In one of only two games to be played in the Premier Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League, Royal Wootton Bassett Town Development recorded an important home win against their Salisbury equivalents in a big game at the bottom end of the table in the fight to avoid relegation.

With the wind and rain making things difficult for both sides, even on an artificial surface, the story of the game is really one of Bassett capitalising on mistakes at the back with a high-press.

They went in front playing against the wind in the first half, George Staten intercepting a ball played across the Salisbury back line to fire home.

They doubled their lead when Flynn Walters this time capitalised on another defensive mistake to put Bassett two goals to the good.

Salisbury got themselves back into the game early in the second half with an excellent goal from Joshua Ngombi following some tricky play down the wing from Naman Gurung.

In the first half Bassett full back Oliver Smith had kept Gurung quiet. But after the restart Gurung started to cause all kinds of problems to the Bassett defence as Salisbury went in search of an equaliser.

Having avoided conceding a second, Bassett, with the wind behind them, upped their pressing game as they sought a third but found Salisbury keeper Ernest Osei was having an excellent game.

And Bassett only made sure of the points when once again they capitalised on a defensive error. Walters was the beneficiary for his second of the game as it finished 3-1.

Credit: Mark Smedley
Last modified on Tuesday 21st January 2025 at 11:05