Division One

Bradford United v Frome Town Sports

For the second week running Bradford dominated their opponents only to see them go away with all three points.

Having been forced back for much of the first 30 minutes, Frome opened the scoring when Frank Alexander neatly side-footed in a cross at the near post.

Bradford replied with a header across goal by John Baker which had barely crept over the line before it was comprehensively buried by a Frome defender.

Parity was short-lived as Bradford saw a blocked clearance fall luckily into the path of Josh Thornton Mason who drove the ball home two minutes before half-time.

Bradford's early second-half pressure earned them a penalty which was converted by John Baker, but they were unable to turn their possession into goals and paid for their profligacy when a 89th minute Frome cross was headed in by John Bennett.

Lavington v Blue Circle

Lavington remain in third spot in the table after a 2-0 win over Blue Circle with a goal being scored in each half, Steve House with the first and Jamie Bayes with the second.

FC Northbridge v Trowbridge Town ‘A’

FC Northbridge close to within a point of their opponents Trowbridge Town ‘A’ after recoding their third win of the season 3-1.

Luke Dimaria put Northbridge in front but by the half time interval Trowbridge were level through Lee Hayward.

The second half saw Northbridge up the tempo and they scored a further two goals through Richard Bradbear and Dan Cass.

Freshford United v Semington Magpies

Freshford continue their rise up the table after beating Semington Magpies 5-2.

Will Taylor got Freshford off to the perfect start, before Phil Little doubled the lead mid way through the half.

Semington pulled a goal back from the penalty spot to make it 2-1, Andy Harrison scoring.

Just before half time Phil Little scored his second to make it 3-1.

The second half saw Freshford continue to dominate and Phil Little completed his hat trick from the penalty spot to make it 4-1. Stuart Barber pulled a goal back to make it 4-2 before Chris Birleson made it 5-2.

Seend United v Steeple Ashton

Seend United maintained their seven point gap at the top of the table after this 3-0 win over Steeple Ashton.

Gary Higdon scored the only goal of the first half. The second half saw no joy for Ashton as Seend continued to dominate and score a further two goals from James Eatough and a second from Gary Higdon.

Westbury United ‘A’ v The Deverills Basement boys Westbury United ‘A’ took on The Deverills for the second time in 3 weeks, this time it was in league after The Deverills had beaten them in the quarter final of the K O Cup.

This game was an evenly contested affair; with both sides limited to half chances and the main talking points of the first half were dubious line calls and Mikey Payne from the Deverills having a goal ruled offside.

The second half was more open at both ends with both sides having chances to score before Mikey Payne put the Deverills in front, The United defence were hoping for help from their linesman again as Payne broke through and expertly lobbed over the Westbury Keeper.

With minutes remaining Westbury had a clear opening, but it fell to their full back who somehow managed to completely miss the target from inside the penalty spot.

The Deverills looked to have ridden their luck and were heading for all three points, when another lack of concentration allowed the United striker to lash home from outside the box, it was a good finish, but he should have been closed down quicker.

With moments remaining The Deverills won a free kick on the right, and this was whipped into the danger area, flicked on and poked into the net, but extraordinarily the referee blew for full time.

This decision naturally incensed the away side and led to The Deverills Marc Sprangle being shown a red card effectively putting him out for 6 weeks, with a lot of games during this period this is a needless blow to the Deverills season.

Westbury United played beyond their position in the league and the hard earned point will help them in their campaign to stay in the division.