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FEB – CBC PREMIER –
Sixers hit six to go second, but Earl go 13 points clear –
Wadsley Bridge Sixers lived up to their name by beating Woodman 6-1 to go
second. It took Sixers just 3 minutes for Ethan Wilkinson to put Sixers in
front and another 4 minutes was enough for Danny Barnsley
(right) to make it 2-0.
Woodman didn’t cave in though and just before half-time pulled one back
with a Ryan Hall free kick.
Sixers wasted no time in the
second half and restored their two goal lead when George Rudd brought down
a high ball before slotting home. Woodman were struggling to hold their
opponents and a second o the game for Danny Barnsley came when he curled
the ball into the top corner. A fifth came soon after when Rob Farrell
scrambled the ball home before Leo Plenty completed the scoring with a 25
yard drive into the corner.
Sixers are still 13 points
behind leaders Royal Earl after Earl beat Chapeltown RBL 3-1. The first
half saw Earl make the perfect start when Theo Wilson headed home from a
corner to give his side the lead. Despite missing several key players
Chapeltown grew into the game and got a deserved equaliser when Charlie
Cope’s ree kick beat the wall and squirmed under the keeper.
Earl
soon regained the lead when they were awarded a penalty, expertly put away
by Connor Chapell (left)
and moments later Brandon Bagley netted his first for Earl to double their
lead. Chapeltown tried to get back into the game again, but the Earl
defence proved too strong and Earl took another step towards the title.
Up to fourth is Wickersley CC
after a
Ben Thornton (right)
goal gave them a narrow 1-0 victory at Jubilee Rangers. Both sides
struggle to create any chances in the first half and it was the same after
the break until Matt Claxton delivered a pinpoint cross for Thornton to
head home. Wickersley had a second disallowed for offside, but fortunate
to hold onto the points after two Jubilee efforts came back off the
woodwork.
The two other CBC Premier
games were postponed after heavy rain over the previous few days.
8 FEB - DIVISION 1 –
Wisewood hit back against Shark to share the points –
Wisewood came from two down to share the points in a 2-2 draw with Baby
Shark in the only game played in Division 1 after all the rain in the past
week. A Daniel Ramsey goal gave Shark a half-time lead and they doubled it
after the break with a Lanzel Reid strike. Shark were then reduced to ten
men after Julian Lawrence was shown a red card and Wisewood took full
advantage to claim a draw with two Will Osgathorpe strikes.
Crookes collected three points
after they were awarded victory over Brunsmeer after Brunsmeer couldn’t
raise a team. The other two Division 1 games were postponed due to the
weather over the past week.
1
FEB – LEAGUE CUP –
Statham treble snatches a semi final date for Sixers –
The line-up for the League Cup semi-finals was completed by CBC Premier
Wadsley Bridge Sixers after a hat-trick by centre half Josh Statham
(right) helped them to
a 6-1 victory over Division 1 Crookes on the all-weather
pitch at Hillsborough
College. They will now face a local derby in the semi-final against old
foes Stannington Village in March.
In a fast and furious start
Crookes veteran Pete Smith took advantage of a goalkeeping error to give
Crookes a shock lead on 16 minutes, but Sixers equalised when Danny
Barnsley finished off a good move. Five minutes later Sixers snatched the
lead when Statham showed he was the one when he turned home a corner.
Before Crookes could regroup George Rudd showed he’s no expendable by
adding another to make it 3-1 at half-time.
Crookes had some early
pressure in the second half, but before they could turn it up Statham got
his second by heading home from a corner to effectively make Sixers
progress into the semi-finals safe. It was no surprise that Ethan
Wilkinson added a fifth when he took advantage of chaos in the box to turn
home Ben Southwell’s cross and the blitz of goals wasn’t over as Crookes
couldn’t stop any further collateral damage when Statham showed he was no
crank by completing his hat-trick with a brilliant volley from 40 yards
for a goal of the season contender.
1 FEB – CBC PREMIER –
Southey move out of the bottom 3 for now –
The only CBC Premier game to survive the weather saw Southey Social move
out of the bottom three with a point from a 1-1 home draw with Woodman,
but Southey have played many more games than the two teams directly below
them so will not be able to relax just yet.
It was Southey that started
the quickest, but it was Woodman that took the lead when a quick break
ended with Otis Pyle scoring into the bottom corner. The Woodman keeper
was forced to make several good saves after that
and the nearest Southey got to an
equaliser in the first half was a Jay Slocombe header that came back off a
post.
Southey finally beat the
keeper soon after the break when a Jack Dickens corner was headed home by
Kieran Hopkinson. After that more Southey pressure saw new signing Luke
Bennet head over when well placed and Carlton Carty denied by the keeper’s
feet when through one-on-one. The Woodman keeper had to make mpore crucial
saves after that to earn his side just their third point of the season.
All the other CBC Premier
games were postponed after heavy rain over the previous few days.
1 FEB - DIVISION 1 –
All games postponed –
The weather was the only winner in Division 1 with all games postponed.