Division cham-pionship last term Highridg eUnited Under-10s settled into life inthe C section well as a spirited fight-back from two goals down led to themovercoming Yate United 10-2.

Men-of-the-match performancesfrom George Cobern and SantinoReid helped fuel the recovery whileJosh Jenkins and Reid both smashedfour-timers and Sean Bonks-Davisand Corey Weyman-Beard weighed inwith goals.

Tucker’s in luck as Hillfields set the pace

Sunday football | Bristol Premier Sunday League

Saturday football | Churches League

HILLFIELDS Park Baptist are set-ting the early pace in Division Oneafter a 2-0 midweek victory away toOasis Cairns Road gave them asecond win from two matches.

Luke Tucker scored a goal in eachhalf as Hillfields defeated last sea-son's Division Two champions.

Woodlands Rangers Reservesand Hayhill both made a winningstart to life in Division Two followingp ro m o t i o n .

Woodlands had a 5-3 success awayto Suburbs, thanks to goals fromAmaud Melinard (2), Robert King,Robin Mitchell and Tom Williamson.Suburbs, who trailed 3-1 at the break,replied through Mitchell Hayward (2)and Dale Davis.

Rob Mallia gave Hayhill a first-halflead away to Edge Church, and JackMarriott finished off a flowing moveto make it 2-0 shortly before the end.

Victory completed a good week forHayill, who had defeated fellow Bathside Widcombe Wanderers 5-1 inthe BCFA Cup a few days previously.

Rob Mallia (2), Nathan Leakey,Mark Easterbrook and Alex Nashwere on target for Hayhill, whileStephen Forrester scored for Wid-c o m b e.

In other cup games, SAS Unitedovercame Racing VCF 3-0, followingstrikes from Mike Cawley, Josh Min-agawa and Falheur Rahman.

Kensington Baptist had a 4-2 pen-alty shootout success against fellowDivision One side Thor nburyBaptist after the sides had battledout a 3-3 draw.

James Cooke (2) and Nick Tymkonetted for Thornbury, while Kens-ington's marksmen were Joe Bailey,James Coombs and Jem Douglas.

VCF Santos edged out Castle

Green, last season's Shield winners,2-1, thanks to first-half goals fromEwen Lawson and Dave Peregrine.Dan Powell pulled a goal back late onfor Green.

Castle Green Reserves, however,are through to the next round after a3-1 win away to fellow Division Threeside Hartcliffe Saints. Gary New-man, Jay Bello and Tobi Akinsolascored for Green, while JordanHughes replied for the hosts.

Goals from Mark Horton and RossJennings gave The Sanctuary a 2-1win against Grace Church, whosegoal came from Ali West.

St James Revolution lost 5-2 athome to Woodlands Rangers Re-s e r ve s .

Steve Ballard and Chris Duncanscored for St James, while the Wood-ies scorers included Joss Lucas (2),Peter Fowler and Paul James.

DOMINIC Holver claimed a five-goalhaul as Lebeq Tavern Courageopened their Premier Division cam-paign with an 11-1 victory over Wa r -w i ck .

Ricardo Betamales also scored ahat-trick to add to further goals byLeigh Sandgls (2) and Alex Monks.

Avon Plate were also in prolificform as a hat-trick from Tyler Galeand goals from George Snowdon,Ryan Dempsey and AndrewEwart-Clarke wrapped up a 6-1 vic-tory over AFC Brunel.

Kye Simpson, Cory Simpson, AlexLambert and Darryl Cazley were allon target for Beaufor t in a 4-3 winover UWE Dynamos, while JakeCole and Kris Stephens scored thegoals that gave Bristol 5 Seniors a2-1 victory over JMS Boys.

Omari Simms scored for AmanaSYF in a 1-1 draw against B l a ckS wa n .

In Division One, Steve Thompson,Rayon Wilson, Danny Cole and JedFields were on target as Lebeq Tav-ern Courage Reserves opened upwith a 4-1 success over Key n s h a mPark Rangers.

Wizard Wanderers had a 3-0 vic-tory against SWYD United fo l l ow i n ggoals from Luke Cox (2) and JeromeBur ton.

Adam Cole, Ryan McDonough,Craig Sanders and Mike Reynoldsscored for West Country United in a4-2 victory For resters.

AFC Redland and Smart SportsC o a ch i n g played out an exciting 3-3draw. Mark Frost (2) and MarcusStreet were on target for Redland,while Joshua Parker (2) and CameronBuck grabbed the goals for SmartSpor ts.

Nat Roberts scored a hat-trick forBrislington Badgers as they openedtheir Division Two campaign with a10-0 victory over Pied Horse. DanMillen (2), Lee Milard (2), MitchGreenslade, Mike Greenhill and SamSmith scored the other goals to com-plete the rout.

The Royal Oak, meanwhile,

SPORTING Bristol staged a remark-able recovery to come from 2-0 downto beat C r i bb s 3-2 in a thrilling Re-gional Sunday League Premier Di-vision encounter.

Mitch Tippens led the fightback,scoring twice, and was joined on thescoresheet by former Roman Glass StGeorge forward Karim Randall.

Stoke Lane had no such problemsin overcoming Inter Bristol, AshleyHarrington (3), Ben Woodbridge (2),Paul Mills, Sam Morse and Joe Wood-land sharing the goals in an 8-1 suc-cess. Ahmed Salim netted for Inter.

Jacob Hicks scored a hat-trick asSpor tsman outgunned Real Bristol4-1. Eddie Howell also netted for thevictors, while Shane Douglas repliedfor the home side.

Patrick Royall, Rayon CClean andLuke Bream were on target forL eb e q , but were unable to avert a 4-3

� Lebeq’s Dominic Holver

Holver bags five goals as Lebeqhand out a thrashing to Warwick

opened their season with a 7-0 drub-bing of AFC Brunel Reserves fo l -lowing strikes from Chris Brain (3),Ruben Draper (2), Ross Davey andMark Bragg.

Castle Court also opened up with awin after Chris Reynolds (2), ChrisSouthway (2), Danny Burnell andChris James scored in a 6-3 victoryover Avon Plate Reserves, for whomMatt Barrow (2) and Dilip Singh wereon target.

Dave Hopton, Andy Parsons, CraigWoodman and Nick Morgan scoredthe goals that gave Cathedral City a4-2 win over Zimba, whose two goalscame from Malume Silongne.

Signal Generals and L o ck s t o ckUnited shared eight goals in a 4-4draw. Andy Helm (2), Kenny Mitchelland Pat Thurston were on target forthe Generals, while Darren Chinnick(2), Shane Boucher and Matt Cogginsgrabbed Lockstock’s goals.

Kyle Thomas scored four times as

Saturday football | Bristol & Avon League

De Veys hit back from two downA SPIRITED second-half displayhelped De Veys Reserves come frombehind to snatch a 3-2 Premier Di-vision win away to Bristol Revolu-tion, who were two up at the break.

Joel Dacosta and Alex Vincentwere on target for the hosts, beforeJordan Jones and Chris White hitback to level the scores, then Paul Boznetted the late decider with a pen-a l t y.

Hartcliffe Reserves also staged aremarkable recovery at home to Dod-ington, who took an early 4-0 leadbefore crashing to a surprise 6-5 de-f e at .

Paul Williams hit a hat-trick forHartcliffe, whose other scorers wereElton Hoxhaj (2) and Shaun Black-more, in reply to four goals fromCallum Simpson and Craig Condie’sstrike for the visitors.

Marcus Ford replied for Sea Mills

Downs League

A in a 3-1 defeat to goals from ScottHarvey (2) and Ryan Douglas forBroad Walk Reserves, while BroadPlain A won by the same score atWhitchurch Phoenix.

On target for the Knowle team wereseasoned campaigners Andy Bate-man, Wayne Allen and Louis Carter,while Jimmy Churchill hit a con-solation for Whitchurch.

Ben Francis and Matt Phillips bothstruck twice for Wessex A in a 6-3win against Iron Acton B , with JoaoSausa and Tristan Hursord also ontarget. LS United failed to reply tostrikes by Chris Lovell and GarthGrahart for Bristol Sports.

Two late goals sealed a 4-2 homevictory for Westerleigh Reserves athome to Bradley Stoke B, for whomDax Baker and Dan Wren replied to ahat-trick from Tyler Hooper and astrike by Brian Jones.

Sneyd stormback to takethe pointsSNEYD Park came from two goalsdown to win 3-2 against Clifton StVi n c e n t s to maintain their 100 percent start to the Division One sea-son.

Tor pedo bounced back after theirmidweek defeat by winning 3-0ag ainst A s h l ey . Saints Old Boysopened their account with a 3-0 winover C o t swo o l , and there were suc-cesses for Retainers (2-1) and AFCBohemia (3-0) against DAC Beach-croft and Sporting Greyhound, re-s p e c t ive ly.

In Division Two, three teams, Hareon the Hill, Torpedo Reserves andTebby maintained their 100 per centstart to the season with comfortablew i n s.

Hare on the Hill beat Saints OldBoys Reserves 3-0, Torpedo Reservesdefeated Clifton Rockets 5-1, helpedby a hat-trick from Tom Callaway, andTebby beat Ashley Reserves 5-1.

Clifton St Vincents Reserveswere 1-0 winners over St Andrews ,and there were also first wins of theseason for Sporting Greyhound Re-s e r ve s , 2-1 against Corinthians,Lion FC, 3-2 against Old Cliftoni-ans, and Sneyd Park Reserves, 4-2against Easton Cowboys.

Cotham Old Boys are the onlyteam in Division Three with a 100 percent record following their 5-1 suc-cess over Sneyd Park A.

Green Park Rangers remain topof the division after taking a pointfrom their 2-2 draw with Old Eliza-bethans, but they have been joinedon seven points by Evergreen aftertheir 2-1 win over Helios.

Bengal Tigers and Torpedo Ashared the points in the only 0-0 gamein the entire league programme.

The points were also shared byClifton St Vincents A and We l l i n g -ton Wanderers , who drew 1-1, andEaston Cowboys Reserves and Re -tainers Reserves, who also drew1-1.

In Division Four, ConhamRangers head the division followingtheir 5-1 win over Torpedo B, helpedby a four-goal haul by their captainDan Eddsols. DDAS had a 5-0 winagainst Sneyd Park B.

Sunday football | Regional League

Sporting success story as Tippens strikes twicedefeat at the hands of All Saints.

Steve Sheppard weighed in with ahat-trick as Sartan South beat L eb e qRe s e r ve s 5-3 in Division One. JordanHughes and Mitchell Thomas alsofound the back of the net for Sartan,Liam Orchard, Christian Dacosta andLuke Patten responding for Lebeq.

Paul Henneay, Chris Johnston andJoe Goss shot Downend to a 3-1 vic-tory over Lazz. Littlesea Sports s awoff B r e a k away s 5-2, thanks to goalsfrom Jordan Guest (2), Rich Duffy,Will Osbourne and Jake Baker.

Craig Hobbs netted twice as B awaSpor ts beat Withywood United 5-3.Dan Oakley, Tom Harris and KaiHamblin also netted for Bawa, whileBen Thatcher (2) and a Craig Sim-monds spot kick ensured Unitedpushed them all the way.

Newly-promoted Team Jansenserved notice that they are going to be

a force in Division Two, Ben Crewe(3), James Dunn (2), George Mancini(2), Acer White, Ollie Gosling andBradley Dunn running riot in a 10-0trouncing of AFC Keynsham.

Former Bristol City striker ColinCramb got in on the goal action forThree Lions, joining Darren Bell (2),Andy Perrett and Mark Barwood on thescoresheet in a 5-3 win over St Ber-nadettes, who replied through RichardWent, Richard Doust and Luo Sun.

Sam Baker helped himself to ahat-trick as Bristol Florentinathumped Q u ay s i d e 7-1, a feat emu-lated by Adam Seekings, whose treblepropelled AC Bristol to a 5-2 win overFishponds Town. Craig Madine net-ted twice for The Trooper, only toend on the losing side as Aaron Hicks,James Roberts, Alex Jones andAhmed Shah responded for BristolPa l a c e , who ran out 4-2 winners.

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SHARP-SHOOTER Amy Sillitoe wasin unstoppable form as L o n g we l lGreen Under-15s made a magnifi-cent start to the new season with a 5-0victory over Ashton Girls.

Sillitoe fired Longwell in frontearly on before going on to complete a‘perfect’ hat-trick with two moregoals. Louise O’Hare added to Ash-t o n’s misery by smashing a left-footedshot into the top corner of the net.

Longwell began the second halfwith real purpose, midfielders AbbieWoodley-Marshall, Chloe Fuller,Becki Sullivan and Jordan Putterillcovering lots of ground, while AnisaHouse had a great game in goal.

Evie Dorringon, Courtney Long,Lois Moon and Reanna Nutland wereexcellent in defence to help keep Ash-ton at bay, while Sillitoe pouncedagain to bring her haul to fourg o a l s.

Brislington produced a solid per-formance on home territory to see offa stern challenge from a strong Bris-tol Ladies Union side with a 3-0success in the Under-16s division.

The only thing separating the sidesat half-time was when a long ball intothe box from Charlie Osbornealllowed Harriet Gillard to react firstand put the hosts in front.

Bristol Ladies began the secondhalf in the same purposeful manner,with Meg Souness and Molly Steed-man working hard to get their teamback in the game.

However, their comeback hopeswere dashed when a deflected longshot from Mia Williams doubled Bris-l i n g t o n’s advantage, before Williamsturned provider for Lois Townsend toround off a determined home displaywith a third goal.

Reenie Lodge hit a hat-trick as lasts e a s o n’s Under-10s title winnersAEK Boco Blue began theirunder-11s assault with a terrific 9-0win over Downend Saints.

Grace Foote,Veronica Cummins,Tishauna Keeping-Graham, ChloeWhite, Bryony Higgs, Alice Skinner(penalty) and Lodge (3) all joined thegoal-rush in a super team perform-ance, while Charlie Sutton also en-joyed an excellent outing.

Bradley Stoke Girls Under-11ssaw off a well-organised Wo t t o nRove r s side 3-1 in a high-tempot u s s l e.

Wotton went ahead early on cour-tesy of a defensive error, but it tookStoke just three minutes to level as along Millie Eveleigh throw allowedOlivia Hood to run into the box andsmash home from close range.

Stoke were grateful to Paige Fowl-er’s composure and interceptions atthe back on numerous occasions, lay-ing the platform for her team tosnatch the lead in the second half as alow cross from Maddie Hilbert wasturned home by captain Daisy Ack-er man.

Stoke added a third three minutesfrom time with a lovely solo effortfrom Ackerman, who beat two de-fenders before scoring low into thebottom corner.

League newcomers Wotton didhave a late chance which was coollydealt with by Annabelle Thomas inthe home goal.

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� Tough tackling in the game between AEK Boco and Ashton Boys

Real St George trounced BristolRang ers 7-0 in Division Three. ScottJohnson also scored a brace and therewas also a goal from Stefan Kelly tocomplete the rout.

Spar tans had a 4-2 win over CityDart Veterans, thanks to goals fromGeorge Noble (2), Ryan Bircham andRob Arnold. Ross Miller scored thetwo goals for City Dart.

Dan Zerk, Dave Godfrey and DanLlewellyn were on target for Mid-land Spinner in a 3-2 victory overSouth Bristol Swifts, while LukeHayward and Jordan Porter bothscored for Velindr a in a 2-1 successagainst West Country United Re-s e r ve s .

South Bristol Saints and QualityFinish played out a 4-4 draw.

Phil Harvey (2), Darren Horne andDave Tugwell scored for South Bris-tol, while Mike Alvis (2), Rob Hewlettand Geraint Jones were on target forQuality Finish.

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Hanham Minor League

LIAM McCracken celebrated a dra-matic injury-time winner as BristolRovers Under-11s began the newnine-a-side campaign in Division Awith a 5-4 victory against ahard-working Keynsham Townteam who had stolen a 2-0 first-halflead.

Rovers started the second period adifferent side and man-of-the-matchMiguel Freckleton scored with aheader shortly after Bradley Webbhad netted from close range.

With Rovers now well on top, LewisBryan then struck before Freckletongrabbed his second to put the hosts4-2 in the ascendancy, only for gallantKeynsham to score two quick goals totie-up a scintillating contest at 4-4.

Rovers weren’t to be denied andwith time running out, Freckleton’sshot wasn’t held by the Town keeperand a jubilant McCracken reactedquickest to fire the winner from closerang e.

Sam Barney hit a hat-trick to cap alively personal showing as Mang ots-field United Under-11s made a greatstart to the top-division season with a4-0 victory over W hitchurchSpor ts.

Joe Calloway weighed in with agoal as well, while the excellent SamHaberfield was crowned Field’sm a n - o f - t h e - m at ch .

A real end-to-end cracker producedthree great goals to start the Division

home keeper no chance. Lewis Evanswould have made it 3-1 too, but for acontender for save of the season bythe Deerswood keeper late in the firsthalf. Mackenzie Welsh between theStoke sticks also did well to help seehis side to three points.

Meanwhile, newly-promotedThornbury Town Under-10s exper-ienced a tough start to their B-Di-

Simon Parkinsonepsport@b-nm.co.uk

� An AEK Boco Under-9s player, left, puts in a cross during the Hanham Minor League clash against Ashton Boys Picture: Jo Wakenshaw

McCracken hits a cracker to securevictory for Rovers in injury time

B season as Stoke Lane ove rc a m eD e e r swo o d 2-1 on the road.Deerswood began brightly and went1-0 up through a great strike. But theLane equalised straight from the re-start with unstoppable shot from out-side the area by Tom Isaac.

Ryan Jones, causing havoc on theleft side of midfield, then put Stoke 2-1up with a low strike which gave the

Bristol Girls’ League

S i l l i to e ’s perfecthat-trick winsit for Longwell

vision campaign in going down 5-3 athome to Downend Saints.

Both sides had good periods of pos-session and chances to score in alively opening game, which was onlydecided near the end when a fine solorun and shot by Charlie Moss handedThorns a slender advantage.

George Rowen had needed to pro-duce some strong saves, though,while man-of-the-match Joni Gadishenjoyed his best game in a Thornburyshirt with some eye-catching runs.

Town began the second meetingwith four rapid half-chances, but itwas Downend who took control byscoring three quick goals.

Thornbury soon struck backthough through an own goal andwhen George Baker was fouled insidethe box, he got up to calmly net withthe resultant penalty.

Peter Gregory was industrious inThor nbury’s defence and Theo Stow-ell made a pleasing impression ondebut, but Saints went on to scoretwice more to take the contest 5-2.

After winning the D Division cham-pionship last term Highridg eUnited Under-10s settled into life inthe C section well as a spirited fight-back from two goals down led to themovercoming Yate United 10-2.

Men-of-the-match performancesfrom George Cobern and SantinoReid helped fuel the recovery whileJosh Jenkins and Reid both smashedfour-timers and Sean Bonks-Davisand Corey Weyman-Beard weighed inwith goals.

Tucker’s in luck as Hillfields set the pace

Sunday football | Bristol Premier Sunday League

Saturday football | Churches League

HILLFIELDS Park Baptist are set-ting the early pace in Division Oneafter a 2-0 midweek victory away toOasis Cairns Road gave them asecond win from two matches.

Luke Tucker scored a goal in eachhalf as Hillfields defeated last sea-son's Division Two champions.

Woodlands Rangers Reservesand Hayhill both made a winningstart to life in Division Two followingp ro m o t i o n .

Woodlands had a 5-3 success awayto Suburbs, thanks to goals fromAmaud Melinard (2), Robert King,Robin Mitchell and Tom Williamson.Suburbs, who trailed 3-1 at the break,replied through Mitchell Hayward (2)and Dale Davis.

Rob Mallia gave Hayhill a first-halflead away to Edge Church, and JackMarriott finished off a flowing moveto make it 2-0 shortly before the end.

Victory completed a good week forHayill, who had defeated fellow Bathside Widcombe Wanderers 5-1 inthe BCFA Cup a few days previously.

Rob Mallia (2), Nathan Leakey,Mark Easterbrook and Alex Nashwere on target for Hayhill, whileStephen Forrester scored for Wid-c o m b e.

In other cup games, SAS Unitedovercame Racing VCF 3-0, followingstrikes from Mike Cawley, Josh Min-agawa and Falheur Rahman.

Kensington Baptist had a 4-2 pen-alty shootout success against fellowDivision One side Thor nburyBaptist after the sides had battledout a 3-3 draw.

James Cooke (2) and Nick Tymkonetted for Thornbury, while Kens-ington's marksmen were Joe Bailey,James Coombs and Jem Douglas.

VCF Santos edged out Castle

Green, last season's Shield winners,2-1, thanks to first-half goals fromEwen Lawson and Dave Peregrine.Dan Powell pulled a goal back late onfor Green.

Castle Green Reserves, however,are through to the next round after a3-1 win away to fellow Division Threeside Hartcliffe Saints. Gary New-man, Jay Bello and Tobi Akinsolascored for Green, while JordanHughes replied for the hosts.

Goals from Mark Horton and RossJennings gave The Sanctuary a 2-1win against Grace Church, whosegoal came from Ali West.

St James Revolution lost 5-2 athome to Woodlands Rangers Re-s e r ve s .

Steve Ballard and Chris Duncanscored for St James, while the Wood-ies scorers included Joss Lucas (2),Peter Fowler and Paul James.

DOMINIC Holver claimed a five-goalhaul as Lebeq Tavern Courageopened their Premier Division cam-paign with an 11-1 victory over Wa r -w i ck .

Ricardo Betamales also scored ahat-trick to add to further goals byLeigh Sandgls (2) and Alex Monks.

Avon Plate were also in prolificform as a hat-trick from Tyler Galeand goals from George Snowdon,Ryan Dempsey and AndrewEwart-Clarke wrapped up a 6-1 vic-tory over AFC Brunel.

Kye Simpson, Cory Simpson, AlexLambert and Darryl Cazley were allon target for Beaufor t in a 4-3 winover UWE Dynamos, while JakeCole and Kris Stephens scored thegoals that gave Bristol 5 Seniors a2-1 victory over JMS Boys.

Omari Simms scored for AmanaSYF in a 1-1 draw against B l a ckS wa n .

In Division One, Steve Thompson,Rayon Wilson, Danny Cole and JedFields were on target as Lebeq Tav-ern Courage Reserves opened upwith a 4-1 success over Key n s h a mPark Rangers.

Wizard Wanderers had a 3-0 vic-tory against SWYD United fo l l ow i n ggoals from Luke Cox (2) and JeromeBur ton.

Adam Cole, Ryan McDonough,Craig Sanders and Mike Reynoldsscored for West Country United in a4-2 victory For resters.

AFC Redland and Smart SportsC o a ch i n g played out an exciting 3-3draw. Mark Frost (2) and MarcusStreet were on target for Redland,while Joshua Parker (2) and CameronBuck grabbed the goals for SmartSpor ts.

Nat Roberts scored a hat-trick forBrislington Badgers as they openedtheir Division Two campaign with a10-0 victory over Pied Horse. DanMillen (2), Lee Milard (2), MitchGreenslade, Mike Greenhill and SamSmith scored the other goals to com-plete the rout.

The Royal Oak, meanwhile,

SPORTING Bristol staged a remark-able recovery to come from 2-0 downto beat C r i bb s 3-2 in a thrilling Re-gional Sunday League Premier Di-vision encounter.

Mitch Tippens led the fightback,scoring twice, and was joined on thescoresheet by former Roman Glass StGeorge forward Karim Randall.

Stoke Lane had no such problemsin overcoming Inter Bristol, AshleyHarrington (3), Ben Woodbridge (2),Paul Mills, Sam Morse and Joe Wood-land sharing the goals in an 8-1 suc-cess. Ahmed Salim netted for Inter.

Jacob Hicks scored a hat-trick asSpor tsman outgunned Real Bristol4-1. Eddie Howell also netted for thevictors, while Shane Douglas repliedfor the home side.

Patrick Royall, Rayon CClean andLuke Bream were on target forL eb e q , but were unable to avert a 4-3

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Holver bags five goals as Lebeqhand out a thrashing to Warwick

opened their season with a 7-0 drub-bing of AFC Brunel Reserves fo l -lowing strikes from Chris Brain (3),Ruben Draper (2), Ross Davey andMark Bragg.

Castle Court also opened up with awin after Chris Reynolds (2), ChrisSouthway (2), Danny Burnell andChris James scored in a 6-3 victoryover Avon Plate Reserves, for whomMatt Barrow (2) and Dilip Singh wereon target.

Dave Hopton, Andy Parsons, CraigWoodman and Nick Morgan scoredthe goals that gave Cathedral City a4-2 win over Zimba, whose two goalscame from Malume Silongne.

Signal Generals and L o ck s t o ckUnited shared eight goals in a 4-4draw. Andy Helm (2), Kenny Mitchelland Pat Thurston were on target forthe Generals, while Darren Chinnick(2), Shane Boucher and Matt Cogginsgrabbed Lockstock’s goals.

Kyle Thomas scored four times as

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De Veys hit back from two downA SPIRITED second-half displayhelped De Veys Reserves come frombehind to snatch a 3-2 Premier Di-vision win away to Bristol Revolu-tion, who were two up at the break.

Joel Dacosta and Alex Vincentwere on target for the hosts, beforeJordan Jones and Chris White hitback to level the scores, then Paul Boznetted the late decider with a pen-a l t y.

Hartcliffe Reserves also staged aremarkable recovery at home to Dod-ington, who took an early 4-0 leadbefore crashing to a surprise 6-5 de-f e at .

Paul Williams hit a hat-trick forHartcliffe, whose other scorers wereElton Hoxhaj (2) and Shaun Black-more, in reply to four goals fromCallum Simpson and Craig Condie’sstrike for the visitors.

Marcus Ford replied for Sea Mills

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A in a 3-1 defeat to goals from ScottHarvey (2) and Ryan Douglas forBroad Walk Reserves, while BroadPlain A won by the same score atWhitchurch Phoenix.

On target for the Knowle team wereseasoned campaigners Andy Bate-man, Wayne Allen and Louis Carter,while Jimmy Churchill hit a con-solation for Whitchurch.

Ben Francis and Matt Phillips bothstruck twice for Wessex A in a 6-3win against Iron Acton B , with JoaoSausa and Tristan Hursord also ontarget. LS United failed to reply tostrikes by Chris Lovell and GarthGrahart for Bristol Sports.

Two late goals sealed a 4-2 homevictory for Westerleigh Reserves athome to Bradley Stoke B, for whomDax Baker and Dan Wren replied to ahat-trick from Tyler Hooper and astrike by Brian Jones.

Sneyd stormback to takethe pointsSNEYD Park came from two goalsdown to win 3-2 against Clifton StVi n c e n t s to maintain their 100 percent start to the Division One sea-son.

Tor pedo bounced back after theirmidweek defeat by winning 3-0ag ainst A s h l ey . Saints Old Boysopened their account with a 3-0 winover C o t swo o l , and there were suc-cesses for Retainers (2-1) and AFCBohemia (3-0) against DAC Beach-croft and Sporting Greyhound, re-s p e c t ive ly.

In Division Two, three teams, Hareon the Hill, Torpedo Reserves andTebby maintained their 100 per centstart to the season with comfortablew i n s.

Hare on the Hill beat Saints OldBoys Reserves 3-0, Torpedo Reservesdefeated Clifton Rockets 5-1, helpedby a hat-trick from Tom Callaway, andTebby beat Ashley Reserves 5-1.

Clifton St Vincents Reserveswere 1-0 winners over St Andrews ,and there were also first wins of theseason for Sporting Greyhound Re-s e r ve s , 2-1 against Corinthians,Lion FC, 3-2 against Old Cliftoni-ans, and Sneyd Park Reserves, 4-2against Easton Cowboys.

Cotham Old Boys are the onlyteam in Division Three with a 100 percent record following their 5-1 suc-cess over Sneyd Park A.

Green Park Rangers remain topof the division after taking a pointfrom their 2-2 draw with Old Eliza-bethans, but they have been joinedon seven points by Evergreen aftertheir 2-1 win over Helios.

Bengal Tigers and Torpedo Ashared the points in the only 0-0 gamein the entire league programme.

The points were also shared byClifton St Vincents A and We l l i n g -ton Wanderers , who drew 1-1, andEaston Cowboys Reserves and Re -tainers Reserves, who also drew1-1.

In Division Four, ConhamRangers head the division followingtheir 5-1 win over Torpedo B, helpedby a four-goal haul by their captainDan Eddsols. DDAS had a 5-0 winagainst Sneyd Park B.

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Sporting success story as Tippens strikes twicedefeat at the hands of All Saints.

Steve Sheppard weighed in with ahat-trick as Sartan South beat L eb e qRe s e r ve s 5-3 in Division One. JordanHughes and Mitchell Thomas alsofound the back of the net for Sartan,Liam Orchard, Christian Dacosta andLuke Patten responding for Lebeq.

Paul Henneay, Chris Johnston andJoe Goss shot Downend to a 3-1 vic-tory over Lazz. Littlesea Sports s awoff B r e a k away s 5-2, thanks to goalsfrom Jordan Guest (2), Rich Duffy,Will Osbourne and Jake Baker.

Craig Hobbs netted twice as B awaSpor ts beat Withywood United 5-3.Dan Oakley, Tom Harris and KaiHamblin also netted for Bawa, whileBen Thatcher (2) and a Craig Sim-monds spot kick ensured Unitedpushed them all the way.

Newly-promoted Team Jansenserved notice that they are going to be

a force in Division Two, Ben Crewe(3), James Dunn (2), George Mancini(2), Acer White, Ollie Gosling andBradley Dunn running riot in a 10-0trouncing of AFC Keynsham.

Former Bristol City striker ColinCramb got in on the goal action forThree Lions, joining Darren Bell (2),Andy Perrett and Mark Barwood on thescoresheet in a 5-3 win over St Ber-nadettes, who replied through RichardWent, Richard Doust and Luo Sun.

Sam Baker helped himself to ahat-trick as Bristol Florentinathumped Q u ay s i d e 7-1, a feat emu-lated by Adam Seekings, whose treblepropelled AC Bristol to a 5-2 win overFishponds Town. Craig Madine net-ted twice for The Trooper, only toend on the losing side as Aaron Hicks,James Roberts, Alex Jones andAhmed Shah responded for BristolPa l a c e , who ran out 4-2 winners.

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SHARP-SHOOTER Amy Sillitoe wasin unstoppable form as L o n g we l lGreen Under-15s made a magnifi-cent start to the new season with a 5-0victory over Ashton Girls.

Sillitoe fired Longwell in frontearly on before going on to complete a‘perfect’ hat-trick with two moregoals. Louise O’Hare added to Ash-t o n’s misery by smashing a left-footedshot into the top corner of the net.

Longwell began the second halfwith real purpose, midfielders AbbieWoodley-Marshall, Chloe Fuller,Becki Sullivan and Jordan Putterillcovering lots of ground, while AnisaHouse had a great game in goal.

Evie Dorringon, Courtney Long,Lois Moon and Reanna Nutland wereexcellent in defence to help keep Ash-ton at bay, while Sillitoe pouncedagain to bring her haul to fourg o a l s.

Brislington produced a solid per-formance on home territory to see offa stern challenge from a strong Bris-tol Ladies Union side with a 3-0success in the Under-16s division.

The only thing separating the sidesat half-time was when a long ball intothe box from Charlie Osbornealllowed Harriet Gillard to react firstand put the hosts in front.

Bristol Ladies began the secondhalf in the same purposeful manner,with Meg Souness and Molly Steed-man working hard to get their teamback in the game.

However, their comeback hopeswere dashed when a deflected longshot from Mia Williams doubled Bris-l i n g t o n’s advantage, before Williamsturned provider for Lois Townsend toround off a determined home displaywith a third goal.

Reenie Lodge hit a hat-trick as lasts e a s o n’s Under-10s title winnersAEK Boco Blue began theirunder-11s assault with a terrific 9-0win over Downend Saints.

Grace Foote,Veronica Cummins,Tishauna Keeping-Graham, ChloeWhite, Bryony Higgs, Alice Skinner(penalty) and Lodge (3) all joined thegoal-rush in a super team perform-ance, while Charlie Sutton also en-joyed an excellent outing.

Bradley Stoke Girls Under-11ssaw off a well-organised Wo t t o nRove r s side 3-1 in a high-tempot u s s l e.

Wotton went ahead early on cour-tesy of a defensive error, but it tookStoke just three minutes to level as along Millie Eveleigh throw allowedOlivia Hood to run into the box andsmash home from close range.

Stoke were grateful to Paige Fowl-er’s composure and interceptions atthe back on numerous occasions, lay-ing the platform for her team tosnatch the lead in the second half as alow cross from Maddie Hilbert wasturned home by captain Daisy Ack-er man.

Stoke added a third three minutesfrom time with a lovely solo effortfrom Ackerman, who beat two de-fenders before scoring low into thebottom corner.

League newcomers Wotton didhave a late chance which was coollydealt with by Annabelle Thomas inthe home goal.

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� Tough tackling in the game between AEK Boco and Ashton Boys

Real St George trounced BristolRang ers 7-0 in Division Three. ScottJohnson also scored a brace and therewas also a goal from Stefan Kelly tocomplete the rout.

Spar tans had a 4-2 win over CityDart Veterans, thanks to goals fromGeorge Noble (2), Ryan Bircham andRob Arnold. Ross Miller scored thetwo goals for City Dart.

Dan Zerk, Dave Godfrey and DanLlewellyn were on target for Mid-land Spinner in a 3-2 victory overSouth Bristol Swifts, while LukeHayward and Jordan Porter bothscored for Velindr a in a 2-1 successagainst West Country United Re-s e r ve s .

South Bristol Saints and QualityFinish played out a 4-4 draw.

Phil Harvey (2), Darren Horne andDave Tugwell scored for South Bris-tol, while Mike Alvis (2), Rob Hewlettand Geraint Jones were on target forQuality Finish.

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TOMMIE Bright was in prolific moodas Frampton Rangers Under-12sbegan their Division Three pro-gramme with a gutsy 4-0 win overAEK Boco.

In a tight first half, the teams wereseparated only by an early Brightclose-range finish to give Frampton a1-0 lead.

The second half began with themarksman pouncing to score againfollowing a good shot from TylerBaker, before Rangers’ Jack Millmancapped an impressive defensive dis-play with a fine finish from a corner.Bright then completed his hat-trickafter good work by Ben Johnson.

Battling Boco kept trying and theFrampton defence did well to holdfirm for a clean sheet with an im-pressive collective display.

Mangotsfield United Under-12sjust about prevailed with a 2-1 victoryafter a tight first division duel with astrong Bath City side.

Their Romans hosts took early con-trol and despite a fine save fromKieran Bess, and a goal-line clear-ance by Owen Humphries, they even-tually took the lead.

Mangos fought back determinedlyin the second half and the pressurepaid off as Ryan Evans equalisedfollowing great set-up play by AaronJo n e s.

The visitors continued to pushforward with good attempts byJoel Cassar and Aaron Hudd,before Jones struck to giveMangos the lead with along-range free-kick.

Bath pressed hard for anequaliser, but they werekept out by fine defendingfrom Kieran Murray,Humphries, Luke Bailey andKieran Joseph.

Almondsbury SaintsU n d e r- 1 2 s got their Division Onecampaign underway in fine style.Having clinched the Hanham MinorLeague title with an undefeated re-cord last season, Saints enjoyed aconvincing 3-0 opening-day home winover D e e r swo o d .

Sam Bird, switched to a centralmidfield role by the managementteam, capped an outstanding displaywith two firm strikes in the first half.His first arrived in the opening fiveminutes after good work by JamesWhite and Ben Lloyd. Then, beforethe break he was sent through via afine ball from Ellis Richards to grabhis second.

Saints controlled the second halfwith Marshall Bamford and HarrisonNeil commanding at the back, wellsupported by keeper Charlie Smith,while the win was wrapped up byArchie Parry, who snapped up anopportunity after a Finlay Coombseffort was well saved.

In Division Four, man-of-the-matchJaiden Holver pulled the strings andKieran Becker put in an exceptionalperformance in defence as Mang ots-field Colts Under-12s swept to acomfortable 4-1 victory over a spir-ited Rockleaze Colts’ s i d e.

Aayush Seegum opened the scor-ing, converting Holver’s corner, andthen added a second with a fine soloef fort.

Rockleaze pulled a goal back with a

splendid long-range effort, but athunderbolt from Curtis Molton re-stored Mangotsfield’s two-goal ad-vanta g e.

Jack Smith capped a superb Man-gos debut with the fourth goal as theycruised to a worthy win.

Promoted Broadwalk Under-13s,savouring their first taste of DivisionOne action, produced a surprisinglydominant display and 3-0 away suc-cess over a rugged War mleyRang ers s i d e.

It was all Broadwalk to start with,although they overcame a real scarewhen Warmley’s first meaningful at-tack led to the away keeper mis-judging a bouncing ball beforebringing down the Rangers strikerinside the area.

To the goalie’s relief the resultingspot-kick was struck tamely wide.

After that near miss it was allBroadwalk and a great Lewis Nealethrough ball sent Thomas Morfitisaway to give the home keeper nochance with a firm finish.

After the break, Mitchell Sullystepped up to hit an unstoppable35-yard free-kick in off the undersideof the bar before Neale rifled in acracking free-kick of his own, givingthe Warmley keeper no chance as theball rocketed into the top corner ofthe net.

Broadwalk star player Cody Vileswitched from the front line to a

left-back berth and enjoyed anoutstanding game to exem-

plify an impressive teamd i s p l ay.

Stoke LaneU n d e r- 1 3 s got theirDivision Four cam-paign off to an ex-cellent start with animpressive 5-0 win

over Hanham Ath-letic. Henry Birt pro-

duced three pin-pointcorners in the first half

which resulted in a pair for HarveyLewis and a headed goal from com-manding defender Finlay Wilson.

Tyler Gaston made it 4-0 just beforehalf-time and while Hanham battledwell in the second period, they wereunable to prevent a fifth goal goingpast them courtesy of Ethan Ansell’sef fort.

It was a splendid all-round per-formance from Lane, withman-of-the-match Birt instrumentalin their midfield.

Meanwhile, Jason Cotterill washappy to have safely bagged threepoints courtesy of HallenU n d e r- 1 4 s ’ 1-0 win over travellingBristol City JSC.

But the home boss admitted histeam will have to perform “m u chbetter” if they are to challenge hardfor honours this term, even thoughthey began their first division fixturewell enough, taking an early leadwhen Sam Hilton’s pin-pointfree-kick was tapped in at the far postby Luke Spokes.

Despite looking strong at the backHallen created only a handful ofchances at the other end, due largelyto City’s hard work and determin-ation, although star man Elliot Gard-ner was a constant threat for thehosts. On another day he wouldsurely have scored as he was deniedby an in-form City keeper on morethan one occasion.

Rangers’ Bright shineswith a dazzling display Britton’s double gives AEK Boco the points Five-goal salvo gives

Phones all three points

Feature Match | AEK Boco Under-13 vs Downend Saints Under-13s, Avon Youth League, Division One

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� A Downend Saints player, left, puts his foot in as he challenges an AEK Boco opponent in the Avon Youth League Division One game that ended 2-1 to AEK Boco Photographs: Jo Wakenshaw

TWO goals from Louis Britton and adisallowed effort right at the deathmade for an interesting opening-dayencounter that went right down to thewire, with AEK Boco hanging on forall three points as they won 2-1.

After kicking off, and with lessthan two minutes of the new seasonplayed, Boco found themselves a goalto the good. Louis Britton made adarting run towards the front postwhere he met Jake Cleverley’swhipped inswinging corner with thesweetest of volleys, his right bootsending the ball flying over the headof Downend keeper George Richardsand into the back of the net.

Boco almost doubled their lead sixminutes later when Cleverley againswung in a dangerous cross, this timefrom the left, and although he failedto connect properly with the ball,team-mate Charlie Evans managed topoke it past Richards.

However, he was denied not once,but twice, by Dylan Evans, who firstpoked the ball off the line beforejumping back to his feet to deny theBoco man a second time from just acouple of yards out with a superb,brave block.

D ow n e n d ’s first sight of goal camein the eleventh minute when ascuffed goal-kick saw the ball fallkindly for striker Cato Dacres on theedge of the box but, although he man-aged to lift the ball up over the stran-ded Vince Barber, his effort droppedjust wide.

Eight minutes later, the visitorshad an even better chance to level thescore when Charlie Perret did ex-tremely well to hold off a challengefrom Ethan Thomas and find Dacresfrom the right. Dacres could haveshot himself but instead unselfishlydrew the only remaining defendertowards him before squaring the ballto Nicky Shine.

However, ten yards out and in themiddle of the goal, Shine dallied just alittle too long on the ball which al-lowed Barber to charge out and blockShine’s rushed effort with his legs,denying Downend what should havebeen a certain equaliser.

Downend were starting to get ontop and, with eight minutes to go inthe half, they deservedly pulled level.Perret received the ball with his backto goal on the edge of the Boco boxand, with little else on, he majestic-ally rolled his marker before firingthe ball low across goal, beyond thesprawling Barber and into the farcor ner.

Downend could then have taken the

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BRISTOL Telephones got theirBristol South campaign off to a flierwith a 7-2 success against CadburyH e at h .

Billy Jones had been Telephones’only first-half marksman with a pen-alty as the sides turned around at theinterval locked at 1-1. But a suddenfive-goal flurry inside the opening 15minutes of the second half changedeverything and set the home teamfirmly on their way.

Debutants George Pool, JamesFord, Tom Martin and Joe Osbourneall hit the target, with Mickey Par-sons and Scott Harvey completingthe ’Phones scoring.

Brandon Pike and Sam Ford scoredthe visitors’ consolation goals.

Old Cothamians ran out 6-3 win-ners over Longwell Green thanks toa three-goal scoring spree in the finalfew minutes.

Josh Uhlyk helped the hosts ontheir way with a hat-trick, whileKeanan Mitchard, Wes Rogers andScott Laity were also on target. TomBishton, Ben Adams and Adam Thur-ston strikes ensured Longwell werealways in with a fighting chance.

Meanwhile, Cribbs FC paid theprice for a lacklustre and disjointedperformance with a surprise 3-1 Bris-tol North defeat away against Thor n-bury Town.

In an even first half, Cribbs fieldingfour debutants, took the lead throughTamas Elias, who was on hand toround off a smart passing move in-volving most of his midfield.

Elias then had a second smart fin-ish unluckily disallowed for offside,while at the other end good defendingby Matt Baker and Dan Bishop keptthe score at 1-0.

In the second half, Town fortuit-ously drew level when a back passbobbled over the foot of Cribbs keeperRory Smith and left an empty net forMike Topp to tap in for Thornbury.

That signalled a change in mo-mentum as Town continued to pressforward and they deservedly took the

Woodspring Junior League

Portishead start with a victoryPORTISHEAD Town JuniorsU n d e r- 1 5 s kicked off the new firstdivision season in fine style as fournew recruits helped them to a 4-2home victory over a robust Wi n s -combe team.

Sam Cosway, one such debutant,fastened on to a cross by fellownew-boy Janzen Rosevear to beat thekeeper with a fine finish on 15m i nu t e s.

Luke Osgood and Tyler Ashmeadcombined on 30 minutes for the latterto net well for the second goal, whileanother newcomer, Joe Root, almostmade it 3-0 when a 25-yard piledriverwas pushed around the post by theWinscombe keeper.

However, 15 minutes into thesecond half man-of-the-match AlexTwig gs’ corner was confidentlyheaded home by Cosway for hissecond.

Winscombe hit back by scoring dir-ect from a corner before Osgoodchased a great ball from Ash Leathemat the other end to finish well into thebottom corner for Town’s fourth.

Portishead were caught out againby a long, direct ball near the end, asWinscombe reduced the arrearsagain, but solid defending and keep-ing by Will Bennet, James Robinson,Oscar Todd, Joe Rout, Kalan Bart-lett-Azad and Callum Jones saw themsafely over the line.

2� The number of minutes on theclock when Louis Britton openedthe scoring for AEK Boco

lead not long after when George Wes-ton whipped in a superb free-kickfrom the right with his left foot, butnone of his teammates attacked theball and, much to Boco’s relief, itbounced just wide of the far post afterflashing across the face of goal.

At the other end, Boco came evencloser with a dead ball effort. From 25yards out to the right of the goalBritton got the ball up and over thewall and, with Richards beaten, itlooked a certain goal, but the balld i d n’t quite dip enough and the su-perb strike thundered into the cross-bar before bouncing away.

Boco had started brightly, howeveras the half progressed Downend grewinto the game as Jake Millward andcaptain Aidan Sanfelice started totake control of the midfield and thevisitors, who enjoyed the lion’s shareof possession and territory, looked

the more threatening team by thehalf-time whistle.

Boco started the second half wellwith Zac Cheetham firing over frominside the box after being found byBritton, before the same playerlatched onto a poor defensive clear-ance but could only volley over from12 yards out.

These were the only sights of goalfor either side in the opening 15minutes of the second half as thegame turned scrappy, with neitherside able to retain possession for longenough to carve the oppositionopen.

The defences were definitely on topat this stage with Ewan McMillan,Evans, Weston and, in particular,Samuel Lacey looking solid at theback for Downend, while Thomas,Charlie Richards, Dan Jordan andJack Holbrook were doing an equally

good job at the back for Boco. Afterthe lull, Downend then had two goodchances in quick succession. Thefirst came 16 minutes in when Perretread McMillan’s header over the Bocodefence and, charging through, man-aged to beat the advancing Barber tothe ball but, at close quarters, theDownend goalscorer could only findthe brave keeper’s bread basket andBarber managed to hang onto theball.

Two minutes later, Perret was re-leased in behind again, but this time,with Jordan on his shoulder, thestriker hesitated in pulling the trig-ger, allowing Barber to dart out andsmother the ball at his feet.

The game seemed destined to be adraw with neither side looking par-ticularly threatening but, with 25minutes on the clock, Boco werepresented with a golden opportunity

when the referee deemed thatCheetham was brought down by Mc-Millan after the striker had latchedonto Britton’s header inside theDownend box.

With the pressure on, Brittonstepped up to take the spot-kick andcalmly stroked the ball into the bot-tom right corner of the goal, pastRichards who remained rooted to thespot. The goal doubled Britton’s per-sonal tally and left the visitors withless than ten minutes to equalise for asecond time.

With just two minutes to go Down-end’s Shine burst down the rightwing before threading the ball intothe path of Dacres but, from just eightyards out, the striker failed to prodthe ball past Barber who blocked itwith his legs, much to the home side’sre l i e f.

Then controversy struck two

minutes later when, following aDownend corner, the referee blew forfull time just as the ball was deliveredback into the Boco box, where it washeaded into the goal by a Downendplayer. The whistle clearly went asthe ball was in the air, but that didnothing to dampen the anger andfrustration felt by the Downend play-ers and supporters.

Overall a draw would probablyhave been a fair result for twoevenly-matched teams, but Downendwere left to rue a number of missedoppor tunities.AEK Boco: Vince Barber, Charlie Passco, CharlieRichards, Dan Jordan, Ethan Thomas, BillyHensler, Louis Howard, Louis Britton, JakeCleverley, Jack Holbrook, Ellis Kow, MasonHawkins, Charlie Evans, Zac Cheetham.Downend Saints: George Richards, DanielAdamson, Samuel Lacey, Ewan McMillan, DylanEvans, Dan Harrison, Aidan Sanfelice, JakeMillward, Nicky Shine, Charlie Perret, CatoDacres, Alfie Hargreaves, George Weston.

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9� The number of goals scored inOld Cothamians 6-3 win overLongwell Green

lead via a smart Matt Constables t r i ke.

And the hosts extended their ad-vantage as another attemptedback-pass was intercepted by Topp,who again finished well to put day-light between the teams.

Stoke Lane’s new under-18 squadgave it their best shot but they werewell beaten in the end by a Kings-wo o d side who swept to a 4-0 victorywith goals by Edd Pitt, Archie Ben-nett, Connor Davis and Matt Gosling,helped by a fine display at right-backby man-of-the-match James Gilvear.

Youth noticeboard� THE Bristol Saturday YouthLeague still has places left in theUnder-9 division. In keeping withThe FA Youth Football Review thiswill be a non-competitive league,although there will be three trophyevents during the season.

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for new players in reception orschool year 1 to join theirdevelopment group. Training is9.30am every Saturday at SouthBristol Sports Centre with BCFCAcademy coaches. For detailsplease call 07762 090661.� FRAMPTON Rangers Under-9s(school year 4) are in need of newplayers as well as a manager. Wetrain on Saturday mornings.

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TOMMIE Bright was in prolific moodas Frampton Rangers Under-12sbegan their Division Three pro-gramme with a gutsy 4-0 win overAEK Boco.

In a tight first half, the teams wereseparated only by an early Brightclose-range finish to give Frampton a1-0 lead.

The second half began with themarksman pouncing to score againfollowing a good shot from TylerBaker, before Rangers’ Jack Millmancapped an impressive defensive dis-play with a fine finish from a corner.Bright then completed his hat-trickafter good work by Ben Johnson.

Battling Boco kept trying and theFrampton defence did well to holdfirm for a clean sheet with an im-pressive collective display.

Mangotsfield United Under-12sjust about prevailed with a 2-1 victoryafter a tight first division duel with astrong Bath City side.

Their Romans hosts took early con-trol and despite a fine save fromKieran Bess, and a goal-line clear-ance by Owen Humphries, they even-tually took the lead.

Mangos fought back determinedlyin the second half and the pressurepaid off as Ryan Evans equalisedfollowing great set-up play by AaronJo n e s.

The visitors continued to pushforward with good attempts byJoel Cassar and Aaron Hudd,before Jones struck to giveMangos the lead with along-range free-kick.

Bath pressed hard for anequaliser, but they werekept out by fine defendingfrom Kieran Murray,Humphries, Luke Bailey andKieran Joseph.

Almondsbury SaintsU n d e r- 1 2 s got their Division Onecampaign underway in fine style.Having clinched the Hanham MinorLeague title with an undefeated re-cord last season, Saints enjoyed aconvincing 3-0 opening-day home winover D e e r swo o d .

Sam Bird, switched to a centralmidfield role by the managementteam, capped an outstanding displaywith two firm strikes in the first half.His first arrived in the opening fiveminutes after good work by JamesWhite and Ben Lloyd. Then, beforethe break he was sent through via afine ball from Ellis Richards to grabhis second.

Saints controlled the second halfwith Marshall Bamford and HarrisonNeil commanding at the back, wellsupported by keeper Charlie Smith,while the win was wrapped up byArchie Parry, who snapped up anopportunity after a Finlay Coombseffort was well saved.

In Division Four, man-of-the-matchJaiden Holver pulled the strings andKieran Becker put in an exceptionalperformance in defence as Mang ots-field Colts Under-12s swept to acomfortable 4-1 victory over a spir-ited Rockleaze Colts’ s i d e.

Aayush Seegum opened the scor-ing, converting Holver’s corner, andthen added a second with a fine soloef fort.

Rockleaze pulled a goal back with a

splendid long-range effort, but athunderbolt from Curtis Molton re-stored Mangotsfield’s two-goal ad-vanta g e.

Jack Smith capped a superb Man-gos debut with the fourth goal as theycruised to a worthy win.

Promoted Broadwalk Under-13s,savouring their first taste of DivisionOne action, produced a surprisinglydominant display and 3-0 away suc-cess over a rugged War mleyRang ers s i d e.

It was all Broadwalk to start with,although they overcame a real scarewhen Warmley’s first meaningful at-tack led to the away keeper mis-judging a bouncing ball beforebringing down the Rangers strikerinside the area.

To the goalie’s relief the resultingspot-kick was struck tamely wide.

After that near miss it was allBroadwalk and a great Lewis Nealethrough ball sent Thomas Morfitisaway to give the home keeper nochance with a firm finish.

After the break, Mitchell Sullystepped up to hit an unstoppable35-yard free-kick in off the undersideof the bar before Neale rifled in acracking free-kick of his own, givingthe Warmley keeper no chance as theball rocketed into the top corner ofthe net.

Broadwalk star player Cody Vileswitched from the front line to a

left-back berth and enjoyed anoutstanding game to exem-

plify an impressive teamd i s p l ay.

Stoke LaneU n d e r- 1 3 s got theirDivision Four cam-paign off to an ex-cellent start with animpressive 5-0 win

over Hanham Ath-letic. Henry Birt pro-

duced three pin-pointcorners in the first half

which resulted in a pair for HarveyLewis and a headed goal from com-manding defender Finlay Wilson.

Tyler Gaston made it 4-0 just beforehalf-time and while Hanham battledwell in the second period, they wereunable to prevent a fifth goal goingpast them courtesy of Ethan Ansell’sef fort.

It was a splendid all-round per-formance from Lane, withman-of-the-match Birt instrumentalin their midfield.

Meanwhile, Jason Cotterill washappy to have safely bagged threepoints courtesy of HallenU n d e r- 1 4 s ’ 1-0 win over travellingBristol City JSC.

But the home boss admitted histeam will have to perform “m u chbetter” if they are to challenge hardfor honours this term, even thoughthey began their first division fixturewell enough, taking an early leadwhen Sam Hilton’s pin-pointfree-kick was tapped in at the far postby Luke Spokes.

Despite looking strong at the backHallen created only a handful ofchances at the other end, due largelyto City’s hard work and determin-ation, although star man Elliot Gard-ner was a constant threat for thehosts. On another day he wouldsurely have scored as he was deniedby an in-form City keeper on morethan one occasion.

Rangers’ Bright shineswith a dazzling display Britton’s double gives AEK Boco the points Five-goal salvo gives

Phones all three points

Feature Match | AEK Boco Under-13 vs Downend Saints Under-13s, Avon Youth League, Division One

AEK Boco 2

Downend Saints 1

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� A Downend Saints player, left, puts his foot in as he challenges an AEK Boco opponent in the Avon Youth League Division One game that ended 2-1 to AEK Boco Photographs: Jo Wakenshaw

TWO goals from Louis Britton and adisallowed effort right at the deathmade for an interesting opening-dayencounter that went right down to thewire, with AEK Boco hanging on forall three points as they won 2-1.

After kicking off, and with lessthan two minutes of the new seasonplayed, Boco found themselves a goalto the good. Louis Britton made adarting run towards the front postwhere he met Jake Cleverley’swhipped inswinging corner with thesweetest of volleys, his right bootsending the ball flying over the headof Downend keeper George Richardsand into the back of the net.

Boco almost doubled their lead sixminutes later when Cleverley againswung in a dangerous cross, this timefrom the left, and although he failedto connect properly with the ball,team-mate Charlie Evans managed topoke it past Richards.

However, he was denied not once,but twice, by Dylan Evans, who firstpoked the ball off the line beforejumping back to his feet to deny theBoco man a second time from just acouple of yards out with a superb,brave block.

D ow n e n d ’s first sight of goal camein the eleventh minute when ascuffed goal-kick saw the ball fallkindly for striker Cato Dacres on theedge of the box but, although he man-aged to lift the ball up over the stran-ded Vince Barber, his effort droppedjust wide.

Eight minutes later, the visitorshad an even better chance to level thescore when Charlie Perret did ex-tremely well to hold off a challengefrom Ethan Thomas and find Dacresfrom the right. Dacres could haveshot himself but instead unselfishlydrew the only remaining defendertowards him before squaring the ballto Nicky Shine.

However, ten yards out and in themiddle of the goal, Shine dallied just alittle too long on the ball which al-lowed Barber to charge out and blockShine’s rushed effort with his legs,denying Downend what should havebeen a certain equaliser.

Downend were starting to get ontop and, with eight minutes to go inthe half, they deservedly pulled level.Perret received the ball with his backto goal on the edge of the Boco boxand, with little else on, he majestic-ally rolled his marker before firingthe ball low across goal, beyond thesprawling Barber and into the farcor ner.

Downend could then have taken the

Bristol Under-18 CombinationAvon Youth League

BRISTOL Telephones got theirBristol South campaign off to a flierwith a 7-2 success against CadburyH e at h .

Billy Jones had been Telephones’only first-half marksman with a pen-alty as the sides turned around at theinterval locked at 1-1. But a suddenfive-goal flurry inside the opening 15minutes of the second half changedeverything and set the home teamfirmly on their way.

Debutants George Pool, JamesFord, Tom Martin and Joe Osbourneall hit the target, with Mickey Par-sons and Scott Harvey completingthe ’Phones scoring.

Brandon Pike and Sam Ford scoredthe visitors’ consolation goals.

Old Cothamians ran out 6-3 win-ners over Longwell Green thanks toa three-goal scoring spree in the finalfew minutes.

Josh Uhlyk helped the hosts ontheir way with a hat-trick, whileKeanan Mitchard, Wes Rogers andScott Laity were also on target. TomBishton, Ben Adams and Adam Thur-ston strikes ensured Longwell werealways in with a fighting chance.

Meanwhile, Cribbs FC paid theprice for a lacklustre and disjointedperformance with a surprise 3-1 Bris-tol North defeat away against Thor n-bury Town.

In an even first half, Cribbs fieldingfour debutants, took the lead throughTamas Elias, who was on hand toround off a smart passing move in-volving most of his midfield.

Elias then had a second smart fin-ish unluckily disallowed for offside,while at the other end good defendingby Matt Baker and Dan Bishop keptthe score at 1-0.

In the second half, Town fortuit-ously drew level when a back passbobbled over the foot of Cribbs keeperRory Smith and left an empty net forMike Topp to tap in for Thornbury.

That signalled a change in mo-mentum as Town continued to pressforward and they deservedly took the

Woodspring Junior League

Portishead start with a victoryPORTISHEAD Town JuniorsU n d e r- 1 5 s kicked off the new firstdivision season in fine style as fournew recruits helped them to a 4-2home victory over a robust Wi n s -combe team.

Sam Cosway, one such debutant,fastened on to a cross by fellownew-boy Janzen Rosevear to beat thekeeper with a fine finish on 15m i nu t e s.

Luke Osgood and Tyler Ashmeadcombined on 30 minutes for the latterto net well for the second goal, whileanother newcomer, Joe Root, almostmade it 3-0 when a 25-yard piledriverwas pushed around the post by theWinscombe keeper.

However, 15 minutes into thesecond half man-of-the-match AlexTwig gs’ corner was confidentlyheaded home by Cosway for hissecond.

Winscombe hit back by scoring dir-ect from a corner before Osgoodchased a great ball from Ash Leathemat the other end to finish well into thebottom corner for Town’s fourth.

Portishead were caught out againby a long, direct ball near the end, asWinscombe reduced the arrearsagain, but solid defending and keep-ing by Will Bennet, James Robinson,Oscar Todd, Joe Rout, Kalan Bart-lett-Azad and Callum Jones saw themsafely over the line.

2� The number of minutes on theclock when Louis Britton openedthe scoring for AEK Boco

lead not long after when George Wes-ton whipped in a superb free-kickfrom the right with his left foot, butnone of his teammates attacked theball and, much to Boco’s relief, itbounced just wide of the far post afterflashing across the face of goal.

At the other end, Boco came evencloser with a dead ball effort. From 25yards out to the right of the goalBritton got the ball up and over thewall and, with Richards beaten, itlooked a certain goal, but the balld i d n’t quite dip enough and the su-perb strike thundered into the cross-bar before bouncing away.

Boco had started brightly, howeveras the half progressed Downend grewinto the game as Jake Millward andcaptain Aidan Sanfelice started totake control of the midfield and thevisitors, who enjoyed the lion’s shareof possession and territory, looked

the more threatening team by thehalf-time whistle.

Boco started the second half wellwith Zac Cheetham firing over frominside the box after being found byBritton, before the same playerlatched onto a poor defensive clear-ance but could only volley over from12 yards out.

These were the only sights of goalfor either side in the opening 15minutes of the second half as thegame turned scrappy, with neitherside able to retain possession for longenough to carve the oppositionopen.

The defences were definitely on topat this stage with Ewan McMillan,Evans, Weston and, in particular,Samuel Lacey looking solid at theback for Downend, while Thomas,Charlie Richards, Dan Jordan andJack Holbrook were doing an equally

good job at the back for Boco. Afterthe lull, Downend then had two goodchances in quick succession. Thefirst came 16 minutes in when Perretread McMillan’s header over the Bocodefence and, charging through, man-aged to beat the advancing Barber tothe ball but, at close quarters, theDownend goalscorer could only findthe brave keeper’s bread basket andBarber managed to hang onto theball.

Two minutes later, Perret was re-leased in behind again, but this time,with Jordan on his shoulder, thestriker hesitated in pulling the trig-ger, allowing Barber to dart out andsmother the ball at his feet.

The game seemed destined to be adraw with neither side looking par-ticularly threatening but, with 25minutes on the clock, Boco werepresented with a golden opportunity

when the referee deemed thatCheetham was brought down by Mc-Millan after the striker had latchedonto Britton’s header inside theDownend box.

With the pressure on, Brittonstepped up to take the spot-kick andcalmly stroked the ball into the bot-tom right corner of the goal, pastRichards who remained rooted to thespot. The goal doubled Britton’s per-sonal tally and left the visitors withless than ten minutes to equalise for asecond time.

With just two minutes to go Down-end’s Shine burst down the rightwing before threading the ball intothe path of Dacres but, from just eightyards out, the striker failed to prodthe ball past Barber who blocked itwith his legs, much to the home side’sre l i e f.

Then controversy struck two

minutes later when, following aDownend corner, the referee blew forfull time just as the ball was deliveredback into the Boco box, where it washeaded into the goal by a Downendplayer. The whistle clearly went asthe ball was in the air, but that didnothing to dampen the anger andfrustration felt by the Downend play-ers and supporters.

Overall a draw would probablyhave been a fair result for twoevenly-matched teams, but Downendwere left to rue a number of missedoppor tunities.AEK Boco: Vince Barber, Charlie Passco, CharlieRichards, Dan Jordan, Ethan Thomas, BillyHensler, Louis Howard, Louis Britton, JakeCleverley, Jack Holbrook, Ellis Kow, MasonHawkins, Charlie Evans, Zac Cheetham.Downend Saints: George Richards, DanielAdamson, Samuel Lacey, Ewan McMillan, DylanEvans, Dan Harrison, Aidan Sanfelice, JakeMillward, Nicky Shine, Charlie Perret, CatoDacres, Alfie Hargreaves, George Weston.

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lead via a smart Matt Constables t r i ke.

And the hosts extended their ad-vantage as another attemptedback-pass was intercepted by Topp,who again finished well to put day-light between the teams.

Stoke Lane’s new under-18 squadgave it their best shot but they werewell beaten in the end by a Kings-wo o d side who swept to a 4-0 victorywith goals by Edd Pitt, Archie Ben-nett, Connor Davis and Matt Gosling,helped by a fine display at right-backby man-of-the-match James Gilvear.

Youth noticeboard� THE Bristol Saturday YouthLeague still has places left in theUnder-9 division. In keeping withThe FA Youth Football Review thiswill be a non-competitive league,although there will be three trophyevents during the season.

The fee for affiliation to the BSYLis £10. For more information pleasecontact Steve Murray atmurray.steve@talk21.com or bycalling 07833 665312.� WHITCHURCH Sports are looking

for new players in reception orschool year 1 to join theirdevelopment group. Training is9.30am every Saturday at SouthBristol Sports Centre with BCFCAcademy coaches. For detailsplease call 07762 090661.� FRAMPTON Rangers Under-9s(school year 4) are in need of newplayers as well as a manager. Wetrain on Saturday mornings.

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Results

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7Bristol Saturday Youth, Under-11: Ashley Down 3Westbury Park Foxes Whites 1, Westbury Park FoxesGreens 8 Clifton Utd Bears 4.Under-12: Felton 3 Westbury Park Foxes 3.Under-13: Ashley Down 1 Westbury Park Foxes 3,Bishopston Utd 6 Golden Hill Sonics 2, Lockleaze 2Thornbury Tn 10, Wickwar Wdrs 7 Shirehampton 0.Under-15A: Tytherington Rocks Yth 0 Thornbury TnA 7.Under-15 Cup: Bishopston Utd Colts 1 Golden HillSports 6, Thornbury Tn Colts 0 Gordano ValleyGiants 13 Icthus 6 St Andrews 1.SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8Ikon Sports Bristol Premier Sunday, Premier Div:Avon Plate 6 AFC Brunel 1, Black Swan 1 Amana 1,Bristol 5 Seniors 2 JMS Boys 1, Lebeqs TavernCourage 11 Warwick 1, UWE Dynamos 3 Beaufort 4.Div I: AFC Redland 3 Smart Sports Coaching 3,Forresters 2 West Country Utd 4, Lebeqs TavernCourage Res 4 Keynsham Park Rgrs 1, Wizard Wdrs3 SWYD Utd 0.Div II: AFC Brunel Res 0 The Royal Oak 7, AvonPlate Res 3 Castle Court 6, Brislington Badgers 10Pied Horse 0, Cathedral City 4 Zimba 2, SignalGenerals 4 Lockstock Utd 4.Div III: Midland Spinner 3 South Bristol Swifts 2, RealSt George 7 Bristol Rangers 0, South Bristol Saints 4Quality Finish 4, Spartans 4 City Dart Veterans 2,West Country Utd Res 1 Velindra 2.Regional, Premier Div: Lebeq 3 All Saints 4, InterBristol 1 Stoke Lane Ath 8, Sporting Bristol 3 Cribbs2, Real Bristol 1 Sportsman 4.Div I: Lazz 1 Downend 3, Sartan South 5 Lebeq Res3, Littlesea Sports 5 Breakaways 2, BAWA Sports 5Withywood Utd 3.Div II: AFC Keynsham 0 Team Jansen 10, StBernadettes 3 3 Lions 5, Quayside 1 BristolFlorentina 7, AC Bristol 5 Fishponds Tn 2, The

Trooper 2 Bristol Palace 4.Div III: Bristol Jaguars 1 Almondsbury Ath 2, JollyBoys 2 BAWA Ath 3, The Langton 1 FC Eastville 7,Broad Plain Sunday 2 Shadwell Rov 2, RealFishponds 7 Maytree Jets 7.Div IV: LFB Utd 0 Guapa 2, Willsbridge 8 Novers OB0, Bristol Palace Res 2 HCC Utd 0, AFC Inter 6 OldPlough 2.Gloucestershire County Youth: Frampton Utd 5Fownhope 1.Bristol U18 & U21 Football Combination, BristolCentral: Fry Club Colts 6 Hanham Ath 1, NicholasWdrs 9 Ingleside 1, Southmead CS 4 Bromley HeathUtd 3, St Nicholas Colts 2 Stapleton 0.Bristol North: St Nicholas 10 Mangotsfield Utd 1,Stoke Lane Ath 0 Kingswood 4, Thornbury Tn 3Cribbs 1, Winterbourne Utd 3 Coalpit Heath 3.Bristol South: Ashton Boys 7 Bsl Spartak 2, BslTelephones 7 Cadbury Heath Yth 2, Old Cothamians6 Longwell Green 3, Yatton Ath 3 Bishopston Utd 1.Hanham Minor, Under-10A: Bradley Stoke YthHornets 5 St Nicholas 5, Brislington Jrs 4 KeynshamTn 3, Bsl Rovers SCJ 10 AEK Boco 1, Yate Utd 5Ashton Boys 1.Under-10B: Coalpit Heath 10 Avon Ath 4, LongwellGreen 10 St Vallier 1, Thornbury Tn 3 DownendSaints 5.Under-10C: Ashton Boys Colts 2 AEK Boco Colts 7,Bradley Stoke Utd 1 Whitchurch Spts Jrs Colts 9,Cadbury Heath Yth 5 Warmley Rgrs 6, DeerswoodAbbots 3 Mangotsfield Colts 4, Fry Club 2 LawrenceWeston Colts 4, Highridge Utd 10 Yate Utd Colts 2.Under-10D: Bristol Central 10 Keynsham Tn Colts 1,Downend Saints Colts 3 Bradley Stoke Yth Wasps 6.Under-11A: Bitton Reds 2 Bath City Yth 6, BristolCity 2 Bradley Stoke Utd 4, Bsl Rovers SCJ 5Keynsham Tn 4, Bromley Heath Utd 2 MangotsfieldUtd Colts 0, Mangotsfield Utd 5 Whitchurch Spts Jrs0, Patchway Tn Yth 3 Bitton Blacks 0.

Under-11B: Deerswood Abbots 1 Stoke Lane Lions2, Downend Saints 1 AEK Boco 2, Longwell Green 3Bristol Central 3, Mangotsfield Utd Hawks 1Winterbourne Utd 1, St Nicholas 3 Avon Ath 3.Under-11C: Bitton Whites 7 Ashton Boys 1, BslSpartak 1 Bromley Heath Utd Colts 1, Keynsham TnColts 0 Frampton Rgrs 6, Thornbury Tn 1 Yate Utd 1,Yate Utd Colts 3 Bradley Stoke Yth Colts 5.Under-11D: Ashton Boys Colts 0 Brislington Jrs Colts5, Bradley Stoke Yth Jrs 0 Hanham Ath Yth 5, CoalpitHeath 3 Nicholas Wdrs 1, Deerswood Abbots Blues 1Broadwalk 5, Keynsham Tn Lions 1 DeerswoodAbbots Whites 2.Under-11E: Bristol Central Colts 5 Thornbury TnColts 3, Broadwalk Colts 3 Henbury Colts 10.Avon Youth, Under-12 Div I: AEK Boco 2 AshtonBoys 2, Almondsbury Saints 3 Deerswood Yth 0,Bath City 1 Mangotsfield Utd 2, Rockleaze Rangers 1St Vallier 2.Under-12 Div II: Ashton Boys Jrs 2 AlmondsburySpts 6, Keynsham Tn 3 Brislington Jrs 5, WhitchurchSpts 4 Longwell Green Sports 1, Yate Utd 10 CoalpitHeath 0.Under-12 Div III: Bradley Stoke Utd 9 Ashton BoysColts 1, Brislington Jrs Colts 1 Yate Utd Colts 5,Downend Saints 7 Whitchurch Spts Panthers 0,Frampton Rgrs 4 AEK Boco Jrs 0, Deerswood AbbotsBlues 2 Bradley Stoke Yth 1.Under-12 Div IV: Hanham Ath Yth 6 Shire Colts 3,Mangotsfield Utd Colts 4 Rockleaze Rgrs Colts 1,Cadbury Heath Yth 0 Downend Saints Colts 8.Under-12 Div V: AEK Boco Colts 0 Bromley HeathUtd 0.Avon Youth, Under-13 Div I: AEK Boco 2 DownendSts 1, Bsl City JSC 3 Avon Ath 3, Deerswood Abbots4 Stoke Lane Ath Lions 4, Keynsham Tn 3Mangotsfield Utd 1, Shire Colts 3 Thornbury Tn 0.Under-13 Div II: Bradley Stoke Utd 4 Nicholas Wdrs1, Coalpit Heath 1 Ashton Boys 3, Portishead 1

Henbury Colts 7, St Vallier 5 Yate Utd 2.Under-13 Div III: Ashton Boys Colts 5 Ashton BoysJrs 4, Bsl Central 5 Deerswood Abbots Colts 2,Pucklechurch Spts 3 Bitton 4, Whitchurch Spts 3 StNicholas 4.Under-13 Div IV: Downend Sts Colts 3 AEK Boco Jrs5, Frampton Rgrs 6 Bromley Heath Utd 2, NicholasWdrs Colts 0 Whitchurch Spts Jrs 5, Southmead CS10 Clifton Utd 2, Stoke Lane Ath Colts 5 Hanham AthYth 0.Under-13 Div V: Severn Vale 6 Keynsham Colts 4.Avon Youth, Under-14 Div I: Bitton 10 Stoke LaneAth 2, Fry Club Colts 3 Rockleaze Rgrs 1, Hallen 1Bsl City JSC 0.Under-14 Div II: Bsl Spartak 1 Warmley Rgrs 5,Broadwalk 1 Downend Boys 1, Bsl Rov SCJ 2Longwell Green Spts 0, Mangotsfield Utd 2 Avon Ath3, Yate Utd Colts 2 Ashton Boys Colts 4.Under-14 Div III: Bradley Stoke Utd 1 Nicholas Wdrs3, Keynsham Tn 7 Warmley Rgrs Colts 1,Winterbourne Utd 2 Bristol Central 4.Under-14 Div IV: AEK Boco 5 Mangotsfield Utd Colts1, Bishopston Utd 1 Saltford Stars 4, Clifton Utd 1Shire Colts 3, Highridge Utd Lions 1 LawrenceWeston Colts 5, Mangotsfield Eagles 2 ShirewayRgrs 3.Under-14 Div V: St Nicholas 3 Hanham Ath Yth 2.Avon Youth, Under-15 Div I: Ashton Boys 1Rockleaze Rgrs 5, Avon Ath 2 Longwell Green Spts1, Stoke Lane Ath 3 AEK Boco 3.Under-15 Div II: Brislington Juniors Colts 2 SaltfordStars 1, Deerswood Abbots 1 Yate Utd 4, St Nicholas3 Keynsham Tn Jrs 1, Thornbury Tn 0 Bradley StokeYth 2, Winterbourne Utd 2 Coalpit Heath 1990 5.Under-15 Div III: Bitton 8 Avon Ath Colts 1, BradleyStoke Utd 3 Ashton Boys Jrs 7, Bristol Central 4Mangotsfield Utd 1, Fry Club 1 Whitchurch Spts 2,Rockleaze Rgrs Colts 4 Fishponds OB Yth 4.Under-15 Div IV: Almondsbury 5 Wotton Rov 0.

Avon Youth, Under-16 Div I: Ashton Boys Colts 1Chilcompton Sports 6, Bsl City JSC 2 Ashton Boys 0,St Nicholas 0 St Vallier 1, Thornbury Tn 1Mangotsfield Utd 0, Yate Utd 2 Hanham Ath Hawks 2.Under-16 Div III: Downend Saints 2 Shire Colts Reds1, Fishponds OB Yth 2 Golden Hill Sonics 1,Highridge Utd 1 Almondsbury 4.Under-16 Div IV: Broadwalk 8 Bradley Stoke Utd 0,Keynsham Tn Jrs 2 Bsl Rov SCJ 4, Longwell GreenSpts 0 Wotton Rov 1, Saltford 4 Severn Beach 0.Under-16 Div V: Mangotsfield Utd Colts 3 ThornburyTn Colts 1.Bristol Girls, Under-10: Bristol Ladies Union Yellow0 AEK Boco White 10, AEK Boco Blue 0 PortisheadTn 8, Avon Ath 1 Downend Flyers 7, Cadbury HeathYth 0 Bristol Ladies Union Red 6, Downend Saints 4Bradley Stoke Yth 1.Under-11: AEK Boco Blue 9 Downend Saints 0,Bradley Stoke 3 Wotton Rov 1, Westbury Park 3Portishead Tn 1, Whitchurch Sports 5 Cadbury Heath5, Bristol Ladies Union 1 AEK Boco Red 8.Under-12: Bradley Stoke Yth 3 Bristol Ladies UnionRed 4, Mangotsfield Utd 0 AEK Boco 6.Under-13: Bradley Stoke Yth 8 Wotton Rov 1,Downend 0 Quedgeley Wdrs 3, Flyers 0 PortisheadTn 10, Keynsham Tn 1 Bristol Ravens 0, LongwellGreen 0 Whitchurch Sports 7, Downend Saints 0Mangotsfield Utd 10, St Nicholas 5 Thornbury Tn 2.Under-14: AEK Boco 1 St Nicholas 7, Backwell Ath 0Keynsham Tn 10, Bristol Ladies Union 0 FramptonRgrs 10, Forest Green Rovers 6 Hutton Jrs 0.Under-15: Ashton Girls 0 Longwell Green 5, BradleyStoke Yth 0 Team Mendip 2, Downend Flyers 1Nailsea Jrs 4, Frampton Rgrs 3 AEK Boco 1,Portishead Tn 1 Bristol Santos 7.Under-16: Brislington Jrs 3 Bristol Ladies Union 0,Cheltenham Spa 0 Forest Green Rovers 1, TeamMendip 3 AEK Boco 7.Under-18: Keynsham Tn 4 Bristol Ladies Union 3.

Bristol Saturday Youth League

THE Under-11s league got off to ablistering start with a 12-goal thrillerbetween Westbury Park FoxesGreens and Clifton United Bears.

Sam Devane, Ayman Benarous andJosh Jarvis were all among the goalsfor Foxes, while Art Ricesara, OliverSouthwell and Aineias Arango re-stored some second-period pride forthe Bears as their opponents ran outthrilling 8-4 victors.

Diego Lovatt Garcia, Jude Boundsand Charlie Bead-Gayler were all ontarget for Ashley Down in their 3-1win over Westbury Park FoxesW hites.

Westbury Park Foxes and Fe l t o ndrew 3-3 in an enthralling openingUnder-12 Division meeting. Feltontook the lead, but within a minuteRohan Schroeder levelled for Foxeswith a great strike.

Henry Sweet’s powerful penaltyhanded Westbury a 2-1 advantage,only for Felton to equalise soon after.Schroeder then got his second of thematch with a dipping free-kick beforeFelton tied-up a topsy-turvy matchfor the second and final time to giveeach team a fair and well-earnedpoint.

In the Under-13s section, Wi ck wa rWa n d e r e r s saw off Shirehamptonwith a comprehensive 7-0 victory.Four goals from Kieran Davis con-tributed handsomely to the win to-gether with Cameron Drew’s doubleand a Matt Sands effort.

Elsewhere in the division, We s t -bury Park Foxes overcame a com-petitive Ashley Down outfit 3-1 withtwo goals from their star performerOmar Rauf and a long-range NickBlatchford follow-up strike, afterAshley keeper Mario Lovatt-Garciahad brilliantly saved a penalty.

Theo Bounds scored a deservedconsolation goal for the Down.

Thornbury Town Under-13skicked off their season in style with a10-2 victory on the road against L o ck -

Thorns midfield well and OllyCampo-Miranda and Peter McDonaldhelped guard Ben Rodriguez’s goalc ap ably.

Thornbury Town A started theirUnder-15 A-league programme with aslick 7-0 success over TytheringtonRo ck s , courtesy of Reece Chambers’super triple, Ollie Chapple and LukeGarrett efforts and Ash Ritcher’s twoblistering strikes.

Chris Cole’s outstanding defendingearned him man-of-the-match.

The Fountains Trophies Under-15sSenior Cup began with a bang with 27goals scored in only three games.

Two goals from birthday-boy

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� A Downend Saints player, centre, tricks his way past an AEK Boco opponent during the Avon Youth League Under-13 Division One game

Foxes scent blood as Bears succumb toa twelve-goal thriller in opening-day game

leaz e. Tom Donaldson opened thescoring in the first minute, settingthe tone for a dominant Town display,and constant pressure by Joseph Ben-nett, James Madley and Dominic Ballbrought about a second as JacobBudd took full advantage of a mis-placed goal-kick. Man-of-the-matchAlex King bagged a brace, Donaldsonand Budd went on to completehat-tricks, Michael Brown struckhome from the penalty spot and JoeMullen, who showed nifty footworkthroughout, was rewarded with awell-taken goal.

While Louie Wanless hit a post,debutant Archie Page supported the

James Noakes, and one by Rob Grant,added to a fine hat-trick for debutantHamza Khandker as Golden HillSonics saw off Bishopston UnitedColts 6-1. Good pressure by Bish-o p s t o n’s Aiden Slattery forced anown goal from Sonics in acrowd-pleasing game played in a goodspirit.

It was precisely the same outcomeas Icthus overcame St Andrews 6-1thanks to doubles from Henry Clothi-er and Andrew Peterson plus LiamPate and Jack Milton efforts.

Trailing 5-0 at half-time Saints re-covered well after the interval withconstructive midfield play from

Patrick Garrett and William Stanleycreating shooting efforts for MatthewHowell and Eddie Bounds, who’d hada first-half penalty saved.

Saints did convert their secondpenalty which was tucked awayneatly by Stanley for their consol-ation goal.

In the other fixture, a doublehat-trick from Sam Poulter helpedsecure a comfortable 13-0 win forGordano Valley Gaints ove rThornbury Colts. A dominant per-formance in midfield by Stefan Ire-land gave Gordano a stranglehold onthe game while Cosway, Azad andClay were also among the goals.