Oxfordshire Senior League
Division 3
Tuesday 28th April 2026
Kick Off 18.30 On Time!
Greater Leys Youth 1 Watlington Town 5, attendance 26
16’ 0-1
19’ 0-2
30’ 0-3
37’ 0-4
52’ 1-4
55’ 1-5
@ Sandy Lane Recreation Ground
Blackbird Leys Road
Blackbird Leys
OX4 3RD
No Admission or Programme.
Sandy Lane Recreation Ground is accessed from Blackbird Leys Road, sandwiched between Eastern By-Pass Road and the railway line. There’s a small car park, with the main pitch at the far end of the complex, with the changing room building in the far left hand corner. Apparently, the land is earmarked for housing, so glad I got here before it disappears.
The match was 2nd versus 4th in the league table, with Chesterton MBLS already crowned champions, but the second promotion spot is still up for grabs. This was Greater Leys Youth’s last match of the season and they had a ten point lead over tonight’s visitors, although Watlington still have six to play after this.
Watlington were well on top from the start and opened the scoring after sixteen minutes, following in after an initial shot had been saved by the ‘keeper. They doubled their lead three minutes later, cutting in from the left before curling a shot into the far corner and by the half hour mark they’d made it 0-3, with an easy side footed finish after a cut back from the left. Seven minutes later it was 0-4, when a corner from the right was headed in unchallenged right in the centre of the goal. Greater Leys did pull one back seven minutes into the second half, with a shot on the turn that went in off the underside of the crossbar, but the comeback was short lived, as the visitors restored their four goal lead within minutes, when a free kick was headed in from close range. Despite kicking off dead on time, everyone stayed out on the pitch at halftime, with the break lasting just eight minutes and the game was over by 20.08.
So, Greater Leys Youth finish the season on 51 points and now have to wait and see if they remain in the final promotion spot. Watlington Town are now up to third, with 44 points (6 games left), above Launton Sports Reserves (3 games left) on goal difference.
The drive up to Oxford had the usual queue on the M25 from J13 to J16, with the return being totally trouble free.
