5^th January 2013

Wigginton closed the gap on leaders Dunnington in the York Minster Engineering Premier League but were made to work hard for their points at Riccall were they had lost on their previous two visits. Riccall, defending an unbeaten run of five, took the lead after 15 minutes through Wayne Brook and the same player doubled their advantage less than 10 minutes later but before the break Lee Stewart had reduced the deficit for Wigginton. In the second half,  two goals from Lee McQuade, the Divisions top goal scorer with 23, swung the game in Grasshoppers favour and a second goal of the game for Stewart five minutes from time sealed the victory.   Terrington Glory consolidated their third place in the table with a 3-1 home win over Easingwold Town. An Alex Yates goal separated the sides at the break before Ben Richardson made it 2-0 with his 13^th league goal of the season and though Tom Green pulled a goal back for Easingwold the Glory boys sixth game without a defeat was confirmed 10 minutes from time courtesy of an own goal.     York RI entertained Poppleton with both sides looking for their first win in four games but it was the visitors who succeeded as Pop won 4-2. Lee Powell’s opening goal for the hosts was cancelled out by Nick Moss before Alex Janes put Pop in front with a penalty. Powell hit his second of the game to draw RI level but a Joe Dale brace in the last eight minutes secured the points for Pop.  Chris Dyson hit four of Huntington’s goals in their 5-0 win at Hamilton Panthers with the pick of the bunch been his third, a pin-point cross from Gary Mitchinson was met sublimely by Dyson whose bullet header gave the Panther keeper no chance at all. Mitchinson completed the nap-hand for Huntington.  

The top three sides in Division One all slumped to defeats so  it was a good day for fourth placed White Horse Church Fenton who won 3-0 at Wilberfoss and who have games in hand on the leading trio. Leaders Aviva suffered their first home defeat of the season as they went down 2-0 to Pocklington, Tom Reay and Tom Hoole netted for Pock while second placed St Clements were beaten 1-0 at Haxby, Darren Storey hit the only goal of the game as Haxby enjoyed their first home win in 17 matches. After a goal-less first half third placed Malton & Norton lost 2-1 at home to Total Sports. Will Wood and sub Dan Palmer hit the goals for the visitors who have now won on three of last four visits to Malton, Kingsley Daffern hit the lone reply for the hosts. Hemingbrough recorded their first home win of the season as they defeated Amotherby & Swinton 4-0, Craig Haythorne scored twice in the opening  half to add to a Jamie Wheeler goal with Tom Collins, scoring for the fifth game on the trot,  completing the rout.      

Only two games were scheduled in Division Two and both finished as draws. Stamford Bridge began 2012 with a 1-1 away draw at Osbaldwick and they began 2013 with an identical result at Rawcliffe. A Reece Chapelow free kick fired Rawcliffe in front with James Hunt salvaging a point for Stamford with an equaliser.  Thorpe Utd recorded their first draw in 14 games as they hit two late goals to secure a 3-3 draw in the Selby derby with hosts Cliffe, Daz Rollinson and Lee Carter (2) were on target for Cliffe.

As Division Three leaders F1 Racing were without a fixture, Bishop Wilton took full advantage as they trounced Huby 9-0 at home and consequently replaced F1 at the top of the table. The hosts,  undefeated at home since March 2011, coasted to their biggest win since rejoining league 8 years ago with their tally shared between Michael Woods (2) Gerrard Lepine, Darren Woodhead, Jason Race,  Charlie Bond and maintaining his record of scoring in every game this season Tom Knowles with his second hat-trick of the season. Barmby Moor kept in contention for a promotion place as they extended their unbeaten home run to five games following their 4-2 win over Selby Olympia with goals from Andrew Saltmer, Jamie Sedman (2) and an og. Civil Service suffered their first defeat of the season as they lost 4-3 at home to Rufforth despite taking an early lead through James Windle. The visitors responded quickly as Graham Rae levelled before Steve Gagen and Alex Nockles put Rufforth in front but before the break Windle added his second of the game for the home side. Chris Smith equalised for the hosts but Daniel Whitcombe hit Rufforth’s winner ten minutes from time to record a first win for Rufforth over Civil Service in six attempts. Basement side Elvington moved up four places in the table following their 2-1 win over Ouseburn 2-1 with goals from Alex Martin and Adam Robertson.

The top-of-the-table clash in Division Four went in favour of the hosts York Acorns who beat LNER Builders 4-0, Chris Ellerker (2) Connor Larner and Leigh Dutton were all on target for the Acorns who are now unbeaten in 11 games, their last defeat was on the opening day of the season when they were beaten by the Builders. At the other end of the table Selby Town Res defeated Moor Lane 7-0 in the bottom-of-the-table-clash with a brace each for Kie Latham, Callum Rowe-Dixon and Graham Stewart and one from Olly O’Neil . Wheldrake and Melbourne shared the points in the first goalless draw of the season in the Division.           

Reserve A Leaders Wigginton slipped up again at the hands of their bogey side Huntington Rovers – they have only beaten Huntington once since 2008 - losing 3-2. Tom Metcalfe’s early penalty for Grasshoppers was cancelled out by Chris Holmes but before the break Terry Taylor restored their lead but in the second period the experience of Graham McDonald proved pivotal for Huntington as he hit their equaliser before laying on the perfect through ball for Lee Bunce to run onto and slot home for their winner. It was Wigginton’s first defeat in 18 games and their first home defeat since April 2011.  Old Malton retained their second position following their 6-2 home win over Haxby but Wigginton’s biggest threat is from Dunnington who,  though they laboured to beat struggling Riccall, did eventually win 2-1 despite trailing at the break to a Brett Collier goal. Tom Edwards chipped the Riccall keeper to equalise before a Matty Wain volley wrapped up the points for Dunnington. The Old Malton goals were shared between Jack Thackray and Dean Clarkson and a brace each for Adam Newell and Neil Wilford with Paul Holmes and Andy Carter replying for Haxby.  York RI are still looking for their first away success of the season after losing 3-1 at Copmanthorpe, and that after Colin Cummings had given them the lead. Stuart Aughton levelled for Cop with a penalty before the interval and two second half goals from sub Danny Leach earned Cop the victory.

Easingwold Town surrendered their unbeaten home record and the leadership of Reserve B after they lost 2-1 to relegation-threatened Aviva. Rob Evans put the Insurance side in front and though Andrew Metcalfe (Jnr) restored parity Dave Buchart hit what proved to be the winner for Aviva.  Despite Aviva’s surprise victory they remain in the relegation dog-fight as two of their rivals at the bottom of the table, Bishopthorpe and York St Johns, both won. Goals from Owen Thomas and Andy Seagus helped Bish overturn a 1-0 deficit at home to Tadcaster as they won 2-1 after Billy Thompson had  given Tadcaster the lead while York St Johns enjoyed their first away win since March 2011. The students were indebted to Daniel Tingay who hit a hat-trick to add to goals from Tom Hairyes and Sam Bassett as they won 5-3 at Amotherby, Matty Beam hit all the home goals. 

White Horse are the new leaders as they extended their unbeaten run to 8 games with a 6-2 win at Heslington, Alex Sutherland and John Hall netted for the hosts. A Danny Penrose hat-trick helped Fulford to a 4-3 win at Pocklington and keeps his side with an outside chance of promotion, Joe Kanarski adde3d Fulford’s fourth with the home goals from Stu Barker (2) and Mike Stacey.

The leading two sides in Reserve C both won, leaders Malton & Norton needed a goal five minutes from time at Stamford Bridge to secure all three points as they won 4-3, Wayne Hazell (2) and Steve Hoggard scored for the Ryedale side before Darren Branden (2) and Bobby Templeton brought the hosts level but they suffered a first home defeat in 6 when Matty Reeve hit the late winner for the Malton side. Second placed Selby RSSC took the points and the bragging rights as they defeated local rivals Thorpe 2-1 despite James Pearson giving Thorpe an early lead, Kyle Pool levelled before Jim Darlison celebrated his Selby debut by hitting their winner. Sean Stewart took his personal tally for the season to 13 when he put his Rowntrees side in front in the first half in their encounter with Strensall,  Dan Marshall doubled their lead on their hour mark with Dale Phillips adding their third on 75 mins before Liam Winfield grabbed a late consolation goal for Strensall as Rowntrees won 3-1. Hemingbrough recorded back-to-back away wins as they won 4-0 at Poppleton with goals from Dan Collins, Liam Gautry, Mikey Brown and Adam Fulcher.

 Crayke maintained their unbeaten run in Reserve D with a 5-2 home win over St Clements, Mike Kay (2) Matty Bilham, Gary Goodwin and Patrick Gibbs were all on target for the hosts while Adam Harrison replied with both the Saints goals. Crayke have beaten St Clements in each of the last four meetings. 16 year old Callum Ransome marked his Senior football debut by scoring the only goal of the game as Cliffe defeated Rufforth 1-0.     

Next Round of League Cups

 

TBA
SENIOR CUP ROUND TWO
Total Sports or York st Johns	V	Aviva or Terrington
Wilberfoss	V	Easingwold
Poppleton	V	Amotherby & Swinton
St Clements or Tockwith	V	Copmanthorpe or Huntington
Malton & Norton	V	Dunnington or Hemingbrough
Wigginton or Old Malton	V	Church Fenton WH
Pocklington or Rowntrees	V	Hamilton Panthers or Haxby
Selby RSSC or Dringhouses	V	Riccall or York RI

 

 

TBA
JUNIOR CUP ROUND TWO
York Acorn or Sporting Knavesmire	V	Huby or Bishop Wilton
Wheldrake	V	Stamford Bridge or Huntington FC
Tadcaster Town	V	Ouseburn or Rufforth
F1 Racing or Barmby Moor	V	Moor Lane or Civil Service
Selby Town	V	Fulford or Melbourne
Bishopthorpe or LNER Builders	V	Tadcaster Magnets or Thorpe
Crayke or Rawcliffe	V	Cliffe or Elvington
Selby Olympia or Osbaldwick	V	Strensall or Heslington

 

16 March 2013
RESERVE CUP ROUND TWO
Old Malton or Wigginton	V	Tadcaster Magnets
Wheldrake or Tadcaster Town	V	Easingwold Town
Rufforth	V	Fulford FC United
Amotherby & Swinton	V	Heslington
Copmanthorpe or Wilberfoss	V	Hemingbrough United
Church Fenton W H	V	York st Johns or Tockwith
Selby RSSC	V	Malton & Norton
Hamilton Panthers	V	Poppleton or Pocklington
Cliffe	V	F1 Racing
St Clements	V	Aviva or Dringhouses
Bishopthorpe United	V	Dunnington
Haxby or Strensall	V	Stamford Bridge or Huby
Riccall United	V	Crayke
Civil Service	V	Huntington Rovers
Rowntrees FC	V	Bishop Wilton
York Railway Institute	V	Thorpe United