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March 25 round-up: Dixie Deane Memorial
Cup With the Ship unable to field a team, they had no choice
but to postpone their fixture against Boston College. The Newcastle progressed to their second cup final with
a 6-2 victory over Park Avenue. A good first half performance saw the Castle
play some good football and produce two early goals through Lee Dakin and
Chris Rutt. Park had a couple of chances but failed to make the most of them
and they soon found themselves 3-0 to the worse – Dakin setting up Mark
Lovelace. With 10 minutes of the
first half remaining Jack Smith made it 4-0 with a 25-yard effort. After the
re-start Park pulled a goal back and took the game to the Castle, but they
were caught out on the counter attack, Lovelace again finding the target. He
completed his hat trick from the penalty spot. Park managed to grab a second
consolation goal to make the final score 6-2 in a good sporting game well
handled by Nick Sleaford. Castle paid credit to Park who never gave up. An interesting, if unusual, start occurred at Fosdyke, a
venue hosting the game between The Mill and Magnet Tavern – the referee
turned up (late) and then left the ground just five minutes later much to the
confusion of both sets of players citing the lack of players and the match
being a foregone conclusion! Both sides were struggling for players and it
ended up with nine against eight in favour of the Magnet with the Magnet’s secretary
Marcus Judd taking the whistle. Andy Brown bagged the first goal but then the
Magnet hit 11 without reply. Both teams are congratulated for making the
effort to get the game played, and it was played in a very good sporting
manner. Scorers for the Magnet were Jimmy Britton (7), John Rutherford, Paul
Vaughan, Luigi Rocco and Mark Wakefield. Workforce Unlimited
Division One With the referee failing to show due to his car
breaking down, the Railway provided the match official plus whistle who
controlled the game well against Black Swan Coningsby. It was a slow start by
Shield finalists Black Swan and a fine first half performance from the
Railway, who only had nine men. The Swan held a slender 1-0 lead at the break
– Carl Wall with a lovely finish off his left foot. During the break player/manager
Steve Mills berated his squad and brought himself on to totally change the
game with a great one-man performance for the second half. Mills led by
example providing a great ball through to Richie Newell who blasted the ball
into the top corner giving the Railway keeper no chance. Soon after, Wall
notched his second of the game. Mills again laid on a superb ball to Wall who
incredibly scuffed his shot just six yards away from goal! Capping a
brilliant second half performance, Mills got on the end of an inch-perfect
cross in the 18-yard box to fire home the Swan’s fourth goal and it was Mills
again who was the provider for their fifth and final goal just three minutes
from time, taking on a defender and playing in a sweet cross for Ryan Anders
to head home. Railway had their chances but found it tough going with their
depleted and tiring squad. |
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March 18 round-up: With the extremely gusty conditions it was thought, at one
point, that the latest programme of Sunday League action might have to be
called off. However, all clubs persevered and the games went ahead. Workforce Unlimited
Premier Division With less than 10 minutes gone against Park Avenue, the
Ship were forced to make their first substitution when Piotr Puchala suffered
a bad injury to his foot. Football-wise it was an even first half in the only
league fixture of the day. To add insult to injury, just five minutes before
the half time whistle Park took the lead. A Troy Thomas free-kick from the
half-way line was struck well but it was the powerful wind that carried the
ball on and into the corner of the net, giving the Ship goalie no chance. In
the second half Scott Hempsall hit the ball from the edge of the box and
again the swirling wind rocketed it into the net. In an unlucky game for the
Ship the third goal came courtesy of one of their own players as the ball
rebounded in from a saved shot following a hectic scramble in the box.
Hempsall made it 4-0 five minutes from time, side footing home. The final
score was 4-0, but in reality it was far closer. Park paid compliments to the
Ship on their massive improvement from the beginning of the season. Sharman Burgess
Sunday Cup – semi-finals Magnet Tavern made it five wins out of five against the
Boston College this season, which also took them to the final for the second
year running. With both teams struggling to play any kind of football, it was
College who scored first with a well take goal from Daniel White. Magnet
levelled before the break with Nick Lovelace and Ross Nichols combining to
put Leroy Medina through to score a cracker. In the second half the Magnet
increased the tempo and the ever hard-working Paul Vaughan was sending some
great balls through to the forwards. Tavern scored their second goal from the
spot – Jimmy Britton making no mistake. With the visitors settling into a
good rhythm, they went on to score twice more, notably with Britton
completing a hat trick. The Castle opened their account on the 20-minute mark
with Mark Lovelace latching onto a through ball following some good work from
Michael Gardner and Ty Fravigar. And it was the same player who made it 2-0
just 10 minutes later with a belter from the edge of the box, taking his personal
goal tally for the season to 41. The 2-0 deficit seemed to spur the Mill on
but they were unable to convert any of their chances, Chris Dowse made a good
save from Andy Brown and Jordan Dixon headed off the line to keep the score
at 2-0. After the re-start there were chances at either end but it was Scott
Hutchinson who made sure that the Castle reached the final and kill off any
hope of a Mill comeback. The Mill also then lost captain Steve Melady through
injury The final score was 3-0 and the Mill wished their opponents all the
best for the final. Workforce Unlimited
Shield – semi-finals Both the Eagle Harvesters and Black Swan Coningsby were
disappointed that no referee turned up to officiate their semi-final. The
father of the Eagles’ secretary’s took up the whistle and proceedings got
under way. With the wind behind them the Eagle were peppering the Swan’s
defence at regular intervals, seeing some brilliant saves from Andy ‘The Cat’
Yeomans in the Swan goal. Jamie Lawson also hit the bar as well. Not taking
advantage of the extreme conditions cost them dearly as the visitors hit
three in the second period dominating for large periods with the Eagle
restricted to counter attacks. Sam Taylor finally broke the deadlock from a
corner, which the Eagle failed to clear, scoring from close range. Poor
defending played Swan in for their second goal – Carl Wall making the most of
his chance. Finally for the Swans veteran Tony Mumford got his name on the
scoresheet. Substitute Alex Tilley managed to grab a consolation goal with a
well taken free-kick. This was an excellent end to the season for the new
boys as they secured second place in the division and reached the final in
their first season. The newly crowned Division One champions Carpenters Arms
collected their trophies before kick off in their game against Axe and
Cleaver. And they celebrated in the best possible way with a semi-final
victory over a hard working Axe team. The Carps got off to the perfect start
with Joe Deamer slamming the ball home before a close range Declan Wilson
effort “nutmegged” the Axe keeper to put the champions 2-0 up. The lead was
extended still further with a sublime Scott Wiseman penalty before the same
players’ back pass sneaked under his own keeper Ben Shaw to reduce the lead
to 3-1. The Carps’ strong defence kept the Axe at bay and a good counter
attacking move saw Declan Wilson round the keeper and slot home for his 20th
goal of the season. The Axe pulled
one back before Jake Kelly completed the scoring with a powerful head. The
Carps now march into the final with a league and cup double feat firmly in
their sights. |
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March 11 round-up: Workforce Unlimited
Premier Division An
entertaining game of football was played out between Boston College and Park
Avenue with nothing to choose between the two teams for the opening 30
minutes. Then the College took the lead with Dean Seiner cutting in from the
left and crossing for Jamie Skinner to volley home. Just a few minutes later,
the home side doubled their tally. Gary Frost played a ball over Park’s
defence for Stacy Cartwright to run on and smash the ball high into the net.
And they took their 2-0 advantage into the break. College could have
increased their lead still further after the restart, missing several good chances.
And Park got back into the game by scoring twice in seven minutes to level –
Paul Barker got his foot on a well-taken free-kick to play the ball home and
Troy Thomas hit a sweet shot from the edge of the area. College then went
back up a gear. Seiner restored the lead before Skinner scored twice to
complete a fine hat-trick. Both the latter goals came from good work from
substitute Aston Chase. Alan Ross had a fine game for the College – his first
start in three years! Park continued to chase the game and were unlucky
themselves not to get more out of the game. The
Magnet started the brighter against the Newcastle and scored in the 10th
minute – Ben Chapman firing his first goal for the club. The Magnet continued
to press only to be denied by some strong defending and good goalkeeping. The
Castle then stepped up a gear and began to control the game, deservedly
levelling through prolific goalscorer Mark Lovelace on the half hour mark.
But that only seemed to spur the home side on. And following a build up of
pressure, the Castle saw themselves on the wrong side of a 2-1 scoreline at
the break – an unfortunate own goal when the ball ricocheted off Kev Bushell.
The Magnet started off the second half brightly and scored again almost
immediately, captain Paul Vaughan scoring a fine goal to create a two-goal
lead. But the Castle took advantage of the Tavern sitting back, pulling a
goal back again. This time it was through Michael Gardner. The hard-working
Vaughan grabbed his second and Chapman also completed his brace with a great
header from a Mark Angel corner. The Castle never gave up the chase and
stunned the Magnet with two further goals, firstly Lovelace with his 39th
of the season then Lee Dakin hit their fourth just seconds before the final
whistle blew. There
was little goalmouth action but plenty of hard, but fair, tackling between
the Mill and the Ship in the first half. The Mill did make the most of one
foray, new signing Phil Roof put in corner from the left and it rebounded
into the back of the net of an unlucky Ship defender. The second half was
much the same with some good midfield action from both teams – Tebbut and
Tuplin did begin to take control and it was great play from that pairing that
allowed Rob Marsden to finish brilliantly from 20 yards out. Andy Brown
completed the 3-0 scoreline by tapping in only minutes before the final
whistle. The referee was outstanding in the middle, controlling a strong
battle without the need to produce any cards. Workforce Unlimited
Division One The Railway
battled superbly with nine players at the start and matched the Axe and
Cleaver in terms of effort. The first half was full of chances at both ends.
Gavin Hallgarth pulled off a number of saves to deny the Axe. After 30
minutes the Railway had a 10th man arrive and the additional attacker saw the
Axe’s crossbar rattled shortly before the break. The Axe upped their game
after the restart and took the lead when Paul Chester – with his first goal
for the club in their three-year history — converted a Cliff Langham cross.
The Axe then doubled their lead when Ollie Pinner picked up on a clever
through ball from Chester to smash the ball home. The Railway had their
chances but Peter Cook pulled off two fine saves. In the dying minutes,
though, the Railway were rewarded for their efforts with a well-taken shot
fired into the bottom corner by James Cross. Final score was 2-1 to the Axe. Harchester
decided to finish their season with a bit of fun by playing ‘pick a shirt’ –
and ended up on the wrong side of a 4-3 scoreline! The Brit opened the
scoring through DJ Wright who rounded the keeper well to give them the lead.
But then Harchester went on to take a 3-1 lead into the break with goals from
Luke Stocks, Dave Collingwood and Antony Slater. After the break Harchester
pressed the self-destruct button. Michael Burt played a lovely ball in to Lee
Vacey to make it 3-2. Ian Morris then stepped up to take a penalty after Burt
had been fouled in the box – only to miss the target. Wright pulled the Brit
level to set up a thrilling end to the game and the Brit won the game in the
90th minute, DJ Wright controlling the ball well to drill home in
the bottom corner – with the home side claiming in vain a handball offence in
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March 4 round-up: Workforce Unlimited
Premier Division Magnet
Tavern snatched victory in the dying minutes to deny Boston College a share
of the spoils. The visitors had taken the lead in the 29th minute,
Jimmy Britton with a superb strike from 30 yards out. Despite both teams
creating chances, there were no further goals in the first period. College
then came out firing on all cylinders and the Magnet defence was expertly
marshalled by Mark Thompson to deny College what would have been a deserved
equaliser. On the 70th minute mark, though, College finally got
goal they richly deserved – young Jamie Skinner making no mistake to slot the
ball home with a well-taken strike. With both teams pressing for the winner
and Nick Maddison having to pull off a fingertip save, the game looked to be
finishing with honours even. But Ian Dunn’s speculative shot rebounded off
the unfortunate Dean Reynolds in the College goal to give the Tavern all
three points. A
nine-goal thriller took place at Sutterton with Park Avenue finishing the better
by one goal. Opponents the Mill opened the scoring with a long-range effort
from the lively Danny Maddison only to see this cancelled out by Park’s new
signing Colin Hocknell following a corner kick. The Mill retook the lead
early in the second half with a Benn Houghton drive from the edge of the
area. This served to be the wake-up call that Park needed and they dominated
the second half. A corner was headed out by the Mill defence but was played
back in and Paul Barker seized the chance to level the score for a second
time. And Park went on to score three more, twice through Matthew Bates and
their fifth goal from David Slaughter. The Mill could have found themselves
further behind if it were not for some excellent goalkeeping from Frazer
Hallam and good defensive work from Luke Perkins. The Mill tried to press
forward. The usually dependable Robbie Marsden rounded the keeper only to hit
the post with a gaping net in front of him! The miss was costly, while
Marsden did redeem himself and scored twice in the last five minutes in a
hectic end to the game, Park hung on to win 5-4. Andy Frankowski in the
middle expertly controlled the match. The
Newcastle held on to top spot with their 4-1 victory over the Ship Inn. But
they made hard work of it in the first half. Mark Lovelace opened the scoring
but the Ship soon equalised. Jack Smith was then brought down in the box and
he stepped up to take the resultant penalty – only to see the goalkeeper pull
off a great save to deny them the lead. With improved performances of late,
the Ship produced some good football and spurned a couple of chances to take
the lead themselves. But it was the Castle who took a 2-1 lead into the
break, Scott Hutchinson scoring only his second of the season with a
well-taken goal. After the break Castle increased their lead still further
through Jordan Dixon and then gained player advantage as the Ship had a
player dismissed. The Castle were awarded a second penalty which Mark
Lovelace converted to complete the 4-1 scoreline. All
eyes will be on the top of the table clash this week with the Magnet playing
host to the Newcastle! |
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