SKIPPER Nigel Curtis told how the shock penalty shootout defeat to Trowbridge Town in last year's fnal spurred his side to victory last Wednesday night.

Goals from John Eldred, Scott Lye and Toby Colbourne ensured there was no heartbreak this time.

Curtis said: "We all knew the pain of having to collect a runners-up medal and watching the winners celebrate and pick up the cup.

"We did not want to go through those feelings again and we felt it was time we put the wrongs of last season right, because we know we should not have lost that one.

"It was great for me to lift the trophy because it is the first thing I have ever won with the club. It has always seemed that whenever the club get some success I have been elsewhere."

The victory helped banish even more bad memories for 18-year-old midfielder Scott Lye, who was in the Corsham Town youth side beaten Bemerton Youth in last season's Wiltshire Youth Cup final.

He said: "A lot of their players played against me in last year's Youth Cup final and it feels great to get revenge over them. Also it hurt me missing that penalty here last season so to return and get a goal and lift the trophy is a great feeling."

Lye showed he meant business within 15 seconds of kick-off when a ferocious 25 yard strike was parried by goalkeeper Darren Crowfoot before being scrambled to safety.

A minute later it was Bemerton's turn to go close when top scorer Stuart Findlay raced clear but Jason Ahmet's shot was blocked.

Findlay, with 25 goals this season, was looking a constant threat while Corsham were struggling to involve their prolific front duo of Colbourne and Alan Griffin.

On 23 minutes Corsham stopper Craig Chaplin dived to his right to stop Graham Mankin's acrobatic volley.

On the half hour, Corsham's nerves were settled when Lye slid a precise through ball into the path of Eldred and, after shaking off Adam Nash, he curled the ball into the bottom right hand corner.

On 51 minutes, Eldred burst in from the right before squaring the ball to Lye on the edge of the area. He turned inside his marker before bending the ball round Crowfoot into the bottom corner.

Just as Colin Bush's men were thinking about the presentation, Bemerton substitute Nick Collier smartly fired the ball past Chaplin to give his side hope with 20 minutes remaining.

Three minutes later that hope was extinguished when Lye's right wing corner saw Colbourne force the ball home after a goalmouth scramble to seal the triumph.