With no league action last Saturday the Arthur Reed Memorial Shield Competition sponsored by Leven Bridge Engineering Ltd and the Wilf Leader Trophy took centre stage.

Arthur Reed Memorial Shield Sponsored by Leven Bridge Engineering Ltd.

Quarter Finals.

Middlesbrough Post Office 1 Kings Head FC 3(aet)

The big game of the day paired two teams together who are both vying for championship honours. Blustery conditions enabled Post Office to play with wind advantage in the first half and they applied the pressure for much of the half pressing Kings Head back.

John Cramer's corner was returned back to him and a second cross-picked out John Simon who hit a perfect volley to put Post Office into the lead. Post Office continued to press with King's Head keeper Michael Williams pulling off a fine save from Simon and chances going begging when Mark Brydon and Ian Mills had good scoring opportunities.

With wind advantage in the second half, King's Head had the majority of the possession and in the 55th. minute, Paul Round hit a tremendous shot from the edge of the box that gave the Post Office keeper no chance.

Simon almost sneaked a late winner, but the resolute Steve Smith cleared off the goal line to send the game into extra time.

The first period of extra time proved decisive for the King's Head with Paul Round beating the off side trap and finishing in fine style before Paul Smith put the game beyond doubt with another fine finish.

St Mary's Coll OB 2 S Bank United 0

Kings Head FC can look forward to a home tie against St Mary's College in the semi finals following the College's win over South Bank United with Mark Elliott chipping his side to victory with two well executed goals. St. Marys a had the advantage of the following wind but they failed to trouble the South Bank goal until the 20th minute when a long range shot from Glen Bennett scraped the woodwork.

South Bank looked dangerous on the break but found centre back Andrew Brothwood in outstanding form and they failed to trouble the St Marys goal. St Marys finally broke the deadlock on the half hour when Elliott broke the offside trap and chipped the stranded keeper from 20 yards out. The second period saw the College controlling much of the game, restricting South Bank to long range shots and thy delivered the crucial blow when Mark Elliott beat his marker before chipping the advancing keeper for a second time..

South Bank threw everything at the St. Mary's defence forcing a succession of corners but a resolute defence with keeper Thomas Straker in commanding form, held firm to the final whistle.

Thornaby Mandale FC 3 PJS FC 5

The big upset of the weekend saw PJS, currently fourth from the bottom of the table dispose of current league champions and Arthur Reed Shield holders Thornaby Mandale.

Mandale started well, taking an early lead when Steve Lambert scored from close range following a corner.

PJS bounced back when a cross from Paul Cockburn beat Gary Poole in the Mandale goal and they took the lead when Paul Stephenson converted a penalty kick with a shot of such power that it rebounded off both goal posts before hitting the back of the net.

Two goals in quick succession from PJS man of the match Michael Russell put his side in control by half time and they had the luxury of a four goal lead when a second penalty award which Craig Donnelly gratefully converted.

Thornaby Mandale piled on the pressure in an attempt to get back into the game but two late goals from David Poole were not going to deny PJS FC their moment of glory.

British SS 2 Ennis Square SC 3

PJS's reward for their efforts will see them take on Ennis Square who hard their work cut out to dispose of a very determined British Steel side in the Dormanstown 'derby'.

Played in very gusty conditions, the first goal came on nine minutes when Wayne Gent pressured a British Steel defender into passing the ball back to his keeper only to see the keeper head into his own net. Ennis Square increased their lead on 25 minutes when a mix up in the British Steel penalty area was punished and they looked easy winners when a third goal, just before half time, gave them what looked like a commanding lead.

However, following an inspirational half time team talk and with the help of a following wind, British Steel came out raring to go and they reduced the arrears when Stephen McCabe went on a clear run from the half way line before turning inside to score from 18 yards out.

Mark Sherwood reduced the gap to a solitary goal when he beat a defender before hitting a swerving shot from fully 25 yards.

With Ennis by now feeling the pressure, they were more than grateful to see Dave Whitfield miss a late opportunity that may well have taken the game into extra time.

Wilf Leader Trophy - Quarter-Final Stage

Woodmans Arms 3 Coulby New FC 0

Despite kicking into the gale in the first half, the Woodman's Arms took the game to Coulby and they took a deserved lead when Jamie Dawkins played a great one two with Paul Reed before curling the ball into the top corner. Thirty minutes into the game, Darren Breckon took the ball through two defenders before squaring back to the oncoming Paul Reed who picked his spot calmly and coolly and although Coulby did get the breaks, they were reduced to long-range shots that didn't worry the Woodmans keeper. In the second half, centre back Jeff Cockerill put the result beyond doubt when his excellent pass, found Matthew Batty who made no mistake from close range.

South Park Rangers 0 Linx Hemlington 1

Goalless for most of the game, this close encounter was only settled midway through the second half when Linx Hemlington beat South Park Rangers from the penalty spot.

Both sides seemed to cope better against the wind with South Park Rangers going close in the first half with Graham and Chris Watson in particular having good opportunities to score. Linx came back strongly in the second period and at times had the Rangers defence at full stretch.

Just 20 minutes remained when a tackle in the Rangers goal area was adjudged to have been a foul and from the resulting penalty kick, John Appleby stepped up to convert taking Linx into the semi final where they will play Thornaby Village.

Stokesley SC 0 Thornaby Village 2

Stokesley paid the penalty for their lack of goals once again particularly in the second half, when they went all out to get back into the tie. Two first half goals from Thornaby Village's Jeff Belt did the damage with Belt getting behind the Stokesley defenders to cleverly convert on both occasions.

In the second half Thornaby Village had to defend well with Stokesley producing a string of chances.