Parsons Nose go through to final

They will play Biddestone Social in the final at Chippenham Town's ground on April 23.

The Melksham-based side, who had already disposed of Premier Division sides West Lavington, Sherston Town, Maud Heath Sports and Division One Potterne, applied the early pressure and were rewarded for their efforts after 12 minutes when Josh Robinson put ahead with a stunning strike from 25 yards.

The cricketers equalised after 55 minutes when Graham Ford unleashed a fierce shot from 20 yards that left keeper Gareth Evans rooted to the spot. Parsons Nose got their winner in controversial circumstances five minutes from time when they were awarded a hotly disputed penalty that was tucked away calmly by Mark James.

Premier Division

BIDDESTONE Social have emerged as the team most likely to catch Corsham Centre at the top of the Premier Division after they defeated defending champions Westbury Rangers A 2-1.

A depleted Biddestone side were forced into playing manager John O'Meara in goal after regular goalkeeper Kevin Reed broke two fingers in midweek.

O'Meara, who had never played in goal before, had a fine match but his life was made easier by Rangers who never really got going until the second half.

Jamie Lyons and John Lock scored for Social with Marc Lanfear replaying for Rangers.

Bradford News were unable to make it three wins on the bounce as they suffered a 4-0 defeat at Box Rovers, who took a first minute lead through Richard Newman, whose exquisite chip from what looked to be an impossible angle caught the newsmen cold.

Jason Walsh (penalty), Tim Jefferies and Tom Smith completed the scoring.

Neither Winsley or the Dog and Fox Ashley were at full strength for their meeting and, with 10 players unavailable, it was no surprise that the Dog crashed to their first loss in six outing as Winsley beat their near neighbours 2-1. Matt Taylor's opener for the villagers was wiped out when Andy Foot tied the scores before the break. Dan Kovacs' second half effort was enough to seal the game for Winsley.

Hullavington's days in the top flight looked numbered after they slumped to their 13th consecutive defeat with a 2-1 reverse against Trowbridge Harriers, who had not won since the opening day of the season. The victory should see Harriers stay in the division for another season.

Hullavington led 1-0 at the interval, courtesy of Ryan Woodland's strike, but Harriers hit back to win with goals from Cameron Henley and Mark Jones.

Struggling Sherston Town welcomed back Andy Wicks for his first game for five months, but could only field 10 players for their game with Maud Heath Sports who made their extra man advantage count as they eased to a 5-1 win. Darren Holcombe, Simon Hillier, Ricky Summers, Matthew Waite and Carl Drogan shared the Sports' goals and Antony Vizard replied for Sherston.

Division One

SPENCER Sports turned the screw at the top of the table as a 1-0 victory over a battling North Star A side saw them maintain their six point advantage over the chasing pack.

Ashley Groves' first half effort was enough to give the league leaders win number 13 of the season.

Semington Rovers remain in the hunt for a top two finish after a 2-1 home victory over FC Colerne.

Stuart Barber and Richard Allum scored for Rovers in the first half, with Colerne top scorer John Gilding pulling one back after the break.

Atworth United's 3-1 defeat at home to North Bradley was their 10th straight game without a win and they are in danger of dropping into the bottom two.

United took to the field with only eight players and found themselves 2-0 down, with Phil Reed scoring both of Bradley's goals. United were up to full strength after 30 minutes but it did not stop Reed from completing his hat-trick from the penalty spot. Stuart Holland claimed a consolation goal in the second half.

Chippenham Police looked dead and buried when they trailed Potterne 3-0 at half-time, but a spirited fight back from a patched up Police side saw them get it back to 3-3 before two late goals saw Potterne claim a 5-3 win.

Potterne's goals came from Myles Hickton (2), Jon Schofield, Jamie Bayes and Johnny Emm, with Craig Holden (2) and Tim Culling replying.

The Horse and Groom, who looked certain for the drop at the start of the year, collected a vital win over Chippenham Sports and Social Club that may well lead to them claiming First Division safety. Ben Derrick scored the vital goal.

Division Two

LEADERS Kings Arms had to come from behind to beat Southwick Sports 3-2 and open up a three point gap on Kingfisher, who suffered a massive shock when they lost 5-3 against local rival Chippenham United RAOB.

A Jamie Alford own goal, Nick Gleeson (penalty) and Tarick Yachou scored for Kings Arms, with Gareth Colebrooke and Liam Brown replying.

With only one win all season from their 17 previous games Chippenham United RAOB were expected to be lambs to the slaughter as they face second placed Kingfisher, but the underdogs came out on top as United stunned their bitter rivals with a rousing second half display that saw them overturn a 3-1 deficit to claim an unbelievable 5-3 success.

Ben Tilley scored four times and Luke De-Bour once for United, with a Richard Thorne own goal, Jason Cole and Marcus Young replying.

Biddestone Arms' Danny Williams took over the whistle for his side's game with White Horse when work commitments forced the original referee to pull out.

Williams had an excellent game which was won 5-0 by Biddestone . Chris Mochan (3) Jack Goodship, and Danny Box scored the goals.

In the second half White Horse were awarded a penalty but Sam Johnson blasted the ball against the cross bar.

FC Bradford and Steeple Ashton were guilty of wasting numerous chances in their game before Ashton stole a win in the final minutes when Kieron Stone netted his first goal of the season.

Sutton Benger fell to their first defeat in six games as Virgin Mobile extended their winning run to four games with a 6-3 success. Ian Standing (2), Richard Bliha, Lee Weissenbrunch and Jamel Messaoud's first goal for Virgin saw them lead 5-0 at the interval before Benger staged a recovery thanks to a James Pope treble. The scoring was finished by Bliha who his tally for the season to 21 as he concluded Virgin's half dozen.

Division Three

FASCIA Graphics are the new leaders of Division Three.

They took over from the inactive Bar OC after defeating Trowbridge Town Supporters' Club 4-0.

Paul Harvey (penalty), Steve Allison (2) and Jeremy Spruce scored the goals.

AFC Calne were indebted to their goalkeeper Aaron Ward in a 1-1 stalemate with Corsham Park Rangers that leaves them joint second with Bar OC. Dean Fry scored for Calne and Clive Parsons for Rangers.

Pack Horse Rangers beat North Star B 4-0. Sean Rushmore's stunning half volley after 20 minutes set Rangers on the road to victory and further goals came from Shahram Hemarti (2) and Justin Derby, who beat the Star goalkeeper with a shot from inside his own half.

Blue Circle's fourth win in five matches means they are safe from danger. The cement boys beat Somerford FC 3-2 to leave the losers rooted to the foot of the table.

Graham Deveney and Steve Martin (2, one penalty) scored for Blue Circle, with Richard Chandler and Wayne Burry replying.

Wheatsheaf and Westbury Rangers B shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Adam Taylor and Richard Boden scored for Wheatsheaf, with Nick Mead and Neil Gordon replying.

Division Four

THE Plough took the spoils in a closely fought game against AFC Pilot which saw them triumph 3-1 to stay ahead of the leading pack.

Mark Reynolds Dave Percival (penalty) and Colin Brady scored for The Plough, with Matty Gurke (penalty) replying.

Cooper-Avon's 8-1 hammering of Rising Sun saw them close the gap on The Southgate Inn in second spot.

Kyle Mather led the scoring with a hat-trick, Graham Griffiths added two and Shane Thornton, Paul Walker and Alex Shaftoe shared the others. Chris Walker hit the Sun's consolation.

Two second half goals from Jamie Farquharson were enough to give White Hart Combe a 2-0 success over KSM and extend their winning run to four matches.

Ashley Fletcher scored AFC Melksham's consolation in their 2-1 defeat against Wanderers, whose goals came from Paul Bendell (penalty) and Dominic Shepherd.