Durham Alliance: Brandon Station won at home to Seaham The Duke in a 5-4 thriller.

The Duke went in front in ten minutes, Ross Pinder the first on the scoresheet. Tom Hanson levelled for Brandon in 20 minutes. Dean Anderson put The Duke 2-1 up and a brace from Martin Taylor had The Duke cruising 4-1 in the first half. A tremendous fightback by Brandon in the second half was rewarded when Paul Webster, Lee Johnson and a couple of goals from Gavin Bell earned them the three points.

Coxhoe Athletic go top courtesy of an own goal by Belford House. They are now one point ahead of Whitehill FC with two games in hand. Although Belford's young side outplayed their opponents throughout most of the game the experienced Coxhoe side were determined to give nothing away and an held their ground. An own goal by Ian Loughlan in the 40th minute gave Coxhoe the win to possibly earn them the league championship.

Seaham Mallard were thrashed 9-1 at home to Cockfield FC. Playing their last game of the season they were shown no mercy by a powerful Cockfield outfit. On the scoresheet were Stuart O'Dell, Richard Burton, Stuart Hardacre, and hat-tricks from Arthur White and Darren Fletcher with Andrew Smith getting Mallard's reply.

South Cleveland Garages Teesside League

Division One

Carlin How 2 v 2 Richmond Town

Carlin How took the lead when Steven Starsmore crossed from the left to the corner of the penalty box, where Jason Draper headed home in only the second minute.

The home side were well on top but they had to wait until the 30th minute before their pressure paid off when Nicky Ward's through-ball found Draper whose 18-yard volley flew past James Allis.

In the second half Richmond pressed forward and ten minutes into the second half following a corner when Tom Ptak rose above everyone to head past substitute keeper Craig Cole.

The visitors were pressed forward and they drew level when Darren Bond crossed, the loose ball was bobbed about until Richard Thomson fired home from 20 yards. The draw was a fair result.

Fishburn Park 0 v 0 Stokesley SC

The match was spoilt by the strong wind, but both sides had the ball in the net, but Fishburn's goal was disallowed for a push on a Stokesley defender, Stokesley's goal for offside.

Fishburn had a late chance but Neil Waterfield's towering header came back of the crossbar.

The 0-0 draw sends Stokesley down into the second division with New Marske.

Mackinlay Park 2 v 4 Thornaby

Thornaby Fc led early on through Darren Bullock and five minutes into the second half Gary Wyatt made it 2-0. Danny Jones then gave the visitors a 3-0 lead before Michael Arif added to the scoreline. Thornaby then seemed to take their foot off the gas and Mackinlay Park pulled it back to 4-1 when Michael Herrin notched and then Ray Teasdale netted.

New Marske SC 0 v 7 Nunthorpe Ath

Leaders Nunthorpe took the lead after half an hour, Ian Swinnerton scoring. Despite a good performance between the sticks keeper Matthew Robson was beaten again by Peter Boldison who then gave Nunthorpe a 3-0 half time lead.

In the second half the New Marske keeper again kept Nunthorpe at bay but he was beaten by Glynn Swinnerton, Dominic Ingram then scored twice in ten minutes before Boldison rounded of a man of the match display with his hat-trick.

Thornaby YC 3 v 4 Acklam SW

Acklam took a 20th minute lead when Lee Atkinson headed home and a minute later Craig Hallett gave Acklam a 2-0 lead. Youth Club got back into match when Wayne Mahoney scored but Acklam went straight back down the other end and made it 3-1 with a second from Hallett to end the first half scoring.

Three minutes into the second Hallett gave Acklam a 4-1 lead with his hat-trick goal, but the Youth Club fought back and gave themselves a second lifeline when Mahoney scored his second from the penalty spot to make it 4-2 in the 70th minute.

But Acklam were reduced to ten men when Hallett was sent off, this gave the Youth Club a boost and they pressed forward and in the 80th minute they pulled it back to 4-3 when Martin Oakley netted.

Whitby Town Res 0 v 7 Grangetown BC

The Boys Club got off to a flying start when Steve Cochrane scored before Ian McGowan turned it into a one-man show as he went on to score five goals at regular intervals with Stuart Padgett also notching.

Wolviston Res 5 v 3 Bedale FC

Adam Bramley warmed up for this weekend's final by giving Wolviston Reserves a first minute lead, but Clarke Pickering quickly made it 1-1 before Chris Murray made it 2-1 to Wolviston.

Bedale were level at 2-2 in the 20th minute with Bramley on target for the second time in the match and Mark Partridge gave Bedale a 3-2 lead.

Wolviston pulled it back for a 3-3 half time score when Ian Thompson scored and he gave Wolviston a 4-3 lead with his second of the match. Kevin Osmond wrapped up the win and the points for Wolviston.

Darlington Charity Cup quarter-final

D'ton East End 1 v 2 D'ton CB 2 (aet)

The match remained goalless after the first half, but 20 minutes into the second East End took the lead. Cleveland Bridge equalised five minutes later through Darren Wray sending the match into extra time. In the first period Cleveland Bridge scored the winner through Willie Swinburne to set up a semi-final meeting with fellow second division side Teesside Arriva.