10th May 2026 - Wick win at Champions Sharpness
Mark Simpson
Sharpness were confirmed champions last Monday and were presented with the cup yesterday. Filton Athletic are runners
up with Tewkesbury Town in third place. Hanham are relegated as are Cribbs Reserves, unless an unlikely result occurs
in Totterdown’s last game.
Sharpness receiving the Trophy frrom Rob Orchard of Marcliff
, Image courtesy Peter Langley
Sharpness Marcliff County League Champions 2025/26
, Image courtesy Peter Langley
Sharpness came into this game on the back of securing the league title last Monday and were given a guard of honour
by visitors Wick. The game started slowly with little or no goalmouth action but the visitors did look the brighter of
the two teams. Wick took the lead midway through the half when Rudge latched on to a loose ball and drove across the
edge of the box and unleashed a curling effort into the top corner. Sharpness nearly got on level terms but Hemmings
saw his header well saved. Wick doubled their lead from a corner just before the half ended when an unmarked Sayers
headed the ball down and it bounced up into the far corner of the net over the top of Thomas’ head who was on the
post. The second half was much of the same with little goalmouth action but Will Tainton had a glorious chance to
halve the deficit but he couldn’t finish his brothers cross from a couple of yards out. Wick thoroughly deserved their
victory and are the only team that The Sharks have failed to beat this season. Sharpness were then presented with the
Dennis Barrett trophy by Chairman Peter Langley and Rob Orchard of sponsors Marcliff and the celebrations ensued.
At Elm Park Filton Athletic played their final home game of the season against Tewkesbury Town and they did start the
brighter of the two sides as Trey Merrett cut in from the left but was just wide with his shot and then saw his direct
free kick go wide of the same post. But it was Tewkesbury who took the lead after a mistake by Jack Cole left Joe
Peachy alone in the box to score past Tom Evans. The rest of the half was fairly even with Fraser Venables’ shot well
saved by Joe Poole. Filton made a few changes at half time and Liam Dorman tried his luck from range but was just over
the top. Tewkesbury scored again when the ball was cut back to Scott Nicholls after a knock down and he finished well
from the edge of the box. Things got worse for Filton when Kieran Cooper was dismissed for a 2nd yellow and Tewkesbury
had a couple of chances to extend their lead when Jamie Goodwin beat Chris Hillyer but was denied by Carson
Ainger-West and then Ainger-West spilled a high ball but Goodwin headed past the post. This was the last action of a
low action end of season game, 2-0 to Tewkesbury.
Sunny day at the Hawthorns, with a good attendance to see the last game of the season as Broadwell Amateurs welcomed
Bromley Heath United. With Phil “Big Ern” Delaney's swan song before hanging up his boots after 36 consecutive seasons
at “The Well”
A bright start to the First half for Broadwell with the first goal coming after 10 minutes with Harry Knight clipping
one in behind down the channel with a fired cross turned into their own net by Heath, the second goal coming not long
after with a flowing move, with a Jamie Creed flickung on to Ben Fishwick and a pass into Jamie Belfitt to score his
first after it looked like the chance had gone. The third goal coming with Jamie Belfitt getting his second and
starting the move with a set back to Harry Malcolm in their own half, a threaded ball to Jamie Creed and a perfectly
weighted pass through to Jamie Belfitt who rounded the keeper, got clipped but stayed on his feet to tuck it away for
3-0. Bromley came back into the game being a constant threat from set pieces.
In the Second half with Bromley the brighter of the two teams, getting their rewards with 1 back after a long throw
not dealt with and turned in by Joel Mitchellmore for 3-1. Broadwell struck back for 4-1, following good closing down
from Jamie Creed, Rhys MacPherson and Harry Malcolm, Malcolm pinching the ball that fell to MacPherson who slotted
through for Jamie Creed 1 on 1 with keeper, rounded the keeper who got a slight touch and took the ball into Jamie
Belfitt to slot into the empty net for his Hat-trick.
3rd May 2026 - Filton keep title race alive
Mark Simpson
Sharpness took another step towards the title with a convincing home win although Filton kept in touch with a useful
away win themselves. The relegation positions are virtually confimed with Hanham already down and Cribbs will join
them unless Totterdown manage to lose 32-0 in their final game.
After all but securing their County League status last Tuesday Totterdown United welcomed high-flying Filton Athletic
to Norton Lane, and had a dreadful start to the game by conceding in the first five minutes when a ball over the top
was pounced on by Trey Merrett and a very nice finish lobbing Ashley Martin from 18 yards out. Filton had the majority
of possession in the first half but Totterdown held their shape well and made themselves hard to break down whilst
trying to threaten on the counter. Filton provided some threat from corners but only managed misplaced headers.
Totterdown started the second half very well and played some nice football creating a few chances. Filton always posed
an attacking threat even when on the backfoot forcing 4 or 5 good saves from Ashley Martin. The game was pretty well
end to end and Totterdown had a decent chance when Ollie Lovell was through on goal but couldn’t get the ball out of
his feet to get a shot away. It was around the 70th minute when Filton punished Totterdown with an attack and a
strikers finish from Kieron Cooper. Totterdown got a consolation in the last five minutes as Jack Thorley assisted
George Saunders to place the ball past the keeper, but Filton keep in touch at the top with this 2-1 win.
With Tewkesbury Town looking for a third-place spot and Frampton United looking to see if they can climb up from
sixth place the first thirty minutes was an end-to-end affair with Jamie Goodwin making the Frampton defence hard to
keep the League’s top scorer under wraps. A pot shot from Alex Roder saw Tom Kaye make a routine save. The Frampton
attack was causing the Town defence problems but they managed to cancel them out. Joe Poole made a fine save to keep
Frampton out but, they managed to break the deadlock 10 minutes before the break when a corner was driven to an
unmarked Dom Brown who powered a header in. The second half was a well contested battle but midway through the half
Scott Nicholls lunged in to give a penalty away which Poole made a great save from. Frampton doubled their lead
shortly after when neither the Town defence or keeper Poole committed themselves allowing Joe Spill to drive home.
Town pressed forward to try and reduce the deficit but left themselves exposed at the back allowing Kris Bulley to
score and secure a 3-0 Frampton win.
It was certainly a game of two halves weather wise with the first half in bright sunshine and the second half in
monsoon conditions at Arnall Drive for Henbury & Rockleaze against Quedgeley Wanderers. The game was a typical end of
season affair with neither team having much to play for and QW looking forward to a League Cup semi-final. Neither
keeper had much to do all game with the only real effort in the first half being H&R’s goal which came from a
tantalising free kick from Jack Mills which Jordan Buckett got a run on his man to nod home. The second half saw a bit
more action and on 51 minutes Steve Sparrow in the QW goal saved well from Matt Harrison’s attempt but just two
minutes later Seb Keith struck the ball home from 18 yards, giving Harry Trett no chance, and 1-1 it was. On 73
minutes Fin Jenner had a shot well fielded by Trett but the game petered out in the rain with the sides sharing the
points.
At the Hawthorns Broadwell Amateurs were out of the blocks fast against Tytherington Rocks with a first County League
goal for 17-year-old Liam Brain following good work from Kristian Burnard in the channel, setting back for Kian
Skidmore and a first time deep cross which Brain calmly controlled and smashed into the roof of the net. Tytherington
had a chance to level within minutes from a penalty which struck the base of the post with the rebound goal
disallowed. The second half was a fairly even affair until Tytherington equalised 20 minutes from the end with the
ball smashed across the box and an unmarked Waterman providing the finishing touch. Tytherington finished the stronger
of the two teams and found a winner from a corner and a near post header flicked in to the net by Sims to give them a
2-1 win and three points.
At Hamfields Sharpness comfortably beat Ruardean Hill Rangers 5-1 to stay nine points clear of Filton at the top.
Sharpness scorers Will Tainton (2), Jack Smith, Tom Frankham, and Ben Hemmings. Fin Jones scoring for Ruardean.
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