JACK HATFIELD SPORTS TEESSIDE LEAGUE
ACKLAM Steelworks remain three points ahead at the top of the first division after surviving a late Thornaby Dubliners fightback to win 4-3.
Steelies looked set for a routine victory after Dean Talukder scored a 15th minute opener and Karl Lilly doubled the lead with a penalty.
Things got even better when Peter Snaith made it 3-0, and Matthew McQueeney added his 36th goal of the season 15 minutes from time.
But they were grateful to hear the final whistle in the end as three Dubliners goals in a nine-minute spell from James Hackett, Joe Carter and Matthew Allen made things interesting.
Whinney Banks YCC kept the pressure on leaders Acklam as they came from behind to blitz BEADS 4-1.
BEADS took the lead thanks to an own goal but Danny Lockwood soon levelled and Banks went into half time ahead thanks to Michael Shellard.
Lockwood went on to score his second of the game and 36th of the season and Ryan Slater got the fourth.
Banks have two games in hand on Acklam Steelworks, and there could be a potential title decider between the sides when they meet in four weeks’ time.
Northallerton Town are still 10 points behind Whinney Banks and three points further behind Acklam after a 6-2 victory over Fishburn Park.
Wayne Thompson, James Horsfield and Sam Vernalls gave Town a 3-0 lead before Liam Beckett pulled a goal back before half time.
Goals from Adam Pearson and Vernalls made it 5-1, and Vernalls scored his hat-trick goal after Jericho Keys had pulled a goal back.
Grangetown Boys’ Club bounced back from the previous week’s defeat by Acklam as they came from a goal down to win 3-1 at Redcar Newmarket.
Newmarket raced into the lead when Harry Shaw scored but Grangetown came galloping back in the second half.
Connor Bedingfield scored the equaliser, Danny Maloney put the visitors in front and Michael Wilson got their third.
Lingdale were big 7-1 winners at Great Ayton and found themselves five up with 20 minutes to go.
Sam Crooks and Paul Lyons both scored twice and Ben Crooks was also on target as they took a firm grip on proceedings.
Ayton responded and got the goal of the game from Ashley Woodier,
But Ben Crooks made it 6-1 and Lingdale’s 47-year-old manager Gary Bringloe came off the bench to score the seventh from the penalty spot.
Jamie Hewitt helped himself to a hat-trick as Nunthorpe Athletic beat basement club North Ormesby 4-1 to put six points between the teams.
Danny Riley scored visiting North Ormesby’s consolation.
Thirsk Falcons find themselves three points clear at the top of Division Two after they beat Kader 7-1 and Stockton West End lost 2-0 at Richmond Town Reserves.
West End conceded Matthew Lebira and Josh Allinson goals and were unable to convert pressure into end product as they lost the match and top spot and slipped down to second.
New Marske rebounded from their shock defeat at Kader to win 2-0 at Guisborough Globe and move into third place, five points behind West End and with two games in hand.
Sam Young gave New Marske the lead and Stuart Poulter notched their second as the Globe also had a player sent off.
St Mary’s College lost a tight game 2-1 at home to Yarm after taking the lead through Ben Cotts.
Ryan Dunn equalised and Danny Jones scored Yarm’s winner 10 minutes from time.
STOCKTON SUNDAY LEAGUE
STOCKTON Hardwick made the most of Castle and Anchor’s blank weekend as they moved two points behind the Division Two leaders with a 4-2 win against Storytellers United at The Tilery.
Hardwick struggled in the early going after starting the game with only 10 players, but eventually got to grips with it after getting up to full speed.
Their goalscorers were Lee Jordan (two), Shaun Coleman and Tommy Wright. Stephen Sudlow and Ian O’Neill replied.
Market Tavern continued their promotion push with a 5-2 win at home to Thornaby Sports and Leisure with two goals from man- of-the-match James Brodie-Myers, plus a goal apiece for Ahmad Mitoubsi, Martin Kilburn and Bradley Murray.
Michael Tye was at the double for Thornaby Sports and Leisure.
Hartburn returned to winning ways with a 4-1 win at home to Eaglescliffe Bazookas with goals from Andrew Jackson, Christopher Thompson, Mark Norster and Stuart Lane. Bazookas fired one back through Scott Buckton.
Elsewhere, St Mary’s College had a narrow 3-2 win away to Fairfield Sports and Social Club thanks to a hat-trick from man-of- the-match Craig McKinley.
Paul Lathan and Michael McDonnell replied for Fairfield.
Roseworth Social won 4-2 at Thornaby Roundel thanks to two Andrew Jones goals and one each from Carl Thompson and Ryan Hunnam.
Thomas Mason and Kieran Campbell scored for Roundel.
The Royal will face either Market Tavern or Norton WMC in the semi-finals of the Ian Gorman Memorial Trophy after beating top flight high flyers Thornaby Jolly Farmers 4-1.
Paul Cleary lit up the third round tie with a hat-trick, with Damien Lathan adding the other Royal goal.
Daniel Jones was on target for the Farmers.
Yarm side George & Dragon belied their rock-bottom status in the Premier Division as they held third-placed Rosegale in a pulsating 3-3 draw at Allens West.
Dominic Halliday capped his Dragon debut with a hat-trick following his transfer from Thornaby Cricket Club.
Substitute Stephen Kilpatrick struck twice for Rosegale, whose other goal came from Danny Earl.
Billingham The Kings climbed off the foot of the Division One table with a magnificent 7-0 win over a Port Clarence side who could only muster eight players.
Substitute Michael Doyle scored a hat-trick, with the rest of the Kings tally made up by Peter Conway, Matthew Ford, Peter Jeffreys and an own goal.
Billingham The Merlin moved up to fifth following a 2-0 home win against Layfield Arms with goals from Michael Young and Jon Ward.
Malleable and Billingham Low Grange shared 12 goals and the points in a hum-dinger of a 6-6 draw.
Sean Hugill and Marc Ozelton both netted twice for Malleable, whose other goals came from Jeffrey Illingworth and Stewart Carson.
Low Grange’s scorers were Matthew Wilshaw, Sam Walters and Richard Harrison.
REDCAR SUNDAY LEAGUE
IN the semi-finals of the AEC Trophy, Eston Ship Inn caused an upset as they came from behind to beat Ennis Square Social Club after extra time.
In the final they will meet Grangetown, who came from behind to beat Redcar Rugby Club with goals from Shaun Porritt, Andrew Donachie and Ross Smith.
In first division, Lakes Social Club entertained Clarendon Hotel and fell behind to two Luke Nicholson strikes.
The home side battled back and scored twice but as half time approached Clarendon went back in front as Luke Pearson scored.
The visitors scored twice more through Michael Heerin and Nicholson after the break.
Lakes battled back again and reduced the deficit to two but the visitors were not to be denied and scored twice more to seal victory with Heerin and Rhys Bevan netting.
Only two games were played in the second division but in one of those games
it was a battle for top spot as the two leading contenders, hosts The Livery and visitors Black Swan, went head-to-head.
In a hard fought game both sides looked for early supremacy before the home side broke the deadlock as Stuart Oswald fired home.
Stuart Poulter made it 2-0 before half-time and he added another after the break.
Black Swan pulled one back thanks to a superb Dean Wilson finish but The Livery held on to complete the double over their rivals.
ESKVALE AND CLEVELAND LEAGUE
Leaders Staithes drew 4-4 with fifth-placed Stokesley Sports Club after leading 4-0.
Both sides were missing several players but the hosts adapted better as Chris Harland (2), Ben Libbey and James Armstrong all scored.
But Stokesley kept plugging away, though, and eventually started to get back into the game.
Jamie Edwards, Isaac White and Mark Shimwell scored to reduce the lead to a single goal before Michael Croft grabbed the equaliser.
Lingdale United moved back into second place following a dramatic finish to their game against Hinderwell.
Hosts United took the lead just before the quarter-hour mark when a long throw from Andy Smith found Joe Ferguson who controlled the ball before slotting it home.
Within three minutes the lead was doubled as a good pass from Wayne Skelton found Ferguson, who again slotted past the keeper and 10 minutes later the lead was three as a cross from Brian Warrior from the right was headed home by Smith.
Hinderwell pulled a goal back through Andy Hall and then were awarded a penalty which was duly despatched by Gary Marsay to reduce the deficit to one.
Lingdale restored a two goal cushion just before half time as Smith scored from six yards.
Dan Stonehouse pulled one back for the visitors before Gary Marsay equalised. As the game entered the final minute Wayne Skelton fired the home side back in front and with virtually the last kick of the game Lingdale sealed their victory as Ferguson converted from the penalty spot.
The victory saw Lingdale close the gap to two points on league leaders Staithes with both teams having played the same number of games.
MSV SPORT TEESBOROUGH LEAGUE
CORRA FC were pushed all the way by Riverside B in the Hunter Cup before running out 3-2 winners in a tight and tense game.
The result was enough to ensure they finished top just ahead of Virginmedia and will perhaps earn them a slightly more favourable draw in the last eight.
It’s still all to play for in Group B after Eston Villa defeated Longlands 5-1.
They meet again this weekend in a last-gasp decider, with Villa only needing a draw to qualify as group winners.
In Group C, West Middlesbrough Academy have qualified as winners with a game to spare, with Stapleton Arms also progressing as runners-up.
Group D is still uncertain, as a player eligibility dispute could end up with the league’s management committee deciding the outcome of the group.
However, Ironopolis’s 8-3 win over Eaglescliffe could now be important, depending on the outcome of the inquiry.
In the Premier Division, Erimus defeated Stapleton Arms 2-0 to keep their faint hopes of finishing in third place alive.
But Corra FC, who currently sit in third place, have a better goal difference than their rivals heading in to both team’s final games.
In Division One, Justice
FC moved to within three points of current leaders Longlands with two games in hand.
But both teams have several games to play yet and are set to face each other in a little over two weeks’ time.
BATTLEZONE PAINTBALL LANGBAURGH SUNDAY LEAGUE
THE Cleveland were 3-1 victors over a depleted O’Connells side in Division One, where Middlebeck won 6-2 away at Village Park Rangers.
In Division Two, a brace from Josh Blackburn and a strike from Neil Greaves were just enough for Riverside to beat The Clarry 3-2 in a tight encounter.
Ashley Woodier fired six for The Globe as they romped to an 11-2 win at Marton Rovers.
There were braces for Ramage and Gibson, while Reevley also netted for The Globe as they continue their push toward the top of the table.
Acklam Green were also among the goals as they easily chopped down The Apple Tree 9-1.
Parklands also hit cruise control in Division Three as they demolished CCMI 14-1.
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