Witney & District FA

Charlbury Town stayed four points clear at the top of the Premier Division table after beating Spartan Rangers 2-0, writes Anthony Barlow.

Goals from Craig McCallum and James Evans kept alive their championship hopes.

Hailey, who are second, have four games in hand on the leaders, and kept up the pressure with a 4-3 victory over Brize Norton.

Dean Mays grabbed a brace, with Dave Bowen and Mark Wright also on target.

Richard Taylor, Dan King and Dave Wanless relpied for Brize, but it was not enough.

Ducklington stayed in third place with a 1-0 victory over Bampton Town.

Ben Clapton scored the only goal, although Ducklington also hit the woodwork four times, had two penalty appeals turned down and saw two efforts cleared off the line.

At the other end of the table, Minster Lovell won their basement battle against West Witney 3-1.

James Minnion scored in the first half for West Witney, but Minster hit back to snatch the points as Leo Haines, Craig Sallis and Martin Latimer were on target.

The result means that Minster need eight points from their last eight games to avoid the drop at West Witney’s expense.

FC Mills boosted their Division 1 survival hopes with a 3-2 victory over promotion-chasing Kingham All Blacks.

Sam Philpotts and Gareth Tyack netted for Kingham, but a brace from Mev Gundem and a strike from Ollie Lyon gave Mills the points.

North Leigh A missed the chance to close the gap at the top after losing 2-1 to AC Finstock.

Former North Leigh players Andy Jackson and Craig Horne sunk their old clubmates, with Will Smalden replying.

Chipping Norton Town boosted their Division 2 title challenge with a 2-0 victory over FC Nomads.

Warwick Tompkins and Matt Smith scored their goals.

Spartan Rangers Res thumped Tackley 5-0.

Rory Dunseath led the way with a hat-trick, and there were also goals for Gavin Kominek and Paul Saunders.

FC Mills Res pulled off a shock result as they defeated Charlbury Town Res 5-3 in a Division 3 thriller.

Fou Othmani, Rob Debanks, Arron Hyatt, Adam Miles and goalkeeper Martin Lister scored their goals, with Carl Siford (2) and Gary Jones replying for Charlbury.

The result – a third win in a row for Mills – has boosted their chances of avoiding the drop.

Carterton A need just four more points to clinch the Division 4 title after a convincing 4-1 victory over AFC Marlborough.

Steve Foreman netted for Marlboro-ugh, but doubles from Chris Hirons and Dan Brearley gave Carterton the points.

Freeland A boosted their promotion hopes with a 2-0 win over Wychwood Forest Res.

Adam Longford and Stu McNaughton scored the goals.

OTHER SCORERS

Div 1: Milton 1 (J Beaney), Ducklington Res 1 (G Brooks).

Div 2: West Witney Res 1 (S Smith), Southrop 1 (S Williams); Kingham AB Res 0, Two Rivers 2 (B Lachwicz, B Frackiewicz).

Div 3: Ducklington A 3 (J Hirshfield 2, P Neale), Aston Res 1 (D Godden); FC Chequers Res 7 (M Semali 2, A Gray 2, S Foster 2, R Eastaff), Hailey Res 2 (N Buckingham, J Hale).

Div 4: Combe Res 4 (M Boon, A Fleetwood, Z Harding, R Edgington), Witney Ath 0; Stanton Harcourt 2 (D Cooper 2), Chipping Norton Tn Res 2 (F Duffield, C Dunn); Wychwood Forest Res 0, Freeland A 2.