GREENMEADOW Youth completed an impressive under 9s league and cup double with a victory on penalties over Ferndale Rodbourne.

The league champions added the League Cup to their trophy cabinet with a 4-2 shootout victory, as Ben Cardus slotted home winning penalty following two saves from keeper Ben Causer.

Rowan Doyle, Ellis Kerrigan-Ritchie and Jamie White also found the net from the spot, which pleased manager Martin Doyle.

“We have been amazing this season and to win the double is a brilliant achievement,” he said.

“We may have only won on penalties, but we dominated the match and we could have won in normal time.

“Their goalkeeper was amazing and got man of the match, and sums up how well we did in creating chances.

“When we got to penalties I think they must have fancied their chances a bit, but I always thought we could win because we beat Croft on penalties in our quarter finals.”

  • THE grandson of Town legend Don Rogers played his part as Swindon Rangers A Under 10s claimed a dramatic late victory over Highworth Town Juniors H.

Jack Paines was a part of the Rangers side that was level at 1-1 with their opponents after normal time, with Charlie Begley netting for Rangers and Ethan Parker registering for Highworth.

And in extra time Begley proved himself the hero as he converted two more chances, giving him a hat-trick and handing Rangers a 3-1 victory.

It was a superb effort from Begley, who came to the fore when the stakes were high to net the critical goals.

Rogers, in his capacity as president of the North Wilts Youth League, witnessed the game from the sidelines and said it was typical of the standard in the age group.

And he further stated that it may even have been the best match played over the entire two days of the finals.

“That was a very close game even though it ended up 3-1,” said Rogers.

“It was probably as good a game as any over the two days, and the standard in the under 10s generally was excellent.”

Jack is the brother of Ben, who himself bagged two goals in the under 14s final as Shaw thrashed Salisbury 4-0.

  • CAINE Bradbury scored twice to send FC Chippenham on their way to a 6-1 victory over FC Abbey Meads Youth in the final of the Under 11s League Cup.

Bradbury’s goals helped the Bluebirds to a 3-0 half time lead along with one from Luke D’Arcy, while goals from James Robinson, Ashley Sulley and an own goal completed the rout.

Lewis Baston grabbed one back for Abbey Meads, but it was Chippenham who picked up the trophy.

  • STANLEY Park produced a magnificent display in both attack and defence to beat Downend Rangers 2-1 to win the Under 12s League Cup at the County Ground.

Park flew forward in the first half and found the net twice through Jake Burkey and Jacob Hutchings to go in at half time with a comfortable lead.

Rangers hit back in the second half and grabbed a goal back through Alex Howell, but Park defended superbly to claim the trophy.

“We always look to play football the right way, and that served us really well in the first half as we put on a really good display and scored some good goals to lead 2-0,” manager Steve Francis said.

“They got one back in the second half, but we defended really well from then onwards and we managed to get the win.

“All of the players have been fantastic this season and to win this final tops it all off, they were all lions out there.”

Francis was also impressed with the way the whole event was organised.

“It was a great day, and the North Wilts league certainly know how to organise finals, and they put a lot of other associations in the shade,” he said.

“To play on the County Ground pitch is a great experience for all of the youngsters, and I am sure they will remember it for the rest of their lives.”

  • FC CALNE A battled back from 1-0 down at the interval to beat Wroughton Youth 2-1 after extra time and claim the Under 13s Cup.

Morgan Watts gave Wroughton the lead, but Daniel Wright equalised to take the game to extra time.Soon after play resumed Kieran Fitzwater quickly gave Calne the lead, and despite an impressive effort from Wroughton they managed to hold on for the win.

Manager Martin Baguley was delighted for his team and praised their work rate.

“They were all great and played with a lot of passion and worked hard for each other,” he said.

“To come back from 1-0 was great and in the end I think we deserved to win because the whole team worked so hard and we scored two good goals.

“We maybe deserved to win the game in normal time, but we dug in and made sure we kept working in extra time to get the crucial goal.

“We have done well to be one of the top four teams in our league this year, and to win the cup is a great achievement.”

  • HIS grandad showed his silky skills at the County Ground on many occasions but on Monday it was Ben Paines’ turn to take his share of the limelight.

Paines is related to flying winger Don Rogers who needs no introduction to the Town faithful, and Paines showed he has inherited at least some of the ex-Swindon man’s skills.

The youngster hit a brace as Shaw Under 14s - managed by Rogers - cantered to a 4-0 success over Salisbury City. Also on the scoresheet were Norm Farooq-Bhatti and Jake Goodwin but it was the overall team performance that saw Shaw take a comfortable victory over their rivals. Manager Rogers said beforehand that his team would win the trophy if they played to their full potential, and that proved to be the case.

And he was delighted to see his side provide an excellent display on the day, revealing that it had been smiles all-round, both on the pitch and on the sideline.

“It was brilliant, we played really well and didn’t give them a chance,” he said.

“It was a lovely feeling seeing the players win it and being the winning manager on that pitch.”