22nd March 2026 - Bishops Cleeve Development stun Frampton
Mark Simpson
Bishops Cleeve defeating Frampton, yes, I can see that, but 7-1 was a result I would have never have thought possible. Another five-goal demolition of another of the bottom group sees Sharpness stay top, but Filton maintained pressure on Sharpness with a twelfth victory in a row.
A bumper crowd at Kayte Lane on a glorious Saturday afternoon saw Bishops Cleeve Development rampant against Frampton United. It took the home side five minutes to open the scoring as George Cuzner opened his account. Cleeve continued to dominate but it was Frampton who scored next from a free kick finding Matt Halsey free . Ellerton continued his scoring run to put Cleeve back in front and goal number three followed a foul on Ellerton with Monty New scoring. Cleeve were in the mood for goals and skipper Danter-Welch added a goal from a beautiful corner routine. The goal of the game followed with Gardiner lobbing Tom Kaye from 40 yards. The second half would naturally calm down in front of goal, however, Cleeve added a further two goals early on with Cuzner scoring a tap in and Harry Davis scoring from another corner routine with a delightfully placed strike for a 7-1 Bishops Cleeve win.
At the Lawns Cribbs Reserves, after a midweek win were hoping to upset League leaders Sharpness, but it was the visitors who took the lead on 7 minutes when Ben Hemmings converted a penalty. A depleted Cribbs side responded well and played some good football but only created half-chances. On 34 minutes Kier Bennett latched onto a through ball and slotted past Jude Brown to double the visitor’s advantage. Five minutes before the break a point blank save by Brown kept Cribbs in the match but moments later home skipper Andy Forward saw red for an off the ball incident which tended to undo Cribbs hard work as on 48 minutes Mike Bryant made it 3-0 for the Sharks. The ten men of Cribbs still managed to play some neat football and got a deserved goal when a pin-point cross from Abdul Bangoura was headed home by James Capon. However, Sharpness immediately responded when Alfie Jones restored the three-goal advantage and Will Tainton finished a fine passing move to complete the scoring making it a 5-1 Sharpness win.
It's now twelve wins in a row for Filton Athletic after a hard-fought home win over Bromley Heath United. The first fifteen minutes was an even affair until a Fraser Venables corner missed everyone and cannoned off the post and Bromley had a good breakaway but were stopped by Chris Hillyer’s fine defending. The first real Filton chance came on the half hour when Trey Merrett’s shot was deflected to Kieran Daniels but he shot over and then a Venables cross was met by Cooper and his header was narrowly over. Filton broke the deadlock on 40 minutes when Venables nutmegged his man and the curled his shot into the top corner. Bromley equalised right on half-time when Elliston-Sackett scored after the ball came off O’Brien’s chest. Bromley started the second half on top when top-man Lewis’s shot is saved by Taylor. Filton got the next goal to restore their lead when Cooper finished well from Venables great through ball. Bromley were temporarily down to ten following a sin-binning and Tom Fry almost made it three for the home side when he rattled a post after good work by Liam Dorman. With the last action of the game Bromley almost equalised when Charlie Snell headed over from a corner and Filton had held out for a hard-fought 2-1 win.
At Vicarage Road Hanham Athletic hosted Quedgeley Wanderers as they sought to improve their miserable season, and it was QW who had the first real chance when a mistake by Harley Boyce let John De Quincey Adams in but a brilliant double-save by Ashton Trott kept the striker at bay. Hanham had their first real chance on 25 minutes when a great run and cross from Tom Sayers was only inches away from a finish by Morgan Stryjewski. Hanham had an unbelievable chance to take the lead at the start of the second half when a cross from the right fell to Twaine Plummer a yard out but somehow failed to score. Hanham had another great chance but this time Paul Coles should have scored but his shot was stopped on the line and their last chance of the game from a corner which was narrowly headed over by Liam Maggs and goalless it finished.
At the Ruardean Rec. Tewkesbury Town were up against Ruardean Hill Rangers and the first chance fell to Hill after a great break and deep cross by Luke Brown found Steve Clark who in turn squared to Max Telling who lifted the ball over the bar from 6 yards. Hill were on the front foot pushing Town back and it wasn’t until the fifteenth minute that Town started to come back into the game with a couple of deep crosses that failed to test Underwood in the Hill goal but, they managed to take the lead a few minutes later as the ball was held up and a through ball found Jamie Goodwin who made no mistake slotting past Underwood. Five minutes later Hill should have been level after a lovely through ball from Ollie Mason found Steve Clark but his effort was over with only Poole to beat. Hill’s equaliser came on 39 minutes as a great ball from Charley Mason found Max Telling on the wing and his early cross found Ollie Mason who nutmegged Poole in the Tewkesbury goal. Two minutes into the second half Clark found himself in acres of room but fired wide. Hill found another couple of chances around the 70th minute, one from a corner, the second from a great ball in by Charley Mason who found his brother Ollie but his weak header was saved by Poole. Hill finally got the lead on 82 minutes when a great ball in by Charley Mason was unfortunately headed in to his own goal by Scott Nicholls. Hill got their third on 85 minutes when a bad defensive header back to Poole was intercepted by Kane Fellows who lobbed the keeper. Right on the stroke of time Hill nearly scored a fourth but Ollie Mason’s shot brought a great save from Poole, so 3-1 to Hill it ended.
Tytherington Rocks faced Chalford at Hardwicke looking to build on recent positive performances but it was Chalford on the back of four wins who went into the lead in the 9th minute when the ball landed at the feet of Andy Maryon who smashed it into the top corner. Tytherington pushed for an equaliser but were unable to create anything clear cut. The second half followed a similar format to the first and in the 55th minute a corner landed at the feet of Travis Cooke who smashed the ball in from the edge of the box for Chalford’s second. Tytherington ended the game with ten men after keeper Luke Baker went off injured, having used all of their subs and 2-0 it ended to Chalford.
On a fine afternoon on a fine pitch at the Nest Wick took on Totterdown United and the visitors were on the front foot from the start testing Wilson in the Wick goal after only four minutes. Wick had a free kick in the 9th minute but the shot was comfortably claimed by keeper Martin and chances were few and far between for the first half hour. Following a period of Wick pressure Tommy Lacey let loose a shot on the half hour mark but cleared the Totts bar, and shortly after, following a Wick corner, Totterdown broke quickly down the right wing and an excellent cross found Toby Carter steaming in to neatly finish past Wilson to open the scoring. Six minutes later a goalmouth scramble in the Wick box was somehow kept out by the Wick defence to prevent the visitors from going two up. Five minutes before the break Archer went down the Wick left and whipped in a great ball across the goal which Lloyd just failed to connect with, and as the half drew to a close Wilson tipped over to prevent a Totts second. Wick started the second half the brighter of the teams and put a great chance wide. Wick huffed and puffed and created little with the Totts defence holding firm and Martin ever alert in goal. An opportunity for Wick on the hour was scuffed wide which appeared to sum Wick’s afternoon up. But, ten minutes from time a great shot from Freddie Mogg from the edge of the box found the bottom corner of the net for Wick’s equaliser. The action stepped up for the final ten minutes with both sides looking for a winner and in added time Martin tipped over a shot bound for the top corner and one apiece it finished which was probably a fair result.
At the Hawthorns Broadwell Amateurs took on Henbury & Rockleaze with an uneventful first half and the best chances falling to Broadwell, the first from Dan Brain from the edge of the area with Harry Trett making a smart save low down to his right and the second a free kick just outside the area which Kian Skidmore smashed straight into the wall. The second half was much more entertaining and despite a red card for H&R following a coming together they took the lead shortly after when Jones’ “cross” evaded everyone including Jack Watkins. Broadwell piled forward but there was no end product in the final third with H&R sitting deep and tight and very well organised. The equaliser came from a bit of misfortune with the ball bouncing up and catching an H&R hand in the area with a penalty awarded which was dispatched by Jamie Creed. H&R took the lead shortly after following a corner with Jordi Locke misjudging the bounce and a strange own-goal following. As the game wore on Locke received a red card as the last man, but nothing came from the free kick. In the final moments as Broadwell committed forward a diagonal ball out from Dan Brain to Liam Brain inside the box and his low driven cross was deflected in for another own goal in the dying seconds for 2-2.
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