SUNDAY 7TH MARCH 2010
Blue skies and sunshine meant spring was definitely in the air for the games played in the Sills and Betteridge Lincoln Sunday League this weekend. Victory Athletic from Division Four reached their second semi final of the season with an incredible 12-1 demolition of Lincoln Claytons in the Fred Quibell Cup. Danny Kent scored seven times in the goal fest with Ricky Greensmith also grabbing a hat trick. Joe Kelway set Victory on the way after 10 minutes with a header from 6 yards before Kent scored four of his haul before half time. Kent and Greensmith both scored three in the second half plus one from Rob White. Claytons grabbed a consolation goal but were well beaten on the day. Victory Athletic’s reward is a semi final tie at Plough Sturton, who edged past North Lindum Hawks 1-0.
Andrew Callaghan scored in the first minute for Division Three side Dynamo Varsity in their 3-0 victory over Horse & Jockey. The H&J held their higher status opposition to just 1-0, thanks to stubborn defending and good goalkeeping until the 80th minute when Callaghan shanked a cross past the Jockey keeper. This took the stuffing out of the Division Six side and Callaghan went on to complete his hat trick to complete a 3-0 win.
Josh Raby and Flemming Uzoho put GE Rustons Reserves two up within five minutes of the start of their Fred Quibell second round tie against fellow Division Four rivals Market Rasen. Rasen pulled a goal back on the stroke of half time to narrow the deficit to 2-1. Daniels made it 3-1 from the penalty spot before both sides were reduced to 10 men. Rasen pulled it back to three each inside the 90 minutes to set up extra time and a Jarret Akpoveta header during the extra 30 minutes gave Bill Ashmore’s side the win and a quarter final tie against Division Six side Welton FC.
Division Two side Sleaford Raiders stormed to a 5-0 half time lead in their Ron Eaglen Cup quarter final against Harby Utd from the division below with two goals from Jamie Slater and Ian Jaquest (his 100th and 101st for the Club) plus one from Paul Meakle on his return from a long injury lay off. Slater completed his hat trick in the second half as Raiders continued to press. Harby’s poor finishing had let them down in the early part of the game but the team found their scoring boots late on and three goals, including two penalties gave the score some respectability and a fairer reflection of the balance of the tie. Sleaford’s reward is a semi final clash with last year’s runners up, Premier Division side Ruston Sports.
GE Rustons celebrated a year unbeaten in the Premier Division with a hard fought 3-2 win over FSC Victory. Martin Goldacre, Jason Tinkler and Jack McGovern each scored for the League leaders as a Gaz Symonds penalty and an own goal for Victory set up a tense finish.
A Lee Johnson’s hat trick plus strikes from Chris Funnell and Ashley Woodhall helped Hunters Leap beat on-form FVA Jerusalem 5-2 to go third. This was the Hunters 14th consecutive game unbeaten and sets them up nicely for this weekend’s semi final against Metheringham.
Adelaide began their game against Anglers FC Saxilby with only 10 men and were two down inside 15 minutes. However, their extra player arrived and Adelaide took control as a Dean Szendrey hat trick and a brace from Olly Burrows made the final score 5-2.
Two goals for Rob Kinsella plus one from Daniel Melton saw Swan Athletic beat Ruston Sports, for whom Karl Hutchinson scored twice.
Pohkin Cheung and Gary Ullyatt gave Metheringham a slender 2-1 victory over Gatehouse while Scothern beat FCW Burtons by the same scoreline.
Scothern secured a welcome 2-1 victory over FCW Burtons to maintain their position outside the bottom two.
Division One leaders Moorlands Railway raced to a three goal lead against AFC Hykeham and before a brilliant comeback led by two goal Danny Hicks and one from Dean Walling helped AFC Hykeham pull back a 3 goal deficit to hold Moorlands Railway to a 3-3 draw in Division One. Hykeham could’ve stolen it late on but were denied by the woodwork. Twice!
A 20 yard pile driver by Rich Whittaker helped South Clifton on their way to a 3-1 win over Sporting Lincoln. Liam Conneely’s deft flick and a tap in by Ant O’Sullivan completed Clifton’s scoring to move them back up to second place.
Four goals from Michael Ward helped St Helens thump title challengers Nettleham 8-2. Ben Allam with two along with solo efforts from Ken Smith and Danny Bell completed a surprise victory.
Bassingham slipped further off the pace as two goals from Lee Thompson and one from Liam Grainger gave Waggon & Horses their second win on the bounce against a top side.
Lloyd Freeman’s vision to see the keeper out of position allowed him to lob the ball into the top corner for the only goal of a tight game as CW Golden Eagle edged a 1-0 result over Wragby.
Game of the day in Division Two saw St Giles go down 4-3 at home to Horncastle Town. Two goals from Kev Barnes and one from Andy Christopher was not enough for the one-time leaders to avoid defeat.
This left the door open nicely for Bailgate Athletic to move to the top where a Graham Mitchell hat trick paved the way for a 4-0 success at Branston. Bailgate’s fourth came directly from a Sean Cooper corner.
Ploughboy’s poor form continues as they were at the wrong end of a 7-1 scoreline against Hykeham Plough. Chris Hodgson gave the Plough the lead before Ploughboy equalised from the spot. Hykeham then scored six unanswered goals with Adam Hughes and Danny Topliss both getting two and Andrew Sullivan and Alan Forwood notching one each.
A good all round team performance saw Wheatsheaf Vulcan condemn Golden Cross ‘A’ to another defeat. Captain Matthew Kitchen led by example with a hat trick with Derek Wyld (2) and Pete Dickinson completing the 6-0 romp.
Sean Cann’s four goals was the highlight of Ivy Tavern’s 6-0 rout of FVA Jerusalem Reserves to keep them top of Division Three. Micheal Lynch was also on the score sheet with two as the Ivy to open up a 7 point gap at the top.
North Scarle continue to impress as their 3-1 victory over FCW Burtons sees them go third. Mark Williams, Daz Bull and Colin Clark kept Scarle’s winning run going and the score could’ve been more emphatic had Scarle’s keeper Danny Scott converted a second half penalty. Must’ve been the run up the pitch that wore him out.
Welton S&SC Reserves got back to winning ways as a goal each from Ryan Ottewell and Lee Cooper gave them a close 2-1 win over Woodhall Spa. Despite missing a host of chances, including a penalty, the three points for Welton were vital in their push for the title.
Heighington’s 4-0 victory over Red Lion Dunston sees them stay second. Michael Shoney capped his first game back after serving in the Gulf with a goal with the others from Neil Duffy (2) and Steve Arklie.
Newton Utd got back to winning ways in their game away at Newtoft Terriers. Daniel Quincey opened the scoring for Newton around 20minutes in from the edge of the area following a corner, which took a huge deflection! Newtoft equalised about 15 minutes later when Scott Fletcher was penalised for diving in on the edge of the area. Ashley Cocks stepped up and bent a free-kick in the top corner. Just about on the stroke of half time Craig Lill got goal side of the Newtoft defence and was brought down bearing on goal. Lill dusted himself down to dispatch the resulting penalty into the bottom corner.
Newton dominated the second half and Newtoft created little. Lill added his second following great work from the tireless Paul Leedle. He completed his hat trick with a cross cum shot that looped over the despairing keeper. Newton were awarded another penalty after right back Adam Higman’s great run resulted in him being fouled in the area but unlike Lill, he was unable to put away the spot kick, the Newtoft keeper pulling off the save. Mike Rowley and Matthew Nuttall both went close to adding more goals but the final score finished 4-1 to Newton. Ben Grimes was the Newton man of the match with a commanding display in the centre of the park but credit must go to the Terriers keeper, Ben Froggatt, who pulled off numerous great saves to keep his side in the game.
Trent Valley recorded their third win on the trot, winning 3-0 at home to AFC Harpars. Goals from Matt Pope, Steve Lingley and the pick of the bunch, a rocket from Rich Ferry gave them the points but the Man of the Match award went to Trent Valley keeper Jack Wilson.
The game between the top two in Division Five was a fantastic advert for local football between Dunholme (Lord Nelson) and FC Railway Inn Thorpe. Dunholme went two up through Andy Hague and Matt Starbuck before the lead swung to The Railway with three goals from Andy Wheatley. Starbuck equalised before his keeper kept the scores level with a tremendous save. The stage was set for an Andy Hague header at the death to give gave Dunholme a narrow 4-3 success to draw them level on points with the leaders.
Kyle Akester scored the only goal of the game for Joiners Arms in their game against Peter De Wint to keep them third.
Evolution, on the back end of a drubbing by Railway the week before were keen to get back on track with three points against Metalhead Town to keep on track to finish in the top 4. The game started as expected with Evolution dictating most of the first ten minutes with chances starting to mould for Stuart Spring, who could have had a hat-trick before his side did actually score.
Metalhead were caught on the counter attack as the ball was shifted into the box by Charles Watson with Spring flicking deftly past the keeper for Chris Ballam to follow up and tap home his first goal for Evolution. The second goal came a minute later as a long ball from Thom Bolton was chased by Spring to calmly place past the Metalhead keeper. Two nil soon became three nil as Jonathan Edwards managed to walk around a defender and the goalkeeper with some sweet footwork to slot the ball home to score his first goal for the Club.
After the break, Evolution were soon into gear again as they pressed forward looking for another goal. There wasn’t long to wait as Stuart Spring was there again to fire in a bullet header from a corner. Metalhead were determined not to be rolled over and were awarded a penalty during a good ten minute spell which was calmly slotted away. Evolution were looking a little shaky at this point but soon recovered their composure. A lofted ball into the box by Andrew Lowin found the outstretched foot of Spring to rifle home into the top corner to complete his hat trick and make the score 5-1. Evolution still weren’t finished with the next goal coming from a corner. After a couple of attempts, Michael “Chopper “ Knowles powered his header into the back of the net. A fourth from Spring and a deflected top corner scorcher from Scott Dawson finished the scoring for Evolution. Chances for Charles Watson, Jon Gurga and a disallowed goal from Chris Ballam could have increased the score but full credit to Metalhead for keeping their heads up and staying spirited throughout.
BBH Athletic took an early lead in their game against Greenbank before Paul Marklew equalised and two more goals from Tim Jacobs gave Greenbank a 3-1 half time advantage. Chris Moulds put the ball in his own net to make it 3-2 before Jacobs completed his hat trick and a 4-2 victory for Greenbank to move them up one place.
Grant Foster’s fourth hat trick of the season including a penalty gave Division Six leaders Travellers Rest a share of the points in their hard fought 3-3 draw with AFC Cross. Adam Ward, Phil Harrison and a Kurt Clarence penalty ensured Cross gained a share of the points.
AFC Rustons are nicely poised in second as they beat Welton 3-1 with goals from Leigh Robinson, David Wilson and an own goal.
Jamie Wilson was hero and villain in AFC Harpars 2-2 draw with Black Swan Coningsby. He scored to give Harpars the lead in the first half but had a penalty saved by Black Swan keeper Andy Yeomans. Stephen Bowen equalised to level the scores at half time. The second half was almost a mirror image with Adam Race giving the Coningsby side a 2-1 second lead before Wilson equalised. Wilson then saw Yeomans save a second penalty to deny him his hat trick.