Bungay Town A win JMS.

On Friday night Bungay Town A defeated Hopton White Hart 3-2 to lift the John Moore Shield.

More details to follow shortly.

Barsham net promotion point.

Barsham won promotion to the top division by collecting the point they needed against second division champions Hearts of Oak Res. after a battling 2-2 draw to steal the runner’s up berth from Caxton Res.

Corton White Horse Seltic will finish a respectable 5th in their first season in the second division as they won a tight game 2-1 over Norton Athletic Res. for whom Paul Martin scored. Lacon Arms sorry season ended with a 6-1 defeat at home to Royal Standard whilst Ellingham went down 2-1 at home to Crusaders.

In the first division the programme was completed with Hearts of Oak making it 11 consecutive clean sheets as they accounted for Carlton Rangers 13-0 with Ben Le Compte and Adam Taylor notching hat-tricks, the Williams brothers 2 apiece and other strikes for Hammersley, Fisher & Atkinson. The final game of the division saw Sole Bay United Res. defeat relegated Corton Res. 5-3.

Just two games to complete the third division where champions Ole Frank beat Factory Arms 5-1 and Earsham drew 2-2 with Oxford Arms Res.

On Friday night Bungay Town A won the John Moore Shield as they beat Hopton White Hart 3-2.

This Friday see the KO Cup Final at Crown Meadow between holders Norton Athletic and Hearts of Oak. KO 6.30pm Admission £2/£1.

Finally the league would like to welcome application from new teams wishing to enter the league for the 2008/09 season. Interested clubs should phone league secretary Mike Johnson on 01502 565518 as a matter of course so register your interest.

Scott Yarham

John Moore Shield Final 25th April.

Bungay Town A 3 v 2 Hopton White Hart

Results 26th April 2008

Division One:

Corton Res. 3 v 5 Sole Bay United Res.
Hearts of Oak 13 v 0 Carlton Rangers
Norton Athletic 6 v 2 Pot Black

Division Two:

Barsham 2 v 2 Hearts of Oak Res.
Corton White Horse Seltic 2 v 1 Norton Athletic Res.
Ellingham 1 v 2 Crusaders
Lacon Arms 1 v 6 Royal Standard

Division Three:

Earsham 2 v 2 Oxford Arms Res.
Ole Frank 5 v 1 Factory Arms

Stalemate at Spexhall.

In the only midweek fixture Spexhall and Pot Black battled out a goalless draw. This means that Spexhall will finish 4th and Wrentham in 3rd.

Tonight see's the first of the cup finals as Bungay Town A and Hopton White Hart battle for the John Moore Shield. KO is 6.30pm

Tomorrow sees last last league fixtures for mose teams with all bar one of the major issues decided. All that is left is who will finish second in the 2nd division. Current occupiers are Caxton Res. but Barsham can take the honour if they net a point against champions Hearts of Oak Res.

Hearts clinch first division title.

As the season reaches its conclusion most of the promotion and relegation issues have now been decided and this week Hearts of Oak retained the first division title as they defeated Oxford Arms 4-0 including a brace from Jonny Williams.

Norton Athletic will be runner’s up after they scored two late goals to beat Waveney Youth 2-1. Ric Hudson and Steve Hak the scorers as Paul Jones put the visitors in front.

Spexhall single goal win over Sole Bay United Res, means that they are 4th and can still finish third but in order to achieve this they need to beat Pot Black by 14 goals which is unlikely. Corton Res. will finish bottom and be relegated.

The second division saw Hearts of Oak Res. crowned champions following their midweek win and the runners up position will go to the last game as Hearts play Barsham. Barsham are currently third after their 5-1 win over Ellingham. They are behind Caxton Res. who have finished the season strongly and with a 5-1 win over Waveney Gunners. Barsham will take second and promotion if they can net a point from their last game against Hearts.

Crusaders thumped a poor Lacon Arms 6-0 but will still finish in the bottom two and relegation along with Lacon. In the other game played Oulton Broad & Notley’s Res scored two early goals to beat Norton Athletic Res. 2-0.

The issues at the top of the third division are already decided with Ole Frank champions and Hopton White Hart runners up and this week Hopton were held to a 2-2 draw at Oxford Arms Res. Their John Moore Shield finalists were also held 4-4 by CDS Waveney Res.

A third draw occurred as LIFC and Westhall 207 shared 4 goals which means that Westhall will finish bottom in their debut season. Finally Earsham collected 3 points in their 5-1 win at Factory Arms.

Tonight sees the John Moore Shield final at Crown Meadow as Bungay Town A take on Hopton White Hart. KO is 6.30pm and all support is welcome.

Finally the league would like to welcome application from new teams wishing to enter the league for the 2008/09 season. Interested clubs should phone league secretary Mike Johnson on 01502 565518 as a matter of course so register your interest.

Scott Yarham

Results 19th April 2008

Division One:

Norton Athletic 2 v 1 Waveney Youth
Oxford Arms 0 v 4 Hearts of Oak
Spexhall 1 v 0 Sole Bay United Res.

Division Two:

Barsham 5 v 1 Ellingham
Beccles Caxton Res. 5 v 1 Waveney Gunners
Crusaders 6 v 0 Lacon Arms
Norton Athletic Res. 0 v 2 Oulton Broad & Notley’s Res.

Division Three:

Bungay Town A 4 v 4 CDS Waveney Res.
Factory Arms 1 v 5 Earsham
LIFC 2 v 2 Westhall 2007
Oxford Arms Res. 2 v 2 Hopton White Hart

Hearts Res. clinch 2nd division title

Hearts of Oak Res. last night clinched the second division title following their 5-2 win over Waveney Gunners who had held a 1-0 lead at the break. In a complete change at the top Caxton Res. move into second place following their 4-1 victory against Norton Athletic Res. for whom Dave Loynes scored his first goal for the club. Lacon Arms look sure to be relegated as teh lost 3-0 to Oulton Broad & Notley's Res. whilst nearest challenger Crusaders picked up 3 points in a 3-2 win at Corton White Horse Seltic.

Results for Wednesday 16th April:

Caxton Res. 4 v 1 Norton Athletic Res.
Corton White Horse Seltic 2 v 3 Crusaders
Hearts of Oak Res. 5 v 2 Waveney Gunners
Lacon Arms 0 v 3 Oulton Broad & Notley's Res.

Midweek Fixtures:

Wednesday 16th April 6.15pm


Beccles Caxton Res. v Norton Athletic Res.
Hearts of Oak Res. v Waveney Gunners
Lacon Arms v O Broad & Notley's Res.
White Horse Seltic v Crusaders

Hearts come out on top in title battle.....

Hearts of Oak are almost there after they collected the 3 points in their title clash with Norton courtesy of a single Vinny Terry goal. Norton tried to get something from the game but missed a late penalty and Hearts now need just one more point to secure the title. Wrentham finished off the season in good style with a 6-2 win at Waveney. Top scorer Stuart Holland with a hat-trick. They can only be caught by Spexhall who need to win both their remaining games by a +15 margin. Kirkley are currently in 4th by finishing their campaign with a single goal victory against Carlton Rangers.

The second division is still far from over and will go down to the last two games as both contenders picked up 3 points. Hearts of Oak Res. winning 3-1 against 3rd placed Blundeston Magpies and Barsham 1-0 at Waveney Gunners. Caxton Reserves can not win the title but they are only 3 points behind Barsham and still in with a chance of promotion should Barsham slip. This week they beat White Horse Seltic 3-2.

Royal Standard rammed in 6 goals in their 6-2 victory over Oulton Broad & Notley’s whilst Pakefield Re-United jump a place after beating Crusaders 4-2. The final game in the division sees Lacon Arms picking up their first win with a single goal victory over Ellingham.

With the third division title already decided this week also saw the runner-up berth secured by Hopton White Hart as they beat Marquis of Lorne 5-2. Blundeston Plough could only draw 2-2 with Factory Arms and they will finish 3rd in their debut season. Oxford Arms Res. chalked up a 6-2 win over CDS Waveney Res. and finally Spexhall Res. finished the season with a good 4-1 win at Westhall 2007 who will finish in the bottom two.

Finally the league would like to welcome application from new teams wishing to enter the league for the 2008/09 season. Interested clubs should phone league secretary Mike Johnson on 01502 565518 as a matter of course so register your interest.

Scott Yarham

Results 12th April 2008

Division One:

Kirkley & Pakefield A 1 v 0 Carlton Rangers
Hearts of Oak 1 v 0 Norton Athletic
Waveney Youth 2 v 6 Wrentham

Division Two:

Corton White Horse Seltic 2 v 3 Beccles Caxton Res.
Ellingham 0 v 1 Lacon Arms
Hearts of Oak Res. 3 v 1 Blundeston Magpies
Oulton Broad & Notley’s Res. 2 v 6 Royal Standard
Pakefield Re-United 4 v 2 Crusaders
Waveney Gunners 0 v 1 Barsham

Division Three:

Blundeston Plough 2 v 2 Factory Arms
Hopton White Hart 5 v 2 Marquis of Lorne
Oxford Arms Res. 6 v 2 CDS Waveney Res.
Westhall 2007 1 v 4 Spexhall Res.

Ellingham beaten in second half.

Lynn Docklands Lift Primary Cup
Monday, 07 April 2008.
Lynn Docklands made it a night to remember at Aldiss Park on Friday evening, crushing Ellingham 5-0 to ensure their name will be inscribed as this year’s winners of the Norfolk Primary Cup.
Five goals in the space of 20 second half minutes did the damage, after Ellingham had arguably enjoyed the better of the chances during the first 45 minutes. The opening of the game was marred by an injury to Ellingham’s Tom Ashford, who had to be replaced inside two minutes after a crunching tackle. The injury seemed to unsettle the team playing in amber and black and they were lucky not to go a goal down after 10 minutes, keeper Adam Briggs having his blushes spared by the covering defender after he completely missed his kick when attempting to clear a through ball. Following the lucky escape, Ellingham rallied and should have taken the lead on 20 minutes. Philip Collings lashing a volley from outside the box just over the bar after a quick free kick had caught the Lynn Docklands defence napping. Ellingham continued to look the more threatening side and on the half hour mark Collings again had Docklands shot stopper Mario Marranzine scrambling, this time with a dipping free kick from 30 yards that grazed the top of the frame. That chance seemed to shock Docklands into gear and they created two good opportunities for striker Kyle Plumb before the half was out. However Plumb failed to test the keeper, heading over twice when he should have scored. Half time: Ellingham 0 – 0 Lynn Docklands The deadlock was broken in the 49th minute, when some excellent play down the right hand side resulted in Chris Yaxley hitting a first time screamer into the top of the net. Now with the all important lead, Docklands relaxed into their game and produced a spell of delightful football. In the 52nd minute Yaxley claimed his second, sweeping the ball home after a low cross, before Adam Chennery converted a penalty after Briggs had brought Plumb down in the area. Plumb made it four on 63 minutes, volleying into an open net after Briggs had failed to deal with a high ball. And Yaxley had the net bulging again on 66 minutes, claiming his hat-trick with a looping near post header. It all seemed a little unfair on Ellingham, who had acquitted themselves so well in the first half, but in truth they looked a different team after the break. They did almost muster a consolation with 10 minutes remaining, when Paul Dunn was presented with an inviting ball into the box, but he headed straight at Marranzine. Full time: Ellingham 0 – 5 Lynn Docklands

Norton set up title clash.

Grand National day saw 4 teams not even make it to the race as the fixtures between Hearts of Oak v Carlton Rangers and Pot Black v Spexhall were both called off due to player unavailability in the Carlton and Pot Black ranks.

This meant that Norton Athletic would be using up their game in hand on the leaders and despite stuttering over the fence they managed to stumble to a 2-1 win over 3rd place Wrentham with Ryan Hills and Danny Hoadley (Pen) scoring. Stuart Holland scored Wrentham’s also from the spot. This sets up the mouth watering clash as Normanston Park this week with Hearts holding a 2 point advantage.

The shock result of the day was at Southwold Common where Sole Bay United Res. scored a 2-0 win over a Kirkley & Pakefield A side that have drastically lost form. One would think that now sees Sole Bay survive in the division.

The other fixture saw Waveney Youth run out 4-1 winners at Oxford Arms with Ray Winney netting a hat-trick and taking his personal tally past the 20 goal barrier for the campaign.

The second division sees Hearts of Oak Res. red hot favourites following their 5-1 win over White Horse Seltic and Barsham 2-1 reverse at Oulton Broad & Notley’s Res. In face Barsham slip to third as Blundeston Magpies recorded a 3-1 victory at Royal Standard however Barsham have two games in hand.

Caxton Res. stay in with an outside chance as they beat Crusaders 4-2. Norton Athletic Res. were forced to play the entire game at Pakefield Re-United with ten men but they battled on gamely and netted a point with a late Michael Collins strike.

Waveney Gunners netted all the points after their 4-1 win over basement boys Lacon Arms and they remain 6th.

The third division saw results go to form as Ole Frank netted an 8-2 win at Oxford Arms. Hopton White Hart were narrow 2-1 winners against Spexhall Res. to stay second and Blundeston Plough ran out 6-1 winners over Westhall who are now guaranteed a bottom two finish in their debut season.

Bungay Town A won by the odd goal of 5 against Factory Arms whilst CDS Waveney Res. collected the 3 points in a 2-0 success at LIFC. Finally Earsham won 5-3 at Blundeston Magpies Res.

Finally the league would like to welcome application from new teams wishing to enter the league for the 2008/09 season. Interested clubs should phone league secretary Mike Johnson on 01502 565518 as a matter of course so register your interest.

Scott Yarham

Results 05th April 2008

Division One:

Hearts of Oak P v P Carlton Rangers
Oxford Arms 1 v 4 Waveney Youth
Norton Athletic 2 v 1 Wrentham
Pot Black P v P Spexhall
Sole Bay United Res. 2 v 0 Kirkley & Pakefield A

Division Two:

Barsham 1 v 2 Oulton Broad & Notley’s Res.
Beccles Caxton Res. 4 v 2 Crusaders
Hearts of Oak Res. 5 v 1 Corton White Horse Seltic
Lacon Arms 1 v 4 Waveney Gunners
Pakefield Re-United 1 v 1 Norton Athletic Res.
Royal Standard 1 v 3 Blundeston Magpies

Division Three:

Bungay Town A 3 v 2 Factory Arms
Hopton White Hart 2 v 1 Spexhall Res.
Blundeston Magpies Res. 3 v 5 Earsham
LIFC 0 v 2 CDS Waveney Res.
Oxford Arms Res. 2 v 8 Ole Frank
Westhall 1 v 6 Blundeston Plough