Thursday 5th May

In the Premier Division Langley Park Wmc gained three valuable points in a 1-0 away win at Brandon Bay Horse.

Houghton Comrades won 3-2 at Chester Osborne in the First Division

In the Second Division Chester Plough Inn were back in home action after a short break and were up against Washington Lambton Village in the last of their midweek fixtures. The home side were missing Atchison, Lloyd, Johnson, McGuiness and Cuthbertson due to holidays, injury and suspension but still had a strong squad to choose from. The Plough got the game underway and immediately had Lambton Village on their back foot. In the opening minute Aaron Sheriff broke down the left flank and into the box before firing a shot on target but the away keeper made a fine save to palm away for a corner. The home side didnt have long to wait to break the deadlock. Sheriff was involved again as he played the ball up to Joel Baddams, who neatly played in Daniel Hill and the striker kept his composure to place the ball low into the corner of the net. After enjoying the early spell of pressure the home side sat a little deep and allowed Washington back in the game. For the next twenty five minutes Lambton Village enjoyed the majority of posession playing some neat football across the middle of the park, however they didnt take advantage of the posession as they didnt create any chances on goal. The away side did force a number of corners and had a couple of half chances to equalise but couldnt work the home keeper. Against the run of play, the home side doubled their lead with a fine move. A number of players were involved in the build up before it was played out wide to Aaron Sherrif who beat his man before crossing for Daniel Hill to head home past the advancing keeper. H/T 2-0 Washington Lambton Village got the second period underway and continued to play some tidy football in the central areas. They worked their first opening of the game when the away forward won posession from Nathan Baddams and broke into the area but his shot was saved well from Stuart Lambert. The game should have been wrapped up in the 60th minute when Joel Baddams played in Hill who beat the defender and keeper but his shot came back off the post with the whole goal gaping! Elliot Rose was brought on for the tiring Chris Howey and almost immediately made an impact. Rose was involved in some great touch football before passing to Seymour who played in Joel Baddams but the home striker was harshly judged to be offside. Lambton Village were handed a lifeline in the 60th minute when they pulled a goal back. Their only threat all night was from long Rory Delap style throw ins. The ball was thrown in with pace and power which was flicked on for the home defender to nod home from close range. The goal gave the away side a massive lift and they almost grabbed an equaliser minutes later when the away striker hit a sweet volley that looked destined for the top corner only to see Lambert get a strong hand to tip the ball onto the crossbar and Marc Howey cleared to safety. The resulting corner came in and Lambert once again made a fine save to hold on to the ball from close range. Whilst the Washington side went in search of an equaliser it left huge gaps in their defence for The Plough to expose. Jamie Seymour hit a superb volley from 25 yards out but the away keeper was also equal to it as he tipped it on to the crossbar and away for a corner. The game was put beyond doubt in the 82nd minute when Joel Baddams was sent racing clear on goal and he made no mistake by finishing past the Washington keeper. David Wilcock and Stephen Simm entered the field of play at the expense of Sherrif and Baddams and both could have had goals to their name. Wilcock had two chances in quick succession which forced a save from the keeper but minutes later was sent clear on goal but he could only shoot wide of the mark past the advancing keeper. Daniel Hill worked an opportunity in the last minute of the game and as he was on a hat trick chose to shoot at goal much to the annoyance of Simm waiting for a tap in! F/T 3-1

In the Third Division the Bird Inn Travelled to Pelaw Grange Dogs, a hard fought 2-2 draw gave them a share of the Points. New Durham Wmc were 7-0 winners over visitors Shadforth Plough Inn.