Match Reports from 20th April 2013

20^th April 2013

For the newly crowned Champions of the York Minster Engineering Premier League it was busy as usual as Dunnington maintained their unbeaten run for the season in comprehensive style as they defeated York St Johns 4-0. Not since April 2008 have St Johns beaten Dunnington and they never looked like improving on that sequence as Jonathon Andrews and Alex Lowe netted in the first half with Tom Richards and Jimmy Wilmoth doing likewise after the interval. Old Malton suffered their first defeat in 11 games as they lost 1-0 at Copmanthorpe and hold on to the runners-up spot but only on goal difference from Cop, who have a game in hand. Matty Bastock hit the only goal of the game after 10 minutes. Wigginton continue to slide down the table as they failed to win for the fourth game on the trot, on this occasion they suffered at the hands of the  Rowntrees revival losing 2-1, ex-Wiggington striker Kev Butler headed his new club in front after 20 minutes with Carl Stewart doubling their lead eight minutes later. Lee Stewart converted a Wigginton penalty but it was not enough to stop Rowntrees chalking up their fourth home win on the bounce and one win away from securing their Premier League status for another season. Easingwold remain embroiled in the relegation battle after they lost 2-1 at home to York RI – their ninth home game without a win. Lee Powell took his personally tally for the season to 24 with RI’s opening goal before Liam Keenaghan made it 2-0 with Dave Adams halving the deficit late in the proceedings. Riccall recorded their first away win in four with a 3-1 win at Selby RSSC to leave their local rivals still needing at least one win to be safe from relegation. Gary Collier, Tom Littlewood and Luke Crowther shared the Riccall goals with Chris Coxen replying for Selby.  Basement side Hamilton Panthers recorded their first home win since November  as they beat Terrington Glory 5-1 with four of their goals from Olly Newby, Adam Fishwick added Panthers other goal with Alex Yates responding for the Glory boys who have now failed to win on the road in five  trips.

Aviva clinched promotion to the Premier League as they won the winner-takes-all battle with White Horse 2-1, the Church Fenton side took the lead after 15 minutes but within three minutes Tom Shirley’s quickly taken free kick  had restored parity. A first league win over White Horse in six attempts was confirmed for Aviva in the second half with another Shirley goal and with it the Division One Championship Shield. St Clements bounced back from their mid-week defeat to wrestle the advantage from  White Horse for the runners-up spot with a 5-1 win at relegated Wilberfoss, Scott Nicholas (2) Dale Lumley, Danny Adams and Mike Midgley shared Saints nap hand and a win against the same opponents next week will see St Clements joining Aviva in the Premier League next season. Malton & Norton wrapped up their season with a 2-1 win at Total Sports, Marcus Godsell’s opening goal for the Ryedale side was their first goal in almost five hours, Kevin Oxendale added Malton’s second with Ben Brannigan replying for the hosts.

The Division Two title was at stake in the Bishopthorpe v Tadcaster Magnets encounter and despite Bish taking the honours when the two sides meet last week the destiny of the title was never in doubt as Taddy,  aided by an Andy Kitchen hat-trick swept into a three goal lead before the interval. Kitchen took his personally tally for the season to 14 with his fourth goal of the game before Bishopthorpe hit back with two late goals from Ben Jones and Andy Haigh but the Championship was already won by Tadcaster Magnets, Osbaldwick were also promoted as runners-up. Fulford’s Sam Harrison scored for the fifth game on the trot but could not prevent his side from going down 3-1 to Strensall, Mick Pipe, Danny Mason and John Cooper had all earlier bagged for Strensall. Stamford Bridge were relegated following their 3-0 home defeat by Thorpe.

F1 Racing were confirmed as Division Three Champions following their 3-1 home victory over Selby Olympia, first half goals from Neil Yeowart and Andy Proctor started the celebrations which were confirmed in the second half with a Ben Storey effort.  The second promotion place is still up for grabs as the three leading contenders all lost, Barmby Moor remain in pole position though despite picking up only three points from their last five games, their latest set-back was a 4-2 defeat at Ouseburn where Richard Dwight (2) Ben Jones and  an own goal accounted for the home sides goals. Bishop Wilton remain just a point behind Barmby but their recent form is just as poor as they slumped to their sixth game without a win as they lost 3-0 at relegation –threatened Elvington. The Harriers,  without a home win in three,  never looked back after Sam Martin scored for the fourth game in succession to put them in front, brother Alex then added their second and Joe Parnell the third. Despite the win Elvington remain in the relegation zone as their main rivals Crayke won 2-1 at home to Rufforth. Daniel Whitcombe’s opening goal for the visitors was cancelled out by a Tom Hilling header and Crayke’s second home win of the season was secured with late goal from sub Alan Boyd.

As the promotion contenders continue to flounder Sporting Knavesmire still have a slim outside chance of taking the runners-up spot and they maintained their interest with a 4-1 win at Civil Service which included an  Alistair Brown hat-trick, Tom Williams had earlier put Sporting in front which had been cancelled out by Ben Holding for the home side.                        

 

The top-of-the-table clash in Division Four between Tadcaster Town and York Acorn which could have decided the outcome of the Championship,  finished goal-less,  so maybe the destiny of the Championship title will be decide the two sides meet again next week. Ben Feathers scored twice for Wheldrake in their 3-0 win at Huntington with Nial Kirby adding the third goal.

 

Dunnington collected the three points they needed to retain the Reserve A title for a third successive year with a 1-0 win at Old Malton. Matty Playle hit the only goal of the game as the Dunnington Club celebrated a clean sweep of the title honours for both the Club’s teams. Dringhouses recorded their fifth successive win over Huntington Rovers with a comfortable 6-1 victory. ‘Houses raced into a five goal lead through Tom Hawksby, Callum Mulhearn, Jimmy Clamp (2) and John Verity before Huntington pulled a goal back with a Chris Johnson penalty before Joe Galway completed the rout. 

 

A John Dey hat-trick helped Easingwold Town edge closer to promotion from Reserve B as they beat  Heslington 6-1, Jordan Green, Andrew Metcalfe (Snr) and Andrew Metcalfe (Jnr) completed rout with Alex Sutherland replying for Heslington who played the majority of the game with 10 men. A win in their final fixture – away at basement side York St Johns -  will secure a return to Reserve A for Easingwold.  A strong Amotherby side registered their first away success of the season as they hit six unanswered goals past  beat York St Johns, Andy Phillips led the rout with five of their tally to add to a Mike Lindsay goal. Tadcaster Magnets moved off the bottom rung of the table after a goal less draw with Pocklington.

 

A Gary Howden goal with virtually the last kick of the game secured all three points for Selby RSSC and probably the runners-up spot in Reserve C  as they defeated basement side Strensall 2-1. Earlier Ryan Munford had levelled for the hosts after Tom Butterfield had given Selby the lead.  A point in their final fixture will be enough for the Selby side or even a narrow defeat may still see them promoted. Thorpe recorded their first away draw in 14 games as they drew 2-2 at Tockwith, Steve Gaye and Steve Poulter scored for the home side.    

Poppleton failed to score for their third away game on the trot but at least they did manage to secure a point as they drew 0-0 at Hemingbrough.   

 

St Clements continued their late push for promotion from Reserve D as they chalked up their 7th straight home win with a 5-2 victory over away-day specialists Cliffe. The Saints led early in the game courtesy of an Joe White own goal, Jason Grundy levelled for Cliffe but the hosts led at the break through the first of two goals from Ricky Mizzi. Joe Hamilton and Josh Johnson added further goals for the Saints before Joe White struck a goal in the right net. A win for St Clements in their final fixture against Bishop Wilton would mean that Crayke would have to take maximum points from their three remaining games to overhaul St Clements. Wheldrake moved out of the re-election zone after they chalked up their fourth game without a defeat with a 3-2 win over Huby, James Smith scored twice for Wheldrake after Nathan Mason had opened Wheldrakes’ account with Tom Horner hitting both Huby goals. Rufforth recorded their first home draw of the season as they shared two goals with F1 Racing, Steve Fratson obliged for Rufforth with Nigel Dawber levelling for the visitors.