HAT-TRICK hero Karl Williams was the toast of Carterton A after they beat Chipping Norton Swifts 4-2 in the OFA John Fathers Junior Shield final at Kidlington.
All Williams’s goals – super strikes – came in the first half as Carterton raced into a 3-0 lead.
Williams has played most of the season in midfield, but was pushed up front by manager Toby Longman.
Fellow Witney & District League side Swifts fought bravely back to make it 3-2 at the break, thanks to a brace from Reece Bayliss.
But a fourth goal for Carterton, scored by Craig Wighton direct from a free-kick early in the second half, settled an excellent tie.
A bad injury to Chippy striker Bayliss, who dislocated his ankle, curtailed any chance of a comeback and Carterton eased home for their first success in the competition since 1986.
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