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February Reports 2005-2006 |
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Report for matches played on Sunday February 26 Workforce Unlimited Premier Division For the second week running Napoleon Sunday were on
fire, scoring four goals either side of the break. In the process, they opened up a clear gap between
themselves and their nearest rivals in the Workforce Unlimited Premier
Division table. Ty Fravigar was
outstanding for the visitors, causing the Duke of York’s defence big
problems. And it was he who opened the scoring in the 15th minute, turning a
defender and slotting the ball past the keeper. Leroy Medina scored in great style to double the lead and Mark
Wakefield made it 3-0. Midfield maestro Paul Vaughan got their fourth just
before the Duke pulled one back on the stroke of half time. In the second half it was much the same
with the Nap playing some incredible football. Wakefield completed a brace, as did Medina — heading home a
superb cross from new signing Kahmeel Spencer. Jason ‘Crouch’ Harrison linked up well with Steve Murphy who in
turn found Spencer in a brilliant position. And the latter made no mistake to
head home. Harrison scored the Nap’s
final goal and the Duke hit their second in a rare foray up the field. The battle for second position heated up with College
taking advantage of the Magnet and Duke of York dropping valuable points. College had the majority of the play in
their game against Golden Lion, although the latter did play well in short
spells. It was the Lion who spurned
the opportunity to take the lead when Nick Bishop was felled in the box. He stepped up to take the resulting
penalty only to see College keeper James Doughty save well! Despite College having several chances in
the first half, the score remained 0-0 at half-time. In the second period
College took control and blasted the Lion defence for six. Their first goal came from a well-taken
lob by Daniel White and this seemed to spur on the young College side and
Seiner finally found his scoring boots with another lob, and his second a low
drive giving the keeper no chance.
Seiner’s hat-trick was completed after a superb solo run from Stacey
Cartwright down the right to cross to the unmarked Seiner. With the game
safe, College made changes and sub Richard Borrill made his presence felt
with a powerful header at the far post. Seiner grabbed his fourth and the
final goal late on to give a final score of 6-0. Despite this scoreline, Stuart Beeson had an excellent game in
goal for the home side — making several excellent saves to deny the College
an even higher score. A battle of the midfields took place at Rosebery Avenue
between the improving Nortoft and the Lord Nelson. The Nelson took a slender
1-0 lead into the break but scored again shortly after the re-start. Dominic Cridland pulled one back in fine
style for Nortoft — the ball falling to him on the edge of the box he drove
the ball into the top corner of the net.
The Nelson soon restored their two-goal advantage and they took all
three points with a 3-1 victory. Park Avenue were left still searching for their second
win of the season in the league as they let slip a 3-1 lead against Magnet
Tavern. Prolific scorer Richard
Stukins gave the visitors the lead. Taking advantage of a poor goal-kick,
Stukins closed the ball down and rounded the keeper in style on the 25 minute
mark. Just before the break Park
equalised. Scott Hempsall played a
brilliant ball into the path of Glen Smith only to be denied by Andrew
Stukins. But his parry fell for Paul Barker who made no mistake with his
shot. Park came out in fighting spirit for the second half and Matthew Bates
hit two quick goals to give them a 3-1 advantage. But Magnet kept fighting
back. Dan Fenwick scored his first goal for the club and five minutes before
the final whistle Stukins added his second.
Park were on the backfoot for the remainder of the game as Magnet
piled on the pressure in search of the three points but to the relief of the
home side the final whistle blew. Workforce Unlimited Division One Carpenters Arms enjoyed a 5-1 victory over Lincoln Lane.
They got off to a flying start when a Lee Jacklin flick-on was chased down by
new boy Leon Pycock who fired home from a tight angle. Nicky Wiles doubled the lead with a fine
long-range strike. And it was soon 3-0 wnen Pycock tapped in from a Chris
Marshall free-kick. The second half
brought more goals for the Carps and after a neat exchange between Wilson and
Coonan, Dex Wilson fired in from close range and then got his second when he
provided a good finish after a great team move. The Lane got a consolation goal after Woods went off and the
Carps defence capitulated to leave the Lane striker with a simple tap-in. The
game was well refereed by Mark Bruntlett. With only 11 players available and with a stand-in
keeper due to illness, Eagle Harvesters knew they would be in for a tough
time against title contenders New Castle. And so it proved! The Castle dominated the first half as the
Eagle failed to make an impression.
Wayne Beeson scored two in quick succession to give the away team a
2-0 half-time lead. The Eagle were
forced to reshuffle their team when striker Duncan Browne was injured. Browne took over in goal to allow James Cook
to press forward. A breakaway goal at
the start of the second half from David Collingwood with a 20-yard strike
brought the home side back into the game, briefly! The referee inadvertently
got in the way of an Eagle clearance and the ball fell kindly for Scott
Hutchinson to make it 3-1 and killing off the game. Browne made a good effort in goal to keep the score down, but
inevitably Castle did find the back of the net when sub Dave Willis grabbed a
well take goal and the outstanding Steven Fulcher made it 5-1 with his debut
goal. The Axe and Cleaver completed a League double over
Railway Hotel in another 5-1 encounter.
The Axe dominated the first half but failed to capitalise on their
pressure. The opening goal came on 20 minutes as Carl Wall slotted home following
a fine through ball from Nathan Padley. With Railway being forced to defend,
they grabbed almost their only opportunity in the first half when Danny
Brewster equalised for them. And the score remained even for the remainder of
the first half. The Axe regained
their lead shortly after the restart, Martin Jolly powering home a Kev Orton
corner and within ten mins the Axe doubled their lead through Wall
again. A second Bartholomew assist
gave Padley the chance to blast in from the edge of the area to make it
4-1. The Railway enjoyed a brief
spell of pressure but could not convert this to goals and it was the Axe who
again scored with Wall completing a well-deserved hat-trick in the last five
minutes. Shaun Leighton had a good
game in goal for the Railway, stopping the Axe forwards from scoring more
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Report for matches played on Sunday February 19 Dixie Deane Memorial Cup For the third time in this competition Napoleon Sunday
missed out on playing. This time the Lord
Nelson failed to book a pitch on time! This reflects rather badly on the
Nelson who failed to raise a team for their away fixture in the cup against
the Nap earlier this season. Teams
are hereby reminded of their responsibilities to their fellow clubs — every
effort should be made to field a team and, as pitches can be booked up to two
weeks ahead, there are no excuses for administration failures. A closely contested game took place between Boston
College and Magnet Tavern, with the visitors having the upper hand in the
first half. College were having to
defend well and managed to go in at half-time at 0-0. Within 15 minutes of
the second half Dean Seiner worked himself free on the left and cut inside to
beat the keeper at the near post.
Soon after, Stephen Montague headed a corner in. Magnet kept pressing but could not produce
the killer ball. Ten minutes from
time they reduced the deficit with a penalty converted by Paul Clarke. But
the College held on for a creditable 2-1 win. Andy Brown had another good day in front of goal,
scoring five past Golden Lion on behalf of the Duke of York. Brown hit a first half brace and a second
half hat-trick and the Duke dominated the first half going in 4-0 up. The other
goals came from a Daley Richardson penalty and Jamie Skinner, who had an
excellent game up front for the club.
The Lion pulled two goals back in the second half through Leo Neal and
‘Jasper’ Borrill but the Duke continued to press forward and scored more
goals. Luke Brittain and Gareth Wilkinson
also got their names on the scoresheet.
Mick Brader had a good game in the middle. Premier Division basement side Park Avenue Athletic made
it four wins out of four and are the only unbeaten side in this
competition! They started their game
against Nortoft with only nine men. But two late arrivals managed to get onto
the pitch within 10 minutes of the kick off, and the visitors immediately
scored. Park won a free-kick and the
ball was played over to James Hardy who provided the perfect cross for Callum
McDonald to launch a strong header which Nortoft’s keeper was unable to keep
out. Neither keeper had much to do
for most of the game as the battle was mainly contained in the midfield area. No further goal were scored until the last
few minutes of the game when another James Hardy cross this time found Andrew
Dear who drove in a left foot strike in to give them a two-goal victory. Workforce Unlimited Division One The Axe and Cleaver took a convincing 3-1 lead into the
break against Carpenters Arms. Stuart
Bartholomew opened the scoring with a tap-in at the near post, this against
the run of play as the Carps had started off the brighter. Nathan Padley
celebrated his birthday in style by adding their second with a sweet volley
just inside the area after some good flowing football from the home
side. Chris Marshall then headed in
strongly from a corner to halve the deficit. Ollie Pinner hit their third goal just before half-time to
again give them a two-goal cushion.
In the second half the Carps upped their game but found the Axe
defence in determined mood and could not breach their goal. The Axe completed the scoring when Steve
Favell hit a 30 yarder into the top corner to seal a 4-1 win. Eagle Harvesters started off the better of the two sides
on a sticky Garfits Lane pitch, creating chances but not really testing the
Lincoln Lane goalie. The breakthrough
came and ended up being the only goal of the game. From a well-worked
throw-in John Friend delivered an excellent cross to the back post for
Ritchie Whitfield to volley home. The
Eagle created more chances after the break but failed to kill the game
off. The Lane came back into the game
and dominated for large spells but they couldn’t find a way through the
Eagle’s back line. The Castle took a 15th minute lead when Scott Hutchinson
scored after three earlier chances had gone begging. The lead was short lived, though, as
Railway equalised within two minutes and then promptly took a 3-1 lead after
scoring two more quick goals to shock the home side! This served to spur on the Castle and
they, in turn, also scored in quick succession — Jordan Dixon, Wayne Beeson
and Stacey Ruck hitting home to give the Castle a 4-3 half-time lead. The Castle dominated the second half and
Ruck and Beeson both completed braces while Michael Gardner scored their
final goal to give them a 7-3 victory.
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Report for matches played on Sunday February 12 Workforce Unlimited Premier Division On a wet and greasy pitch, the pick of the top section
games was the one contested by Duke of York and Boston College. Richard Borrill hit a volley from just
inside the area to give the visitors the lead and Stephen Montague doubled
their advantage soon after with a
strong header following a free-kick.
The Duke managed to pull one back and went into the break on the wrong
side of a 2-1 scoreline. Shortly after the re-start the Duke equalised, but
further openings arose for the College and Dan Warren was rewarded for his
efforts slotting the ball home to restore the lead and Michael Collins gave
them a two-goal cushion again. But
the Duke kept pressing forward and deservedly levelled the scores. Borrill
who clinched the winner just moments before the final whistle blew had the
final say. Nick Sleaford had an
excellent game with the whistle in terrible conditions and in a strongly
contested game. Nortoft only started their game against Magnet Tavern
with nine men, rising to 10 players midway through the first period. But they
still made their opponents work hard and stopped them from scoring until just
before the break, but then they succumbed to two quick goals. Into the second half and Magnet started to
play some lovely flowing football — something they have failed to do of late
— scoring at regular intervals.
Credit went to Nortoft for not giving up the battle and the game was
well handled by Referee Mick Brader.
Magnet scorers were John Reeson (3), David March (2), Chris Rutt, Paul
Clarke and substitute Chris Galey. Unfortunately for the Golden Lion, Napoleon’s men were
in a determined mood and they played some outstanding football with their man
of the match Paul Alexander on fire for added good measure. Goals in the
first half came from Leroy Medina, Paul Vaughan, Alexander and Gavin
Marshall. The second half continued
as the first with goals flooding in at a pace giving the Lion no real chance
to get back into the game. The Nap’s
Steve Murphy and Jack Smith both had great games in midfield finding the hit
men on every occasion. Second half
scorers in an 11-0 win were Jack Smith, Mark Wakefield while Vaughan
completed a brace and Medina and Alexander both rounded off hat-trick feats. A waterlogged pitch caused the game between Park Avenue
Athletic and Lord Nelson to be postponed. Workforce Unlimited Shield Carpenters couldn’t find their way through a stubborn Axe and Cleaver side. Sam Duff had the best chance to put them ahead in the first half only to see his good effort equally matched by a fine save. And the half-time score remained at 0-0. Early in the second half and Carps again had the opportunity to grab a goal from the spot after a foul in the area — only to see the Axe keeper deny spot kicker Neil Blackman. The Axe then managed to turn the game around and grabbed three quick goals through Craig Wright, Nathan Padley and Stuart Bartholomew to put them through to their second semi-final of the season. The Star Inn dominated the early stages creating chance
after chance as their opponents the Eagle Harvesters struggled to get to
grips with the game. Individual errors and clinical finishing meant the Star
stormed into a four-goal lead — David Harker hitting the first two (the second being a stunning 25-yarder
straight into the top corner of the net).
Glenn Hislop finally got on the scoresheet after missing three simple
tap-in goals from just a few yards out! And veteran Colin Hocknell added the
fourth. The home side eventually woke
up and managed to create a few chances, leading to them pulling one back
before the break when Alex Tilley fired home a Duncan Browne cross. The Eagle
started the better after the break and managed to contain the marauding Star
forwards. However, the inevitable
happened and the Eagle defence succumbed three more times — Rob Masters
completing a brace and Ash Laurence grabbing one before Tilley stroked home a
Matt West cross for his second. Young referee Jamie Thorold did well in the
middle, standing firm with his decision-making and being complimented by both
teams. Britannia Rangers also hit seven against a struggling
Railway side, although the first half was a close run affair with Railway
spurning their chances. But the Brit finally found a way through and broke
the deadlock midway through the first period, Gary Ling netting with a good
strike. Kev Manning made it 2-0 following a corner kick and the score
remained the same until the half-time whistle. After the break the Brit continued pushing forward and
increased their tally when Carl Melton rifled a shot home. The Railway’s Danny Brewster hit their
consolation goal before the rampant Brit added four more through Michael
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Report for matches played on Sunday February 5 Lincs Sunday Cup In a close and even game, Napoleon Sunday bowed out of the Lincolnshire Sunday Cup at the
quarter final stage when losing 2-1 to Jubilee Inn of Grimsby. The Nap started brightly and came close to
scoring in the first 15 minutes. Matt Price flicked a lovely ball across the
field. Leroy Medina latched onto the pass superbly, but in front of an open
net the ball bobbled in front of him and went over the bar. The visitors saw
several small decisions go against them and Jubilee were strong going forward
making the Nap defence work hard. Five minutes before the break, the home
side took the lead. Lovelace hesitated coming off his line to clear a ball
and could only manage a weak punch, possession falling to Ricky Creer who hit
a superb lob into the net. After the
break it was pretty much the same tale with both teams creating chances until
Luigi Rocco stunned the home side with a timely equaliser, heading home from
a corner ball. Lee Orrey almost got
the Nap in front, his strong shot going across the face of the goal hitting a
post and Jubilee keeper Playford gratefully collected the ball — agonising
stuff for the visiting fans. Ten
minutes before the end a challenge by Price just inside the box saw a home
player tumble and a penalty awarded. This was converted, but the Nap
continued to fight back right to the final whistle. But their battling bid to
reach the last four came to nought. Workforce Unlimited Premier Division Hitman Jimmy Britton predictably opened the scoring on
10 minutes as Lord Nelson started strongly against a spirited Golden Lion
side. Lion hit back to equalise on 20
minutes with a rare breakaway only for Britton to immediately restore
Nelson’s advantage. Half-time came
with no further goals. The second
period resumed in similar fashion and Britton went on to bag four in
total. Other Nelson scorers were
Darren Elding, Mick Bradley and Marcus De Vivar. Undoubtedly the goal of the game belonged to Bradley — a
40-yard drive that was still rising when it hit the back of the net. David
Baines was excellent with the whistle, standing in at short notice. Nortoft are on a roll! Having not won a game for the
bulk of the season they have now netted back-to-back victories. Park Avenue
seem to be floundering at the bottom of the division and will be disappointed
not to have gained at least one point out of the game. It was a pretty even affair with the two
midfields cancelling each other out and it wasn’t until midway through the
second half that Chris Massingham broke the deadlock. Workforce Unlimited Division One Britannia Rangers jumped back into second spot with a
narrow victory over battling Railway Hotel.
Rangers’ goals came from DJ Wright, Gary Nicholson and Gary Ling. Sharman Burgess Sunday Cup The round three game between Carpenters Arms and Magnet
Tavern was abandoned by the referee after 25 minutes. The matter is now in
the hands of Lincs FA. The Axe and Cleaver booked their place in the
semi-finals with a fine away win at Division One leaders Star Inn
(Sibsey). The Axe took the lead
through Shaun Lea, his persistence wearing down the home defence after Star
keeper Kev Lea had made a string of quality saves. Lea scored with a clinical
strike from the by-line to give the Axe a deserved lead. The Star were then awarded a penalty, duly
converted by Paul Burrell to bring them level before half-time. The home side
doubled their tally through Rob Masters following a defensive error. This led
to the Axe re-shuffled the team. And it brought almost immediate
rewards. With just 10 minutes to go
the scores were again level after some good work by Danny Beecham set up
Steve Favell to score his first this season with a thunderous 20 yard drive
into the top corner. With extra time
looming the game was to have a cruel ending for the home side when a Craig
Wright corner found its way into the Star net off one of their own players.
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