WOODLEY United came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw with Wantage Town Reserves at Scours Lane on Saturday.

United remain third from bottom of the Hellenic Division 1 East, three points behind Wantage, the side immediately above them.

There were debuts for goalkeeper Peter Davies and central midfielder Tyrone May.

Both sides created chances in the first half before the visitors took the lead in stoppage time. United lost possession in their own area, allowing Mauro Esteves to set up Ant Martin for the opening goal.

Woodley nearly equalised within 60 seconds of the restart when a looping Sam Skehan header just missed.

The hosts were now the better side, looking dangerous in the final third.

A deep Conor Creegan free kick found Bevan Van Wyk, who curled his shot high and wide to the right.

United’s deserved equaliser came midway through the half. May’s corner found Ryan Szram at the back post. He helped the ball goalwards and it was Skehan who got the final touch from close range.

With 19 minutes left, Skehan made way for Omar Cofie and the substitute soon had a clear-cut chance. Breaking at pace Pete Wareing played in Cofie, who poked wide at full stretch.

The game’s last chance fell to United midfielder Mark Ingram, but he could not cap off his man-of- the-match performance with the winner as he shot over the bar.

Woodley are away to third-placed Bicester this Saturday.

WOODLEY United Ladies earned their second Southern Region Women's Football League Premier Division success of the season with a 2-1 home success against Bracknell Town.

The visitors started sprightly putting a free kick over Emily Sherwood’s cross bar in the third minute and then taking the lead two minutes later when a Sarah Devern corner was headed into her own net by Gemma Bloor.

It was not until the 20th minute that United started to find their rhythm, but once they did Bonnie Messitt and Rosie Page-Smith fired wide in quick succession before Danielle Perryman’s cross found the unmarked Jess Grimmett, who had time to control the ball and fire past ex-United keeper Lisa Phillips and a lunging defender.

The hosts started the second half well with both Ellen Surtees and Louise Thompson shooting wide before the latter beat Phillips to square to the unmarked Messitt who gave Woodley the lead on 52 minutes.

United were endebted to player-of-the-match Grimmett for a goal-line clearance late on but deserved their victory.