FOOTBALL

MACMILLAN BOWL SEMI-FINALS

Grangetown BC 1 BEADS FC 3

Holders Grangetown Boys Club crashed out of the MacMillan Bowl after this entertaining match against BEADS FC. Steve Boyle gave the visitors a 20th minute lead and the match was very evenly balanced but at half time BEADS held their 1-0 advantage. The second half was again very even but in the 70th minute Michael Johnson gave the visitors a 2-0 lead. Four minutes later the Boys Club gave themselves a lifeline when Alan Shepherd pulled it back to 2-1, but a minute later Lee Bowes gave BEADS a 3-1 lead.

Richmond Town 0 Thornaby YC 3

the opening 20 minutes were very even but in the 25th minute Chris Wrathmall scored following a right wing cross from Chris Cain. In the second half Youth Club put themselves in the driving seat when Cain made it 2-0 from a corner by Darren Humphrey. Four minutes later Thornaby Youth Club booked a place in the final when a speculative shot from Gary Waite somehow eluded James Ellis in the Richmond goal and ended in the back of the net. Thornaby Youth Club will play BEADS FC in the final on Wednesday, May 5 (7pm).

DIVISION ONE

Carlin How 2 Wolviston Res 1

the home side started with an under-strength team with regular keeper Craig Tyreman at right back and Craig Cole taking over between the sticks. The opening half hour was evenly balanced with Cole in the home goal and Gary Hayes at the other end also in action to keep their respective sides on an even keel. In the 35th minute Carlin How took the lead when Martin Say was brought down 20 yards from the Wolviston goal and Steve Starsmore stepped up to put the ball into the bottom corner of the goal with a trademark free-kick. Seven minutes into the second half Wolviston drew level following constant pressure and a number of corners, from one Ian Thompson headed his 14th of the season. This seemed to spur on the home side and on the hour a Kevin Solomon cross to the far post where James Taylor flicked the ball home to give the home side a 2-1 lead with his first of the season.

Stokesley SC 1 Hartlepool FC 4

Stokesley played some good football against Hartlepool, and a good move down the right resulted in Jonathon Tate releasing James Middleditch who crossed for Craig Hutton to make it 1-0 in the 23rd minute. The visitors pulled level two minutes before half-time when Stephen Lahney scored his first of the season.

In the second half Hartlepool took the lead when substitute Ian Davies cut in from the left and scored in the 67th minute.

Stokesley battled back but ten minutes later Davies turned provider for Glen Watson to make it 3-1 and the same combination struck eight minutes from time for Watson to score his second of the game to secure the points to send Hartlepool top.

SMG Redstripes 2 Nunthorpe Ath 3

SMG Redstripes pulled further into the relegation battle despite taking a 2-1 lead into the half-time break. Scott Robson gave visitors Nunthorpe an early lead but Steven Keel struck back to make it 1-1. On the stroke of half-time Keel struck for the second time to give SMG a 2-1 lead.

The match was back on an even keel when Paul Lancaster made it 2-2 but with ten minutes remaining Peter Crawford won the game for Nunthorpe Athletic.

DIVISION TWO

Darlington Albion 0 Dormans FC 9

Dormans require four more points for the second division championship following this thumping of Darlington Albion.

Lee Doherty gave Dormans a first minute lead and added the second in the seventh minute.

It was then Richard Boden's turn to score before Lee Escritt made it 4-0 just before half time.

In the second half Duncan Bradley scored an uninterrupted hat-trick with goals in the 63rd, 70th and 75th minute to make it 7-0 and further goals from Bradley and James Mellon gave Dormans the points.

Darlington CB 3 Billingham Wand. 4

Darlington Cleveland bridge went 2-0 behind in their encounter with RT Raine finalists Billingham Wanderers with John Cairns scoring a hotly-disputed penalty.

Cairns then made it 2-0 but Stu Hardy pulled it back to 2-1 with five minutes remaining of the first half. In the second half Paul Arnold and then Lee Mitchell gave Billingham a 4-1 lead before Bridge fought back and Nigel Clarke made it 4-2 with Wayne King making it 4-3.

D'ton SRM 3 D'ton RA Res 2

Darlington SRM bounced back with their first win in six matches against one of their local rivals. After a goalless first half John Clegg gave SRM the lead in the 55th minute, John Myers then made it 2-0 on the hour but Craig Adamson pulled it back to 2-1. SRM then took a 3-1 lead with a second goal from their man of the match Myers with five minutes to go, his 12th of the season, and right on the stroke of the full time whistle Adamson scored again to make it 3-2.

North Ormesby 1 Richmond Mvrks 4

Wayne Gredziak gave the Mavericks a fifth minute lead and he doubled the score to 2-0 two minutes later. North Ormesby showed the fighting spirit as Carl Wilson pulled it back to 2-1 at half-time. In the second half Gredziak score two more goals in the 57th and 65th minute to make it 4-1 and wrap up the points for the Mavericks.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS: Division One: Carlin How 2, Wolviston Res 1; Mackinlay Park v Thornaby FC - postponed; Stokesley SC 1, Hartlepool FC 4; SMG Redstripes 2, Nunthorpe Ath 3.

Division Two: Darlington Albion 0, Dormans FC9; Darlington CB 3, Billingham Wanderers 4; Darlington SRM 3, Darlington RA Res 2; North Ormesby 1, Richmond Mvrks 4.

Macmillan Bowl semi-finals: Grangetown BC 1, BEADS FC 3; Richmond Town 0, Thornaby YC 3.

Burness Plate: Teesside Ath v Guisb Town Res.

Division One

P W D L F A Pts GD

Hartlepool FC 23 15 4 4 57 29 49 +28

Thornaby FC 25 14 5 6 62 36 47 +26

Carlin How 24 14 5 5 55 40 47 +15

Grangetown BC 24 12 10 2 55 28 46 +27

BEADS FC 24 13 5 6 65 39 44 +26

Thornaby YC 24 12 5 7 52 28 41 +24

Wolviston Res 25 12 4 9 54 54 40 -

Fishburn Park 26 10 6 10 40 35 36 +5

Richmond Town 24 10 6 8 50 47 36 +3

Bedale Ath 25 10 3 12 36 42 33 -6

Nunthorpe Ath 25 8 6 11 42 54 30 -12

Stokesley SC 27 7 1 19 35 80 22 -45

SMG Redstripes 26 5 3 18 38 57 18 -19

Mackinlay Park 24 3 6 15 31 63 15 -32

*New Marske SC 24 4 3 17 28 68 10 -40

*Denotes three points deducted

Division Two

Dormans FC 18 17 0 1 68 23 51 +44

Teesside Link 18 12 1 5 53 29 37 +24

Billingham Wndrs 19 11 3 5 50 31 36 +19

Richmond Mav. 15 11 0 4 53 27 33 +25

Teesside Ath 21 10 2 9 40 37 32 +3

Darlington Albion 18 7 3 8 52 72 24 -20

Darlington RA Res 19 7 2 10 44 43 23 +1

North Ormesby 20 7 0 13 44 54 21 -10

Darlington CB 16 5 4 7 27 35 19 -8

Darlington SRM 19 6 1 12 29 56 19 -27

Guisb Town Res 19 4 2 13 20 43 14 -23

Whinney Banks 20 3 4 13 21 51 13 -30

Burness Plate Group One

Darlington CB 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 +2

Darlington SRM 2 0 2 0 5 5 2 -

Teesside Link 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 -2

Burness Plate Group Two

Billingham Wndrs 3 2 0 1 13 11 6 +2

Guisb Town Res 4 2 0 2 14 13 6 +1

Teesside Athletic 2 1 0 1 8 9 3 -1

North Ormesby 3 1 0 2 8 10 3 -2

Burness Plate Group Three

Dormans FC 3 3 0 0 14 2 9 +12

Darlington RA Res 4 3 0 1 13 8 9 +5

Whinney Banks 5 1 1 2 9 11 4 -2

Darlington Albion 4 0 1 3 3 18 1 -15

TOMORROW'S FIXTURES

Division One (2pm): BEADS FC v Richmond Town; Carlin How v Thornaby FC; Hartlepool FC v Grangetown BC; New Marske SC v Thornaby YC; Nunthorpe Ath v Fishburn Park.

Division Two: Guisb Town Res v Darlington Albion; Richmond Mvrks v Billingham Wndrs; Whinney Banks v Darlington SRM.

Burness Plate: Darlington CB v Teesside Link; Darlington RA Res v Dormans FC; North Ormesby v Teesside Ath.

Leading scorers

Division One

24 M Arif (Thornaby FC)

18 Starsmore (Carlin How)

18 D Jones (Thornaby FC)

14 A Emson (Richmond Town)

14 D Fixture (Thornaby YC)

14 I Thompson (Wolviston Res)

12 P Chamberlin (BEADS FC)

12 C Wrathmall (Thornaby YC)

11 A Bramley (Bedale FC)

11 M Meggison (Grangetown BC)

11 L Hagan (Hartlepool FC)

11 M Hill (Richmond Town)

11 G Waite (Thornaby YC)

10 G Solomon (Carlin How)

10 N Hay (Hartlepool FC)

9 P Orton (Bedale FC)

9 I McGowan (Grangetown BC)

9 I Davies (Hartlepool FC)

9 R Thompson (Richmond Town)

9 J Middleditch (Stokesley SC)

Division Two

29 J McGowan (Dormans FC)

24 D Kokes (Darlington RA Res)

24 W Gredziak (Richmond Mavericks)

14 G Mitchell (Darlington Albion)

13 P Arnold (Billingham Wanderers)

13 J Cairns (Billingham Wanderers)

13 A Lambert (North Ormesby)

13 K Forsyth (Teesside Ath)

13 S Jackson (Teesside Link)

12 J Myers (Darlington SRM)

12 S Hill (Teesside Link)

11 R Shaw (Teesside Link)

10 T Hewitt (Darlington Albion)

10 M Farrell (Teesside Ath)

9 A Weston (Darlington Albion)

9 G Swinnerton (Dormans FC)

9 A Davies (Guisb Town Res)

9 C Wilson (North Ormesby)

8 R Walker (Billingham Wanderers