Abacus Lighting Central Midlands Alliance League Premier Division  Roundup – October 18th

MIDWEEK MATCHES

Just a couple of midweek games, both in the Camper UK Premier South Division.  Bakewell Town’s six match unbeaten run ended at Holbrook Sports, who came from behind twice to win 3-2. Bakewell were in front after 9 minutes, R’Nial Brisset the scorer, Josh House equalising with 15 played. The visitorswere back in front by half time thanks to a Ben Brown strike two minutes from the interval. Nathan Bennett levelled the scores again on the hour markbefore Brad Daly hit the decider ten minutes from time. Mansfield Hosiery Mills have to go back to late August for their last win, and despite taking the lead halfway through the first period, lost their way in the second going down 5-1 at home to WirksworthIvanhoe whose goals came from Lewis Hughes and Ewan Sutherill with two each and Lewis Higton, Connor Barnes scoring for Mills.

WEEKEND MATCHES                                                                                                  Mansfield Hosiery Mills were back in action just 48 hours after their midweek outing, suffering another heavy defeat, this time at the hands of Blidworth Welfare, the final score 8-0. The match was a personal triumph for Blidworth striker Henry Eastgate who found the net five times with Tris Burrell scoring twice and Colby Porter once. The result dropped Mills into the bottomthree, changing places with their opponents. At the other end of the table, Borrowash Victoria are fourpoints behind leaders Graham Street Prims with twogames in hand after a 2-0 defeat of Mickleover RBL, Josh Lee scoring both in the 11th and 50th minutes. Selston consolidated third place with their fifth straight win, a 5-0 thumping of Mickleover Reserves. A frustrating first half ended with just a 43rd minute Ty Short goal to show for their efforts, but the second half proved more profitable for the visitors, three goals in eight minutes either side of the hour mark from Liam Taylor, Jack Cockram and Wayne Cookfollowed by the fifth on 79 minutes by Brad Dalywhich sealed the win. Graham Street Primsmaintained the gap at the top, but Wirksworth Ivanhoe pushed them all the way, the only goal of the game scored by Prims’ Aston Harvey after 70 minutes. Melbourne Dynamo were among the goals this week, putting six past Derby Singh Brothers with just one in return. Tyler Withers and Isaac Nkrumah each got doubles, Ollie Grimshaw and Elliott Dawson adding one each with Alex Steadman getting Singhs on to the scoresheet. Mickleover Athletic keptup their recent improvement with a 2-0 win at Linby Colliery. Both goals came in the first half, Jamie Laird’s 7th minute goal followed by a second twenty minutes later from Kaelin Cole- Tonks. FC Sunnyhill are finding their feet after a slow start. They defeatedHolbrook St Michaels 4-2. On target for Sunnyhill were Kaylan Anderson, Clark Belmore, Lewis Wilson and Myles Sturges, Holbrook’s reply coming from Josh Gregory and Anri Burmeisters. Gresley Rovers Reserves won 3-1 at Cromford & Wirksworth Town thanks to two goals from Evan Wynne and one for Alex Pott. Cromford’s Simon Scully scoring his first goal for the club.

In Friday’s game in the Premier North Division,neighbours RHP Sports and Ollerton Town were bothleft thinking they should have won after an entertaining goalless draw. Both sides spurned multiple chances, and a point apiece was probably the right outcome. Harworth Colliery finally relinquished their 100% record, Staveley Reserves going home with the points from a 2-0 win, the scorers Louis Hall on 64 minutes and Ollie Cooper six minutes later. Kinsley Boys still top the table, level on points with Dinnington Town but with a game in hand. Kinsley travelled to Teversal, winning 2-0,  Lucas Stubbs scoring five minutes before half time, the game not really settled until Rio Cooke’s second nine minutes from the final whistle. Dinnington’s win was more comfortable as they put five past Elite AFC. Corey Glaves hit the opener on 16 minutes, Nathan Jessop doubling the score five minutes later. Logan Liggins made it three after 39 minutes, second half strikes from Tom Bishop and Kieran Mortimer in the space of four minutes confirming the inevitable. Missed chances almost cost Hatfield Town valuable points in their game with Rossington Main Reserves. The one they did score came from Harrison Mercer in the 27th minute though they were indebted to keeper Elis Pattison who saved a 35th minute penalty before blocking the follow up, keeping Hatfield in third spot in the table. Glapwell conceded a 10th minute goal in their match with Burngreave United, Hassan Mohammed’s shotrebounding from the underside of the bar, Jacob Furness equalising just three minutes later. Glapwejj then took the lead in fortunate circumstances as a clearance from the visiting keeper rebounded off Evan Palmer. The second half saw Burngreave apply almost constant pressure which brought only a single goal from Jamal Yussuf in the 57th minute, Glapwell somehow escaping with a point.

Richard Lane                                                         

Abacus Lighting Central Midlands Alliance League Premier Division Roundup October 11th 

MIDWEEK MATCHES  Four midweek matches all in the Camper UK Premier South Division with leaders Graham Street Prims extending the lead to four points over Borrowash Vics who have two games in hand. They were, however, made to fight all the way by visitors Mickleover RBL, a 73rd minute goal from Blaise Duruaku proving enough to take all three points. Another game which had implications at the top came at the Parish Hall Ground where Selston moved up into third place    after a 2-1 win against Melbourne Dynamo. Playing at home for the first time this season, Selston fell behind after 16 minutes, Jack Griffiths with the goal for Dynamo. The match was settled by a lightning double from Selston’s Liam Taylor who, after slotting home a 29th minute penalty, headed home what proved to be the winner just a minute later Mickleover Athletic picked up their second consecutive win, this time at the new look Mansfield Hosiery Mills. The match was all but won by half time by which Athletic were already four goals to the good.  The Mills did get one back straight after half time but the visitors had the last word, making the final score 5-1. Cole Hassell grabbed a hat trIck for Mickleover, Kaelin Cole-Tonks and RonnieBonsor with one each, Jack Lewin the scorer for Mills. Holbrook St Michaels had a 2-1 win at Gresley Rovers Reserves thanks to Richard Hanslow and Cairn Gillespie, Nathan Bowen with Gresley’s reply.

WEEKEND MATCHES      

FC Sunnyhill went to Town on Friday night, blasting nine past a demoralised Mickleover Reserves. Myles Sturgess led with a hat trick, Lewis Benjamin and LewisWilson got two each with Kaylan Anderson and Leonel Baushi also on the scoresheet. Graham Street Prims were also in a high scoring encounter returning fromHolbrook St Michaels with a 6-3 win under their belts. Goals from Blaize Duruaku in the first twelve minutesgave Prims the perfect start but Joe Brumby on 26 minutes and Nduoma Chilaka ten minutes later broughtthe score level by half time. Duruaku completed his hat trick just before the hour mark, quickly adding a fourth. Richard Hanslow scored for the seventh game in a row for Holbrook to reduce the deficit to one, but very late goals from Alex Seale and Aaron Harvey gave the final scoreline a gloss which certainly didn’t reflect Holbrook’s performance. It was a similar scoreline for second placed Borrowash Victoria as they travelled to Derby Singh Brothers who took the lead through Mario Gomez on 23 minutes. They led for just three minutes before Marcus Tudgay equalised. Two minutes after the interval Tudgay’s second put Vics in front, the lead extended by Max Tolley, Jacob Hawksworth and Tudgay’s thirdputting Vics out of sight. They received a reminder that the game’s not over until the final whistle as Gomez and Jagjeet Dhillon scored in the dying minutes, just a little too late. Selston, in third spot, also took maximum points, getting the better of Holbrook Sports 3-1. In front of a bumper crowd of 341, Jack Cockram struck after 4 minutes which was followed by a second from Liam Taylor after half an hour. Holbrook fought back after the break, Josh House pulling one back on 53 minutes Selston were unable to breathe easily until the 79thminute when Cockram finally put daylight between the sides. Melbourne Dynamo dropped more points at Tideswell as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Bakewell Town, Tom Robe’s goal for the hosts matched by Dynamo’s Jack Goodband. A late goal at Linby Colliery gave the home side the edge over Gresley Reserves. Linby went in front with a Rory Smith goal on 36 minutes, Alex Pott with an equaliser after 55. As a draw seemed inevitable, Ashden Bernard grabbed the winner with three minutes to go. Mansfield Hosiery Mills’ woes continued as they went down 4-0 at home to Cromford and Wirksworth Town, Scott Taylor (2), Ben Cartwright and Matt Wilkinson with the goals.          

The Premier North fixture list was reduced to just four games which ended in three clearcut results and a goalless draw, Burngreave United and SJR Worksop failing to trouble the scorers. The other three saw the top three teams keeping clean sheets and improving their goal differences. As so often Jordan Turner caused most problems for the opposition, this time AFC Bentley, opening the scoring with a second minute penalty and, after Tom Bishop had added number two a couple of minutes later, blasted a four minute hat trick which included another spot kick, Dinnington reaching the interval with a five goal lead. Two more followed in the second half, Cory Glaves scoring on 67 and Craig Nelthorpe having the last word four minutes from time making the final score 7-0. Harworth Colliery, still to drop a point this season, had potentially stronger opposition in fourth placed Teversal, but rose to the occasion, with a 6-0 win. The goals were shared between six players, Billy Stafford‘s 21st minute penalty followed three minutes by Rob Singer. The match was, to all intents and purposes over by half time as Teversal were blitzed by three goals in eight minutes, Joe Greens coring on 39 minutes, Dec Heath on 42 and Danny Boulton two minutes into added time. As is often the case, the second half was less frenetic, the only addition to the score coming from Callum Edwards twenty midway through the half. Kinsley Boys were also among the goals, Rossington Main Reserves on the end of a 5-0 scoreline. Harrison Morley was quick off the mark, giving Kinsley a 5th minute lead, which Jack White doubled on the half hour. Rossington contributed an own goal, Kyle Rose and Nathan Harrop scoring in the second half to cement Kinsley’s place in the top three.

It was Derbyshire’s turn to stage their cup competitionsHere’s a list of who’s in and who’s out from the matches played on Saturday

Junior Cup North   Cromford & Wirksworth Development, Rowsley Reserves and Winster DarleyLions OUT

Junior Cup South – Derby Gazers, Duffield Dynamo, Melbourn Reserves. Markeaton IN Holbrook SportsDevelopment, Aston Village, Mickleover Athletic Reserves – OUT

Notts Senior Trophy – Blidworth Welfare -IN

Sheffield Saturday Cup   Rossington FC, Worksop Town Reserves OUT     

Richard Lane

Abacus Lighting Central Midlands Alliance League and Cup Roundup – October 4th

The dreaded “ Postponed due to pitch conditions” raised its ugly head for the first time this season with both Friday night games off along with a handful on Saturday.

The one midweek league match ended in stalemate, Holbrook Sports and Melbourne Dynamo failing to find the net. Three ties in the Sheffield Senior Cup finished with mixed fortunes for our clubs. On the plus side Dinnington Town came away from Northern Counties side Nostell Miners Welfare with a 4-1 win, two goals each from Nathan Jessop andJordan Turner guiding them into the next round. Harworth Colliery tasted defeat for the first time this season but there was no disgrace as they faced Step 5 Emley, currently third in the Northern Counties Premier Division. The final score was 3-1, Emley scoring twice in the first half and again early in the second before Charley Reeve pulled one back on 53 minutes. Burngreave United faced Barnsley’s Under 21 team, and perhaps not surprisingly went down 6-1, with five coming before half time, Danai Rhule getting a second half consolation goal.

It's a rather complex Saturday roundup as postponements and the usual difficulties in collecting County Cup details coincided.                                                    In the Camper UK Premier North, Harworth Colliery extended their winning run in the league to six, in the course of which they’ve scored 27 goals and conceded just four. Their latest victims were Dinnington Town, the final score 3-2. Harworth led from the 34th minute, Danny Boulton the scorer. A Jordan Turner penalty nine minutes into the second half squared things but the visitors were back in front after a Josh Bowkett strike on 74, Cory Goodwin extending it with 83 minutes gone. Turner got his second a minute later, but Dinnington couldn’t find a third. A devastating first half at AFC Bentley endedwith visitors Kinsley seven goals to the good. Kinsley were four up in 17 minutes, Jack White,Lucas Stubbs and a pair of well placed free kicksfrom Corey Woodward. Stubbs with a second, Morley and Rio Cooke completing the demolition.The second produced just one more goal from Brad Dockerty fifteen minutes from time. Elite were 3-0 winners against Worksop Town Reserves, Robbie Wood with two, Fabio Fad also scoring. SJR Worksop avenged a heavy defeat on the opening day of the season with a 3-1 win against Hatfield Town.Two goals in three minutes from Luke Tong and Aaron Redfearn in the 28th and 31st minutes gave the home side the half time lead. Joe Smith getting one back on the hour mark. Hatfield couldn’t find a second, Joe Bean sealing their fate with SJR’s third a couple of minutes from time. Ollerton Town couldn’t build on last week’s win, going down to a 36th minute goal from Rossington Main Reserves Noah Kilcoyne.                                                                 The Camper UK Premier South Division was reduced to three matches, one of which turned the form book upside down as second from bottom Mickleover Athletic travelled to top of the table Graham Street Prims and came back with the points from a 3-1 win. Jamie Laird scoring twice, Luke Grattan with the other one, Marcus Thomas with Prims reply. The other result was also interesting as FC Sunnyhill picked up only their second win of the season, Lewis Benjamin with the goals in a 2-0 defeat of Holbrook Sports.Bakewell Town thumped Mickleover Reserves 5-0, Will Johnson and Aaron Maund scored in the first 15 minutes. Jon Ballington got the third after their opponents were down to ten men, Sam Rosling and Jack Heath both improving the margin in the second half.

County Cup ties, principally in Notts and Derbyshire occupied many of our clubs. In the Notts FA Senior Trophy Blidworth Welfare will have to replay their match against Gedling Southbank which was abandoned in the 88th minute after Harry Topliss suffered a suspected broken leg. We wish him all the very best for a complete recovery. Elsewhere Woodhouse Colts had a 5-1 win against Robin Hood Colts, Jordan Ingram getting a hat trick, Jayden Bull and Mason Beastall with one apiece. RHP Sports went through 6-3 at Calverton Miners Welfare. After going behind, they recovered and by half time were leading 5-1.  Calverton pulled two back early in the second half, a sixth goal in the dying stages confirming the win. The goals were shared between Callum Chilvers, Seb Headley and James Crosby who all scored twice.

One tie in the Derbyshire FA Divisional Cup North ended with Staveley Reserves and Chesterfield Community level at 1-1, Staveley winning 5-4 from the penalty spot. In the Divisional Cup South the allPremier South tie between Gresley Reserves and Derby Singh Brothers ended 5-1 to the visitors for whom Emmanuel Nnaji (2), Mario Gomez, Troy Carty and Ricky Aletan were the scorers, Alex Pott with one for Gresley. Rising Stars also won 5-1, this time against Burton Hornets, Isaac Brotherson with two, Birhad Koecher, Alieu Jatta and Jamaldeen Tiowith the goals, Tristan Sharp replying for the Hornets. Mickleover RBL were 3-0 winners against Belper United Development, a goal each here forJake Dickinson, Sam Lowe and Millen Sheena. Little Eaton went down 5-3 against Newhall United. In the Leicester FA Intermediate Cup Castle Donington were soundly beaten 9-1 by Community Football Academy, Charles Palmer their scorer. Their Reserves did rather better in the Saturday Trophy going out 2-1 after a close match against Braunstone Athletic Dylan Edge with the goal.. Finally it was another close encounter in the Staffordshire FA Challenge Cup, Mayfield’s Dylan Edge the scorer as they lost 2-1 at Walsall Wood.                                                                                                                  

Richard Lane

Abacus Lighting Central Midlands Alliance League and Cup Roundup – September 27th

This week saw the beginning of the first of the league’s cup competitions, with 15 first round ties in the Buckingham Insurance League Cup. First in line was the Division One between Derby Gazers and Stapenhill Reserves, the visitors progressing with a 2-1 win. The visitors were two up at half time, Musa Jeng’s 22nd minute goal followed  by a second from Mitch Bamford on 34 minutes. Gazers finally got one back through Isaac Hutton nine minutes from time but it was too late to affect the result. After seven games without a win, Blidworth Welfare probably wouldn’t have chosen pacesetters Borrowash Victoria as opponents, but they pulled out the stops to run them close, the final score 3-2. The hosts took a 27th minute lead, Durrell Berry the scorer, but within a minute the scores were level again, Harry Topliss slotting home a penalty. Blidworth took the lead midway through the second half with a goal from Henry Eastgate but the Vics squeezed throughto Round Two as Ethan Watson equalised on 74 minutes, Jordan Hicking with the winner five minutes later. Another team on a losing run are Ollerton Town. They ground out a 1-0 win against Glapwell in a dour game, the deciding goal a 49thminute penalty put away by Elliott Nunn.      

One or two close run things but no real surprises in Saturday’s matches. Woodhouse Colts came close in their match with Dinnington Town before going down 2-1. Jordan Ingram gave Woodhouse the lead, but their visitors pulled it round with goals from Ashley Cooper and Logan Liggins. Premier South leaders Graham Street Prims were also pushed all the way by Division One Rowsley, the only goal of the game coming from Prim’s Aaron Harvey in the 37thminute. It was the same outcome at Rossington FC who also lost out to a single goal, a 34th minute penalty from Hatfield Town’s Joe Smith. One more close finish came at Kinsley Boys who just got the better of Appleby Frodingham Reserves 3-2. Frod took the lead on 4 minutes, Jack White levelling the score with 10 minutes played. It stayed that way untilmidway through the second half when the visitors regained the advantage. The introduction of Brad Dockerty from the bench turned the game on its head, his goals on 80 and 87 minutes taking Kinsley over the line. The other three lower division sides didn’t fare so well. Armthorpe Welfare Reserves conceded eleven goals to their counterparts at Rossington Main. Josh Badger top scored with five, Noah Kilcoyne and Harrison Shikell got doubles with Mateo Dumitrescu and Brennan Fletcher also on the scoresheet. FC Sunnyhill thumped Castle Donington 9-1. There were hat tricks for Kaylan Anderson and Lewis Benjamin, and one apiece for Lewis Wilson, Clark Belmore and Harry Steven, with Cameron Bird the scorer for the visitors. Chesterfield Development lost 7-2 at Burngreave United. The goals were shared between Jamal Yussuf, Aemad Gadour, Umar Mohammed, Abdul Assad, Jean Paul Moke, Hassan Mohammed and Abu Baker, while Ryan Bailey and Lee Bradshaw were on target for the visitors. In the ties which involving just Premier Division teams, RHP avenged a 5-0 defeat against Teversal a fortnight ago, putting on an impressive second half display to win 3-2. A second minute penalty converted by Rocco Harvey gave Teversal the perfect start which they still held at half time. The second half belonged to the home side, Seb Headley’s double and one from Aiden Horner sealing the win, although a 90tl minute Kurtis Bamford strike provided a few nervous moments. The new look Mansfield Hosiery Mills found the going tough at Bakewell Town, succumbing to a 6-1 defeat. Jack Heath and Matt Kelcey scored in the first 15 minutes, the Mills replying with the goal of the game from Matthew Leader. The visitors ran out of steam in thesecond half, conceding four more goals, Kelcey getting his second, Sam May adding two and 16 year old debutant Brad Serram scoring the sixth. Cromford & Wirksworth Town came from behind to eliminate Selston 2-1. Ty Short’s 2nd minute goal for Selston gave them a lead which lasted until the 64thminute when Matt Wilkinson got the equaliser, the winner coming from Gianluca Gandolfa in the 75thminute. AFC Bentley beat Worksop Town Reserves 2-1. Deven Hannan gave Bentley a 6th minute lead, Luke Abdy bringing the scores level three minutes after the interval, the home side getting the winner in the 81st minute, Hannan again the scorer. Only one match went to penalties, Mickleover RBL and Holbrook St Michaels finishing 3-3 with Dean Oliver (2) and Jordan Lee on target for the Legion and a Joe Mumby double and the inevitable Richard Hanslow goal for Holbrook sending the match to penalties, which RBL won 3-2.

There were also a couple of Camper UK Premier League