Division One: BEADS FC 1 v 2 Acklam SW

This local derby saw the home side well on top for the first half, their efforts finally paid off in the 22nd minute when a Gary South cross was mishandled by the Acklam keeper and landed in the net. In the second half Acklam came out a lot stronger and drew level when a mistake by the BEADS defence allowed Paul Jewitt to score. Another mistake by the defence allowed former BEADS player Dean Talukder to score his 12th of the season, Acklam were then awarded a penalty but Darren Sankey had his kick saved by keeper Archie Moore, but the visitors secured the double over their local rivals.

Grangetown BC 4 v 0 Bedale FC

Current League Champions Grangetown Boys Club are one of four teams that are separated by six points following a couple of significant results on Saturday. Ian Williams gave the Boys Club a 16th minute lead and he made it 2-0 12 minutes later. In the second half the match was even until the 66th minute when Paul Cochrane made it 3-0 and with ten minutes remaining Ian McGowan secured the points.

Nunthorpe Ath 2 v 1 Thornaby FC

Another side to make a significant step in the title race were Nunthorpe Athletic who took a fifth minute lead when Thornaby keeper Anthony Price parried a cross, but it fell to Craig Winter who headed home. The home side were well on top but Darren Miller made it 1-1 when left in space and had a free header. In the second half the home side pressed and their efforts were rewarded when Lee Doherty scored.

Division Two

Darlington RA 1 v 4 Billingham Wndrs

Darlington RA Reserves took the lead but five minutes into the second half the visitors were on level terms when Lee Thompson scored. The Darlington side's heads went down when John Cairns gave the visitors a 2-1 lead, and worse was to follow when Adrian Serrechia made it 3-1 before the visitors broke in the 78th minute and Lee Mitchell sealed the victory.

R T Raine Trophy preliminary round

New Marske SC 2 v 1 Whitby T. Res

New Marske Sports Club progressed to the first round after a hard fought win, the reward being a home tie against Stokesley. The visitors took the lead after 40 minutes of an end-to-end evenly matched game, Richard Bowden on target. With an hour on the watch Gary Bickerstaff made it 1-1 when he fired home from 35 yards, before Ian Young headed home in the 70th minute.

SMG R'stripes 3 v 3 Richmond T. - aet. Richmond won 4-2 on penalties

Paul Brown got SMG Redstripes off to a great start when Paul Brown with his first of the season, but Tom Ptak made it 1-1 before the Billingham side took a 2-1 half time through Martin Gingell scored his third of the season. On the hour mark the match was evenly poised when a bad back pass by Steven Hunter allowed Adam Emson in to make it 2-2. The hosts took the lead for the third time when Hunter unleashed a 35-yarder into the top corner in the 80th minute, but Richmond again drew level with two minutes remaining when Emson scored to send the game into extra time. In the 30 minutes of extra time no goals were forthcoming and the match went into a penalty kick out which Richmond won 4-2 and will play another second division side Darlington RA Reserves in the first round next week.

R T Raine Trophy first round

Carlin How 2 v 1 Mackinlay Park

Carlin How progressed to a potential banana skin match against second division Whinney Banks or Darlington SRM after this hard-fought and sometimes bad tempered match. Mackinlay Park, took the lead after 35 minutes of dour play, Martin Gibbons shot on goal from the edge of the box, looked to be of no danger but Graham Butters in the Carlin How goal somehow managed to allow the ball to spin out of his hands and into the goal. In the 70th minute Michael Dexter of Mackinlay Park was sent off for retaliating to a bad foul and ten minutes later Carlin How were also reduced to ten men when Simon Anderson was sent off after collecting his second caution. With the game looking to be heading for a win for the visitors the match turned in favour of the home side when Kevin Hampton broke through and slipped home his second of the season to make it 1-1. With the extra time looking likely, a Hampton corner bounced around the Redcar side box for Graham Solomon to stab home a winner four minutes into added time.

Fishburn Park 5 v 0 Guisb Town Res

Whitby First Division side Fishburn Park progressed to the second round of this competition after a comfortable win over Second Division side Guisborough Town Reserves. Neil Braithwaite gave Fishburn a seventh minute lead, Duncan Marson doubled the lead five minutes later with Paul Graham making it 3-0 after 21 minutes. The visitors started to get a foot back into the game but just before half time Fishburn took a firm grip of the game when Marson with his second of the match and fifth of the season gave the home side a 4-0 half time lead. In the second half the Guisborough pressed the home side back but on the hour the game was all over when Graham with his second of the match and fifth of the season secured a second round match against Wolviston Reserves.

Wolviston Res 4 v 3 Teesside Link

Wolviston sprung a number of surprises when entertaining Second Division Teesside Link in this Raine Trophy match by introducing a number of youngsters to the side. This seemed to be bearing fruit after 13 minutes when the three players linked up to send Craig Leslie clear to ram home the opener. Twenty-four minutes later one on the youngsters making his debut 16-year-old Andrew Dinsdale made it 2-0, two minutes later visitors Teesside Link pulled it back to 2-1 through Steve Hill, his ninth of the season, a minute later it was 2-2 going into the half time break when Andrew Harrow scored his fifth of the season. Ten minutes into the second half Ian Thompson gave Wolviston a 3-2 lead and with 20 minutes remaining another of the youngsters Steve Brown made it 4-2 from the third Kevin Osmond cross. Link pushed forward and with ten minutes remaining Steve Burns made it a nervy last ten minutes as he scored to make it 4-3.

A Burness Plate first round

Darlington CB 1, Whinney Banks 3

Darlington Cleveland Bridge shocked the visitors in this Second Division Burness Plate competition by taking a second minute lead through Lee Hammond, Arran Ward made it 1-1 in the 25th minute and Nathan Jameson then gave Whinney Banks a 2-1 lead and increased it to 3-1 five minutes before half-time. In the second half the match swung end-to-end the only surprising thing was that no one added to the scoreline. Whinney Banks will play Teesside Link or Teesside Arriva in the semis.

Auckland Charity Cup

Brandon Station 4 v 2 D'ton SRM - aet

Darlington Simpson Rolling Mills took a 2-0 lead when visiting Brandon Station in this competition, the winners will face Darlington CB in the next round. Paul Thorns gave SRM a 12th minute lead from the penalty spot, and Lee Sinclair doubled the lead to make it 2-0 in the 25th minute. Brandon Station fought back and pulled it back to 2-2 in the seconds half and went on to win the match 4-2 after extra time.