Stanbury Park Rangers 3, Granby Phoenix 1
Phoenix thought they had finally nailed the ghost of Stanbury when they beat them two weeks ago, but it returned to haunt them yet again.
Rangers opened the scoring when Jamie Rowell made no mistake from six yards and although Phoenix battled well they were still a goal down at the break. Stanbury added a second through Ben Furness early in the second half and he added a second to bvive Rangers a 3-0 lead.
Phoenix launched an all out assault and Colin Horsfield hit the net, but it was little reward for considerable effort.
Cravgen Athletic 7
Royal Oak 3
Athletic totally dominated the first half hammering five goals without reply against a 10-man Royal Oak side. The visitors stepped up their tempo after the break and won the final period 3-2, but the points are won -- or lost -- over 90 minutes.
Craven Scorers were Chris Reape (3), Steve Holden (2), David Whiteoak and an own goal, with J Hudson (2) and Jimmy Manley on target for Oaks.
New Inn 3
Bridge Inn (Silsden) 4
Bridge sprang the shock of the round with a narrow one goal victory over New Inn. They are without a win in the league, but were determined to put that form behind them. New Inn scorers were Duncan Tetley, J Cranage and David Noon.
Old Swan 5
Grapes 7
Lee Barrett hammered in four goals for Old Swan and ended up on the losing side as Martin Farrell, of Grapes, matched him goal for goal.
Swann took and early lead, but Grapes were back on level terms by the break. In the second half the game could have gone either way, but the visitors found the net five times while their keeper only had to pick the ball out of his net three times.
Old Swann scorers were Lee Barrett (4) and Simon Cox. Grapes: Martin Farrell (4), Dave Fox (2) and Simon Oxley.
Cavendish 2
Old Queens Head 1
Queens suffered their first defeat of the season as Cavendish captured only their second win of the season.
In an even first half Allan Cooper scored from 20-yards to give the home team the lead, but Queens equalised before the break. The second half also saw end-to-end soccer and it was a Mark Clark pass which picked out Steve Fazackerly who grabbed their passport into the next round.
Fixtures (Sunday December 20) Premier Division: Phoenix v Lord Rodney, Skipton v Keighley Juniors, Stanbury v royal Oak. Division One: New Inn v Queens Head, Brown cow v St Annes Res, Old Swan v Cavendish.
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