Hardwicke have moved into second place in the County League behind Thornbury after beating local rivals Frampton United 3-0.

There was only one real scoring chance in the first 45 minutes and that fell to Frampton’s Nathan Dennis, who struck the upright from a free-kick.

Paul Carter did hit the crossbar for the home side on 55 minutes and at the other end Matt Cook hit the bar for Frampton.

Tobie Webb put the home side in front with a 25-yard shot and a few minutes later Will Matthews’ shot was saved by the keeper, with Webb picking up the rebound before he was then brought down in the box by keeper Marklove for a penalty that was slotted home by Paul Carter.

Hardwicke brought on Craig Harris in the 77th minute and he had an immediate impact when Glen Guttins sent Harris clear down the flank. He cut in, rounded the keeper and slotted the ball in for a 3-0 lead. Jamie Reid almost made it four but his 30-yard drive went just the wrong side of the post.

A 2-1 home victory for Stonehouse Town over Ruardean Hill Rangers helped move them a little further up the table.

The home side had much the better of the first 45 minutes and led 2-0 at the break.

New signing Lewis Fogg hit the crossbar midway through the half and a couple of minutes later his shot across goal was pushed away for a corner. Barny Jones took the corner and with the help of the wind caught the keeper out, and the ball went straight in to put them 1-0 up.

Tim Williams then had a couple of shots saved and in the 32nd minute Adam Ireland was felled in the box before getting up and coolly slotting the spot kick home.

Further attempts by Andy Maryon and Lee Keveren might well have increased the lead but were saved by the visitors’ keeper. The visitors limited the home side to a couple of chances in the second period with Keveren hitting the bar. Ruardean pulled a goal back late in the game when their captain Luke Brown was on target.

Patchway Town drop to bottom of the table after going down 4-0 at home to Broadwell Amateurs.

On 29 minutes Broadwell’s Liam Thomas missed an absolute sitter, but within a minute scored a cracking goal to put the Amateurs 1-0 up.

It remained that way until the 52nd minute when Paul Mann scored from the penalty spot. Patchway’s David Ishi was just wide with a header on 60 minutes, but the visitors went 3-0 up on 77 minutes with a strike from Harry Williams, and Liam Thomas got his second on 84 minutes with a shot from the edge of the box.

Results

County League: Hanham Ath 5 Gala Wilton 0; Hardwicke 3 Frampton Utd 0; Kingswood 2 Henbury 2; Patchway T 0 Broadwell Ams 4; Rockleaze R 0 Southmead 2; Stonehouse T 2 Ruardean Hill R 1; Wick 0 Thornbury T 0.