A last minute winner in extra time gave Sunderland RCA a 4-3 win in the Durham Challenge Cup at Durham City last night.

The RCA took the lead after 40 minutes when James Oates scored with a header from a free kick, but City equalised from the penalty spot through Stephen Thompson straight after the restart. After City hit the bar, Bryan Stewart broke away at the other end to put RCA back into the lead, and then he quickly added a third. But Durham fought back, and Gary Brown and Amar Purewal scored to force extra time. And just when penalties seemed certain, up popped Gary Shields with the winner.

Durham boss Dickie Ord has been named the Evostik First Division North manager of the month for October.

Consett needed penalties to beat Whickham at the Glebe, winning the shootout 3-0 following a 2-2 draw in 120 minutes. Consett nearly won the game with a second Michael Mackay goal in extra time, but Steven Aiston levelled just minutes from the end.

Billingham Town easily beat Darlington RA 4-1 at Bedford Terrace, with Jamie Owens scoring a hat trick.

Dunston beat hard working Wearside League Willington 3-0 at the UTS Stadium, Andy Bulford scoring twice, making him the club’s joint all time top scorer with 114 goals in all competitions.

In the league, Whitley Bay are now up to third after beating Tow Law, who are four points adrift still in the bottom two. Chris Reid gave Whitley the lead, and even though Tow Law produced a good performance, they were finished off by a Paul Chow goal near the end.

Gillford Park won the Cumbrian derby against Whitehaven by 4-1. The game had to be replayed because Gillford played an ineligible player in the first game back in August.

In the North Riding Senior Cup, Marske struggled to beat Richmond Town, and they had Anthony Roberts to thank for the only goal of the game.

Durham Challenge Cup first round.

Billingham Town 4 (Owens 3, og) Darlington RA 1 (Rose), Dunston 3 (Bulford 2, McAndrew) Willington 0, Durham City 3 (Thompson, Brown, Amar Purewal) Sunderland RCA 4 (Oates, Stewart 2, Shields) (aet), Seaham Red Star 4 (Gordon, McManus, M Turnbull, Gowland) Peterlee Town 0, Whickham 2 (McKenna, Aiston) Consett 2 (Mackay 2) aet, Consett won 3-0 on penalties.

North Riding Senior Cup second round.

Marske United 1 (Roberts) Richmond Town 0.

STL Northern League Division One.

Whitley Bay 2 (Reid, Chow) Tow Law 0.

Division Two.

Gillford Park 4 (Shiel 2, Bell, James) Whitehaven 1 (Connelly)