Bedale march clear after another convincing win

The opening quarter of this match was very even but in the 20th minute a penalty was awarded to Bedale which Michael Robinson converted.

Six minutes later Adam Bramley made it 2-0 with Paul Taite adding the third in the 38th minute, but Whitby Town Reserves hit back in the 42nd minute when Kristian Kamara scored his first of the season.

Just on the stroke of half time Richard Boden made it a respectable 3-2 half-time scoreline. Two minutes into the second half Wayne Gredziak gave Bedale a 4-2 lead and made it 5-2 in the 63rd minute with his second of the game and 23rd of the season.

He is now joint top scorer of the league with Ian McGowan of Grangetown Boys Club. Adam Bramley then made it 6-2 in the 70th minute with his second of the match and 14th of the season, before Robinson grabbed his second of the game and fourth of the season to make it 7-2 in the 75th minute, but ten minutes later Boden pulled it back to 7-3 with his second of the match before Taite grabbed his second of the match and 13th of the season to complete the victory that gives Bedale a seven-point lead having completed 17 matches, Thornaby trail by seven points but have five matches in hand, while Nunthorpe Athletic in third trail by nine from Bedale, but two from Thornaby having played 15 matches.

Division Two

Teesside Arriva 10 v 0 D'ton SRM

Hartlepool side Teesside Arriva's back room staff made every effort to make sure their match proceeded against Darlington Simpson Rolling Mills, and after only four minutes their efforts were rewarded when Paul Malcolmson gave Arriva the lead, Neil Hay added the second in the 26th minute with Dave Clarke with his second of the season made it 3-0 ten minutes later.

Neil Hay then went on to complete his second hat trick of the season with goals in the 39th and 41st minute to make it 5-0 at the half time break.

A minute into the second half Neil Newton with his second of the season made it 6-0, substitute Brendan Hampshire then made it 7-0 with his second of the season in the 70th minute with Man of the Match Hay grabbing his fourth of the match and 14th of the season to take over as the division top scorer in the 79th minute to make it 8-0, before Malcolmson with his second of the match and fifth of the season made it 9-0 with Lee Hagan completing the scoring with his third of the season with eight minutes remaining.

Division One

Bedale FC 8, Whitby Town Res 3, BEADS FC v Nunthorpe Ath, Mackinlay Park v Grangetown BC, Richmond Town v New Marske SC, Thornaby FC v Fishburn Park, Thornaby YC v Acklam SW, Wolviston Res v Carlin How - all postponed. Vacant: Stokesley SC.

P W D L F A Pts GD

Bedale Ath 17 12 3 2 60 23 39 +37

Thornaby FC 12 10 2 0 34 10 32 +24

Nunthorpe Ath 15 9 3 3 46 17 30 +29

Grangetown BC 14 8 3 3 47 21 27 +26

Thornaby YC 14 7 5 2 32 18 26 +14

BEADS FC 15 7 3 5 36 36 24 -

Acklam SW 14 7 2 5 33 22 23 +11

Richmond Town 15 7 1 7 22 25 22 -3

Fishburn Park 13 6 2 5 22 18 20 +4

Whitby Town R 15 4 5 6 32 45 17 -13

Carlin How 13 3 3 7 31 37 12 -6

New Marske 15 3 2 10 13 43 11 -30

Wolviston Res 11 1 3 7 11 33 6 -22

Stokesley SC 16 1 3 12 22 48 6 -26

Mackinlay Park 15 2 0 13 13 58 6 -45

Division Two

Teesside Arriva 10, Darlington SRM 0, Darlington RA Res v Darlington CB, Teesside Ath v Whinney Banks, Teesside Link v Guisb Town Res. Vacant: Billingham Wndrs, Dormans FC and SMG Redstripes.

P W D L F A Pts GD

SMG Redstripe 15 10 5 0 34 13 35 +21

Dormans FC 15 9 0 6 40 33 27 +7

Teesside Arriva 12 7 1 4 42 17 22 +25

Whinney Banks 12 6 3 3 38 23 21 +15

Guisb Town Re 14 6 1 7 16 36 19 -20

Darlington SRM 11 4 3 4 15 25 15 -10

Billingham Wnd 13 4 2 7 25 27 14 -2

Teesside Ath 11 4 0 7 20 24 12 -4

Darlington RA 12 3 3 6 16 28 12 -12

Teesside Link 13 3 1 9 25 34 10 -9

Darlington CB 8 1 3 4 12 24 6 -11

Leading scorers

Division One

23 W Gredziak Bedale FC

I McGowan Grangetown BC

15 P Boldison Nunthorpe Ath

14 A Bramley Bedale FC

M Meggison Grangetown BC

A Roberts Nunthorpe Ath

13 J Draper Carlin How

M Arif Thornaby FC

12 D Talukder Acklam SW

P Taite Bedale FC

P Cochrane Grangetown BC

10 L Bowes BEADS FC

D Jones Thornaby FC

M Moore Thornaby YC

8 G Swinnerton Nunthorpe Ath

G Smith Whitby Town Res

7 L Atkinson Acklam SW

P Chamberlin BEADS FC

M Young Fishburn Park

6 S Marsay Fishburn Park

G Newall Richmond Town

R Thompson Richmond Town

J Middleditch Stokesley SC

D Humphries Thornaby YC

R Boden Whitby Town Res

5 D O'Riordan BEADS FC

J Newall Richmond Town

J Smith Stokesley SC

N Preston Thornaby FC

4 P Callen BEADS FC

S Anderson Bedale FC

L Dixon Bedale FC

M Robinson Bedale FC

P Orton Bedale FC

M Say Carlin How

S Starsmore Carlin How

N Ward Carlin How

D Price Fishburn Park

M Gibbons Mackinlay Park

D Miller Thornaby FC

M Allen Thornaby YC

G Brewer Whitby Town Res

D Atkinson Wolviston Res

I Thompson Wolviston Res

Division Two

14 N Hay Teesside Arriva

11 A Degiorgis SMG Redstripes

P Lambert Teesside Link

N Jameson Whinney Banks

9 L Thompson Billingham Wndrs

J Blamires Whinney Banks

8 J McGowan Dormans FC

7 L Alexander Dormans

P Thorns D'ton SRM

6 K Brunskill Dormans FC

S Hill Tees Link

5 A Serrechia Billingham Wndrs

N Clarke D'ton RA Res

P Malcolmson Teesside Arriva

P Proudlock Teesside Arriva

4 J Cairns Billingham Wndrs

D Rothwell Dormans FC

A Davies Guisb Town Res

P Davies Guisb Town Res

R Newton SMG Redstripes

M Pugh SMG Redstripes

K Auton Teesside Arriva

S Lahney Teesside Arriva

C Ellis Teesside Ath

A Hugill Teesside Ath

J Martin Teesside Ath

* League and League Cup only

Tomorrow's fixtures

Division One (2pm)

Fishburn Park v BEADS FC, Grangetown BC v Carlin How, Mackinlay Park v Acklam SW, Nunthorpe Ath v Bedale FC, Stokesley SC v Thornaby FC, Thornaby YC v Wolviston Res

Division Two

Billingham Wndrs v Teesside Ath, Dormans FC v Whinney Bank, Guisb Town Res v Darlington CB. Vacant: Darlington SRM

R T Raine Trophy preliminary round (1.30pm)

New Marske SC v Whitby Town Res, SMG Redstripes v Richmond Town

North Riding Challenge Cup (1.30pm)

Teesside Link v Thornaby Mandale

Darlington Charity Cup (1.30pm)

Darlington RA Res v Teesside Arriva

Sunderland Catholic Club Over-40s League

The weather played havoc last weekend with the cup and league fixtures and no games were playing owing to the weather.

With half the league programme being almost completed both the promotion and relegation situation is beginning to take shape.

In the premier a good case for the championship can be made out for five teams, the present leaders Ferryhill Greyhound and second placed Steels SC with games in hand, Killingworth Arms, a highly dangerous side from Northumberland, last season's champions Billingham Wanderers and the Villa Real Cup winners Owton Manor from Hartlepool. It is definitely a case of any one from five as they all have to play each other and anything is liable to happen. As for relegation last season's promoted teams all occupy the bottom three places and a complete reversal of their previous form is needed to escape the dreaded drop.

In division one Wallsend RAOB, Blackhall Hardwick and Marden are the obvious choices with Darlington Croft, Newton Aycliffe and Wallsend Rising Sun still having chances as three sides are promoted. Relegation concerns the Barnes Hotel and Willow Pond another side, but three or four wins can make a great difference to all the clubs concerned so both promotion and relegation remains an open issue.

Division two sees Hartlepool Catholic Club in a good position as they already have 39 points in the bag and the others have still to win their games to reach that total. Who goes up with Pools at least sevemn clubs are still concerned and relegation looks very difficult to forecast.

Division three sees both leaders Wynyard Vets and Hylton Castle having excellent chances for the first two places, but the third spot is still very open and despite looking good matches can be lost or drawn and a points lead can easily be frittered away which then makes forecasting difficult.

Relegation is another matter Durham C Strollers are on the crest of a wave having won three games in a row to move out of the bottom three and look good to progress further.

Hartlepool RNC may have turned the corner, they won 5-3 away to the leaders Wynyard Vets and if their form continues the club up the league is assured. Steels FC are a much better side than their league position suggests, the goals 20 for and 23 against shows it is lack of goals being scored which is their problem rather than a defensive one. Roker Queen Vic, although bottom, have games in hand and can therefore rectify their position in the near future.

In division four Oddies the leaders as yet unbeaten look odds on certainties for promotion, but who will be the other two teams concerned? There are at least eight who could be considered and even others if they were to have a long winning run. The other clubs enjoy playing footbal for the fitness, social and enjoyment side of and see a win or even a draw as an added bonus.

The Halfway House won their first game after 15 matches and everyone celebrated Wynyard Old Boys with more 50-year-old than 40s enjoy each game. Winstons, Taylors, the Sportmans Arms, these are the lifeblood of the Over-40s league and there are many others who are contributing to the game.

Premier Division

P W D L F A Pts

Ferryhill Grey 13 9 3 1 37 15 30

Steels SC 10 8 2 0 32 5 26

Killinghall A 12 7 4 1 36 15 25

Billingham W 11 7 2 2 39 14 32

Owton Manor 11 7 1 3 24 18 22

Penshaw CC 10 3 3 4 14 15 12

Usworth WMC 12 2 5 5 11 22 11

Lord Seaham 9 2 4 3 13 12 10

Seaton Delaval 10 2 3 5 11 14 9

Grindon Broad 11 1 4 6 18 32 7

Sunderland Catholic 12 1 2 9 15 56 5

Masons Arms 11 0 1 10 9 46 1

Division One

P W D L F A Pts

Wallsend RAOB 13 9 3 1 30 15 30

Blackhall Hard 11 7 4 0 38 14 25

Darlington Croft 16 7 4 5 33 20 25

Wearmouth CW 14 7 1 6 29 32 22

Newton Aycliffe 13 6 2 5 24 11 20

Wallsend RS 13 5 5 3 30 25 20

Marden 8 6 1 1 19 8 19

Wardley Green 13 5 3 5 29 22 18

Rams Head 13 6 0 7 25 29 18

Sedgefield 13 3 2 8 21 26 11

Willow Pond 15 2 2 11 22 52 8

Barnes Hotel 14 0 3 11 16 59 3

Division Two

P W D L F A Pts

Hartlepool CC 15 9 3 3 39 19 30

Touchdown Hotel 13 8 1 4 44 21 25

Spring Gardens 11 7 0 4 32 24 21

Hebburn DT 12 6 2 4 24 17 20

Red House WMC 15 6 2 7 29 39 20

Brit Telecom 12 5 3 4 33 19 18

Glaxo 10 5 3 2 20 14 15

Gateshead Ex S 11 4 4 3 19 17 16

Consett 15 4 2 9 18 29 14

Moor House 12 4 2 6 21 32 14

Boldon Black Bull 15 4 1 10 23 51 13

Houghton CC 13 3 1 9 18 38 10

Division Three

P W D L F A Pts

Wynyard Vets 14 11 1 2 51 23 34

Hylton Castle 13 10 1 2 38 18 31

Wingate 17 8 3 6 37 30 27

Billingham Town 12 7 3 2 29 16 24

Darsley Park 14 7 3 4 30 26 24

West Cornforth 17 7 2 8 38 37 23

Regency Windows 15 6 3 6 31 33 21

Whitley Bay 12 5 3 4 23 20 18

Marsden Inn 15 5 3 7 35 38 18

Darlington Rail 15 5 1 9 27 46 15

Durham CS 14 4 2 8 24 31 14

Steels FC 12 3 2 7 20 23 11

Hartlepool RNC 16 3 2 11 28 58 11

Roker Queen Vic 12 2 3 7 19 31 9

Division Four

P W D L F A Pts

Oddies 11 10 1 0 49 10 31

Hed Deneside 14 9 3 2 47 26 30

Dagmar 15 7 4 4 33 25 25

Houghton Mill 14 6 5 3 36 30 23

Marsden Vets 16 4 9 3 41 28 21

Trimdon Vets 13 6 3 4 32 22 21

Toll Bar 11 6 2 3 23 16 20

Houghton Swifts 11 6 1 4 33 21 19

Thornley Celtic 15 4 4 7 31 31 16

Crook Town 11 5 1 5 25 21 16

Sportsmans A 13 5 1 7 33 44 16

Taylors 14 3 4 7 19 33 13

Winstons 13 3 3 7 20 36 12

Halfway House 15 1 2 12 21 57 5

A Hoggarth and Sons Eskvale and

Cleveland League

Grangetown YCC 8 v 0 Annandale Hotel

Grangetown dominated for long periods of the only game to survive the bad weather, only good goal keeping from Mark Tucker kept the scores level for the first 20 minutes. Some good work from Scott then set up Millington for Grangetown's first goal. This was quickly followed by an excellent finish from Corner to give Grangetown a two goal advantage at half time. At the start of the second half Annandale began to press forward , Adam Booth going close on two occasions, this only spurred Grangetown into action, Millington scoring his second with a good header from a William's cross. As Annandale tried to push forward in an attempt to get back into the game, Grangetown took advantage as Corner went on to score a further four goals with assists from Scott, Wake, James and Guy. Wake then wrapped up the scoring in the 85th minute. Grangetown taking all three points in a game that was well refereed by Tony Yates in very difficult conditions.

P W D L F A Pts

Staithes Ath 14 11 2 1 50 19 35

Brotton WMC 13 11 2 0 46 21 35

Grangetown YCC 18 11 1 6 48 24 34

Gt Ayton Utd 15 8 2 5 29 26 26

Whitby Fishermans 16 7 4 5 25 26 25

Lingdale Tavern 10 7 1 2 35 15 22

Anchor Inn 16 7 1 8 45 42 22

Redcar Mackinlay Park 13 7 0 6 35 22 21

Highland Laddie 13 6 4 3 31 21 22

Goldsborough 16 6 2 8 34 35 20

Lingdale Utd 13 5 4 4 33 33 19

Boosbeck Utd 16 6 3 7 19 27 21

Loftus Ath 10 4 2 4 24 14 14

Lealholm 14 3 3 8 16 30 12

Annandale Hotel 16 1 3 12 11 50 6

Grosmont 15 1 1 13 15 53 4

Hinderwell 12 1 1 10 13 62 4

Leading league scorers

Club Total

Darren Ward Brotton WMC 18

Colin Murray Gt Ayton 13

Ryan Scott Brotton WMC 10

Andrew Dent Goldsborough 10

Shane Breckon Lingdale Tavern 10

Thomas Hololob Lingdale Utd 10

Nick Ayres Redcar Mac Park 10

Tomorrow's fixtures

League: Anchor Inn v Loftus Ath, Goldsborough v Whitby Fishermans, Hinderwell v Highland Laddie, Lealholm v Redcar Mackinlay Park, Lingdale Utd v Grosmont

North Riding Challenge Cup: Annandale Hotel v Tockwith AFC, Civil Service (York) v Grangetown YCC, Redcar Coke Ovens v Brotton WMC, Richmond Mavericks v Gt Ayton Utd, Staithes Ath v Lingdale Tavern

Durham Alliance

All of Saturday's matches were postponed.

P W D L F A Pts

Belford House 18 13 1 4 60 32 40

Whitehill FC 17 12 1 4 62 21 37

Coxhoe Ath. 14 12 0 2 51 19 36

Hartlepool Town 18 11 1 6 53 23 34

Brandon Station 14 10 2 2 54 11 32

Shildon Railway 15 10 1 4 46 30 31

SC Sunderland 15 9 3 3 54 22 30

Black & Decker 15 9 3 3 52 23 30

Cockfield 14 8 3 3 39 16 27

Seaham The Duke 16 8 1 7 33 33 25

Seaham Mallard 18 7 3 8 59 59 24

Durham Vic Bridge 18 4 1 13 29 60 13

Simonside SC 18 4 0 14 47 80 12

Birtley Town Res. 17 2 3 12 27 61 9

*Springwell Village 18 3 1 14 36 82 7

*Ebchester 17 2 3 12 25 89 6

Garden Farm Real 18 1 3 14 30 96 6

Tomorrow's fixtures (2pm)

League: Belford House v Spennymoor Black & Decker, Birtley Town Reserves v Springwell Village, Brandon Station v Seaham Mallard, Cockfield v Whitehill FC, Durham Victoria Bridge v Coxhoe Athletic, Ebchester FC v Simonside SC, Shildon Railway v Sporting Club Sunderland

Washington Aged Peoples Trophy (1.30pm): Hartlepool Town v Seaham The Duk