Sunday 10th Feb 2013

Durham County Football Association Sunday Cup Hetton Lyons  Cricket Club 1 v 2 kelloe wmc Kelloe upset the hosts when a deflected cross from barton fell to megran who volleyed home after 3 minutes. Kelloe piled the pressure on further more but were denied by some great saves from the hetton goalkeeper. Kelloe extended their lead when the hetton goalkeeper misjudged a cross and Wilson nipped in with a flick header. Kelloe then hit the bar and were further denied by the hetton keeper, but hetton made kelloe pay for their missed chances when a defensive mistake lead to craggs firing in just before half time. The second half was end to end and hetton piled pressure on but couldn't break the kelloe rearguard. Byrne had a chance in the last minute but couldn't force extra time, kelloe won 2-1. Scrappy game on a bumpy pitch and the Lyons were a goal down after 3 minutes through some poor defending, Craggs had a great chance soon after to level the game but a great save from the kelloe keeper denied him. Kelloe scored the second after 18 minutes with a flicked on header with the Lyons keeper stranded. Danny Craggs pulled a goal back in the 40th minute after a lovely ball from Teasdale. Second half much like the first Kelloe had chances to put the game out of sight and the Lyons had enough of the ball but the final ball wasn't good enough    Bishop Auckland  Heart Foundation Cup Newton Aycliffe Wmc'4 v 1 Feryhiill Celtic Aycliffe raced into a three goal lead after 20 minutes, through Wing, Hanson &Cooper. Celtic created some good chances but could n't beat Young in the Aycliffe goal. Celtic took the initiative for the first fifteen minutes of the second half, and finally made a breakthrough on 65 minutes.This stirred Aycliffe back into gear, and they scored another goal through Wood to round off a comfortable JD Taxis Trophy Quarter Final New durham wmc  3 v 1  Sherburn Lambton arms The turning point in the game that Sherburn should have won was when a disallowed goal that then gave new durham a break and countered and scored. New durhams third goal was surrounded by controversy when the ball was handled. The best team lost and it wasn't sherburns day durham played local rivals sherburn in the q-final of guards cup, it was sherburn who scored first on 15 mins, durham levelled just before half time, 1-1 have time. 2nd half durham made it 2-1 on the hour durham scored the 3rd on the 90 minute mark Premier Division Coxhoe Wmc 2-1 Pelton Raob Sedgefield St. Edmund's 3-0 Houghton Comrades Washington Victoria 0-3 Washington Jfc Coxhoe wmc fc 2  v 1 Pelton RAOB fc a very physical game Washington Victoria Inn  0 V  3 Washington JFC Wjfc travelled all of 100yds to play Wash Vic in this latest Premiership Derby match. Wjfc had most of the possession in the first half and after a lot of pressure in the Vic`s box were awarded a penalty in the 30 minute, From the penalty spot, Proudlock stroked the ball past the Vic`s keeper with ease 1-0 wjfc. A very competitive first half saw both teams go close on a couple of occasions H/T 1-0 to jfc. The second half saw a big swing towards jfc who were now in control of the game, after a great through ball by Stephenson, putting Miller clean through, Miller rounded the keeper and side footed the ball into an empty net 2-0 jfc in the 60 minute, The Vic kept attacking and had a couple of half chances saved by Smith, jfc went 3-0 up when Costa Loraine chested the ball down and fired into the goal from 8yds in the 75 minute, the vic continued to attack but without any luck and jfc saw the game out without conceding a goal, F/T 3-0 jfc. First game back after a long lay off and it showed. Poor performance and totally outplayed by Washington JFC Sedgefield St Eds  3 v 0 Houghton Comrades Hard fought end to end first half with neither team troubling the keepers until Dan Newby headed in for St Eds right on half time. St eds had most of the second half with further goals from Newby and Parsons to give St Eds a much needed win. The only downside to the game was a broken ankle sustained by Graham Kime. Division One Burnside Wmc 6-1 Houghton Mill All Stars Chilton Wmc 6-1 East Rainton Sacriston Wmc 4-3 Sacriston Colliery Cc Sedgefield Netpark 2-4 Gilesgate Queens Head Sacriston Cricket Club 3: v  4 Sacriston WMC A great day for a derby with the cricket starting the better team going 2 up in the first 20mins and on the stroke of half time we let the opposition back in the game with an own goal. Sacriston WMC came out in the 2nd half much stronger and wanting more of the ball. A beauty of a goal by Gav Richardson 2 by Sam Renwick then the cricket club replied with Chris Yates Final Score Sacriston WMC 4 Sacriston CCCFC 3 Sacriston CCCFC took a 2 goal led after 15 minutes after two inswinging corners found the head of O'Brian and then Frazier. With 15 minutes of the frist half left Richardson delivered a free kick into the box, the intial effort was on target but hit a head of an opposition player and went into the corner of the net. The second half the WMC scored 3 unaswered goals. the first from a free kick 35 yards out which flew into the top corner from Richardson. Then the third was a well delivered free kick from Richardson again which Renwick managed to get a head on and into the corner. Then a long kick from keeper Potts Sailed over the CCCFC defense and Renwick found himself one on one and he poked it into the corner. More drama occured when sub Yates scored from a tight angle to make it 4-3 and a interesting 10 minutes. But 4-3 was the way the local derby finished and bragging rights to the WMC until next time BurnsideWmc  6 v 1 Houghton Mill all Stars Craig Ellison was in sparkling form netting four goals in Burnside's 6-1 win over Houghton Mill All Stars. Mill started the game well and it wasn't until thirty minutes into the game when the home side broke the deadlock - two Ellison goals and another from Adam Tweddle put Burnside 3-0 up at the break. Chris Wilson made it four on the hour mark before Mill's Shaun Corner lobbed keeper Henderson from thirty five yards out for 4-1. Man of the match for Mill was Jason Clark who managed to clear the ball off his goal line four times in a frantic goalmouth scramble. Chris Wilson and another two from star man Ellison finished the game at 6-1. 1 way traffic from start to finish with burnside going 3 0 in at half time burnside scored after the restart only for mill to score a consolation for there efforts then burnside scored another 2 to round off a good 3 points to put the pressure on teams below scorers were ellison 4 wilson and tweddle with corner replying Sedgefield NETPark   2 v 4 Gilesgate Moor Queens Head 0-0 at half time and not alot between the two teams. Netpark knew before kick-off that with the team they had available fitness was going to play a big part in the game and so it proved with Netpark struggling to get a foot in the game not helped by giving away some sloppy goals, FT 2-4 Tight first half ended 0-0. Second half seen Gilesgate score 4 with Robert Charlton getting a brace, Andrew Ward with 1 and Robert Beaver Cooper sealed it with the 4th. Netpark scored 1 to make it 2-1 then scored last with a consolation. Chilton Wmc  6 V 1  East Rainton Fc Chilton won todays game against East Rainton 6-1, from the start chilton dominated and Rainton who have been on a great run recently were very poor and found them selfs 4-0 down after 30mins after that it was damage limitation for them and despite scoring a goal midway through the 2nd half from Michael Carroll they could not stop Chilton from scoring another 2 goals and running out comftable and worthy winners. Division Two Chester Hilda Park 4-2 Sedgefield Social Club Dubmire Wmc 7-1 Bowburn New Brancepeth Wmc 3-0 Houghton Chilton Lodge Shadforth Plough 0-3 Pelaw Grange Dogs Ushaw Moor Cc 4-2 Washington Lambton Vill Shadforth Plough FC's  0 v 3 Pelaw  Grange Dogs Pelaw won the battle of the sides from the top 4, they took the lead in the first half with a superb overhead kick which somehow found its way through 4 players and past Price in goal, the second goal in the first half saw Richardson play it back to Price his clearance hit the heels of Richardson and fell to the feet of the Pelaw striker who tapped it home. 2nd Half the Plough pushed on which left more room for the break away from the visitors they took advantage of the space and grabbed the 3rd. On the cold day and on a difficult pitch the first 25 minutes were bogged down in midfield although Pelaw were doing more of the pressing. On 27 minutes they won a corner and from David Donnellys cross Paul McNally failed to connect properly nad the ball spun to David Jeffers with his back to goalhe overhead kicked it from the edge of the penalty box past Shadforth's Ian Price into the corner of the net to make it 1 nil to Pelaw Grange Dogs Fc.In the 40th minute Chris Hawkins pressured Shadforths centre back in to passing back to his keeper who only hit the ball off his own player and it rebounded to Chris who from a tight angle slotted the ball into the net just before half time. At the start of the second half David Donnelly of the Pelaw Grange Dogs then hit the bar in quick succession first in the 46th minute and then from 25 yards in the 46th minute. Edward Shanks came on for Josh Donnelly in the 72nd minute and in the 76th minute David Henderson put Chris Hawkins threw only for him to shoot over the bar. however 4 minutes later he was clear down the right wing with G. Coxon hard on his heal when he squared for David Jefffers to get his 2 nd goal of the match and make it 3 nil to Pelaw Grange Dogs Fc. Chris Gosnell came on for captain David Donnelly and Chris Harvey for David Henderson for the last 10/15 minutes and they were soon in the action as Shadforth struggled at the back and Chris Harvey just failed to score as the ball rebounded off the bar. A good result for Pelaw Grange Dogs on a very diffivult pitch to play on and referee. Chester Hilda Park  4  v 2 Sedgefield Social Club With an ideal morning for football hopes were high to get back in the swing with our first game since 10th Jan.Which was soon proved wrong by a quick attacking Sedgefield side and a rusty Hilda Park Defence soon left us trailing 2 -0 down.Heads didn't drop and we got back into the game by half time with goals from Pryer and Barber(pen) HT 2-2We applied pressure against a stubborn social club who battled to get back in the game but goals from Yip and Chapman sealed the Victory 4-2.Sedgefield came out the blocks the quickest and were two nil up after twenty minutes and the scoreline remained the same until five minutes before half time when Hilda Park scored from a corner. Hilda Park drew level two minutes later with a dubious penalty decision and the half finished 2 - 2. Hilda Park took the lead ten minutes into the second half when Jonathan Yip out paced a sleepy Sedgefield centre half and finished A good win for Dubmire Man of the match Stephen Donkin pulling the strings in midfield emphatically. Sedgefield pressed hard to no avail and Hilda Park added a fourth shortly before the end of the game. Dubmire Wmc Fc  7 v 1 Bowburn Fc for Star of the show James Gardiner to score an amazing 7 goals . Dubmire made a few changes from the week before and were determined to get of to a great start a mistake from a Bowburn player in midfield saw Dubmire capatalise and go 1-0 up after only 10 minutes Bowburn struggling with injured players due to 35 man rule and players leaving saw them go 2-0 down minutes later but Bowburn battled and got a goal after some good team work but not long after it was 3-1 just before half time Bowburn were rewarded a penalty and to some peoples suprise Craig Hill stepped up to put his shot wide minutes later the whistle blew for half time 3-1. The second half injuries and tiredness on a very heavy pitch told for Bowburn and they had 4 unanswered goals against them with Dunkin mom running at the Bowburn defence final score 7-1. New Brancepeth  Wmc 3 V 0  Houghton Chilton Lodge new brancepeth entertaine houghton chilton lodge in what we knew would be a tough game as the league table suggested,we started really bright and seem to get on top for abit getting into some great positions but lacking the final ball, eventually we went 1 0 up when kidd burst down the wing and fired into the stantion. houghton battled back and had a few great chances of there own but aaron hall made some great saves before having to be subbed through injury,2nd half was a close affair and new brancepeth went 2 up when lee wilkinson cooly slotted home adam purvis added the last goal to go with his mom performance.New Brancepeth showed why they are currently top of division 2 with a 3-0 home win against Houghton Chilton Lodge who are now on a run of 3 straight defeats. Despite numerous players away or injured it was The Chilton Lodge who created the the best of the opening chances but a mixture of poor finishing, the crossbar and the goalkeeper meant the Chilton could not find a breakthrough. New Brancepeth also created chances and just before halftime took the lead when a miss hit cross found the far back corner. 1-0 HT. 2nd half was the same for The Chilton as they failed to find the net due to goal line clearances and goalkeeper saves. New Brancepeth struck a 2nd from a rebound after stand in goalkeeper craig johnson made a great save only for the ball to land straight to an unmarked New Brancepeth player. A 3rd goal was added 8 minutes from time with a headed goal from a corner to seal the win for the homeside. FT NEW BRANCEPETH 3-0 HOUGHTON CHILTON LODGE. Division Three Burnmoor Jfc 3-2 Chester Red Lion Esh Winning Cc 1-4 Bishop Middleham High Handen Hold Bird 2-0 Durham Bede Lodge Langley Park Rams Head 1-0 Witton Gilbert Wmc West Rainton 2-4 Chester Cricket Club Langley Park Rams Head  1 V 0 Witton Gilbert  Wmc A very dull game.Langley had some players missing and not played in a month again and could tell, Langley started the brighter and game should of been out of sight before half time but poor finishing.Langley finally took lead just before half time with good work from christopher laverick played into michael watson who slotted it home. Langley again started the better second half and scored throught steven cummings but somehow was offside.witton missed a penalty and bith teams missed chances after that ith some goalkeeping langley won 1-0 Esh Winning Cricket Club 1 V 4 Bishop Middleham Fc Brilliant game of football middleham were rampant and dominated the game two goals from john cook saw middleham go in the break 2/1 up and two more from. Jonathon hornsby sealed the win in the second half a comfortable 4/1 victory Burnmoor Jnrs 3  v 2  Chester  red lion Very poor from red lion. Take nowt away from burnmoor worked very hard and played well High Handenhold Bird Inn 2  V 0 Bede Lodge bede lodge had a few chances which could have changed the course of the game, however bird inn deserved to win game Division Four Chester Whitehills 1-0 Chester Relton Terrace High Shincliffe Avenue 4-2 Quarrington Hill Wmc Kelloe Davy Lamp 2-4 Chester Waldridge Park Lumley 1-2 Hetton New Inn Pittington 3-1 Durham County Seniors Pity Me Lambton Hounds 0-4 Washington Ox & Plough Lumley  1 v 2 Hetton New inn Hetton continued their unbeaten run despite Lumley taking the lead through Ben haddock. Hetton equalised from the spot then got a late winner. Lumley had the best of the game first half with lumley having a few good chances stopped by the hetton keeper, then lumley scored by playing good football and some sloppy defending by hetton making it 1 - 0 to lumley. Then 5 mins later lumley defence let them down by giving a penalty away to hetton and hetton scored making it 1 - 1 at half time. The second half hetton came back into the game with both teams having near misses with about 10mins to go hetton scored making it 1 - 2 to hetton, lumley tried to score in the last couple of minutes but hetton held on to get the win. Goals scored by Cole Davison(pen) and Gary Headen of hetton. Kelloe Davy Lamp 2  v 4 Waldridge Park FC Waldridge Park travelled to Kelloe Davy Lamp and came away with the points after a 4-2 win. The game was played on a very heavy pitch and it was Waldridge who took an early lead when Andy Armstrong was felled in the box and the resulting penalty was put away by Niki Robson. Kellhoe adapted to the conditions better and were soon level when a ball over the top of the visitors defence let the striker into score. The home side then took the lead with a similar goal. Waldridge drew level just before the break with a good individual goal by LLoyd MCgee. The visitors took the game to Kellhoe in the second half and were rewarded with another penalty as Steven Dobbing was fouled, again Niki Robson stepped up to score. Steven Dobbing rounded off the scoring finishing off a good passing move. Richard Ellis received the mean of the match reward with an outstanding effort. High Shincliffe Avenue 4  v  2 Quarrington Hill The game started with a very early Q.Hill as stand-in 'keeper Adam Laing failed to clear his lines instead knocking it straight to the striker's feet who rounded him and finished to take the early lead. The Avenue pressed hard with new signing Diego Santamaria impressing with some great trickery up front. Craig Browne fed a neat pass through to player-manager Paul Roughley who's chip round the far corner of the Q.Hill net with a helping hand of the 'keeper's glove. High Shincliffe went looking for more, Joe Barber passed into Santamaria on the edge of the 6-yard box and he coolly finished with the outside of his right boot to claim a deserved debut goal in off the post. It was all Avenue with a few counters from Quarrington Hill which saw a goal-line block from Browne with his chest preventing a certain goal. Santamaria also had what looked to be a perfectly timed run and finish ruled out for offside moments later. Q.Hill drew level with around 5 minutes of the first half to play. A high ball in from their winger 'caught out' Laing who fumbled to gift another goal to the away side. Laing taking one for the team on the day found his composure and managed to see the rest of the game out without much worry. The Avenue came out strong early in the second half, Santamaria having two efforts cleared of the line by Q.Hill number 6 and ultimately their Man of the Match. The Avenue defence was solid, the midfield busy, and Santamaria mesmerising. He rounded two men and slotted the ball through to Roughley, who, two yards out, fluffed his lines to ensure he'll picking up at least the wooden spoon at the end of the season. Quarrington Hill worked hard trying to find an opening but it wasn't to be. The Avenue took a 3-2 lead after a low Joe Barber corner took a deflection of the man on the post and squirmed in. Craig and Robson entered play for Buckle and Roughley, shoring up the backline for the Ave. There were numerous more chances with Browne hitting the bar with a powerful header off another J.Barber corner. The game was sealed on around 82 mins when right-back Phil Blacklock went galavanting forward, he made a neat interchange with Browne and slotted home to claim his first goal for the club. The delight on his face was clear for all to see. A good all round performance from the Avenue and a good 3 points. A game defined by mistakes. Q hill took an early lead through Carl Tingley but Shincliffe pulled it round to lead 2-1 at half time. Q hill got it back to 2-2, Lewis Newton netting the equaliser but an own goal and a defensive error gave Shincliffe the 4-2 win.Q hill man of the match Steven Gardiner Pittington FC   3 v 1  Durham County Seniors FC Pittington inflicted Durham County’s first league defeat of the season and the visitors could have no arguments about the result, the home team stormed into a 3-0 lead at half-time, with Durham offering very little in the way of clear goal scoring opportunities, they did grab a goal back mid-way through the second half, Mark Hughes with a fine strike from 18yards from an Adam Whale through ball. Durham pressed forward searching for more but Pittington defended magnificently and ran out deserved winners. it was a scrappy game at times, but most of it was played with some good football by both teams, a well taken goal by gareth sheraton broke the deadlock in the 1st half to give pittington the lead, then a goalkeeping mistake from dcs goalkeeper, gifted martin clough an easy finish to give pittington a 2 - 0 lead, and just before half time a deflected shot from phil harbisher give pittington a 3 - 0 at half time, in the second half durham county came out strong, but some strong defending from pittington was enough to only concede a consolation goal

Sunday 3rd Feb 2013

FA Sunday Cup 4th rd Allerton 2-3 Hetton Lyons Cricket Club FC Half time Team Talk Spurs on The Lyons Hetton Lyons progressed in to the last eight of the competition but you wouldn’t have predicted that after watching the first half. Allerton could have been four goals up and no one would have complained about it. The home side missed a glorious chance in the 15th minute to open the scoring but completely missed the target but in the 20th minute they did take the lead with a simple header from the unmarked striker. Lyons keeper Newbrooke pulled off a brilliant save on the half hour but it was Allerton that were creating all the chances and soon after it was 2-0,with the Allerton midfield and forwards making it look so easy. Just on the stroke of half time the Lyons grabbed a goal back, Lewis Teasdale on the right side had a shot that was saved from the keeper and Warren Byrne picked up the rebound and smashed the ball in to the net 2-1at the break and it could have been a lot worse. Second half and it was a totally different Lyons team, playing some good football creating lots of chances and the home team were on the back foot, whatever was said by manager Stuart Gooden at half time was working. Lyons had a free kick from the left hand side and Pricey’s kick was perfect for Daryl Hall to give the keeper no chance with his header 2-2 game on. Minutes later Warren Byrne was unlucky with a header and then he was one on one with keeper but lost out. Substitute Chris Bell saw his shot hit the crossbar, Football from the Lyons was much better on a terrible pitch and with 15 minutes to go Nicky Kane played the ball back to Craig Price on the edge of the right hand side of the eighteen yard box and he bent his shot over everyone and it flew in to the goalkeepers right hand side of the net 2-3. Allerton Pushed players forward looking for an equaliser but the Lyons defence were much more together and gave them few opportunities  Danny Craggs should have wrapped the game up when his shot beat the goalkeeper but the ball went agonising wide of the post. Full time and it was a remarkable turnaround for the Lyons Stepys Coaches Trophy Semi final Bede lodge 2 v 4 Durham County Seniors Durham County powered their way into the Cup-Final after a fine battling performance in poor conditions, they had the perfect start when Jonathan Curry headed home a Scott Arnott free kick within the opening minutes, Arnott then converted a penalty after Mark Hughes was fouled in the box, and Daniel Cummings finished off a fine passing move from close range. After the break Bede Lodge pushed forward and were rewarded with a smart turn and finish to make it 3-1, but the visitors scored again when Mark Hughes broke the off-side trap and beat the keeper; Bede Lodge pulled another goal back late on but it was not enough. durham county seniors went 2 up early on in the game and bede lodge were chasing the game from then. the heavy, boggy pitch made playing good football difficult for both teams. In the end bede lodge tried all they had to win the game but durham county seniors proved to be the better team on the day with the score ending up 4 2 Ramside Hall Hotel Cup Winners Cup Semi Final Kelloe Wmc 1  V 0 Brandon Sports An even game, with chances at both ends. Kelloe edged it and clinched victory through Coates after good wing play down the left. In what was difficult playing conditions due to the wind and damp pitch, both teams struggled to command any real play in the game. Kelloe had a few half chance but never really troubled the Brandon goalkeeper. Brandon had the best chance of the half when their striker broke clear 1 v 1 with Morris, but Morris denied him with a good save. The second half was more of the same, kelloe wasting numerous half chances and were nearly punished when Brandon hit the post with Morris well beaten. Kelloe took the lead when great work down the left from charlton lead to a cross that Coates headed into an empty net. Brandon reacted immediately and only a superb save from Morris denied Brandon an equaliser. Kelloe withstood the late pressure to book a plac in the final. SEDGEFIELD st Edmunds 1V  2 PELTON  roab St eds went 1 - 0 up following an excellent from Adam Strong, Pelton drew level 60 mins into game then Stephen Flockett was awarded a penalty in the 78th minute. Penalty kick taken by Brian Fairhurst buthits the right hand post ball rebounded to Stephen Bagshaw but keeper saved his shot. Pelton went on to score the winner 8 mins from time  MIDDLEMAS 1 KERRY 1 Pass and Go League Cup 3rd Round Newton Aycliffe Wmc  0  V 3 New Durham Wmc new durham progressed into the semi final of the league cup beating newton aycliffe 3-0. goals from brenkley 2 and macmanus 1, durhamOn a poor pitch and very blustery morning, Aycliffe didn't adapt at all to the conditions. Following a poor back pass on 21mins a Durham forward intercepted and calmly shot passed the oncoming keeper. This score remained untill the 70th min when a headed goal followed a goalmouth scramble. On 75mins a disputed handball resulted in a penalty for Durham, resulting in the final score of 3-0. A poor performance all round byAycliffe. D and P TROPHIES Knockout Cup Semi Final. New Brancepeth  3 v 2 Lumley fc Lumley FC travelled to New Brancepeth for the DP Trophies Cup semi final. The fiery encounter in gale force conditions saw New Brancepeth race into a wind assisted 3-0 half time lead. Lumley were wind assisted in the second half & began piling on the pressure, 2 early chances were squandered. New Brancepeth played on the break & were awarded a penalty only for Graham Hutton to save. Lumley continued to push hard in an attempt to find a breakthrough. With the Brancepeth defence rocking Kalugarama was denied with a goal line clearance. With time running out & chances being squandered by both sides Lumley were reduced to 10 men, Garry Jackson seeing red. Then breakthrough for Lumley when Alan Thompson converted from the spot. With time running out James Laidler was released & he lobbed the keeper to make it 3-2. Despite pushing hard time ran out for Lumley & new Brancepeth will be in the final.   JD Taxis Trophy Quarter Final Houghton Chilton Lodge  2 V 5 Ferryhill Saints 1st half HCLFC were kicking into a strong wind and took the lead after 5 minutes when Iain Macpherson cut in from the left onto a through ball from midfield and finished with aplomb into the far bottom corner. HCLFC were then denied a penalty when Iain Macpherson was chopped down in the box only for the referee to adjudge the foul to be outside the box much to the disbelief of the homeside. Ferryhills goalkeeper then put his side level with a long wind assisted kick out of his hands which bounced once & over the keepers head into the net. Midway through the 1st half Saints then went in front when HCLFC failed to clear a corner and the ball was slotted home from 5 yards. Iain Macpherson was then fouled in the box once again and this time there was no doubt and the referee pointed to the slot. Magic Craig Johnson stepped up to send the Saints keeper the wrong way. HT 2-2. 2nd half with the wind still blowing hard down the pitch both sides continued to create chances and HCLFC should have took the lead with a header from Andrew Steele which he put wide from close range. Ferryhill Saints from this point pushed on with some great counter attacking football into the wind and took the lead with a chip over the outcoming keeper from inside the box, then HCLFC had one cleared off the line from a corner and from the resulting counter attack a Saints defender bustled his way through to score in off the post. Saints sealed the 2-5 win with a header from close range to progress to the semi's. Credit to both sides who played their best football kicking into the wind and goodluck to Saints in the semi's. Premier Division WJFC  4 V 2 Coxhoe wmc Wjfc welcomed Coxhoe for their latest Premier League match. The wind was a big factor in this game with Coxhoe starting with a gale force at their back`s. The 2 teams were pretty much evenly matched with wjfc just shading possession, however Coxhoe took the lead after a good ball over the top put their No.10 Owen`s through and his first touch was brilliant, allowing him to shoot over the approaching wjfc`s keeper Smith 1-0, end to end stuff resulted in wjfc equalising after 35 mins, Costa won the ball 35 yds out and split the Coxhoe defence in two putting Middlemiss through on goal to fire under the Coxhoe Keeper 1-1, the game was played in good spirit by both teams throughout the first half, wjfc took a 2-1 lead after a corner was volleyed into the net by Halliday H/T 2-1 wjfc. With the wind at their backs wjfc took more control of the game and with Coxhoe throwing everything into attack resulted in wjfc going 3-1 ahead when Briggs put Miller clean through for him to slide the ball under the Coxhoe keeper, always be afraid of the injured animal and this was the case when Coxhoe`s never say die attitude gained them a second goal, after a good passing move Coxhoe`s No.7 Burton fired a cracker into the top left hand corner from 18yds 3-2 wjfc. wjfc wrapped up the game after a great one-two by Stephenson put Miller through again and this time he rounded the Coxhoe keeper to fire into an empty net 4-2 to wjfc at the final whistle. Playing a team wearing mostly ALL BLACK STRIP with a bit of orange, forcing the ref to wear a yellow bib.Playing on a 3G pitch with metal fencing all around took the atmosphere away from a normal game, a wire/cable stretched from oneside of the pitch to the other (for the netting to split the piches up, caused problems as everytime the ball hit the cable the game was stopped, restarting with a drop ball First Division Sacriston WMC 0  v 1 Gilesgate Moor Queens Head Extremely windy conditions made it hard for quality football to be played. A hard fought scrappy match stayed 0-0 until the last few minutes when Robert Cooper scored the winner to earn Gilesgate a vital 1-0 win to keep their promotion hopes alive. The first half saw Sacriston have a very strong wind and they should of gone into the lead with Gilesgate keeper making two excellent saves and also the Sacriston front line squandering some easy chances. The second half saw both teams battle and Gilesgate had a couple of chances themselves to opening the scoring but found the Sacriston goalkeeper making one good save to keep the game level. Then the last minute of the game saw Gilesgate shoot from 18 yards out, a Sacriston defender managed to block the effort and unluckily fell to another player from 10 yards out who fired it into the top corner. Sedgefield NETPark 2  v 4 Burnside WMC Both teams had players missing, from a Netpark point of view it was the second game in a row where enough chances were created to win the game. We see this a points lost today against a Burnside team who are top of the league and when giving their goalscoring opportunities they duly put them away. F/T 2-4pretty scrappy first half with the wind conditions causing problems with netpark going 1 up only for hudson to pull it level direct from a corner then 5 minutes before the break gardner hit a free kick only for it to deflect off a defender and wrong foot the goalkeeper 2 1 burnside at half time burnside started well in the second half playing better against the wind but netpark struck back to 2 2 burnside upped in and wilson scoring a close range header the stoker finished the game off with 10 minutes to go calmly slotting past the on rushing keeper full time 4 2 to burnside Chester Plough 1 v 1 Houghton  Mill all stars The bottom two teams in division one were involved in a thoroughly entertaining 1-1 score line. The game flowed from end to end throughout the match with both sides hitting the woodwork twice. Plough took the lead on thirty five minutes when man of the match Daniel Hill fired home. Mill deservedly equalised on 90 minutes when Jason Clark lobbed Plough keeper Mark Choake. Kevin Johnston had a great game on the right wing for Mill and was their star man. Chester Plough Inn entertained Houghton Mill As on a cold and blustery morning at the Riverside. The home side dominated posession and took the lead on the stroke of half time though Daniel Hill. The Plough had further chances to kill the game off but couldnt find the killer goal and Houghton managed a last gasp equaliser in the 89th minute. East Rainton fc  3 v 0 Washington cross keys fc East Rainton recorded a 3rd straight win and moved to 2nd in the table with a well deserved win over washington cross keys with goals from stephen shears debutant Daniel Grant and a 30 yard free kick from Brian Dowson. Rainton controlled the game in windy conditions and recorded a great result against a very good cross keys side. with Daniel Grant and Stephen Shears starring for East Rainton who also kept a 3rd clean sheet in a row. Second Division Bowburn Fc  2 v 3 Dubmire Wmc Fc Goals from Donaldson ,Maddison & Finch claimed a hard fought victory for Dubmire . Third Division Burnmoor Juniors  2 v  4 Washington jays Burnmoor took an early lead on 10 mins . Jays replied a short while later through Adam Hill then went in front through Chris Cook . Cook got his second on the half hour to make it 3-1 to jays then burnmoor pulled one back to make it 3-2 to Jays at half time . Dan Robson put a twenty yard strike into the top left hand corner twenty mins into the second half and thats how it finished 4-2 to Jays . Bishop Middleham  Fc 1 v 3 framwellgate  moor wmc Very scrappy game on a heavy pitch spoilt by the wind middleham started the brighter amd took a deserved lead through defender john steel following a corner this was cancelled out just before half time a wonder strike by fram nestled in the top corner and the teams went in level at the break second half was again scrappy aas middleham strugged with the conditions some poor defending saw fram take the lead and middleham missed some easy chances to level fram coped with conditions a lot better and scored again leaving the game to fizzle out. with some good work by both secrateries this game was played at fram moor school it was tight game bishop going ahead 1 /0 after about 20 mins 5 mins later smith made it 1 /1 then stephenson made it 2/1 field made it 3 /1 final score 3 1 to fram moor wmc Fourth Division pittington fc 4 v 2 cherster le street whitehills the first game to be played in weeks because of the snow turned out to be a scrappy affair, the pitch was in a bad state, so both teams couldnt really play there best football, but pittington got the win by showing more spirit and fight to grab the 3 points Waldridge Park FC  2 v 3 Washington Ox and Plough It was a case of missed chances which cost Waldridge Park FC the points in an entertaining game at home to Washington Ox and Plough. Waldridge took the lead after two minutes when winger Sean Lewis's pinpoint cross was volleyed home by Chris Days. The visitors came more into the game and were rewarded with an equaliser just before half time scoring from a corner.The home sides advantage was restored after the break when a fine passing move was finished off by Richard Ellis. Waldridge were guilty of not clearing their lines and Washington equalised again with a shot from outside the box. A number of chances were then either wasted or the away keeper saved and Waldridge were made to pay when Washington capitalised on an error by the home keeper to snatch what turned out to be the winning goal.