SATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH 2014

FERRYHILL TOWN 3 V 2 MURTON AFC

Ferryhill Town 3-2 Murton. Murton took the league within 15 minutes then Ferryhill replied with a fantastic free kick from man of match Billy Snaith 30 yard top corner free kick Murton then veteran Paul Robson scored a bullet header then Murton equalised then veteran Paul Robson played a inch perfect pass to find Billy Snaith to coolly past Murtons keeper.

WEARDALE CHARITY CUP ROUND 1

STAINDROP CASTLE RANGERS 3 V 10 EBCHESTER CONSETT RESERVES

Ebchester made the long trip to Barnard Castle to face Staindrop. They started the better team and were on top from the off. Michael Hannant went on mazey run through the Staindrop defence before rifling one into the bottom corner. They went 2-0 up shortly after through Richard Parkin. Ebchester continued on from here and were 5-0 up by half time. 2 goals from Dave Kings and another world class goal from Michael Hannant! Second half was much of the same, Ebchester got 5 more goals. A great goal from Stephen Agnew who volleyed the ball home into the top corner. Further goals came from Dan Reed (2) and Agnew got himself a further 2! With the game over Staindrop got themselves a couple of goals with one of them a spectacular. Final score 10-3!

CLEM SMITH BOWL ROUND 2

WALLSEND TOWN 5 V 1 SEDGEFIELD NETPark

Sedgefield came with intentions of taking the game by scruff of the kneck by going into half time with a first half lead and excellent goalkeeping display of Sedgefield keeper keeping Wallsend town at bay for majority of game until goals came from Derek Graham and following up on that was Koran Jones and then two set pieces for two of Wallsend defenders to get on score sheet in a debut for Gary brown and then one from Ian graham and to round it off substitute Rhys Prudhoe notching to get himself on score sheet to round off an excellent second half performance from Wallsend Town and an excellent display from Sedgefield keeper.

HORSLEY HILL FC 4 V 2 CHESTER-LE-STREET WHITEHILL

2nd round of the Clem Smith Bowl saw two very good football teams competing to gain the rights to the 3rd round. The play was very evenly matched until a slip up in the Hills defence saw Chester take the lead. Soon after Chester added a second against the run of play. Half time came with Horsley trailing 2 - 0. Horsley Hill stepped up a gear immediately after the restart with Collins scoring from long range. Horsley added a second soon after. Good play from Symington ended with Adam Bell scoring cleverly. Horsley Hill took control of the game and added two more through Chris Watson before Bell got his second. MOM award went to 18yr old Tom West

SHERBURN VILLAGE 4 V 2 BIRTLEY FC

Within 4 mins of the start Birtley had their first strike on goal which was ruled off side .they kept the pressure up and on 20 mins a great strike by Michael Kelly was saved by Sherburn’s keeper James Winter. The pressure paid off and on 26 a cross from the left saw no 9 Thomas Illingworth put Birtley ahead 1-0 . 2mins later Sherburn should have equalised when a shot by Omar Mustafa hit the post the rebound was blazed just wide by Gary Dodds .Sherburn’s Gary Dodds broke through on 37 just the keeper to beat his shot was low but the keeper gathered well . The equaliser came with 4 mins left of the half a low cross from Bob Cooper was met by the right foot of Andrew Chester 1-1 . A quick free kick by Birtley right on the stroke of half time  caught Sherburn off guard and no 14 Steven McDonald slotted past the keeper 2-1 half time . 5 mins into the second half Sherburn’s Scott Arnott was brought down in the box up stepped Joe Simpson to equalise for Sherburn 2-2 . Birtleys no 9 should have done better on 62 but blazed his shot just wide. Sherburn made it 3-2 10 mins later when Scott Arnott broke through his cross into the box found Dodds unmarked to side foot home. Birtley fought back and a good 20yd effort by Danny Rain was picked out of the air by keeper James Winter. 5 mins to go a great build up by Sherburn saw Gary Dodds shot saved well by the keeper . On 87 mins a quick free kick by Sherburn’s Bob Cooper found Gary Dodds who brought the ball down and fed it into the box for Joe Simpson to smash home. The game ended 4-2. A great display of football by both teams.

BRANDON UNITED RESERVES 4 V 4 SHILDON RESERVES (Shildon win 3-0 on penalties)

 
On a lovely autumnal day at Brandon both sides put on a display of attacking football. Brandon opened the scoring after 5 minutes with a glorious lob from Johnie Boyle. Shildon then pressed Brandon back and equalised when James Huntley rose like a salmon and headed in a corner at the back post. Brandon regained the lead just before the interval when a penalty was well converted by Adam Laing. From the re-start Shildon quickly restored parity with a great strike by Michael Webster and then took the lead when Stephen Clifford headed in a deep cross. Brandon then equalised through Dan McDonough with the last kick of the game to take the match to extra time. Shildon again went straight on the offensive and scored with a good 18 yd strike from Michael Nichol only for Brandon to equalise with a scruffy goal from Dan McDonough. The match went to penalties and Shildon produced a master class of penalty taking to take the shoot out comfortably. Man of the match for Shildon was Andrew Bartle and for Brandon was Dan McDonough.

WHEATLEY HILL WMC FC 1 V 5 COUNDON & LEEHOLME YOUTH FC

A very heated game which ended in a positive result for Coundon who deserved the game from start to finish ended on a bad note, with four players being dismissed, 2 from either side. Wheatley Hill never got started due to Coundon's energetic start and easily won.