Ledbury Town Football Club

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Ledbury Town Reserves’ final game of the season in Division One of the Herefordshire FA County League was cancelled this week at New Street after Tenbury Town were unable to raise a side.

With David Butcher’s side being denied a chance at revenge against Tenbury after the league’s seventh place finishers defeated the Ledbury second string 3-1 at the Brimfield and Little Hereford Sports Club at the end of March, in what was possibly the reserves’ worst performance of the season as George Walker’s stoppage time goal was of scant consolation following earlier goals scored by home strikers Callum Gittens, James Lort and Jack Moran, Town’s second side can now reflect on a much-improved season.

Being practically guaranteed an eighth place finish for a number of weeks now even before this final cancelled game, this mid-table finish saw Butcher’s squad accumulate a respectable 32 league points compared to the mere eight accrued last season, with the secondary outfit helping to ready several young players for first time opportunities both for this season and the next as Tom Skittery scored the most goals for the reserves in total, finding the net on nine occasions for a twentieth place finish in the Herefordshire League Division One top goalscorers overall.