YOUTH FOOTBALL: Bishops increase lead at top to four points

11:45am Friday 24th November 2006

Bishop Auckland St Mary's

St Mary's Under-8s extended their lead at the top of the table to four points following a convincing victory against over Hardwick.

St Mary's took the initiative with a poacher's goal from Steven Taylor. Taylor soon doubled his goal count before Hart's penalty was well saved. Man of the match Myles Swift erased all memories of the missed penalty with a wonder goal from outside the box, beating three men before scoring. In the second half, Hardwick pulled a goal back, but Hart finished the match off with a ferocious shot into the corner of the net from distance.

St Mary's won the second match 6-0 with goals from Wigley (2), Hewitt (2), Twinn and Robinson. Saint Mary's won the match 6-0.

After eight straight league wins the Under-9s drew away at Seaton Carew. Despite dominating the game, with some excellent passing, St Mary's were unable to break through a very well organised Seaton defence as the game ended goalless. James Marley was man of the match.

The friendly was a comfortable 3-1 win for St Mary's with goals from Marley, Charlie Douthwaite and Daniel Thexton. Daniel Sherwen and Thexton were both named man of the match

St Mary's Under-10s A were at home to Stockton West End as they ran out 5-0 winners. They went in at half-time 1-0 up through Connor Smith. It was the second half when the Blues got their rewards and hit the goal trail through Josh Clark and Smith bagged a second half hat-trick.

In the second game St Mary's won 4-0. Josh Clark, Anthony Stout (2) and Jesse Wright all scored.

St Mary's Under-10s B team showed great strength of character in their win away to Barnard Castle, to come from behind to win 2-1. The two goals came from man of the match Brandon Lee Wilson.

In the second game, St Mary's won 5-1 with goals from Joe Bolton (2), Tom Whittaker, Declan Brabban and Liam Bell. Man of the match for the second match was shared by Andrew Eltringham and Liam Bell.

The Under-10s C team returned to the top of Division Three with a 7-1 home win against Mount Pleasant B. Goalscorers were Daniel Willoughby, Benito Henry and the prolific Nathan Plews (5). Man of the match was Nathan Plews.

The second game was a much closer affair which, after a thoroughly entertaining game, St. Mary's won 2-1. Goalscorers were Thomas Mackley and Callum Keane. Man of the match was Daniel Holiday.

The Under-12s A team were away to Birtley Town in the second round of the Durham FA County Cup. The first goal of the game came from a corner kick which found Lewis Rowell in the box to fire home. After sustained pressure from the visitors Birtley conceded another free-kick to the right hand side of the penalty box. Cameron Wilkinson floated the ball into the penalty area and again Lewis Rowell headed home to put the visitors 2-0 up.

Thomas Beal collected the ball just outside the box, skipped past two players and slotted the ball home from a tight angle. The final goal came from a clever pass by Liam Hargrave to put Thomas Beal through to score his second goal and put St. Mary's into the quarter finals with a 4-0 victory.

St Mary's Under-12s B, sponsored by Hathaway Roofing, played at home to Whinney Banks in league and kept their first clean sheet of the season. Matthew Hunt cleared the ball to Haydn Lewis, who hit a cracking shot just outside the 18-yard box to score. St Mary's netted a second from Thomas Knowles with a lovely chip over the keeper and followed it up to make sure it hit the back of the net. Lewis Martin made it 3-0 and Christopher Inman added a fourth with a volley over the keeper. Knowles scored his second and St Mary's fifth.

St Mary's increased their lead when Martin scored on the volley from a Knowles cross to make it 6-0. George Hughes hit St Mary's seventh goal of the game to make it 7-0

St Mary's: Cleminson, Thompson, Duffield, (Kellett), Pinder, Hunt (Pattison), Goodfellow (Kelly), Knowles, Martin, Lewis, Inman (Tippling), Taylor (Hughes)

The Under-14s played at Stockton Town and were two down in the first five minutes. But they got back in to the game well with goals from Karl Scnabel, Brian Blackett, Scott Holiday and Dean Thexton to lead 4-3 in the last minute, only to concede a goal to end the game 4-4 in a very entertaining game.

St Mary's Under-16s played host to Hardwick Youth in last Sunday's TJFA league match. Hardwick took the lead on nine minutes with a fine shot which St.Mary's keeper, Stuart Mounsey, had no chance of saving. Hardwick kept up the early pressure and scored again on 15 minutes from a strongly taken goal-kick which touched only two players before being struck home past a defenceless Mounsey at the other end.

In the second half Hardwick who found a way through to make it 3-0 with just ten minutes to go. St.Mary's best chance of the match came with just five minutes to go when Lewis Dunn picked up an inch perfect through ball from Padraic Graham, only to send it just wide of the Hardwick post.

The Under-18s B team played away at Brandon in the County Cup and played some of their best football so far this season, coming away with a 1-0 win thanks to Carl Wilson setting up Gareth Sanders to score the winner. Jamie Whitworth was man of the match.

The Under-7s were playing away at Cumby Rovers who took a first half 1- 0 lead. The second half saw St Mary's create more chances however Cumby's goalkeeper pulled off some great saves and they lost by the single goal.

The second game once again saw a turn of fortune for St Mary's with two individual goals from Aiden Crooks and a goal from Bailey Prudhoe producing a 3-0 win for St Mary's. Man of the match was Jordan Wintersgill

Ferryhill Town Youth

FERRYHILL Under-8s, sponsored by JR Tool Hire and Aggregates, played Spraire Lads at Darlington. After a goalless first half Spraire Lads got a goal three minutes from time to win 1-0. Dane Etherington was man of the match.

Harry Fisher was man of the match for the friendly but the game ended in a 6-0 win for Spraire Lads.

Ferryhill Under-9s, sponsored by Kelly news, played at home to Newton Aycliffe SC B. Aycliffe broke away and scored after a scramble in the Ferryhill box. Aycliffe then scored a controversial second goal after what looked like a foul on one of the Ferryhill players. Alex Quinn was man of the match.

In the friendly game Ferryhill lost out 5-1, Ellis Slater getting Ferryhill's goal. Man of the match was shared by, Ellis Slater, Lewis Topping and Kaylan Jackson.

Ferryhill Under-10s, sponsored by Joes Diner, played Darlington Spraire Lads away. Within five minutes Ferryhill took the lead with a goal from Aidan O'Connor, which was followed with another two goals for Aidan to claim his hat-trick before half time and an excellent goal by Rhys Todd. The second half brought another goal from Aidan O'Connor and a goal from Ryan Wilkinson as Ferryhill won 6-0. Aidan O'Connor was man of the match.

In the friendly Spraire Lads enjoyed some early possession and deservedly took the lead after a scramble in the Ferryhill penalty area. The lead, however, was short lived when Scott Tweedy converted for Ferryhill after good work from Kieran McCormack and Carlos Plaza Nicholson. Man of the match was Ben Craddock.

Ferryhill Under-11s, sponsored by Paterson Windows, were away to Nunthorpe Athletic. Ferryhill went a goal behind on five minutes when Nunthorpe scored the opener. Ferryhill soon equalised when Connor Dunlavey converted on 15 minutes. Nunthorpe went again before Jonathon Laidler equalised on the 25 minute mark. Nunthorpe managed to go ahead again just before the interval. The second half saw Nunthorpe step up a gear and Ferryhill had no reply to their attacking play. Nunthorpe went on to score a further six goals in the second half to make it 9-2.

Ferryhill Under-12s, sponsored by DAAC, played at home to Hardwick in the next round of the County Cup and went ahead after seven minutes when Chrissy Devine scored following a great cross from Tom Hugh. Hardwick pulled one back after 15 minutes but Ferryhill went ahead again when Kurt Seymour put one in the back of the net. Hardwick responded with two in quick succession to make it 3-2 at half-time.

In the second half a David Gibsons shot evened the score. A hand ball in the box gave Ferryhill a penalty which was tucked away by Richie Brown, ending the game 4-3 to Ferryhill. Man of the match was Kurt Seymour.

Ferryhill Under-14s girls were hosts to St Mary's Bishop Auckland. Lisa Devine claimed her first goal of the season to put Ferryhill ahead, before Ferryhill drew level despite the best efforts of goalkeeper Leanne Daniels. Girl of the match was Lisa Devine.

Ferryhill Under-15s, sponsored by Javeline Group, were at home to Billingham Town. It wasn't long before Ferryhill opened the scoring from a nicely placed shot from Zak Sinclair into the bottom corner. This was followed up when Luke Carr bundled the ball over the line from a corner kick to make it 2-0. Ferryhill's efforts were rewarded with a second half brace from Kris Royal and one from Liam Armstrong to make it 5-0. Man of the match was Daniel Taylor.

Willington

Willington Blues Under-9s tackled tenaciously and Jack McIntyre had little to do in the first half against Redby Whites. In the second half Redby upped their game and a defensive lapse saw them take the lead. Further pressure resulted in a long-range shot doubling the score to 2-0.

Blues: Jack McIntyre, Clayton Wilden, Jordan Lee-Burke, James Newcombe, Jack Ellis, Jack Howell, Ashley Howarth, Jake Dixon and Daniel Devlin.

Willington Blues Under-9s faced Durham County Colts and controlled the play with several players going close from both long and short range, but it was Durham County Colts who took a half-time lead.

Both sides went close with Durham hitting the post before Jack Ellis won the Blues a penalty. However, Clayton Wilden's penalty was well-saved. As time ran out the Colts scored twice more before Jake Dixon's shot was once again saved by the keeper.

Willington Under-14s got back to winning ways with an 8-1 victory against Plains Farm.

Willington were 5-0 up by half-time with Alex Hird getting a hat-trick and Jack Davidson and Conrad Dempsey getting one each. In the second half it was not long before Willington added to their goal tally with three more from Craig Elliott, Jonathon Grainger and Ben Hartley. Plains Farm grabbed a consolation goal. Man of the match was Lewis Mowbray.

Willington: Stocks, Proud, O'Neill, Conn, Elliott, Dempsey, Cooper, Davidson, Taylor, Hartley, Hird, Mowbray, Grainger, Brydon, Mann

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