Hay strikes to secure points

Bedale were no match for Hartlepool after an evenly contested first half. A minute into the second half Hartlepool took the lead when Glen Watson and Ian Davies combined for Davies to have his well hit shot turned away by the Bedale keeper but Watson followed up and headed the loose ball home. Hartlepool doubled their lead when Neil Hay fed Davies out on the right and he cut inside and cracked home a right foot shot past the stranded keeper for his eighth of the season.

Richmond Town 1 Thornaby YC 0

Richmond Town made it six matches undefeated since being beaten by finalists Kirkbymoorside in the North Riding County Cup back in late January. The home side made the breakthrough in the 50th minute when a mix-up in the Thornaby defence between a defender and his goalkeeper resulted in the ball droping to Thompson who headed into an empty net for his ninth of the season. The match entered time added on and in the six minutes played Thornaby got on top and a great run by Darren Fixter was ended with a foul in the penalty area by Steven Hunter. Keeper James Allis was sent off for protesting too much. Michael Sartini took over in goal and could only watch in disbelief and glee as Chris Cain blazed the ball miles wide.

SMG Redstripes 2 BEADS FC 3

Lee McKinnell opened after five minutes with his first goal of the season before David Longhorn gave SMG Redstripes a surprising 2-0 half-time lead. In the second half the visitors pushed forward and finally pulled a goal back in the 70th minute when Darren Roulston scored. BEADS were reduced to ten men when Lee Bowes saw red but this seemed to spur on the Middlesbrough side and Steven Boyle made it 2-2 eight minutes later. In the last minute Roulston struck again to give BEADS all three points.

Stokesley SC 0 Fishburn Park 2

Stokesley'S move away from the relegation zone was put on hold after they slipped to a defeat by Whitby visitors Fishburn Park. Paul Graham and an James Ruse own goal secured a victory.

Wolviston Res 5 Thornaby FC 3

Wolviston Reserves put a spoke into the title aspirations of Thornaby. After going 2-0 behind to Danny Jones 18th goal of the season and Darren Bullock's strike they fought back to lead 3-2 at half time. Chris McGill was set through and turned his defender and beat Anthony Price in the visitors' goal. Eight minutes later it was all-square when McGill again beat his marker and headed home a Darren Beattie cross. Five minutes before half time McGill completed his hat trick in only his second outing when he reacted quickest from a corner to ram the ball into the roof of the net. In the second half Thornaby pulled it back to 3-3 when a great run and cross from Neil Preston found Martin Speight who fired home from 25 yards to make it all square at 3-3. The match was end to end with both sides having chances and both sides hitting the woodwork, but in the 82nd minute a long speculative cross from Beattie was helped into his own net by keeper Price in the Thornaby goal to give Wolviston a narrow 4-3 lead. Two minutes from time the home side secured the points when on the break Glen Walker ran from his own half before scoring to make it 5-3 and make the title chase even more interesting.

R T RAINE TROPHY FIRST ROUND

Teesside Ath 1 Nunthorpe Ath 0

Second Division Teesside Athletic booked a place in the semi-final of this competition against fellow second division side Billingham Wanderers after a surprise victory over first division Nunthorpe Athletic. Teesside Athletic took the lead when referee Peter Plummer played a good advantage which resulted in Michael Lyons cross from the right finding Mark Farrell who scored. Nunthorpe, despite having an extra player, could not find the equaliser.

DIVISION TWO

Bill'ham Wndrs 2 Whinney Banks 1

Billingham Wanderers moved up into third place after this hard fought win. Billingham took the lead through Adrian Serrechia but five minutes before half time Whinney Banks gave themselves a lifeline when David Gove scored from a free kick.

In the second half the match swung end to end but in the 68th minute Gary Bint turned his marker and gave the home side a 2-1 lead.

D'ton Alb 4 D'ton RA Res 7

Darlington Albion and rivals Darlington RA Reserves shared in an 11-goal feast. James Parkinson gave the RA the lead before David Hubble pulled it back to 1-1, but nine minutes later Steven Walker regained the RA's advantage. Two minutes later it was all-square when Hubble scored. In the 67th minute Dean Lawson gave RA the lead for the third time but this only lasted four minutes before the Albion pulled it back as John Banks scored. Darren Kokes put RA 4-3 ahead and in the 85th minute Lawson gave RA a 5-3 lead. Ross Wetherell then made it 6-3 but Rodney Brown pulled it back to 6-4 before Paul Tully made it a remarkable 7-4.

Darlington CB 0 Dormans FC 5

Cleveland Bridge were playing their first League match for five weeks but they lost to Dormans 5-0, Duncan Bradley, Robert Boden, James McGowan (3) scoring.

North Ormesby 3 Darlington SRM 1

North Ormesby took the lead with a Carl Wilson volley. Confusion in the Darlington area led to David Howe slotting the ball home from close range. In the second half the match was a real drab affair but burst into life when the visitors were given a lifeline when Chris Brown was adjudged to have pushed the visitors man of the match Paul Thorns in the back. Thorns stepped up and made it 2-1. North Ormesby broke and wrapped things up with Wilson's ninth of the season.

DALES CUP

Richmond Mvrks 9 Carperby Rov 1

The Mavericks took an early lead when Craig Vincent slid a cross in from close range but Carperby drew level when Paul Stephenson chipped the keeper from six yards. However, Mark Fleetwood scored with a deft back header. Vincent made it 3-1 and then Michael Dale made it four from a free-kick. Ten minutes into the second half Wayne Gredziak slotted home from close range, Andrew Mollitt, Martin Clarke and a Craig Lovell double rounded things off.

Division One

P W D L F A Pts GD

Thornaby FC 24 14 5 5 62 35 47 +27

Grangetown BC 23 12 9 2 54 27 45 +27

BEADS FC 23 13 4 6 65 39 43 +26

Hartlepool FC 21 13 4 4 52 28 43 +24

Carlin How 22 13 4 5 52 38 43 +14

Wolviston Res 24 12 4 8 53 52 40 +1

Thornaby YC 22 11 5 6 51 27 38 +24

Richmond Town 22 10 5 7 45 40 35 +5

Bedale Ath 23 10 1 12 34 40 31 -6

Fishburn Park 24 8 6 10 36 35 30 +1

Nunthorpe Ath 23 7 5 11 35 48 26 -13

Stokesley SC 24 6 1 17 31 74 19 -43

SMG Redstripes 24 5 3 16 35 52 18 -17

Mackinlay Park 23 3 6 14 31 60 15 -29

*New Marske SC 22 3 2 17 24 65 8 41

*Denotes three points deducted

Division Two

P W D L F A Pts GD

Dormans FC 15 14 0 1 50 18 42 +32

Teesside Link 17 11 1 5 49 28 33 +21

Billingham Wndrs 18 10 3 5 46 28 33 +18

Teesside Ath 21 10 2 9 40 37 32 +3

Richmond Mavericks 14 10 0 4 49 26 30 +23

Darlington Albion 17 7 3 7 52 63 24 -11

Darlington RA Res 18 7 2 9 42 40 23 +1

North Ormesby FC 18 7 0 11 39 45 21 -6

Darlington CB 15 5 4 6 24 31 19 -7

Darlington SRM 17 5 1 11 25 50 16 -25

Guisb Town Res 18 4 2 12 19 39 14 -20

Whinney Banks 20 3 4 13 21 51 13 -30

Burness Plate Group One

P W D L F A Pts GD

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

P W D L F A Pts GD

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

P W D L F A Pts GD

Dormans FC 3 3 0 0 14 2 9 +12

Darlington RA Res 3 2 0 1 6 8 6 -2

Whinney Banks 5 1 1 2 9 11 4 -2

Darlington Albion 3 0 1 2 3 11 1 -8

Leading scorers

Division One

24 M Arif (Thornaby FC)

18 D Jones (Thornaby FC)

17 S Starsmore (Carlin How)

14 D Fixture (Thornaby YC)

13 I Thompson (Wolviston Res)

12 P Chamberlin (BEADS FC)

12 A Emson (Richmond Town)

11 A Bramley (Bedale FC)

11 M Meggison (Grangetown BC)

11 L Hagan (Hartlepool FC)

10 G Solomon (Carlin How)

10 N Hay (Hartlepool FC)

10 M Hill (Richmond Town)

10 G Waite (Thornaby YC)

Division Two

23 J McGowan (Dormans FC)

20 D Kokes (Darlington RA Res)

18 W Gredziak (Richmond Mavericks)

14 G Mitchell (Darlington Albion)

13 K Forsyth (Teesside Ath)

13 S Jackson (Teesside Link)

12 S Hill (Teesside Link)

11 J Cairns (Billingham Wanderers)

11 A Lambert (North Ormesby)

10 P Arnold (Billingham Wanderers)

10 T Hewitt (Darlington Albion)

10 J Myers (Darlington SRM