All four Shipley under-nines sides tasted victory on a good afternoon for the club in the Keybury League.

The Lions won 3-1 against previously unbeaten Horsforth, a fantastic strike from Lewis opening the scoring.

Horsforth equalised a few minutes later but James Pinder and a second from Lewis wrapped up the points.

A see-saw match ended in the Tigers beating Horsforth B 4-3, with James Grainger man of the match.

The Panthers travelled to Sutton C and won 5-0 while the Pumas won 4-2 against Horsforth C.

George White finished off a superb solo run for the only goal of the game as Shipley under-sevens Lions battled to a 1-0 win over Gomersal A.

Man of the match was James Ivanoff, a new addition to the squad, whose tough tackling ensured Taylor Foley kept his second clean sheet in a row.

The under-sevens Tigers hit Gomersal B for six.

There was some great passing and use of space by the boys, with man of the match Jed Nicholson scoring four, one with an audacious lob from just inside the Gomersal half, and Adam Dziedzic chipping in with two.

The defence, led by Josef Fisher-Pedley and Sam Dean, snuffed out any Gomersal attack.

The under-eights Lions kept up the good work with a 10-0 thumping of Horsforth A, with goals coming from Adam Brookfield (4), Joshua Dracup (3), Miles Foley and George Gomersal.

Tigers were narrow 2-1 winners against Gomersal B, R Clegg and L Gott on target and Ben Hubbard named man of the match.

The Panthers, meanwhile, lost 7-2 to Horsforth C. Goals came from J Stockdill and C Dlugosz, with Mathew Lee man of the match.

Sandy Lane under-tens turned in a fine display, winning 8-0 against Myrtle Park B with hat-tricks coming from man of the match Joe Carroll and Jeremiah Witter, with two from David Simpson.

There was also some great defending from Jordan Trainer and Sam Hooley.

After two convincing wins in the last two weeks, Bronte Wanderers under-12s turned on the style again with a 9-3 win over Sandy Lane Juniors in the Craven, Aire & Wharfe League.

An early strike by Jason McGee after just 20 seconds was followed by another four strikes for the in-form hitman. Other goals came from Bradley Fox (2), Ryan Ives and Daniel Meegan.

Bradford Schools' under-13s began the season with a friendly against local rival Leeds.

Bradford had three new boys starting the match in Louis Brown (Hanson), Keiran Thompson (South Craven) and Liam Littlewood (Oakbank), and they got off to a flyer with a well-taken goal by Joe Gaghan (Holy Family).

Leeds hit back to lead 3-1 at half-time and, despite new additions Carl Saunders (St Bedes), Jamie Nunn (Hanson), Ahil Singh (Hanson) and Matthew Dyson (Bingley Grammar) coming on in the second half, Leeds scored again.

A long-range strike from Stevie Lee (South Craven) and a second from Gaughan made the final score 4-3.

Farsley under-12s were in cup action at Hebden Bridge Saints in the West Riding Shield.

Good efforts from Dale Harriman, Harry Stirk, Lewis Jennings and a header by Josh Maskill were all either saved or just wide, before they fell behind against the run of play.

The second half was even more one-sided, but the Hebden goal looked like it had been covered with clingfilm as the ball just refused to go in.

Eventually, Dom Staunton forced an equaliser and in extra-time a fantastic goal from Luke Kitson looked to have given Farsley the win, only for Hebden to score at the death and take the game to penalties, which they won 5-4.

Ryan Cliffe was named man of the match.

In the Garforth League, Albion Sports Blue lost 3-1 to Pontefract St Joseph's Blue.

The teams turned round at 0-0 but then Pontefract took control as Albion fell behind to an own goal.

Keeper Randeep Uppal made some excellent saves to keep Albion in it and was named man of the match but a further two goals from Pontefract sealed the win, with Ryan Watling again on the scoresheet for Albion.

The Whites fought out a 0-0 draw against Pontefract. Man of match Mutu battled well in defence and midfield, with captain Adam Chahal controlling the game from all areas of the pitch.

Albion Sports under-nines kept their 100 per cent record in Pool Two of the Keybury League intact thanks to two seven-year-olds, Kyle Trenerry and Avraj Basi, who scored at vital times in a 3-2 victory. Man of the match was Kristan Gordon and goalkeeper Tharan Panesar was outstanding.

Prospect Juniors under-tens continued their unbeaten run with a classy display of football, beating hosts Thackley 9-0.

Prospect's keeper Dale Mitchell had very little to do in what was a very one-sided affair.

Sam Falkingham and Ben Townsend kept things solid at the back while Townsend's hard work eventually paid off when he ended up bagging a goal for himself and set up several opportunities for his team-mates.

This all resulted in a five-goal lead at the break.

Amee Ruskai joined in the scoring after the break, together with a great goal from Joe Rowbottom and a super sixth from man of the match Brendan Khulani.

  • Shipley Juniors kicked off the new season with a new base for its under-sevens to under-tens teams and the under-11s and under-12s girls' teams.
Their matches this season will take place on the outfield of the former Salts Cricket Club.

Following the collapse of the club last year, Shipley Juniors and Shipley Providence Cricket Club have gone into partnership on the field, which will see mini-soccer played on the outfield in winter and cricket played in the summer.

The plan is also to launch a junior cricket section in the not too distant future.

The new venture also involves a partnership with Salts Sports Association, whose land the field is on.