South Cleveland Garages Teesside League

BEADS FC raced into a 2-0 lead, Lee Bowes and Paul Callen scoring. But James Middleditch pulled a goal back when he flicked a near post corner into the net to make it 2-1 at half time. The home side had a good number of chances before and after this goal and should have been further in lead but just before half time Callen was on target again in the 40th minute with his second of the match and 4th of the season to make it 3-1 at half time. In the second half a spirited fight back was on the cards when Stokesley pushed forward with the long ball over the top creating problems for the BEADS defence and it was no surprise when Ben Escritt pulled it back to 3-2 in the 75th minute, leaving the home side with a back to the wall defence as the visitors pressed forward but were unlucky not to force the equaliser they possibly deserved.

Bedale FC 6 v 2 Wolviston Res

Bedale agreed to Wolviston Reserves request to switch venues due to the state of the Wolviston pitch, and after only five minutes Bedale took a 5th minute lead through Paul Taite, his 5th of the season, Wayne Gredziak gave his side a 2-0 lead in the 38th minute, which remained the half time score. Three minutes into the second half Gredziak made it what looked like a comfortable 3-0 lead against Wolviston, but they had other ideas and Jonathan Davison pulled it back to 3-1 in the 62nd minute, with Dave Atkinson pulling it back to 3-2 three minutes later. This seemed to wake up the home side and Gredziak grabbed his hat trick goal in the 75th minute and then made it 5-2 three minutes later with his forth of the game and 18th of the season, he now takes over as the Leagues leading goal scorer, before Steven Anderson wrapped up the win with his 4th of the season in the last minute.

Grangetown BC 0 v 2 Richmond Town

League Champions Grangetown Boys Club who had an excellent win at Acklam Steelworks last week, saw all their hard work come to nothing this week when entertaining Richmond town in wet and windy conditions on a already heavy pitch the first half remained goalless, but twelve minutes into second half Richmond who two weeks earlier had narrowly lost to Acklam in the County Cup, took the lead through a first of the season from Tom Ptak, five minutes later the Boys Club suffered a second blow when Richard Thompson with his 6th of the season added a second for the visitors. The Boys Club started a relentless attack on the visitors but they failed to find a way back into the match and slipped to their 3rd defeat of the season and down into sixth place in the League.

Mackinlay Park 1 v 6 Carlin How

Redcar side Mackinaly Park slipped to their 11th defeat of the season when entertaining Carlin How for the first time this season. After an evenly contested opening to the match Nicky Ward gave visitors Carlin How the lead in the 15th minute, nine minutes later he added the second before Jason Draper made 3-0 a minute before half time. Five minutes into the second half Draper with his second of the game and 10th of the season made it 4-0, but on the hour Martin Gibbons gave the Redcar side a glimmer of hope when he scored his 4th of the season to make it 4-1. Eight minutes later Ward completed his hat trick to make it 5-1 before Martin Say with his 4th of the season finalised the scoring with five minutes remaining.

Nunthorpe Ath 4 v 1 Acklam SW

Third placed Nunthorpe Athletic whose match at New Marske was postponed last week, were entertaining Acklam Steelworks, who narrowly lost 1-0 to Grangetown last weekend. Phil Rowling opened the scoring in the 20th minute when he headed home unchallenged from a corner, his first of the season. Peter Boldison then made it 2-0 with a shot from just inside the Acklam penalty box in the 35th minute, his 11th of the season. 2-0 remained the half time score. On the hour the Acklam keeper made a mistake on the edge of the box and former Acklam player Chris Fuller made it 3-0 with his second of the season. The speedy Anthony Roberts then out paced the Acklam defence before slipping his 11th of the season home into an empty net in the 70th minute, before Dean Talukder with his 12th of the season scored a late consolation for Acklam, but Nunthorpe were well worth the win and now trail leader Thornaby by six points having played the same number of games.

Thornaby YC 7 v 1 New Marske SC

Thornaby Youth Club who have not had the best of luck so far in the month of November, beaten 4-0 by League leaders and local rivals Thornaby FC, a match abandoned at Grangetown Boys Club, a heavy defeat at Carlin How in the County Cup, and last weeks match at home to Wolviston Reserves postponed because of a water logged pitch, were entertaining New Marske who have not played for the last three weeks due to two postponements sandwiching a vacant weekend, and they were on the wrong end of the luck this weekend when first Marty Moore gave the Youth Club a 4th minute lead when he headed in a Mac Allen cross home for his first of the season, New Marske then lost their keeper with a badly gashed knee, with a defender having to take over in goal in the 15th minute. Three minutes later he was beaten when Moore made it 2-0. This remained the half time score. The second half was fairly even until the 55th minute when Darren Humphries made it 3-0 to the Youth Club, five minutes later he made it 4-0, before Moore completed his hat trick goal from the penalty spot to make it 5-0, and then made it 6-0 with his 4th of the match and forth of the season before New Marske scored a consolation through George Harphen before Humphries completed his hat trick and the scoring in the 88th minute to wrap up the pints for the home side.

Division Two

Dormans FC 4 v 1 Teesside Link

Middlesbrough side Dormans keep the pressure on SMG Redstripes with a hard fought victory over Teesside Link, who in their first meeting of the season back at the end of August were the first team to beat Dormans (3-1), and ten minutes into the first half of this meeting Chris Manuel with his second of the season gave Link a 1-0 lead. This lead lasted until the 45th minute when Dormans drew level through Carl Brunskill. 1-1 the half time score. Five minutes into the second half a great solo goal from Andrew Elliott gave Dormans the lead for the first time, five minutes later Brunskill, with his second of the game and 5th of the season gave Dormans a 3-1 lead and in the 70th minute Michael Kinlan with his second of the season gave Dormans a 4-1 lead and all the points in this revenge win.

Guisb Town Res 2 v 1 Teesside Ath

Guisborough Town Reserves bounced back from last weeks heavy defeat at Whinney banks to secure their 5th win of the season against Teesside Athletic who had already beaten Town in both the League 3-1 and in the MacMillan Bowl 4-0 were shocked to find themselves a goal behind after only four minutes when Richard McLean scored his first of the season from a free kick. The match was very even and in the 21st minute Lee Anderson with his first for Athletic made it 1-1, nine minutes later Guisborough Town were reduced to ten men when John McMillan was sent off for swearing but 1-1 remained the half time score line. In the second half both teams created chances but ten men Town pressed forward and in the 55th minute man of the match Paul Mescus raced clear of the Teesside Athletic defence and scored his second of the season to give Town the lead. Both side again pressed forward and the Teesside Athletic keeper Matthew Lowe made a great save in the 65th minute from Mescus before making another outstanding save from one of his own defenders, who's diving headed clearance was heading for the bottom corner his own net but for Lowe's second outstanding save. The remaining twenty minutes was again end to end with Gary McLean the Town's veteran defender and farther of the goal scorer marshalling the home side defence to help his team to a well deserved victory.

Whinney Banks 2 v 2 SMG Redstripes

Middlesbrough side Whinney Banks third in the League, but with two games in hand on the top two, were entertaining League leaders Billingham SMG Redstripes, their meeting earlier in the season resulted in an entertaining 2-2 draw. In another entertaining end to end match Whinney Banks struck first in the 20th minute when Nathan Jameson with his 11th of the season scored, this lead lasted until just before half time when Alex Degiorgis made it all square at 1-1. In the second half the match again was very evenly balanced but in the 63rd minute Degiorgis with his second of the game and 9th of the season gave SMG a 2-1 lead. Whinney Banks pressed forward and finally drew level with six minutes remaining when Anthony High with his 3rd of the season made it 2-2 and a share of the points for the second time this season.

North Riding County Cup

Whitby Town Res 3 v 2 Thornaby FC

Whitby Town Reserves pulled of the shock of the round when entertaining current League leaders Thornaby in this twice postponed County Cup match, they had already met at Thornaby in the League back in early September, Thornaby comfortably winning 5-0. But after fifteen minutes it was Whitby who took the lead through John Williams, with Rob Jones adding the second ten minutes later to give the Whitby side a 2-0 half time score line. Ten minutes into second half early pressure from Thornaby gained its rewards when Michael Arif pulled it back to 2-1. Seven minutes later the game was all-square when Arif scored again to make it 2-2. The match swung end to end but the match was won in the 74th minute when a penalty was awarded and Yan Awisi Ankomah kept his cool to slot home the penalty and earn his side a quarterfinal match away to Grangetown Boys Club in January 2003.

Durham County Trophy

Sunderland SC 3, Darlington CB 2

Darlington Cleveland Bridge went behind in their twice postponed Durham Trophy match at Sunderland Sports Club, but fought back to lead 2-1 at half time with goals from Wayne Buckley and James Morris, they then had a goal disallowed before the home side finely drew level with four minutes remaining, sending the game into golden goal extra time which Sunderland Sporting Club won and gained a quarter final place at the expense of the unfortunate Darlington Cleveland Bridge.

Darlington Charity Cup

Darlington RA 4, Ferryhill Post Boy 0

Darlington RA Reserves joined both Darlington SRM and Teesside Arriva in the second round of the Darlington Charity Cup after this comfortable win over Ferryhill Post Boy, the opening forty minutes were evenly contested, but Steve Appleby then gave RA the lead five minutes before half time, but five minutes into the second half both teams were reduced to ten men with the RA player seemingly innocent of any wrong doing, but sent off with a Ferryhill player. Fifteen minutes later the RA got control of the match when Michael Weston made it 2-0, with ten minutes remaining Mark Armstrong added the third before Graham Dodsworth made it 4-0 with four minutes remaining.

D'ton SRM 3 v 0 D'ton Hole in the Wall

Darlington Simpson Rolling Mills ad a break from League matches and played local rivals Darlington Hole in the Wall in the Darlington Charity Cup, Paul Thorns, last weeks hat trick hero in their 3-1 win over Teesside Link, gave SRM a 20th minute lead the only goal of an even first forty-five minutes. Five minutes into the second half the bricks were knocked out of the Hole in the Wall side when Thorns scored his second of the match and in the 63rd minute Gavin Harris made sure of a place in the next round to secure a 3-0 win.

Tees. Arriva 8 v 0 D'ton Archdeacons

Arriva took an early lead through Neil Hay after three minutes, a minute later John Rose made it 2-0 and then made it 3-0 six minutes later with his second of the match. Dave Clark then made it 4-0 in the 25th minute before Hay then made it 5-0 in the 19th minute and completed his hat trick ten minutes before half time, 6-0 the half time score. The second half saw Darlington Archdeacons press forward but twenty minutes into the second half Kevin Auton made the score 7-0 before hay scored his forth of the game in the 75th minute to make it 8-0 and a place in the next round.

Leading scorers (League and League Cup only), Division One: 18 - W Gredziak (Bedale FC); 16 - I McGowan (Grangetown BC); 13 - M Meggison (Grangetown BC), M Arif (Thornaby FC); 12 - D Talukder (Acklam SW); 11 - P Cochrane (Grangetown BC), P Boldison (Nunthorpe Ath), A Roberts (Nunthorpe Ath); 10 - L Bowes (BEADS FC), - J Draper (Carlin How), D Jones (Thornaby FC); 9 - A Bramley (Bedale FC), M Moore (Thornaby YC); 7 - L Atkinson (Acklam SW), M Young (Fishburn Park G Swinnerton (Nunthorpe Ath); 6 - S Marsay (Fishburn Park), R Thompson (Richmond Town), R Boden (Whitby Town Res); 5 - P Chamberlin (BEADS FC), P Taite (Bedale FC), G Newall (Richmond Town), J Newall (Richmond Town), J Smith (Stokesley SC), N Preston (Thornaby FC), D Humphries (Thornaby YC), M Moore (Thornaby YC), G Smith (Whitby Town Res); 4 - P Callen (BEADS FC), S Anderson (Bedale FC), L Dixon (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: 11 - P Lambert (Teesside Link), N Jameson (Whinney Banks); 10 - N Hay (Teesside Arriva); 9 - A Degiorgis (SMG Redstripes), J Blamires (Whinney Banks); 8 - L Thompson (Billingham Wndrs); 7 - L Alexander (Dormans), J McGowan (Dormans FC); 6 - S Hill (Tees Link); 5 - A Serrechia (Billingham Wndrs), N Clarke (D'ton RA Res), P Thorns (D'ton SRM), K Brunskill (Dormans FC), 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), K Auton (Teesside Arriva), S Lahney (Teesside Arriva), A Hugill (Teesside Ath), J Martin (Teesside Ath).