NOVEMBER 24^th 2012

Only a handful of League matches in each Division survived the combination of York FA Cup ties and waterlogged pitches.

The only York Minster Premier League fixture to be played  was at Copmanthorpe where the hosts came from a goal down to win 4-1 against Dringhouses.    Liam Stilgoe converted a penalty midway through the first half to put Dringhouses in front but before the break parity was restored courtesy of a John Patrick effort. Danny Snaith gave Cop the lead and two goals in the final quarter-of-an-hour from Robin Bedford secured all three points for Cop to move them into fourth place in the table,  

The top two sides in Division One suffered mixed fortunes, leaders Aviva maintained their unbeaten home record for the season with a 3-0 win over Haxby whilst second placed St Clements suffered their first defeat in 7 as they lost by the same score-line at home to Amotherby,

A first half goal from Lee Downham gave Aviva the lead at the interval and visitors Haxby were still in the match until ten minutes from time when Downham doubled his tally for the game and Adam Osguthorpe added Aviva’s third.

St Clements trailed at half-time to an Andy Phillips brace before Amotherby confirmed their first win in four as Matty Webster added their third and move Amotherby out of the relegation zone.  Pocklington slipped to their third successive home defeat as they lost 2-1 to Total Sports Utd, Dan Walton headed the visitors in front in the first half and Tom Robinson doubled the lead with John Parsons reducing the deficit for the hosts 20 minutes from time.

In the only fixture played in Division Two Heslington missed the chance to go top of the table as they were beaten 2-1 at home by basement side Stamford Bridge. The visitors,  without a win in four, broke the deadlock midway through the second half through Nick Rank, Stuart Dickenson levelled for Heslington with a penalty but Jamie Rank hit the Stamford winner just five minutes from time.

Division Three leaders Bishop Wilton extended their unbeaten run to 7 games following their 3-0 win at Huby with all the goals coming in the first half. Tom Knowles maintained his incredible sequence of scoring in every game with a brace to add to a Rob Beeles goal. Richard Dwight scored both Ouseburns’s goals in their 2-0 home win over Rufforth.

The top three sides in Division Four were all on the road and all collected points though leaders York Acorn, having hit double figures only last week against Moor Lane,  had to settle for just a point in the return encounter. Goals either side of the interval from Wilson Briggs and Andy Dutton gave Acorn a two-goal cushion but two goals from James Shaw saw the sides draw 2-2. Second placed Tadcaster Town,  with goals from Adam Field, Marcell Edwards and Will Leatt won 3-1 at Melbourne with Dave Phelan bagging for the hosts, whilst third in the table LNER Builders found themselves three goals down inside the first ten minutes at Wheldrake. Steve Laidlaw and Sam Hill, the Division top goal-scorer,  reduced the arrears before the break and in the second half Hill completed his hat-trick as Builders won 4-3. George Freeman and Steve Rawlinson (2) had earlier put Wheldrake in front.

Wigginton, the runaway leaders in Reserve A,  were involved in a well contested derby game with Haxby but it was the Grasshoppers that took the bragging rights for the second time this season. Jay Bell’s opener for Haxby was cancelled out by Craig Huggins before Jamie Wilstrop struck twice for Wigginton with Dan Hilton snatching a late goal for Haxby as Wigginton just edged it 3-2. Tom Hawksby hit a goal in each half for Dringhouses as they defeated Copmanthorpe 2-0 to register their first win of the season.

Easingwold Town the Reserve B Leaders have opened up a four point lead at the top of the table following their 3-1 win at Amotherby on the score-sheet for Easingwold were Dave Adams, Will Bell and John Day. Aviva recorded their first win over York St Johns at the fourth time of asking after they beat the students 2-1, Dave Butchart, scoring for the fourth game on the bounce gave the Insurance side the lead with Jamie Dunwoody adding their second.

Selby RSSC moved to the top of Reserve C after their narrow win over Rowntrees, the sides met in September and shared a dozen goals but a John Pierre Grenier goal was just enough this time round as the Selby side won 1-0.

In Reserve D Lewis Chipchase scored twice for Tadcaster Town as they defeated F1 Racing 3-2, Lucas Owen completed the scoring for Taddy.