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24 NOV - SUNDAY SENIOR CUP - Thornton chews up Manor Barn - Ben Thornton (left) scored twice as Wickersley Youth became the third Blades Super Draw League side through to Round 4 of the Sunday Senior Cup with a 3-2 victory over Rotherham's Manor Barn.

On a heavy and difficult pitch both sides created chances in an even matched start. Wickersley keeper Jon Reed halted the Barn’s progress with a miraculous save from a header in the six-yard box, diving low to his right and pushing it around the post. Wickersley got their noses in front before half time when Joe McGuiness was tripped by the Barn keeper at the end of a darting run inside the box and the referee pointed to the spot. Thornton stepped up and hit a low hard unstoppable drive into the net.

After half time, Manor Barn levelled with a shot from the edge of the area, but Wickersley soon regained their lead when McGuiness scored following a Daughtrey corner. Barn hit back and quickly levelled a second time, but Wickersley weren’t to be stopped. A ball from keeper Nathan Taylor found Thornton in space on the left flank and he cut inside two defenders before sidefooting past the Barn keeper.

Wickersley will face either Joker or Stannington Park in Round 4 on 15 December if the other tie is settled. The other teams through are Wadsley Bridge Pheasant, who will entertain Brinsworth Whitehill 'A' and Crookes, who will entertain AFP. These two ties are due to be played on 8 December.

24 NOV - SUNDAY JUNIOR CUP - Bohemians and Southey go through -  Jack Brownell (right) and James Hastings were both on target as New Bohemians beat their Division Two title rivals Eckington Boys 2-0 to reach Round 4 of the Sunday Junior Cup. Eckington started at a great pace with an early chance for Liam Foulstone  that was well saved by the keeper, but it was Bohemians that took a half time lead with a fantastic free kick from Brownell. Although both sides had chances in the second half, it was a superb solo goal from Hastings that clinched a place in the last 16 for Bohemians.

Also through is Division One Southey Social after Ryan Damms and Todd Guest goals gave them a terrific 2-1 victory at Denaby United. Southey took control of a scrappy game early and Byron Mullen, who gave the home defence a torrid time all through the game, hit the post. Southey broke the deadlock with a more route one goal when keeper Callum Jones’ clearance found Carlton Carty. His lob over the keeper hit the post but Damms was first to the rebound to score.

The second half saw Denaby start brightly and after one outstanding save by Jones, Denaby equalised. Not Southey shook themselves down to regain control and when Jamie Hopkins header from a Jack Dickens corner was tipped onto the bar, it fell to skipper Guest to volley home the winner. Dickens was only inches away from a third as Southey saw the game out to make it four of our teams through to the last 16, with two more still to play their Round 3 ties.

Just one team went out to a team outside the Blades Super Draw, with Ranch, after taking a lead through Ty Gunter, losing 3-1 to Rotherham’s unbeaten Division Three leaders, City Knights.

24 NOV - CBC PREMIER - Alex Ripps into Pheasant, whilst Callum is a Chamber of horrors for Stannington and Mitchell leaves it late for Sportsman - Alex Rippon (left) hit a hat-trick as Royal Earl kept top spot in the CBC Premier with victory over champions Wadsley Bridge Pheasant in an absolute thriller. Earl started well and took the lead when Sam Smith beat the visitors offside trap, but Pheasant were level at half time thanks to a Jordon Stocks penalty. After the break, a quickly taken corner saw Rippon catch the Pheasant defence napping to score his first, before taking advantage of a defensive howler for his second. Another mix up in the Pheasant defence allowed Rippon to complete his hat-trick, before Kane Doughty pulled one back for the visitors. Earl restored their three goal lead when Smith’s shot took a cruel deflection, but Pheasant had the leaders hanging on after a Luke Fletcher penalty and another Doughty strike made it 5.4.

Stannington Village's title hopes were hit as Callum Chambers netted a late winner to give Oughtibridge WM a 3-2 victory over them. Although Stannington started the brightest, it was Oughtibridge that soon started to have the majority of the play and deservedly took the lead when Chas Tunnard tucked away a penalty after a Kurt Turner shot had been handled. Stannington equalised with the last kick of the first half when Joe Barker’s cross allowed Lewis Dickinson to round the keeper to score.

After the break, it was Oughtibridge that started brightly and they regained the lead when Brad Fletcher hit a 35 yarder into the top corner. Stannington hit back hard and only a man of the match performance by Oughtibridge keeper Kieran Osborne kept his side ahead with a string of fine saves, but an equaliser finally came when Alex Torr crossed for Dickinson to smash home his second. Stannington looked likely to win it, but were caught by a quick break when great work from Callum Simms allowed Callum Chambers (right) to score. Dean Jepson immediately had a chance to level, but once again Osbourne was up to the task and Oughtibridge held on.

Norton Sportsman moved into contention thanks to Harry Mitchell's last minute winner at Handsworth Pub. Sportsman had Chris Lewis’s first half effort ruled out for handball, but their greater fitness began to tell and as the game moved into stoppage time, Chris Winters ran through before squaring the ball for Mitchell (left) to stab home the game’s only goal.

24 NOV - DIVISION 1 - Coles treble moves Intake up to second, whilst Sixs get off the mark -  Elliot Coles hit a quick-fire hat-trick as Intake Old Boys beat Woodhouse Juniors 5-2 to move up to second in Division Two. A Darren Robinson header gave Intake a half time lead and although Billy Wakefield equalised for Woodhouse just after the break, super sub Coles netted a quick fire hat trick to put Intake in command. Leon Cheslett netted a second for Woodhouse, but Jack Heald scored Intake’s fifth to make the points secure.

Another seven-goal game saw Sheffield Sixs finally gain their first points of the season with a narrow 4-3 victory over Norton Oaks. Harry Buxton (right) fastened onto Danny Barnsley’s through ball to give Sixs an early lead and Tommy Davies knocked home a corner to double it. Richard Stirrup pulled one back for Oaks before the break, but Brad Howe set up Barnsley to restore Sixs two goal lead midway through the second half. Buxton provided the assist for Howe to add Sixs fourth, but Stirrup scored an astonishing goal from the half way line to reduce Oaks’ arrears. Sixs missed an opportunity to sew the game up when Joel Elms blazed a penalty wide, but they took the points despite Oli West’s third for Oaks in injury time.

24 NOV - DIVISION 2 - Sol treble sees Green close the gap, but Phoenix and Darfield keep pace with them - Sol Limb (Left) hit a hat-trick as Nether Green closed up on the Division Two leaders with a 5-2 victory over Cadbury. Tom Davis and Brad Smith netted Green’s others, with Benji Holmes and Josh Grant netting for Cadbury

Brinsworth Phoenix moved up to third with a 4-1 away win at Prince of Wales. After Jack Hawkes had been brought down in the area, Sam Firth’ eighth of the season from the penalty spot got the ball rolling. Luke Simmonds levelled for Prince with a stopping header from Matt Waterhouse’s cross, but Hawkes produced a cool finish to put Phoenix back in front. A great header by Mark Thornton from John Mellor’s corner made it three and Joel Statham hit a belter of a half volley in off a post to complete the scoring.

Darfield United moved up to fourth after they completed an eight-day double over Killamarsh Juniors with a 5-0 away win. Jordan Beardsley, Sam Ackroyd and Sean Bunyan (right) gave Darfield a three goal interval lead and despite a string of good saves by the Killamarsh keeper, Arron Soar and Connor Wilks added two more in the second half.

Shakey slipped two places after their 1-1 draw with Mosborough Reds meant they have taken just two points from their last five games. Reds took a first half lead when a ball from the left was tapped home by Josh Smith, but Shakey looked more determined after the break and after having two efforts cleared off the line, they finally got an equaliser when Reds keeper Luke Fogg could only parry a shot and Michael Taylor was on hand at the back post to score.

21 NOV - Fixtures for DECEMBER 2019 now added - The Fixtures for DECEMBER have now been added to the Fixtures section of the website. Home clubs should contact their opponents and Referees where shown ASAP for the whole month. Home clubs should also make sure their pitch provider has all the details ASAP.

17 NOV - SUNDAY JUNIOR CUP - Brad Smith treble helps Nether Green see off Norton and another Brad shows Howe for Sixs - With the weather again causing havoc, just four Sunday Junior Cup ties involving our clubs went ahead. The all-Blades Super Draw tie at Sheffield Sixs saw Brad Howe (right) score twice to help Division One Sixs proceed 5-2 at the expense of Division Two Prince of Wales. Goals from Howe, Jordan Swinson and Harry Buxton had Sixs three up in just eight minutes. One from Danny Barnsley and Howe’s second had Sixs 5-0 up at half time. Prince did better in the second half and Brad Gray latched onto keeper James Roffey’s clearance to pull one back, before Matt Waterhouse laid on a second for Luke Simmonds.

A Brad Smith (left) hat-trick helped Nether Green into the last 16 with a comfortable 7-0 victory over Norton. Louis Burgess and Tom Davis also scored along with two own goals. It was the end of the road though for Boynton Sports with a 3-1 defeat at Rossington and for Woodhouse Juniors who went out 4-1 at Sporting Wadworth.

17 NOV - CBC PREMIER - Cotts run into a Whit Wall - Tom Whiting with five and Jon Wall with three saw Redmires defeat Cotts 8-3 in the day's only CBC Premier game to go ahead. It means that Redmires are still the only Premier side not to drop a point and they are level with three others at the top of the table. After being 4-0 down early in the game, Cotts never gave up and deservedly scored three through Jon Dolan, Ryan Lee and Harry Shaw.

17 NOV - DIVISION 1 - Watson at the double to extend the View at the top and Danny's the boy for Intake -  Cobden View extended their lead at the top of Division One as Luke Watson (left) scored two second half goals in a 4-1 victory over second place Civil Sports. Ben Bell flicked home to put Cobden ahead and the lead was doubled by a towering header from Adam Beresford. That lead was halved by a Gary Eades penalty fifteen minutes from time, but sub Watson made it a debut to remember with two goals to clinch the victory for Cobden.

Danny White (right) hit a hat-trick as Intake Old Boys won at Colley and jump six places back into the top three. White hit a 25 yarder to give Intake the lead, but Chris Fowler equalised for Colley on the stroke of half time. After the break, White then hit a stunning free-kick to put Intake back in front only to see it cancelled out by Ragen Dempsey. Dale Wood put Intake ahead for a third time and this time White made it safe by completing his hat-trick.

17 NOV - DIVISION 2 - Doubles all round for leaders, whilst Sam's the man for Phoenix and Beardsley treble for Darfield – Sam Smith, James Hastings, George Barnes and Zach Burns all scored twice as New Bohemians extended their lead at the top of Division Two to nine points with a 9-1 victory over Cadbury. Matt Beck hit Bohemian's other whilst Jacob Beech netted Cadbury’s consolation in the second half.

Sam Firth netted twice as Brinsworth Phoenix made sure Shakey's slump continued with a 5-1 victory over them. Dan Commander put Phoenix ahead with a 35 yard piledriver and John Mellor added their second after exchanging passes with Matt Winfrow. Firth got his two either side of the interval, with Steve Dickinson netting for Shakey before Jack Hawkes netted Phoenix’s fifth.

Jordan Beardsley hit a hat-trick as Darfield United made it three wins out of four at Killamarsh Juniors expense. Beardsley netted twice before Ryan Foster pulled one back for Killamarsh before half time. There was no stopping Darfield after the break though and after Beardsley had completed his hat-trick, Elliott Phelan, Kallum McDermott, Ethan White and Reece Marshall with two completed their 8-1 victory.

10 NOV - SUNDAY SENIOR CUP - Pheasant make Redmires pay the penalty and Smith at the double for Crookes- Helped by a Jordon Stocks double, Wadsley Bridge Pheasant needed extra time and a penalty shoot-out to win at fellow CBC Premier side Redmires to go through to Round 4. Two Tom Whiting strikes looked to put Redmires firmly in control, but a Stocks free kick before half time put Pheasant back in the game. Another terrific Stocks free kick sent the game into extra time, but a Danny Reet strike looked to have won it for Redmires until a penalty was awarded for hand ball and Adam Todd (left) swept home the penalty. Even the penalty shoot-out looked to be going Redmires way when Pheasant missed their first two, but their keeper Joel Statham then made the saves to send Pheasant through.

Also through to Round 4 is Crookes after a Pete Smith double helped them to a comfortable 4-0 win over Rotherham’s Workhouse Gym. A James Reed free kick put Crookes ahead and the lead was doubled two minutes later with a Tom Staniland strike. Smith added a third just after the break and the win was completed when he headed Crookes’ fourth.

10 NOV - CBC PREMIER - Dickinson treble too much for Earl, and Handsworth strike back – CBC Premier leaders Royal Earl suffered their first defeat of the season as a Lewis Dickinson hat-trick helped Stannington Village win a real thriller, 4-3. Stannington took the lead when Shaun Flynn squared for Dickinson to hit his first, but Earl levelled through Matt Ord before the break. A tremendous Steve Brammer strike put Earl ahead after the break, but Dickinson levelled when he beat two men before scoring from a narrow angle. Luke Proctor then set Danny Smith up to put Stannington back in front, but an Alex Rippon strike then had Earl level again. Stannington weren’t to be denied though, and a great cross by Proctor saw Dickinson rise to head home the winner

The bottom two at the start of the day met at Handsworth Pub and the home side came from two down to beat Woodseats Club 3-2. The visitors looked certain to pick up their first points of the season when Sam Read and Ben Southwell goals put them two up, but a few harsh words and a change of formation at the interval helped Handsworth back into the game. Russ Hobson (left) got the ball rolling by curling one in from the edge of the area and more Handsworth pressure brought an equaliser when Liam Greenfield fastened onto a through ball to produce a neat finish. It looked certain to finish all square until Handsworth were awarded a free kick 35 yards out and when Jamie Colliver whipped it into the box, it seemed to elude everyone and finished up in the net for the winner.

10 NOV - DIVISION 1 - Civil win at Intake and Southey pip Oaks – In Division One, doubles for James Brown and Brad Sedgwick gave Civil Sports a four goal half-time lead at Intake Old Boys and despite two Wes Butler strikes giving Intake hope in the second half, further goals from Gary Eades and Dylan Fletcher gave Civil a 6-2 victory. It was Intake’s third successive defeat, but for Civil it saw them climb four places into second.

The other Division One game played a Ryan Damms strike saw Southey Social pip Norton Oaks in a seven goal thriller. Early Southey pressure was rewarded when Jamie Roper put them ahead, but Mark Turton took advantage of a bad back-pass to drag Oaks level. Turton then put Oaks ahead when he was first to the rebound after Southey’s stand-in keeper Todd Guest had saved his first attempt. Southey levelled after the break with a Kieran Hopkinson penalty, but Oaks went back in front when Joe Lawson beat the offside trap to score. Jack Peake then missed a golden opportunity to double their lead when his penalty was saved by Guest and Southey took full advantage. They levelled again when Carlton Carty finished off a great move before winning it when another sweeping move ended with Ryan Damms hitting the winner.

10 NOV - DIVISION 2 - Hastings treble keeps Bohemians top whilst Darfield win at Wadsley – In Division Two, James Hastings (right) hit his second hat-trick in as many weeks to help New Bohemians increase their lead at the top to six points with a 6-0 victory over Mosborough Reds. Dan Beck opened the scoring with a great strike across the keeper before he then turned provider to give Sam Smith an easy tap-in. Matt Beck then produced a wonder strike to make it 3-0 before Hastings’ second half treble completed the scoring.

Darfield United secured their first away win, 3-2 at Wadsley Jack Athletic. Ethan White put Darfield ahead and they should have doubled it when they were awarded a penalty, but Jordan Beardsley saw his spot kick saved by the Wadsley keeper. Wadsley’s Benji Woon made no such mistake when they were awarded a penalty just before the break and the points looked to be heading to Wadsley when Reece James gave them the lead, but with five minutes remaining Sam Ackroyd equalised for Darfield. Worse was to come for the home side when Kallum McDermott was brought down in the box and this time Sean Bunyan took responsibility to give Darfield that first win on their travels.

3 NOV - LEAGUE TWENTYTWO CUP - Crookes smash Cotts, and Eckington at home on the Ranch - In the League Twentytwo Cup, Liam Cartledge (left) with four and Pete Smith with three helped Crookes brush aside fellow CBC Premier side Cotts 12-1 and advance into the last eight for a third season running. Remarkably, it was Cotts that scored first through Jon Dolan, but after James Knowles levelled ten minutes later, there was no stopping the home side. Pete Smith put them ahead and that was quickly followed by Joel Purkiss and Tom Staniland strikes. Smith added two more before half time to complete his hat-trick as Cotts disintegrated. After the break, Staniland netted his second, before Cartledge scored four in twelve minutes. Just to rub further salt into Cotts wounds, the final goal was an own goal.

The only giantkilling was Division Two Eckington's 3-0 victory over Division One Ranch. The game started at a great pace and it was Ranch that had the upper hand, but it was Eckington that grabbed the lead just before half time when Luke Sanderson’s goal kick found Ben Beever (right) and he finished well into the far corner. Ranch continued to push their hosts back, but were again caught on the break as Liam Foulstone produced a terrific individual goal. Eckington sealed their place in the last eight when a long throw from Tom Onions was met by a great header from Alister Haydock

A Danny Rogers double helped Norton Sportsman to a 3-0 victory at fellow CBC Premier Woodseats Club. There was nothing between the two sides until two Rogers goals in five minutes just before half time put Norton in charge. The first came when Rogers latched onto a Chris Lewis pass before lobbing the advancing keeper and the second came when a terrific Antony Holmes cross was stabbed home by Rogers. Sportsman’s place in the last eight was clinched on the hour when a Sonny Wilson cross was firmly headed home by Josh Gibson.

The other all-CBC Premier tie saw a Jon Wall double and goals from Conal Jacklin, Tom Whiting and Stephan Parry give Redmires a 5-2 victory over Handsworth Pub. Handsworth went into the game with little form and their task was soon made harder when Thompson was dismissed for stopping a goal scoring opportunity. Just to make matters worse, Redmires took the lead from the free kick as a deflection off the wall saw the ball loop over keeper Tom Crosby. Redmires doubled their lead just before half time and added three more after the break. Handsworth’s ten men never gave up though and scored two deserved consolations through Lou Jackson and Russ Hobson.

Another CBC Premier side through to the last eight is Wickersley Youth after their 3-1 victory at Division One Colley. Wickersley took the lead when Matt Godley’s corner was head down by Andy Rawling for Danny Malone to score. They doubled their lead five minutes later when Adam Daughtrey found space in the box to score and their place in the last eight was a good as confirmed when Jamie-Lee Fawcett (left) met another Godley cross to score Wickersley’s third. Colley pressed hard in the second half and, after missing several good chances and hitting the bar, their good football was rewarded when James Malone scored near the end.

James Dimelow and Joe Moorhouse both scored two in Chapeltown RBL's 5-2 victory over fellow Division One Norton Oaks. It took Chapeltown just 70 seconds to get their noses in front when Moorhouse and Tom Wright combined to create the opening for Dimelow’s first. Cal Tuxford missed a chance to extend the lead, but a second soon came when a speculative Lewis Fletcher shot deceived the keeper and nestled in the bottom corner. Elliott Rogan then fired over after a Moorhouse header had come back off a post, but Moorhouse did get his goal when he raced onto a Mitchell Simnett through ball before rounding the keeper to score. Oaks looked more determined to make a game of it after the break and Lewis Trevett pulled one back, but Tuxford and Rogan then combined to set Dimelow free to net his second. Oaks hit back through Conor Rogers, but Chapeltown had the final say when Morgan Cowell’s through ball was finished off by Moorhouse to seal their place in the last eight.

In their delayed Round Two tie, a Ross Thompson (right) double helped Boynton Sports to a narrow 2-1 victory at fellow Division One Civil Sports. A long clearance by Curtis Priday was turned into an assist as Thompson outmuscled his marker before finding the bottom left corner of the net. The lead didn’t last long though as Dylan Fletcher met a corner to equalise. Skipper Simon Marsden almost regained the lead for Boynton with a header at the start of the second half and after a string of substitutions their winner came when Marcus Gordon beat his marker before crossing for Thompson to flick into the bottom corner. The other outstanding Round 2 tie between Killamarsh Juniors and Southey Social was again postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

3 NOV - CBC PREMIER - Pheasant put Oughtibridge in the Stocks - The only CBC Premier game saw Jordan Stocks’ only goal of the game gave Wadsley Bridge Pheasant all three points against an unlucky Oughtibridge WM. Pheasant missed two great chances in the first half, but it was Oughtibridge that had the better chances in the second half until Stocks curled a spectacular shot into the top corner for the winner.

3 NOV - DIVISION 1 - Ben rings the Bell for Cobden - The only Division One game’s highlight was a Ben Bell (left) hat-trick as leaders Cobden View gained a 5-0 win over Intake Old Boys. All that separated the teams at the interval was an Aaron Ellis headed goal, but just after the break a defensive error allowed Bell through to lob the keeper and it seemed to knock the stuffing out of Intake. Bell went on to complete his hat-trick before a calamitous own goal summed up Intake’s day.

3 NOV - DIVISION 2 - Hastings treble keeps Bohemians top and Prince win at last - In Division Two, James Hastings hit a hat-trick as New Bohemians stayed top with an 8-4 victory at Darfield United. Dan Beck and Sam Smith gave Bohemians a two goal half time lead, but Connor Wilks and Elliott Phelan strikes levelled for the home side in the second half. That was as good as it got for Darfield though as goals from the leaders came thick and fast and as well as Hastings’ treble, Beck got another along with Jono Cooper and Jack Brownell. Darfield managed to score the last two through Kieran Eyre and Phelan.

Keeping pace with them though is Nether Green after a Harry Pollard double helped them to a 5-2 victory at Brinsworth Phoenix. Price Humphries and Smith netted Green’s others, whilst Joe Stratham and Dan Commander replied for Phoenix.

Ethan Wilkinson also hit two as Wadsley Jack Athletic went fourth with a 4-3 victory at Mosborough Reds. Reds scored first when a Scott Williams shot was fumbled by the keeper and Jake Leonard swooped to score and their lead was doubled when an Alix Sorsby cross was turned into his own net by a defender. Wadsley pulled one back when Benji Woon netted in a goalmouth scramble and they levelled when Joe Hall powerfully headed home. Soon after the break, Reds went back in front when they were awarded a penalty and Oliver Tupling gave the keeper no chance. Wilkinson headed Wadsley level again and he scored the winner when they were awarded a penalty.

Prince of Wales gained their first win of the season, 4-0 at Beighton Magpies. A Charlie Hawkins free kick was crossed into the box by Luke Simmonds and Dan Nielson headed home to put Prince in front and that was followed by a Charles Hawkins thunderbolt to double their lead. Their third came when Liam Jacobi’s cross was met with a glancing header from Bradley Gray and they completed the scoring Simmonds burst through before setting up Ivan Adrian to score. After conceding 19 goals in their previous four games, it was Prince’s first clean sheet for two years and only their second ever away from home since joining the League in 2014. It also extended assistant manager Ben Raynes’ unbeaten run in temporary charge of the team to three games.

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