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Warminster Town 2 Devizes Town 2

Warminster Town 2(2) Devizes Town 2(1)

Attendance 195

For the second time over the Easter weekend Warminster were up against a team in a playoff position in the Western League Division One table. Today’s opponents Devizes Town beat Warminster 8-0 in the reverse fixture back on Boxing Day.

Today’s game didn’t start well with the visitors taking a tenth minute lead. Jack Baker received the ball in space just outside the right hand side of Warminster’s penalty area. His shot inside the far post beat the despairing dive of Warminster’s keeper Matt Green, 0-1. On fifteen minutes Warminster’s first chance fell to captain Ryan Benson when Jake Wright passed to him on the edge of the Devizes’ box. The Devizes defenders closed him down quickly and his shot was blocked.

On 22 minutes the dangerous Baker found himself in the same spot from where he scored earlier. This time however, Matt Green made a fine diving save. Four minutes later the hosts went close to scoring. A right side corner to the back of the six yard box was headed into the danger area where Jake Wright’s overhead shot was deflected just wide for another corner. On 31 minutes Jack Newman broke clear down the right but his shot was off target. Five minutes later Warminster did equalise. Ryan Benson dispossessed a Devizes defender ran on into the box on and slotted the ball past the Devizes keeper, Dominic Oakes to level the score 1-1. Then a couple of minutes before halftime Warminster took the lead. Jake Wright wide left cut inside and sent a great swerving shot inside the far post, 2–1.

After the break Warminster were not content to sit on their lead. On 55 minutes a fierce Ryan Benson shot from distance drew a fine save from Oakes. From the resulting corner the ball was recycled into box where Jack Newman’s glancing header went close. At this stage the home side looked the team most likely to score next. On the hour Jack Duck was  sent clear on the right but the winger was closed down and his shot didn’t trouble Oakes. Just minutes later   Jack Duck passed to Ryan Benson but his pull back evaded everyone in the box. Then as the half progressed the visitors started to  increase the pressure on the home defence.

On 78 minutes Jacob Reader broke into the box and shot goal wards but Matt Green was equal to it and saved superbly. With time running out Warminster looked like they would hold out and avenge their Boxing Day drubbing but in the fourth minute of stoppage time a hopeful punt into the Warminster penalty area fell to Reader The striker gleefully hooked the ball in through the crowded area, 2-2. It was a cruel end to the game as Warminster had battled hard for the win and had deserved to take all three points. 

Report by Geoff Jackson

Bradford Town 2 Warminster Town 1

Warminster Denied A Precious Point In Stoppage Time

 Bradford Town 2 (1) Warminster Town 1 (1)

Ahead of this game the hosts Bradford Town occupied fourth place in the Western League Division One table, Warminster Town 20th. With just two points on their travels this season Warminster were hoping for that elusive first win on the road.

Warminster started quickly and had a great chance in the first minute when a cross from the left picked out Jack Newman in the box but his header was just wide of the post. In the 19th minute Bradford went close to scoring. A free kick was played into the box and it fell to Jaiden Pearce with his back to the goal. He turned and shot but it was deflected wide for a corner. On 23 minutes Warminster went behind when they were caught out by a quick Bradford break. Cal Demkiv sent Tom Mack clear on the right who ran into the box and fired past Warminster keeper Matt Green, 1-0. Two minutes later Corey Gardner had a half chance when he received a pass on the edge of the box but he was dispossessed before he could get a shot off. Then in the 27th minute Warminster equalised. Seb Hounsell sent a long free kick into the Bradford box. Jake Wright controlled the ball superbly, rounded the keeper and fired in 1-1. In the 33rd minute Jake Wright was on the end of another long ball but this time was unable to create any space to fire goal wards. Four minutes later a Warminster corner from the left was cleared just outside the the penalty area where it was volleyed by Reece Collyer but it flew just wide of the right hand post. In the 40th minute former Warminster striker Tyson Pollard tested Matt Green but the Warminster keeper saved well. Then in first half stoppage time the hosts went close again when Tom Mack’s curling shot from just outside the box struck the far post and rebounded clear. At the break it was all square 1-1.

Four minutes after the restart Tyson Pollard wasn’t far off target for the hosts with a spectacular overhead kick from a right side cross. On the hour a Bradford half clearance fell to Reece Collyer just outside the box but he volleyed straight at the Bradford keeper Tom Creed. In the 63rd minute Tyson Pollard was on the end of a Tom Mack pull back but his shot just cleared the Warminster crossbar. Four minutes later Warminster had a half chance when Jake Wright found Corey Gardner in space but the winger shot wide with Creed out of his goal. In the 75th minute Bradford won a penalty. Cal Demkiv came from behind Owen Bartley just as the Warminster player was about to clear the ball. He accidentally caught the player and the referee pointed to the spot. Up stepped Tyson Pollard but Matt Green dived to his right to save the spot kick and the ball was scrambled to safety. As the game went into injury time Warminster looked to have earned a precious away point but it wasn’t to be. Bradford substitute Sammy Jordan got on the end of a hopeful punt downfield, outpaced the last defender and slipped the ball past Matt Green. It was a cruel blow for Warminster who had played well and deserved something from a fine performance. 

Attendance 209

Report by: Geoff Jackson

Warminster Town 3 Sturminster Newton Utd 2

Attendance 121

Warminster Town went into today’s game in 20th place in the Division 1 table and on the back of six straight league defeats.
Sturminster Newton United were in 8th place thirty-nine points above Town. 

Once again Town didn’t start well and the visitors took an early lead in the 14th minute.  United’s Adam Hall shot from just inside the box and caught out Town’s keeper Matt Green who appeared to be unsighted, 0-1. United dominated much of the first half with Town’s forays into their opponents’ half few and far between. Adam Hall was proving to be a real handful down the left wing with Max Walker-Wiltshire struggling to contain the dangerous winger. On 26 minutes a rare Town attack saw Corey Gardner break down the right. Seeing United’s Theo Crane out of his goal he tried to catch him out with a cross cum shot but was denied by the scrambling keeper. United continued to control the game, so it was very much against the run of play when Town levelled just before halftime. A quick throw-in to the front post was met by Jack Newman whose glancing header found the back of the net, 1-1. In the first minute of first half stoppage time United’s Jack Atkins was guilty of a crude challenge on Corey Gardner. Atkins was lucky to only receive a yellow card as the Town winger had to leave the game injured and was replaced by Jake Wright.

Town were much improved after the break but still fell behind for a second time in the 56th minute. Once more it was Adam Hall who struck, this time cutting in from left and unleashing an unstoppable shot into the far top corner to restore the visitor’s lead, 1-2. On 62 minutes Reece Collyer picked out Jake Wright wide left who cut into the box but his shot is blocked. Ryan Benson’s follow up shot flew wide of the goal. A minute later United went close to extending their lead when Ashley Clarke’s wind assisted shot flew just the wrong side of the post. Town were starting to cause the visitors problems and on 68 minutes Jake Wright was brought down in the box, and referee Paul Allen awarded Town a penalty.  Jake dusted himself down and stepped up to take the spot kick. United keeper Theo Crane dived to his right to save superbly, but Jake responded quickest to tuck away the rebound, 2-2. Just three minutes later Owen Bartley volleyed the ball from just outside the box but his shot just cleared the cross-bar. On 77 minutes the visitors’ goal threat diminished significantly when their best forward Hall was substituted having landed awkwardly and injured his ankle.  Thereafter United were far less threatening. On  82 minutes Town went close to taking the lead. The ball was played around the Sturminster penalty area to Seb Hounsell in space on the edge of the six yard box, but  with the goal at his mercy he lifted his shot over the bar. Five minutes later Tom Ball broke into the box from the right but a last ditch block from a defender deflected his shot to keeper Crane. Then in the seventh minute of stoppage time Jake Wright was fouled wide left by United’s George Coleman. The defender was sent to the sin bin, presumably for protesting too much. The free kick was launched into the danger area and the ball broke to Town’s central defender Sam McFarlane. The defender smashed the ball past Crane to earn Town a dramatic late come from behind victory.

Match report: Geoff Jackson

Warminster Town 1 Longwell Green Sports 4

Warminster Town 1(0) Longwell Green Sports 4(1)

Attendance 152

Town’s Weymouth Street pitch had recovered from the midweek deluge that led to the postponement of Wednesday’s game against Avonmouth. Credit should go to the groundsman for getting the pitch playable and unlike recent home games it didn’t cut up badly. Going into this game our visitors Longwell Green Sports were fifth from top of the League One table, Warminster fifth from bottom.

The visitors started brightly and in the 16th minute they went close to scoring when Will Cains header from a left side free kick struck the post. In the 34th minute Sports Liam Oswin’s diving header flew just past Callum Hotine’s left hand post. Just a minute later, however, Sports took the lead. Will Cains  was picked out on the edge of the penalty area and his first time shot to the top corner gave Hotine no chance, 1-0. Town almost replied immediately but Reece Collyer’s header from a free kick into the box bounced off the crossbar. At the break Sports led 1-0.

Town improved at the start of the second half and on 64 minutes Jack Newman was fouled in the box. Corey Gardner stepped up to take the spot kick and beat Sports keeper Jack Sheppard, 1-1. In the 72nd minute Kieran Burpitt’s shot from edge of box was well saved by Sheppard. A minute later, just when Town were starting to look on top, Sports retook the lead. A cross from the left found Tyler Wood who hooked the ball in from the edge of the six yard box, 1-2.  In the 75th minute Tony Pasco increased Sports lead side footing in a right side pass from close range, 1-3. Then eight minutes later a poor clearance fell to Sports’ captain Matt Brown who volleyed in an unstoppable shot, 1-4. There was no way back for Town and the visitors took all three points.

Match report: Geoff Jackson

Warminster Town 1 Bitton AFC 1

Match Report:

WarminsterTown 1(0) Bitton AFC 1(0)

Attendance 148

Warminster Town earned a valuable point against high flying Bitton AFC after an attritional contest on a very heavy pitch that cut up badly.

The visitors had the better of the first half. In the 18th minute a long throw from the left almost caught Warminster napping but the Bitton striker turned the ball just the wrong side of the near post. Nine minutes later another Bitton long throw was only half cleared and a great first time shot forced Town keeper Callum Hotine into a fine diving save. A minute before the break a Bitton free kick from wide right was flicked on into the danger area but was headed clear at the back post.

After the break Town upped their game and just two minutes into the second half they took the lead. Jack Newman fired the ball into the area and a Bitton defender’s clearance struck his hand and the referee pointed to the spot. Corey Gardner took the spot kick and sent the keeper the wrong way, 1-0 Town. In the 52nd minute a Jack Newman cross, or maybe a shot, had the Bitton keeper scrambling backwards but the ball dipped just over the bar. On 56 minutes a dangerous cross from the left couldn’t be caught by Callum Hotine but Bitton were unable to fire in the loose ball. In the 61st minute Town’s Jack Duck cut in from the left and fired goal wards from the edge of the box but Bitton’s keeper saved well. On 70 minutes a neat Bitton passing move led to a great chance in the centre of the box but the shot was weak and Callum Hotine saved easily. Three minutes later a headed clearance set Jack Newman clear. He rounded the Bitton keeper but his shot was blocked by a covering defender. In the 78th minute Bitton levelled the score. A free kick into the box was only half cleared. The ball was played back into the area and Keane Ashwood squared it into the six yard box where it was turned in by substitute Mickey Parsons, 1-1. In the 85th minute Bitton went close with a shot inside the box that forced Callum Hotine into a diving save at the foot of his right hand post. Three minutes later Town’s keeper saved bravely at the feet of a Bitton substitute who was clear in the box and was caught by a high boot. After consulting his linesman the referee deemed the attacker’s challenge on Callum was reckless and showed him a red card.

Today’s draw continued Town’s recent good form which has seen them lose just once in their last five games. With a game in hand they are now ten points clear of the bottom two teams in Division One.

Match report by: Geoff Jackson

Warminster Town FC 1 Bristol Telephones 1

Warminster Town 1(1) Bristol Telephones 1(0)
Attendance 95

A morning inspection confirmed the game on but both teams had to contend with  a heavy pitch that did cut up badly. It is to both team’s credit that they still played out an entertaining, close encounter. Town fielded an unchanged starting lineup following Wednesday’s important win against fellow strugglers, Keynsham Town.

Town started brightly and in the 6th minute a dangerous cross to the back post was dropped by the Phones’ keeper, Ashton Trott but the ball was then scrambled to safety. Ten minutes later Jack Newman got on the end of a long punt, beat Trott to the ball and poked it into the unguarded net, 1-0 to Warminster. On 24 minutes Martin Johnson broke into the box and chipped the ball to the back post  but this time Trott beat Jack Newton to the ball. In the 39th minute Town were awarded a free kick just outside the Phones penalty area. Up stepped Reece Collyer but his well struck free kick flew just over the bar.

On 44 minutes the Phones went close when Issac Flynn broke down the right but cutting inside he sent his shot high and wide. Four minutes later in first half stoppage time they created another chance on the left hand side of the box but Flynn again fired wide.

Four minutes into the second half a great shot from outside the box by Phones Jamie Noble was superbly tipped over the bar by Callum Hotine in the Town goal. Just two minutes later the Phones did equalise. A cross into the danger area was sliced into his own net by Town’s Seb Hounsell, 1-1. On the hour the visitors had a great chance to take the lead but Callum Hotine saved well at Flynn’s feet on the edge of the six yard box, taking a painful blow to a hand in the process. In the 75th minute Martin Johnson had a clear run on the right but his shot was saved by Trott. On 85 minutes a controversial incident led to Corey Gardner flat out holding his face and the Phones Scott Saunders pleading his innocence. A melee followed but after much deliberation the referee took no action. In the 89th minute the Phones Jamie Noble put the ball in the net but his teammate Steff Lee had fouled Callum Hotine in the buildup and a free kick was awarded. No further clear chances were created and at the full time whistle the points were shared after a hard fought draw.

Match Report: Geoff Jackson

Warminster Town 1 Keynsham Town 0

Warminster Town 1(0) Keynsham Town 0(0)

Attendance 94

For the best part of an hour Warminster weren’t at the races! It was all Keynsham before the break and if they could shoot they would have been two or three goals in front. Fortunately for the home faithful all their shots flew high and wide. 

Midway through the second half Warminster took a quick throw in by the dugouts sending Jack Newman clear. The young striker finished superbly, 1-0. Warminster celebrated, Keynsham looked crestfallen, the linesman didn’t flag, the referee walked back to the halfway line and the stadium announcer credited Jack with the goal. But hang on. Somebody had said something to the referee, Ella Broad and the goal was disallowed. Having watched it back on the live YouTube feed I can see that the quick throw in was taken with a different ball to the one that went out of play and that was why the goal was disallowed.

Barely a minute later a Reece Collyer punt downfield set Jack Newman clear again and he slipped the ball past the Keynsham keeper, Archie Didcott. This time it was 1-0. With three minutes of normal time remaining a superb Martin Johnson pass sent Jack Newman clear again but this time he was thwarted by keeper Didcott who made a superb diving save ,pushing the ball wide of the post for a corner.

There was still time for Jack Newman to turn provider but his cross to the back post just eluded Jack Duck. Warminster saw out the stoppage time to take all three points that lifted them eight points clear of Keynsham in the second relegation place.

Match Report: Geoff Jackson

Avonmouth FC 5 Warminster Town 1

Avonmouth 5(2) Warminster Town 1(0)

Attendance 120

Ahead of today’s game Avonmouth were 15th in the Western League Division One table, visitors Warminster 19th.

Warminster started brightly and in the second minute Reece Collyer tested the Avonmouth keeper Tom Hague with a long range effort. Hague’s superb diving save pushed the ball wide of the post. Just two minutes later, however, Avonmouth took the lead when a cross from the right found Kyle O’Donovan umarked in the centre of the box and he fired past Warminster’s keeper Callum Hotine, 1-0. On eleven minutes Avonmouth doubled their lead. Warminster only half cleared the ball from a corner. The ball was hooked back into the danger area and Charlie Aldom headed in off the underside of the bar, 2-0. Things went from bad to worse for the visitors on thirty-five minutes when they were reduced to ten men. Jake Wright’s late tackle led to the referee sending the winger off. Five minutes before the break the visitors were forced into an early substitution Ryan Benson replacing Saracen Yates. At the break the hosts were good value for their two-nil lead.

Eight minutes after the restart Reece Collyer again tried his luck from distance but his shot flew wide of the target. On fifty-eight minutes Martin Johnson came on as substitute for young Kieran Burpitt, making his first appearance since September following a bad injury. In the sixty-second minute Charlie Aldom’s diving header from a right side cross extended the home side’s lead, 3-0. Just five minutes later Avonmouth struck again. Josh Pearce, looking suspiciously offside, ran onto a long downfield punt and scored unchallenged, 4-0. To Warminster’s credit they didn’t stop fighting and on seventy minutes they pulled a goal back. A fierce shot from, who else, Reece Collyer was well saved by Tom Hague but Jack Newman reacted quickest to head in the rebound, 4-1. With renewed purpose Warminster went close again in the seventh-sixth minute when Martin Johnson got on the end of an Owen Bartley free kick but his header flew just over the bar. Avonmouth, however, were to have the final say. In the eighty-sixth minute substitute Zaid Samadi added a fifth goal with an unstoppable right foot shot from the right-side of the box, 5-1. 

Credit to Avonmouth who were worthy winners. Losing Jake so early was a big loss and made the visitors task all the harder. On the plus side it was good to see Martin making a substitute appearance and hopefully he will get more match time on Wednesday when we take on Keynsham in another bottom of the table, must win game.

Match report: Geoff Jackson

Warminster Town 4. Gillingham Town 0

Warminster Town 4(3) Gillingham Town 0(0)
Attendance 146

Ahead of today’s game Warminster were in 20th place in the Division One table, Gillingham in 22nd, bottom place. The visitors had just one league win this season against Warminster!

Warminster started the game well and took an early 2nd minute lead. Reece Collyer’s cross field pass found left winger Jake Wright. Jake played the ball into the danger area and Kieron Burpitt turned the ball past the Gills keeper Ben Eastman, 1-0. On 22 minutes a poor Gillingham clearance fell to Jack Duck who fired in left footed to double the home side’s lead, 2-0. Just two minutes later it was three. Jake Wright was brought down in the box and the referee awarded Warminster a penalty. Corey Gardner fired the spot kick past Eastman, 3-0. In the 33rd minute Gillingham went close to pulling a goal back when they hit the post after a free kick from wide right was played into the box.   

As it neared halftime the odds were tipped dramatically in Warminster’s favour. Gills’ substitute Ben Pitman had only been off the bench a few minutes when he was involved in a tussle with Warminster’s Corey Gardner and both players were shown yellow cards. In the 40th minute Pitman received a second yellow for scything down Gardner as the Warminster forward ran down the left touchline. Just five minutes later the visitors were reduced to nine men when Mike Calverley who had already been cautioned for throwing a punch was dismissed for another offence after intervention by a linesman.

As often happens when teams have a numerical advantage performance levels can drop. Warminster continued to dominate but lacked the killer instinct after the break. Chances were squandered and they only added one more goal to their tally. It came in the 65th minute when a Gillingham hand ball in the box led to Warminster being awarded a second penalty. With Corey Gardner having been substituted, Jake Wright stepped up to take the spot kick and fired it past Eastman, 4-0. Thereafter the hosts were never troubled and ran out comfortable winners. The win lifted Warminster above Odd Down to 18th in the table and more importantly opened a five point gap over second from bottom Keynsham Town.

Match report: Geoff Jackson

Calne Town 6 Warminster Town 0

Calne Town 6(3) Warminster Town 0(0)
Attendance 126

Warminster’s away day woes continued as they were heavily defeated by an impressive Calne Town team who started the afternoon in third place in the Western League Division One table.

Calne were dominant from the off and took the lead on 10 minutes. Warminster keeper, Callum Hotine made a great reaction save but Gabe Costello headed the rebound goal wards and the defender on the line could not keep it out. In the 20th minute a low cross from the left was met in the centre of the penalty area by Josh Pike-Bright who doubled the host side’s lead. A couple of minutes before the break Warminster went close to pulling a goal back. A superb cross from the right to the back post just evaded Jake Wright as he slid in. Then in first half stoppage time Josh Pike-Bright was picked out on the edge of the six yard box and he fired past Callum Hotine, three-nil.

After the break Warminster initially restricted Calne’s attacks. On 69 minutes Jake Wright had a half chance. He received the the ball on the edge of the box and got off his shot but the ball flew just wide of the post. Then on 75 minutes referee Rebecca Halford awarded the hosts what appeared to be to be a soft penalty. Callum Hotine superbly saved Stu Windsor’s spot kick but could not stop him putting away the rebound, four-nil. On 84 minutes the impressive Sam Francis dispatched a pass from the right to make it five. Two minutes later Warminster thought they had scrambled in a late consolation but referee Halford disallowed the ‘goal’. In the last minute of normal time Theo Black’s firm header from a right-side corner gave Hotine no chance to make it six-nil. In the third minute of stoppage time a Warminster set piece led to the home keeper, Gorazd Gigov diving to save from Jake Wright to preserve his clean sheet.

Match Report: Geoff Jackson