SCHOOLS FOOTBALL

VALE of White Horse fired a four-goal salvo in the second half to open their defence of the ESFA Under 15 Trophy with a 4-0 win over Andover & District at Milton United.

Joel Thompson bagged a brace to set the holders on the way in the second-round tie, before goals from Harrison Crick and Jack Powell sealed victory.

Vale are now away to the winners of Barking & Dagenham or Dacorum in the next round.

Mid Oxon bowed out with a 2-0 defeat by Cheltenham & District at Chipping Norton.

Sam Hughes gave Cheltenham a first-half lead, and Archie Haskayne’s strike after the break sealed Mid Oxon’s fate.

Oxford City have been drawn at home to South London in round three.

Meanwhile, Mid Oxon hold a get-together at Chipping Norton FC on Sunday to celebrate 50 years.

Past players and teachers are invited to come along to the reunion, which takes place from 6pm to 9pm.

  • JOE Webber’s double sealed a 4-1 win for Vale of White Horse Under 14s over Stroud in their Vale Cup opener at Fairford Town.

Following a goalless first half, Sam Bloomer gave Vale the lead with a 15-yard drive.

Charlie Rowland then pounced on a rebound to make it 2-0, before Webber struck twice.

Stroud pulled a goal back ten minutes from time.

OTHER SCORES

BOYS

ESFA Danone Nations Under 12 Cup 2nd round: Chenderit, Banbury 5 (Aryers 2, Wynne 2, Page), Bilton, Rugby 0; Cherwell 7, Oxford (S Allen 3, A Awadh, A MacBryan, H Woodall, N Alabi), Marlborough, Woodstock 2; Icknield, Watlington 1, Oxford Spires Academy 0.

ESFA Under 13 Schools’ Cup 2nd round: John Mason, Abingdon 5, Park House, Newbury 2; Little Heath, Reading 2, King Alfred’s Wantage 3; ESFA Under 14 Premier League Schools’ Cup 3rd round: Lord Williams’s, Thame 1 (B Young), John Hampden, High Wycombe 4.

ESFA Under 14 Small Schools’ Trophy 3rd round: Cokethorpe, Witney 6 (M England 2, S Sweet 2, J Wilde, J Needham), Langtree, Woodcote 0.

ESFA Under 15 Schools’ Cup 2nd round: John Mason, Abingdon 0, Langtree, Woodcote 1 (Arrowsmith).

ESFA Under 18 Schools’ Trophy 3rd round: Campion, South Northants 2, Banbury 0.

GIRLS

ESFA Under 13 Schools’ Cup 2nd round: Highcliffe, Bournemouth 0, Didcot 15 (M Dyer 5, K Miller 3, F Parnell 2, H Porter 2, R Taylor, N Hazell-Mcmillan, og).

ESFA Under 16 Schools’ Cup 3rd round: Cherwell 2, Maiden Erlegh, Reading 3.

ESFA Under 18 Schools’ Trophy 3rd round: Parkstone, Poole 6, King Alfred’s 0.