match report - 27.12.25

Match Report: Wincanton vs Sherborne

The Wasps battled hard on derby day but fell to a 2-0 defeat the hands of Dorset rivals Sherborne in the final game of 2025.

A flicked header from Ollie Hebbard at the end of the first half got Sherborne up and running, before a late dagger from Anth Herrin secured all three points.

Manager Chris Wise made four changes to his side after last week’s heavy defeat at the hands of Christchurch.

Kick Off:

It was a lively atmosphere at Moor Lane for derby day, but the game was a cagey affair to start with. Captain Dan Wise came closest after the ball fell to him on the edge of the box, but his strike was wide.

Dec Cornish picked the ball up in the middle and let fire a dangerous shot which was tipped over by debutant Tyler Roberts-Disson. The following corner went to the back post, and a Sherborne player rattled the bar before the ref blew his whistle for a foul to the Wasps.

It was again Cornish pulling the strings for the away side as he dinked a

beautiful ball in the box, but it was well dealt with by Wincanton and

cleared.

With 25 minutes gone, Sherborne were enjoying the majority of the ball, but the defensive set up of Wincanton was working as they had planned, with Sherborne struggling to break it down.

The first clear chance of the game came the way of the away side as Ollie Hebbard broke down the right and pulled the ball back to Sam Farthing but his effort was well saved by the legs of Roberts-Disson.

The breakthrough came five minutes from the break after Cornish whipped a wide free-kick into the box and was flicked into the net by Hebbard giving the Zebras a 1-0 lead.

Half-Time: Wincanton Town 0-1 Sherborne Town

The Wasps started the second half brightly playing some nice football in Sherborne’s half but were unable to create any chances in this spell.

Wincanton finally broke behind Sherborne’s defence with Kye Simpson who drove the defender into his own box before dropping his shoulder and firing a shot which was well saved by Josh Attwood. The resulting corner was easily cleared by Sherborne.

The lively start continued for Wincanton as they enjoyed the ball deep in the opposition's half forcing Sherborne defenders to put their bodies on the line to deny an equaliser.

With less than 20 minutes left to play, Simpson once again broke behind

the defence and looked to be through before being brought down on the edge of the box. Despite appeals for a red-card, referee Spencer Chinnock only produced a yellow.

Sherborne first sight of goal came in the 77th minute when Ollie Hughes was through on goal but a last-minute intervention from Ryan Pike deflected his effort out for a corner keeping his side in the game.

Attwood once again made brilliant stop this time to deny Connor Williams after he was slipped in by Simpson, but his low effort was saved by the keeper’s leg.

In the last minute of normal time, Cornish danced into the box and squared it to substitute Anth Herrin who smashed it home giving the Zebras a two-goal advantage late on.

Full-Time: Wincanton Town 0-2 Sherborne Town

Despite a spirited second-half display from the Wasps, a late goal from

Sherborne dashed all hopes of rescuing a point. This result keeps us

bottom of the Velocity Wessex’s League

We return to action on the 3rd of January as we travel to Brockenhurst

looking to start the year on a high.Wincanton Town: Roberts-Disson, Pike, Jarvis (Haste 73), Beckey, Diamond, Ansell, Osborne, Wise, Williams, Simpson, Thompson (Markey 77)

Sherborne Town: Attwood, White, Mapletoft, Budden, Williams, Shephard

(Herrin 58), Farthing, Graziano, Murphy (Geraghty 78), Cornish, Hebbard

(Hughes 58)

Goals

Wincanton Town: N/A

Sherborne Town: Hebbard (38), Herrin (89)

Referee: Spencer Chinnock

It may feel that the football season has only just finished, but we've already turned our thoughts to our 25-26 campaign. 

In games against step 5 and 6 opposition, we travel to Bradford Town, Street, Nailsea and Tickenham, Wells and Radstock, and host Odd Down.