Emergency Services League

The penultimate week of the league season saw Easington continue in their treble title chase, with a comfortable win over Stockton, while current leaders Frankland can only sit and wait to see what happens in the final week.

Easington beat Stockton 7-1, with Neil Robinson bagging a hat trick, Keith Bowmaker scored twice and Vince Marriner and Dave Cuthbert got a goal each. Stockton's consolation goal was scored by Noel Young. Easington have matches on Monday and Thursday next week and must win both to win the title.

They will have one unplayed match but they will be awarded the points for that game.. Frankland didn't have a fixture this week and know a win next week may not be enough to secure the league title.

In their first season in the league, Newcastle West have sealed thirdplace with a 4-2 win over Sunderland Saints (Paul Kingdon (2), Dave Oakes and Chris Dixon got the Newcastle goals, while Paul barret got both Saints Goals.

In a Durham derby, Durham and CLS and Durham Fire Brigade shared the points in a one -all draw. Ellis Hall and Mark Harrison were the respective scorers.

Derwentside repeated last week's win 3-1 over Darlington, when they played the reverse fixture this week.

P W D L F A Pts

Frankland 21 17 0 4 88 19 51

Easington 19 15 1 3 83 23 46

Newcastle West 20 12 2 6 72 44 38

Durham Fire 21 11 2 8 57 42 35

Durham HQ 22 11 2 9 50 52 35

Langbaurgh 21 11 1 9 51 54 34

Derwentside 20 11 0 9 56 36 33

Sund Saints 21 11 0 10 54 56 33

Stockton 21 7 3 11 47 98 24

Durham and CLS 19 5 1 13 40 71 16

*Sedgefield 22 1 4 17 23 87 1

*Darlington 15 0 2 13 23 66 0

*Denotes six points deducted

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TWO goals by Paul Whensley helped Old Shildon finally achieve cup glory when they beat Huntsman in the League Cup Final.

Old Shildon - twice cup final losers last season - eventually over-powered Huntsman at Brewery Field after an even first half.

Brace hero Whensley, who grabbed the first, effectively killed off their opponents with a stunning second goal in the second half. A Michael Dowson goal rubber-stamped their victory.

"It meant a great deal to the lads," said Secretary Sharron Hedley. "They were up for it and we didn't want to lose another cup after losing two last season. I thought we deserved the cup and the players were delighted after the game.

"Darren Plaice deserves a special mention. He had only been out of hospital for two weeks but was desperate to play - and I thought he was excellent."

Huntsman manager Stuart Hodgson said: "Obviously we were disappointed not to have won another cup, but it just wasn't our day."

Meanwhile, Spennymoor Thorns were crowned Division Two champions last week after Broompark Loves failed to overcome Shildon Athletic.

Loves only had to beat Athletic to leapfrog Thorns and win the title - but were beaten 2-0.

A delighted Thorns manager, Dave McWaters, said: "It's been a great battle between us and the Loves, with the balance swinging between us all season. But the fact it's gone right down to the final game of the season just showed how very close it was."

The Loves did, however, win their second trophy of the season two weeks ago when they beat Postchaise 3-1 on penalties after drawing 2-2 in the Invitation Cup Final.

Paul Walton scored two goals for Postchaise while Steven Hancock and Ben Roffe both netted for Loves.

Postchaise Secretary Scott Stainsby said: "After going two goals down I thought we did well. We just kept plugging away and we eventually pulled it back."

* The league's end of season presentation night is due to be held at Newton Aycliffe WMC on Friday June 7. Any clubs wanting extra tickets can contact Chairman Brian Boughen on 01388 811874 or Secretary Mike Clarke on 07736 800604. Any referees wanting tickets can contact Fixture Secretary Norman Dale on 01388 818840.

* Meanwhile, the League will also be holding a Referee's Meeting on Wednesday July 10 in Spennymoor United's clubhouse, Brewery Field. All referees are more than welcome to attend. Again, contact Norman Dale for details.

Results round-up, Tuesday, May 14: Division One: Newton Aycliffe 5, Huntsman 0.

Thursday, May 16: Division One: Newton Aycliffe 7, Horndale 1.

Division Two: Shildon Athletic 2, Broompark Loves 0.

Sunday, May 19: League Cup Final: Old Shildon 3, Huntsman 0.

Division One

P W D L F A Pts

New Masons 22 19 1 2 84 33 58

Newton Aycliffe 22 18 2 2 108 36 56

Old Shildon 22 15 2 5 83 41 47

Huntsman 22 12 4 6 78 54 40

Europa 22 12 2 7 67 48 38

Eldon Lane 22 11 3 8 62 57 36

Royal George 22 8 3 11 53 56 27

The Grand 22 7 2 13 54 75 23

Salvins 22 5 3 14 49 60 18

Laceys 22 4 3 15 46 95 15

Brandon 22 3 4 15 45 106 13

Horndale 22 2 3 17 40 98 9

Division Two

P W D L F A Pts

Spennymoor Thorns 30 27 0 3 174 39 81

Broompark Loves 30 26 1 3 138 24 79

*Black Horse 30 22 4 4 136 58 67

Binchester Social Cl. 30 19 4 7 98 58 61

Postchaise 30 18 4 8 92 62 58

Brawns Den 30 18 2 10 107 58 56

Green Tree 30 16 2 12 91 82 50

Shildon Athletic 30 13 3 14 60 76 42

Masons United 30 11 5 14 72 76 38

Boot & Shoe 30 10 2 18 72 110 32

North Briton 30 9 1 20 73 106 28

Pit Laddie 30 8 3 18 64 100 27

Two Blues 30 7 5 18 61 108 26

*Victoria 30 6 4 20 47 124 19

Locomotion 30 5 1 24 54 154 16

Binchester Hotel 30 4 1 25 40 137 13

*Denotes three points deducted

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Crook League

The annual meeting will be held on 11 June at Crook Kings Head commencing 7.30pm. All clubs must be represented and any teams wishing to apply for membership should contact league secretary Trevor Hudspeth, 9 Acacia Gardens Crook, DL15 9NA.

Hathaway Auckland and District League

Black and Decker were the inaugural winners of the subsidiary cup when they defeated Brandon Station 3-1 in the final at Shildon Railway.

Coxhoe were Black and Decker's opponents in the final of the Weardale Cup. John Bell gave Black and Decker the lead but goals from David Hutchinson (2) and Andrew Richardson saw Coxhoe lift the trophy.

P W D L Pts

Cockfield 14 11 2 1 35

Brandon Station 14 10 3 1 33

Black & Decker 14 8 2 4 26

Cleveland Bridge 14 6 3 5 21

Coxhoe Athletic 14 5 0 9 15

DSRM 14 4 0 10 12

*Shildon Railway 14 4 2 8 11

Quinns Inn 14 1 2 11 5

*Denotes three points deducte