Abacus Lighting Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division Roundup – September 19

With the first round of the Buckingham Insurance League Cup taking centre stage, league fixtures this week were few and far between. Three matches were played in the Camper UK Premier North Division,

A closer than expected scoreline at Rossington Main saw Burngreave United go four points clear at the top of the table, their margin of victory just a single goal, Curtis Morrison and Abdulrahman Asad giving them a 2-1 win. Staveley Reserves moved up to second with a comfortable 5-0 defeat of Ollerton Town.The game reached the 38th minute goalless, but any hope the visitors harboured of going into the second half on level terms were torpedoed as  Staveley hit them three times in as many minutes, Josh Nicholls’ opener swiftly followed by goals from Alex Coates and Charlie Bingham. There was no way back for Ollerton, further goals from Coates 55 minutes and James Millar (75) rounding off the scoring. Teversal and Glapwell whose last outings had markedly different outcomes took a point apiece from a 2-2 draw. Teversal inflicted the first defeat of the season on Dinnington Town last time out while Glapwell gave AFC Phoenix their first win of the current campaign. Glapwell it was who struck first, Dylan Thornley striking after 12 minutes. Teversal finally drew level through Jordan Jones in first half stoppage time before going in front after 54 minutes, Tom Suter with the goal, only for Thornley to cancel it out two minutes later to claim a share of the points.                                                The only Premier South game resulted in a 4-1 win for Holbrook Sports against Derby Gazers. The only goal of the first half came from a 38th minute penalty converted by Dylan Muir, the excitement coming in the last quarter of an hour. William Barnes increased the lead for Sports in the 77th minute, Joe Burkinshaw made it three on 80, Nathan Bennett adding to the total two minutes from time. Gazers did however have the last word, Matthew Thom finally getting them onto the scoresheet in stoppage time.

This season’s Buckingham Insurance League Cup got underway, with the opening ten ties finishing overwhelmingly in favour of the home sides, eight of them going into round two with an aggregate of 36 goals to 8. Rather ironically the team who scored three of the eight finished on the losing side, Wirksworth Ivanhoe edging out Derby Singh Brothers 4-3. Ewan Sutherill scored twice for Ivanhoe, Lewis Higton and Lucas Brough with one apiece, Singhs falling just short despite goals from Bryn Beresford, Ben Watkis and Harry Atwal. Most of the other scores were more decisive. Dinnington Town recovered from the shock of successive defeats with a 6-0 win over newcomers Dunscroft United.Ali Elkossi took just nine minutes to put the hosts in front, Gavin Allottdoubling the lead with 33 played. Logan Terry added to the total three minuteslater to leave the outcome in little doubt. Jordan Turner’s double, the first on the hour followed by another ten minutes later and one for Nathan Bennett saw the holders take the first step in their quest to retain it. Having lost at home to Cromford & Wirksworth Town last Saturday, Holbrook St Michaels were giventhe opportunity for instant revenge which they took with both hands, running in six goals without reply. Rich Hanslow led the way with a hat trick, with Dan Kellogg and Steve Mallinder also finding the net, an own goal completing the half dozen. Bakewell Town have not been able to build on a promising start to the season, they also conceded six on their visit to Gresley Rovers. Ethan Watson hit a hat trick, Finn Cooper added two, Stevie Savage also among the goalscorers. Bakewell did manage one in reply, Bailey Mathoon preventing the whitewash. Long Bennington travelled up the A1 to Harworth, the 5-0 scoreline a reasonably respectable outcome. Adam Morrison’s 16th minute opener was followed by one from Daniel Boulton with 35 on the clock, the same pair scoring again midway through the second half with Josh Miernik completing the job ten minutes from time. Another journey along the A1 took RHP Sports to Brodsworth Main who dominated the first half, Callum Stockton  takingadvantage of a defensive error on 8 minutes and again three minutes from the interval.  The visitors came into their own for a while in the early stages of the second half but couldn’t convert it into goals. As the hosts regained the initiative further goals looked likely but it took Callum Verhees to the 88thminute before obliging with a well struck shot which went in off the postfollowedby an unfortunate own goal four minutes into added time making the final score 4-0. Borrowash ,Victoria progressed to the second round, with a 2-0 win over Mickleover RBL, Oscar Supple and Juste Locko Nguete the scorers while Kyle Wesley and Logan Liggins eased SJR Worksop to a 2-1 win over Evo. The final two games bucked the trend with the away sides successful.  Beaten finalists Graham Street Prims went out in the opening round, Melbourne Dynamo’s Jack Goodband converting a penalty on the stroke of half time. Worksop Town Reserves were pushed all the way by G3A, before going through 2-1. Dave Galinski gave the Tigers a 28th minute lead, Yahir Barros doubling the lead with 44 minutes played. Worksop struggled against a talented young team in the second half who had just a Tyler Dunn penalty to show for their efforts.

Richard Lane

Abacus Lighting Central Midlands AllianceLeague
Premier Roundup  September 5

Weekend football only this week with Friday night’s match in the Camper UK Premier Southfeaturing Borrowash Victoria and Derby Gazers providing chances for both sides but no goals for the onlookers. Holbrook Sports top the table after Saturday’s matches. They beat Bakewell Town 3-1 with all the goals coming in the second half. The deadlock was broken on the hour, Jamie Light giving Holbrook the lead, Dylan Muir doubling the advantage seven minutes later andBrad Daly netting number three after 72. Liam Ruddick finally got Bakewell on the scoresheet three minutes from time. Derby Singh Brothers inflicted a sixth successive defeat on Cromford & Wirksworth Town, the final score 2-0, Riquelme Campbell and Harry Atwal keeping Singhs among the early leaders. FC Sunnyhill, the only team still boasting a 100% record in the division, were 4-2 winners against Mickleover Athletic, Kaylan Anderson scoring twice, Lewis Benjamin and Josh Gardner with one apiece, Mickleover replying with goals from Brad Foley and Ronee Hendricks. Blidworth are also seeking their first points of the season, they went down 2-0 at home to Mickleover RBL. On target for the Legion were Rob Scope and Jordan Lee. There was a first win of the season for Linby Colliery. They came from a goal down to defeat Graham Street Prims 3-1. Louis Fazal gave Prims the lead with a 10th minute penalty, Linby responding with a quick fire double from Charlie Tassi ten minutes before half time, backed up by a third on 68 minutes, Sean Craven the scorer. The points were shared at Holbrook St Michaels who drew 1-1 with Ripley Town, Toby Foulk scoring for the hosts, Will Welch for Ripley.

In the Premier North a single point covers the top four in the early version of the table, all four taking the full quota of points in the latest roundof matches. Burngreave United hold a one pointlead, brushing SJR Worksop aside 6-2. Curtis Morrison scored twice on his debut, Tef Mendes also with a double, with Abdulrahman Asad and Theo Peat making up the total, Matty Templeton and Cameron Baines on the scoresheet for SJR. Harworth Colliery’s 100% record remains intact, their local derby with Rossington FCdrawing a crowd of 184 seeing a very close game with Harworth shading it 2-1. Rossington struck first, Leo Graham the scorer, the home side responding on 35 minutes through Adam Morrison, the winner coming with an hour on the clock, Jay Jay Taylor with the decider. A late flourish saw Staveley Reserves keep their place among the front runners, three goals in the last quarter sinking Teversal 4-1. The evergreen Josh Parfitt opened the scoring for Tevie with 14minutes played, Sam Davies levelling on 34 It remained that way until the 75th minute, Charlie Bingham first giving Staveley the lead then putting daylight between the teams six minutes later, Alex Coates with goal number four on 86minutes. Dinnington made it four from four with a 2-0 defeat of Worksop Town Reserves. Jordan Turner gave them a 33rd minute lead, but the result wasn’t assured until Mitchell Carlton’s struck two minutes from time. Brodsworth Main thumped AFC Phoenix 6-1 leaving their victims still seeking their first point of the season.Brodsworth’s goals were shared between six players, Clayton Cherowbrier and Joe Smith’s goals in successive attacks putting them two up in 25 minutes which was the score at half time. Cain Wellings made it three after 57 minutes, Phoenix pulling a goal back through Jamie Russell six minutes later before Callum Stockton, Callum Verhees and Jack Bonsercompleted the half dozen. RHP produced a below par performance, a stoppage time goal giving AFC Bentley a 2-1 win. Josh Bowkett gave Bentley a 17th minute lead from the penalty spot but the first half rarely provided much to get excited about, the fact that there were five bookings perhaps significant. RHP levelled after 65 minutes, Seb Headley with the goal, but were reduced to ten men after a second yellow. Just as it looked as if the points would be shared, Bentley nicked it in the fourth minute of stoppage time, Daniel James left with a tap in from a couple of yards out. Evo won their first game at this level, a bit of good fortune helping them to a 2-1 win at Glapwell. Callum Price scored after 5 minutes for Glapwell who had the better of the first 20 minutes before Evo gradually turned it round, Johnny Palmerequalising five minutes before half time. Evo were in complete control of the second half, but the winner, which came ten minutes from time came with a large slice of luck. The shot from the edge of the box looked to be covered by the keeper but struck the leg of a defender, the ball hitting the inside of the post and spinning into the net. Jacob Swales and Bartek Chrobackscored the goals which gave Elite FC a 2-0 win at Rossington Main Reserves.

There will be no roundup next Saturday as I’m on holiday. The next one will be on September 19th

Richard Lane

Abacus Lighting Central Midlands Alliance
Premier Division Roundup – August 29

There were just five matches in the Camper UK Premier North as County Cup ties began to make holes in the fixture list. Newly promoted Rossington continued their impressive start to the season with a 6-2 win at AFC Phoenix. As was the case last Saturday Phoenix scored first, Yassine Teacheputting them in front on 8 minutes, Leo Graham levelling after 26. Five minutes later the home side led again through Ira Bacula which proved to be highpoint of their afternoon. A Lee Holmes double gave Rossington the advantage by half time, Curtis Mann, Damian Wieczarek and Ronin Herrington all doing their bit for the goal difference in the second half. Elite AFC belatedly started their season with a 4-2 defeat of Glapwell. The visitors began well, Billy Waterfall withe the opening goal on 8 minutes, wiped out by Jacob Swales five minutes later. Josh Wooliscroft restored Glapwell’s lead four minutes before the break the match being turned oh its head in the space of four minutes midway through the half in which Elite scored three times, McKenzie Walker,Robbie Glennon and Tobias Burke all found the net, the last two from the penalty spot. A Joe Smith hat trick and a goal from Alex Gibbins gave Brodsworth Main a 4-0 win at Evo FC. The young Evo side posed some problems in the early stages and limited the visitors to a single goal at the interval, Smith scoring on 23 minutes. He doubled the advantagemidway through the second half and after Gibbins scored on 82 minutes, completed his treble two minutes from time.  A close game between RHP and Dinnington Town ended in a 3-1 win for the visitors. There was little to choose the two sides in the first half, Dinnington going in two up through Sam Eckhardt on 34 minutes and the second a deflected shot from Cole Thorpe. Luke Horne pulled one back with an hour played, and the hosts had opportunities to draw level, Jordan Turner’s goal, in the 10th minute of added time giving a final scoreline which perhaps didn’t quite reflect how closely fought the game had been. The reserve sides of Staveley and Worksop met at Inkersall Road with Staveley takingthe points 4-1. Sam Davies gave them an 11th minute lead which was improved on by Josh Nicholls after 23, Worksop responding immediately through David Golinski. Davies got his second in the 73rd minute, the best goal of the game, a screamer from James Rodgers coming five minutes from time.

Wirksworth Ivanhoe and the two Holbrook sides top the embryo Premier South table all three sides taking maximum points this weekend. Ivanhoe narrowly defeating Cromford & Wirksworth Town 2-1, Harley Taylor giving them a first half lead. Stu Baker equalised after the break, but a penalty put away by   Ewan Sutherill secured the points, leaving Cromford still seeking their first point of the season. Holbrook St Michaels have been flourihing at the start of the new season and comfortably saw off the challenge ofMickleover Athletic 4-0, the goals shared between Dan Kellogg, Joe Moore, Anri Burmeister and  RichHanslow. Neighbours Holbrook Sports came from behind to win 3-1 at Gresley Rovers B. Gresley went in front with an Ethan Watson penalty, Josh House equalising on 34 minutes. Goals in the second half for Joel Searcey on 67 minutes and Ben Lewin two minutes from time ensured the points travelled back to Holbrook. A convincing win for Mickleover RBLas they comfortably got the better of Derby Gazers 6-2. Scorers for the Legion were Rob Scope with two,,Jordy Lee, Dean Oliver, Spencer Cook and Billy Freeborough, Gazers’ replying with goals from Alex Rudd and Deon Dube. A point at last for GrahamStreet Prims against near neighbours BorrowashVictoria. Prims went in front after 12minutes, Louis Fazal the scorer, Vics finally equalising on 75 minutes, sub Dean Ironmonger rescuing a point.

Success for our clubs in the Sheffield Senior Cup with three more joining Brodsworth Main in Round Two. AFC Bentley beat AFC Dronfield in a thriller, the final score 3-2. Bentley went one up with an own goal on 33minutes, Dronfield equalising in the next attack. They went in front again after 80 minutes Jamie Thompson the scorer. They were pegged back again on 91 minutes but stuck at it, Craig Aspinall getting the winnerin the 97th minute. Burngreave United hammered Kiveton Park 10-1 in a total mismatch. Scorers were Abd