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Trowbridge well beaten by league leaders
Trowbridge Town fell to a 3-0 defeat at home to league leaders Hardwicke AFC. The table-toppers looked a class act as they ran out comfortable winners at Woodmarsh. The defeat leaves Town 14th in the Hellenic League Division One West
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Bradford Town up to third after win
Bradford Town beat mid-table Wells City 2-0 at home to move up to third in the Toolstation Division One table. Bradford, who lost 1-0 to local rivals Westbury United last week, put that result firmly out of their system as goals from Matthew
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Sparey's brace helps Warminster to victory
Lewis Sparey scored twice as Warminster Town crushed Andover New Street 4-0 at home. Goals from Sparey, Simon Reaney and Tom Welsh put the hosts 3-0 up at the break. And Sparey completed his brace after the interval to seal a comfortable victory for
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Plucky Westbury hold title-chasers
An energetic performance by midfielder Ashley Groves, who did a great job on Longwell Green playmaker Neil Rosslee, along with another fine display by goalkeeper Nick Evans paved the way for Westbury holding their promotion chasing visitors to
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Frome get back on the promotion trail
Frome Town ended their mini-slump with a battling 3-1 win at Ilfracombe Town. Goals from Simeon Allison and Gavin Eyre put Frome 2-0 up before Ilfracombe pulled a goal back before the break. But Mark Salter struck four minutes from the
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Dale's overhead-kick maintains Vics' promotion push
In-form Malmesbury Victoria continued their strong push for promotion with a 1-0 win at Lydney Town. Matty Dale's over-head kick on the half-hour mark from Steve Buntin's cross settled the match. Malmesbury came under intense pressure after the break
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Calne's dismal run goes on
Calne Town's winless run stretched to seven games as they lost 3-2 at mid-table Wellington. Ben Fitch and Gary Banks were both on target for the Lilywhites but it was not enough to end their poor run in the Toolstation League Premier Division
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Rock-bottom Devizes plunge deeper into the mire
Rock-bottom Devizes Town are running out of games to save themselves from the drop in the Toolstation Premier Division after their 4-1 defeat at Sherborne Town. Gary Campbell's goal gave Devizes a 1-0 lead at the break, but it was an all too familiar
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Heath's late stunner hands Corsham long-overdue win
Adam Heath's brilliant late solo goal handed Corsham Town their first win of 2009 in a spirited 1-0 home victory over Bristol Manor Farm. The striker collected the ball in his own half 12 minutes from the end and went past three players on
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Clayton unhappy with referee after late leveller
Bideford grabbed an equaliser six minutes into injury-time as Melksham had to settle for a 1-1 draw on their travels. Melksham defended manfully throughout and Nat Auckland put them ahead with a neat finish. But just when it looked like Wayne Thorne's
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Corby Town 3, Chippenham Town 0
Chippenham conceded a penalty in the second minute and never recovered on a testing day for the Wiltshire club. They were two down within ten minutes and the hosts added a third early in the second half to kill the game off. Kye Holly limped off
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New business chamber president relishing the challenge
The new president of Trowbridge Chamber of Commerce says he is relishing the opportunity to make a real difference to local businesses during the recession. David Baker was elected at the chamber’s AGM on Wednesday, after six months as chairman
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Students cast their eyes over UK's largest space rocket
Students at a Trowbridge school got an out of this world experience after getting up close to the UK’s largest space rocket. The 58-ft Nova 2, created by Starchaser, was brought to the John of Gaunt School in Wingfield Road, on Tuesday for students to
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Frome's Button lands pole in Australia
It's where we deserve to be," smiled Jenson Button after grabbing his first pole position for three years. In one of the most remarkable revivals in sporting history, a team that was down and out just under four months ago have turned Formula One on
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Luke makes a splash to help Warminster centre
MULTIPLE sclerosis sufferer Luke Tavener is taking part in a swimathon on Sunday to raise thousands of pounds in aid of a Warminster centre which helps sufferers of the disease. Mr Tavener, 32, of Chapmanslade near Warminster, is keen to support
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Westbury store bids to rescue post office
A POST office is likely to remain in Westbury when supermarket chain Morrisons takes over Coopers in Edward Street in May, the supermarket chain has said this week. There had been fears the town would be left with no central post office, because
