Martin lays down the Law

The Lawyers began in fine style and took the game to the visitors, who kept the score line blank thanks to the sterling efforts of goalkeeper, Mitchell Robb.

However the deadlock was broken when some good work by Adam Sullivan and Chris Wayman set up an excellent ball for Nicky Martin to run on and put the home side ahead after 35 minutes. Four minutes later David Murray cracked in an unstoppable effort from eight yards to increase the home lead. Just before the break Mulgrave reduced the arrears with a good goal from Andy Spedding.

After 51 minutes Andrew Bonilla produced a defence splitting pass, which Nicky Martin took full advantage of before completing his hat-trick nine minutes later when he converted a chance set up by Anthony Lee and Adam Sullivan.

Mulgrave made some spirited attacks but found the home centre backs, David Curry and Michael Coulthard in fine form. After 65 minutes the Lawyers went further ahead when Nicky Martin grabbed his fourth from a good cross from Daniel Appleby on the left. A one-two between Dwain Dobson and Adam Sullivan saw Dwain complete the home scoring.

The visitors' heads never dropped and they fought hard with William Bland in the home goal pulling off two good saves but was then beaten by a fine effort from Dean Ryan leaving the Lawyers as the 6-2 winners.

On Sunday, Tow Law Juniors meet Washington Juniors at 10.30am on the Ironworks Road ground.

Bishop Auckland St Mary's Juniors

The Under-11s played South Park Rangers at home in a very exciting game. South Park took the lead 1-0 before St Mary's equalised with a well-taken goal from Billy Hutton. Matthew Taylor then added a second and Billy Hutton another to make it 3-1 at half-time.

Billy Hutton went on to get his hat-trick to make it 4-1. South Park pulled another one back to make it 4-2. After good work from Nathan Stewart, Callum Hoggart, Michael Turner and Scott Holliday in midfield St Mary's went 5-2 up through Hutton again.

South Park pulled another one back and Jamie Spowart was unlucky not to score near the end and the game ended 5-3 to St Mary's.

The Under-14s played St Aidans and went 1-0 up through Stephen Lowes. Liam Hart made it 2-0 with a penalty before St Aidans pulled one back to make it 2-1 at half-time. The second half saw St Aidans got two goals to lead 3-2 before man of the match Gareth Sanders equalised to end the match at 3-3.

Apollo Doors Gateshead Youth League

Low Fell continue to lead the Under-11 division after narrowly defeating Blackfyne 3-2.

Leam Rangers G are second after seeing off the challenge from Redheugh by a 5-3 margin. Chris Hughes scored twice for Leam Rangers G.

Leam Rangers Y remain third and they too were involved in a close encounter at Beamish, ending 4-3 in front when Jamie Lee scored two of the goals. Dean Leathard also scored twice for Beamish.

Swalwell edged Consett R by the odd goal in three, but goals were more plentiful at Winlaton who put nine past Consett B. Dan Curry (4), Tom Taylor (2) and Lewis Johnson produced most of the goals for Winlaton, but Consett failed to reply.

A brace of goals by Jack Gibson featured in a 5-2 victory for Whickham Fellside Y at home to Felling and there were nine goals when Whickham Fellside G defeated Stocksfield 5-4. Johnny Shields scored twice for Stocksfield as did James Harrison and Alex McGregor for Whickham Fellside G.

Jack Self and Benjamin Gardiner also found the net on two occasions leading South Moor to a 6-0 success at Blaydon while in the remaining game Low Fell C defeated Ryton 2-1.

Redheugh lifted the Under-12 division league cup with a narrow 3-2 success at Low Fell when Martin Bagnall scored twice for the Reds.

In the Under-12 division subsidiary cup there were wins for Beamish, Consett and Felling.

Two goals from Dan Gowland led Beamish to a 5-0 result at Ryton, while Consett defeated Blaydon 8-1 with Jamie Robins, Lee Dial and Kyle Chirnside all scoring twice.

James Wood was another player to bag a brace of goals but Leam Rangers still went down 3-2 to Felling.

Chopwell won the Under-13 division league cup and the game was a personal triumph for Lee Best who scored his side's three goals. Blackfyne managed just one in response.

In the league Washington Oxclose continue to lead the table after defeating Cleveland Hall 3-0. They have a 15 points advantage over second top Chopwell who were without a fixture, but their nearest rivals have played five games fewer.

Four goals by John Dyson enabled Whickham Fellside B to romp to an 8-1 success at home to Blaydon, but Scott Anderson did even better in the scoring stakes hitting five of the nine goals recorded by Leam Rangers Y at home to Consett. Dean Martin rifled a hat-trick while Consett scored just once.

Scott Martindale was top scorer for Rutherford with a hat-trick as his side hammered Winlaton 9-2 and Elliott Miller found the net twice assisting Whickham Fellside R to a 4-1 victory at Leam Rangers G.

Low Fell ended 4-0 ahead of Swalwell while Redheugh hit Consett 6-0.

In the Under-14 subsidiary cup four goals from Michael Henderson was the feature of a 5-3 victory for Blaydon over Low Fell B, while Leam Rangers ended 3-1 in front of Winlaton.

South Moor travelled to Low Fell C and three players recorded hat-tricks in a 9-0 victory. Chris Lamb, Chris Jefferson and Craig Chambers were all in scoring form.

Norton and Stockton Ancients

Norton Under-11s clinched the first division title with a magnificent 2-1 away win at nearest rivals Marton. Norton had a great start, taking the lead after two minutes with Carl Robson finishing well after hesitancy in the Marton defence. Norton controlled the game after this and Calum Hassan brought one superb save from the home keeper who pushed his 20 yard effort onto the bar. The Marton keeper also saved well from a Robson header. Marton started the second half much more determined but could not break through a well organised Norton defence. Norton scored a second when Robson had a great shot parried by the keeper but Ben Turner followed up to rifle the ball into the net. Marton then started to pile on the pressure and got a goal back with a good finish with ten minutes to go. This led to a frantic last ten minutes with Marton throwing everything forward. Norton defended brilliantly and broke quickly to cause problems for Marton but they could not get the third goal to kill the game off. The final whistle blew to give Norton the vital victory they needed. Credit should be given to two excellent teams who gave everything in a fantastic football match.

The Under-10s played a really entertaining game against Allstars with both teams giving nothing away, both strong in all areas of the pitch. Norton almost grabbed the lead after some good passing football resulted in the Allstars keeper making a good save from N Mohun. Allstars took the lead after a shot on goal deflected off a Norton player and gave Norton goalie Thomas Johnson no chance to make a save. Norton were unlucky not to equalise after Matthew Garbutt laid the ball back to Matthew Simcox who hit a great effort, only for the Allstars keeper to make a good save. Norton pressed on again but could not grab a goal back and in the last five minutes Allstars put the game out of reach after a high shot somehow dipped into the Norton goal.

Norton Under-13 B returned to their League programme recording a 5-2 win at Nunthorpe Youth Club. A good low cross from Bell was finished by Cook on two minutes with Norton passing the ball around in fine style. Nunthorpe equalised from a direct free kick, before Stephenson set up Cronesberry for 2-1. In the second half Cook made his own second with a strong right wing run and chipped finish, and another Nunthorpe direct free kick, off the bar and into the net, made the score 3-2. Great left wing work between Bell Atkinson and Stott gave Cook his hat-trick, and a strong run from Cronesberry set up Stott for Ancients' fifth, following a good stop from keeper Edon at the other end. Good performances on the day from Stephenson, Gell and Hardman.

Norton Under-10s felt they had something to prove in their game against Redcar as the first encounter between these teams showed a true difference in class earlier in the season. The game started with both teams being evenly matched playing some attractive football but both defences and keepers were having the upper hand with nothing to choose between the teams. In the later stages of the first half, Todd was adjudged to bring a Redcar striker down but they could not convert the spot kick. Norton became the stronger in the second half but there still was nothing to choose between the teams, until a speculative shot was bundled over the line by Roberts. Norton continued to play attractive confident football ending the season on a high with six wins out of seven starts. Final score was 1-0 to Norton.

The Under-15 B team beat Eston 2-0 with Johnson scoring both goals.

Ferryhill Town Youth

The Under-10s, sponsored by Lloyds Brierley Hill, played away to Bishop Auckland St Mary's C and won 4-0. The first half finished 1-0 to Ferryhill with a goal from Matthew Harker. Nathan Ball got a hat-trick in the second half. Bishop were kept out of the game by excellent defending and two great saves from Joe Williamson. The man of the match went to Jake Pearson.

The friendly match saw Ferryhill win 13-0. Jonathan Bains scored, as did Kieran Harnett (5), Callum West (4) and Christoper Devine. Man of the mMatch was awarded to two players for outstanding defending Marcus Brown and Jonathan Bains.

Ferryhill are now requiting for next season for all age groups from eight to 17.

The Under-12s, who are sponsored by Javeline Group, were away to Nunthorpe Athletic B and Ferryhill needed a win to guarantee the fourth division runners-up spot. Ferryhill scored twice in the first half with goals from Mathew Jackson and Timothy Fenny.

In the second half Nunthorpe had Ferryhill under pressure and were rewarded with a goal and were very unlucky not to grab an equaliser before Ferryhill's Craig Stanworth scored. In the last minutes Nunthorpe scored a second goal. Credit to both teams for an exciting game. Ferryhill's man of the match went to Joe Ramage. Final score was Nunthorpe Athletic B 2, Ferryhill Town Youth 3. Many thanks to Nunthorpe for their hospitality after the match.

Ferryhill Under-13s, sponsored by Spennymoor Sports, were at home to Coulby Newham at the weekend. Ten-man Ferryhill got off to a good start taking the lead with some excellent football by all with the first-half ending with Ferryhill leading 4-2. In a closely fought second-half Ferryhill kept up the good work and came out winners 5-4. Scorers were Jonathan Smith, Lee Flanagan and a hat-trick for man of the match Shane Todd.

Fairs Software Tyneside Junior League

Just one game went ahead at the weekend and at the bottom of the table Whitley Bay defeated Consett 2-1.

The result leaves Consett firmly entrenched with just one point from 13 outings while Whitley Bay are second from the basement with ten points after 12 games. They have had their points total reduced by three because of an infringement of the rules.

At the top Chester-le-Street are still out in front seven points clear of Walker Central. The Cestrians have five games to play while Walker Central have no fewer than six fixtures to fulfil.