Bracknell Town & District Sunday Football League
Match reports for all divisions on 14th September 08

Premier League

Athletico Priestwood kicked off their season against last weeks high scorers Bagshot Road. It was a close affair with Bagshot nicking the game 2-1 having played some decent football out on the park. Dan Chambers and Dan Lewendon got the all important goals for Bagshot, whilst Carl Withers got the reply for Priestwood in their bad day at the office.

Emmbrook Inn couldn’t repeat the goalscoring and comeback feat of their opening game as they went down to Finchampstead Athletic 3-0. Emmbrook played a good game but could not capitalise on any chances. Luke Axton-Hall (2) and Harry Swabey netting the goals. Premier new boys Winkfield took advantage of their chances to put last seasons runners up Green Man to the sword. In what was an excellent game all round, the scores were level at 1-1 going into the break With Tom Maguire scoring for Green Man and Dan Walker for Winkfield. Lee Nevard and Dan Sleet grabbed the all decisive strikes for Winkfield to see them take all 3 points with a 3-1 win.

Wokingham United felt unlucky to have lost their fixture this week to the hands of William Twigg, but Luke Carswell ensured that the Twigg took all 3 points in his encounter.

Crowthorne (the prince) played host Bracknell Manics this week and it was the Manics whom seemed to be struggling from the play as they lost 2 key players in the first half although keeping the scores level at the break at 1-1. Into the 2nd and Manics were yet again struck by injury as they went down to 10 men for the last 30 mins of the match. This did not deter them from overcoming the visitors at the final whistle with a score line of 3-2. Kalin Krumov and Gary Farmer scoring for Manics whilst Stuart Keen replied with a brace for Crowthorne.

1st Division

FC Diligent started their season with a bang against Keltar Old Boys after having been promoted to this division direct from the 4th. The home took advantage of the play and scored 3 times with no reply from Keltar to take all 3 points in a 3-0 win. Jack Bill Algare, Matt Davis and man of the match Jack Steadman all netted for the winners.

FC Priestwood showed no mercy to a young group of Finchampstead Res players whom are coming up through the ranks as they ran out 4-1 winners. Gareth Brant bagged a hat trick with Colin Brewster scoring the 4th.

Either FC Wokingham or Winkfield Sports could have nicked the game in which they played today as the entire game was end to end and very tight. It was however FC Wokingham whom came out on top this time with a 4-3 win having Mo Zagbani (3) and Barry Agar netting for them. Mark Brown, Adam Sharp and Chris Livingstone replied for Winkfield Sports.

Rides United could not do anything to deter a very strong Woodley Hammers side from taking all 3 points in this match. Woodley scored through James Spalding, Rob Timbers and Neal Robinson as they came away with a 3-0 win.

Sunninghill Athletic found themselves 1-0 down early on in their fixture against The Metropolitan as they conceded an own goal to put themselves under some pressure. Into the 2nd half and Sunninghill were awarded a penalty which was duly converted by Pas Uko to tie things up at 1-1 which is where the score stayed.

Wokingham Wanderers were missing a few players and felt the pinch as they were shot down 6-2 by a strong Sandhurst Social side. Tom Soane remains prolific in front of goal as he fired both goals for the home side. .

2nd Division

AFC Dukes and 3M fought out a very even match in which the result could have gone either way. 3M took the opening goal as Bill Bailey scored before the half to take advantage. AFC Dukes did fight back and were rewarded with 2 goals from Andy Fraser, of which 1 was a penalty, to bring themselves back into the game. Martin Ell levelled the scores as 3M took a lot of the possession in the 2nd half and pressed the Dukes back line. John Edney netted in the 85th minute to steal all 3 points for 3M with a 3-2 score line.

BMW and Bracknell Galaxy both kicked off their season as they battled each other for the points on offer. Galaxy took the lead as Steve Champion opening the scoring, only for BMW to reply before the half via Ashley Webb. With a share of the spoils in the 2nd half also, Paul Sharman netted for BMW and Kelvin May for Galaxy to take the final score to 2-2.

FC Fernhill conceded a goal in the opening minutes to a Gary Porter penalty for Dukes Head. This however spurred the home side on as they cruised through the game and came out on top with a score of 7-3. Mark Triggers and Lee Thomas netted the others for Dukes Head, whilst Sam Whiting (3), Robert Musson, Jamie Osbourne, Ben Knight and Adam Emptage all scored for Fernhill.

In what was a very one sided game, Prince felt the full force of Ashridge Park and were struck down with a 13-0 defeat.

Woodley Hammers Res had to come from behind against The Old Manor as the visitors were handed a penalty early on in the match, upon which Nick Smith converted. Woodley levelled things up by the break as Joe Ward got himself on the score sheet. The 2nd half was a different affair and all the spoils go to Adam Richardson as he netted a hat trick for Woodley to take the final score to 4-1.

3rd Division

Bracknell Manics Res started strongly against Winkfield Res and had 3 good efforts on goal early on. Ith these efforts being spurned though, Manics heads dropped and allowed Winkfield to play through and score 4 goals before the half. The 2nd half was shared as both teams netted twice each giving a final score of 6-2 to Winkfield. Both Prendecarp and Delaney netted hat tricks for Winkfield, whilst Graham McDonald got a brace for Manics.

FC Muchachos took the lead through John Sills as they had Cable & Wireless on the back foot. Andrew King levelled the score after a short time, only for Cable to concede a penalty. Danny Russell took the penalty for Muchachos, the keeper parried the spot kick only for the re-bound to fall at the feet of the taker whom struck the net with this 2nd opportunity. Cable came back into the game and were rewarded at full time having scored twice through Craig Murphy and Richard Chamberlain to take all 3 points in this 3-2 win.

Inter took full advantage of their new signing Steve Munday as he bagged 4 goals in his debut to help see off a much hassled Syngenta side 9-1. John Taylor scored Syngentas solitary goal with Wayne Tandy (3), David Bird and Matt Harrington adding to the Inter goal tally. It could have been more had the Syngenta keeper not had a good game.

Keephatch Park scored 4 times in the first half to see off the The Bridge advances and kill off any chance of a comeback. Keephatch netted a further goal in the 2nd with the Bridge grabbing 2 of their own through Jamie Tucker and Anthony Waistell in this game which ended 5-2. Steve Birchill, Chris Lidwood, Liam Davies and Adam Lawton (2) all scoring for Keephatch with Copperwater being named man of the match.

Leaders shook off the struggles to their new season to bounce back into the league against opponents Queens Head. Having taken the lead 3 times, Leaders could not hold off the advances of Queens Head as the points were shared in this 3-3 draw. Nick Bright (2) and Tom Hobbs scored for Leaders, with Chris Newlove netting a hat trick for Queens Head.

The Victoria Arms got the better of visitors Finchampstead Ath B as they ran home 2-0 victors with Kwarme Appiah and Steven Wills getting the goals.

4th Division

AFC Farmer could not see off the advances of AFC Beechfleet as the visitors made it 2 wins in 2 with a 3-1 win. Jack Clark scored for the Farmer, whilst Liam Sherry, Ross Bernon and Sean Dellar all netted for AFC Beechfleet.

Bagshot Road Res had a good start to the match as they pressed the back line of opponents The Birch constantly for the opening 20 minutes. The home side were rewarded with a goal as Dave Simmons latched onto a defensive error to neatly slot the ball into the net. The Birch responded well as Danny Jones whipped a corner into the box, only for a Bagshot defender to turn the ball into his own net to level the scores before the half. Into the 2nd half and The Birch started the brighter scoring 3 quick goals before Bagshot could switch on. Danny Jones netted a brace as he sidefooted past the keeper for the first and took advantage of a quick free kick to sail the ball high into he top corner of the net leaving the keeper standing. Jamie Austin grabbed the other as he neatly placed the ball low into the net for a 4-1 lead. Bagshot kicked up a gear and started pressing the Birch back line once more only for the majority of the chances to be saved by the in form keeper Steven Bruce. Bagshot latched onto a misplaced back pass from the Birch midfield and scored through Sam Willis to liven things up. No less than a minute later Willis struck again to put the pressure into the game with only 1 minute remaining. The Birch held their nerve and held on for a 4-3 win.

Bracknell Badgers have re grouped this season and started well, this week seeing off Loddon Valley Rangers 3-2. Jamie O’Donnell, Andy Gregory and Keeno all on the score sheet for Badgers, with Duncan Campwell netting both for the visitors.

FC A1 Group take an early lead in the 4th division table as they struck down Athletico Reading 6-2 Michael Pike, Alex Carey, Paul Hicks and Adam Cornell (3) bagged the all important goals for the home side, with Mark Sturgis and Mark Timpson on target for Reading.

Warfield United could not stop Red Star from getting 2 wins in 2 as the visitors yet again triuphied with a 3-2 score line. James Knight and Alex Mellor netted for Warfield, with Peter Socolovski (2) and Chris Blu getting the winning goals for Red Star. Both teams commented on the referees fine performance.

William Twigg Res found 2nd gear this week with a commanding perfomance by destroying visitors Rides United Res 16-1. Lee Brown (4), Jack Davis (3), Billy Morten (3), John Mulholland (3), Danny Green, Daniel Barnes and Darryl Baker all found the net for Twigg as the one touch passing out classed the visitors as the score line suggests.

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