Kicks Leisure George Dobbins League Cup Final

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Kicks Leisure George Dobbins League Cup Final (At Welfare Park,
Bedlington)
Ashington Colliers 1 Seaton Delaval Ams 3 (After Extra Time)

Seaton Delaval lifted the Kicks Leisure George Dobbins League Cup with an extra time double.
Ashington Colliers went in front in the 37th minute as Shaun Gibson drilled home from the penalty spot.
Delaval had a chance to level after the break when Michael Fenwick stepped up to take a penalty at the other end, but Ashington keeper Craig Towart pulled off a dramatic save.
Fenwick made ammends in the 70th minute when he netted the equaliser to take the game into extra time.
Daniel McGuire put the Red Devils ahead in the 98th minute and when they were awarded a second penalty in the 105th minute, Abubaker Salim took responsibilty and slotted it home.

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Northern Football Alliance

Pin Point Recruitment Amateur Cup Final (At Swalwell FC, Derwenthaugh)

Whickham Lang Jacks 2 Willington Quay Saints 1

Lang Jacks keeper Mark Innes pulled off a string of stunning saves in a man of the match performance as they lifted the Amateur Cup at the third attempt.

The first effort to play the game fell foul of the weather and the second was abandoned due to a serious injury to a Saints player.

Willington Quay made a great start and Kane Chirnside fired them ahead in the ninth minute on a bumpy pitch at Swalwell.

Innes made a couple of superb stops to keep Lang Jacks in it, and they levelled in the 40th minute as Joe Bell struck.

Just four minutes later Jacks were in dreamland as Paul Silcock netted the second.

Saints had a great chance to level when they were awarded a spot-kick with ten minutes to play, but Innes guessed correctly and pulled off another top draw save to give his side the silverware.

Northern Alliance Round-Up 12/05/12

The celebrations ran long into the night as Heaton Stannington were crowned the Northern Alliance Champions after a 3-2 victory at Shankhouse.

Derek Thompson’s side were in a party mood and netted three times in the opening half hour.

Gary Dixon gave them an early lead from the penalty spot and Ian Irvine headed in the second soon after.

Dean Deagle pulled one back, but Heaton added a third when Ben Telford tapped in from close range.

David Dormand crashed in a second for the hosts but it couldn’t dampen the celebrations as the black and white ribbons adorned the silverware and the champagne began spraying.

Dan Balmer netted a double as Harraby came from behind twice to beat Ponteland United.

Gavin Wood’s penalty put the visitors ahead, with Balmer replying just before the break.

United sub Andy Mogwo crashed in a stunning drive from distance to restore their advantage, but once Balmer had levelled again, it was all Harraby.

Peter Ferris slammed in the third, Matthew Bell reacted quickest when the ball came back off the woodwork for the fourth and in the final minute Darren Addison stretched the net with another 35-yard piledriver.

Chris Fairless gave Stocksfield the lead against third-placed Whitley Bay A in an exciting end-to-end game that saw Ian Lee equalise. Sandy Tordoff made it 2-1 to the Griffins but an unlucky Matthew Stables own goal restored parity.

Lee struck soon after to gave the Seahorses the advantage, but Fairless made no mistake from the penalty spot with seven minutes to go to make it 3-3.

Amble United added the Subsidiary Cup to their bursting trophy cabinet with  a 4-2 win over Newcastle Uni after extra time.

The Students took the lead when Rikki Hume deflected into his own net in the 10^th minute, with Sean Taylor levelling in the 22^nd.

The match remained deadlocked until a three goal burst in the first period of extra time.

Ross Gair shot United ahead but it took the Uni just two minutes to level through Ed Savitt.

Josh Hay put United back in front in the 100^th minute and Adam Shanks sealed victory in the 118^th.

The Seasiders made it a unique treble, adding the trophy to the Division One Championship and Combination Cup that they had already lifted.

There was also joy at Hexham as they became Division Two champions with a 3-0 win at Wallsend Boys Club.

Gavin Cox’s looping header gave them the lead and when Ali Stobbs raced through from midfield and squeezed a shot past the out-rushing keeper, they were in wonderland.

Orin Parkinson slammed a late penalty into the roof of the net to put the icing on the cake.

Six-shooting Willington Quay Saints are very much still in the hunt for promotion as goals from Kane Chirnside, Mark Henderson, Stuart Duffield, Wes Fiddler, Stephen King and Stephen Telford gave them the points at Cramlington United while Whickham Lang Jacks harbour promotion hopes of their own and they hit five against Harton & Westoe, who are leaving to join the Wearside League.

Goals from Stephen Spoors, Ben Howell, Christopher Gill, Craig Cook and Ryan Davenport did the damage.

Northern Alliance Bank Holiday Monday Round-Up

Premier Division

Hebburn Reyrolle’s Championship dreams turned into a nightmare as they were reduced to nine-men in a bad-tempered game.

Manager Mark Collinwood was also banished from the touchline as Percy Main pulled off a surprise win that leaves Reyrolle three points behind leaders Heaton Stannington with just one game to play – and an inferior goal difference of seven.

Percy Main boss Gareth Allen fired them ahead in the first minute and it got worse for Reyrolle just eight minutes later as Tony Abladey netted number two.

Channon North gave the South Tynesiders hope when he struck a minute after the break but when Alan Pegram and Davie Southern were both sent for early baths as their frustrations boiled over, it soon faded.

Division One

Jordan Nellis and Justin Millican were on target for Wallington as they cemented third spot in Division One with Andy McBride netting for basement side Morpeth Sporting.

Division Two

Goals from Si Wilson, Adam Gibson and Nicky Whitelaw gave Wallsend Boys Club the three points at Alnwick Town Reserves in Division Two while Bedlington Terriers Reserves beat Northbank 2-0 with goals from Simon Brown in the 18^th minute and Dylan Williamson in the 90th .

The Kicks Leisure Challenge Cup Final (At Amberley Park, Killingworth)

Heaton Stannington 2 Whitley Bay A 2 (After extra time – Whitley Bay A won 5-4 on penalties)

Whitley Bay A goalkeeper Michael Hammond was the hero as he pulled off two saves in the penalty shoot-out – then stepped up and fired in the winning spot-kick.

Hammond had also pulled off a stunning save to deny Heaton Stannington a last-gasp winner in the dying seconds of the second period of extra time.

Craig Smith fired in from the penalty spot to give the Seahorses a 33^rd minute lead but Ben Telford levelled in the 57^th minute when he cut in from the right and struck a fine drive into the top corner from just outside the box.

Alex Redfern restored the Whitley Bay A advantage five minutes into the first period of extra time but with the clock ticking down, Gary Dixon showed nerves of steel to fire in a last minute penalty that took the Final to the thrilling shoot-out.

Northern Alliance Round-Up 05/05/12

Dean Patton kept Hebburn Reyrolle’s title hopes alive as they twice came from behind to beat Blyth Town.

With leaders Heaton Stannington winning 3-2 at Stocksfield on Friday night to – Gary Dixon netting the winner in the 83^rd minute – the pressure was on to keep pace.

And when Kyle Devlin’s cross slipped through their keeper’s hands and fell into the net for the opener, it looked like they might blow it.

Carl Thorp steadied Reyrolle’s nerves when he headed in a leveller in the 26^th minute but within two minutes Town had gone up the other end and David Atkinson bent in a free kick.

Liam Clark beat two men and fired in from the narrowest of angles to equalise three minutes after the break and Patton ran clear to slot in the winner in the 68^th.

Experienced Whitley Bay A hit-man Paul Chow crashed in a hat-trick in a dramatic 5-4 win over Shankhouse on Friday night which leaves the two clubs promoted from Division One last term sitting in second and third spot.

Jamie Patterson, Marc Richardson and David Brown were on target for Ashington Colliers as they beat Seaton Delaval 3-2 in a curtain-raiser for the showpiece Kicks Lesuire George Dobbins League Cup Final on the 16^th May. Daniel McGuire struck twice in reply.

Tony Abladey fired in for Percy Main in the 30^th minute at Murton and Ryan Laws secured the points with a second in the 79^th.

It also ended 2-0 at Harraby, with Dean Armstrong prodding in the opener against Killingworth from 18 yards not long after Dan Wordsworth had struck the woodwork.

Steve Archibald’s overhead kick thumped the bar before Peter Ferris added number two with a scuffed shot in the 85^th minute.

Carlisle City went ahead at Rutherford through Stuart Kilgour, but the hosts turned things around with goals from Chris Morris and Shaun Todhunter. Tom Lucock ensured it ended honuors even when he levelled just five minutes from the end.

Wallington’s Chris Moffat gave them a 20^th minute lead against Cullercoats that was doubled when Ben Fenwick fired in a free kick. The Seasiders pulled one back in the second half when Anthony Young smacked in a spilled shot.

Goals from Heddon’s Max Turner, Peter Scott and Andrew Lee Davidson in a devastating ten-minute first half spell gave them the points at Newcastle Uni, who had Adam Fearn and Tom Stapleton find the target.

Hexham stormed to the top of Division Two with a six-goal blast at Whickham Lang Jacks.

Ali Stobbs and Liam Heenan both claimed braces with Neil Tiffin and Scott Robson also getting on the scoresheet.

Red House Farm levelled at Bedlington Terriers Reserves with just ten minutes left.

Mark Race had given Terriers a 23^rd minute lead and although Red House were reduced to ten men, Adam Steinmetz grabbed the late leveller.

Northbank’s promotion push continued as Sergio Royo hit the only goal against a young Alnwick Town Reserves side that played some nice football while Willington Quay saints had Gareth Pew and Mark Henderson punching the air in celebration after goals at Alston.

Harton and Westoe struck six times at Seaton Burn, who replied through two Andrew Bennett penalties and a Jordan Milne strike.

Pin Point Recruitment Combination Cup Final

Pin Point Recruitment Combination Cup Final 

At Woodhorn Road, Ashington 

Amble United 1 Wallsend Town 0 (AET) 

Sean Taylor was the hero as he fired in the only goal of the game to give Amble United a superb double. 

The game was in the 108th minute when Taylor smartly slotted home from just inside the area to give the Seasiders the silverware in a hard-fought game. 

Division One champions United face Newcastle Uni in the Subsidiary Cup Final on the 12th May where they will be looking to make it a treble.

Cumberland FA Senior Cup Final

Cumberland FA Senior Cup Final

Carlisle United 2 Harraby CC 1

Unlucky Harraby went down to Mark Beck’s last-gasp winner as Carlisle United lifted their second successive Cumberland Senior Cup.

The Blues included skipper Paul Thirlwell and Irish striker Paddy Madden in their line up and went ahead in the 38^th minute as Jack Lynch embarked on a superb solo run.

He beat four men and rounded the keeper but team-mate Brad Potts stole the ball off his toes and poked into the empty net.

The lead lasted just two minutes as Dan Balmer rose to flick on a long ball for Dean Armstrong who found himself clear and tucked away smartly past advancing keeper Mark Gillespie.

Potts had a header blocked on the line just before the break but battling Harraby looked to be taking the game into extra time until the dying seconds when David Symington went down the left and fired in a low cross that Beck stretched to prod past the sprawling Andrew Casson from six yards.