The Swinburn Maddison Durham Sunday Football LeagueSunday 7th Feb
12/02/10 11:37 Category: Match
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Luck deserts the Irish writes Groundhopper...
In the National Football Association Sunday Cup Competition, Huddersfield Irish Centre Fc were the Visitors to Spennymoor Towns Ground on Sunday to Face to face 2006 and 2008 winners of the Competition Hetton Lyons Cricket Club. Both sides looking to progress into the Quarter Final of the Competition. The Lyons and the Irish Centre both fielded very strong sides, The Lyons having to battle hard for the full 90 minutes against the well organised Irish Centre from Huddersfield. The visitors had the better of the chances in the first half but they couldn’t hit the goal, the Irish centre’s goalkeeper Brian Giles pulled off a brilliant save from Chris bell and shortly after that good work from Warren Byrne passed it to Gavin Cogden and his shot beat the Irish Centres keeper but smashed against the crossbar, Half Time saw the scores level at 0-0.
After the break both sides started brightly with some good football on display. The turning point came on the hour mark as the Hetton striker Byrne shot towards goal, Giles the Irish Centre Keeper had it covered comfortably; unfortunately the ball took a nasty bounce of the surface and bounced into the roof of the net passed a helpless Giles. A cruel way to go behind to make the scoreline 1-0 to Hetton. The Lyons kept pushing for another goal but the visitor’s keeper Giles pulled off some good saves, the Yorkshire side were pushing more men forward, looking to level the scores , but the Lyons defence kept strong to go in to the quarter final with a Hard Fought 1-0 win. The Irish Centre can feel extremely proud of their efforts as they came up against a very strong and capable side who have strength in depth. The Irish Centre left Spennymoor wishing Hetton all the best for the rest of the competition and as many said be fore this game, the winner of this years competition was very likely to come from Sunday's game.
Today’s Teams
Hetton Team Finch Griffiths Mason Dixon Capper, Bell Graydon Dodds Peacock, Byrne Cogdon. Subs Bishop Moore Watson Lawther Rae....
Irish Centre Team: Giles, Brown T, N Jaggar, Williams, Higgins, Perrin, Wilson, Hall (JP Flynn), Quinn (Bell), A Flynn, Ryan (Henighan)Subs not used: M Jaggar, Martin
Hettons Next Game In The FA Carlsberg Sunday Cup – 5th Rd – On Sunday 21 February 2010 Are At Home To Salisbury Athletic At Spennymoor Town Kick Off 2.00pm
In The Leagues Premier Division Brandon Bay Horse beat visitors Sedgefield St Edmunds 4-3, a Game of Missed penalties when Brandon were 2-0 Michael Fort missed from the Spot for Brandon, Sedgefield score two quick goals to make the score 2-2 all this before Half Time. Sedgefield took the lead early in the second Half failing to go further ahead when Brian Fairhurst missed a Penalty for them; Brandon came back strong and scored 2 Goals in the last 15 Mins to secure the win 4-3.
In the First Division Bottom of the table Esh Winning Cricket Club had only their second win of the season at home to Houghton Mill All Stars.Esh took the lead after twenty five minutes but Mill soon equalised when Gary Adey headed on from a corner kick for David Hall to slam home at the far post. Mill’s David Jane then made a disastrous pass back to keeper Pearson and the ball ended up in the empty net for 2-1. A superb goal line clearance from Mill's Chris Rogerson and a flying one handed save from keeper Dan Pearson prevented Esh from extending their lead. But Esh were much the better side throughout the game and deservedly stretched the gap to 4-1 before Mill's Gary Adey rounded the Esh keeper for a final score of 4-2.Lumley Fc were 1-0 winners at Birtley Board Inn.
In the Second Division Ushaw Moor Cricket Club were 4-3 winners at Durham Bede Lodge. Bishop Midleham Cross Keys lost 4-1 to visitors West Rainton Fc, while Sheburn Lambton Arms had a Fine 4-1 win at Coxhoe Wmc.
In the Third Division Pelaw Grange Dogs Travelled to Ferryhill to play the Dynamo’s, Pelaw Grange Dogs FC kicked down the hill on to a very heavy pitch in the first half and although they were well in control they only led by 1 nil right up to just before half time. Dave Donnelly scored the first goal after around 15 minutes with a well struck shot and Eddie Shanks got the second before half time. Having adjusted to playing uphill in the second half a move from midfield saw Dave Donnelly pass to Eddie shanks who cross passed the ball across to a clear Mark Stevenson who was quite happy to slot it home. A rebounded shot by David Fleming then saw Paul Curry volley the ball in off the bar to make it 4 nil and then Neil Worley made it 5 with 15 minutes to go. Pelaw Then brought their subs on David Elders, Anthony Nicholson and Chris Hawkins two of which had played in the previous game against the Dynamos when Pelaw Grange Dogs won 6-2. Referee D Ryan kept good control of the game on the heavy pitch and kept up well with play.Hamsteels Inn were 1-0 home winners over Shadforth Plough Inn.Low Fell Gold Medal were 4-2 winners at Washington Usworth Top Club, Washington Victoria travelled to Bowburn to play the Cooperage and in a very rntertaining game were 3-2 winners
In the Fourth Division Quarrington Hill wmc were 2-1 winners at Durham Garden House the Games at Ox and Plough and Chester Leonard’s were cancelled due to the weather. Chester Easy Street contiuned their impressive league form travelling to Witton Gilbert wmcc. Still riding high from their cup win against Gilesgate Moor Hotel two weeks ago, With two new signings, in the form of strikers Damon Ellis and Carl Ritchie, thrust straight into the starting lineup. The first half was a drab affair, The breakthrough for Easystreet fc came through new signing Ellis who's back post header looped over the Witton goalkeeper. It was 2-0 soon after with Allen Robson smashing home a half volley from the edge of the box with Mickle adding a third just before half time with a precise finish from the edge of the area after good work from Ritchie. The second half continued in the same vein as Easy got into their stride whilst their opponents tired on the boggy pitch. Stephen Marriott continued the scoring with a diving header from Davison's corner and then Mickle casually knocked home Easy's 100th of the season to make it 5-0. The languid striker beat two players before rounding the goalkeeper and tapping into an empty net. Robson completed the route late on with another powerful finish to make it 6-0 and another unbeaten league game.
In the3rd round of the Deerness Driveways Trophy Chester Osborne visited Chilton club on a heavy pitch which made for a good battling Sunday morning fixture and it was Chilton who went one up early with a ball over the top of the Osborne’s defence and calmly took around the keeper. Osborne replied not long after with Wes Hood scoring from 20 yards over the top of Chilton’s oncoming keeper. Soon The Osborne were 2-1 up with Andrew Willcock finishing off some great work by Tom Attle. Chris Days latched on to a fine pass from Wes Hood, slotting it under the keeper to make it 3-1 at the interval. Andrew Wilcock scored again to make it 4-1 before Chris Days scored again with a solo effort, Chilton pushed and were rewarded a penalty which made it 5-2, Chris Bennett came on as a sub and scored late on to ensure that the Osborne progressed to the next round of the cup Final score 6-2.In the 2nd round of the same Cup Sedgefield Net Park were 10-1 Home winners over Framwellgate Moor Salutation.
In The 2ND Round Of The JD Taxis Trophy New Durham Wmc Entertained Washington J.F.C And It Turned Out To Be A Great Cup Tie Washington Took The Lead When A Mistake By A Durham Defender, But Straight From The Kick Off Durham Levelled Through Nic Marley, With Only Minutes Left Durham Keeper Scot Thompson Pulls Off A Great Save , Right At The End Durham Hit The Bar, Extra Time ,Washington Take The Lead Through An Owen Goal By Andrew Chester But From The Kick Off Durham Break And Level Again Through Nic Marley, So Penalties, Washington Win 4-3,Great Game Of Football By Both Sides.Gilesgate Moor Hotel needed extra time to progress into the next Round scores level after 90 mins at Pelton Fc ,Gilesgate Finally winning 6-4.
In the Spennymoor Town League Cup Quarter Final Two Premier sides clashed Pelton ROAB entertaining Burnmoor Cricket Club Pelron took the lead on 17 min when they were awarded a penalty Craig Marron ran up, and with a right footed shot the ball found the net..Then on 28 mins they went further ahead,A direct free-kick was given outside the area. Craig Marron ran up and fired home a first-class right footed shot past the opposition keeper. Burnmoor got a goal back but in the 75 min Pelton sealed the Game , good lead up play from Ryan Drummand. Keith Gamble added the final touch from 18 yards out with the right foot. , The other Quarter Final Tie were Sedgefield Black Lion were visitors to Chester Hilda Park was off due to the Weather. In the 2nd round of the Competition held up due to the bad weather Ferryhill Wmc were 7-0 Home winners over East Rainton Travellers Rest. And in the Third round Kelloe Wmc Travelled to Ferryhill White Horse and were comfortable 5-0 winners.
In the Preliminary Round of the Ramside Hall Hotel Cup Winners Cup Premiership sides Sacriston Cricket Club and Newton Aycliffe met at Sacriston, two goals from Gary Draper was not enough for the Cricketers as they crashed out loosing 3-2.
In the1 st round of the D and P Trophies Knockout Cup Framwellgate Moor needed extra Time to beat visitors Houghton Chilton Lodge 5-3, Washington Lambton Village were 4-0 winners at Kelloe Davy Lamp and Pittington FC beat visitors Langley Park Rams Head 4-2.In the 2nd round Chester Plough Inn were 4-1 winners at Washington Colliery.
In the National Football Association Sunday Cup Competition, Huddersfield Irish Centre Fc were the Visitors to Spennymoor Towns Ground on Sunday to Face to face 2006 and 2008 winners of the Competition Hetton Lyons Cricket Club. Both sides looking to progress into the Quarter Final of the Competition. The Lyons and the Irish Centre both fielded very strong sides, The Lyons having to battle hard for the full 90 minutes against the well organised Irish Centre from Huddersfield. The visitors had the better of the chances in the first half but they couldn’t hit the goal, the Irish centre’s goalkeeper Brian Giles pulled off a brilliant save from Chris bell and shortly after that good work from Warren Byrne passed it to Gavin Cogden and his shot beat the Irish Centres keeper but smashed against the crossbar, Half Time saw the scores level at 0-0.
After the break both sides started brightly with some good football on display. The turning point came on the hour mark as the Hetton striker Byrne shot towards goal, Giles the Irish Centre Keeper had it covered comfortably; unfortunately the ball took a nasty bounce of the surface and bounced into the roof of the net passed a helpless Giles. A cruel way to go behind to make the scoreline 1-0 to Hetton. The Lyons kept pushing for another goal but the visitor’s keeper Giles pulled off some good saves, the Yorkshire side were pushing more men forward, looking to level the scores , but the Lyons defence kept strong to go in to the quarter final with a Hard Fought 1-0 win. The Irish Centre can feel extremely proud of their efforts as they came up against a very strong and capable side who have strength in depth. The Irish Centre left Spennymoor wishing Hetton all the best for the rest of the competition and as many said be fore this game, the winner of this years competition was very likely to come from Sunday's game.
Today’s Teams
Hetton Team Finch Griffiths Mason Dixon Capper, Bell Graydon Dodds Peacock, Byrne Cogdon. Subs Bishop Moore Watson Lawther Rae....
Irish Centre Team: Giles, Brown T, N Jaggar, Williams, Higgins, Perrin, Wilson, Hall (JP Flynn), Quinn (Bell), A Flynn, Ryan (Henighan)Subs not used: M Jaggar, Martin
Hettons Next Game In The FA Carlsberg Sunday Cup – 5th Rd – On Sunday 21 February 2010 Are At Home To Salisbury Athletic At Spennymoor Town Kick Off 2.00pm
In The Leagues Premier Division Brandon Bay Horse beat visitors Sedgefield St Edmunds 4-3, a Game of Missed penalties when Brandon were 2-0 Michael Fort missed from the Spot for Brandon, Sedgefield score two quick goals to make the score 2-2 all this before Half Time. Sedgefield took the lead early in the second Half failing to go further ahead when Brian Fairhurst missed a Penalty for them; Brandon came back strong and scored 2 Goals in the last 15 Mins to secure the win 4-3.
In the First Division Bottom of the table Esh Winning Cricket Club had only their second win of the season at home to Houghton Mill All Stars.Esh took the lead after twenty five minutes but Mill soon equalised when Gary Adey headed on from a corner kick for David Hall to slam home at the far post. Mill’s David Jane then made a disastrous pass back to keeper Pearson and the ball ended up in the empty net for 2-1. A superb goal line clearance from Mill's Chris Rogerson and a flying one handed save from keeper Dan Pearson prevented Esh from extending their lead. But Esh were much the better side throughout the game and deservedly stretched the gap to 4-1 before Mill's Gary Adey rounded the Esh keeper for a final score of 4-2.Lumley Fc were 1-0 winners at Birtley Board Inn.
In the Second Division Ushaw Moor Cricket Club were 4-3 winners at Durham Bede Lodge. Bishop Midleham Cross Keys lost 4-1 to visitors West Rainton Fc, while Sheburn Lambton Arms had a Fine 4-1 win at Coxhoe Wmc.
In the Third Division Pelaw Grange Dogs Travelled to Ferryhill to play the Dynamo’s, Pelaw Grange Dogs FC kicked down the hill on to a very heavy pitch in the first half and although they were well in control they only led by 1 nil right up to just before half time. Dave Donnelly scored the first goal after around 15 minutes with a well struck shot and Eddie Shanks got the second before half time. Having adjusted to playing uphill in the second half a move from midfield saw Dave Donnelly pass to Eddie shanks who cross passed the ball across to a clear Mark Stevenson who was quite happy to slot it home. A rebounded shot by David Fleming then saw Paul Curry volley the ball in off the bar to make it 4 nil and then Neil Worley made it 5 with 15 minutes to go. Pelaw Then brought their subs on David Elders, Anthony Nicholson and Chris Hawkins two of which had played in the previous game against the Dynamos when Pelaw Grange Dogs won 6-2. Referee D Ryan kept good control of the game on the heavy pitch and kept up well with play.Hamsteels Inn were 1-0 home winners over Shadforth Plough Inn.Low Fell Gold Medal were 4-2 winners at Washington Usworth Top Club, Washington Victoria travelled to Bowburn to play the Cooperage and in a very rntertaining game were 3-2 winners
In the Fourth Division Quarrington Hill wmc were 2-1 winners at Durham Garden House the Games at Ox and Plough and Chester Leonard’s were cancelled due to the weather. Chester Easy Street contiuned their impressive league form travelling to Witton Gilbert wmcc. Still riding high from their cup win against Gilesgate Moor Hotel two weeks ago, With two new signings, in the form of strikers Damon Ellis and Carl Ritchie, thrust straight into the starting lineup. The first half was a drab affair, The breakthrough for Easystreet fc came through new signing Ellis who's back post header looped over the Witton goalkeeper. It was 2-0 soon after with Allen Robson smashing home a half volley from the edge of the box with Mickle adding a third just before half time with a precise finish from the edge of the area after good work from Ritchie. The second half continued in the same vein as Easy got into their stride whilst their opponents tired on the boggy pitch. Stephen Marriott continued the scoring with a diving header from Davison's corner and then Mickle casually knocked home Easy's 100th of the season to make it 5-0. The languid striker beat two players before rounding the goalkeeper and tapping into an empty net. Robson completed the route late on with another powerful finish to make it 6-0 and another unbeaten league game.
In the3rd round of the Deerness Driveways Trophy Chester Osborne visited Chilton club on a heavy pitch which made for a good battling Sunday morning fixture and it was Chilton who went one up early with a ball over the top of the Osborne’s defence and calmly took around the keeper. Osborne replied not long after with Wes Hood scoring from 20 yards over the top of Chilton’s oncoming keeper. Soon The Osborne were 2-1 up with Andrew Willcock finishing off some great work by Tom Attle. Chris Days latched on to a fine pass from Wes Hood, slotting it under the keeper to make it 3-1 at the interval. Andrew Wilcock scored again to make it 4-1 before Chris Days scored again with a solo effort, Chilton pushed and were rewarded a penalty which made it 5-2, Chris Bennett came on as a sub and scored late on to ensure that the Osborne progressed to the next round of the cup Final score 6-2.In the 2nd round of the same Cup Sedgefield Net Park were 10-1 Home winners over Framwellgate Moor Salutation.
In The 2ND Round Of The JD Taxis Trophy New Durham Wmc Entertained Washington J.F.C And It Turned Out To Be A Great Cup Tie Washington Took The Lead When A Mistake By A Durham Defender, But Straight From The Kick Off Durham Levelled Through Nic Marley, With Only Minutes Left Durham Keeper Scot Thompson Pulls Off A Great Save , Right At The End Durham Hit The Bar, Extra Time ,Washington Take The Lead Through An Owen Goal By Andrew Chester But From The Kick Off Durham Break And Level Again Through Nic Marley, So Penalties, Washington Win 4-3,Great Game Of Football By Both Sides.Gilesgate Moor Hotel needed extra time to progress into the next Round scores level after 90 mins at Pelton Fc ,Gilesgate Finally winning 6-4.
In the Spennymoor Town League Cup Quarter Final Two Premier sides clashed Pelton ROAB entertaining Burnmoor Cricket Club Pelron took the lead on 17 min when they were awarded a penalty Craig Marron ran up, and with a right footed shot the ball found the net..Then on 28 mins they went further ahead,A direct free-kick was given outside the area. Craig Marron ran up and fired home a first-class right footed shot past the opposition keeper. Burnmoor got a goal back but in the 75 min Pelton sealed the Game , good lead up play from Ryan Drummand. Keith Gamble added the final touch from 18 yards out with the right foot. , The other Quarter Final Tie were Sedgefield Black Lion were visitors to Chester Hilda Park was off due to the Weather. In the 2nd round of the Competition held up due to the bad weather Ferryhill Wmc were 7-0 Home winners over East Rainton Travellers Rest. And in the Third round Kelloe Wmc Travelled to Ferryhill White Horse and were comfortable 5-0 winners.
In the Preliminary Round of the Ramside Hall Hotel Cup Winners Cup Premiership sides Sacriston Cricket Club and Newton Aycliffe met at Sacriston, two goals from Gary Draper was not enough for the Cricketers as they crashed out loosing 3-2.
In the1 st round of the D and P Trophies Knockout Cup Framwellgate Moor needed extra Time to beat visitors Houghton Chilton Lodge 5-3, Washington Lambton Village were 4-0 winners at Kelloe Davy Lamp and Pittington FC beat visitors Langley Park Rams Head 4-2.In the 2nd round Chester Plough Inn were 4-1 winners at Washington Colliery.