Match Reports from 12th January 2013

12^th January 2013

 

With the York Minster Engineering Premier League leaders Dunnington without a game,  Wigginton Grasshoppers took full advantage to move within five points of the leaders after they won 3-1 at Old Malton, and against a side that they have failed to beat since March 2008.

 

The visitors led at the break courtesy of an early Jamie Wilstrop effort and only the agility of Grasshoppers keeper Michael Clancy denied the Ryedale side an equaliser. Within four minutes of the resumption they had doubled their lead as Lee McQuade struck his 24^th league goal of the season and though Scott Preston pulled a goal back within two minutes for the hosts ,  Kev Butler confirmed the Wigginton win with their third 20 minutes from time.       

 

Riccall recorded their first win at Copmanthorpe since their promotion to the Premier League four years ago. They lead through a fortuitous own goal which was later cancelled out by Matty Pallister but Riccall pinched all three points with a last minute winner from Andy Addison.  Huntington completed the double over Poppleton as they followed up their 4-1 home win with a 3-1 victory at Poppleton. Chris Dyson hit their opener with Marc Thompson scoring twice in the second half. Easingwold Town ended a run of 11 games without a win as they won 3-2 at Selby RSSC.

The hosts, looking for their first home win of the season,  led 2-0 at the break with goals from Matty Musgrave and Louis Blackwell but the visitors hit back in the second period with goals from Ben Stirk, George Kirk and Ben Tilley.  Another side to excel in the second half was York RI, they trailed 1-0 at the break at home to Rowntrees but totally outplayed their opponents in the second period to win 7-2, Nick Hutchinson, Cameron Sanderson, Lee Powell (2) Liam Keenaghan (2) and Craig Atkinson shared their tally.

The clash between two of the struggling sides,  York St Johns and Hamilton Panthers,  was settled in favour of the students with Daniel Tingay heading the only goal of the game after just two minutes.

 

 

Division One leaders Aviva travelled to second in the table St Clements with both sides looking for their first win in three games, a Tom Shirley goal in the first quarter-of-an-hour saw Aviva to a 1-0 win and the luxury of a 10 point advantage at the top of the table. Church Fenton White Horse suffered their first defeat in six games as they lost at Total Sports, the hosts let slip a two goal lead before eventually winning 5-2 with a hat-trick from Ben Brannigan to add to strikes from Tom Robinson and Amos Laverack. White Horse have now failed to beat their hosts in their last seven meetings. Basement side Wilberfoss secured their second successive away draw as they shared the spoils with hosts Tockwith, Andy Walker gave Tockwith an early lead and though Foss missed a penalty Ian Cappleman levelled for Wilberfoss. Amotherby & Swinton’s away form is certainly keeping them out of the relegation zone and they collected their fourth away win of the season with a comfortable 6-1 win at Pocklington, Mike Lindsay hit a treble for the visitors to add to a Andy Phillips brace and one from George Moore. Malton & Norton trailed to a Matt Wash goal at Haxby but replied with goals from Kevin Oxendale, Marcus Godsell and Ryan Revis to win 3-2, Darren Storey hit the second Haxby goal.

 

Division Two is arguably the closest of all the Divisions with realistically all of the sides still in contention for promotion and relegation. Leaders Fulford succumbed to two goals from Scott Pallister at Rawcliffe who are now unbeaten in 7,  as they lost 2-1, Matty Newsham replied for Fulford.  Second placed Heslington conceded three goals in the first fifteen minutes in their game at Bishopthorpe and all to Ben Jones, Lee Topping and Alex Sutherland did eventually reduce the deficit but Bish won 3-2 to end a run of six games without a win. Bishopthorpe’s last win was at Heslington. Osbaldwick are the new leaders following their 2-1 success at Thorpe despite Craig Pickles giving Thorpe the lead at the interval, Nick Lawrie and Tom Wheatlands struck second half goals for the O’s. Stamford Bridge are still looking for their first home win of the season after losing 4-2 to Strensall and that after John Cavangh and Jordan Elliot had given the hosts a 2-1 lead. Jack Wilson, John Cooper, Danny Mason and Mick Pipe shared the Strensall response.

 

The top four sides in Division Three all collected points on their travels, leaders Bishop Wilton, despite  Tom Knowles drawing a blank in front of goal for the first time this season, extended their unbeaten run into double figures with a 6-1 win at Selby Olympia with four goals for Charlie Bond and two for Michael Wood. The Selby reply came from Shaun Gandy. Second placed F1 Racing led twice at Rufforth, initially from Richard Proctor and then through George Trifan- scoring for the eighth game on the bounce -  but had to settle for a point as the hosts equalised with goals from Steve Gagen and Phil Jones. Third in the table Barmby Moor won 5-0 at Huby while Civil Service kept in touch with the leaders with an emphatic 8-3 win at Crayke. On target for Civil Service were Tom Wright, Chris Smith and two each for Gareth Inness, James Windle and Michael Quinn while Jack Cartwright, Matty Dixon and Dan Smith shared the home goals. The Divisions draw specialists Elvington chalked up their fifth away draw from their last six trips as they drew 2-2 at Sporting Knavesmire,

Alex Martin restored parity after George Winfield’s opening goal for Sporting and after Dan Smith had given the hosts the lead Edmund Houldridge levelled for Elvington.

 

The form book ran true in Division Four with comfortably wins for the leading trio over the bottom three sides, leaders York Acorn pushed their unbeaten run to a dozen games after they beat Moor Lane 5-1, Connor Larner (2),  Stefan Littlewood, Andy Dutton all scored for Acorns before 49 year old Steve Whatmore made a brief appearance and netted, Rob Whittaker grabbed a consolation for Moor Lane. Second placed Tadcaster Town ran amok at home to Wheldrake winning 11-2, their tally was shared between Adam Field (4) Lee Murphy (2) Marcel Edwards, Ricky Longbottom, Tony Weatherill, John Darson and the obligatory own goal. Richard Orr and Jason McCloud shared the token response from Wheldrake. Third placed LNER Builders eased to a 7-2 home win over Huntington FC, the Divisions leading scorer Sam Hill hit a hat-trick to add to goals from Dan Shaw (2),  Andy Hurran and Gary Hardcastle.  The two sides in the middle of the table,  Melbourne and Selby Town,  predictably drew, Liam Booth gave Melbourne the lead before Callum Dixon—Rowe equalised for Selby, it was Melbourne’s first home draw in 16 games while it was the first ever draw for Selby since joining the league last season.

 

Reserve A leaders Wigginton extended their lead at the top of the table following their 5-1 win at basement side Hamilton Panthers but they had to come from a goal down before Rob Orr scored four times after the interval to confirm the win. Earlier Danny Lamb had equalised for Grasshoppers after Neil Hartley had given Panthers the lead.  Old Malton looked well on track to register a third straight win over Dringhouses after two first half goals from Richard Stevenson had given the Ryedale side the lead but Dringhouses rallied with three goals in the space of 15 second half minutes to win 3-2, Tom Hawksby started the revival quickly followed by Wayne Carter and Lee Bond. The last time Haxby defeated Huntington was in April 2010 but the record never looked likely to be improved as Huntington coasted to a 8-1 win with Lee Bunce leading the rout with a hat-trick to add to goals from    Gaz Hurst, Ali Horseman, Dave Moyer, Charlie Coupland and Chris Holmes with Paul Holmes hitting the solitary Haxby reply. In Huntington’s only other home fixture this season they also won 8-1.  Riccall, without a win in five,  entertained York RI who were looking for their first away win of the season and it was the visitors that ended their wait as goals from Mark Powell and Josh Coulson helped them earn a 2-1 win, Tom Osborne hit the Riccall goal.

 

Fulford FC Utd kept in touch with the Reserve B leaders as they chalked up their third away win on the trot despite falling behind to a Aidan Bardy goal at Heslington. Mark Radcliffe levelled for Fulford before Ben Bailey converted two penalties as Fulford won 3-1. Aviva slipped back into the relegation zone after they lost 5-1 at home to Pocklington, James Marshall, Ryan Gargett, Stu Barker and Ash Newton twice netted for Pocklington with Neil Huntington hitting the Aviva goal.

 

Ed Marwood  hit a hat-trick as  Reserve C leaders Malton & Norton extended their unbeaten run into double figures with a 5-1 win at Strensall. Matty Reeves and Zac Hall completed the Ryedale sides nap hand with Jamie Lawrence replying with a penalty for Strensall. Wilberfoss moved off the foot of the table for the first time this season as they ended a run of 17 games without a win as they defeated local rivals Stamford Bridge 4-2, two goals from James Parkin fired Foss into an early lead before the visitors drew level through Darren Burke and an og but Foss went into the break leading 3-2 thanks to a Jon Parkin strike but their first win since November 2011 was confirmed in the second half with a Matt Holme goal. Stamford Bridge won the reverse fixture 4-2.  Hemingbrough took the honours in their derby encounter with Thorpe winning 2-0 with both goals coming from Aide Wood, it was Hemingbrough’ s first home win since lastg January.

 

Reserve D leaders Crayke dropped their first points on their travels this season when they were held to a 1-1 draw at F1 Racing, Mark Foster’s early goal for the home side been cancelled out by Carl Slater five minutes before the interval. Civil Service had little difficulty in extending their unbeaten home run to six games as they hit five unanswered goal past Rufforth, or target for the hosts were Mark Lund, Gareth Srain, Olly Cook,  Lee Richardson and Lewis Hardy. Bishop Wilton ended a run of 7 games without a win as they defeated visitors Huby 3-2 despite two goals from Richard Webster putting Huby in front at 2-1. The visitors,  looking for their first away win after seven successive defeats,  conceded goals to Oliver Riley, Will Slater and Mathew Beckitt. Bishop Wilton had failed to record a win over Huby in  their previous seven meetings.