Saturday 13^th October 2012

It was a good day for Dunnington,  the York Minster Engineering Premier League leaders,  as they were the only side in the top 6 to collect maximum points.

Dunnington had little difficulty in extending their unbeaten run to 16 games as they hit five past Easingwold without reply. Jimmy Wilmoth started the ball rolling with their opener and before the break Scott Stewart and Tom Mathews had increased their lead.  After the break Stewart netted his second of the game and John Andrew completed the rout. It was the third time in 5 meetings that Dunnington had hit five goals past Easingwold. Huntington Rovers,  like Wigginton and Old Malton before them,  suffered at the hands of the away-day specialists Copmanthorpe as Robin Bedford scored a goal in each half to earn Cop a creditable 2-0 away victory. In League fixtures,  Copmanthorpe have only won at Huntington three times in the last 10 years and on each occasion they have won 2-0.  Old Malton needed a last minute goal from Robbie Baker to secure their second successive draw as they drew 3-3 at home to Terrington. Mikey Brown gave the visitors an early lead which was cancelled out before the break by Scott Preston, Dan Fogg, scoring for the fourth game on the trot, then put Old Malton in front but Brown hit his second of the game before Jordan Grose made it 3-2 to the visitors but the spoils were shared as Baker levelled deep into injury time. Terrington are unbeaten on their last 11 away trips. Selby RSSC moved away from the relegation zone following their 4-2 win at Poppleton and condemn their hosts to their 11th game without a win. James Barrett and Louis Blackwell shared the Selby goals with Alex Janes and Jon Beech who had earlier give Pop the lead,  replying for the hosts. Basement side Hamilton Panthers conceded a goal in each half as they lost 2-0 at home to Dringhouses, Dave Watson and Craig McShane were on target for ‘Houses. For the fourth successive meeting when Rowntrees have entertained York RI.  the score-line finished 3-2, on this occasion though it was in RI’s favour, Stu Nichol gave RI the early advantage but before the interval parity was restored courtesy of a Chris Horwell penalty. Luke Laverack gave the home side the lead just before the hour mark before Lee Powell levelled and eight minutes from time Darren Sellars secured a third away win on the trot for RI.

No change at the top of Division One as the top two sides both recorded 3-1 victories, leaders Aviva hit three first half goals through Warren Lowe (pen),  Neil Richardson and Tom Shirley in their home encounter with Hemingbrough,  with Luke Zacharenko snatching a late consolation goal for the visitors in the last five minutes. Second placed Pocklington trailed to a James Gilbertson goal at Haxby but hit three goals in the space of 10 minutes late in the game to win 3-1. St Clements dropped two points on the leading duo but trailing 3-0 at Total Sports well into the second period the 3-3 draw was probably a point saved. After a goal-less opening half Dan Horsley, Ben Brannigan (pen) and Dan Palmer fired the hosts into a three goal lead before the Saints finally rallied with late goals from Danny Adams, Kenny Sharman and Bobby Clapham. Malton & Norton kept in touch with the leading sides as they chalked up their 18^th game without defeat despite been twice behind at Wilberfoss before eventually winning 3-2. Dave Burrows opener was cancelled out by  Chris Hodgson and Sam Hall equalised for the Ryedale side after Mark Hughes had put Foss in front again before Marcus Godsell struck for the third game on the bounce to confirm the win. White Horse pushed their unbeaten home run to 12 games as they defeated Amotherby 3-2, John Langrick, John Marshall and Jake Longstaff were on target for the Church Fenton side with Matty Bean and Matty Webster replying for Amotherby.

Division Two leaders Fulford,  defending an unbeaten run of 12 games travelled to Tadcaster Magnets who were protecting an unbeaten home run of 18 games and a goal in each half,  the first from Josh Crawley the second from Ben Wilson settled the issue in Tadcaster’s favour. Despite the defeat Fulford retain top spot but only on goal difference from Strensall who needed an own goal two minutes from time to secure a 4-3 win at out-of-luck Rawcliffe. Three times Strensall lead through Jack Wilson (2) and Liam Winfield but on each occasion Rawcliffe produced an equaliser, first through Paul Bransicombe, then Danny Coulson and finally John Moss but Rawcliffe,   looking for their first point of the season, had no answer to the own goal they conceded in the 89^th minute.  Both games last season between Osbaldwick and Thorpe were settled by a single goal but the O’s had no intention of running it as close again as they hit five unanswered goals past Thorpe which included a Tom Wheatlands hat-trick and a goal a piece from Andrew Bilton and Adam Burton.

Bishopthorpe recorded their best away win in over ten years as they thrashed a weakened Heslington side 9-0, with their tally made up of goals from Ben Jones (4) Joe Gardham (3) Jordan Annette and an og.

Barmby Moor are the new leaders in Division Three following their 4-0 home win over Huby and a first away win in over a year for Civil Service at the previous League leaders Rufforth. Nik Palfreyman, Chris Tatterton (2) and Simon Houlder were all on target for Barmby as they maintained their 100% start to the season. Alex Knockles gave Rufforth the lead in their home match with Civil Service but before the break James Windle had scored four times for the visitors, Daniel Whitcombe and Ryan Williamson helped a Rufforth revival but a Gareth Innes goal secured a 5-3 win for Civil Service who have not lost to Rufforth in their previous five meetings.. Sporting Knavesmire suffered their first home defeat since March 2011 (9 games) as they let slip a 2-1 lead to lose 3-2 at home to Bishop Wilton, Scott Backhouse and Ali Brown shared the Sporting goals with Tom Brown, an og and Tom Knowles replying for the victorious visitors.    In the bottom of the table clash between Selby Olympia and Elvington, Selby’s Ryan Taylor turned villain and hero, he firstly gifted Alex Martin Elvington’s goal but then shortly afterwards hit a superb volley to level the scores as the game finished 1-1.   A George Trifan hat-trick helped F1 Racing extended their unbeaten run into double figures with a 3-0 win at Crayke.

After the opening few weeks in Division Four, four teams share the lead on 6 points while the remaining four sides  are all equal on three points. Goals from Jon Wileman (2) Nathan Patrick and Steve Allen helped Selby Town to make it 2 wins from 2 as they defeated Huntington FC 4-2, Shane Bogg and Aaran Rose responded for Huntington and Tadcaster Town have an identical record to Selby following their 5-0 win at LNER Builders which included a  Tom Deighton brace added to goals from Adam Field. Will Leaft and Ricky Longbottom. York Acorn hit four late goals at Melbourne to seal a 7-2 win, Connor Larne led the rout with four goals to add to strikes from the Dutton brothers Lee (2) and Andy. Jamie Sellars and Sheridan Fletcher replied for the hosts.  When Ben Feathers put Wheldrake in front at Moor Lane it looked like the visitors would end a run of 18 away trips without a win but John Hurst levelled with a penalty and Oliver Craske spoilt their party as Moor Lane ended a 6 match winless run with a 2-1 victory

In Reserve A, leaders Wigginton pushed their unbeaten run to 9 games with a comfortable 4-0 win at York RI which included two penalties from Tom Metcalfe. Eddie Clapham and Craig Huggins completed the Wiggy tally. Copmanthorpe remain five points adrift of the leaders following their 5-1 home success over Dringhouses, the visitors were still in the game shortly after the break when Joe Gallaway equalised but Cop stepped up a gear and Matty Baker hit his second of the afternoon before Stu Aughton, Stephen Purdy and Matty Bastock all found the back of the visitors net. Haxby were still on level terms at Riccall with ten minutes to go but the hosts smashed four late goals to win 5-1, Lawrence Walsh, Darren Davis, Jim Darlison (2)  and Trevor Robinson bagged for the home side while Nathan Green replied for Haxby.

Fulford suffered their first defeat in Reserve B as they lost 3-2 at York St Johns despite leading with goals from Mark Ratcliffe and bizarrely their keeper Callum Atkinson. A long punt down the field from Atkinson created panic and confusion in the students defence with the result that the ball sailed over the home keeper. However the students recovered before the break to draw level with goals from James Peavoy and James Long with Sam Burton clinching a first win of the season for St John’s with virtually the last kick of the game. Easingwold are the new leaders after their 2-1 win at Bishopthorpe, Bobby Taylor netted for Bish and goals from Tom Everatt and Callum Dunning earned Amotherby a third consecutive draw of the season as they drew 2-2 with Heslington.

Rowntrees striker Dan Marshall hit four goals for his side in their Reserve C fixture at Tockwith and still finished on the losing side as they lost 5-4. Simon Lewis, Andy Walker, Dean Poulter and Graham Hutchinson shared the  Tockwith nap hand. Thorpe recorded their first win of the season as they defeated Stamford Bridge 4-2, Jamie Broughton and Bryon Summers shared the Thorpe goals with Bobby Templeton hitting both the visitors.

A hat-trick each for Steve Johnstone and Matty Bilham helped Crayke maintain their 100% record as they won 6-2 at Tadcaster Town and also edge out Civil Service to go top of the table in Reserve D. Lee Quickmire and Keith Hunter scored for the Town. Civil Service have also an unbeaten record this term which they preserved with a 3-2 home win over St Clements, Ross Dixon, Gareth Strain and Tom Campbell were on the home score sheet while John Dale hit both goals for the Saints.  Wheldrake registered their first win at the third time of asking as they defeated Bishop Wilton 3-2, Calvin Steel (2) and Campbell Thompson, both 16 year olds,  struck the Wheldrake goals whilst Bishop Wilton’s reply was an Alex Gould brace.