North-East Christian Fellowship League

In the League Cup a second half hat-trick from Paul Proud at Lanchester Chapel secured Airport Church a place in the second round. Barry James and Kevin Parish set Airport on their way to victory in the first half. Lanchester Chapel's Dean Birkett and John Jackson got a goal each at the death but it wasn't enough to stop Airport proceeding 5-2.

An upset came at Stargate Lane where Ryton Churches - who have only won one league match - dumped top team and unbeaten City Church Sunderland 4-0. Brothers Steven and Bryan Gilmour each scored in the first half with a brace from Niki Watson in the second.

Whitley Bay Churches demolished Heworth Christian Fellowship 6-0, the goals going to two sets of brothers, Russell Brooks and Paul Worsdale scored in the first half with Railton Brooks scoring a double in the second period and Rob and Paul Lewis added to the scoresheet.

A pair of goals from David Rowe of Consett Methodist Church was enough to win at Heaton Hearts 2-0.

Bethshan Christian Centre's David Longhurst and Paul Gribbin each notched a brace and Simon Allister added another to seal a comfortable 5-0 win at Emmanuel Yarm.

There were goals galore at Wearside Community Church B. Kevin Gardener opened the scoring before Karl Laverick (2) and Ben Hodgeson put Monkwearmouth Christians into a 3-1 half-time lead. Barry Ward scored five goals for Monkwearmouth with Steven Walls (2) and Craig Johnson adding to the Wearside score, the final result 8-4 in Monkwearmouth's favour.

In Division Two, Wearside Community Church A took advantage of getting a bye in the first round and played a league match at Jesmond Parish B with Paul Kindon scoring the only two goals of the match to go top of Division Two.

Saint Peter's Low Fell against Stakeford Methodist Church was also a league match with goals from Billy Baxter and Chris Scott giving Stakeford a 2-0 win and climb to the top half of the table.

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Over-40s League

Ithe Robson-Pattison Cup, the champions and league leaders Billingham Wanderers were forced to pull out all the stops to defeat bottom of the table Sedgefield United 3-1 on penalties after extra time.

Sedgefield belied their lowly position by playing excellent football and were unlucky not to have pulled off a surprise win. The Wanderers took the lead through Harry Davies but Sedgefield came back strongly and eventually levelled through Brian Carruthers and extra time was necessary as there was no further score. The undoubted hero was Wanderers' 'keeper Paul Dodds who pulled off three fantastic saves to deny Sedgefield and give Billingham the victory.

In the Alan Spedding Cup (Division One), Ferryhill Greyhound won 5-2 in extra time away to Newton Aycliffe. Ferryhill took the lead through David Topp and led 1-0 at the interval. Ferryhill looked a certainty to go through but with only one minute remaining, Tony Jinks out-jumped all, to head home a cross from the left to level the score and force extra time.

Five minutes into extra-time Jinks scored again to put Aycliffe 2-1 up but Ferryhill came back strongly and Joe Tyreman equalised and shortly before half-way Topp scored to give the Greyhound a 3-2 lead. The second period saw Ferryhill well in control and further goals from Tyreman and Kevin Wild settled the issue. Topp was Ferryhill's star player.

Owton Manor won 4-2 against the Masons Arms in a very thrilling game. The Manor led 3-0 at half time, an early penalty unsettled the Pirates and two quick goals gave them an uphill struggle but after the restart the Pirates came back strongly and goals from Cartwell and Alan Gates saw them getting on top. Still the Pirates refused to give in and John Whitehead scored to make it 4-3 with five minutes remaining and although the Pirates laid siege to the Manor's goal, the equaliser never materialised.

In the Ironside Cup (Division Two), the Rams Head won 4-0 against, Barnard Castle Glaxo. The Rams Head took the lead and never looked like losing it. They led 2-0 at half time and continued where they left off by scoring two further goals while their outstanding player was Jimmy Taylor who scored a hat-trick. David Hancock scoring one. The Castle could be thankful this was a cup and not a league game so they can now concentrate on winning promotion as they are in with a very good chance.

In the Echo Cup Billingham Town defeated Wingate 3-2 at home, gaining revenge for last week's 1-0 defeat by the same team. Trailing 2-0 at the interval, Billingham re-organised their side playing a 3-3-4 formation and it certainly paid off. Tony Skrene made it 2-1, Colin Russell levelled and in a grandstand finish sub Paul Wilson scored the winner. Goalkeeper Mick Walkington played well for the town.

In the Kenny Ball Cup, Cleveland Bridge, Darlington, won 4-2 against Hebburn DT. It was a game in which both sides had chances to win the match and goals were in aplenty. Scorers for Hebburn were Micky Joyce and John Lindsay and for the Bridge, Peacock, Johnson, Kevin McStravic and Dean Hardy.

In Division Four, Wynyard Veterans won 10-3 away to the White Horse Inn. This win puts the Veterans leading the division by two points from the Lake and also having two games in hand. The Veterans took a very early lead, Mo Nejah scoring after 52 seconds when he nipped in to intercept a back pass. Scorers for the Veterans were Nejah (4), Neil Sullivan (3), Peter Boldison (2) and Peter Allen.

Hambleton Ales Combination

Fog and frost-bound pitches resulted in the postponement of virtually all of the scheduled league programme on Sunday.

Only four league games were able to be completed and the ties in the fourth round of the North Riding Sunday Challenge Cup were all cancelled, forcing a revision of the previously published fixtures for the coming weekend.

In the only game in Division One, leaders Royal Oak were held to a 2-2 draw at Great Ayton Hibs, who are now unbeaten in five league games.

In Division Three, leaders Cowton maintained their two-point lead with a 5-4 home victory over Hutton Rudby, while second-placed Streetlam Farmers recorded a valuable 1-0 win at Marne Dragons to end the home side's unbeaten eight-match start to the season. Streetlam are now unbeaten in eight league games.

With Dragons losing, Ingleby Greenhow moved up into fourth place in the table after a 1-0 home victory over Romanby Park.

l There were no games played in Division Two.

Durham Alliance

The Mark Blake Trophy games provided high drama as Alliance teams battled for semi-final places. Birtley Town Reserves ignored the form book to run out comfortable 4-0 winners over Sunderland Flying Boat. A first half double from Paul Freeman was augmented after the break by goals from John Curry and David Southern.

Washington Westwood went nap as their five goals buried Herrington. Paul Diamond helped himself to two goals, and Dean Heron, Chris Linstead and Paul Henry completed the scoring.

Performance of the day though, went to Durham Victoria Bridge as they fought back from a 3-0 half-time deficit against Seaham The Duke, to level things at 3-3 and then eventually take the game thanks to the golden goal rule. Cain Hobson proved himself the hero, completing his hat-trick to win the game for Durham.

In the league, Springwell Village consolidated their league position with a well-fought 3-1 victory over Whitehill. A tight first half ended 1-1, but second half goals from Danny Murray and Kevin McGlen wrapped up the points for the hosts.

Seaham Mallard looked like a team in need of a game as they took part in their first game of the year. Despite taking an early lead through Darren Slee, Chester's equalised through well-executed free-kick before the break. Mallard looked out of touch in the second-half as Chester's added two more to clinch victory.

The Clem Smith Bowl tie between Hartlepool Boys Welfare and Belford House produced a nine-goal thriller. Welfare recovered from an early two-goal deficit to go into the break 3-2 up, thanks to goals from Dean Cartwright, Dave Eglintyne and Jeff Cooper. Belford, seemingly deflated, capitulated in the second half and allowed Welfare to run the show. Dave Smith bagged a brace and Chris Birbeck made it 6-2, before Belford rescued another consolation before the end