Nestfield recovery

THE remaining Darlington Motor Factors Second Division Cup quarter-final tie was finally resolved at the third attempt when leaders Nestfield Club beat Classic World of Fitness. In a hard fought game Nestfield came from 3-1 down to complete a 4-3 victory. Substitute and man of the match Garry Tindle scored twice, one a penalty, with the other goals coming from Rodney Brown and Chris Robinson. Scorers for Classic were Mark Beddard, Graham O'Neill and Darren Stubbs.

Division One new boys Team Scania made it maximum points from five games as they beat Jack Horners 5-1 with goals from Neil Drew, Lee Hammond and Lee Jenkinson to make it 3-1 at half time. Mike Carter added two more in the second half. Neil Blewitt gave the Jacks an early first-half lead.

Copper Beech DCS put up a brave fight with goalkeeper Dave Hodgson outstanding against Coundon Minors Arms but eventually lost 3-1.

The Greyhound moved fifth in Division Two after beating Bishop Auckland Derby 2-1 with goals from Gary Brown and Michael Adams. Paul Shaw scored for Derby.

Hoppers Transport continued their good run with a 3-0 victory over struggling Hogans, Andy Thompson, Chris Jordan and Darren Shooter were the scorers.

Division Three leaders Shuttle and Loom continued their brilliant start to the season with a resounding 12-1 victory over Brown Trout. Scorers for Shuttle were man of the match Dave Palmer with five, Stuart Curry three and Mike Dutton, Barry Raper, Paul Eagle and David Yates with one each.

AFC Orange remain second after fighting back from 3-0 down to beat Bishop Auckland King's Head 5-3. Scorers for Orange were Steven Charlton (2), Danny Ofosu, Kevin Kokes and Martin Allinson. Ross Hardaker, Alan Lamb and Anthony Byrne scored for King's Head.

AXA Insurance's dismal first season continued with a 12-2 defeat against Hopetown WMC. Gavin Rose with five, Mike Weston (2), Lee Hutton, Andy Wetherall, Kevin Wake and Amadip Singh plus an own goal were Hopetown scorers. Andy Robson and Malmo Bellu scored for AXA.

Biglins News gained their first victory of the season by beating The Falchion 1-0 with a Chris Smith goal.

Division One

P W L D F A Pts

N Aycliffe 5 5 0 0 31 11 15

Team Scania 5 5 0 0 27 7 15

Northern Echo 6 4 2 0 15 12 12

Busters 6 3 2 1 20 12 10

Miners Arms 3 3 0 0 13 1 9

E End WMC Res 4 3 1 0 13 8 9

Spraire 4 2 2 0 17 12 6

Stooperdale RA 5 1 4 0 18 23 3

Copper Bch DCS 7 1 6 0 10 26 3

Brinkburn 5 1 4 0 12 33 3

Jack Horners 6 0 6 0 9 43 0

Division Two

Nestfield Club 6 6 0 0 41 10 18

Green Dragon 7 5 1 1 55 22 16

Sadberge 7 4 2 1 31 22 14

Hoppers Transp 7 4 0 3 29 25 12

Greyhound 8 3 3 2 24 24 12

Northern Spirit RA 6 3 2 1 16 11 11

BA Derby 8 3 1 4 35 33 10

Classic World 6 2 2 2 32 29 8

Smith and Allan 6 2 1 3 18 27 7

Newton Cap 6 1 0 4 11 31 3

N Spirit Colts 6 0 1 5 10 30 1

Hogans 8 0 1 7 15 53 1

Division Three

Shuttle and Loom 6 6 0 0 58 5 18

AFC Orange 6 5 0 1 36 13 15

Hopetown WMC 7 4 1 2 28 15 13

Hurworth Albion 6 4 0 2 21 11 12

Brown Trout 7 4 0 3 31 30 12

BA Kings Head 6 3 1 2 19 14 10

NA Oak Tree 6 3 1 2 20 23 10

21st All Stars 4 3 0 1 22 7 9

RBL 5 2 0 3 19 15 6

Biglins News 7 1 1 5 10 27 4

AXA Insurance 8 1 0 7 10 62 3

Falchion 8 0 0 8 8 60 0

Camerons Teesside League

THE clash of the top two teams survived the weather, as surprisingly did four other league matches. Cargo Fleet took the lead after 25 minutes through a Ray Teasdale penalty, his ninth goal of the season, but unbeaten Acklam SW hit back to win 2-1.

Five minutes later the leaders were back on level terms when Dave Lawson scored and Acklam grabbed the winner in the 55th minute, courtesy of an own goal.

Acklam hold a three-point advantage over Fleet and seven points clear of Nunthorpe Athletic who were represented the North Riding County in the Northern Counties Cup at Liverpool.

BEADS had a rearranged home match against Thornaby, as their scheduled match away to Bedale was postponed because of Bedale's cup commitments. BEADS suffered a 4-21 defeat. In a tight first half the visitors took a 30th-minute lead through Darren Fixture who fired home from 20 yards. Just before half-time, Michael Walker equalised. In the second half on the heavy pitch Thornaby were on top and in the 65th minute a debatable penalty was awarded to Thornaby, Fixture gave the visitors the lead for the second time with his second of the. But back came the home side and they levelled again in the 73rd minute through Dean Talukder.

But two minutes later Thornaby took the lead for the third time when Marty Moore broke clear with the home side vainly appealing for offside and in the last minute Kris Townsend tapped home from what looked like an offside position to wrap up a win which resulted in the teams changing places in the table.

The surprise result of the weekend was at Carlin How where visitors Guisborough Town Reserves gained a 2-1 victory. Guisborough took a 26th minute lead when a deflected pass off Jason Couse ran out to the right hand wing where Liam Thompson fired a cross-shot over Carlin How keeper Mark Hackett. Two minutes later Carlin How were back on level terms when a Steve Starsmore free-kick was well parried by Guisborough keeper Richard English but his one-handed save fell to Stuart Davies who rammed the ball home. In the second period, the visitors looked more likely to score and they clinched the points in the 79th minute when David Lamb beat the offside trap and ran on to round Harkin in goal to tap home and secure his team's third consecutive win.

Richmond Town bounced back from last week's thrashing by BEADS to record their first win for four weeks, beating basement club Mackinlay Park 3-0. They took a tenth minute lead through a first of the season from Michael Sartini. Eight minutes before half time the writing looked on the wall for the Redcar side when Mark Partridge with his first of the season made it 2-0, going in at half time. In the second half the visitors, trying to end a run of six consecutive defeats, pressed forward but were caught out in the 65th minute when Michael Dale broke clear and secured a comfortable win.

On a heavy pitch in which few chances were created, Grangetown and Thornaby Youth Club figured in a goalless draw. The Hollybush United against New Marske SC along with Whitby Town Reserves and Stokesley SC were both postponed.

Bedale Athletic crashed 4-1 at Fishburn Park in the North Riding Senior Cup. The tie was switched to Bedale whose ground is rarely unplayable - but the move did not profit them. The Whitby side took a 25th minute lead through Simon Bowes but five minutes before half time Paul Taite levelled. Ten minutes into the second half Fishburn took the lead gain through Duncan Marson. On the hour John Smith just about wrapped up the win to secure a second round preliminary match against Wearside League side New Marske. In the 70th minute the Whitby side rounded off their win when a penalty was awarded and Bowes scored.

P W D L F A Pts

Acklam SW 13 12 1 0 49 8 37

Cargo Fleet 14 11 1 2 55 17 34

Nunthorpe Ath 12 10 0 2 49 16 30

Grangetown BC 14 9 3 2 29 15 30

Hollybush Utd 13 8 2 3 34 19 26

Thornaby YC 13 7 3 3 23 12 24

Richmond Town 13 7 2 4 34 26 23

Carlin How 14 6 1 7 35 29 19

Thornaby 14 6 1 7 27 29 19

Fishburn Park 12 4 4 4 23 22 16

BEADS 14 5 1 8 33 59 16

Bedale Ath 12 5 0 7 23 33 15

Whitby Tn Res 13 4 2 7 26 32 14

Guisb Tn Res 14 4 1 9 22 34 13

New Marske SC 13 3 2 8 15 31 11

Stokesley SC 13 2 2 9 21 42 8

Wolviston Res 13 1 3 9 14 38 6

Mackinlay Park 14 0 1 13 13 63 1

Leading scorers (league and league cup): 14 G Hamilton (Cargo Fleet); 12 G Hyde (Nunthorpe Ath); 11 J Draper (Whitby Town Res); 10 D Lawson (Acklam SW), M Walker (BEADS), P Taite (Bedale Ath), G Pain (Cargo Fleet), M Say (Carlin How), S Smith (Hollybush Utd), W Gredziak (Richmond Town), M Allen (Thornaby YC).