Sunday 20 January 2013

20th Jan

weather wipes out all fixtures

13th Jan 2013


Durham Football Association County Cup 3rd Round.

Hartlepool  Throston 1- 4 Hetton Lyons CC

Two goals in each half from the Lyons put them in to the next round. On a very uneven pitch it wasnt a game for slick passing  but the Lyons created plenty of chances in the first half and the home side were always on the back foot. Danny Craggs opened the scoring in the 16th minute giving the goalkeeper no chance with his strike. Chris Wallace always in the thick of the tackles in midfield scored the Lyons second goal in the 42nd minute, some excellent work from Teasdale and Wallace finished it off.

Second half and Throston had to push on for a goal but the Lyons increased their lead in the 58th minute, Matty Weirs shrugged off a defender and from his cross Lewis Teasdale found the back of the net. The home side pulled a goal back in the 76th minute from the right hand side and kept pushing for another but with three minutes to go a header from Ellison to Matty Weirs and he lobbed the advancing goalkeeper to make 4-1

 

 

Stepys Coaches Presidents Trophy Semi-final

Pelaw Grange Dogs FC 5  v 3 Houghton Chilton Lodge FC
Pelaw started brightly but didn’t test the Houghton keeper and it was the away side that took the lead when a cheap free kick was concerned down the left and the ball was wiped in by Fox and headed past Adnitt by Colledge. The Dogs pushed forward to get level and built up the pressure but the Houghton defence stood strong clearing the danger and then needed the help of the post after the keeper come to punch a cross and Mclean tried to slide it passed him only for it to trickle on to the post. It was a long ball over the top that Pelaw didn’t deal with and a cross from the right that seen Agnew finish one on one with past Adnitt to double Houghton’s lead. With 5 minutes of the first half remaining the Dogs pulled one back when a ball up to Hawkins was controlled well he then laid off Mclean who hit a shot into the top corner from distance. However Houghton got back into the game when again from the left a cross played into the 6 yard box wasn’t dealt with and Macpherson looped a little ball over Adnitt who had no chance. Pelaw now three one down at half time.
The second half seen an improved Pelaw performance but final ball was letting the Dogs down. The turning point was on the 70 minute mark when Agnew robbed the ball in his own half from the Dogs he then skipped past three players and crossed and a penalty was awarded by the linesman for hand ball against Hargreaves, Tate stepped up to take the spot kick and hit it hard to the left for Adnitt to make a great save. With 7 minutes remaining the Dogs pushed forward and Worley was played in and beat the offside trap and rounded the Defty in the Houghton goal and slotted home. Into the final minutes the dogs get a corner which Henderson swings in and Mclean flicks on only for it to be saved by the defender and out for another corner. The resulting corner by Donnelly was cleared back out to him and he then hit another ball into the 6 yard box for Worley to head home. 3v3 at full time.Extra time was all one way with Houghton looking very tired and a younger fresher Dogs pilling on the pressure, the Dogs took the lead for the first time in the match when another Donnelly corner was cleared back out to him, he then crossed again this time the ball bounced in front of the keeper and went into the top corner. Houghton nearly drew level when a counter attack left the Dogs exposed at the back and a latch ditch tackle from Patterson was enough for the Houghton forward to hit the post and the ball roll back into Adnitt hands. The match was over in the second half of extra time when Johnson tackled well on the edge of the Dogs box he then played a brilliant first time ball to Mclean who took on two Houghton defenders before slotting the ball into the top corner. Despite attempts by Pelaw Grange to play this game on 3G both sides lined up on a perfectly playable pitch at Southern Area in Rickleton looking to make it through to the final of the Presidents Cup. This was the 2nd year running The Lodge were in the semi finals of this cup. Houghton Chilton Lodge done their chances no harm when they took the lead in this around the 20 minute mark, a great freekick in from John Fox was met by Graham Colledge who powered his header into the net from 6 yards. The Lodge then doubled their lead around the half hour, mom John Fox again provider with a through ball for young Perri Agnew who calmly slotted past the keeper. The home team then pulled themselves back into the game approaching halftime with a great strike from 20 yards into the top corner. Just on halftime John Fox provided his 3rd assist of the half crossing for Iain Macpherson to tap home. 1-3 HT.
2nd half was just as entertaining as the first with both sides looking for goals. With about 20 to go The Lodges Perri Agnew went on a mazy run from the halfway line into Pelaws box beating at least 3 men, his shot was judged to have been handled in the area by a Pelaw player and referee Colin Piggott aided by his linesman pointed to the spot. Ever reliable pelanty taker Gav Tait stepped up to secure the win for The Lodge however Pelaws keeper pulled off a worldy of a save to keep the ball out of the net. This galvanised Pelaw who pushed their left back up top and it was he who brought Pelaw closer with 10 to go, running from deep the Lodges defence were nowhere to be seen, he rounded the keeper to slot home from a tight angle. Then with literally minutes to go a corner was met unchallenged by the same Pelaw player who found the net with a bullet header from 6 yards. 3-3 FT.
Extra time was then needed to settle this fantastic cup tie. The Lodge carrying injuries clearly looked tired and shocked to be playing the extra half hour and to their credit Pelaw pushed on and took full advantage. In the 1st period a routine in swinging ball to the back post was left by defender and goalkeeper, bounced once and into the top corner to make it 4-3 to Pelaw. 2nd period saw the win sealed by a Pelaw forward who carried the ball across the box past the tired Lodge defence to smash home to make it 5-3.
This cracking cup tie was a great advertisement for Sunday morning football, both teams competed well, played the game in good spirit & displayed a mutual respect to each other at the final whistle, whilst the referee and his 2 linesman all had good games. Best of luck Pelaw in the final.

 Stepys Coaches Presidents Trophy Quarter Final
Durham County Seniors FC  2 v 2 Dubmire FC  aet  Durham won on penalties
Durham County Seniors mangaged to make their first semi final of the year beating a tough opposition from two leagues above them. Durham took the lead twice through Mark Hughes( through a goalkeeping mistake) and Lee Walker (after Adam Birks picked out a pass from the left side of midfield) only for the 2nd division side to repeat with comeback goals. Durhams fortunes went from bad to good in a matter of seconds as Brian Gillespie was sent off in the 89th, as he accidentally handled on the line which he could not have done anything about. The Dubmire Striker stood up to take the penalty nervously and blasted over the bar.

Extra time saw a solid defensive display by all of the Durham County players with Scott Arnott hitting the post with a fine free kick, with no goals it was time for the dreaded penalty shootout.

Lee Walker, Scott Arnott, Johnathon Curry, Daniel Cummings, Mark Hughes and Adam Whale stood up for County with only Curry unable to convert. The Dubmire however had to step up to the heroics of David Flowers saving two of their penalties sending County into the semi finals.

Ramside Hall Hotel Cup Winners Cup 1st Round

Pelton ROAB 10  v 0 Chester red lion
kerry 3 mickle 3 graver 2 freeman davison

 

JD Taxis 3rd Round

Chester white hills  0 v 1 Sherburn Lambton arms
The match as a whole was great to watch as both teams attacked and defended really well for the whole 90 minutes. The best action came in extra time with both teams tiring the shots came flying in with both keepers pulling off some great saves. half way through the second half of extra time a break away from two Sherburn players created and put away the only goal with a cross and a header.

 

D and P Trophies Cup 2nd Round

 

chester relton terrace 2 v 5  washington honest boy fc
the honest boy won a hard fought game where they seen themselves having to play most of the second half with 10 men

hilda park  0 v 10 new brancepeth
new brancepeth went into this game after a bad week last week which two players were sent off,they regrouped and fielded a team that played outstanding from start to finish,goals coming from kidd 4, dunham 3,substitute michael crooks with one and a brace for carl "jordi alba" wilkinson ,one of which was a sublime chip,new brancepeth roared into the next round and a well deserved win will give them more confidence for the remainder of the season LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER
Well after todays fixture all I can say is onwards and upwards after two good results against Shadforth , today we collapsed before we kicked a ball. Take Nothing away from New Brancepeth , they were a class above no complaints, good luck in the semisBishop Auckland Heart Foundation  Trophy

Newton Aycliffe wmc 4 v 0  Darlington RFC
Comfortable win for Aycliffe, who were three goals up after half an hour through Campbell, Wood and an Owen penalty.Substitute Jordan Steele added a fourth to put Aycliffe into the next round.

Division 1

Houghton Mill All Stars  1 v 12 Sacriston WMC
Sacriston scored early through Sam Renwick who went onto hit 4 goals in the game,Sacriston were controlling the game at 2-0 but Houghton got back into the game when a cross was delivered into the box and hit a Houghton player in the back deflecting the ball past Potts. the Sacriston took charge and rattled in 12 goals. With super sub Aaron Wilkinson only being on the pitch 25 minutes and scoring a hat trick. The goal of the game was scored last of all by another sub Scott Embleton who half volleyed the ball into the top corner from 20 yards.
Waiting till January for our first league win of the season was hard to take but hopefully more wins will now come this season and finding our goalscoring touch

Sedgefield NETPark  1 v 5  Washington Cross Keys
An even first half saw the teams level at the break, H/T 1-1.
Second half it was all about taking your chances, NETPark missed a few one on ones and were punished by a more clinical Cross Key's team, scoreline a bit harsh on NETPark but scoring goals (or not in NETPark's case) is why they are near the foot of the table, F/T 1-5.

Sacrison cricket club  0  v 3  East Rainton fc
East Rainton travelled to sacrison to play the cricket club and come away with 3points after a great display. Rainton dominated from start to finish and scored 3 good goals with Shears netting a brace and Shepherd also scoring a great goal. Anth Eley and Brian Dowson starring again at the heart of Rainton defence but it was a great team performance and a hugh victory against a good side. Another plus for Rainton saw Callum Hopps return after injury. east rainton started the game much better than sacriston and wanted the game more. A good finish from the forward in the first 20 mins. East rainton made it 2 just before the end of the first half. 2nd half no different east rainton hassled and dug deep then got the third goal. The last 10 mins was all Sacriston but could not break east rainton down. Sacriston CCCFC 0 East Rainton 3

Burnside WMC 1 v 1 Gilesgate Moor Queens Head
Well fought match which Burnside were the better team.
Burnside went 1-0 up with a tap in by , Gilesgate's great defending and man of the match performance by James Winter kept them in it and Gilesgate equalised with a well taken goal by Robert Charlton

 

 

 

Division 2

Ushaw Moor Cricket Club 0  v 3  Shadforth Plough Inn
The Plough travelled to Ushaw Moor CC looking to put a woeful run of form behind them, after losing 3 on the bounce and seeing title hopes fade this was a must win game, The Plough started the brighter of the 2 sides, when Richard Johnson slipped a ball into Moore he helped it around the corner to Elliott who was brought down in the box, Moore converted with confidence.
The first half was limited to hardly any chances a couple of efforts from distance and a free kick on target where all the homeside could counger up, 5 miuntes from the break Ushaw Moor were robbed of possesion on the edge of the visitors penalty area by Maddox, he played a ball to Richard Jonhson, it was 4 on 3 in the Ploughs favour, Moore took a defender one way Elliott took one the other which left Johnsn with loads of time to pick his pass, he looked up saw the keeper of his line and from 30 yards found the back of net to double the visitors advantage.
In the second half it was pretty much the same until that trio linked up again, Johnson played a cutting pass into the channel for Elliott his cross was perfect for Moore to nod home to wrap it up.
The home side were restricted to long range efforts, corners and long throws, but every single player from the Plough put their bodies in the way when needed.

 

Division 3

West Rainton 1 v 1 Ferryhill Dynamoes
Ferryhill created many oppotunities but could not finish any of them off due to some exceptional goal keeping and brave defending before West Rainton punished the Dynamoes when goal keeper Ben Hunter made a rare mistake to gift Rainton a goal before the break. The second half continued much like the first with Ferryhill bossing the game without being able to score, then up steps substitute Stephen Ward to score a sublime premier league style freekick curling it into the top corner from 20yards. Final score 1-1

burnmoor jnrs 1v  2 bede lodge
bede lodge scored 1st then had to weather the storm from burnmoor who equalised with a penalty. Chris Vaughan scored his 2nd goal of the day for bede lodge to make it 2 1 and bede lodge held on to the lead

Bishop Middleham Fc 0 v0  langley Park rams head
a even game with both sides trying hard but unable to break each other downA close encounter between 2 decent sides, which both defences played to cancel each other out and not very ofter get a 0-0 in sunday league, both teams had odd chance to win but draw was a fair result

Framwellgate Moor  WMC 1 v5  Chester St Cuthberts Social
Cuthberts got back to winning ways after losing their last 2 either side of Christmas. A good 5-1 win. Chad Brennan opening the scoring, and goals added from Micky Ross (2), Reece Hutchinson, and Captain, Josh Scott, getting his first goal in his 4 year career for the club. a very poor performance by fram club went a goal down inabout 20 min went further behind about 30 got 1 back through nicky barker st cuthberts went on to win 5 1 and thourley deserved to win

 

 

Divison 4

Waldridge Park FC 7 v 2 Quarrington Hill WMC
Waldridge Park continued their run of fine form with another high scoring home win over Quarrington Hill WMC. It was the visitors who took the lead early doors when their striker followed up on a save by the Waldridge keeper. The home side were level minutes later when a good passing move was tapped in by striker Chris Days. Another piece of good play was finished off again by Days just before the break giving Waldridge a half time lead. A quick goal in the second half by Days giving him his hat trick and a fine solo goal by Joe Hughes settled the result. Full back Chris Davison and centre half Jake Burns weighed in with goals before the visitors pulled one back from a corner. The scoring was completed by man of the match Niki Robson from the penalty spot when Joe Hughes had been pulled down.

Hetton new inn  2 v  0 lumley
Lumley travelled to hetton for their division 4 game. Lumley keeper Hutton twice made good saves to deny
Hetton a half time lead. The deadlock was finally broken by Hetton with 5 minutes remaining, they then added another goal in the final minute to give Hetton a 2-0 victory. The first half was hard to pick which team was the better with both teams having near misses and hetton having three goals disaloud, but the second half was a different when hetton stepped up a gear and two goals were scored by defender daniel clough game ended 2 - 0 to hetton new inn.

High Shincliffe Avenue 1 v 3  Pittington
A closely fought match by two fairly evenly matched teams. The Avenue had the better of the opening period pressing Pittington for much of the first 20 minutes. Pittington had a break from a Shincliffe corner and managed to take the lead through a cool finish on the break against the run of play. Pittington then doubled their lead capitalising on an error at the back by Shincliffe. On around 35 minutes Avenue defender Adam Laing slotted a neat ball through to Paul Roughley who ran from the halfway line towards goal, beating a couple of men on the way. Just inside the box, he drove low and with the aid of a bounce and the outstretched 'keeper's glove, the ball made it into the net to bring the Avenue back into the game. Avenue piled on more pressure with a number of corners and some counters but failed to capitlise on the pressure. The second half started with Pittington coming out of the blocks quicker and Avenue 'keeper Craig Browne kept them in the game with some fine keeping that earned him MOM inclduing a fine double save on around the hour mark. Shincliffe did manage a few more counters and stretched Pittington at times but weren't able to carve any clear cut chances apart from a few drives from out the area. Pittington managed to take a 3rd goal on around 80mins to seal the game after another sloppy bit of defending by the Avenue. All in all a good game of football. in a very scrappy match due to the muddy pitch which was more like a swamp, pittington managed to get the better of a good shincliffe sideWashinton Ox and Plough  2  V 3  Washington New Tavern
Ox and Plough started off the stronger team with the Tavern displaying a very poor performance throughout the 1st half. The Ox and Plough deserving their 1-0 lead at half thanks to an unstoppable strike from the man of the match performing midfielder.
The 2nd half started similar to the 1st with the Ox and Plough retaining the majority of the possession for the 1st 10 minutes of the 2nd half. The tavern leveled the score when Craig Neal converted a spot kick and the Tavern soon took the lead when Gavin Neal struck an unstoppable shot after the ball was cleared from the corner. Gav, who was awarded MOTM doubled his goal tally shortly after, taking the game to 1-3 to the away team. The game settled and the Ox and Plough scored a late 2nd goal minutes from the end to finish the game 2-3. The tavern retain the top spo

 

 

 

 

 

6TH Jan 2013


FA Sunday Cup 3rd rd   (at Seaham Red Star FC)
Hetton Lyons Cricket Club FC  3 -0   Northallerton Police   

Cup holders Hetton Lyons progressed in to the 4th round with a good performance and restricting the Yorkshire side with very few chances. The Lyons almost took the lead in the first minute Nicky Kane got the better of the full back and took the ball around the goalkeeper and his shot from an acute angle just went wide. In the ninth minute the Northallerton goalkeeper pulled off a brilliant save from Lewis Teasdale and in the 20th minute the Lyons took the lead, a free kick on the left and Craig Price got the ball over the wall and the goalkeeper couldn't keep it out 1-0.  Nicky Kane almost made it 2-0 minutes later with a blistering strike but credit to the goalkeeper who pushed it over the bar. In the 39th minute the Lyons did double their lead, a cross on the left from Kane and Lewis Teasdale gave the goalkeeper no chance. Two nil going in to the break and the Lyons well on top.

Second half and it was the Lyons looking the more likely to score and in the 63rd minute Lewis Teasdale collected a ball on the 18 yard line and his shot beat the keeper 3-0. The visitors tried the hardest to push for a goal but the Lyons defence gave very little away. 

 

Durham County Football Association Sunday Cup

Witton Park  2 v 1 Newton Aycliffe WMC AET
Aycliffe took the lead after 10 minutes through Wing and continued to run the first half squandering numerous chances.Witton Park fought their way into the second half and equalised on seventy minutes.Aycliffe were still wasting chances during extra time, and with virtually the last kick of the game,were made to pay when Witton Park grabbed a winner.

 

Stepys Coaches Presidents Trophy Quarter Final

Chilton lodge 1  v 0 Bishop Middleham fc
Very entertaining game , middleham dominated from start to finish and without houghtons keeper who played fantastic should have at least went In at half time a couple up , only to go In a goal behind due to a very dubious penalty decision second half was much the same with middleham hitting the crossbar twice .and finding it difficult to get past a keeper on top form Houghton dug in and eventually saw the game through. houghton chilton lodge entertained bishop middleham in the stepy's coaches presidents cup 1/4 final. despite all the recent rain the pitch at leyburn grove houghton was in good condition. the lodge had a 17 man squad with everyone desperate to play due to no game since 11/11/12.
1st half was evenly matched as both teams contested the game well, both sides played some attractive football but failed to find the net early doors. Chilton Lodges keeper defty made 2 important saves one on one to keep his side in the game. around the half hour mark a long kick accurate by defty put the lodge on the counter, young iain macpherson brought the ball down well midway inside the bishop middleham half heading towards goa, macs slide pass into the box had andrew steele running onto it however steele was then chopped down in the box, the referee paul burt pointed to the spot. regular penalty taker gav tate stepped up calmly to slot home . the away side had another chance late on at the back post however a combination of good goalkeeping and defending meant it stayed 1-0 at halftime.
2nd half was just as even as the first with both sides pushing forward looking for a goal. the away side were twice unlucky not to score as they hit the crossbar twice. chilton lodge keeper and man of the match defty pulled off another 2 saves to deny bishop middleham the goal they were looking for. the chilton lodge created chances up the other end but couldnt put the game to bed as they would have liked as it ended 1-0 to the chilton lodge. despite the lack of goals this was a cracking cup tie and a great advert for sunday football. FT 1-0.

 

 

JD Taxis Trophy Quarter Final

Ferryhill Dynamoes 1  v 2 Hetton New Inn
A lack lustre display from Ferryhill who took the lead through an own goal just before half time, after the break Hetton took control and ran out winners 2-1 Well contested game, both teams having chances on goal, ferryhill went into the lead at half time making it 1 - 0, when second half started hetton were down to 10men due to injured player in last minute of first half, but this did not stop hetton battling on which paid of for them when they scored 15mins into second half making it 1 - 1 then with 15mins to go hetton scored again making 2 - 1 both teams battled on with near misses on both sides. Michael Smith and Andrew Lormor scored the goals for hetton.

JD Taxis Trophy  3rd Round

ferryhill Saints 3 v1 Chester  red lion
a game that red lion shouda won things just didnt fall right. over all good game

 

 

Premier Division

Washington JFC 1  V 2 Kelloe wmc
Wjfc entertained Kelloe at their 3G pitch for their 1st game of 2013.
The game saw Kelloe dominate from the start with some lovely football, the movement off the ball was to be admired and this paid dividends when they were awarded a penalty late in the first half Briggs catching the legs of a Kelloe forward running into the box, 1-0 Kelloe H/T, the score would have been much higher if not for some great defending and cracking saves by wjfc`s back line.
The second half was much the same with Kelloe playing some great football and a good move saw their centre forward turn Proudlock and fire into the bottom corner of the net, 2-0 Kelloe in the 70 min. Wjfc never stopped their high work rate and made Kelloe work throughout the whole game and in the end they put enough pressure on the Kelloe right back who`s back pass resulted in a poor touch by the Kelloe keeper sending the ball into an open goal 2-1 80mins, Kelloe saw the game out and in the end deserved their win but wjfc should be proud that they gave then a hard game. In a game where kelloe dominated from the off, JFC struggled to cope with the passing and movement of kelloe. Kelloe dominated possession but were only rewarded when turton was tripped in the area and Barton made no mistake from the spot. JFC rallied and were unlucky when they hit the post but kelloe resumed control with megran and Coates both going close, only denied by the JFC keeper. Into the 2nd half, and kelloe continued to dominate with Ryder wasting 2 guilt edged chances. Kelloe were eventually rewarded when man of the match ward turned his marker superbly and rifled in an unstoppable drive. Kelloe looked like coasting from then on but after a back pass from Irving slipped under goalkeeper johnson's foot for an unlucky own goal, kelloe were under the cosh. But after kelloe missed a few more chances, it was JFC who were glad forthe final whistle for a respectable, 2-1 defeat but the scoteline didn't reflect the ame as a whole.

Pelton roab 8  v  0  chesters
Kerry 2 Mickle 2 Graver Freeman Peake Davison scored for Pelton

houghton coms v washington vic
Houghton took the lead but the Vic equalised not long after. The Vic thought they had gone in front but the referee harshly brought play back for a foul that both teams were surprised with after the ball was put in the net. Houghton then took the lead and added a killer 3rd late on to take the 3 points.



 

 

Division One

new durham wmc 2 v 4  burnside wmc

new durham lost there 4 year unbeaten home league record, when they were beaten by burnside 4-2 ,, durham led through brenkley on the 30 minute mark, burnside levelled through a penalty on 45 minutes, half time 1-1, 2nd half burnside started the better and rewarded with a tap in to make it 2-1, then durham were rewarded a penalty to make it 2-2 but andrew chester blasted it high over the bar,, burnside made it 3-1 on 75 minutes, but on 80 minutes craig macmanus for durham made it 3-2 durham went looking for there 3rd but were caught out, final score durham 2 burnside 4
great game which was anticipated burnside started the better team but could not finish then durham took the lead within 5 mins burnside replied with an ellison penalty 1 1 at half time then burnside took the lead from a wilson header only for durham to score within minutes from a free kick then burnside pressed and from a free kick davison scored with a header to make it 3 2 with durham pressing davison won the ball from durham and pin pointed a 40 yard ball to ellison only for him to chip the keeper to make it 4 2 in this feisty affair great performance from burnside in this top of the table clash

sedgefield net Park 5 v 1 Houghton Mill
Sedgefield Net Park were 5-1 winners in a division one relegation tussle against Houghton Mill All Stars. The first half was evenly matched at 1-1 - Phillip Bland knocked home a penalty after Mill keeper Chris Johnson had upended Sedgefield's Todd Young and Mill's Luke Clark blasted in the equaliser five minutes before the break. But four second half Sedgefield goals gave the home side three valuable points - Phillip Bland got the second before Mill keeper Johnson gave away a second penalty bringing down Chris Barber who subsequently scored from the spot kick. Alan Jones and another Barber goal sealed the game. First 20 minutes was very sloppy from both sides with no-one getting hold of the game.
Dan Pilling did a worldy overhead kick on 20 minutes that went over the bar by an inch, unfortunately he landed very heavily on this arm. It's broken in 5 places so surgery tomorrow (pins, plates etc) he will be a massive miss to NETPark for the remainder of the season.
On 25 minutes Phil Bland went through on goal, got wiped out by the Houghton keeper. Penalty taken by Blandy to the keepers right 1-0. 30 minutes a ball played into Martin Fields, took down Van Persiesque, slotted into bottom corner. Ref gave offside.
35 minutes and an equaliser from Houghton, Peter Sedgewick didnt clear and got caught out 1-1 (H/T)
NETPark changed it to 4-4-2 at the break, On 55 minutes Todd Young crossed onto Alan Jones's head from 12 yards out 2-1. Five minutes later and Todd Young was brought down by the Houghton keeper exactly the same as the first penalty. Chris Barber stepped up and slotted home 3-1.
NETPark were taking control and on 70 minutes a ball cleared by Houghton fell to Peter Sedgewick feet just outside the box, he hit it nicely, 4-1.
15 minutes to go, Alan Jones clean through 1 on 1 with the Houghton keeper, took it round him nicely to wrap things up. Final Score 5-1.

Sacriston WMC 0 v2  East Rainton
In a game which saw East Rainton only have 4 shots on target the score line was slightly harsh. The first goal was scored after a goalkeeper error which allowed to the opposition to score a open goal from 20 yards. Sacriston then had plenty of chances to score but could not but away a chance and with the game in the last minute of the game East Rainton scored again when all the Sacriston players were in the East Rainton box and the ball was cleared and East Rainton had a open goal once again. East Rainton visited Sacrison wmc in what turned out to be a hard fought win for Rainton after a brace of goals from the impresive Jonathon Gaunt, sacrison played some good football without hurting Rainton who battled hard to secure a hard fought 3 points with Anthony Eley and Brian Dowson superb at the heart of East Raintons defence.

Chester Plough Inn 1 v 8  Chilton wmc
Chester Plough Inn entertained Chilton wmc at the Riverside and were on the end of an 8-1 drubbing. Chilton raced to a 3 goal lead before Daniel Hill pulled a goal back on the stroke of half time. Chilton stepped up a gear in the 2nd half and were well worthy winners.

 

 

Division 2,

 Shadforth Plough Inn 1  v 2  Chester Hilda Park
The Plough entertained Hilda Park and were looking to put a stop to a bad run of results, it wasn' to be, Hilda Park took the lead with their only shot of the first half, a free kick from the right corner of the box beat the wall and Price in goal.
Hilda Park double the lead it came from a kick from the keeper which bounced over our defence and was tooked away calmly from their striker, however before this the Plough had a perfectly good goal disallowed, straight away in the second half Moore put Coxon in, he fluffed his shot wide and to the surprise of everyone the referee awarded a corner, Coxon delivered and John Richardson headed home to level the scores however the referee awarded a very soft free kick, it seemed as though he was correcting his previous wrong. With 25 minutes to play Maddox slipped a through ball into the path of Moore he rounded the keeper only to hear the whistle of the referee, he had pulled it back for a freekick, the Plough eventually got one back Moore striking from 20 yards.
On another day it couldv'e easily been 3-2, the visitors restricted to a long ball and a freekick, other then that Price in goal had nothing at all to do. Well after the break it was nice to get a game on particular with the previous weather and against one of the favourites to win the League Shadforth Plough.
Hilda started of very well playing some lovely passing football even Goalkeeper Alex Green and Centre Half Stephen Saville :-)
The break through came 10 min before half time Michael Johnson from 20yds out free kick beat defence and keeper 1-0 to Hilda
The 2npd half Shadforth pressurised to gain equaliser but the ever bubbly Yip kept them busy to break free and make in 2 -0
With less than 5 mins off the game left Shadforth broke through and s order a deserved consolation Goal
Final score Shadforth 1 Hilda 2

Durham Bede Lodge  5 v 2  Chester St Cuthberts Social
Cuthberts suffered another league defeat after another lengthy spell without a match. MOM Fryer, and a great header by Thomas Gray getting the goals for Cuthberts good game played by both teams, bede lodge had to keep st cuthberts at bay with some excellant performances notably from m.o.m Paul Richardson who scored 2, and also from John Killgannon, Chris Vaughan, Andrew Bell, Lee Pratt and Johnathan Kelly

Ushaw Moor Cricket Club  10 v 2 Bowburn FC
Bowburn manager found how hard the rest of the seson will be after only 27 seconds when Ushaw Moor cut open the Bowburn defence with one ball to score .Ushaw Moor continued and by half time they were 6-0 up with Bowburn having only 1 shot on target.
In the second half a change of formation and a substitution helped Bowburn slightly and scored through Ray Pirt Bowburn scored again when Mark Finnigan scored but 4 more goals for Ushaw Moor had game won.
Bowburn Manager said "we had a couple of players missing from our last win and we poor very poor im hoping I can bring in a couple of new players just to finish the season of and build for next season"

New Brancepeth wmc 2 V 2 Sherburn Lambton arms
Sherburn where the better team in the first half scoring after a couple of chances. But before the fist half finished two of the new Brancepeth players had a fight in the middle of the pitch which ended in them both being sent off. The second half should have been very different Sherburn scored again and the game should have been won but this just rattled the new Brancepeth squad and they went on they offensive. A controveral penalty kicked of there scoring. Sherburn didn't give up and had a good few chances to increase there lead but the Brancepeth keeper kept them in the game. In the last ten minutes the Brancepeth team flooded the Sherburn box and scored to level the score. Sherburn had a clear penalty appeal thrown out when a Brancepeth defender handled the ball in the box and the game ended in a draw

sedgefield social club fc 2  v 9  Pelaw Grange Dogs Fc
 Everyone was up for a game after the Christmas and New Year break. Pelaw were on the top from the start but think they must have left their shooting boots at home for the first 30 minutes with efforts blocked over the bar and scuffed. Fortunately they were in no danger and on the half hour went ahead from a corner with Centre back Scott Patterson getting a head to the ball at the near post and for it drop to an umarked Neil Worley who had the simplest of tasks of tapping it in. This then lead to a short goal rush before half time with David Henderson scoring on 39 minutes Michael Mclean on 40 minutes and then Scott Patterson on 44 minutes. After the break Pelaw were completely asleep and a punt forward by their keeper saw a mistake at the back and Sedgefield had suddenly pulled 2 goals back on the 46th and 48th Minutes. This woke the Pelaw Grange Team up and Michael Mclean got his second on 51 minutes volleying the ball in from a corner. and then David Jeffers got one on 69 minutes. Chris Gosnell came on for Paul Mcnally and then a double substitution of Chris Hawkins and Chris Harvey came on for Michael McLean and Josh Donnelly. more goals followed with David Henderson and David Jeffers getting their second on 79 and 82 minutes respectively and Chris Hawkins got on the score sheet with 2 minutes to spare making it 2 - 9 win for the Pelaw Grange Dogs Fc starting the New Year.
Sedgefielld held out for half an hour then Pelaw scored four goals in quick succession leading 4 - 0 at half time. Sedgefield contrived a mini fight back and netted twice at the beginning of the second half to make the score 4 - 2, however, Pelaw went on to control the game and ran out convincing 9 - 2 winners.
Divison 3

Framwellgate  moor wmc 4 v 5 Handen Hold  bird inn
a very entertaining game both teams could have scored more fram started off well ian field scoring 1st then the bird leading 3 .1 then nicky barker made it 3 2 bird made it 4 2 then 5 2 nicky barker made it 5 3 then james smith made it 5 4 fram should have scord a lot more had it not been for the outstanding form of the bird keeper

Washington jays 5 v 3 witton gilbert
A 25 yard freekick from Jason Turnbull , then two goals from Adam Hill gave Jays a 3-0 halftime lead . Witton pulled two back , then a third , before Chris Young and Dan Robson sealed a 5-3 win for Jays



 

Divison 4

Washington Honest Boy 8 v 0  High Shincliffe Avenue
You'll probably want to use Honest Boy's match report for this. We were awful. Slow start 4-0 down after 20mins, ok middle 5-0 after about 78mins, lacked commitment towards the end 8-0 at 90mins. honest boy controlled the game from start to finish in a game where they won 8 0 with only two goalscorers liam dixon scoring twice and luke macdonald netting six times

 

Pittington 5  v 0 washington ox and plough
pittington were far to strong for the ox who were outplayed everywhere.

Q hill 1 v  2 ReltonTerrace
A good game, Relton taking a 1-0 lead into half time.
Second half and Relton extended the lead to 2-0.
Some good saves from young keeper and MOM Jordan Nicholson meant Q hill were always in the game, and were given hope when Lewis Newton scored 2 mins after coming off the bench. Neither team scored again and Relton were good for the 1-2 win

Kelloe Davy lamp 3  v 1 lumley
Both teams missed a host of chances but with kelloe leading 1-0 James Laidler saw his spot kick saved. Kalugarama netted lumleys consolation

Washington New Tavern 3V2 Chester Le Street Whitehills
Whitehills took the lead after 30 minutes with the tavern replying shortly. 1-1 at half time. Whitehills came out the stronger side in the 2nd half and scored again to make it 3-2. The second half was a physical affair with both teams giving away fouls for needless challenges. Tavern scored on the hour to make it 2-2. In the last minute Whitehills scored against 10 men Tavern as a result of an injury to a tavern player to end the game 3-2.
Chester Waldridge Park 10 v 0 Pity Me Lambton Hounds
Game started off well for pity me, who controled the game from the start. But as soon as the home side scored a couple of quick goals the heads of the away side went down and they lost all composure. Leading in a really poor performance where they were just chasing shadows for most of the game, which meant the marking was poor for most of the goals. An easy win for Waldridge all in all.