22 FEB – SUNDAY TROPHY – Loca turn the Tap off to reach the semi-finals – Loca FC beat Barnsley's Darton Tap 2-0 to reach the semi-final of the County FA Sunday Trophy. Despite a depleted squad due to the Sheffield Derby game at Bramall Lane, Loca started the game very brightly and took an early lead early when Logan Liggins played a dangerous ball over the top to Cammy Evans and he expertly rifled it past the keeper. Both teams showed the rustiness of not having played much football since before Christmas, but one moment of team magic from Loca came midway through the first half resulted in a goal for Loca, only for it to be ruled out for offside. 

Loca's win ensures there will be a Blades Super Draw League team in the final as they travel to fellow Division 1 team Crookes in the semi-final on 15 March It should be a real cracker as Crookes is the only team to have beaten Loca in the League, although Loca did beat them at home. Crookes have scored 31 goals in the competition so far, but Loca are also no slouches in front of goal and have scored 27 in the competition so far.

15 FEB – SUNDAY TROPHY – Smith strike sees Crookes through – Crookes made it to the County FA Sunday Trophy semi-finals for the third time and the second in three seasons as a Pete Smith (left) strike gave them victory over Rotherham & District Sunday League’s Shakhtar Sheffield. Crookes looked the more likely to score in the first half, but were rocked by a couple of injuries suffered close to the break. They still carried the bigger threat in the second half and broke the deadlock on 70 minutes when Hamish Adamson flicked it on for Pete Smith to head what turned out to be the game’s only goal.

Loca’s tie with Darton Tap was postponed and the teams will have to try again for a semi-final spot.

15 FEB – CBC PREMIER – Belshaw at the double to see Sixers home – On a day when the weather once again created havoc with the fixtures, the only CBC Premier game played saw Wadsley Bridge Sixers consolidate second place in the table as a Chris Belshaw (right) double helped them to a 4-1 victory at Southey Social.

Both sides struggled to get on top during the early exchanges, but Sixers managed to grab the opener after 30 minutes when Danny Barnsley cut inside and his deflected effort deceived the home keeper to find the net. Sixers doubled their lead when Ethan Wilkinson beat the full back and fired across for Chris Belshaw to turn home on 42 mins and Leo Plenty made it 3-0 just before half time curling it in from the edge of the area.

Southey reshuffled at half-time and came out on the front foot. They pulled one back when substitute Todd Guest headed home from MOM Jack Dickens’ corner. Ryan Whitney then saw his effort beat the keeper but land the wrong side of the post and Sixers had their keeper to thank with two fine saves from Elliot Fox. With 10 mins left Sixers killed the game when the Southey keeper failed to collect a ball from Brad Howe and Belshaw nipped in to grab his second from close range.

8 FEB - DIVISION 1 – Wisewood back in the top 3, while Murdoch goes mad for Brunsmeer – Wisewood came from behind to beat Norton Oaks 3-1 and go back to third in the table. Wisewood struggled to get going was always going and it was Norton Oaks that took a half-time lead when a short corner from Atty Aydinli was smashed in at the near post by Tom Blacksell.

After the break Wisewood sprang to life and although Norton made it hard work, Matt Civil equalised with about 20 minutes left. Wisewood were then creating chances at will and Leo Edgar scored on his debut to give Wisewood the lead before a Jake Lancini strike made the game safe.

Brunsmeer climbed out of the bottom three as a Gaz Murdoch hat-trick helped them to a 4-1 victory over Cotts. Murdoch struck his first to give Brunsmeer the lead, but Cotts dragged themselves level before half-time with a Callum Shaw strike. Brunsmeer got on top in the second half and took the points with two more from Murdoch and one from Jake Hatton.

8 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.

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