Olympic sprint past Rangers

Radcliffe Olympic III ran away with all three points thanks to a 5 – 2 Premier Division victory at the expense of Rainworth Rangers who were just 2 – 1 adrift at half time. However goals from Graham Beavis and Matt Hope proved insufficient for Rangers to get back into the game. Meanwhile a second half strike from Tom Blaney was all that Old Elizabethans required to ensure victory at the expense of Trent Vineyard. Mansfield Hosiery Mills top the table as a result of their 2 – 0 victory over Wollaton III thanks to goals from Sam Rawson and Mark Smallwood. Another side which failed to find the net were Beeston OBA who were hit by goals from Woodborough United’s Ricky Thompson, Dom Lynas and Matt Penford in a 3 – 0 scoreline.
In Division 1 goals leaders FC Trinity pipped Ashfield FC by the odd goal in three with Ricky Platt netting the Ashfield consolation goal. Ravenshead slipped to a 3 – 2 defeat by Old Elizabethans II whose goals came from Tom King, Jordan Smith and Alan Barker with Tyler Lambert and Adam Martin replying for Ravenshead. Moorgreen Reserves failed to reply to a Mike Turner double and a goal from Arjun Sandhu which led to a 3 – 0 defeat by Steelers. Doubles from Josh Parfitt and Brad Drew saw New Houghton Villa through to a 4 – 2 defeat of Sutton Travellers whilst goals from Dan Bramley, Matt Doey and Barney Watson enabled NRU FC to claim a best of five goals victory over Eaton Hall College.
In Division 2 hat-tricks from Jason Miles and Kieran Ferguson were the main feature of AFC South Wingfield 93’s 7 – 1 victory over Derbyshire Amateurs whose goal came from Elliott Perry to match Chris Evans’ solitary strike for Wingfield. Martin Ward’s five goals equalled the single efforts from Colin Woodward, Tony Sheehan, Adam Murphy, Tom Stevenson and Joe Brookes in Watnall Athletic’s 10 – 0 demolition of Ashfield FC II. A much tighter scoreline of 2 – 1 earned victory for Sunnydale at the expense of MAFC whose goal came from Adam Meadows whilst the Sunnydale marksmen were Sam Anscombe and Sean Bullock. A similar scenario provided Sherwood Colliery A with all three points at the expense of Old Bemrosians who went down 2 – 1 when James Lawson’s strike for Bems was answered by Jake Crunkhorn and Chris Dobb for Colliery. Goals from both Craig and Ryan Armstrong together with a Jordan Towle effort proved insufficient to prevent Old Elizabethans III going down 6 – 3 to Southwell St Marys.