South Cleveland Garages Teesside League

The game was switched to Nunthorpe, although the away match was already played which Nunthorpe won 3-0, due to a waterlogged pitch at New Marske for the third consecutive week. Nunthorpe now being the home side took advantage and took a 4th minute lead through Paul Lancaster, but the basement club who had won last time out three weeks ago against Stokesley, drew level through Steve Thompson six minutes later, Nunthorpe regained their one goal advantage five minute later in the 15th minute when Simon O'Shea scored, Lancaster added his second of the match and the season to make 3-1 in the 30th minute before Darren Turley made it 4-1 at halftime. Ten minutes into the second half Nunthorpe made the points just about safe when O'Shea who has been the find of the season for Nunthorpe, scared his second of the match and 8th of the season to make it 5-1, on the hour Turley grabbed his second of the match and the season to make it 6-1, but New Marske battled back and made the scoreline more respectable when Glen Shepherd scored in the 75th minute and Dean Chapman scored in the 81st minute to make it a 6-3 score line.

Division Two

Teesside Ath 4, North Ormesby 1

Redcar Teesside Athletic entertained North Ormesby in the only second division game of the day, North Ormesby with a new manager who has signed a number of new players were on a three match unbeaten run, scoring 20 goals and conceding four, took the lead in the 25th minute through Carl Wilson, five minutes later Chris Ellis made it all square at 1-1 going into the half time break. On the hour a melee in the middle of the field resulted in Steven O'Sullivan from Teesside Athletic being sent off, and Nicky Millburn and Gary Hamilton of North Ormesby being sent off, when play restarted the ten man Athletic started to get on top of the nine men visitors and five minutes later Lee Anderson scored his first of the season to make it 2-1, in the 75th minute Matthew McGurk gave the home side a 3-1 lead before Mark Farrell made it 4-1 with four minutes remaining.

Macmillan Bowl first round

Darlington SRM 2, Fishburn Park 1

Darlington SRM pulled of the shock result of the round, they entertained first division side Fishburn Park who soon were on top of play but wasted a good number of chances, the home then threw the shackles off and in the 35th minute Paul Myers gave the Darlington side a shock 1-0 lead. In the second half the home sides confidence was evident and they were well on top and in the 80th minute Myers was on target again to make it 2-0, the Whitby side then pulled their act together and pulled a goal back with four minutes remaining when Jimmy Simpson scored from the penalty spot, and although the visitors pushed forward for the last few minutes the second division Darlington side were well worth their shock victory and have earned a home match against another first division side Richmond Town in the quarter finals.

Darlington CB, Carlin How 3

Second Division Darlington Cleveland entertained First Division Carlin How in the MacMillan Bowl; the first division side took the lead in the 17th minute from a hotly disputed penalty, which Graham Solomon scored from. The Darlington side struck back to equalise three minutes later when Darren Wray scored from a corner, Carlin How then took the lead again from a corner when Glenn Smith scored, the Darlington side were probably playing their best football of the season and they were rewarded in the 41st minute when Graham Wedge made it 2-2 which looked likely to be the half time score until Martin Say popped up to give the first division visitors the lead for the third time. In the second half the Darlington side were well on top pushing forward for an equaliser but the Carlin How defence held out and reached the quarterfinal and earned them selves a home match against the holders Grangetown Boys Club.

Grangetown BC 3, Hartlepool 2 (aet)

MacMillan Bowl holder entertained Hartlepool and raced into a 2-0 lead with goals in the 18th and 25th minute from Michael Meggison that took his tally to nine for the season. Hartlepool fought back and got into the match two minutes later when Neil Hay scored his 8th of the season for a 2-1 half-time score. In the second half the visitors pushed forward but could not find a goal to get them back on level terms, their hopes were dashed in the 82nd minute when they had David Clark sent off for an off the ball incident, but this had the reverse affect on Hartlepool as they pushed forward a man down and in the very last minute sent the match into extra time when Michael Harrison scored his first of the season to make it 2-2. The match went into extra time and eight minutes into the first period substitute Robbie Bell scored to make it 3-2, the visitors again pushed forward but still failed to make any impression on the score and bowed out leaving the holder a trick quarter final match away to Carlin How.

SMG Redstripes 1, Thornaby FC 2

Billingham side SMG Redstripes entertained current League leaders Thornaby in the MacMillan Bowl, looking for revenge after suffering two league defeats, they got of to a flying start when Mark Osmond scored his second of the season after only a minutes play, Thornaby pressed for an equaliser which they managed to secure in the 30th minute through a 16th of the season from Danny Jones, 1-1 remained the halftime score. The second half was rather scrappy and Thornaby progressed to the quarterfinals, with a meeting with local rivals, Thornaby Youth Club, when Neil Preston scored in the 88th minute.

Stokesley SC 1, Bedale FC 3

Stokesley Sports Club started the brightest in this all-first division tie. Phil Rowling opened the scoring for Stokesley in the 15th minute heading home a corner, Stokesley still pressed forward but although they created a number of chances they failed to capitalise and the visitors struck back in the 35th minute when Rob Durrans scored. 1-1 then remained the half-time score, in the second half Bedale got on top and took the lead with a second of the match from Durrans in the 55th minute, Stokesley pressed forward again but in the 68th minute Russell Edwards made it 3-1 to earn a home match against the winners of next weeks outstanding tie BEADS v New Marske.

Teesside Link 2, Richmond Town 3

Second Division Thornaby side Teesside Link entertained First Division Richmond Town in the MacMillan Bowl and fell behind after thirteen minutes when Barry Pybus scored his first for the Club, Matthew Hill added the second in the 25th minute to give the visitors a comfortable 2-0 half time lead. Five minutes into the second half Adam Emson with his 11th of the season looked to have booked Richmond Town a berth in the next round, but in the 70th minute, Teesside Link finally got their act together and Richard May made it 3-1 with his first of the season, eight minutes later an 11th of the season from Stuart Jackson made the last tem minutes of the game interesting as he made it 3-2, but the visitors withstood the home teams pressure to secure a quarter final match away to another Second Division side Darlington SRM, who had pulled of the shock result of the round beating First Division side Fishburn Park.

Thornaby YC 2, Wolviston Res 1

Thornaby Youth Club entertained fellow league side Wolviston Reserves knowing they had already beaten them twice in the league, but it was Wolviston Reserves who started out the brightest and after dominating the first twenty minutes it was no surprise when they took the lead when a shot from Chris Homer looped over Shane Hine in the Youth Club goal in the 25th minute, the visitors were well on top but did not add to their lead and a minute into the second half the Youth Club drew level in rather fortunate circumstances when a cross from Chris Cain flew into the top corner of the net. Wolviston battled back and had a headed goal disallowed for offside, the Youth Club had two good chances by Darren Fixter and Chris Wrathmall saved by the visitors keeper, but in the 77th minute the Youth Club took the lead in fortunate circumstances again when Wrathmall's shot took a wicked deflection past the stranded keeper to put the Youth Club in the quarter finals with a home math against local rivals and current League leaders Thornaby FC.

North Riding County Cup second round

BEADS FC 2, New Marske SC (W) 2 (aet, 3-5 on pens)

Middlesbrough side BEADS FC entertained New Marske of the Wearside League in this re-arranged quarter final County Cup match, the Teesside League side dominated from the kick off and they took the lead in the 8th minute when Lee Bowes scored from a cross from Gary Thompson, they dominated the rest of the half but missed chance after chance and should have gone in at half time with a far bigger lead than the narrow 1-0 margin they had. In the second half the home side again missed a number of good chances and were made to pay in the 75th minute when New Marske equalised through substitute James Kesterton to sent the game into extra time, the players were now tiring on the heavy pitch and the match was very dour but sparked into life in the 117th minute when Ian Swinnerton gave BEADS a 2-1 lead, but New Marske struck back from a corner in the last minute of extra time through Gary Owens to make at all square that resulted in a penalty shootout, their catalogue of missed chances continued as BEADS missed their first penalty and bowed out of the competition as New Marske won 5 - 3 in the penalty shootout to secure a semi-final berth.

* The Mackinlay Park v Richmond Mavericks quarter-final match was postponed for the second week running. A pitch was made available at Catterick, where Richmond Mavericks play, but Redcar side Mackinlay Park refused to travel, the North Riding County FA will now have to determine whether the match should be played next week, or the tie awarded to Richmond Mavericks.

Burness Plate

Dormans FC 7, Darlington RA Res 0

Dormans played their first match in the Second Division Burness Plate and overwhelmed visitors Darlington RA Reserves, after a fairly evenly contested first half hour, Dormans took the lead through Dean Farley the only goal of the first half. In the second half the floodgates opened and Dormans made it 2-0 five minutes into the second half through James McGowan, the same player then made it 3-0 with his second of the match. Mick Sowerby added two more in the 60th and 65th minute to make it 5-0 before Chris Fuller made it 6-0 in the 70th minute with Lee Doherty making it 7-0.

Guisb Town Res 3, Billingham W. 5

Guisborough Town Reserves have now completed two of their six matches in their Burness Plate Group two mini-league, they entertained Billingham Wanderers who have beaten Guisborough Town twice already in the League, the Billingham side would probably fancy their chances of reaching the semi-final stage of this group which included Teesside Athletic and North Ormesby, the visitors raced into a 3-0 lead inside fifteen minutes as Matthew Sykes opened the scoring in the 7th minute, Lee Mitch made it 2-0 a minute later before John Cairns with his 10th of the season made it 3-0 in the 15th minute. The Home side pulled it back to 3-1 five minutes before half time through Graham Storr from the penalty spot after Andrew Davies was brought down in the box, but four minutes into the second half the visitors had restored their four goal advantage when Sykes scored his second of the game, the Guisborough side then pushed forward and pulled it back to 4-3 when Storr added his second, again from the penalty spot, again after Davies was brought down in the box in the 75th minute and Carl Ingoe scored two minutes later, with the home side pushing forward the Wanderers broke clear with five minutes remaining to add the fifth through Paul Arnold's 9th of the season.

Whinney Banks 5, Darlington Alb. 0

Whinney Banks who recorded their first win in ten matches last week were full of confidence when facing Darlington Albion in this second division Burness Plate group three match, the Darlington team had conceded nineteen goals in their last two matches, scoring four, the home side were full of running and took the lead through Craig Owens in the 35th minute, his 7th of the season, twelve minutes later they increased their lead to 2-0 when David Barnes scored his first of the season. In the second half Darlington Albion came out all guns blazing but after ten minutes of pressure Whiney Banks broke clear and took a 3-0 lead when Chris Renahan headed home his first of the season, further goals from Peter Clark in the 70th and 82nd minute then gave Whinney banks all three points in their first group game.

Saturday's results: Division One: New Marske SC 3, Nunthorpe Ath 6

Division Two: Teesside Ath 4, North Ormesby 1

Macmillan Bowl first round: Darlington CB 2, Carlin How 3; Darlington SRM 2, Fishburn Park 1; Grangetown BC 3, Hartlepool FC 2 (aet); SMG Redstripes 1, Thornaby FC 2; Stokesley SC 1, Bedale FC 3; Teesside Link 2, Richmond Town 3; Thornaby YC 2, Wolviston Res 1.

North Riding County Cup round two: Mackinlay Park v Richmond Mvrks - postponed.

Burness Plate: Dormans FC 7, Darlington RA Res 0; Guisb Town Res 3, Billingham Wndrs 5; Whinney Banks 5, Darlington Albion 0.

Tomorrow's fixtures: Division One: Fishburn Park v Bedale FC, SMG Redstripes v Wolviston Res, Stokesley SC v Richmond Town, Thornaby FC v Hartlepool FC, Thornaby YC v Grangetown BC

Division Two: Darlington CB v Darlington Albion

Macmillan Bowl first round: BEADS FC v New Marske SC

North Riding Senior Cup: Carlin How v Middlesbrough

RT Raine Trophy: Preliminary round: Mackinlay Park v Nunthorpe Ath

First round: Richmond Mvrks v Darlington RA Res

Burness Plate: Billingham Wndrs v North Ormesby, Darlington SRM v Teesside Link, Dormans FC v Whinney Banks, Teesside Ath v Guisb Town Res.