Kingfisher Finance Trophy 2nd Round; East End WMC 4, Heighington 0 : I nterrible conditions Heighington were much the better team over the 90 minutes but they failed to take their chances and East End capitalised with two goals in each half from Roy Winter, Neil Topping, Darren Watson and Paul Horsley.

Invitation Trophy Semi-Final

Hole In The Wall 3, DGSOB 2 (aet)

The game was played in almost a gale force wind that threatened to cause a postponement but both teams were happy to play and with both sets of players exercising common sense a thrilling match ensued. The team playing into the wind always had difficulty clearing their lines and with the wind at their backs it was inevitable that Old Boys would open the scoring which they did on the half hour mark with a shot from distance which flew into the top corner of the net. Wall levelled four minutes later when Kevin Cox's free kick was headed into his own net by veteran defender Steven Bolland. However back came Old Boys and another long-range effort gave them a half-time lead. Despite several close shaves there was no more scoring until seven minutes from time when David Todd hit a high ball into the box from around halfway and Steven Chandler misjudged the flight and allowed the ball to squirm from his hands into the net to take the game into extra time. With the conditions worsening both teams struggled to cope but Wall gradually gained the upper hand and with the prospect of a penalty shoot-out looming Gary Wilson flew down the right wing in the last minute, crossed to the far post where Mario Scott bundled the ball. home. Wall will meet Heighington in the final on a date to be arranged.

Sacriston Aged Miners Cup Semi-Final

Evenwood White Swan 1, Newton Acyliffe 7

Aycliffe got off to the worst possible start when they went behind after only five minutes courtesy of an own goal by Nigel Firth. Kevin Wilkinson levelled after half an hour and Dale Anderson put them ahead five minutes before the interval. Evenwood capitulated in the second half as Wilkinson added a second half hat-trick to his first half effort and Anderson went on to complete his. The final is on May 3rd at Sacriston.