Round-up 18/12

Sadly, the latest spell of bad weather to hit the region meant that as many as nine games were called off. This included a tasty Premier Division tie between the leaders Hackenthorpe A and last years winners Royal Earl. Despite this, eight games did go ahead.

Senior Cup
Wadsley Bridge WMC just edged out Lundwood 2-1 at Chaucer Sports Centre to progress to the Quarter-Finals of the Senior Cup.

Junior Cup
Penistone Church drew 3-3 after 120 minutes with Esteban UK. Gareth Brown, Jack Coleman and Ian Garrett got the goals for Penistone. Despite an exhausting extra time period they managed to keep their composure, to win the game 3-2 on penalties.

U21 Cup
The big winners in the U21 Cup First Round were Centre Spot. They sit second in the Third Division and they put in a dominant performance against fellow Third Division team Norton Oaks B. The Centre Spot won the game 13-0, with Bobby Howard and Matthew Hunter both scoring a massive four goals each. Simon Flaherty got two, with Tom Gabbitas, John Higgins and Kavan May also on target.

U21 Division leaders Sharrow United U21 saw off the Staffordshire Arms of the Third Division comfortably 4-2 to progress to Round Two.


Premier Division
There was only one game in the Premier Division. This took place at Warminster Road, where Crookes hammered the Greenhill White Hart 5-1. Both Clements and Smith scored twice for Crookes as they move up to third place.

Division One
The Arundel were back to winning ways at home, with the 5-0  hammering of Arbourthorne EA B. Chris Spooner and Lee Dexter (1 pen) scored twice each, with Lee McAnally also on target. Arundel have won five out of their last six league games and are only two points back from the HSBC.


Division Two
Norton Oaks B and Hackenthorpe B played out an eleven goal thriller at Warminster Road. Hackenthorpe, inspired by hat-trick hero Adam Dickinson, won the game 8-3. Karl Colley and Harrison Chamberlain both scored twice for Hackenthorpe. the win for Hackenthorpe stretches their unbeaten league run to five games and leaves them in a comfortable mid-table position going into the short Winter break.

U21 Division
Norton Oaks U21 bounced back from a 5-1 drubbing at the hands of Dronfield Athletic U21, to beat third placed Mosborough U21 2-0. The goals came from Matthew Scothorne, as well as an own goal.

The Meadowhall League now takes a break for two weeks due to the festive and New Year celebrations. The clubs will return to action on Sunday 8th January.