Saturday's football May 1

by MALCOLM PRATT
 
RYHOPE  CW's  championship  hopes rest on them beating Scarborough Town  at  the seaside  next  Saturday and their rivals losing to  Cleator Moor Celtic  on  the last day of the season.
 
Martin  Swales'  side  were  deposed  from pole position by  Boro  who  enjoy  a two-points lead over their rivals and with an uncatchable goals difference.
 
They  took  their  goals  tally  to  an  amazing  136  in  34  games  when  they comfortably  defeated Annfield Plain, who boasted an unbeaten record  stretching back to last September.
 
But  Boro  were in no mood to concede either points or goals. Nathan  Cook  gave them  an  interval advantage and five minutes into the second period  Joel  Ramm doubled the lead.
 
With  seven  minutes remaining, Josh Greening beat the offside trap and  he  was again on target with just a minute left on the clock.
 
Silksworth  are ending the season with a flourish and made it four wins in  five games, defeating Boldon CA for the first time in the Wearside League.
 
Goalkeeper  Andrew  Hunter  twice parried a shot from Martin Armstrong  but  was beaten at the third attempt. It was Armstrong's initial goal for the club.
 
Eoin  Shannon  tapped  in wide of Hunter and with only 10 minutes  remaining  an exciting  finale  was  set  up as Chris Robinson beat  Silksworth  keeper  David McInley.
 
Silksworth held on and will finish at least sixth from bottom.
 
Ashbrooke  Belford  House  returned  from Cumbria pointless  after  suffering  a two-goals defeat at Windscale.
 
An  excellent  move  involving player manager Mattie Henney  and  Danny  Rowland ended  with  Peter  O'Donnel finding the top corner of the net and in  the  25th minute Shaun Pollen rode a challenge before slotting home.
 
Tommy  Dobbing's  team  ended  the  game with only 10 men  after  a  player  was injured and they had already used their substitutes.
 
Third-top  Teesside  Athletic went down 2-1 to New Marske for whom Shaun  Mackin bagged  a  brace  of goals before James Kesterton reduced the arrears  near  the end.
 
Two  penalties  by Tom Orton and Mark Weldon were no more than consolations  for Coxhoe who by then had conceded five goals to Cleator Moor Celtic.
 
Lee  Dunn (2), Robert Fowler and Gary George had the Cumbrians four goals up  by half  time  and early in the second period, Craig Devine was another  player  to fire home from the spot.