Home start defeat for Hungerford
The Conference South side have been on off-field turmoil since being out into administration at the end of last season, when they finished in the top 10 in the table.
Chaired and managed by Spencer Day – the former Aldershot Town ‘saviour’ Spencer Trethewy – they looked anything like in turmoil on the field as a selection of stayers and trialists took a 2-0 interval lead with both goals coming in the space of three minutes in the idle of the period from Callum Nimmo and Elvis Hammond.
Hungerford pulled one back before the break when Jon Boardman headed home Dean Stow’s cross but they could not wipe out the gap in an evenly balanced second period.
were knocked out of the annual ‘Dango’ Cup completion on Thursday night when they went down to Wessex League Premier Division newcomers Whitchurch United after a penalty shoot-out.
After a goal-less first half, Kalief Madden netted with a fine strike to put Thatcham ahead, only for Curtis Angell to score from the penalty spot after the Thatcham defence had got into an almighty tangle.
James Foster saved one penalty, but misses from Paul Taplin and Chris Blackford handed Whitchurch a passage into the final. But their second string side went down 6-1 to Overton United on Friday, while Thatcham sent a youth team to take part in the third and fourth place play off on Saturday and went down 2-1 to New Street.
Thatcham’s first team also lost to Wessex League opponents, beaten 2-1 at Hamworthy United.
were 3-0 down early on at Corsham United on Saturday but came back to narrow the deficit to 5-2 at the end. But the reserve team meeting was a one-sided affair with Corsham scoring a 9-0 win.