18 March - CBC PREM - Billard treble keeps Service in charge - Paul Billard's (pictured left) second half hat-trick helped Civil Service beat Hemsworth Villa and stay in charge of the CBC Premier title race. Villa, the bottom club, were giving a good account of themselves and twice went close through Luke Marshall and new signing Wayne Garrity, but, just as it has done for most of the season, luck deserted them and a bizarre own goal by Russ Westby put the league leaders in front. A slip by Rob Smith then allowed Lee Wild to score a second for Service before half time. After the break, with Tom Stubbs pulling the strings in midfield, Service took charge as Billard helped himself to a hat-trick before Garrity grabbed a consolation for Villa. Further action from the game is below.

A Dan Bateman treble at Redmires kept The Vine second, but it had been a very even contest in a goalless first half. After the break though The Vine took control. Bateman headed home a Will Blakeney cross before Rikki Davidson added a second. Blakeney set up another for Bateman and he completed his hat-trick from a Davidson cross.

Luke Parwana's display and goal helped Pitsmoor Royal Oak to victory over Stocksbridge Park Steels and out of the bottom three. Stocksbridge struck first when Matt Jessermino’s speculative twenty five yard shot beat the keeper, but Pitsmoor soon levelled when Scott Spjazer set Stacy Shariff up and they took the lead before half time with Parwana’s goal. Steels levelled through Mitchell Savage soon after the break, but their joy was short-lived as Spjazer headed Pitsmoor back in front just thirty seconds later. Both sides had chances after that, but it was Pitsmoor that clinched it with a Leon Stocks header.

Handsworth Turf climbed out of the bottom two thanks to a 4-4 draw with Laycock Sports, but it would have been better but for Brett Douglas's late equaliser for Laycocks. Turf should have taken the lead when they were awarded a penalty, but Laycocks stand-in keeper Ryan Collier made a brilliant save from Joe France’s spot kick. Nick Owen then showed him how to take a penalty to give Laycocks the lead and a brilliant solo run saw Douglas add a second. Turf got back into it when Carl Eaton’s cross was flicked on by France for Ben Shackshaft to score, but Laycocks restored their two goal advantage after the break with Owen’s second of the game.

Turf rolled their sleeves up and hit back when man-of-the-match Keiran Gallagher burst from midfield to score and they equalised when a corner was turned into his own net by a defender. When France then headed them in front it looked as if three precious points was coming Turf’s way, but Douglas netted his second to cut short their celebrations and he almost won it for Laycocks in the dying seconds. Both teams were full of praise for referee Paul Evans.

DIV 1 - Queens make up ground, but Aston stutter - In Division One, Adrian Tomlin (pictured right) scored twice to help Queens Ground to victory over Colley FC and keep their title hopes alive. Nat Foster gave Queens an early lead before Tomlin scored his first in a first half Queens dominated. Colley improved after the break and gave the home defence quite a few scares, but Tomlin added a third for Queens in the last minute.

Aston Swallownest's promotion bid took a blow when they were held by Throstles. David Sills goal and Ross Edwards audacious lob from thirty five yards brought Aston’s goals, but they were cancelled out by one from Ryan Lawson and one from Liam Bonnick.

Woodhouse Angel improved their hopes of avoiding the drop with a hard won victory at fellow relegation strugglers Loxley. Matt Parks put Angel in front, but a handball in the area allowed Geoff Mayfield to equalise from the spot. Luke Browse put Angel back in front before half time, but Loxley levelled again in the second half when Mick Smith’s cross was turned into his own net by Nick Hague. Angel got their noses in front a third time when Kirk Briddon fired home and this time Loxley couldn’t find a response and they are now just two points above Angel, who have a game in hand on them.

DIV 2 - The Park gain revenge over Ball, while Clark hits four for Bush - With Handsworth Old Boys game postponed, The Park returned to the top of Division Two when they gained revenge for their defeat by Old Blue Ball the previous week. Ball contributed to their own downfall when their keeper Adam Martin saw red for bringing down an attacker outside the area and they were punished further when Scott Dunkerley gave The Park the lead from the free kick. Callum Chambers briefly levelled for Ball, but Mark Townsend soon had The Park back in front and they took charge of the game with Ricardo Stewart adding a third and Josh Ramsden heading home a fourth before half time.

Ball came out strongly for the second half and pulled two back through Chambers and Tom Goodison and for a while it looked like they might grab an unlikely point, but the came was finally settled when The Park were awarded a penalty and David Nash scored from the spot.

Cole Starkes headed Hollin Bush in front at home against Highfield Old Crown to start off a real goal fest. Owen Clark (pictured left) added four more for Bush, along with two for Simon Major and one for Liam Cavill. Although Crown responded with two each for Andy Theakston and Rob Bidwell, Bush ran out 8-4 winners. No such drama at Players Lounge Athletic as just a single Chris Hunt goal gave Colley WMC all three points. It also needed a five star showing from Colley’s stand in keeper Gary West to earn his side the points. After a goalless first half at Crookes & District, Junior Blades took the lead with a Drew Pearson header, but with Greg McLennan driving the home side forward, Matt West’s swerving shot eventually earned Crookes a share of the points.

11 March 2012

In the CBC Premier Division Pitsmoor Royal Oak took an early lead against Stocksbridge Park Steels with an edge of the box strike from Gavin Davis, but a shot into the top corner from Mitchell Savage brought Steels level before the break. After the break James Pugh brought down the Steels’ striker Adam Todd who converted the penalty. Oak were awarded a penalty after Davis was brought down but Craig Graham missed the chance to level and was punished when Ryan Cockayne followed up his own shot to make it 3-1. Rob Shelley hit a great shot into the top corner for Oak, but they couldn’t get that vital equaliser.

Bottom club Hemsworth Villa played their best for a while but ran out 5-3 losers to third placed The Vine. Villa had taken a 2-0 lead courtesy of a Pete Burgin goal and a penalty from Russell Westby after Marcus Jepson was brought down. Slow but sure The Vine began to get on top and Villa’s defensive frailties showed again as Richi Davidson ran on to a pass from Dan Bateman to reduce the arrears and then Brent Heeley equalised following a rebounded shot from Will Blakeney. Jack Hoffren then hit a curling shot from the edge of the box to put Vine ahead, Villa came back with a Mark Hopkinson header, but Dan Bateman made things safe for The Vine near the finish.

A fast start by Laycocks saw them take a 2-0 lead against Southey Social with a Nick Owen header and a Brett Douglas scorcher from 25 yards. Southey hit back however, for John Mellor to capitalise on a Danny Lindley cross at the far post. They scored almost a repeat, but with this time Rob Womack reaching Lindley’s cross to equalise. Lindley’s almost one man show continued with him scoring with two headers to put Southey well in front after the break and Owen pulling one back for Laycocks towards the end.

Redmires were the day’s top scorers beating Ecclesfield Players Lounge 8-1. They were 5-0 at half time with some terrific goals from Dave Knaggs 2 Sean Downing 2 and Nick Hickson. It looked like Ecclesfield might try to stage a fight back when Danny Turner scored soon after the break, but this was soon dispelled when Hickson hit a great shot from outside the area and Knaggs rifled another one home. Sub Mikey Taylor completed the rout to give Redmires their biggest ever win.

In Division 1, two teams vying for promotion Aston Swallownest and Queens Ground battled out a hard fought game with Aston just victorious. Ian Draper scored early on for Aston with a good lob over the keeper, then David Sills scored a similar goal to put Aston two up from outside of the box. Ryan Mills pulled one back for Queens before the break. In the second half both Draper and Sills grabbed another each with Nick Galloway and a Danny Stead volley from the edge of the box making it a close encounter. Action from the game is below.

Fairbanks Rhodes kept up their push for promotion with a comfortable win over Loxley with Joe Knight netting following a goalmouth scramble early on, then Scott Whittington added a second to make it 2-0 at half time. He added a third when latching on to a through ball.

Leaders Bulls Head increased their lead with a 5-1 home win against lowly Anston Athletic. They scored in their first attack when Chris Peel lobbed the keeper and he added a second from close in. Nick Ash made it 3-0 before the break with a left foot volley and made it 4-0 following up a rebound. Aston pulled one back before Lee Smith added a fifth for the leaders before the end.

Niagara Had a resounding win against Colley with Danny Bainbridge grabbing two, the best coming with a right foot volley from a cross by Craig Foster. Niagara’s other goals were scored by man of the match Ben Dronfield and Paul Cadman.

On Friday night, Throstles just about overcame Colley in a close match . Colley had led twice in the first half with goals from Lee Campbell (a fine strike from the edge of the box) and a similar effort from Dan Ferguson but Throstles fought back and eventually won the match 4-3 despite a Carl Lomas strike for Colley.

Throstles added another victory on Sunday when overcoming Ranch 3-0 to complete a nice double win to lift them up the table.

The Division Two top of the table clash saw Old Blue Ball race into an early lead through Christian Rowe but leaders The Park equalised when Jack Ridge met a cross by Josh Ransom. After the break, Ball took the lead when Callum Chambers converted a penalty and he added another when pouncing on a through ball from Ridge to chip the keeper. The Park pulled one back through Ricardo Stewart before man of the match Marcus O’Malley beat the wall near the end to make it 4-2.

Colley WMC and Chapeltown RBL fought out a hard fought match on a bumpy pitch and it ended all square at 1-1. Lindon Fletcher having his first game back after a 14 month injury scored to put Colley one up at half time with a header from a corner. After the break RBL fought back and a Sam Walsh found man of the match Joe Cross and he gave the keeper no chance from close in to equalise. Fletcher could have won it near the end when another header struck the bar, but the honours finished evens.

Handsworth OB kept up their challenge for promotion with a 2-1 home defeat of Players Lounge having taken a 2-0 lead at half time courtesy of goals by Dave Turner and a Chris James penalty. Players Lounge made a fight of it in the second half as Scott Harrison scored on his debut.

Hollin Bush had a resounding win against strugglers Highfield Old Crown with Owen Clark grabbing a hat trick, Kevin Bly and own goal and 25 yard screamer from Matt Dickinson. Gary Wilkins and Matt Sallah scored in reply for Highfield.

Crookes and District led Junior Blades 1-0 at half time thanks to a Matt Price strike and followed up with a deflected goal from man of the match Dale Vella. Crookes made the game safe with a shot from Sam Firth which went into the top corner of the net.

Oughtibridge Village kept up their challenge with a 7-1 demolition of bottom club Sharrow Vale who put up a game fight but were hit with a hat trick form Jordan Broadbent, Tom Fletcher, Lee Smith, Lee Bridge and a tremendous strike from David Buckley.

4 March 2012

Civil Service increased their lead at the top of the Premier Division with a comfortable win over visitors Laycocks Sports after racing into a 3 – 0 half-time lead with goals from Adam Firth, Gavin Wills and a 3^rd from Firth. It looked all over for Laycocks but they came out fighting in the 2^nd half as Service relaxed and pegged the score back courtesy of Sam Read and Luke Graves. This spurred Service on to increase the pressure and they took control again with a Wes Bamford header and a Ben Brown strike.

Struggling FC Handsworth Turf suffered an early blow when Danny Turner scored for Eccelsfield Players Lounge in the first minute but they quickly recovered for Leon Simmonite to grab an equaliser. In an end to end game a sloppy back pass by Keiran Gallagher resulted in a Players Lounge player being brought down and Ryan Keeney made no mistake from the spot. Both Joe France and Gallagher hit the crossbar before another penalty gave Joe France the opportunity to score for Turf which he duly did. There were no further scores after the break and both teams were praised by the referee Kevin Bridges for their efforts on a difficult pitch.

A relegation clash saw bottom club Hemsworth Villa fighting vainly but being defeated by the team above them in the league, Pitsmoor Royal Oak. Oak’s goals, both scored in the first half courtesy of a Craig Graham penalty and a scrambled goal from Delroy Elliot. Leon Stocks hit the post for Oak and towards the end Villa nearly scored with a Russell Westby header which hit the post and Wayne Garrity shot which hit the post late on, but in truth Oak fully deserved their win.

Redmires had to make late changes to their line up and this contributed to a flying start for Stocksbridge Park Steel who were two up after 15 minutes through a Scott Birch double, but Redmires fought back and after several near misses Luke Siggs scored to pull one back before half time. With Dave Knaggs a constant threat to Steel’s defenders, Redmires got on top and although Steels were dangerous on the break it was Redmires who had the better chances. A good battle for supremacy went on, but it was not until the final minutes that Dave Knaggs latched onto a through ball to crash home the equaliser for Redmires.

In the other match in the Premier, The Vine were two up at half time away against Southey Social with two goals from Dan Bateman, the first following a long throw from Chris Shirtcliffe and the second a through ball from Andrew Marsh to Ricky Davidson whose shot was spilled by the keeper, which Bateman pounced on to score. John Mellor got one back for Southey before the break but then missed a sitter. Southey had lots of possession but were unable to capitalise on it and with 15 minutes to go Davidson hit an exquisite chip over the keeper to seal the match.

In Division One, Bulls Head increased their lead in the table with an away win against Aston Swallownest, who had led with a goal from David Sills. Bull then led until Ryan Hall equalised, but after Bull then went 4-2 up, they had a nervous finish after a late penalty by Ross Edwards after Andy Peters was fouled made it 4-3. Well refereed by Mick Firth!

Queens Ground continued their push for promotion with a 7-1 trouncing of lowly Anston Athletic courtesy of goals from Nathaniel Foster (2) Scott Smith, Jamie Cherry, Adi Tomlin and Tom Bermingham and the best of all an overhead kick from Danny Stead.

Niagara led 1-0 at half time until Tom Hartley hit a great shot from the edge of the box to equalise for Ranch and it looked like Ranch may go on to win the game, but Niagara hit them on the break to grab a 2^nd half winner. Scorers for Niagara were Ben Dronfield and the winner from Daniel Bonic.

Bottom club Brinsworth Whitehill suffered another heavy defeat this time at the hands of a rampant Woodhouse Angel, the team above them in the League. Scorers for Angel were 5 from Matt Parks, Kirk Briddon, Nick Hague, Luke Browse, Gareth Simons and Lee Marshall.

The other match in Division One between Throstles and Colley had to be abandoned at half time after the pitch became unplayable.

In Division Two, Handsworth Old Boys continued their push for a return to Division Two with a 3-1 away win at Colley WMC with goals from Chris James, Phil Nskindano and Liam Parnell, with Paul Dawson grabbing Colley’s consolation.

Bottom club Chapeltown RBL moved off the bottom with a resounding 8-2 win over Highfield Old Crown who fell away in the second half after being 2-1 down at half time. David Lazenby scored a hat trick for RBL and the other scorers were Ben Palmer, Matthew Taylor, David Hattersley, Josh Shillito and the best a stunning 25 yard strike by Craig Gibson. Keeper Craig Short had a fine game for RBL.

Junior Blades and Hollin Bush fought out a dour battle in atrocious conditions and just when a goalless draw looked likely Hollin Bank scored in the last minute of the match. Adam Hardwick was ‘Man of the Match’ for Blades.

Oughtibridge Village kept up their challenge for promotion with a 4-1 win over lowly Players Lounge, where an early goalkeeping error cost them the first goal and they were then hit with 3 quick goals. They kept the score to that until Scott Marcus hit a great shot into the top corner to earn a consolation goal for Players Lounge. Ace goalscorer Adie Mitchell scored all four of Village’s goals.

Leaders The Park had a comfortable away win at lowly Sharrow Vale with Mark Townsend notching three goals including a great run which took him past several players. Ricardo Stewart had scored in the first half and Callun Harrison added a fifth in the 2^nd half.

Old Blue Ball still in contention for a promotion place overcame Crookes and District in a close fought game. Ball had scored in their first attack and Chris Cottyn equalised before the break. Ball scored two quick goals to poach a 3-1 lead before Mike Botson pulled one back. Ball scored again and despite a late goal from Matt West Crookes couldn’t get back on level terms. Mike Daley and Nick Hickton both had good games for Crookes.

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