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Compton move into next round with victory against Didcot (07-03-2026)       Compton moved into the next round of the North Berks Cup when they beat a youthful Didcot Town Youth side 3-1 with Compton being reduced to ten men just before half time. Compton took the lead with their first meaningful attack when Josh Lawrence fired home his snapshot from the edge of the Didcot box which beat Didcot keeper Simon Matthews low down at his near post. Compton’s George Lybech then was denied by keeper Matthews when turning his shot around the post which followed moments later with Compton doubling their lead when Ashley Beckett latched onto a through ball and fired past the advancing Matthews and George Lybech was there to tap the ball over the line. Then on twenty minutes Compton added a third when Lawrence beat the offside trap and chipped the advancing Matthews and into the roof of the net. Didcot then started to get going and Liam Sadler saw his low drive canon off the outside of the post and then the same player was denied by his close-range effort by Compton’s keeper Charlie London. Both sides then saw half chances go begging including Didcot hitting the post again before Compton were reduced to ten men just before half time when Compton keeper London brought down Didcot’s Sadler and was adjudged to be the last man so received a straight red. Clear cut chances were few and far between in the second half with Didcot having a lot more possession but could not find the killer touch .Didcot did have the ball in the Compton net on seventy minutes, but this was ruled offside and Compton’s George Lybech then saw his twenty-five-yard lob canon off the Didcot post and out to safety. Didcot did pull a goal back with minutes to go but this was not enough to deny Compton reaching the next round of the competition. Around the Grounds In the North Berks Cup Drayton overcame a potential banana skin when posting a 2-1 victory over Division Two AFC Grove thanks to goals from Travis Smith and Harvey Whiting whilst Kian Walker scored for Grove. Berinsfield recorded a 10-0 victory over Benson Lions thanks to a four timer from Charlie Lee and a hat-trick from Owen Pearce with Luke Holdsworth scoring twice and Charlie Jamieson also scoring. Steventon travelled to Kingston Colts and posted a fine 2-1 victory with Ted Harding scoring for Kingston. In Division Two leaders Drayton were taken all the way and came away with a narrow 3-2 victory over Stanford thanks to two goals from Foley Sercombe with Michael Leoroyd also scoring whilst Joe Mead and Dmytro Foia scored for Stanford. Hagbourne Development and Berinsfield Reserves played out a 2-2 draw with Warren Ralph and Ethan Gibbs scoring for Hagbourne whilst Jack Hastings and Harry Lunnon scored for Berinsfield. In the War Memorial Trophy Steventon Reserves beat local Marcham Reserves 1-0 with Joe Parish scoring the only goal of the game.       Berinsfield Cement Top Spot (14-03-2026)       In Division One Berinsfield cemented their place at the top of the table by posting a 2-1 victory over second placed Marcham thanks to goals from Owen Pearce and Kyle Smith. Kingston Colts made short work of their afternoon when they travelled to Steventon and recorded a fine 5-1 victory thanks to two goals from Ralph Pilbrow with Sam Bailey, Harry Rothwell and Ben Langton also scoring whilst Josh Ward scored for Steventon. In the Charity Shield Drayton and Compton played out a high scoring 4-4 draw with Drayton scoring through two goals from Boyan Thorpe with Josh Dennis and Eddie Gregory also hitting the target whilst Compton replied through two goals from George Lybech with Cian Weedon and Ashley Beckett also scoring. In the North Berks League Cup Hagbourne United Development posted a 3-0 victory over Steventon Reserves thanks to goals from Ethan Gibbs, Tom Savage and Ben Tamms whilst Drayton Reserves also recorded a 3-0 victory away at Marcham Reserves (Sorry no scorers as no text ☹). In the War Memorial Cup Benson Lions and AFC Grove shared a 2-2 draw with Teilo Parker and Cam Roovis scoring for Benson whilst Jamie Dawson and Ewan Lillies scored for Grove.