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Calne over 60s team picked up 7 points from 5 games in the latest round of fixtures in the Wiltshire League , which were played at the recently opened 3G pitch, on a particularly chilly day in June at Stanley Park, Chippenham .    We remain top of the league on a day when we recorded wins over the teams who were occupying the 2nd and 3rd positions at the start of the day but conversely lost to the two teams at the bottom of the table. This goes to show how evenly matched all six teams in the league are, with most games being decided by a single goal.  Dave H, Chris W, Graham N, Paul W. Pete W, Charlie N, Pete C, Mark K (c). The playing squad was Charlie N in goal , Pete W in defence, Chris W , Pete C , Graham N and Mark K in midfield and Dave H and Paul W alternating in attack. All performed admirably on the day although Mark only played limited minutes due to being restricted by a minor i njury .   Our first game was a 1 v 0 win against 2nd placed Swin...

  Steve G, Chris W, John K, Paul W, Graham N, Pete C. Mark K (c), Dave H. Having started the day in 2nd place in the WCWFL 60s, we had high hopes of maintaining that position, and with a few changes to the squad from match day one, it took a little time to settle. We started off with Highworth. Although we dominated possession and created a number chances Highworth proved difficult to break down. Also with a number of players not having played together before we were a little disjointed. However, two well taken goals from Mark settled us and, in all honesty, John had little to do in goal. Then the crunch game against Swindon. It was a tight game with some pride at steak and although Swindon had most of the possession the team structure meant few chances were created and most of those fell to Swindon, but with Steve at the back and John in goal we were always in the game, albeit on the breakaway. And that is what happened when Dave slipped a pass t...

On a mild, dry day at Green Lane, Devizes, t he stage was set for the Calne 60s to start their journey, with the sole intention of going one better than  last year's second place.   Perry K, Charlie N, Chris W, Graham N, Dave H. Pete W, Mark K. We got off to a flyer against Salisbury with a 3 v 0 win. Some good movement throughout and some well taken goals from Perry (x2) and Mark (x1). The defence was well marshalled by Pete, and keeper Charlie was not really troubled. The second game against Highworth was very competitive and very even. Charlie was a lot busier and despite taken an early lead from Chris W who poached a goal from the goalkeepers parry we found ourselves 2 v 1 down following two long range efforts. However, Perry was brought on as super sub and got the equaliser with a couple of minutes to go. 2 v 2. In the third game we came back down to earth with a bump. Swindon won 3 v 1 and thoroughly deserved their win, and our consolation was a well taken...

On the last matchday of the GFA WFL 24/25, Calne's Blacks & Greens again saw some movement in their league positions; the Blacks moved up and the Greens moved down. The overall team performances and final positions where reflective of EPL's Arsenal and Tottenham - they have the potential and desire to take top place, but can never quite manage it - next year is our year! On that note, congratulations to Weston-Super-Mare on taking the champions spot for 24/25. And a big thank you to the organisers at GFA's Oaklands Park, the referees and all the teams and participants who, together, make this an enjoyable challenge regardless of the final results :o[ Greens Andy B, Perry K, Chris W, Charlie N, Geoff R. Pete W, Martin P. The Greens started with a comfortable 2 v 0 win against Hereford with goals from Perry and a last minute effort from Geoff.  Our next game against Barry was a slow start and they had several efforts on goal in the first five minutes. Fortunately our goal...

GFA WFL 60s 2024/25 On a mild, sunny morning the gloves and beanies were abandoned, and this round of matches would be played in two halves, giving each team the opportunity to play with their backs to the sun. Let's see how the Blacks and Greens got on... Greens Chris W, Perry K, Charlie N, Geoff R. Mark K, Jon H, Martin P. Calne G reens over 60s team picked up a decent haul of 8 points from 5 games in the penultimate round of Gloucester League fixtures.   In the absence of a number of regular players due to holidays and injury the playing s quad was boosted by the late addition of Martin who performed very well in defence when called upon. The players on the day comprised Charlie , Jon, Martin, G eoff , Chris , Mark and Perry .   Our first game was our only reverse of the day, going down 1 v 0 to an improving Cirencester team , who deserved their win.   A creditable 1 v 1 draw followed against second place Abbeymead Rovers, the goal coming from a long rang...