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THE CRYERS

Player of the season: Colin Towler (Corsham Town)

TOWLS has been an inspiration at the Southbank since joining from Chippenham Town last summer.

The 35-year-old defender may be coming to the end of his career, but his experience and enthusiasm has proved vital for Colin Bush's side this season. His partnership with Nigel Curtis in defence has helped Corsham to their best ever season

Newcomer of the season: Dave Gilroy Chippenham Town. Since arriving at Hardenhuish from Bristol Rovers, via Weston-super-Mare, in October, Gilroy has been causing mayhem for defences throughout the Southern Premier League. His 30-goal season deserved to end in promotion but no more could be asked of him.

Most improved player: Sam Allison (Chippenham Town)

SAM spent most of last season at Hardenhuish warming the substitutes' bench as Bluebirds' fans started questioning why Steve White had made him his first signing. But it has been a different story this campaign as his pace, trickery and goal power has proved a real plus.

Manager of the season: Colin Bush (Corsham Town)

NOBBY has revitalised Corsham since joining two seasons ago.

After winning promotion to the top flight in his first season in charge, he has now led his side to a runner-ups spot and the Wiltshire Senior Cup. He has brought together a mix of experience and youth to establish Corsham as a top Screwfix League side. Fully deserves to win for the second season.

Team of the season: Chippenham Town

YOU could have tossed a coin to decide between Corsham and Chippenham this season and to be honest, I very nearly did.

Both sides finished runners-up in their respective leagues and both won their county cup competitions, with far smaller budgets than their rivals. I plumped for Chippenham in the end simply because they topped the Southern League Premier Division for most of the season and deserved promotion.

Underperformers:

Westbury United

FOR the second successive season, Westbury have been languishing at the wrong end of the Screwfix League Division One table.

Early promotion hopes were dashed as they endured managerial turmoil and player disputes.

Junior team: North Bradley Saints (Trowbridge League)

BEN Howe's Saints completed an historic treble by lifting the Division One championship.

The Saints, who won the Division Three and Division Two titles in their first two seasons, became the first team in the league's 100-year plus history to make it a hat-trick of championship victories.

Castle Combe also enjoyed a fine season, completing a double by winning the Wiltshire League Junior Division Two title and the Wiltshire Junior Cup.

Sunday team of the season: Corsham Centre

CORSHAM Centre underlined their reputation as one of the best teams ever to play in the Chippenham Sunday League by winning the Division One title at the first attempt. A 2-2 draw against North Star in their final game was the first point they had dropped in two season. Since April 13, 2003, the Centre had won 67 consecutive league and cup matches.

Retirement of the season: Owen Bryan (Calne Town)

OWEN shocked Wiltshire football in February when he quit Melksham Town and announced his retirement at the age of just 22 in February.

Within a week he had signed for Calne and has finished the season with a runners-up medal after helping them to second place in the Screwfix League First Division and promotion to the Premier Division.

Quote of the season: Glenn Armstrong (Calne Town)

GLENN was in a nightclub in Swindon when he saw Swindon Town's prolific striker Sam Parkin.

Glenn: "Hi Sam, there are a lot of goals in this corner aren't there?"

Sam: "Who are you"

Glenn: "Who am I? I am Glenn the goal and play for Calne Town."

Sam: "Oh well, I guess you have to start somewhere."

Glenn: "You started at Chelsea but look where you have ended up now."

Sharp shooter of the season: Alan Griffin (Corsham Town)

GRIFF may not always be the hardest working of strikers, but with 36 goals to his name, no one can question his contribution.

Others who deserve a mention include Dave Percival (Trowbridge Town), Glenn Armstrong (Calne Town), James Constable, (Chippenham Town) and Toby Colbourne (Corsham Town).

Soap of the year: Glennmore

THE trials and tribulations of Calne Town manager Kelvin Highmore and his striker Glenn Armstrong have kept readers entranced.

These two will be the first to admit they have a love-hate relationship.

One week they are bickering and hitting out at each other while the next they are the best of friends. Tune in next season for the next installment.

Young player of the season: Yan Klukowski (Bath City)

YAN has enjoyed a fairytale season after being selected as captain of the England Schoolboys' team.

Things got even better for him when he scored a 25 yard screamer in a 3-0 win over Scotland and he also helped the Wiltshire Youth team to a historic double.

Gaff of the season: Wiltshire FA and the "misprint."

WHEN Corsham boss Colin Bush argued Scott Lye and Jamie Lyons were eligible to play for the club ahead of the county side in the FA Vase because the Wiltshire FA handbook said so, county officials came up with a unique way of dealing with the problem - they said the eight line rule was merely a misprint.

It turned out the same "misprint" had been in the annual handbook for at least a dozen years.