Abacus Lighting Central Midlands Alliance
Premier Division Roundup October 24

The Abacus Lighting Floodlit Cup got into its stride in midweek with four ties in the first round settled. The most eyecatching outcome was at Church Lane where Linby Colliery came from three goals down to beat Frickley AthleticReserves 5-4. In a whirlwind start the visitors raced into a three goal lead in the first twenty minutes, Dionysus Bykou pulled one back on 36 minutes. Charlie Tassi came off the bench to reduce the deficit further five minutes after half time only for Frickley to reopen their two goal lead. Linby kept in touch with a Harry Thorne strike in the 64th minute. As the visitors tired in the closing stages, Linby pulled off the ultimate smash and grab, Oscar Trigg equalising ten minutes from time before Tassi delivered the killer blow with 89 minutes on the clock. The scorers for Frickley were Cory Stables with two, Ashton Johnsonand Joe Cooney. There was nearly another surprise result as Glapwell, next to bottom of the Premier North, with just one win to their credit, were narrowly beaten by Holbrook Sports, leaders of the South divisionthe final score 2-1.Alex Curd put Holbrook in front in the 18th minute, Josh Wooliscroft levelling the scores a minute before half time. Again it was a late goal that settled it, Brad Daly netting on 81 minutes to send Holbrook through.. Worksop Town Reserves also made it into the second round.at the expense of Borrowash Victoria, the score again 2-1. Rhys Butterworth put the Tigers ahead with 41 minutes played, going two up with a goal on 75. Although Alex Quigley got one back for Vics a couple of minutes later, that was as near as they were able to get. Dinnington Town progressed with a 2-0 defeat of Rossington Main Reserves thanks to goals from Luke Thorpe after 5 minutes and Ashley Cooper on 73.

 WEEKEND MATCHES

On a foul afternoon which won’t have done pitches too many favours, the gods looked favourably on AFC Phoenix, who, after several close run things in recent weeks, got a very welcome three points with a 4-0 win over Worksop Town Reserves. The goals came from Dillon Gregory with two, Rhys Alsop and Max Wadsworth and lift Phoenix out of the bottom two. With Harworth Colliery idle for the second Saturday, Burngreave United went four points clear after beating a depleted AFC Bentley. The visitors found themselves two goals down after 4 minutes as Mohammed Shebani and Abdulrahman Alghamdi gave Burngreave the ideal start, Umar Muhammad adding a third ten minutes later. Bentley were reduced to ten men before Abdulrahman Asad made it four before half time. The second half proved to be closer, Hisham Awadh’s 68th minute goal the only one until a disastrous end to the match for Bentley concede two more in the final two minutes, Aymane Amine and Mohammed Tahir taking the total to seven. Interestingly, Asad was credited with the assist to six of the goals, the other one he scored himself. Evo recorded their biggest win so far, winning 5-0 at Ollerton Town. Oliver Beautyman struck first after 26 minutes, Noah Kilcoyne following it up three minutes later. The second half was only three minutes old when Sam Owen got the third, Ben Gott (69 minutes) and Finn Hagin (82) rounding off an encouraging display. A close game at The YMCA saw SJR make the most of their chances to defeat RHP 3-2. RHP dominated the first half hour but only had one goal to show for it, Ryan Attwood scoring after 6 minutes, SJR fighting back with Callum Lytham levelling the scores on 41minutes. The visitors had the better of things in the final half of the game and although a Luke Horne penalty put the hosts back in front after an hour, two goals in four minutes from Matty Templeton and Kyle Wesley took the points back to Worksop. There was just a single goal separating Brodsworth Main and Rossington Main Reserves scored by Brodsworth’s Callum Verhees a minute before half time. There was nothing to separate Staveley Reserves and Elite AFC. in fact no goals at all.

In the Camper UK Premier South there was a rare away game for Linby Colliery, only the third out of thirteen first team matches this season. The points were shared with hosts Mickleover Athletic whose goal came from Kaelin Cole Tonks with Mason Moore replying for Linby. it was top against bottom as Holbrook Sports travelled to Cromford & Wirksworth Town. As might have been predicted, Holbrook took the points but the result was in doubt until the final minute. Holbrook went in front with a Brad Daly goal in the 23rd minute and that was how it remained until a minutebefore the final whistle when sub Joel Searcy got the clincher. Holbrook now have a four point lead over Wirksworth Ivanhoe having played the same number of games. There was an eventful match at Bakewell with both the home side and visitors Holbrook St Michaels  had spells in front before sharing the points. Bakewell scored first with a goal from Leighton Mycroft, Sam Pegg with the equalising before the interval. Josh Edwards scored from distance to restore Bakewell’s lead.  A Rich Hanslow double put the visitors in front for the firsttime with the clock running down but a near post header from Alfie Woodhouse made the final score 3-3. The weather conditions were obviously not to Blidworth Welfare’s liking as they subsided to a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Borrowash Victoria with four of the goals coming in a seven minute spell. The opening goal didn’t arrive until the end of the first half , Charlie Tovill breaking the deadlock. The same player scored his second on 53 minutes, paving the way for Jakeem Jennings to complete a hat trick in the space of just six minutes to kill the game off as a contest. The goal frenzy ended as quickly as it startedleaving Vics inside the top six. Gresley Rovers B were 3-2 winners at an out of form Sunnyhill, whose impressive start to the season has been followed by a run which has produced one point out of the last fifteen. Ethan Watson scored twice for Gresley, Stevie Savage also on the scoresheet, while Callum Wilson and Josh Gardner replied for Sunnyhill. The remaining game in the division resulted in a 2-1 win for Mickleover RBL against Ripley Town. 

There were two ties in the second round of the Buckingham Insurance League Cup. At Dinnington, Bradley Hall gave Teversal a 2nd minute lead, but they peaked rather too early, the hosts running in five of their own. Three goals in a six minute period put Dinnington firmly in the driving seat. Lewis Fretwell levelled the scores on 24 minutes with Nathan Jessop adding a second four minutes later and Cole Thorpe netting on the half hour. The second halfproduced two more goals for the home side, Deniz Guldede scoring on 68 minutes with Thorpe getting his second eight minutes from time. Glapwell won their first Cup tie since 2023, winning 3-0 at Armthorpe Reserves. It took 34 minutes for Kaine Britton to open the scoring for Glapwell, Harvey Nunn scoring on his debut midway through the second half, Dylan Thornley sealing the win in stoppage time.

Richard Lane

Abacus Lighting Central Midland Alliance                      Premier Division Roundup October 17 

MIDWEEK  

Three matches on Tuesday night, two involving the top pair in the Camper UK  Premier North division plus the opening tie in this season’s Abacus Lighting Floodlit Cup. It’s as you were for Harworth Colliery and Burngreave United who kept their playing records free from defeat and adding another three points to their growing totals. Harworth had little difficulty in sweeping aside Rossington Main 6-1. They couldn’t have made a better start, Billy Stafford netting in the first minute. Surprisingly there was no addition to the score until a minute after half time when Joe-Brooke Parkin put the visitors level. That was the beginning of the end as Harworth were stung into action, Daniel Boulton restoring the lead with 57 minutes played, Stafford getting his second six minutes later. Not to be outdone, Boulton scored again with 67 played, Stafford completing his hat trick on 72 Kian Docherty bringing up the half dozen a minute into added time.The most surprising aspect of Burngreave’s visit to Worksop Town Reserves was that the match only produced two goals from the numerous chances created The deadlock was finally broken after 62 minutes by Abdulrahman Asad, the  same player adding a second seven minutes later to keep his team in second place in the table. The Abacus Lighting Floodlit Cup got underway with Staveley Reserves travelling to Teversal and going a goal behind after 4 minutes to an Alfie Matthews goal. Alex Coates on 18 minutes and Sam Davies after half an hour gave them an interval lead. Rocco Hardy’s goal on the hour levelled up the scores again but Tevie couldn’t hold on, Davies getting his second after 67 minutes, Charlie Bingham making sure of round two five minutes later 

SATURDAY’S GAMES 

Holbrook Sports maintained their lead in the Camper UK Premier South after a 4-3 win at Ripley Town. Nathan Bennett gave Holbrook a 22nd minute lead, Brad Daly with a second seven minutes late,.Joel Searcey  with a third four minutes before the break, Russell Canes having scored one for Ripley. The home side had the better of the second half, Caines completing the day’s only hat trick, but Daly’s second on 52 minutes proved decisive. Wirksworth Ivanhoe are a point behind , having played one game more. They opened a four point gap over Derby Singh Brothers, a single goal from Tom Mellor proving sufficient. Melbourne Dynamo’s remarkable recovery in recent weeks continued with a 4-0 defeat of Mickleover RBL, their seventh successive win in all competitions. On target for Melbourne were Danny Guild, Jorge Knowles, Tyler Withers and Regan Bickerton. A four goal win also for Holbrook St Michaels against FC Sunnyhill, whose winless run now extends to five. Scorers for St Michaels were Jack Tyson, Rich Hanslow, Steve Malinder and Anrie Burmeister. Yet another 4-0 scoreline was at Borrowash where the Vics got the better of Bakewell Town. Two goals in each lhalf did the trick, Oscar Supple’s, 25th minute opening goal was followed up by Charlie Tovell eight minutes later. Tovell’s second came in the middle of the second half, Jacob Hawksworth’s strike on 73 minutes completing the scoring. Biggest score of the day came at Graham Street Prims where Gresley Rovers B hit the home side for six..There were doubles for Stevie Savage and Ethan Watson, Riley Greaves and Sheene Gordon making up the half dozen. The bottom two both took welcome points from 1-1 draws. Cromford & Wirksworth Town left it late to pick up their point at Blidworth Welfare, Simon Scully’s equaliser coming just six minutes from time, Blidworth having led with Aidan Reader’s 52nd minute goal. Linby Colliery’s leveller was also delayed, George Scott’s 18th minute goal for Derby Gazers matched by Josh Wass with ten minutes to play.  

With Harworth Colliery out of action, Burngreave United took full advantage to move to the top of the table with a 4-1 win at Glapwell.  They went ahead after 21 minutes with a goal from Abdulrahman Asad.    Eight minutes later Umar Mohammed made it two. The feared rush of goals never materialised and it was the hosts who scored next after 32 minutes, Dylan Thornley blasting home from 25 yards. Asad’s second restoring the two goal gap. Glapwell managed to limit their opponents to just one second half goal scored by Mohammed Tahir on 76 minutes. Staveley Reserves moved up to third after defeating Dinnington Town 2-1 on their own ground. The Trojans struck in the 15th minute, Leo Rimmer with the goal, Alex Coates’ second two minutes from the break leaving them in a more comfortable position. Staveley successfully got through the second half, Mitchell Carlton’s consolation too little too late. Elite AFC have quietly moved up into fourth and still have their 100% record intact and three games in hand on all of their rivals. Their latest victims were Worksop Town Reserves, the score 3-1. The match was all but settled by half time with Travis Gordon’s fifth minute opener followed by Jacob Swales on 20 minutes and Robbie Wood two minutes later. In reply the Tigers were limited to a 52nd minute penalty from Will Hunter. Teversal and Ollerton Town took a point each from a 3-3 draw. Ollerton had an early success, George Slack with the breakthrough after 5 minutes. The visitors held the lead until the first minute of the second half when Sam Jackson levelled the scores, Ty Macaskill putting Tevie in front just two minutes later. To give Ollerton credit they dug in and were rewarded with a quick double of their own, Slack bringing the scores level again on the hour and Joe Hewes putting their noses in front three minutes later. With time running out Teversal got some reward as Alfie Matthews levelled things yet again with two minutes remaining. AFC Phoenix remain at the foot of the table following a 3-1 defeat at Rossington FC. Damian Wieczorek with two, Leo Graham also on the scoresheet for Rossington, Ishaq Bouheraoua replying for Phoenix.  Down the road, Rossington Main beat RHP Sports with a single goal on 37 minutes credited to Oscar Jones who got in the way of a clearance which rebounded into the net. Brodsworth Main were 3-0 winners at SJR Worksop, Callum Stockton’s 4th minute goal backed up by two from Callum Verhees on 37 and 65 minutes. Evo FC and AFC Bentley drew 1-1, Adam Winder’s 16th minute goal for Bentley matched three minutes into the second half by Evo’s Noah Kilcoyne. 

Richard Lane 

Abacus Lighting Central Midlandse Alliance
Premier Division Roundup October 10  

MIDWEEK MATCHES

Borrowash Vics avenged their County Cup defeat by FC Sunnyhill three days previously with a decisive 3-0 victory in their Camper UK Premier match on Tuesday. They took the lead on 14 minutes with a goal from Jakeem Jennings. Charlie Tovell got a second in the fifth minute of first half added time, Oscar Supple tying up the points three minutes from time.Two of the bottom three met at Linby Colliery, visitors Blidworth taking the points and in the process moving above their opponents in the nether regions of the table. Linby, who were playing their seventh home game of the season began well, Mason Moore putting them in front with 11 minutes played, Henry Eastgate levelling four minutes before half time. The visitors had much the better of the second half, taking three valuable points, Eastgate scoring his second and Ollie Baines also on target. It’s eight from eight for Harworth Colliery after a 4-1 defeat of RHP Sports. Two goals in the middle of the first half, the first a blistering shot from Tom Phipps, the second for Adam Morr