Champions Slimbridge sign off in style

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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
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Champions Slimbridge finished the season on a high with a 4-0 win over Tuffley Rovers at Wisloe Road.

Kings Stanley grabbed the runners-up spot with a 5-3 victory at Patchway Town. After 14 minutes, the home side were leading 2-0 with goals from Blaine Mitchell and Ollie Bacon.

Stanley hit back in the 29th minute with a goal from Aiden Mercer and a minute before the break were level when Tony Francis netted from the penalty spot. Two minutes into the second half, Stanley took the lead through Martin McDermott and in the 70th minute Mike Beckingham made it 4–2. Patchway hit back five minutes later with a second from Ollie Bacon but with just four minutes to go Nick Rieger netted a fifth for Stanley.

Chipping Sodbury Town and Axa shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw at the Ridings. Andrew Miles opened the scoring for the home side after 12 minutes.

Axa drew level six minutes later with a Ryan McKillop strike. Both sides had chances in the second half but there were no further scores.

Hanham Athletic and Thornbury Town met for the second week running and this time Hanham took all three points with a 1-0 victory.

The goal came mid-way through the second half when Mark Pocock was brought down in the box and Shaun Morris netted the penalty.

Ellwood finished off their home fixtures with a 1-0 defeat to Bishop's Cleeve Reserves, the second reverse they had suffered within four days by the same team. The goal was netted by Jamie Hammond in the 10th minute.

B&W Avonside's inconsistent form continued as they went down 2-1 at home to Highridge United.

Highridge took the lead after an hour through Nick Pratten. Six minutes later they were 2-0 up when Mitch Kavanagh headed home.

B&W pulled a goal back in the 79th minute with a Ricki Boulton strike and, although they pushed forward in the dying minutes, they couldn't muster an equaliser.

Henbury ended their losing run with a 1-0 victory over Berkeley Town. The goal came in the third minute, when Shane Hobbs converted a penalty.

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