Match Reports - Sat 12th December 2009

by MALCOLM PRATT
 
Ryhope  CW  are  on course for a double after reaching the  semi-finals  of  the Wearside League Cup with a 3-0 victory at Kirkbymoorside on Saturday.
 
The  success  though  was not as easy as the scoreline suggests and it  was  not until  the final five minutes that the Wearsiders scored twice to make  sure  of their place in the last four.
 
The  Yorkshiremen  enjoyed a lot of possession in the opening half but  Ryhope's defence  was resolute and it was the visitors who broke the deadlock in the 47th minute.
 
John  Butler  pounced on a defensive mistake and slotted home but the home  side hit  back and could have equalised before Paul Hodgson (own goal) and Butler put the result beyond doubt.
 
Scarborough  Town reached Round Two with a 2-1 win over Teesside Athletic.  Joel Ramm scored twice within two minutes and although James Kesterton threw Athletic a life-line, Boro held on.
 
Willington  were  hit for five by Cleator Moor Celtic in the first round of  the Monkwearmouth  Charity Cup. All the goals were scored in the second half by  Lee Dunn, with a hat-trick, Craig Scott and Darren Johnson.
 
With  the four leading sides on cup duty, attention in the league focused on the bottom of the table.
 
Coxhoe  Athletic improved their chances of avoiding the wooden spoon with a  3-1 victory  over Houghton Town, whose only success was credited to Kevin Gordon  in stoppage time.
 
Michael Hillary, Shaun Rider and Stephen Oakley scored for the home side but the outcome  might have been different had Steve Patton's side not missed a  penalty when they trailed by two goals.
 
Silksworth  lost by the only goal at Windscale and the pair remain in the bottom six.
 
Goalkeeper  Billy  Hedgeley made several good saves but was beaten in  the  75th minute  by Peter O'Donnell with the Wearsiders claiming an infrigement had  been committed.
 
Second-bottom  Hartlepool drew with Guisborough Town HC who are only two  places above  them.  Anthony Bisswas netted for Town with Carl Winspear on  target  for Pools.
 
Boldon CA were twice behind but won at Ashbrooke Belford House with strikes from Shaun  Heads,  Jason Jones and Michael Meek, who scored the winner in  the  89th minute.  Paul Robertson bagged a brace of goals for Tommy Dobbing's team.
 
After conceding an early goal to Glen Walker, New Marske defeated Wolviston with efforts from Shaun Mackin and Sean Howes.
 

Wednesday's football December 2009

by MALCOLM PRATT
 
Substitute  goalkeeper  Michael Smith had an eventful game but couldn't  prevent
Silksworth  from  losing 3-1 to Annfield Plain in last night's  Wearside  League
clash.
 
A  well-worked  move  opened  up  the opportunity for Roy  Gordon  to  fire  the
visitors   in  front  after  just  five  minutes  but  Chris  Lindstedt's   team
deservedly levelled on 36 minutes with a good angled drive from Scott Walker.
 
During  the  interval, goalkeeper Anthony Mustard had to retire with an  injured
shoulder  and  Smith's  very first touch of the ball was to pick it out  of  the
net when Paul Henderson delivered a clinical finish in the 46th minute.
 
Smith  then  conceded a 68th-minute penalty for which he received a yellow  card
and was beaten by Colin Snailham from the spot.
 
Smith  did  atone with two outstanding saves and the Plain held on to move  into
seventh position.
 
Boldon  CA won a seven-goals thriller against bottom-of-the-table Willington  at
Hall Lane.
 
The  South  Tynesiders  made a dream start scoring through Chris  Robertson  and
Shaun Heads in the first four minutes.
 
Michael  Weston  reduced  the  deficit  but Robertson was  again  on  target  to
restore Boldon's two-goals cushion.
 
Once  again, the home side rallied and Matthew Leadbetter threw them a  lifeline
only  for  Heads  to head home. Weston then netted Willington's third  goal  but
Boldon survived the final minutes.
 
Houghton  Town  exited the Wearside League Cup when Jarrow were 3-1  winners  at
Leyburn Grove.
 
The  only  goal of the first half was credited to Chris Lunn and midway  through
the  second period Kevin Gordon equalised but two goals in the final 10  minutes
from Liam Clark (pen) and Lee Buglass carried Jarrow into the Second Round.
 
Guisborough  Town  HC crashed out to New Marske whose marksmen, in a  7-0  rout,
were Shaun Mackin (4), Andrew Dawson and Richard Clayforth.
 

Match Reports - Sat 5th December 2009

WEARSIDE LEAGUE by MALCOLM PRATT
 
Ryhope  CW's dream of a Sunderland Shipowners' Cup and championship double ended at Teesside Athletic on Saturday following an exciting semi final tie.
 
The  Wearsiders  made  the worst possible start, conceding the  lead  as  Daniel Drazdauskas scored with a glancing header after just eight minutes.
 
It  took  Martin  Swales' team just five minutes to equalise  when  John  Butler steadied himself and fired home from close-range.
 
Ryhope were desperately unlucky to go behind for a second time, on 32 minutes. A corner  by Mendum was punched by goalkeeper Neil Atkinson and the ball rebounded from the shoulder of Neil Moan into the net.
 
Thereafter, the visitors peppered the home goal and the Teessiders spent most of the  second half in defence especially after having Shaun Taylor sent off in the 75th minute.
 
Jarrow  exited  the Monkwearmouth Charity Cup at Annfield Plain who reached  the semi finals.
 
Graeme Wilson was an early scorer and it took Jarrow 68 minutes to level through Lee Buglass. In extra time, Eddie Miller struck the winner.
 
There  was  some consolation for Ryhope CW in that second-top  Scarborough  Town surrendered a three-goals lead at Windscale whose marksmen were Peter O'Donnell, Lee Dixon and Dean Rogers.
 
Josh Green, Wayne Brooksby and Jamie Patterson were all on target in the opening 26  minutes  but the Seasiders failed to hold onto their lead and Ryhope  remain three  points clear, now having played the same number of games as their closest challengers.
 
Silksworth scored first courtesy of Anthony Rodgerson but third-top Cleator Moor Celtic  comfortably took the points thanks to a brace from Robert Fowler and one goal by Gary George.
 
Houghton  Town suffered a 4-0 defeat at Kirkbymoorside whose marksmen were  Paul Round (2), Damon Cox and Alex Strickland.
 
Boldon CA were 3-1 up at the halfway stage with efforts from Chris Robertson (2) and  Michael  Meek but Coxhoe Athletic gained a point as Kevin Mulgrew added  to his early goal and Trevor Tearney netted the equaliser.
 
Willington  remain  bottom  after losing at Wolviston whose scorers  were  Scott Meehan, Glen Walker and Mark Farrell. John Harrison (pen) replied.
 

Match Reports - Sat 28th November 2009

WEARSIDE LEAGUE by MALCOLM PRATT
 
Ryhope  CW remain four points ahead at the top of the table but they were  taken to the wire by Wolviston at Metcalfe Park.
 
The  Wearsiders  were on the back foot from the third minute when Stephen  Baker headed in a free kick delivered by Michael Arthur.
 
Martin  Swales' side gradually recovered from the early setback and equalised in the 20th minute with Chris Trewick's close-range strike.
 
A  minute after the interval David Newby fired in what proved to be the  winning goal  but late in the game Ryhope were forced to defend as Wolviston pressed for an equaliser.
 
Ashbrooke  Belford  House, who fielded a severely weakened side, were unable  to halt Scarborough Town's championship challenge.
 
Nathan  Cook rifled a hat-trick and Wayne Brooksby also struck. Two of the  four goals came after Ashbrooke had Lee Harrison sent off in the 70th minute.
 
Silksworth  were  in  with  a chance of upsetting the  form  book  at  third-top Teesside Athletic who were flattered by the 3-0 scoreline.
 
Luck  was  with  James Kesterton when the ball hit him and rolled into  the  net after the goalkeeper had parried his initial shot.
 
Chris Lindstedt's team more than held their own and it was not until late in the game  that  Billy  Millington  and  Kesterton wrapped  up  the  points  for  the Teessiders.
 
Houghton  Town  were  twice  in front before losing a  seven-goals  thriller  at Cleator Moor Celtic who have quietly moved into fourth position.
 
Brad  Freeman  bagged a brace of goals with Simon Anderson also on the mark  for the  visitors. Barry Irving (2), Craig Padley and Chris Thornton netted for  the Cumbrians.
 
Despite  leading with goals from Kris Robertson and Michael Meek, Boldon CA went down  to  New  Marske whose second-half marksmen were  Andrew  Dawson,  Kristian Kamara and Shaun Mackin.
 
Fortunes ebbed and flowed when Jarrow and Easington Colliery shared six goals at Perth  Green.  Peter Kane, Jonathan Matthews and Richard Stubbs scored  for  the hosts with Robert Huntley (2) and Chris Tarn replying.
 
Coxhoe  Athletic  and  Hartlepool also ended 3-3 with Michael  Owens  and  Chris Garbutt  (2)  on  target for the home team. Andrew Ross (2)  and  Chris  Birbeck replied for Pools who moved off the bottom of the table.
 
Willington  are  back at the basement following a 5-1 defeat at Windscale  whose marksmen  were  Dean Rogers, Peter O'Donnell, Ryan Lowery, Lee Dixon and  Graeme Goulding. John Shields claimed a consolation for the visitors.