Keighley SHAMROCKS 1

Pool AFC 4

POOL AFC kept up their good form when they travelled to Keighley for this West Riding County Challenge Cup second round tie and earned themselves a passage into the next round.

Shamrocks, currently in the top half of Division Two of the County Amateur League, started off looking well organised and playing some good, fast flowing football down the flanks.

Pool semed to be stunned by this stylish play and went behind from a free-kick with some slack defending in the opening ten minutes. Goalkeeper Steve Winterburn pulled off a reflex save when the ball came through a mass of tangled players but he was unable to stop the rebound.

Going behind was not a bad thing in the end as with Pool's impressive start to the season they were not going to sit back and give up. They weathered the storm and then started to put their passes together realizing that anything Keighley could do then they could also do.

They grew in confidence and had Keighley panicking.

Pool levelled through a well-worked manoeuvre and started to believe that they could win the game.

Just before the break the Keighley players started to become a little frustrated and they began to get physical on and off the ball but it was nothing Pool could not handle.

The midfield of Taylor, Barton, O'Grady and Greenwood worked extremely hard throughout and Matt O'Grady earned match point for his display.

Pool's defence was as solid as ever with Smithson and Healey dictating play while Carlton and Ingle played extremely important roles with some very aggressive tackling.

With Joyce and Wilson up front causing chaos in the Shamrock defence it was never going to be long before Pool extended their lead.

Joyce made it three in the first ten minutes of the second-half and then all Pool had to do was concentrate and keep playing their normal game.

After defending hard for a short time in the latter stages Pool scored a fourth goal on the counter attack which completely knocked the stuffing out of Keighley. Joyce and Wilson each grabbed two goals of the highest quality.

Pool are now through to the third round and with having had such a good start to the season Pool now face a busy schedule in cup and league.

The way they are playing at the moment they are hoping to be serious contenders for plenty of silverware.

Killinghall Nomads 4

Pool Reserves 3

Pool Reserves bowed out of the divisional cup at the quarter-final stage in a closely contested game.

After making the worst possible start and finding themsleves 2-0 down Pool emerged from their slumbers with a new formation and a new desire to win.

Starting from the back and working forward they increased their commitment and work rate to levels that left the opposition floundering.

Pool pulled a goal back through a clinical strike by Howden and then Malpass put the sides level drilling the ball home.

In the second-half Killinghall scored five minutes after the re-start but Pool dominated the next 30 minutes and Phil Waite deservedly brought Pool level.

The game could have gone either way with chances spurned at either end but the home side eventually made the breakthrough with a rather lucky header.

Match point went to John Wilby and Andy Cheetham.

Tockwith Res 5

Pool A 2

On a good afternoon for football Pool A started out looking for a win after a couple of good results.

A good move involving Firth and Reddington was skillfully netted by Trimnell.

Tockwith hit back with some flowing football and scored twice within ten minutes.

A through ball to Reddington saw him with only the 'keeper to beat and he lobbed the ball home superbly.

The second-half started with some very sloppy defending and Tockwith pounced to make it 4-2.

Pool had plenty of chances but made none of them count.

Pool pushed forward time after time but Tockwith caught them on the break to make it 5-2.

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