Royal Wootton Bassett Town Development suffered a heavy 6-0 defeat away against title hopefuls Amesbury Town.

When the teams had met on a boiling hot day back in September it had been a tight affair edged by Amesbury by the odd goal in seven.

In contrast, the return fixture at Bonnymead Park in contrast was very much one-sided.

Amesbury were ahead as early as the second minute of the game, Jack Langdown beating his man and firing in.

The hosts then doubled their lead on 11 minutes, Josh Moore slotting home from the edge of the box.

Centre back Jack Vallis has scored a number of goals with his head from corners this season but on this occasion, it was with his feet that he put Amesbury three up. An initial corner was cleared but was delivered back into the box and met by Vallis on the volley to extend the home side's lead going into the break.

Any chance of the visitors getting back into the game was ended just before the hour mark. Bassett conceded possession in their own half and the ball was squared to Moore who made no mistake for his second of the game.

It went from bad to worseten minutes later. A shot from Moore was well saved by Dan West but substitute Tyler Brockway was following up to put the rebound away.

Twenty minutes from time the influential Moore completed his hat-trick. Ben Morris found space wide on the wing and his cross was met by the head of Moore for his 18th of the season.

Amesbury remain two points behind leaders Kintbury with two games in hand with the two sides set to meet in a fortnight's time in a game which could go a long way to deciding the destination of the league title.

Credit: Mark Smedley
Last modified on Saturday 17th February 2024 at 20:34