In the League Own Cup Competitions the semi-final of the JD Taxis Trophy took place, New Durham Wmc traveled to Chilton Wmc, both side looking to book a place in the Final. , New Durham opened the scoring on the 20 mins through, Andrew Barrowclough, then Durham made it 2-0 just before half time through Graeme Brenkley, The second half saw Durham throw a 2 goal lead away as Chilton fought back to make the score 2-2 at 90 minutes Nicky Pickford scored a free kick from the edge of the box to make it, 1-2 and then 10mins from time he added a second, a penalty to make 2-2. This took the tie into extra time, Durham led again through Brenkley and again Chilton leveled up, but with 8 Mins left mark wild was put through to make it 4-3 and send Durham into the final
In the Premier Division Pelton ROAB entertained Newton Aycliffe Wmc goals from Owen and Hanson for Newton Aycliffe gave them a share of the points in a 2-2 draw. Washington JFC entertained Chester le Street Chester’s , Score: Washington JFC 4-2 Chester’s, JFC had 60% of the play in the 1st half but this did not stop Chester’s taking the lead in 30mins when their no.9 got to the touch line playing a great ball into the path of his team mate who side footed in from 5yds 1-0 . Jock Clarke made it 1-1 when a great pass by Proudock from the right found Clarke who timed his header well the ball flying into the bottom corner 1-1. Jfc went 2-1 up after a great 4oyd ball by Middlemiss found Miller on the rightwing and his 1st time pass found Macadam who slotted home from 7 yds, H/T 2-1 jfc. Soon after the re-start jock made it 3-1 after some neat football through the middle, after one blocked shot the ball fell to Briggs who placed his shot into the left hand corner, after more pressure a great 1-2 between Middlemiss and Macadam saw Middlemiss left foot shot stay low beaten the keeper to make the score 4-2 to Washington .
In the First Division Leaders Coxhoe Wmc travelled to Sacriston Cricket Club, The Cricketers started the game quite brightly and had plenty of the ball and had some free kicks but they didn’t really make the most of them and failed to trouble Tommy Orton in the Coxhoe goal.Coxhoe took the lead when the cricketers failed to clear the ball out of the box from the free kick and Michael Frazer was adjudged to have bundled the Coxhoe player over in the box and a penalty was given. The Coxhoe number 10 despatched the penalty into the bottom right hand corner to make it 1-0.
Half time came and went with little more meaningful action and the game was still in the balance. Then on 51 minutes the Coxhoe went 2-0 up , the centre forward over ran the ball into our box where Stuart Fenton was defending and he had seemed to have covered the run but then he decided to let the ball run instead of clearing it and the Coxhoe forward took a gamble and continued his run forward and found himself with a easy finish from 8 yards out.The Cricketers pushed forward looked to score but they conceded the best goal of the match when a good passing move by Coxhoe coming in from the left cut open our defence and the chance was well finished to make it 3-0.With 89 minutes on the clock Coxhoe got another penalty when Kevin Coates was tracking back into his own box and he went shoulder to shoulder with the Coxhoe forward who went down very easy and again the referee had no hesitation in pointing to the spot. The penalty was converted expertly again, this time into the top right hand corner of the net to make it 4-0.However just a minute later straight from the kick off we finally managed to put a good passing move together in the Coxhoe half which resulted in Collinson making the final pass to Coates who was forced wide by the Coxhoe keeper before Coates eventually rounded him and he found the top left corner of the unguarded net from a tight angle to make amends for conceding the penalty. Burnside Wmc lost 4-3 at Chester Hilda Park, Net Park and Washington Vic shared the points in a 1-1 draw, and Sedgefield Social lost 1-0 at the Queens Head.
In the second division Durham Bede Lodge entertained Chilton Lodge a fairly evenly matched game saw Bede lodge take the lead through a quality Andrew Gates strike. Houghton Chilton lodge equalised from a well hit free kick. As the game looked like it was heading for a draw, Neill Waters scored the winning goal for Bede lodge. Ouston Fc lost 4-0 at East Rainton Fc. Chester Plough Inn completed their first league double of the season away to Esh Winning Cricket Club. Dean Cooper opened the scoring in the early stages and Sam Baddams quickly doubled the lead. Chris Cuthbertson added a third after fifteen minutes only for Esh Winning to reduce the deficit ten minutes later. Dean Cooper made it 4-1 shortly before half time. The Plough continued to control the game in the second half and added a fifth goal through Mark Atchison and soon after made it six through Gavin Prudhoe. Esh Winning scored 2 goals to make the score more respectable but Chris Cuthbertson rounded the scoring off to make it 7-3 to The Plough!.Ferryhill Saints shared the points at Ushaw Moor Cricket Club in a 2-2 draw. The Lambton Arms earned a Point in the 1-1 draw at Washington Lambton Village Inn.
In the Third Division Pelaw Grange Dogs travelled to Framwellgate Moor to play the Club on the King George Pitch, Pelaw Grange Dogs Fc seemed a little jittery at the start but soon settled down and took the lead after 10 minutes with Chris Gosnell the scorer. The match then was dominated mainly by Pelaw Grange Dogs Fc but they failed to take any advantage of their possession. In the second half the game continued in the same vane but then a flighted ball into the box from Framwellgate moor was tipped onto the bar came off the bar and hit keeper Craig Bain to bounce on the line for Paul Curry to knock the ball accidentally into his own net. This was short lived though for Chris Harvey who had come on as a substitute scored and then got a second to make it 1-3 to the Pelaw Grange Dogs FC. In the Big Chester le Street Derby Game the Cricket Club entertained visitors the Red Lion , An entertaining derby between hosts the Cricket Club and visitors The Red Lion .The Red Lion came out on top winning 3-2. The first half was a tight affair with neither side able to break the deadlock. The game came to life in the second half, however, as the Red Lion took the lead only to be pegged back by a Michael Redshaw header. The visitors took the lead for a second time but a Chris Rayner strike saw the Cricketers equalize. The game was won in the last few minutes with a strike from the edge of the box after the Cricket Club failed to clear their lines. West Rainton were at New Brancepeth Wmc the game started with a few nerves for New Brancepeth after there last result against Rainton but dominated the game throughout and were never in doubt to be fair, goals came from Steve Hughes, Ricky Box and Ryan Wilkinson,West Rainton with an own goal, very comfortable 3-1 win for New Brancepeth in the end. Pittington Fc entertained Lumley Fc at Sherburn Liesure Centre, this was a pretty even game, with chances all over the pitch, but it was pittington who took the 2-0 win, thanks to Richard lewins and Dan Devine goals.. Dubmire Lost 3-2 at Bowburn Fc.
In the Fourth Division Ferryhill Dynamos entertained the Honest Boy from Washington. It was the Dynamo’s who took an early lead after a goalkeeping error, the keeper failed to deal with a simple back pass and gifted Vinny Gash with an easy tap in. Gash was at it again when he intercepted a misplaced pass from the goal keeper to slot home and make it 2-0 at half time. Ferryhill wrapped the game up when Liam Armstrong pick the ball up went past a defender and drill home into the bottom left hand corner, final score 3-0 to the Dynamo’s. Langley Park Rams Head had Burnmoor as visitors ,Langley kept there unbeaten run going with 2 goals from Steven Mickle , a one of from Craig bowman and 1 from Anthony Bussey,Burnmoor scored best goal of game with a fine volley. Score could have been more as both sides hit the woodwork. Final Score 4-1.Pity Me travelled to Kelloe to play the Davy Lamp, A very fast pace game and it was end to end for large periods of the game. The first half was pretty much even with both teams creating their fair of chances, with the best chance of the half falling to pity me, where a cross field ball left the striker one on one with the keeper, the striker chipped the keeper only to see the ball come back off the post. The second half again was end to with Kelloe taking the lead with a will taken goal after beating the offside trap. Pity me got back into the when David Grindley but a looping cross into the box and the keeper came and dropped the ball Pity Me were the fastest to react with Kelvin Scorer slotting the ball home from close range. The game continued to go end to end until the latter stages of the game where Pity Me seemed to run out of legs and Kelloe made the most of this scoring 3 more goals. Washington Jays entertained Quarrington Hill Wmc.The Jays led 2-1 at half time with Josh Fox getting both goals. Quarrington equalized early in the 2nd half, but Jays went 3-2 up with 20 mins to go from the penalty spot when David Halliday converted well. Jays 4th came 10 mins from time after a good effort from Tom Clements from outside the box came off Adam Hill and wrong footed Quarringtons keeper.
