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.