Wednesday 25 September 2013

Sunday 22nd September

Premier Division
Hetton Lyons Cricket Club v Kelloe Wmc Score 5-2
Goals from.    Conner winters (3) Mattie Weirs and OG Gave Hetton Lyons Cricket Club a 5-2 home win over Kelloe Wmc.
Sacriston CW Cricket Club.  V New Durham Score: 1 - 1
another draw for new Durham, after hitting the wood work 4 times and missing a penalty. Sacriston 1 new Durham 1. A very entertaining match against two battling teams. Sacriston went 1 up in the first 15 mins then new Durham scored to make 1-1 before half time. It was always going to be close between the 2. Half an hour to go Sacriston got a player sent through an awful challenge of which he had to go. New Durham missed a penalty. Sacriston held on for a draw
Newton Wycliffe WMC v Washington Cross Keys Score: 3 - 0
even match with not a lot of chances created. Aycliffe scored through Strevens with almost the last kick of the first half. In the second half Aycliffe began to get on top and added two further goals from Byrne. A comfortable win for Newton Aycliffe WMC who played some great football against a Washington Cross Keys side who competed for the full 90 minutes.
Coxhoe WMC v Sedgefield St Edmunds Score: 3 - 4
Steven Flockett opened the scoring for St Edmunds then Coxhoe equalized. Two goals either side of half time from Andrew Beamson put St Eds 3-1 up. Another goal from John Maddison made it 4-1. 2 late goals from Coxhoe didn't stop St Eds getting first league win of the season.
First Division
Chilton Wmc against Sherburn Village Lambton Arms Score: 1 - 3
the match should have been 0-5 to sherburn but with a terrible error from the sherburn keeper gave a goal away and some shocking misses the game finished 1-3. The first goal came from Jamie Abbott who walked through the Chilton defense, the second came from Scott Arrnott who scored from open play with a big assist from Karl Hutchinson. The third was a great finish from Daniel Cummings. Chilton equalized before half time through Nicky Pickford but Sherburn scored 2 break away goals as Chilton pushed for the winner.
 Pelaw Grange Dogs V New Brancepeth WMC Score: 7 - 0
another disappointing performance from a depleted new brancepeth side which sees them lose yet again
Gilesgate Queens Head v Brandon Sports Score: 3 - 6
Open game, littered with chances at both ends. For the majority it could have gone either way, but Brandon edged it in the end.

Second Division
Chester Red Lion vs The Britannia CLS FC Score: 0 - 5
Red Lion playing some neat football. The game changed however 20 mins into the game when after a sweeping move midfielder Dan Johnson was hacked down in the box when clean through on goal. The referee had no option but to send off the home defender and Andrew Robinson dispatched the spot kick. The advantage was doubled before half time, with Johnson again the architect, teeing up Hope to score and make it 2 at half time. Although sloppy in possession at times, the away side were clinical in front of goal and scored 3 second half goals through Robinson, Michael Roberts and Brinsley Sheridan to make it 5-0 at full time.
Highhandenhold Bird v Chester St Cuthbert’s Social Score: 3 - 2
Cuthbert’s lost away at the Bird largely thanks to an inept display, but also down to a severely depleted squad.Fryer gave them the lead in the first half, but Cuthbert’s found themselves 2-1 down. Fryer equalized, and it was even for a while, but Cuthbert’s fell apart once the Bird had scored to make it 3-2.
Third Division
Sedgefield Social Club v Lumley Score: 2 - 2
Lumley took an early lead through a Kevin Watson strike, Kevin celebrated in style with a fine man of the match performance. Sedgefield equalized, but Lumley were soon back in the driving seat when Calum Garden finished after Liam Melvin's free kick was saved. The second half saw sedgefield deservedly equalise for a second time. The game finished in a 2-2 draw. A keenly fought contest, which ended a draw with Lumley who were always in front, hanging on under sustained pressure from Sedgefield during the latter part of the game!
Bishop Middleham FC v Washington Jays  Score: 4 - 1
Game controlled from start to finish and really could of Ben more than 4-1. Goals from A.Blackburn, J.Cook, D.Redfern and J.Williamson 4 first half goals from bishops against a weakened jay’s team sealed all 3 points today. Jays reorganized at halftime and pulled 1 back through Tom Clements but bishops deserved the win 4-1
Pittington FC v Durham County Seniors  Score: 2 - 2
The home side twice came from behind to earned a well deserved point Durham took the lead through a individual effort from Mark Hughes, but Pitting equalized shortly after, mid way through the second half James Anthony picked out captain Lee Walker with a deep free-kick, and Walker headed home, Durham looked to be running out winners but a mix up a the back lead to the equalizer. this was a very good game, both teams like to play a passing game, the game was a stop start game due to injuries to players from both teams
Waldridge Park FC v Whitehills  Score: 7 - 1
Waldridge Park FC's excellent start to the season continued with an impressive 7-1 home defeat of local rivals Chester Whitehils. Waldridge controlled the game from the outset with the visitors having no answer to Park's possession and attacking play. Striker Joe Hughes maintained his good run of form with a first half hat trick finishing off some some great passing moves the pick of which was a thumping 20 yard shot. Lloyd McGee weighed in with a headed goal arriving at the back post to head in a Steven Dobbing corner to make it four nil at half time. Whitehills pulled a goal back when a free kick was not cleared enabling a tap in for their striker. Waldridge piled more pressure on immediately and another McGee goal increased the advantage again. Man of the match Hughes again got on the score sheet this time driving in with his left foot. McGee rounded of the scoring with another back post header following good work again by Hughes. An all round top performance from back to front by the Waldridge lads. Good game, excellent performance from the home side.

Fourth Division
Quarrington Hill V Pity Me Lambton Hounds Score: 1 - 3
A game that could have gone either way but for the home side missing their chances and the away side making the most of theirs. An even game over the first half with the Hill maybe just edging it without the final finishing touch. The second half saw Pity Me fairly dominant creating many more chances than the home side. Kudos to the visitor's goalkeeper after a double save followed by another great save to keep the Hill at bay.MOM Andrew Robinson. A decently contested game between these 2 teams, but by the end could have been more for Pity Me. The away side got a penalty early on, that was expertly dispatched by Allport as he sent the keeper the wrong way. This should have let the away side kick on with confidence after their win from the week before, but not long after Quarrington Hill got a penalty themselves which they also scored, although the Pity Me's keeper did get a hand to it but couldn't quite keep it out. The home aide had a lot of the ball in their own half, as Pity Me's tactic was to sit deep and press when the ball was in their own half. As a result of this tactic there was a lot of possession for the home side but they could not create anything as all they seemed to do was play long balls over the top when they had it. The half petered out and was still level at the break.
Second half was a bit different as the away side began pressing higher up the pitch which started forcing mistakes out of Quarrington Hill. With the possession they began to get, Pity Me started using the wings to good effect. This became fruitful with 2 quick goals that came after great work down the right hand side and balls fizzed across the box to allow for tap to make it 1-3. The home side didn't manage to get many chances or create much in the second half. But their keeper did make a couple of good saves when Pity Me broke through the defence. In the end it was a good 2nd win in a row for Lambton Hounds.

Esh winning cc v Chester Relton Terrace  Score: 6 - 1
Goals from Jason Heslop (2) Dean Taylor (2) Aaron Jordan and Michael Bussey earnt Esh winning cc the 3 points
Ferryhill Celtic v bowburn Ath  Score: 3 - 0
Very good game we had full control of the game they closed us down well never stopped we missed a lot of chances today
A very mismatched game on paper if you look at each teams results so far but both teams matched each other in play until the last few seconds of the first half when Celtic scored their first goal of the game. Second half both teams had chances but fifteen minutes into the half Celtic scored their second, Bowburn still pressured Celtic changing formation to attack leaving a weak defence allowing Celtic to score their third and win the game 3 - 0 with this very young Bowburn side never giving up and playing right up to the final whistle.
Gilesgate The Shoes's v Belmont The Shoes Score: 5 - 0
Result didnt really befit the game as it was a tight affair with Belmont able to take to thier chances and Gilesgate didnt. Belmont deserved the win overall.
Gilesgate missed the first chance of the game after Waterson broke through the defence only to place his shot wide of the keeper. Belmont went ahead through a well taken goal and then doubled it before half time after a set peice.
The second half was more of a scrappy game. Belont grabbed a third goal before Gilesgate missed a re taken penalty. Belmont then took advantage of some dropped heads and tired legs to score another two and win the game.


Durham County Football Association Sunday Cup

Hetton Fox and Hounds vs Sacriston WMC Score: 0 - 3
A solid victory for Sacriston WMC with all three goals in the first half. A David Winter header from Dean Smith's expert free kick opened the scoring. The second followed a flowing team move which Sanderson slammed home via a deflection. The game was effectively ended when Liam Burn beat the keeper to the ball and was brought down in the box, the resulting penalty was dispatched by David Wardle
Hilda Park v Greenside  Score: 0 - 7
Steep learning curve today but the youngsters did well and played some good football when they had the opportunity. Well Done to Greenside a class above today and should never of been in the prelims. Mom. Jonathon Yip
Seaham the George v High Shincliffe Avenue FC Score 4-0
Poor game generally. Shincliffe allowing 3 soft goals within the first 20mins with a limited squad. Came back into the game hitting the bar twice with other chances that on another day would have gone in. Seaham passed it around midfield well but lacked penetration from open play and all 4 goals came from either set pieces or defensive errors in the box. HSAFC having only 1 on the bench really hit with the Roll on subs situation being used to full advantage by Seaham.

Consett Blackhill v Pelton Roab Score 1-3

Pelton Crown v Sunderland Ashbrooke. Score 2-4
Hat Trick from Adam Drayton one from Kieran Tose, Knocked Pelton Crown out of the cup.
East Rainton FC vs Shildon royal George  Score: 2 - 2 East Rainton won on 4-3 on penalties
East Rainton won on 4-3 on penalties against Shildon royal George after coming from 2-0 down with ten mins to go to draw level and force extra time, with goals from Michael Carroll and Jonathon Gaunt leveling to take the game to spot kicks where East won 4-3 with successful spot kicks from Gaunt, Knight, Shepherd, and keeper Caris who also made 2 saves to win the tie and send East Rainton into next round, it was a very entertaining game between 2 very good sides With Andrew Ward picking up man of the match for East Rainton.

Boldon Shack V Houghton Chilton Lodge Fc. Score: 0 - 1
Houghton Chilton lodge travelled to boldon shack in the county cup and it was clear from the start the reigning South Shields champions expected to win the game. In the first minute the boldon left back carried the ball from his own half into the box before unleashing a powerful effort which Chilton lodge keeper defty done well to get a hand to sending the ball crashing off the crossbar and away to safety. Chilton Lodge offered very little going forward as they defended wave after wave of boldon shack attacks. Boldon shack then hit the post with an effort from just outside the box which hit the inside of the post but failed to cross the line. Chilton lodge to their credit kept grafting hard despite offering very little going forward and a mixture of dogged defending and poor finishing saw the sides somehow go in level at halftime 0-0.
2nd half saw Chilton lodge get a foothold in the game and 10 minutes into the half centre midfielder won a tackle on halfway which saw the ball spin up and over the boldon shack defense, Ross meenaghan latched onto the loose ball to round the keeper to make it 0-1 to Chilton lodge. This clearly upset the shack as they were expecting to win this game at a canter but Chilton lodge had other ideas. again Chilton lodge faced wave upon wave of attacks, the more the game went on the frustration was clear to see from boldon resulting in constant shouts of time wasting every time the ball went out, haranguing of the referee & tackles started to fly in which saw the shacks left back booked. A boldon shack forwarded then decided he would try and win his side a penalty with 2 dives which would have graced any swimming pool but the referee waived both appeals away to the dismay of boldon shack. Another controversial moment then ensued as a boldon player had a close range header saved by defty, the rebound looked to go over the line but the referee signaled no goal as defty played on. Adam summerson and mom Michael renshaw were outstanding at the heart of the Chilton lodge as boldon resorted to long balls. With 10 minutes to go the boldon shack left back booked earlier saw a 2nd yellow for a crude challenge on Ian Davison as frustration boiled over. This saw boldon down to 10 men and saw Chilton lodge close out the game at a canter. FT 0-1.
Guidepost Sunderland v Ferryhill Com Hub. Score 5-1
The Guidepost  manager rang the changes for the county cup game today against ferryhill all the lads who have been warming the bench started, it was a one sided affair from start to finish slakey opened the scoring for the guide post 1-0 but it took till well in to the second half before Mitchell doubled the lead 2-0 Paul Richardson added a brace late on and Anth young got the last on ferryhill did score from the penalty spot late on final score 5-1 well done to ferryhill  played in good spirits and had a bit crack and a few pints back at the pub.



Thursday 19 September 2013

Sunday 15th September 2013

Swinburn Maddison Premier League: Ferryhill Saints 0 , Hetton Lyons Cricket Club 9; Houghton Comrades Social 1 , Sedgefield St Edmunds 1 (Stephen Flockett) ; Kelloe WMC 4 (Daniel Davis 2, Lee Peachey, Neil Charlton) , Washington JFC 0; New Durham WMC 1 (Christopher Brown) , Pelton R.O.A.B. WMC 1 (Alexander Peake) ; Washington Cross Keys 4 (Christopher Morrison, Liam Young 3) , Sacriston Colliery Cricket Club 2 (Grant Boyd, Shaun Gregory) ;
Washington Cross Keys v Sacriston Cricket Club  Score: 4 - 2
Entertaining match from start to finish with the first 2 goals going to liam young made it 2 nil. Chris morrison got the third with sacriston making it 3-1 within a short while. Sacriston always looked like scoring and keys soaked quite a lot of pressure. liam young then rounded off a hatrick with a wonder chip from outside the box lobbing the keeper at the far post (cross really!!) Another from the opposition and it ended the match 4-2. Another good win for the keys puts us in the dizzy heights of 4th in the league. In awful conditions sacriston played some good football but gave the game away as usual with individual errors. Washington scored within the first 10 mins then again in 20 mins. Sacriston pulled 1 back before half time. Then the self distruct button was pressed and the away side gave to goals away. Washington 4 sacriston 2
Washington JFC V Kelloe Wmc Score: 0-4
The home team controlled this game from start to finish, they won every 1st ball and every 2nd ball, and in between scored 4 goals, wjfc were not at the races today, very poor display by the visitors and to many mistakes. 2 goals from Daniel Davis, and 1 each for Neil charlton and lee peachey maintained kelloe's good league form resulting in a fine 4-0 victory.
Ferryhill Saints v Hetton Lyons CCFC  Score: 0 - 9
The Lyons took the lead in the 14th second, from the kick off a shot from Price which beat the goalkeeper rebounded off the cross bar and Robbie Bird out muscled the centre half to smash the ball home 0-1. Craig Price scored from the penalty spot minutes later and from then on it was one way traffic Bird scored another three goals Ellison, Harrison, Kane and Weirs found the back of the net
Houghton Comrades v Sedgefield St Eds  Score: 1 - 1
0 - 0 at half time then St Eds take the lead on 60 mins with a near post diving header from Stephen Flockett after a good cross from Stephen Bagshaw. St Eds had chances to increase the lead but comms levelled after a mistake from Bagshaw 7 mins from time. St Eds hit the posttwice int the last 5 mins but the score stayed 1 - 1.
New Durham Wmc v Pelton Roab Score: 1 - 1
missed chances cost new durham again, 0-0 half time , fair result 1-1 full time
Swinburn Maddison Division One: Chester le Street Hilda Park 2 (Christopher Watson, Stephen Gregory) , New Brancepeth WMC 1 (Andrew Smith) ; East Rainton Football Club 1 (Andrew Ward) , Brandon Sports Club 1 (Scott Bryden) ; Houghton Chilton Lodge 0 , Sherburn Village Lambton Arms 3 (Dean Richardson 2, Steven Forster) ; Pelaw Grange Dog Track 1 (Darryl Bell) , Chilton WMC 5 (Byron Brown 2, David Gibson, Joe Cornbill 2) ; Sedgefield NETPark 1 (Alan Jones) , Gilesgate Moor Queens Head 7 (Alexander Hudson, Christopher Cumming, Craig Mcmanus 3, Matthew Bainbridge, Robert Cooper) ; 
Sedgefield NETPark FC v Gilesgate Queens Head  Score: 1 - 7
Netpark had the bare 11 then their keeper was injured after 5mins, lad turned up so came on and was sent off after 80mins for a 'professional foul' even though his team were 6-0 down, both sets of players demonstrated to the referee to use a bit of common sense!! Nightmare morning from start to finish, give Gilesgate Moor their due they took their chances well and have the best goalkeeper (Winter) and central midfielder (Cooper) in the first division by a country mile.
Chester Hilda Park V New Brancepeth  Wmc  Score: 2 - 1
New brancepeth started the game brightly but couldnt make it count and just before half time hilda park scored the 2nd half commenced and hilda park scored from a calamity where the ref awarded an offside then decided to change his mind after all the new brancepeths players had walked away allowing hilda park to just roll a ball into an empty net,andrew smith grabbed a consolation for new brancepeth. .Game that began been played by the teams in exciting style by both teams some excellent goalkeeping by Hilda Keeper Liam Bennett , chances were missed by both sides until Chris Watson ran on to a through ball from Tony Chapman to open the scoring and leave Hilda Leading at Half Time 1-0.Then in the second half 20mins of the strangest decisions I have seen in football saw (least said the better) Tony Chapman again put the ball square fr Stphen Gregory o Latch on to and beat the keeper 2-0 Hilda, followed later by a penalty given to New Brancepeth for their player stumbling over the ball Final Score 2-1 to Hilda
Houghton Chilton Lodge V Sherburn Village Score: 0 - 3
Chilton Lodge find themselves bottom of Division 1 after going down 0-3 to Sherburn Village Lambton Arms FC. Chilton Lodge created the only 2 first half chances of note as the sides went in 0-0 in an evenly contested 1st half. Ross Meenaghan had a header from 10 yards superbly saved by the Sherburn keeper who managed to tip the ball over the bar as it looked to be heading into the top corner. Andrew Bowes then managed to beat the Sherburn keeper with a drive from 12 yards only to find a Sherburn defender somehow clear the ball off the line. HT 0-0.
2nd half saw Sherburn come out and straight away test Chilton Lodge keeper Defty who had a quiet 1st half. A drive from 25 yards had Defty at full stretch to turn the ball out for a corner. Andrew Bowes then saw his freekick turned over the bar after another great save by the Sherburn keeper. Sherburn then went 1-0, a cross to the far post found an unmarked Sherburn player whose header was kept out by Defty only for the ball to fall for a Sherburn player who squared it for a team mate who found he net from 6 yards. Chilton Lodge then gifted Sherburn a 2nd as an attempted backpass from Martin Armstrong was underhit and fell straight to a Sherburn player who again squared for a team mate who scored from 12 yards . Things went from bad to worse for Chilton Lodge as David Firth went off injured following a tackle from his own team mate Andrew Bowes. Sherburn Village then sealed the points and made it 0-3 as Chilton Lodge defence failed to clear a Sherburn player found time and space inside the box to curl the ball into the far corner. Newly promoted Houghton Chilton Lodge FC now face a certain season long relegation battle FT 0-3.
East Rainton V Brandon Sports  Score: 1 - 1
Even contest, with Brandon edging the first half and East Rainton improving as the game progressed and subsequently finishing the better side. Brandon's goal in the first half from Bryden, following excellent wing play from Blades. East Rainton got their deserved equaliser late in the game with a fine strike from the edge of the area. Good game between 2 good teams with the weather spoiling it with bad winds and rain, it Finished 1-1 with Andrew Ward scoring a cracker from 30yards with 5mins left to cancel out Brandon's goal after a great run from Lee Blades who squared for the ball for Brandon's goal, Blades starred for Brandon with Ward and Hayes outstanding for Rainton who also hit woodwork twice, but in the end a draw was a fair result.
Pelaw Grange Dogs fC vs Chilton WMC  Score: 1 - 5
In the first half Pelaw Grange Dogs probably played the better football but failed to score or really test the keeper and paid the price with an easy goal for Chilton for Pelaw Grange Dogs to be 1 down at half time. They should of been able to recover from this in the second half but again an easy goal for Chilton in the second half and Pelaw looked as if they had given up the game. Although Pelaw still contolled most of the play Chilton were far by the better finishers and went 5 nil up before a good move by Pelaw saw them pull one back late in the game.
Swinburn Maddison Division Two: Ferryhill Dynamoes 2 (Nathan Carr, Stephen Ward, O.G. (1) , Chester le Street Brittania Inn 7 (Daniel Johnson, Michael David Roberts 3, Michael Redshaw, Scott Hope) ; Framwellgate Moor WMC 1 (Nick Barker) , Chester le Street Cuthberts Social 2 (Andrew Clarkson, Mark Bailes) ; High Handenhold Bird Inn 4 , Chester le Street Red Lion 4 (David Tyson 2, Phillip Bowes, Stephen Wood) ; Langley Park Rams Head 3 (Christopher Laverick, Stephen Mickle, Steven Cummings) , Ushaw Moor Cricket Club 1; 
Ferryhill Dynamoes v Chester the Britannia  Score: 2 - 7
An out of sorts Ferryhill side found themselves 4-1 down at half time with Nathan Carr scoring the Dynamoes goal, things didn't get an better in the second half Stephen Ward scored for the Dynamoes then the Britannia scored 3 more to finish 2-7.The Away side made a bright start to the game playing some of there best football of the season and found themselves 2-0 up inside 15 mins, Michael Roberts opening his account for the season then doubling his tally with a second. A defensive mishap let in the away side in to halve the deficit but Captain Mick Redshaw restored the 2 goal advantage shortly after. Leading scorer Scott Hope then notched his 11th of the season to make it 4-1 at half time. Another sloppy piece of defending let the home side in to make it 4-2 and they pressed for 20 mins before Dan Johnson settled the away sides nerves to make it 5-2. Michael Roberts completed his hattrick before an own goal in the dying minutes completed the scoring as the Brit won 7-2.
Langley Park Rams Head V Ushaw Moor Cricket Club Score: 3 - 1
Langley won the local derby, Langley were stronger side first half just couldnt get the breakthrough and thought maybe another one of them days and was 0-0 at halftime and second half ushaw tried to get back into it , then langley scored after 70 minutes from steven mickle direct from a corner, steven summings scored again not long afterm, ushaw pressed a little and got back into the game with a fine strike by the centre half but with ushaw attacking more they left gaps at the back and christopher laverick ran through and made sure of the langley win
High Handenhold Bird Inn  v Chester Red Lion   Score: 4 - 4
Good point for pelton bird. But very poor from red lion

Framwellgate Moor  WMC v  Chester St Cuthberts  Score: 1 - 2
Cuthberts scraped past Fram Sunday morning. As in the return fixture Fram led 1 nil at half time, and deserved it.Cuthberts fought back in the second half, and equalised through Bailes after a scramble in the area.Clarkson wrapped up the win with a good diving header from substitute Pryers fine ball.
fram took lead with a great header at back post executed by nicky barker. 2nd half cuthberts scored two goals to finish fram off once again..
Swinburn Maddison Division Three: Lumley 1 (Liam Melvin) , West Rainton 5 (Andrew Hope, Daniel Summerbell, Ian Brown 3) ; Pittington 6 (Brian Colledge, Gareth Sheraton, Jon Guthrie 2, Martin Clough, Phillip Harbisher) , Bishop Middleham 5; Washington Jays 3 (Michael Alcock, Robert Alan James Robson 2) , Bowburn 0; 
Lumley V West Rainton Score: 1 - 1
Liam Melvin's equaliser on the stroke of half time. Meant a 1-1 half time score. Early in the second half Rainton took the lead. Then came the game changer, Lumley keeper Kieron Brown was sent off for handling outside his area. This spurred on Lumley & the 10 me were then better team but Rainton broke well ended convincing 5-1 winners
Hetton New Inn V Burnmoor Jfc  Score: 3 - 3
evenly matched game of football, near misses on both sides, with 20minutes to go the score was 3 - 1 to burnmoor, it was looking like burnmoor were going to win when there was a lot of activity in burnmoors goal mouth they were trying to keep the ball out of the net when one of their own players accidently put the ball into the net making the score 3 - 2 to burnmoor then with 5 mins to go new inn scored agained making it 3 - 3 the final score.
Washington Jays v Bowburn Score: 3 - 0
2 fisrt half goals from Rob Robson gave jays 2-0 halftime lead . Michael Alcock added jays 3rd to make it 3-0
Pittington Vs Bishop Middleham  Score: 6 - 5
pittington won a end to end game, plenty of chances for both teams to have scored more, the weather didnt help, high force winds and heavy rain made the game sloppy and a nightmare for the players
Swinburn Maddison Division Four: Bowburn Athletic 1 (Jordan White) , Esh Winning Cricket Club 5 (Jason Heslop, Jonathan Hodgson 2, Paul Taylor 2) ; Chester Le Street Relton Terrace AFC 1 , Pity Me Lambton Hounds 3; Ferryhill Community Hub 2 , Kelloe Davy Lamp 3 (Andrew Thompson, Daniel Lowe, Lee Hutchinson) ; High Shincliffe Avenue 2 (Paul Roughley, Simon Wright) , Ferryhill Celtic 8 (Andrew Agar, Liam Taylor 2, Lukas Linhart 2, Marco Linhart, Neil Bell, Shane Todd) ; 
Chester Le Street Relton Terrace vs Pity Me Lambton Hounds  Score: 1 - 3
A well fought win for the Pity Me, who although won by 2 goals could have won by more as they had numerous chances and also missed a 1st half penalty early on. The game involved a lot of midfield battles and quite slick passing as a result of the surface being wet, one of which cost the home side an early penalty that unfortunately the skipper blazed over the bar. This gave Relton a lift, as they thought they had a let off. They started getting in to the game more, getting some possession but not managing to create any clear cut chances. As a result Pity Me took advantage, a good turn and burst of pace got the left winger some space, and he slid a fantastic ball through to the winger from the right to break through the defence and take it round the keeper and slide it in to an empty net. This helped Pity me gain some confidence and get a grip of the game, and again when the left winger got some space he hit it with the outside of his foot in to the corner. Relton managed to get a goal back before half time when they broke through the defence and an easy finish left it at 1-2 at the end of the first half. The second half began much in the same fashion, but there was not as many chances for either side. A couple of times Relton got through the defence with playing long balls but Pity Me's keeper was always aware. and then with about 20 mins to go, the right winger for pity me managed to get loose in the right hand side of the area after a bit of a scramble and hit a thunderous shot which hit off the bar and rebounded off the keeper in to the net to make it 1-3. The game petered out a bit after that for t he last part, and it ended with a good away win for Pity Me.
Bowburn Athletic v Esh Winning Cricket Club Score: 1 - 5
2 1st half goals by Jonathan hodge give Esh winning cc a 2-0 lead at half time Bowburn got a goal back early in the second half then goals from Paul Taylor (2) and Jason Heslop in the last 10 minutes secured the victory. A very thrilling game Esh were leading 2 - 0 at half time then Bowburn scored early in the second half with a rocket shot by Jordan White and went on to dominated the next 25 minutes and then went on the attack leaving the defence with no support and letting Esh score 3 more goals
High Shincliffe Avenue vs Ferryhill Celtic  Score: 2 - 8
Despite losing their back up Keeper at 11:30 the night The Avenue battled hard today and kept things tight in the first half with scores at 2-1 at half-time. Boss Michael Robson pulling a few great saves as he desputised in between the sticks and a good work rate throughout. High Shincliffe's goal was started and finished by lone striker, Paul Roughley. He played a sublime cross-field 45 yard pass to skipper, Andrew Sharp. Sharp beat his man to swing in a great cross, Roughley had covered the ground and arrived at the back post to tuck the ball neatly in with his rarely-used and often ridiculed left peg. Ferryhill Celtic showed their class second half and passed the ball around expertly and taking their chances well. They took the score up to 7-1 before Avenue man of the match, Simon Wright, beat a couple of men after being played in by James Pine to hit a strike from 18 yards past the Celtic 'keeper. Ferryhill snatched an eighth in the dying moments to run out deserved winners, 8-2.
Castle Insurance Alan Smith Trophy - Round 2: Bede Lodge Social Club 3 (Jamie Bennett, Lee Pratt, Paul Richardson) , Washington Cherrytree 5; Newton Aycliffe WMC 8 (Darren Kokes, Lewis Wing 2, Luke Black, Warren Byrne 4) , Quarrington Hill WMC 1; Sacriston WMC 2 (Luke Wilson 2) , Houghton Mill All Stars 1 (Jason Clark) ; Sedgefield Social Club 1 , Chester le Street Waldridge Park AFC 6 (Christopher Days, Christopher Rooney, Joseph Hughes 3, Steven Dobbing) ; 
Newton Aycliffe FC V Quarrington Hill FC  Score: 7 - 1
Exactly the type of game that one would expect for a tie with a Premier League team against a fourth division team.Aycliffe's superior quality throughout the game showed as they were dominant in securing a 7-1 win with striker James Brown netting a consolation for the visitors MOM - Jordan Nicholson. Aycliffe took the game to the visitors from the start in a comfortable victory.Quarrington Hill worked hard and got their reward midway through the second half with a goal from Winter.Aycliffes scorers were Byrne 4, Wing 2,Kokes and Black.
Sacriston  WMC v Houghton Mill All Stars  Score: 2 - 1
In a very entertaining Alan Smith R2 match Sacriston WMC beat Houghton Mill All Stars 2-1.
Luke Wilson scored both Sacriston goals - knocking home from a corner on the half hour for 1-0 and a great goal midway through the second half when he cut in from the right beating three defenders before firing past Mill keeper Sean Simpson for 2-0.
Mill's man of the match Jason Clark made a fine run into the opposing penalty area to fire past keeper Davies to reduce the deficit on 80 minutes but Sacriston hung on to their lead to progress into the next round, A great advert for the Durham league with a top ref and two sides trying to get the ball down and play.A very even game with Luke Wilson scoring twice for the home side, the second an absolute peach of a goal beating two defenders and firing home left footed.
Sedgefield Social Club v Chester  Waldridge Park FC  Score: 1 - 6
Waldridge Park FC progressed to the next round of the Castle Insurance Alan Smith Trophy with a fine 6-1 win away at Sedgefield Social Club. It was a game somewhat spoilt by the strong winds however both teams served up some good football. It was Waldridge who took the lead when right winger Steven Dobbing came in at the back post to finish with a great strike. After the break Waldridge finished the game off as a contest with 3 goals coming in an impressive 15 minutes spell. Great possession and passing provided goals for strikers Joe Hughes and Chris Days followed by a terrific 25 yard free kick from captain Chris Rooney. A penalty was also given in this spell but saved well by the home keeper. Sedgefield pulled one back however Waldridge immediately piled the pressure back on and 2 further goals came from Hughes to get his hat trick. Man of the Match award for Waldridge went to Niki Robson. Sedgefield played against a strong headwind in the first half and restricted Chester to a few chances, one of which was converted, Chester leading 1- 0 at half time. The second half was a case of clinical finishing by Chester who ran out comfortable 6 - 1 victors
Bede Lodge v Washington Cherry Tree Score: 3 - 5
Even Game. Played in windy conditions. Bede Lodge had chances but Cherry Tree came out on top.




Monday 16 September 2013

Sunday 8th September 2013

Alan Smith Trophy 2ND Round  sponsored By Castle Insurance
Brandon Sports Club v Pelton   Roab Score: 2 – 1
Good, close contest. Pelton took an early lead and it took a while for Brandon to settle. Majority of the game it was very close but Brandon edged the second half, creating the majority of chances and subsequently equalising through Blades and sealing the victory through Fort. Peake getting the consolation goal for Pelton.
Pelaw Grange Dogs v  East Rainton fc  Score: 1 - 3 2 Goals from Jonathon Gaunt and 1 from Callum Munro secured a place in the next round of the cup for East Rainton.Sedgefield St Edmunds V Sacriston Cricket Club Fc  Score: 2 - 1A very good cup tie to watch. Sacriston started the brighter but were unlucky to go 1 down due to bad defending but Graham Embleton struck a beautiful free kick on the edge of the oppositions box. Half time went and Sacriston much the better team should of gone 3 or 4 -1 up if they took their chances but football is a strange game. Sedgefield scored a cracking free kick to make the final score 2-1. St Edmunds went 1 - 0 up after 30mins with a well struck 20yard shot from Stephen Flockett. but Sacriston equalised right on half time.Second half was end to end but Brian Fairhurst drilled a perfectly struck free kick into the corner of the net to put St Edmunds through to the next round.Stepys Coaches Presidents Trophy 1st RoundBowburn Athletic  v  Ushaw Moor Cricket  Club  Score: 0 - 3 Raisbeck, Ball and Abson scored for Ushaw Moor.Chester Whitehills v Washington Honest Boy  Score: 1 - 4The Honest Boy progressed into the next round of the cup winning an eventful game. The Boy started the better of the two teams but without creating much, the ball was contested mainly in midfield. Midway through the first half, a through ball from the Boy midfield caught the Whitehills defence flat footed and left the forward 1 on 1 with the Whitehills keeper who came out of his box and handled the ball. The referee was left with no other option that to send him off. With Whitehills down to 10 men the Boy looked to capitalise and had a couple of half chances but couldn't capitalise. Whitehills best spell of the game came when they forced a number of corners in succession, when the away team eventually cleared their lines, a break down the right saw the ball pulled back for the forward to drill a good finish in the bottom corner. Soon after a quick free kick caught Whitehills off guard and the ball floated in the net unchallenged. In the second half the Boy had chance to all but wrap the game up but the keeper stood firm and saved when 1 on 1. Immediately after, a long ball was left to bounce and the Whitehills forward hit a good effort that the keeper could only push towards the bar, it looped down and crossed the line game on. Whitehills hopes of getting back in the game were soon dashed though as another good move down the right saw the Boy striker notch his second with a simple finish. As the game drew to a close, the Boy's striker grabbed his hat-trick with another neat finish to settle the tie.
Durham County Seniors v Waldridge Park FC  Score: 2 - 4 Waldridge Park FC travelled to Durham County Seniors and had to come back from a two goal defecite at half time to book their place in the next round of the Stepys Coaches Trophy. At the start of the game both teams struggled to contend with a poor pitch however Waldridge settled first but were guilty of poor finishing when chances came. The home side punished these misses and took the lead with a penalty when there striker was upended in the box. A second came shortly after when a shot off a post found its way into the back of the net. After the break Waldridge went on the front foot and were awarded two penalties in quick succession when strikers Joe Hughes and Chris Days were brought down. Both penalties were dispatched by Hughes who went onto get his hat trick with a quick break and put Waldridge into the lead. This was extended when another fine move found Steven Dobbing free in the box and he fired home. Mom was midfielder and captain Chris Rooney.
Lumley edged a thrilling presidents cup game after extra time. A Ross Melvin hatrick and strikes from Kalugarama Thompson Cornell Kay & Liam Melvin sealed the win but goalkeeper Kieran Brown capped a man of the match performance with a string fine saves.
Excellent performance by Cherry Tree with a fantastic win to go through to the next round of the cup. another poor performance from bede lodge who are struggling to get their season up and running. goo performance fro cherry tree
Chester Le Street Brittania Inn v  Pity Me Lambton Hounds Score: 5 - 0
A good spirited contest that showed the difference in leagues between the 2 teams. The Brittania made use of the big pitch and created space for each other well, this allowed them to pass the ball around nicely and take advantage of the pace they had up front. Some of the goals were quite simple finishes as the away side lost their markers too easily. All in all a pretty easy win for the home side. The Britannia took an early lead in this Presidents Trophy fixture through Brinsley Sheridan and never looked back. Scott Hope continued his purple patch in front of goal with a penalty and Dan Johnson adding a third to make it 3-0 at Half Time. Shortly after half time Hope scored his second but then Darren Redfearn hobbled off to leave the hosts with only 10 men which disrupted there rhythm. Wes Hood made a couple of good saves to keep his clean sheet intact before a neat turn and shot by Sheridan made the final score 5-0.
Chester St Cuthberts v  Pelton Crown  Score: 7 - 0
Cuthberts got a good cup win this sunday. A fast start saw them 2 nil up inside 10 minutes through Tomo Gray and Mark Bailes, and but for a 10 minute period in the first half they controlled the game throughout. 5 nil by half time through Daniel Clarkson, Bailes again and Josh Fryer with a great volley.Cuthberts added another 2 in the second half, Bailes completing his hat trick and Andrew Clarkson rounding off the scoring from the spot.
Ferryhill Community Hub Vs Burnmoor JFC  Score: 4 - 3
Ferryhill got off to a flying start and quickly settled into the game. For the first 30 minutes they showed a real fighting spirit, always first to the ball and playing a calm passing game. Many chances were created in front of goal for Ferryhill in the first half which resulted in two well deserved goals and another goal from Mally Foster which took a slight deflection but a good goal none the less. For the last 10 minutes of the first half Burnmoor stepped their game up a notch and Ferryhill didn't seem to do much about it. As a result of their slackness Ferryhill allowed Burnmoor to pull one back. A 20 yard freekick just outside the box was taking superbly as the Burnmoor managed to fire it into the back of the net. Half time 3-1 to Ferryhill.Another lift at the start of the second half saw Ferryhill go all out again as they piled the pressure on the opposition which eventually paid off as a well timed through ball from Jason Leary allowed Mally Foster to turn and hammer the ball into the net putting Ferryhill 4-1 up. It was a well contested game from both sides as they fought hard throughout to create chances. It was Burnmoor again who stepped it up in the closing 20 minutes of the game. Scoring another goal from a second set piece gave them hope of a comeback. Burnmoor managed to clinch another goal in the final minutes of the game but unfortunately could not do enough to make a full comeback. Final Score: Ferryhill Hub 4 - 3 Burnmoor JFC
Langley Park Rams Head's  V Quarrington Hill Score: 0 - 1
A strange game , where somehow langley park lost this game.Langley missed so may chance, guilty of poor finishing, then hit woodwork and had 2 cleared of the line,Quarrington hill defended well and scored on the break, Just one of them days. A good game for the neutral -competitive but very fair - with both teams attacking' Langley Park more so than the visitors.
However, the effort and determination from the Hill paid off in the end with James Brown managing to score after some fairly good team build-up play.
Despite even further pressing from the home side, Q Hill were able to hold on for the narrow win.
Sedgefield Social Club  FC V Chester Relton Terrace  Score: 2 – 7
This was a very entertaining game which flowed from end to end throughout. The only goal came on the half hour when Rainton scored with a header from a corner kick. Mill came close to equalising in the first half whjen a rasping twenty yard piledriver fom Dean Clark narrowly missed and Daniel Johnston had a similar effort in the second half which rattled the cross bar.
Sacriston controlled the game to progress into the next round. A brace from Tom Winter, an own goal and a goal a piece for David Wardle, Shaun Forster and dean Smith
Bowburn V Hetton New Inn  Score: 4 - 8
some good football played by both teams, but with sloppy defending by hetton let bowburn score 4 goals, but in the end hetton had the upper hand ending the game with 8 goals.
THe game was played in a competeive manner with both teams playing the game in the spirit that the game is meant to be played in the end Hetton snuffed out Bowburns attempts at a comeback with some well taken goals to run out deserved winners.
Wjfc welcomed New Durham to their home ground for their latest Premier lgue encounter, ND started the better side closing down the home team from the KO,.their 2 strongest players were the 2 lads up front and it was their No.10 who put them in front after 20mins taking advantage of a poor back pass to nip in, go around Smith the keeper and side foot home 1-0 ND.
ND made it 2-0 when a good ball through the middle once again saw their No, 9 go around the keeper and fire into the corner of the goal from 12 yds H/T 2-0 ND.
The second half saw Wjfc come more into the game putting ND on the back foot, this paid dividends when Briggs scored a cracker from 18yds smacking the ball into the top left corner of the goal 2-1, ND lost their big striker through injury and as he was having a blinder this put Wjfc onto the front foot and they equakised with the ``goal of the game`` by Sinclair he received a pass which just bounced in front of him, he volleyed his shot from 35yds over the keeper who was 6 yds off his line the ball bounced a foot from thr goal line and into the top of the net 2-2 in the 68min, the game was won by the home team when a great ball to Miller on the right saw him cut into the box and his accurate pass to Briggs saw him dummy the keeper and side foot into an empty net Full Time wjfc 3-2 ND.
Hetton Lyons CCFC v Coxhoe WMC Score: 8 - 2
Hetton dominated throughout against a very poor Coxhoe team who were never in the game, scoring two consolation goals through Simon Ord and Ryan Burton.
Washington Cross Keys V Newton Aycliffe WMC Score: 3 - 1
teams matched each other for most of the first half with the first goal coming from Alan Wilson with a ball over the top latched on by wilson to round the keeper with a great one on one finish. 1-0 Second goal by Gary Allen which was protested by aycliff as he looked offside but the goal counted after a great strike from Michael Fletcher was poked home from Allen, looked like it was going in anyway!! Third came from Ross Docherty and well deserved as he worked it well and played his socks off in midfield. 3-0. Aycliff got a consolation goal. Ended 3-1 great result from Keys 

First Division
Gilesgate Queens Head v CLS Hilda Park FC  Score: 0 - 1
Facing a Gilesgate Side for the 2nd time in two weeks they had there big guns on show and having lost the first game , which we still cant get our heads around this was a totally different and Stronger Gilesgate side.We started well up for it and challenged for every ball the midfield battling and defence holding strong with Young Goalkeeper Liam Bennett pulling of s=ome outstanding saves.
The pressure from Gilesgate was constant and HIlda used there pace for a quick break, it was one of these breaks where midfielder Chris Watson got hold of a pass from Jonathan Yip and slotted the ball home passed James in the Gilesgate Goal.The game stayed like this for the last 10minutes with
New Brancepeth Wmc  V Sherburn  Village Lambton Arms  Score: 2 - 2
A very entertaining game at new brancepeth with sherburn starting the brighter and going 2 0 up but new brancepeth came back into it and with two fine solo efforts by mom anthony Holliday the game was even,and was unlucky not to get his hatrick!a great chance fell to craig hindmarch who tried to lob the keeper who handballed outside the area and was red carded,new brancepeth cudnt make use of the xtra man so it finished 2 2 A match that could of gone either way even though sherburn were 2- nil up new Brancepeth battled hard and put away two goals. A little bit of drama with the sherburn keeper getting sent of for handling out side the box but a quite game. The Best goal came from a Scott arnott free kick with the best step over from Jamie Abbott I have ever seen
Fourth Division

Esh Winning Cricket Club  v  High Shincliffe Score: 5 - 0
Centre back Ian Rutherford was in great form today taking the Avenue's man of the match.
Bowburn V Hetton New Inn  Score: 4 - 8

some good football played by both teams, but with sloppy defending by hetton let bowburn score 4 goals, but in the end hetton had the upper hand ending the game with 8 goals.
THe game was played in a competeive manner with both teams playing the game in the spirit that the game is meant to be played in the end Hetton snuffed out Bowburns attempts at a comeback with some well taken goals to run out deserved winners.

Friday 13 September 2013

THE FA CARLSBERG SUNDAY CUP

THE FA CARLSBERG SUNDAY CUP
FIRST ROUND
SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 – 2.00PM
1 Sunderland RCA Grangetown Flsts v Sportsmans
2 Newton Aycliffe WMC v Winlaton Commercial
3 Witton Park Rose & Crown v Stockton Rosegale N&SA
4 Barrington Arms v Humbledon Plains Farm
5 Hartlepool Rovers Quoit v Hartlepool Athletic Rovers
6 Burradon & New Fordley v Kelloe WMC
7 Northallerton Police v Hetton Lyons Cricket Club