Southampton Sunday League round-up
WIMPSON left AFC Eastleigh wobbling and weak-kneed after stuffing 23 goals past them to bolster their Division Eight title claims.
The game was over as a contest at half-time as Wimpson led 7-0, but the title contenders ran riot in the second half, running in 16 goals without reply to record the season’s biggest tally to date.
Jack Cullin led the scoring stakes with an individual eightsome, outbidding John Callaway by one. Josh Rose, Liam Prince, and Robert Lamb all sank doubles, with Jack Castle and Conner Kelly completing a cricket score.
Wimpson moved to withing a point of Division Eight leaders Bursledon, with a game in hand.
Shane Reid’s hat-trick kept Holly Hill Reserves in with a sniff with a 3-1 win over pointless Halfway Inn Reserves (Tommy Mwason).
AFC Southside were cruising with a 4-0 half-time lead over M&T, who woke up in the second half to make a game of it. Lloyd Marande, Kian O’Rourke, Liam Sinckler, James Elmore and Kieron Roper notched for Southside, with Chris Walcroft (2) and Dean Kneller providing a 3-5 scoreline.
Most of the fun and frolics happened in the second half of Montfort’s 6-2 win over Compton.
Montfort led 1-0 at half-time with little hint of the second-half mayhem to come. Cameron Early (2), Will Nichols (2), Tom Nicholls and Olly Lovell were on target for Montfort, with Ben Cook and Caius McEwan replying for Compton.
Meanwhile, back in Cup action ,. AFC Shirley moved into the semi-final of the Hampshire FA Sunday Trophy with a 4-3 win at North Hampshire outfit Overton. Harry Vidler’s double, and single strikes from Charlie Wyeth and Morgan Callaway edged Shirley over the line.
No such luck for Cranbourne who exited the Hampshire FA Sunday Vase Cup at the quarter-final stage with a 3-0 defeat at Portsmouth side Fort Cumberland.
Bursledon United and South Coast will battle out the Southampton Divisional Junior B Cup final after winning their respective semi-finals.
Nick Watts led the way with a foursome in Bursledon’s 7-0 win over Hamble United Sunday, with Joe Thompson-Piri, Jensen Patrick and Alex McNeil rounding off the scoring.
The other semi was a much tighter affair with Derek Shanahan scoring twice to edge South Coast past AFC Netley Reserves (Callum Wookey).
Butlocks Heath, Langley Tavern and Mottisfont all booked places in the semi-finals of the Trophyman AJ Miller Trophy.
A Clayd Roach hat-trick and a Lewis Bridle single saw Butlocks Heath home 4-0 against Landguard Rovers.
Langley Tavern (James Willis 2, Justin Dominey, Josh Munro) saw off Lyndhurst (Steve Thompson) 4-1 while Alfie Borland’s hat-trick led Mottisfont’s comfortable 5-0 win over Embley Park. Matt Bosanquet and Harry Dancer completed the scoring.
Butlocks Heath Division One title hopes were boosted while they put their feet up, with Madeinheath United and Newton Heath doing them huge favours.
Lewis Wild and Matt Brewer stuck huge dent in Chambelayne’s title hopes with a 2-1 win (Louis Lemesurier) while Cellar Dwellers Newton Heath shocked Taurus by earning only their second point of the season in a 2-2 draw.
Ashley Nunn and a Scott Roberts spot-kick earned Newton a draw which did Taurus’s (Thomas Farrell, Connor Smith) title hopes no favours at all.
In the sole Division Two fixture, Millrook Sunday (Matty West) and AFC Riverside (Taylor O’Hare) shared the points in a 1-1 draw.
Woolston T&L’s grip at the top of Division Three looks solid after their 4-1 win over AFC Redbridge, woth Georger Fairless, Stanley Triggs-Rogers, Hamish Gattrell and an og sealing the points (Alex Azadegan for Redbridge).
But Wyvern Youth Reds are lurking with intent, after their 5-2 win over AFC Hythe left them six points behind Woolston with four games in hand. Owen Hurst (2, one pen), Dom Pilch, Lewis Nagle and Tayler Chapman (pen) were on the money for Wyvern, with ~James Kilford and Lewis Fisher replying for Hythe.
You can only feel sorry for Cottage Inn’s Joe Wooders who fired a hat-trick but still finished on the losing side! Fin Ireland also notched for Cottage but Holly Hill Hawks rattled in eight to clam the points. Josh Holton (3), Connor Reed (2), Elliott Cox, Louis Baldacchino, and Daniel Hamilton-Lee were on target for Hawks.
Southern Sports kept their Division Four title hopes on life-support with a 4-2 win over Eastleigh Town to keep them within touching distance of leaders Sporting Compass.
Kieran Lofts, Ryan Williams and Andrew Powell (2) clinched victory for Southern, Adam Swift and Damiel Page replied for Eastleigh.
Ryan Cooper (2, 1 pen) and Dave Williams were Solent United Reds’ scorer in a 3-0 win over Royale Marine.
West Totton Wanderers made it six wins from six Division Five league games, Sam Knighton (3), Demar Martin, Nathan Gray and Brad Stone on target in a 6-0 win over Wyvern Youth.
Jarod Parker’s hat-trick propelled Pavilion Panthers to a 4-2 win over Boorley Green. Mike MacDoland rounded off Panthers scoring, with Diego Dunivcher and Ollie Shapland consoling Boorley Green.
Marchwood Rangers’ (Lewis Crookes 2, Sam Johnstone, Brandon King) 4-1 win over AFC Paxton will have Division Six leaders South Coast looking over their shoulders, while AFC Hiltingbury will be feeling good about themselves after an 8-1 thumping of Burridge (Dave Middleton). James Fiest dined out with a hat-trick, Oliver Burroughs and Ollie Rushant sank doubles, and Sam Piper completed the rout.
Any faint, lingering hopes Lyndhurst Reserve might have harboured of catching Division Seven leaders Linden Tree were snuffed out with a 6-3 loss to Solent Sports Hamble.
Jack Fisher landed five for Solent, with Adam Hayward rounding off the scoring, and Taylor Barnard (2) and Ryan Hartley replied for Lyndhurst.
BTC (Darryl Bathm Conner McCall, Ousman Boye) and Bombay Boys (Peter Ducker 2, Charlie Henty) shared the points in a 3-3 draw, and Wyvern Youth Saints (Harvey Benham) and Bishopstoke WMC (Cameron MacBrayne) did likewise in a 1-1 scoreline.
