Division Two, Sunday, April 25: Result of the week and possibly the season in division two saw the improving Copper Beech DCS put a dent in the title asparations of Cleveland Bridge as the Copper pulled off an impressive 2-2 draw.

Beech produced a great performance against the rivals and lead 1-0 at the break through a Jeff Coates goal. Bridge fought back in the second half and took the lead through top marksman Trenton Hewitt and a great headed goal by Paul Thorns, the visitors had chance to wrap up the points but Hewitt's penalty was saved by replacement keeper and man of the match Chris Foster, deputising for the injured Dave Hodgson. With time running out it looked like three points to the Bridge when Kevin Myers broke through the visitors defence, to be brought down in the box, Alan Curry scored from the spot kick to level the scores and secure a well deserved point for the Copper Beech.

Thursday, April 22

The Northern Echo visited FRA Mowden and at last the Echo showed the form that has been missing for most of the season. The took the lead, after the Mowden defence failed to clear a Rob Carter corner the ball fell to John Graham, starting his first game for over four months due to injury, fired the ball into the bottom corner of the net. Mowden, at the top end of the table, equalised before the visitors then came back with two goals before the break, the first direct from a John Neilson corner, which caused confusion in the home side's defence and the ball ended up in the back of the net. Craig Maddison then made it three with an unstoppable shot from just inside the area. The second 45 minutes saw Mowden fight back and with a goal in the opening minutes of the half, they were looking to take control, and when leading goalscorer Thompson added to his tally for the season from the spot to make the game level at 3-3. The home side went looking for the winner, with both sides playing some excellent football, it was the Echo who finally came out on top when a shot from just outside the box from Darren Henderson was spilled by the keeper, Graham Bartlett was on hand to fire the ball home to give the Echo a well deserved and hard fought 4-3 victory.

Division three

Sunday, April 25

MN All Stars played hosts to Haughton and it was the home side who applied the early pressure against a below strength side, but they could not find the killer touch. Keeper Gary Hedley produced some excellent saves for the visitors and it took a late Steve Howden penalty to finally break the deadlock and secure the points for the championship chasing All Stars.

Title chasing rivals St. Augustines mained their form as they picked up all three points with a 7-1 victory against the luckless Royal Oak. The Oak with only 11 fit players took an early lead as a John Woods corner found its way directly into the visitors net. However worse luck was to come the way of the home side, when keeper Mike Donnelly, conceded an equaliser, before being injured making a save and having to leave the field of play. St. Augustines finally took the lead on the stroke of half time with a fine headed goal. The second 45 minutes saw a five-goal blitz from the high flying visiting side, as the pace of the game became too much for the Oak, even following the return of keeper Donnelly, who returned from hospital to play the final five minutes as an emergency striker. Andrew Cairns and Steven Piper both notched a brace, while Paul Stanton, Anthony Brockley and Carl Harpin also found the target for the visitors.

Newton Cap visited the Cricketers and came away with three points and a fine 9-1 victory, Christopher Piper scored the only goal for the home side, while Keith Hirst, two apiece from James Campion and Michael Latchman and a four goal blast from man of the match Matthew Gowland saw the Cap home in style.

Goodfellas visited Sherwoods and inflicted a 5-1 defeat on the home side, while AFC Aruba and the Falchion shared eight goals in a 4-4 draw, Dale Sanderson, Mick Chew, Robbie Cochrane and an own goal give Aruba the goals, while Mickey Bennet and a hat-trick from man of the match Andy Hawkins netted for the Falchion

Thursday, April 22

The Falchion made it three wins out of three after a victory over the Royal Oak. It was the home side that started the brighter and struck first with Mike Watt netting, the visitors came back well and replied through Paul Dixon after a frantic goal mouth scramble. The Oak might have felt they should have gone into the break in the lead as they pressured the home side for most of the half. The second period started well for the Falchion, as they grabbed a two goal lead, when Richie Young hooked the ball home from a Gary Tibbett corner and Watt hit his second of the game, when he powered home a spot kick. As so often with the Falchion, the let the opposition back into the game, and when John Wood converted a penalty for the visitors, it was game on again, though Mickey Bennet restored the two goal cushion, cooly slotting home a Mark Hoggarth through ball. The Oak would not lie down and Peter Bennett brought them right back into the game. Watt missed the chance of a hat-trick when he failed from a second spot kick, Player manager Hoggarth making a rare appearance before hanging up his boots spotted the Oaks keeper off his line and lobbed the ball home from fully 40 yards to show his strike force how it is done, to make the final score 5-3.