Somerset County League
Division 3
Monday 6th April 2026
Kick Off 15.00 Actual 15.01
Axbridge United 3 Chew Magna 3, attendance 66
11’ 1-0
17’ 1-1
21’ 2-1
34’ 3-1
38’ 3-2
90’ + 4, 3-3
@ The Furlong Recreation Ground
Penn Way
Axbridge
BS26 2DQ
No Admission or Programme.
A few days away in Cornwall was rounded off with this game in Somerset en route home. It’s a basic venue, with a roped off pitch that runs lengthways in front of the changing room building, sloping down to the far goal end and having a couple of portable dugouts on the right hand side. The small car park soon filled up, but plenty of parking available in Penn Way.
The match was 2nd versus 3rd in the league table. Axbridge came into this level on points with leaders Castle Cary, who they’d lost 3-0 to on Saturday, to relinquish top spot, but have four games in hand on them, so are still likely to finish top. Chew Magna currently occupy the final promotion place, two points ahead of fourth placed Broad Plain House, but having played a game more.
As expected, there was very little between the two sides today and was a quick chance for Axbridge to gain revenge for the 3-2 defeat they suffered away at Chew Magna nine days ago, which was their first defeat in the league this season. They got off to the perfect start today, going ahead after eleven minutes, with a 20 yard shot that just eluded the ‘keeper as he tried to tip it wide of the goal. A cross from the right, touched in at the near post levelled the scores six minutes later, but Axbridge soon regained the lead, with a corner played to the edge of the D that was met with a shot that was diverted with a header that flew over the ‘keeper. They thought they’d added a third goal a couple of minutes later, but it was ruled out for a handball. They soon did get a third goal though, when a free kick from wide on the left was met with a close range header that went in off the underside of the crossbar. Seven minutes before halftime Chew Magna pulled it back to 3-2, when a diagonal free kick was touched in from close range.
The second half was end to end stuff, with both teams creating plenty of chances. When the visitors had a man sin binned with three minutes left, it looked like they’d blown their chance of getting back into it, but four minutes into stoppage time the ten men grabbed a deserved equaliser, when a cross from wide on the right was finished with a stooping header at the far post and seconds later the Referee blew the final whistle.
So, that’s this division completed, leaving me just Isle of Wedmore, who are currently third in Division 2, to complete all four divisions of this league now. An excellent day was rounded off with delays of under ten minutes on the drive home, all on the M5 heading north back towards Bristol, before picking up the M4.
