Wednesday Evening 22^nd August 2012

Premier Division

Five sides remain unbeaten after the opening brace of fixtures including the usual contenders but the surprise package at this early stage is Riccall Utd who spent most of last season battling against relegation. After hitting five past Poppleton Utd on Saturday in their opening fixture,  Riccall matched that as they hit another five as they defeated Rowntrees 5-1. Tom Littlewood, who netted twice at the week-end,  hit another double and should have had a hat-trick but missed the opportunity from the penalty spot. Andrew Addison,  Wayne Brooke and Jamie Sedman completed the nap hand for Riccall.  Dunnington entertained their bogey side Copmanthorpe having lost six of the last nine league encounters between the two sides ( on the three successful occasions they won  4-1) but two goals a piece from Tom Richards and Tom Mathews set up a 4-2 win for Dunnington with Tom Settle and Mark Featherstone snatching late consolation goals for Copmanthorpe. Defending Champions Old Malton extended their unbeaten run to 31 matches as Dan Fogg scored the only goal of the game on the half hour mark as the Ryedale side beat York RI 1-0. Dringhouses scored twice within the first eight minutes in their match against Hamilton Panthers,  Mitch Carter hit their opener with Chris Kamara doubling their advantage as Dringhouses went onto win 3-1 with Kamara completing the scoring for ‘Houses with a second half penalty. Nick Moss twice deservedly gave his Poppleton side the lead in their home encounter with Wigginton but second half goals from Dan Zambeli (2) an og and  a second of the game for Josh Luckhurst saw the Grasshoppers make it two wins from two as they eventually won 5-2.  With hosts Easingwold reduced to 10 men early in their game with Terrington, the newly-promoted Glory boys were quick to take  advantage hitting the back of the hosts net five times through Dave Bradshaw, Danny Bulmer (pen) Ben Richardson, Alex Yates, Bryden Freer and all before the break. An improved second half performance from Easingwold ensured that no further goals were scored as the game finished 5-0. Huntington were forced to work hard for their first win of the season as they won 3-1 at Selby RSSC, Stu Odgens opening goal was cancelled out by Rob Friar for the hosts but Jon James restored Huntington lead before Csongor Laba marked his Huntington debut with their winner.    

 

 

York Minster Engineering Football -  Premier League -  25^th August 2012

 

Riccall maintained their impressive unbeaten start to the season with a 4-3 win at York RI, their first League win at New Lane since October 2005. Goals from Andrew Addison, Michael Braithwaite and a Wayne Brooke penalty (that’s 3 in 3 for Brooke) saw Riccall race into a three goal lead at the break though the hosts pulled a goal back early into the second half through Mark Woodward and should have reduced the arrears even further but  saw their penalty saved. Jamie Sedman added a fourth for the visitors before Nick Hutchinson and Woodward added late goals for RI.  Old Malton made it three from three with a 2-1 win at newly promoted Selby RSSC. After a goalless first period the defending Champions struck twice in two minutes, firstly Liam Preston produced a delicate touch following a free kick and shortly afterwards Jon Newton finished off a 5-man passing move to slot the ball home. A rare defensive error from Old Malton gifted the Selby a goal back but Old Malton held out to extend their unbeaten run to 32 games. Wigginton entertained Rowntrees looking to extend their unbeaten home run to 9 matches and against the side that were the last team to win at Wigginton. At the break the result could have gone either way as Tom Coates opener for Wigginton was cancelled out by the visitors just before the break but the second half produced an avalanche of goals and all into the Rowntrees net as Kev Butler hit a hat-trick against the side he played for last season to add to goals from Lee McQuade (2),  Dan Zambeli, Matt Tiplady, Dave Wilstrop and the pick of the bunch from Josh Hutchinson as Grasshoppers won 10-1. For the second time this season Terrington conceded a late goal to deny themselves even a share of the spoils. Both sides converted early penalties, Danny Bulmer for Glory and Gary Newton for Huntington before Chris Dyson latched onto a through ball from James Edmund to put Huntington in front though before the interval Bulmer bagged his second of the afternoon to level the game,   With the game looking as though it would drift towards a draw a cross from Newton saw Dyson react the quickest and his all important touch gave Huntington their last minute winner.  Dunnington extended their unbeaten run to 9 games as they recorded their first win at Hamilton Panthers since January 2009. The game was quickly over as a contest with Tom Richards,  who also scored in Dunnington’s previous two games, scoring a first half hat-trick as Dunnington led 5-0 at the break and eventually winning 9-0. John Andrews, Simon Castle, Jimmy Wilmoth, Josh Tattersall, another Richards  effort and an og completed the rout.   Easingwold recorded their first away win since November as they won 2-0 at  Poppleton.  

 

Saturday 18^th August 2012
 

Premier League Champions Old Malton began the defence of their title with a comfortable 3-0 win at Nestle but there was no such luck for the two promoted sides, as Selby RSSC and Terrington Glory both suffered home defeats. Rowntrees last league success over Old Malton was in the opening fixture in August 2007 but a repeat was never on the cards as the Ryedale side bossed the game from early on, Simon Cooke put the Malton side in front after 15 minutes with Dean Nuttall making it 2-0 on 24 minutes. On the half hour Nuttall failed to add to their tally as he blazed a penalty high and wide but the win was confirmed in the second half through Danny Fogg. Terrington Glory matched visitors Dringhouses for 87 minutes in their Premier League debut but ‘Houses took the honours as Tom Bissett poked home the only goal of the game three minutes from time following a goal mouth scramble. Selby RSSC entertained Dunnington, last season’s s runners-up, for their first ever Premier League encounter and though the Selby side  showed an abundance of enthusiasm and energy they lost 4-1. A Rob  Hart header after 15 minutes separated the sides at the break before Jimmy Wilmoth and Mathew Playle made it 3-0 to Dunnington. Shane Caulkill reduced the arrears for Selby with Tom Richards completing the scoring. It was only the second time in 9 years that Dunnington have recorded a win in their opening league fixture.  Huntington,  who have not registered a league win at Wigginton since February 2008,  never looked like improving on that record after falling behind to a Matt Tiplady goal after just 18 minutes. Scott Stewart doubled the hosts lead before Eddie Clapham converted a penalty as the hosts led 3-0 at the break. The second period did not see any let up from Grasshoppers as they added further goals from Lee McQuade and Jamie Wilstrop as Wigginton won 5-0.  York RI chalked up their fifth consecutive win over Hamilton Panthers as Nick Hutchinson scored the only goal of the game as RI won 1-0.  Riccall Utd opened their points account at the first time of asking as they defeated Poppleton at home. Luke Berridge  cancelled out Tom Littlewood’s opener for the hosts before Adam Ferguson put Poppleton 2-1 in front but before the break Littlewood had doubled his tally for the afternoon and a Liam Brown effort saw Riccall take the lead for a second time. Ryan Watson and Wayne Brooke added second half goals fro Riccall as they won 5-2.