Sunday Football Games played Sun 4th Jan www.ballsmania.net EMPAL - RADCLIFFE TAKE TOP SPOT AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR 100% RECORD! Divison One 2009's first full programme of fixtures threw up some potentially significant changes in the League table especially among the top five title challengers. Radcliffe Olympic Sunday hit the top spot as they continue their impressive 100% season to date beating mid table 1 3 Riverside Moores Fanzines United 2-0. Having played fewer matches than their rivals the 4 3 Highfields Park R'gers title is clearly in their own hands or rather boots! 1 1 Inn The Bank Match of the day was out at a freezing cold Burton Joyce as the home 2 5 Wheelhouse side moved up to third spot after beating the Christmas leaders L L Arnold Cross Keys Brinsthorpe Rangers 4-2. Joyce took an early lead as centre half Bird bundled home from close range as Rangers failed to clear a corner. With the temperature hovering around zero at pitch level there was plenty of 4 3 Beeston Athletic running going on out of necessity but limited goalscoring opportunities. 2 1 Clifton Dynamo After 32 minutes Dan Beatty had the best chance to put Joyce further 3 2 Brooks Villa ahead but Singer in the Rangers goal pulled off a great “camera friendly” 5 1 Boots Wednesday save. Rangers forced several corners and long throws in the last ten minutes of the half but were capably repelled by Stevenson's positive 1 2 Caythorpe punching in the Joyce nets. 3 17 GMB So 1-0 up at half time Joyce stormed forward and the creative play of 0 7 Wollaton Pirates Res Ben Allison saw him lose his marker in the box and netted with a fine 1 5 St Anns angled header from a great right wing cross. Goal of the match to make it Combination Premier 3-0 was scored by Keith Bailey after a mazy dribble and swerving shot Gremio 2-2 Sporting W'barrow into the far corner. Rangers then made three immediate substitutions, Kimberley M.W 3-3 Bear which produced the desired results as Day, Brooks and Whatley made an instant impact forcing the game in to Joyces half. Martin Barratt Combination Div 1 having moved into midfield pulled one back to make it 3-1 with twenty Volo 3-0 Springfield Utd minutes left. Critically Joyce scored the next goal as Dan Beatty reacted Beeston United 0-3 C.N.C quickest and forced home from two yards. Rangers kept forcing and Bestwood M.W Res 0-4 A1 Glazing Hodgman made the scoreline more respectable at 4-2 to Burton Joyce. D.T.D 1-4 AFC Hucknall Total Reclaims Demolition are meandering in mid table having played F.C Bedstead 3-1 Oakdale fewer matches than their rivals so are dark horse for a rise up the table Combination Div 2 particularly as they won again, this time 1-0 over Notts Athletic. Blacks Head 10-2 Wagon & Horses Result of the day saw Freeman & Mitchell claim their first league point of the season albeit at the tenth attempt! A 2-2 draw with fast sinking West Medz Reds 9-1 Hamburg 80 Bridgford Albion saw them push Nottingham Medics A to the foot of the Munich 79 3-2 New Inn table. Newcastle Arms 4-0 F.C St George Divison Two Notts United 5-4 Rise Park The top of the table clash in Division Two saw Wheelhouse extend their Pride of Erin 4-6 Pure lead with an impressive 5-2 win over close rivals Fox & Crown. Goals by N.C.H 1-11 Basford Rangers Harris, Edmunds, Bensley, Begley and Kim Acroyd overcame the efforts Combination Div 3 of Williams and Charles for Crown. It was a family affair at the Populars P.M.R 5-0 Sporting Inkfish as Burton Joyce B bagged their first win of the season in deserved 4-3 win over Highfield Park Rangers. With the allocated referee failing to Bestwood Re-Utd 6-0 The Close turn up Paul Moon stepped in to officiate whilst James and Ben Moon got Southbank 0-2 Taverners F.C Samba 2-5 Bingham Town Res on the scoresheet assisted by Yannis Hendry and Scott Brooks. Riverside Moores got 2009 off to a flying start beating Ardley Athletic 3-1 AFC Hucknall Res 0-6 La Toque with Bignell, Bell and Orange claiming the points. M.I.S United 3-2 The Mill Draw specialist Butler Benfica settled for a 1-1 draw against Inn The Notts FA Senior Cup 3rd RD Bank in the relegation six pointer. Owen Kendal with the vital goal for Man in Space 6-2 AFC Bridgford Benfica. Division Three New Venture 1-3 Beechdale Villa Punjab Colts narrowed the gap on the leaders Chequers United with Wellington O.B 1-2 Bestwood M.W their 2-1 win over Clifton Dynamo. Lee Jackson with another brace of Greyfriars Celtic 2-1 Gedling Utd goals to add to his ever increasing tally! Wollaton Pirates stay fourth NSFL Premier Prem maintaining their 100% record with 5-1 win over Boots Wednesday but Nuthall 1 5 Trentside with games in hand the title is in their capabilities this season. In mid NSFL Premier Div 1 table land Plumtree enjoyed a terrific comeback to beat Beeston Athletic Chesterfield Arms 3 1 Trowsers after being two goals down early doors. Keeper John Ancaster kept Clifton Centrals 1 0 Carlton Catholic Beeston at bay whilst Paul Thomas with a late second half hat trick George Street 3 2 Old Colonial snatched the three points from a shell shocked Athletic side. Rolls Royce L Sun 1 1 BTSC Division Four Stratford Haven 1 1 FC Clobber All the top sides completed simple wins to maintain the status quo at the NSFL Premier Div 2 top of Division Four. St Anns lead by five points from Wollaton Pirates Cotgrave P FC 1 3 Crusader Reserves and GMB. Anns won 5-1 over Real Bulwell, Pirates beat Toton Fat Cat 2 3 Vernon Villa Sun Athletic 7-0 whilst GMB rattled in a seemingly impossible 17 goal to three against FC Corinthians – a goal every 318 seconds! Nathan Scott New Fairham 1 0 R.R.L.Villa led the goal difference enhancer with five individual goals. Sims Metal 3 1 Bulwell Rangers EMPAL CUP ROUND 3 DRAW 25/1/09 NSFL Senior Div 1 GMB v Riverside Moores Bayliss Caravans 2 9 Station Hotel Radcliffe Olympic v Punjab Colts Dovecrest 2 3 Premium Clifton Bridge Inn v Nottingham Law School FC Digica 1 1 Back-up United Fc Grey Mare Olympico v Notts Athletic Tricolore 2 2 Westdale Tavern Wheelhouse v Total Reclaims Demolition NSFL Senior Div 2 Wollaton Pirates v Trent Allstars Edwalton 2 2 A.B.P. FC Burton Joyce A v West Bridgford Albion NSFL Intermediate Div 1 Kinoulton Villa v Fox & Crown/Butler Benfica Carlton Catholics Res 0 3 Doree Bonner Report by Adrian Ford Longbow Sunday 0 2 The Empire Hucknall COMBINATION - GREYFRIARS & MAN IN SPACE ON COURSE FOR Westdale Wanderers 0 1 Premium Res A CUP CLASH! NSFL Intermediate Div 2 Both of last seasons Combination Junior Cup Finalists Greyfriers and Aldercar 1 0 West B'ford Badgers Man in Space are on course to clash again in the section cup, only this time they will be competing for the Senior Trophy as both won through FC of Nottingham 2 4 Lion Revived their respective ties to reach the Combination League Senior Cup semi Teesdale FC 1 5 Beeston.Biz finals to be played at Gedling United's Stoke Bardolph ground in March. The Masons 6 1 Notts Cobras Greyfriars defeated Gedling United 2-1 thanks to Tom Hickey who NSFL Premier Section KO Cup converted a James Needham right wing centre from close range in the Nottm Rangers 2 6 Clifton Villa 21st minute but had to wait until the midway point of the second half to Plough Barflys 0 6 Clumber claim their second when Kieran Edwards pounced on a loose ball inside Scots Grey 4 1 Redhill the box. Despite being reduced to 10 men Gedling Pulled a goal back NSFL Senior Section Cup when Kevin Walker weaved his way into the box and slotted home past Calverton C Tree 2 1 Pheasant Inn Sun the advancing keeper to give them hope of a comeback 15 minutes from Hudson Roofing 1 1 Robin Hood time. Meanwhile, Space had a slightly easier passage after Steve Froggatt helped himself to 4 goals against Div one side AFC Bridgford. Adam New and Daniel Weston reduced the deficit for the visitors but further goals by brothers Scott and Craig Pickworth ensured a comfortable win for the premier outfit. Bestwood MW progressed to the semi's but needed extra time to defeat fellow premier side Wellington Inn by 2 goals to 1 away at Eastwood. James Noble opened the scoring for the visitors in the 55th but their joy was short lived as Rob Day latched onto a loose ball and punished Bestwood's sloppy defending. The home side thought they had won the tie late on but their goal was chalked off
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due to an infringement which then saw the game go to in to extra time where Bestwood won through when Andy Tinsley latched on to a ball over the top and lobbed the advancing keeper. Whilst the semi final quartet was made up with Beechdale Villa after they came away from New Venture 3-1 winners courtesy of David Mantle 2 and Martin Cassidy. With all the cup games and the Bingham V's Broxtowe game frozen off only two games took place in the Premier division and all the plaudits must go to Gremio FC. Rooted to the bottom of the table they have found the leap to the Premier division very difficult this season but have turned out week in week out. So as the New Year turned, so did their luck as they gained their first point in a 2 all draw with Sporting Wheelbarrow. Scott Clarke gave them an early lead only to see it cancelled out by Danny Wright but they kept their heads and just before the break they regained the lead again through Clarke. Unfortunately they couldn't hold on as Chris Wiltshire levelled for Sporting on the hour mark to earn a share of the spoils. The Only other game saw Bear Fc deny Kimberley MW the chance to go second in the table as they held their hosts to 3-3 draw. J Fisher 2 and S Turner struck for the home side with A Cumming and substitute S Todd coming off the bench to grab a share of the spoils with a brace. Sean Allen, Steven Kelly, Liam Bates and Matthew Singleton all hit the target as Division One leaders A1 Glazing took full advantage of the teams around them playing in the cup to open up a three point lead at the top with a 4-0 reverse at Bestwood Miners Welfare. Volo also took advantage of the cup games and climbed into third spot with a 3-0 win at home over Springfield thanks to Steven Woolley, Scott Bradburn and Jordan Marsh. AFC Hucknall pulled further away from the bottom pack as Sam Bramley and Ian Benjamin scored a brace apiece in their 4-1 win at DTD. Pure FC found themselves 3-1 down early doors but bounced back to win their division Two encounter with mid table Pride of Erin 6-4 to move up a place in the tightly packed lower end of table. Scoring 4 times at home through David Donachie 3 and Adam Hourigan Erin somehow let the points slip when they let Adam Pearson in to score a hat trick and W Lovegrove, R Sutcliffe and D Perczynski to add to the scoreline. Rise Park was another team to score 4 times and get no reward as they went down by the odd goal in 9 at Notts United. Ricky Kirk top score for the visitors with a brace which was added to by Carl Green and Mark Coleman but not to be out done United hit back through Miles Snape 3, Aaron Large and Karl O'Rafferty. Tony Vi notched a brace as Newcastle consolidated third place with a 4 nil win over FC St George. M.I.S United seem to be in a false position in division Three after they won 3-2 at home to second placed the Mill to climb into mid table courtesy of Aiden Talmey, Adam Rowley and Scott Ratcliffe but their lack of games at the midway point of the season could prove to be their nemesis in the fight for promotion. Bingham Town Reserves pulled off a great win at high flyers Fc Samba who slipped a place after going down 5-2 at home to their struggling opposition. Jamie Perry top scored with a brace for the visitors with John White, Liam Warner and Steve Perry also scoring to give Bingham a moral boosting win. Loz Cox helped himself to 4 goals as La Toque won 6-0 at AFC Hucknall reserves with Gavin Webb and Daniel Brookes also on target. Whilst Ben Townsend and Westleigh Gilliott both got on the score sheet as the Taverners beat Southbank 2 nil away. Report by Jeff Johnson NOTTS SUNDAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE - CLUMBER DESTROY BARFLY’S CUP HOPES! The last non-Premier Division side fell at the Quarter Final stage of the Premier Section KO Cup. Nottm Rangers trailed at half-time to a hat trick from Clifton Villa's Justin Jenkins and one each from Jermaine Hollies and Curtis Jackson but the Second Division outfit showed stronger resolve in the second period, reducing the arrears through efforts from Dan Douglas and Simon Taylor before Carl Spencer registered Villa's sixth. Holders Scots Grey had man of the match, Jamie Moore scoring two, with Will Heath and Damian Rennicks also on the scoresheet as they overcame Redhill 4-1, as Dave Wagner replied. Plough Barfly's entertained Clumber but found the visitors on top form as they rattled in six goals without reply, courtesy of two each for Wes Burton and Carl Westcarr and one-a-piece from Richard Liburd and Robert Faulkener. In the only Premier Division game, newcomers Trentside are proving their promotion was no fluke by taking second with a 5-1 victory at Nuthall. They also demonstrated their resolve, by overcoming an early opening goal from the host's Leon Roberts before prolific striker, Nathan Francis equalized midway through the half, before Nick Murphy ended a mazy forty yard run with the goal of the game. The second half started with Mick Hart registering with a cross shot, following a superb assist from the mercurial man of the match; Rory Francis followed by namesake Nathan completing his hat trick. There was a change at the top of Division One, as leaders Trowsers were replaced by Chesterfield Arms following a 3-1 success by the latter. Ross McAughey, Carl Wison and Jamie Moore scored for the homeside and Aaron Baddley responded. Former leaders, Rolls Royce Leisure failed to take full advantage by sharing two goals with BTSC, as Andy Start netted for Leisure and Joshua Cranney replied. Stratford Haven also shared the spoils with FC Clobber, as Steve Farrell registered for the former and Matt Rick for the visitors. Goals from Liam Hatfield, Ashley Evans and Carl Matthews ensured that George Street maintained their challenge with a 3-2 defeat of Old Colonial, for whom Richard Saunders scored twice. Aaron Stuart scored the only goal as Clifton Central inflicted Carlton Catholic's eighth defeat of the campaign. As at the top of Division One, there was a similar change at the head of Division Two, as former leaders Bulwell Rangers were replaced by Sims Metal following the latter's 3-1 home success. The hosts had Norman Wright, Gareth White and Ashley Barrett on the score sheet, with Scott Litchfield scoring for Rangers. Rolls Royce Leisure Villa also lost ground as Andy Smith scored the lone goal for New Fairham. Cotgrave PFC were also made to suffer as Adam Waddeley, Mark Stratford and Shane Jones were on target for Crusader as they won 3-1 with Dan Murphy striking the consolation. Basement outfit Fat Cat are still searching for their first points of the season but came close as Brad Enwright and Gary Thompson struck but were outgunned by Dane Wilson's pair and Thomas Evans' effort in Vernon Villa's Sunday's 3-2 win. Report by John Wheat