Match Reports 16th February 2013

16^th February 2013

Title chasing Wigginton Grasshoppers,  hammered 8-0 last week in the York Minster Engineering Premier League,  bounced back by defeating basement side Hamilton Panthers by the same 8-0 scoreline. Panthers were still in the game at the interval trailing only to goals from Dan Zambeli and Eddie Clapham but Wigginton were not going to be denied the chance of moving within two points of Leaders Dunnington and they added to their score at frequent intervals as Clapham completed his hat-trick, Scott Stewart hit three in twenty minutes and the pick of the eight was a goal from Luke Roberts after a 40 yd run.  Defending Champions Old Malton continued in their rich vein of form as they beat Huntington Rovers 4-1 with their goals shared between Jon Newton – scoring for the third successive game -  and Tom Fenwick, Dave Hartas replied for Huntington. Poppleton recorded their first home win in 11 games  to move out the relegation zone following their 4-3 win over Riccall though they trailed 3-1 at the interval to goals from Wayne Brook, Dave Heron and Ryan Watson. Joe Dale doubled his tally for the afternoon when he reduced the arrears in the second half before Matt Janes equalised and Adam Ferguson hit Pop’s winner. York St Johns eased their relegation worries at the expenses of fellow strugglers Easingwold Town as Michael Grogan hit the only goal of the game in the final five minutes as the students won 1-0 and record their first away goal since last September. Easingwold have now failed to record a home victory in their last six attempts. Copmanthorpe registered their first win over York RI since March 2011 and their biggest winning margin for nine years as they won 7-1. The Cop tally was shared between Robin Bedford (2) Chris Storey, Mark Featherstone,   Danny Leach, Mike Peace, and Olly Bird, Mark Woodward replied for RI.     

The top two sides in Division One both won away from home, leaders Aviva needed a quality goal from James Calary as the Insurance side won 1-0 at bottom of the table Wilberfoss whilst second placed Malton & Norton came from a goal down at Pocklington to win 2-1. Marcus Godsell’s 12^th goal of the season cancelled out Tom Raey’s opener for Pock with Kingsley Daffern hitting their winner which extended the Ryedale sides unbeaten away run to 13 games, their last defeat was at Pocklington on October 2011. White Horse,  who have games in hand on all the promotion chasing sides, stretched their unbeaten home run to 14 games with a 5-2 win over lowly Haxby. Darren Storey put Haxby in front before Lenny Mason levelled and the hosts went in front with a Jonathon Marshall penalty though Haxby restored parity before the break through Dale Waddington. A John Langrick hat-trick after the interval settled the game in favour of the Church Fenton side. St Clements ended a barren run of almost five hours without a goal as they beat Hemingbrough 2-0, Simon Kehoe and Scott Nicholas scored for the Saints.    

 As Division Two leaders Fulford had no fixture and the four sides immediately below them all won,  they consequently slipped down to fourth place in what is the closest race in the Division for many years with just two points separating the top five sides. Osbaldwick return to the summit after they won by the odd goal in nine against Strensall, Sam Thompson and Andrew Bilton gave the O’s the ideal start both netting inside the first 10 minutes from which point the O’s were never behind, Tom Wheatlands weighed in with a brace with Nick Lawrie completing the scoring for Osbaldwick with Danny Mason (2) Mick Pipe and Jack Wilson responding for Strensall. Rawcliffe moved into second place as they pushed their unbeaten run to 9 games as a goal in each half, the first from Scott Pallister, the second from John Moss,  earned them a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge. Ben Jones, scoring for the fourth game on the trot for Bishopthorpe, scored four of his sides goals in their 5-2 win over Thorpe, Nick May added their fifth. Heslington snatched victory from visitors Cliffe with two goals in injury time, Tom Hogg had earlier given Cliffe the lead before late goals from Martin Pepper  and John Pipes sealed a 2-1 win for Heslington. 

The top-of-the-table clash in Division Three went in favour of visitors F1 Racing who beat Bishop Wilton 2-1, and inflicted a first home defeat on their hosts since March 2011.  Jake Murphy gave F1 the lead and they doubled their advantage with a George Trifan penalty  with Tom Knowles pulling a goal back for the home side. Third placed Barmby Moor hit five goals for the third week on the trot but just as they had to do last week,  they came from behind, hosts Crayke raced into a three goal lead inside the opening ten minutes through Luke Bilham, Jack Cartwright and Tom Hilling but before the break Barmby Moor were back on level terms due to goals from Will Nicholson, Richard Tinton and Shaun Hodgson. The visitors fourth straight win on the trot was confirmed with a Chris Tatterton goal five minutes from time and an even later own goal as Barmby won 5-3. Selby Olympia recorded back-to-back home wins for the first time this season as they beat Civil Service 3-1, Andrew Woodhall and a Nigel Croad brace accounted for the Selby goals with James Windle replying for the visitors. Sporting Knavesmire completed a comfortable double over Huby as they won 7-0 with goals from Andy Simpson, Alex Dale, Danny Smith and two each for Jamie Painter and Alistair Brown.                

Division 4 leaders York Acorns pushed their unbeaten run to 14 games as they hit six unanswered goals past Huntington FC.  Leigh Dutton and Connor Larne both struck twice for Acorns to add to a goal from Steve Abbott and an own goal. For the second week running Selby Town Res and  LNER Builders shared the points as they drew 0-0 following last weeks 3-3 draw. Moor Lane recorded their first win in nine games as they defeated Melbourne 2-1, a Chris Cooke goal separated the sides at the interval in Melbourne’s favour before Brendan Walsh equalised and Adam Craske hit their winner.   

Wigginton Grasshoppers challenge for the Reserve A title took another knock as they needed a late equaliser from Mark Scoreby to secure a 1-1 draw at Copmanthorpe after Stu Aughton had put Cop in front.   Grasshoppers may be sitting 12 points clear at the top of the table with their only realistic challengers,  Dunnington 17 points adrift of them but they have a massive 8 games in hand and Wigginton’s recent haul of just five points from their last four games has seriously hampered their aspirations of the title.  Dunnington meanwhile continued in their usual manner as they hit four goals past Old Malton for the fourth game on the trot between the two sides, Andy Rose scored twice to add to goals from Ian Burgess, and Josh Tattersall as Dunnington won 4-0. Lee Bunce took his personal tally to ten goals from his last 4 games as he hit four of Huntington’s goals in their 6-3 win over York RI, Dan Hood and Gareth Hurst  added the other Huntington goals with RI replying through Mark Powell, Dave Clarke and Colling Cummings. Dringhouses recorded their first draw in 30 games as they drew 1-1 at home to Riccall, Dan Clipson headed Dringhouses in front with Brett Collier supplying Riccall’s equaliser.

Reserve B leaders White House maintained their unbeaten home record for the season with a 3-0 win over Bishopthorpe, Tom Parnaby, Steve Wragg and Adam Beavers hit their goals. Fulford FC hit six goals for the second successive week, the unfortunate opposition this week was Pocklington as they lost 6-0, Danny Holmes started the balling roll and Dan Harris completed the rout and in between Steve Cooper and Ben Bailey both bagged a brace. York St Johns and Heslington both climbed out of the relegation zone after picking up useful away points, the students hammered basement side Tadcaster Magnets 7-1 with the help of a first half hat-trick from Angus Jones, James Long (2) Chris Walker and Tom Parry completed the rout in the second half with Geoff Nattras getting a consolation goal for Tadcaster while Heslington collected a point from a 1-1 draw at Aviva, James Dunwoody scored for the hosts.                

Two more wins from their remaining five games will be enough for Malton & Norton to take the Reserve C Championship following their 1-0 home win over Rowntrees. Skipper Joe Jefferson scored the only goal of the game with a header as the Ryedale side extended their unbeaten run to 13   games. Poppleton chalked up their first away win of the season with a 1-0 victory at Thorpe, Hungarian Pavel Perhac hitting the all-important goal.

With Reserve D leaders Crayke’s game called off, second placed Civil Service took the opportunity  to move within a point of the leaders after they beat Bishop Wilton 5-0.  Ross Dixon and Craig Coates netted in the first half but the win was not confirmed until late goals from Matty Williams, Ben Holding and a second of the game from Dixon. F1 Racing trailed 2-1 at home to Rufforth with less than 20 minutes to go but goals from Darren Bebb(2) Dan Cooper and Paulo-Santos Monterio earned them a 4-2 victory. When a team without a home win in five entertains a team without an away win in 8 something has to give and  Cliffe managed their first home win of the season as they beat Huby 9-0 with a hat-trick for Nigel Horner and two each for Toby Bodycombe, Joe White and 16 year old Ryan Sutherland.