21-DEC - Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to everyone - The League would like to wish all players, officials, referees, sponsors and supporters the very best for Christmas and a hope we can have a Happy and prosperous New Year.

21 DEC – CBC PREMIER – Earl widen the gap and Makers Nail it at home at last – Royal Earl widened the gap at the top of the CBC Premier with a narrow 2-1 victory at Chapeltown RBL. Joe Turner opened the scoring after 20 minutes with a tap-in from a corner and it was doubled before half time when another corner allowed Ethan Hobson to tap the ball home. RBL responded soon after the break when a Dave Millen header proved to powerful for the Earl keeper, but after that pressure from RBL was repelled by the Earl defence.

At the other end of the table, Nailmakers climbed out of the bottom three with their first home victory of the season, 3-1 against a Southey Social who now replace them in the bottom three. Carlton Carty gave Southey a deserved lead, but Nailmakers grew into the game and strikes by Dan Beech and Andy Taylor gave them a 2-1 lead at the break. Taylor added his second on the hour mark and for once the Nailmakers defence managed to stop everything thrown at them.

21 DEC - DIVISION 1 –  Crookes end Loca’s unbeaten record and wins for Villa and Shark – Oli McQullin took his League tally to 11 with a hat-trick as Crookes ended the League’s last unbeaten record with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Division 1 leaders Loca FC Dylan Murphy opened the scoring with a clever finish and in spite of some Loca pressure it was Crookes that doubled their lead when Oli McQuillin curled the ball home. McQuillin added his second with a 30 yard effort. Crookes started on top again after the break and sealed the points when McQuillin completed his hat-trick with 30 minutes remaining.

Thorncliffe Villa gained their second home win of the season with a 4-1 victory over Cotts FC. It was Cotts that struck first with a Reece Rogers header from a corner, but Villa quickly hit back with a brilliant Josh Hall strike. Further Villa goals came from a Lewis Wroe double and one from Oliver Cole sealed the points.