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Report for matches played on Sunday October 30: Workforce Unlimited Premier Division Ten-man Duke played a tight game against Boston College
and Luke Brittain headed in at the far post from a corner on 25 minutes to
give them the lead. The College spurned several good chances before they
finally managed to pull level seconds before the half-time whistle with young
Daniel White striking the ball sweetly into the net. The Duke had most of the play in the
second half and should have done better — Andy Brown, in particular, not
quite in goal machine mode yet this season — missing out on a couple of
one-on-ones. With Lord Nelson fielding only nine men the Napoleon
made hard work of it in the opening 20 minutes, they finally got their
breakthrough with new signing Steve Lamming making an impressive run forward
to find the back of the net after a rebound off the goalie. The Nap were then
reduced to 10 with Medina sent off for foul and abusive language before an
excellent ball was fired downfield, wind assisted, by Nap goalie Richard
Lovelace into the path of Mark Wakefield who turned and struck a sublime shot
to double their lead at the break. Immediately after the re-start Jack Smith
scored a thumping 25-yarder but then went on to miss from the penalty
spot! Mark Preston scored his first
goal for the club with Steve Murphy having the final say. Credit to the Nelson who battled on throughout
a game well handled by referee Nick Sleaford. For only the second time this season Magnet Tavern
actually had substitutes available!
With Park Avenue fresh from their victory against Napoleon Sunday in
the Dixie Deane Cup the previous week, the stage was set for an interesting
game with the visitors facing a weaker Tavern side from the one we saw last
season. The first half was a
stalemate with few chances for either team. But in the second period Magnet
began to put some good moves together.
On the hour mark Chris Rutt popped up at the back post to rifle home
leaving Ringrose no chance in the Park goal. The unfortunate Ringrose then
gifted Magnet their second after scuffing a kick, leaving John Reeson to
dribble the ball into an empty net.
Lathon Millar pulled off some fine saves late in the game to keep all
three points in the bag. Park will be
rueful at the 2-0 losing scoreline feeling that they perhaps deserved to come
out of it with honours even. Nortoft lifted themselves off the foot of the table with
a thrilling 4-4 draw against the Golden Lion. Five of the goals came in the first half. Darren Tate with a wind assisted
35-yarder gave Nortoft the lead and shortly after Steve Burdass doubled their
lead. After some good open play Dean
Stevens struck a sweet ball in from 25 yards out. But then it went downhill
for the home side. A player was
dismissed following a combination of handball and foul language and Golden
Lion’s Ian Morris pulled one back from the resulting penalty. Morris doubled
his personal tally before the break with an exquisite lob from the edge of
the box to make it 3-2 at half time. After the break the Lions levelled the
score when Morris completed his hat-trick with a cross-shot which forced
Nortoft’s goalie to drop the ball over his own line. Nortoft then regained
their earlier lead when Tate completed a brace. But seconds before the final
whistle blew the visitors were happy to see their good effort rewarded when
the ball was deflected into the net after Ken Grunnill had hit a 25-yarder.
Ali Wilson had an excellent game in the middle. Workforce Unlimited Division One Patter United were unable to field a team, leaving just
one match on the programme. The gusty conditions at Rosebery Avenue caused problems
for Axe and Cleaver and Railway. The latter, with the wind behind them in the
first half, put tremendous pressure on the home team. But the defence
remained solid for most of the first half. However, just before the interval
Railway got their break through curling a shot past the Axe keeper Steffen
Cook. After the break the Axe
introduced new signing Kevin Hancock. And with the wind at their backs the Axe gained in strength.
Their equaliser came from a through ball to the leading scorer Stuart Bartholomew
who coolly slotted home. Shaun Lea
put the home side in front on the hour, netting from close range. But in
lifting their foot off the gas, the Axe allowed Railway to create several
good chances in their search to level the game. With tempers fraying in the final third of the game Railway saw
two of their players dismissed for foul and abusive language and the Axe
eventually wrapped up the three points with a Carl Wall goal just before the
final whistle blew. This weekend sees a return to the Lincolnshire Sunday
Cup with some of our teams lined up against some stiff competition. Everyone
connected with the Sunday League wishes them all every success in continuing
into the next round. In the league
there will be an interesting battle between Britannia Rangers and the Star
Inn (Sibsey), currently lying in third and second places respectively both
teams will be looking to secure all three points in the race to take the
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Report for matches played on Sunday October 23 Workforce Unlimited Division One Bottom club Lincoln Lane recorded their first Division
One win in a close encounter with Carpenters Arms. Ian Brooks put the home side in front with a strong header following an excellent Ryan Duffy cross. And just 10 minutes later they had doubled their lead through Stuart Gibbon. Carpenters were never out of the game, though, and they reduced the deficit through a free-kick just before the break. After the interval the scores were soon levelled and it looked like the game would finish with honours even. But the Lane boys had the last say just before the final whistle with Brooks scoring from a Duffy corner to take all three points. Nick Sleaford was excellent with the whistle. There was a lively first half to be seen between Star
Inn and Axe and Cleaver, with some strong tackles but little goal action
until the 20th minute when Ady Almond put through Rob Masters after good
footwork. Masters hit a superb
cross-shot to put Sibsey one goal to the good. Stu Bartholomew was a constant threat for the Axe but it was
the Star’s new signing Paul Wroot who put the Axe defenders and goalkeeper
under pressure, charging the ball down to leave Ady Almond with an exquisite
lob from a full 25 yards. The second
half was end to end but with no further goals forthcoming. The match was superbly controlled by Andy
Frankowski Dixie Deane Memorial Cup Duke of York romped to an 11-1 win against Golden Lion —
the biggest win in the club’s history.
Two penalties were awarded to the Duke in the first 20 minutes, amie Kuhn converting both. The Lion pulled one back following some
neat play but the Duke went on to score four more before the break. Andy Brown scored twice, Gareth Wilkinson
slotted home from a low cross and Luke Perkins headed home from inside the
box to give the home team a 6-1 half-time lead. The Duke controlled most of the second half and Ian Dunn scored
a blistering hat-trick, Kuhn also got his third of the game with a great solo
effort. The final goal came from Rob
Marsden, deservedly so after having an excellent game in midfield. The game was well controlled by Dave
Scoot. Magnet Tavern were once again short of players and were
only able to start with 10. And to make matters worse they had a player
dismissed after just 20 minutes. The
nine men stood no chance against a strong College side who scored at regular
intervals throughout the 90 minutes to complete a 10-0 victory. Magnet paid full credit to College who never once took their foot off the
pedal. Credit also to the Magnet for
battling hard throughout the game. College scorers were Dan Warren (4), Dean
Seiner (3), Gary Frost (2), Dan Cole.
Mick Brader had his usual fine performance in the middle. Park Avenue made it two wins out of two in the
competition seeing off a strong Napoleon side. Tony Bates was the first to go close, hitting the post early on
in the game. But then the Nap also hit the woodwork. Matthew Bates broke the deadlock after 25
minutes — Jake Asher won the ball in midfield and sent a superb cross which
Paul Barker flicked on to Bates who lobbed Cook to give the home team the
lead which they maintained going into the break. Just after the re-start Leroy Medina levelled the score. But
just five minutes later Matthew
Bates struck again to complete a brace.
This time he was put through by Tony Bates, after some good interplay
between Danny Keal. An all-round fine
team performance from Park. Sharman Burgess Sunday Cup In round one of the Sharman Burgess Sunday Cup, New
Castle’s losing run ended with a fine all-round display. Nortoft started the
game with nine men and Ben Lawton put the Castle one up with his debut
goal. Nortoft increased their playing
numbers by one but the extra man could not stop Castle from doubling their
lead — Jordan Dixon with a free kick.
It was 2-0 at half-time. After the break Steve Fulcher picked out
Scott Hutchinson who made a run from the halfway line. Hutchinson scored his second to make it
4-0. Nortoft pulled one back before
Michael Gardner made it 5-1. With a
well-taken goal Nortoft pulled another goal back but Gardner then scored
twice more in quick succession. Sergio Roquetti completed the scoring five
minutes from time. Castle paid
compliments to Nortoft, who with 10 men, made a good contest of the game
despite the scoreline. The match was well controlled by referee Booth. In their previous game Patter narrowly beat Railway but this time the latter cruised through to the second round of the competition with a 7-0 scoreline. Leon Richmond scoring a cracker of a goal just five minutes into the game. With Railway piling on the pressure a defensive error led to an own goal before Richmond completed a brace to give them a 3-0 half-time lead. James Cross
completed a second half brace and Mickey Rate and Ben Ashton added a goal
apiece. Railway paid tribute to
Patter who battled all the way through the game, conceding that had it not
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Report for matches played on Sunday October 16 Workforce Unlimited Premier Division Magnet Tavern and Golden Lion fought out a nine-goal thriller
at Rosebery Avenue. Magnet took a 2-1 lead into the break — their two goals sandwiching an Andy
Creasey 30 yard drive — and scored twice more in the second half. Creasey completed his hat trick with two 35-yard
free-kicks. Reeson and Stukins hit two apiece. Referee Muirhead had his usual excellent game in the middle. Lord Nelson and Boston College went one goal better in a
nail biting 5-5 draw. College found
the net in the early stages taking a 5-2 lead. Nelson dug in though and were able to rescue a point through
striker Jimmy Britton. Britton completed the game with a hat-trick — before
being dismissed for foul language.
Other Nelson goals came from De Viva and Sullivan. College scorers were S Kirk, S Montague, D
White, R Borrill, D Seiner. Two penalties in the first half from Jack Smith gave
Napoleon some breathing space against a Duke of York side who lost the pace a
little when Shaun Dawson was taken off injured. Lovas Laszlo fired their
third before the break. For the second week running the Nap took their foot
off the gas, allowing Duke to edge back in the game and some good pressure
caused a Nap defender to turn the ball into his own net. Lee Orrey fired home to widen the gap
again and in the last 10 minutes a well taken free kick by new signing Ian
Dunn gave Duke their second goal With the goalkeepers taking the plaudits Nortoft grabbed
their first league point against Park Avenue Athletic in a 0-0 draw. Workforce Unlimited Division One The Axe and Cleaver pushed the Britannia into third
place with a convincing 5-2 victory.
Stuart Bartholomew headed the Axe into the lead but within 10 minutes
the score was level — the Brit hoisting a corner ball into the area and the
Axe’s unfortunate Martin Jolly heading into his own net! Bartholomew restored
the lead from an acute angle but the Brit replied again within five
minutes. The Brit were awarded a
penalty shortly before half time, only to be thwarted by keeper Bursnell. Bartholomew, on brilliant form, scored two
more in the second period. Carl Wall
adding their final goal just before the final whistle. Harvesters pulled off a smash and grab draw with
‘Gunner’ Steven Siggee hitting two goals in the last 10 minutes after the
Carpenters Arms had dominated the
match. Declan Wilson had put the home
side 2-0 up, scoring one either side of the break. The New Castle lost for the second week running, despite
having taken the lead twice. Craig Ardon and Michael Gardner scored for the
Castle with Rob Masters and Adrian Almond hitting in reply. It was a close-fought game well controlled
by referee Helen Fulcher-Ward. The draw for round three of the Lincolnshire Sunday Cup
has been made and is as follows: Harrowby Athletic v Park Avenue Athletic;
Lord Nelson v AFC Timberland; Napoleon Sunday v White Horse Rangers; Nortoft
v Metheringham Sunday; Sleaford Legionnaires v Boston College. Ties are
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Report for matches played on Sunday October 9 Lincs Sunday Cup There was a comfortable 3-1 win for Boston College away
win at Spalding League side Aintree in the first round of the county
competition. College had two goals disallowed before Dan Warren volleyed them
in front. The opposition proved no
threat until a mistake allowed the hosts to level. College then missed
several chances until Dan Cole, with a superb finish, and a header from
Montague put them 3-1 up early in the second half. The opposition rallied but failed to create anything, leaving
College easy winners. The game between Nortoft and Black Swan began well with
both teams battling hard, Nortoft took an early lead through Chris Massingham
after a quality run and cross from Marcus Chester. The visitors took confidence in this goal and some intricate passing
and a low struck shot from 15 yards saw a debut goal from Steven Burdass,
giving Nortoft a 2-0 lead. The home
team managed to pull one goal back before half time straight from a corner. Nortoft carried the good team spirit into
the second half which led to many chances. It wasn’t until 70 minutes that
Massingham slotted a tidy goal passed a helpless keeper. Five minutes before time saw some great
passing through midfield and Burdass drove a thunderous 25-yard strike at
goal. The keeper made a great save
but fumbled the ball leaving an easy tap in for hat trick hero
Massingham. Final score was 4-1. Nelson dominated affairs against a spirited but under
strength Barbarians side. Jimmy
Britton helped himself to four first half goals, the pick of which was a low
20 yard angled drive. The second half carried on in a similar vein, Bradley
scoring twice and a brilliant lob from Brown to take the score to 7-0. Scott Wiseman made it eight with a 30-yard
effort finding the top corner. Goalie
Phil Bell jogged up to take a last minute penalty coolly finding the corner
to rapturous applause from an entertained crowd. Mick Brader had his usual fine performance with the whistle. An under-strength Golden Lion side fought valiantly
against stronger opposition, Ruston Sports – with Ruston taking their second
Boston scalp in the competition this year.
The Lion were 2-0 down at half time, a defensive error giving Ruston
an easy second goal to consolidate their lead, and succumbed to three further
goals in the second period. A dismal day for the Lions, ending up with injuries to two
players, to add to their woes in a 5-0 final score. Duke of York were outplayed by a hard working Lincoln
Moorlands team. The home side took
the lead midway through the first half and continued to score goals at
regular intervals. The Duke pressed
forward in search of a reply but found Moorlands defence in strong form. With
the home team 4-0 up the Duke managed to pull one goal back but Moorlands
went on to score twice more to propel them into the next round of the
cup. A disappointing day for the Duke
of York. Park Avenue picked themselves up from last week’s League
defeat to conquer Trafalgar Coors by 7-0.
Matthew Bates took his first goal with an excellent 20 yard shot into
the top corner, James Hardy doubled their tally 10 minutes later. With the visitors defence in disarray Paul Barker
latched onto a dropped ball, coolly slotting home. Bates battled well to complete a brace and Barker followed suit
just before the break to give Park a 5-0 half-time lead. The Coors could find
no way back in the second half and Park went on to score twice more, once
through Alan Cochrane and the final goal of the game, a penalty, taken with
much aplomb by goalkeeper Mark Ringrose. Axe and Cleaver’s debut in the competition ended in
defeat against a strong Holbeach St Johns Exchange team. The Boston side received numerous
compliments from the visitors who had to work hard for their victory.
Holbeach showed their class from the outset and only some resolute defending
from the Axe kept them at bay. But
they managed to break through following a great through ball for their
striker to smash the ball home after 20 minutes. Ten minutes later a mistake
by the home keeper allowed Holbeach to double their lead as they pounced on a
dropped catch. To the Boston sides’ credit they put a strangle hold on the
second half and matched their opponents, but failed to really threaten the
goal. David Baines controlled the
game superbly after stepping in at the last minute due to no appointed
referee appearing. Napoleon started the first half in an expectant mood,
amazing football being played throughout the team, with some good work by
Laszlo and Fravigar giving Ferry Boat’s defence problems from the off. In the
10th minute Orrey was brought down, Jack Smith slotting the ball home from
the spot. Again, good work from the
Napoleon picked out Orrey who ran on to score the second. Five minutes later Medina was brought down
in the box and Smith stepped up to convert his second penalty of the
day. Nap’s man of the match,
Fravigar, fired home Nap’s fourth on the break to give the home side a strong
4-0 lead at the interval. Soon after the re-start Medina stroked the ball
passed the Ferry Boat’s keeper to complete the home teams score and with the
foot off the gas the visitors had more of a say grabbing a consolation goal
close to the end. Ali Wilson
controlled the game superbly. Workforce Unlimited Division One In Workforce Unlimited Division One, with Railway Hotel
neglecting to book a pitch and unable to obtain an alternative venue the club
were left with no choice but to call off their match against Britannia
Rangers. The last time that Ady Almond stayed in on a Saturday night
he scored three goals and this Sunday was no different following another
Saturday night off the beer — scoring two goals to give the Star Inn their
second victory! It was opponents Carpenters, though, who opened the scoring
almost straight from the kick-off, before Almond first of all hit an easy
tap-in to equalise and then smashed home his second to give them a 2-1 half
time lead. Paul Burrell secured all three points for the home team when he
latched on to a poor back pass.
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Report for matches played on Sunday October 2 Workforce Unlimited Premier Division Golden Lion suffered an injury crisis with six players crying off Saturday night. And as such, they were unable to field a team for their game against Boston College for their scheduled Workforce Unlimited Premier Division match. Elsewhere, Duke of York recovered from their defeat of
last week to beat Magnet Tavern 6-0.
Both teams turned up with weakened line-ups with the Duke missing five
regulars and Magnet with only 10 starters.
Neither team could break the deadlock in the first half. In the second period the Magnet struggled
to hold back the rampant Duke and once they started scoring they could not
stop — Rob Marsden hit two before Shaun Tebbutt scored his first of the
season chipping the goalie after a neat one-two with Jamie Kuhn. Ben Brittain finished some neat play with
a low drive and then the Duke were awarded a penalty — Shaun Dawson stepped up but failed in his
attempt. Brittain completed his
brace, helped by Lady Luck when his deep cross somehow made it into the back
of the net. Jamie Kuhn, who was
relentless in his running at the Magnet defence, hit the final goal. Credit
to the visitors who continued in their attempts to press forward until the
final whistle blew, but found Darren North in great form between the
sticks. The match was well refereed
by Rod Crozier. An even first half saw Nelson take the lead through
midfield dynamo John ‘Boy’ Rutherford only for opponents Park to break away
immediately to score at the other end — Danny Keal cut in from the left
firing in a shot which hit the crossbar and rebounded back to him ,
making no mistake at the second
attempt. Chances came for the Nelson and Rutherford was again on hand to slot
home from close range. Again Park
replied within minutes to level the scores at half-time, Matthew Bates
chipped a right footed volley in after a great through ball from Paul Barker.
The Nelson with Park threatening occasionally on the break mainly dominated
the second period. Nelson secured the
points with strikes from Ben Newton and Marcus De Viva. Andy Frankowski had a
fine game with the whistle in a hard but sporting game. Workforce Unlimited Division One The Axe and Cleaver got their home campaign off with a
thumping 10-0 victory against Lincoln Lane.
The Axe continually probed the visitors’ defence but after an hour’s
play had only a Shaun Lea header to show for their efforts. The visitors were reduced to 10 men at
half-time through injury and the extra man certainly showed when Lea bagged
his second on 60 minutes. Three subs
for the Axe helped to open the floodgates as the Lane were torn apart. Martin Jolly bagged a brace, Simon
Osbourne’s threatening runs set up Gary Eaglen for an easy tap-in and
Osbourne eventually hit the target himself to score his first of the
season. Kieron Dale hit a 30-yard
screamer into the top corner. Lea
then showed off his talents to complete a fine hat-trick — lifting a
free-kick up and over the wall and past the bamboozled visiting keeper. Stuart Bartholomew’s debut resulted in
three assists and a couple of goals, an impressive start to his Axe career! In a top of the table clash, second placed Britannia
Rangers had the tough-looking task of playing leaders the New Castle. However it proved to be the Brit who set
the pace, ramping home to an emphatic 6-1 victory. Michael Burt opened the
scoring early on, his corner evading everyone to sail straight in. Moments later it was 2-0, Mark Boswell’s
cross found Kevin Manning who fired home from close range. Rangers didn’t
have it all their own way, on the half hour mark keeper Moore fluffed a
free-kick, letting the ball slip through his fingers. He redeemed himself, though, pulling off
some outstanding saves before half time. New Castle’s captain Simon Ingamells
did manage to get through the Brit’s tough defence to score his first goal
for the club — with a well taken direct free-kick. Early in the second half,
Karl Melton showed great vision – spotting the goalie off his line he lofted
a 40-yard lob over him and into the top corner. Burt bagged his second as he lashed home from 18 yards. Mark Boswell beat the keeper with a
sublime finish to make it five before sub Tom Ratley wrapped up the scoring
as he slid the ball under the keeper to complete a great result for the Brit.
Patter recorded their first victory of the season after
succumbing to an early goal against them. Liam Maskell fired Railway in front
hitting home a rebound off the crossbar to give them a 1-0 half-time
lead. Just five minutes into the
second period and Rhys Fitzgerald equalised for the home side. As is seemingly Patter’s specialty, this
season, their second goal was yet another long range goal — this time Adam
Spinks hammered the ball into the bottom right hand corner. Almost from the re-start it was Railway’s
turn to pull level. After a goalmouth scramble it was left to James Cross to
claim the final touch. Both sides
continued to create chances and the result could have gone either way. But the final word was left to Patter’s
prolific goal scorer Ollie Pinner, grabbing the winner with a great solo
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