Saturday 15^th September 2012

 

Yet another Saturday with a hatful of goals in the York Minster Engineering Premier League but no major surprises as the top three sides all recorded victories over the three bottom sides.  Old Malton,  had on paper the harder task of the top four sides as they travelled to fifth in the table Riccall but the hosts who have failed to score even a goal against the Ryedale side in their previous four meetings drew a blank yet again as they lost 5-0. Danny Fogg headed the visitors in front after 6 minutes with Jon Newton taping in their second five minutes later before Fogg completed his hat-trick before the break. Jack Thackray added a late goal for Old Malton as they extended their unbeaten away run to 19 games. League leaders Wigginton improved their goal difference as they hammered Hamilton Panthers 11-2, Lee McQuade, scoring for the fifth game on the trot, led the rout with five goals, ably   assisted by Kev Butler (3) Lee Stewart (2) and an og, Steve Jarman and Neil Hartley replied for Panthers.  Dunnington easily maintained their 100% record as they put eight without reply past basement side York St Johns, Scott Sullivan scored half their tally to add to contributions from Luke Dove (2) Tom Richards and Josh Tatteresall. Dunnington won the corresponding fixture last season 8-1 and have not lost to the students since April 2008.  Huntington kept on par with the leading sides as they defeated lowly Poppleton 4-1, Chris Dyson opened and completed the scoring for Huntington whilst in between James Barrett bagged his first of the season to add to a Gary Mitchinson goal,   Nick Moss claimed a late consolation for Poppleton.  Having picked up the notable scalps of Old Malton and Wigginton on their previous two trips Copmanthorpe were brought back to earth as they lost at Terrington despite Joel Dixon giving them an early lead. Alex Yeats levelled for the hosts before Danny Bulmer hit the second half winner for Terrington. Steve Aconley struck twice in the first half to gave his Easingwold side the advantage in their encounter at York RI but the hosts eventually responded with a Lee Powell treble, a Liam Keenaghan penalty and one from Dave McNichol to win 5-3, Tom Green added a third for the visitors. Despite goals from Marco Shepherd and Mike Mckenzie Dringhouses slipped to their third game without a win as they lost 3-2 at home to Nestle.

St Clements are the early pacemakers in Division One as they chalked up their second successive win, a 2-1 victory at Amotherby. Danny Adams gave the Saints the lead from the penalty spot and though Andy Phillips restored parity before the break,  Kenny Sharman’s second half strike ensured maximum points for the visitors. Pocklington having won 1-0 at Wilberfoss last week repeated the same score against the same opposition, on this occasion Tom Raey hit the only goal of the game.  A late Liam Burdett equaliser enabled Malton & Norton to extended their unbeaten away run to 9 games as they drew 1-1 at Hemingbrough, it was the hosts first home draw since April 2010, Luke Zacharenko had earlier given Hemingbrough the lead.  Aviva  are another side with an impressive away record as they pushed their unbeaten run on their travels to 6 with a 4-1 win at Total Sports. Tom Shirley’s early goal for the Insurance men was cancelled out by Tom Robinson but goals from Adam Osguthorpe, Neil Richards and Dara Duffy ensured Aviva the points. Tockwith opened their points account at the second time of asking as goals from James Neville and an og saw them to a 2-0 win over Haxby.

In Division Two,  Heslington and Fulford recorded their third stalemate from their last four meetings as the sides drew 2-2, an og gave Heslington an early lead before Sam Harrison struck twice in a minute but John Pipe salvaged a point for Heslington with virtually the last kick of the game. Chris Harkin hit the only goal of the game as Cliffe beat Osbaldwick 1-0, the O’s have not beaten Cliffe in their last five meetings including a 1-0 home defeat last season. Bishopthorpe picked up their first win of the season as two goals from Ben Jones and one from Paul Galdas helped them to a 3-1 victory at Thorpe. John Cooper hit a hat-trick in Strensall’s 7-1 home win over  Stamford Bridge 7-1, Jordan Wilson (2) Danny Mason and Jack Bell completed hosts tally with Michael Woods hitting the lone reply for the visitors.

A goal in each half from Billy Martin and Steve Fratson helped Rufforth to a solid start in Division Three as they made it 2 wins from 2 as they defeated Huby 2-1. Tom Williams snatched a late goal for Huby. F1 Racing who just missed out on promotion last season,  opened their campaign with a 5-2 home win over promoted Bishop Wilton. First half goals from Neil Yeowart (2) Andy Proctor and Ben Storey saw F1 race into a four goal lead before Tom Knowles and Paul Tatterton reduced the deficit. Yeowart completed hit trick in the second period. Will Nicholson hit Barmby Moor’s winner two minutes from time at Elvington as they won 2-1, earlier a Greg Nesbitt free kick had been cancelled out for the hosts by an Adam Robinson effort.

York Acorn made their York Minster Engineering League debut but despite hitting four goals in their Division Four encounter with LNER Builders they went down 6-4. Conner Larner (2) Wilson Briggs and Chris Elliker shared the Acorns goals with Builders replying through a Sam Hill treble, Steve Laidlaw, Jim Squires and Gary Hardcastle. Tadcaster Town, formerly under the guise of Fox FC, had to weather a late comeback from hosts Melbourne before running out 3-2 winners, goals from Tony Wetherell, Tom Deighton and Will Leatt appeared to set up a comfortable win for Tadcaster but Melbourne rallied with late strikes from Kieran Hartnell and Gedas Labanauskis.

Wigginton, last seasons runners up in Reserve A, began the new campaign with a 5-2 home win over Riccall which included a hat-trick for Josh Hutchinson. Grasshoppers other goals came from Nick Dunlop and Ben Thompson with Jim Darlison getting both Riccall’s goals. Newly promoted York RI went down 4-3 at Haxby with the home goals shared between J J Bell, Paul Holmes (2) and Andy Carter.     

The two sides promoted to Reserve B both collected points in their opening games, a cross-cum-shot from Joe Karnski gave Fulford the perfect start at home to Aviva and though Jimmy Wood levelled for Aviva,  Paul Gordon ensured Fulford collected all three points in their opening fixture with their late winner as Fulford won 2-1. Promoted Tadcaster had an entertaining goalless draw with Amotherby, it was the visitors first away draw in 15 games. It was mixed fortunes for the two sides who dropped down from the top tier, York St Johns,  despite leading through two goals from Patrick Stockton eventually lost 7-2 to Pocklington with their goals coming from Barry Gargett (3) John Heads, Nick Daniells and Mike Stacey (2) but Easingwold, looking to return at the first time of asking won 4-1 at home to White Horse, John Dey (2) Andrew Metcalfe (Snr) and Simon Wilson were all on target for Easingwold.

In the only two Reserve C games, second half goals from Bobby Templeton and Jamie Rank earned Stamford Bridge a 2-0 win over Hemingbrough and Josh Knowles hit a hat-trick for newly promoted Selby RSSC in their 6-6 draw with Nestle, Luke Lambert, Janos Takacs and Dave Sayles completed the Selby sides tally. 

The Reserve D section welcomed three new sides to their ranks but unfortunately none of the newcomers managed a winning start. Despite a brace from Ian Dunning-Leak and a Tom Bateson goal Rufforth lost 6-3 to Tadcaster Town while Gareth Strain hit a treble and Sean Corr a double for Civil Service as they defeated new boys Wheldrake 5-1, Tom Anderson hit the Wheldrake reply and having drawn level after trailing 2-0 at home to F 1 Racing,  St Clements eventually lost 5-3. On target for the new Saints were Ricki Mizzi and Joe Hamilton (2) with the Racing reply based upon goals from Adam McGuigan, Sean Taylor Nigel Dawber and two Ben Caverely penalties. The two relegated sides from last season clashed at Cliffe and an Olly Everhard hat-trick plus an Alan Boyd effort helped Crayke to a comfortable 4-0 win.