Wk 12 - 8 Nov

And then there were two but on the day it was not the two sides one would have expected to make progressing to Round Three of the Lincs Junior Cup. Our three side occupying the top places in our league, namely AFC Victory, Heckington United and Plough Skellingthorpe all exited from this seasons competition along with Fulbeck United who, on paper, appeared to have the easiest draw. Going into next weeks draw from our six round two sides were Market Rasen Town and Waddington United, who, one would have really expected to have been eliminated, so they thoroughly deserve the plaudits  for their  efforts. In the three league games played FC Rustons United climbed to sixth with a resounding win at Cherry Knights. Ruston Sports Reserves climbed out of the bottom four with victory over Horncastle Town and BBH and Metheringham still search for their first home or away win of the season, respectively, as they shared the points.

In the Lincs Junior Cup it was a known fact that one of our sides would progress into round three as Waddington United hosted fellow league side AFC Victory.  The game turned out to be a pulsating affair with Waddington edging home by the odd goal in nine. On target for the victors were Terry Ramsden with two, Matt Poucher, Danny Bee and Craig Percival. Reigning champions Plough Skellingthorpe had a tough challenge as they entertained an unbeaten Boston League side in Swineshead Institute. Jonny Bell and Chris Hamnet were on target for Plough as the game ended 2-2 after extra time but Plough were to be knocked out on penalties. Heckington United too, had a tough challenge. In the previous round they had despatched Lincs League leaders Hykeham Town but in this round they were to be beaten by reigning champions Skegness Town 2-0. This in fact was the first occasion that Heckington had failed to score in all competitions this season. Perhaps pride of place has to be given to Market Rasen Town who visited another  Lincs League side, in Ruston Sports. The Lincoln side were unbeaten in their league to date but a lone goal from Terry Paul was enough to see Market Rasen victorious. The biggest surprise of the day was the defeat of Fulbeck United at Grantham Premier League side Barrowby. The Grantham side were bottom of their league with their only victory this season a first round win in this competition.  Fulbeck went into the game on the back of six straight wins but lost out 3-1 with their consolation goal coming from Gary Maken.

In the league there were victories for two Lincoln sides with the third game between BBH and Metheringham ending in a 3-3 draw. BBH went ahead but Metheringham levelled and went ahead twice before BBH  grabbed the equaliser. Metheringham's scorers were Pokhin Cheung (2) and Jon Miller. Biggest winners of the day were FC Rustons United who beat Cherry Knights 4-0 with a Simon Ward hat-trick and one from Ady Dales. Finally, while their first team were being beaten by Market Rasen Town, Ruston Sports Reserves were beating Horncastle Town 4-2. On target for Rustons were Chris Rawlinson (2), Sam Coulson and Callum Edwards while Graham McMahon and Lamming netted for Horncastle.

Lincs Junior Cup Rd 2

Barrowby (Grantham League)  3-1 FULBECK UNITED (A - Maken)

HECKINGTON UTD 0-2 Skegness Town (Lincs League)

PLOUGH SKELLINGTHORPE 2-2 Swineshead Institute (Boston League) (H -Bell, Hamnet)

Swineshead won on penalties after extra time)

Ruston Sports (Lincs League) 0-1 MARKET RASEN TOWN (A - Paul)

WADDINGTON UTD 5-4 AFC VICTORY (H - Ramsden 2, Percival, D. Bee, Poucher - A - Wilkinson, Gray, Kinsella, Simmons)

League

BBH 3-3 Metheringham (H - TBA - A - Cheung 2, Miller)

Cherry Knights 0-4 FC Ruston Utd  (A - Ward 3, Dales)                      

Ruston Sports Res 4-2 Horncastle Town (H - Rawlinson 2, Coulson, Edwards  A - McMahon, Lamming)

Wk 11 1 Nov 

Heckington Utd 6-1 Ruston Sports Res (H - Hollingworth 2, Robinson 2, Sabin, Musson  A - Coulson)

Horncastle Town 0-3 Fulbeck Utd (A - not to hand)

Ivy Tavern CSA 9-0 Harby (H - Robinson 3, Munro 2, Walker, S. Gilliatt, Rea, Stockbridge)

Market Rasen Town 1-0 BBH (H - Rutherford)

Metheringham 1-6 Cherry Knights (H - Smith   A - Nicholson (4), Atkinson, Coffey

Plough Skellingthorpe 1-0 AFC Victory (H - Bell)

RMSC Athletic 3-5 Waddington Utd (H - Mackie, Mann, Crosby  A - D. Bee 3, Ramsden, og)

 Wk 10 25 Oct

The four quarter final ties in the Village Trophy went much as expected and has set up exactly the same pairings in the semi final as last year. Heckington comfortably beat Harby. Fulbeck United won away at Waddington United. Cherry Knights beat BBH in a high scoring game and holders Plough Skellingthorpe overcame Metheringham.

In the League ,AFC Victory took full advantage of their nearest rivals being otherwise engaged and went four points clear with a win over Ruston Sports Reserves. Fifth placed Ivy Tavern CSA missed their chance over going equal second as they were held by Market Rasen Town with FC Rustons United winning the local derby against neighbours RMSC Athletic.

In Cup action holders Plough Skellingthorpe met Metheringham at home for the third time in just over a month and came away with a 5-2 win. Metheringham took the lead through Mark Jordan but Plough were level before the break. They then took control to go 5-1 up before Meg pulled a goal back through Jon Miller. Plough's scorers were Jon Bell (2), Steve Drewery (2) and Sam Booth. Last seasons' losing finalists Heckington, playing Harby for the second successive week, hit them for six with a 6-0 win. Michael Musson bagged four to go with the six he netted the previous week while Mark Smith got the other two. Fulbeck saw an easy passage into the semi final with a 4-0 win at Waddington United while Cherry Knights shared ten goals in a cup thriller at BBH, edging home 6-4.  This game saw three hat-tricks with Andy Green and Paul Nicholson netting Cherry's goals and Matt Waite getting three for BBH along with one from Nick Phipps. As stated the semi final draw pairings is the same as last year with Fulbeck United against hosting Heckington United while Plough Skellingthorpe visit Cherry Knights, whereas they were their visitors last season. For Heckington it will  be their seventh successive semi final appearance, with Plough playing in their fourth and Fulbeck and Cherry in their third.

In the league leaders AFC Victory entertained Ruston Sports Reserves looking for the second league double of the season so far. This they achieved with another 3-1 win with Sean Booth on target for his fifth game in a row along with Terry McDougall and Dane Sayce. Jon Walker netted Ruston's goal. Market Rasen Town, without a league win in a month stopped Ivy Tavern CSA going second with a 1-1 draw. Kal Matu got their goal with Billy Munro netting for Ivy.  FC Rustons United, with only one defeat in their last four games won 2-0 against RMSC Atlhetic to climb to seventh in the league. Adi Dales and Sam Ward netted their first goals of the season. For RMSC, through no fault of their own, it was only their fifth league game so far and they have not won since their first match. 

Fulbeck Utd v Heckington Utd

Cherry Knights v Plough Skellingthorpe (holders)

Hoare & Main Village Trophy rd 1 

Heckington Utd 6-0 Harby (H - Musson 4, Smith 2)

Waddington Utd 0-4 Fulbeck Utd  (A - NTH)

BBH 4-6 Cherry Knights (H - Waite 3, Phipps  A - Nicholson 3, Green 3)

Plough Skellingthorpe 5-2 Metheringham (H - Bell 2, S. Drewery 2, Booth -   A - Jordan, Miller)

League -

AFC Victory 3-1 Ruston Sports Res (H - Booth, McDougall, Sayce   A - Walker)

FC Rustons Utd 2-0 RMSC Ath  (H - Ward, Dales)

Mkt Rasen Town 1-1 Ivy Tavern CSA  (H - Matu   A - Munro)

Wk 9 - 18 Oct

It was wins all round for the top six sides in the league with goals in abundance for most of them.  Leaders AFC completed a league double at Market Rasen as too did Plough Skellingthorpe at home to FC Rustons United. Heckington United were the days top scorers against bottom side Harby with Ivy Tavern also in the goals against Cherry Knights.  Waddington United's game with Metheringham failed to take place and no doubt they will be awarded the points. Fulbeck continued their unbeaten opening to their season with a win at Ruston Sports Reserves and Horncastle edged out BBH.

Leaders  AFC Victory needed to win at Market Rasen to stay ahead of the chasing sides and did so with a very comfortable 4-0 win at Market rasen. Sean Booth took his goal tally to nine for the season with Pete Noble, Duncan Gray and Gareth Simmonds getting their other goals. Picking up their seventh league and cup win of the season, Plough Skellingthorpe overcame FC Rustons United 4-1 with Steve Mehta, Jonny Bell, Matt Forbes and Sam Booth on target while Tony Blee was once again Rustons goalscorer. Heckington United registered the seasons' biggest home win against Harby with an 8-0 win and last seasons top striker Michael Musson became the first player this season to hit a double hat-trick with six of their goals, Luke Hollingworth getting the other two. Ivy Tavern got back to winning ways after their disappointing defeat in the County Cup last week. They beat Cherry Knights 5-1 with the present league top scorer, Rick Robinson moving on to 14 for the season with two of their goals. Pete Rea also got two and Sam Allmond one. Fulbeck United picked up their fourth win in a row with a 2-0 win at Ruston Sports Reserves and Horncastle Town beat BBH by the odd goal in three at The Wong. Their goalscorers were Darren Trapmore and Jack Baxter with John Beaumont on target for the Heath. 

Heckington...................8  Harby.................0 (Musson 6  - Hollingworth 2)

Horncastle....................2  BBH..................1 (H - Trapmore, Baxter - A - Beaumont)

Ivy Tavern .....................5 Cherry Knights....1 (Robinson 2, Rea 2, Allmond - A - Nicholson)

Mkt Rasen....................0  AFC Victory.......4 (Gray, Booth, Noble, Simmonds)

Plough Skellingthorpe ...4  FC Rustons........1 (H - Mehta, Bell, Forbes, Booth - A - Blee)

Ruston Sports Res........0  Fulbeck.............2 (A - not to hand)

Waddington ..................P Metheringham ...P (Metheringham failed to fulfil)

Wk 8 - 11 OctIt was County Cup day for ten of our sides and it was a known fact that at least two would be going out as they had drawn fellow league opposition. At the end of the day six of the ten saw it into the draw for round three and these were Fulbeck, Plough Skellingthorpe, AFC Victory,  Waddington Utd, Market Rasen Town and Heckington Utd.

Although all our sides are congratulated, the result of the day has to be Heckington United's victory over Lincs League high fliers, Hykeham Town, who it is reported, had gone 20 games without defeat. Making their debut in the competition, Waddington United had a narrow victory over Scunthorpe side, Scunthonians. Also making their debut BBH were less fortunate, going out to reigning champions of the East Lincs Combination League, North Somercotes United. Ivy Tavern CSA were to make an early exit, going out to old adversaries, Gainsborough side, AFC Friendship. Cherry Knights lost at home to league colleagues, Fulbeck United while Metheringham lost at Plough Skellingthorpe. the easiest win was by AFC Victory who beat Peterborough League side Langtoft United with Market Rasen Town winning on the road at a poor Boston League side from Nortoft. The Two leagues games taking place saw two draws recorded with Harby picking up their first point of the season against Ruston Sports Reserves and FC Rustons United sharing the spoils with Horncastle Town.

In the cup, Heckington United could not have had a tougher opponent than Hykeham Town and found themselves a goal down early on to a Rob Newman strike. Veteran, Adi Carter levelled for them before the break and then another of their ageless players, Jonny Vickers, made it 2-1. Hykeham got it back to 2-2 through Adam Wilkins but a second from Vickers and then a penalty from Steve Borrill saw them register a great win.  Waddington United had an equally close game against Scunthonians. With goals from Terry Ramsden, Craig Percival, Andy Anderson and Aaron Bee they won by the odd goal in seven. Losing by the odd goal in three were BBH, who lost to North Somercotes. On target for the Heath was Matt Waite. Goals were in abundance at Cherry Knights with them losing 4-2 to Fulbeck United. Netting for the winners were Chris Bates (2), Gary Macken and Chris Marshall while Cherry's goals came from Joey Fisher and Andy Gray. Perhaps a surprise result was the defeat of Ivy Tavern CSA who lost at Gainsborough to AFC Friendship by the only goal of the match. Plough Skellingthorpe were 4-0 up at the break against Metheringham before beating them 5-1.  Jonny Bell netted 3 with Booth and Dean Szendrey getting the others and Jamie Young netting from the penalty spot for Meg. Also grabbing a hat-trick was Sean Booth for AFC Victory who beat Peterborough division three side Langtoft United. Also on target were Mark Dring and Terry McDougall. Finally in cup action Market Rasen Town had a comfortable victory over lowly Boston League side Nortoft. Although the score was only 2-1 they totally controlled the game with their goals coming from Mike Manning and Kye Paul. While the biggest win for our clubs was 5-0 by the Vic' spare a thought for Scartho FC who visited Lincs League side CGB Humbertherm ,who knocked RMSC Athletic out. They lost 19-0 - that is a goal nearly every five minutes!!

In the League FC Rustons United played Horncastle Town for the second occasion this season. Since their last meeting, when they lost 1-0, three games ago they were unbeaten, but on this occasion the winning run came to an end as they shared a 1-1 draw. Dave Curtis netted for Rustons and Andy Shackleton for Horncastle.  Still looking for their first win in six games, Harby entertained Ruston Sports Reserves, who had won for the first time in four games last time out. At the end the celebrations were with Harby who collected their first points of the season in the 1-1 draw. They also netted their first home goal of this campaign but who got the all important goal is not known while Clough netted for Rustons.  

League

FC Rustons Utd....... 1 Horncastle Town ............1(H - Dave Curtis  A - Shackleton)

Harby...................... 1 Ruston Sports Res..........1 (H - NTH - A - Clough) 

Lincs Junior Cup - Rd 2

BBH...........................1 North Somercotes Utd .....2 (H - Waite)

Cherry Knights .......... 2 Fulbeck Utd ....................4 (H - Fisher, Vaughan  A - Bates 2, Maken  Marshall)

AFC Friendship...........1 Ivy Tavern CSA ................0

Plough Skellingthorpe..5 Metheringham .................1 (H Bell 3, Booth, Szendrey   (a) Young)

AFC Victory................5 Langtoft Utd ................... 0. (H - Booth 3, Dring, McDougall)

Waddington Utd......... 4 Scunthonians ..................3 (H - Ramsden, Percival, Anderson, A. Bee).

Nortoft Utd..................1 Market Rasen Town .........2 (A - Manning, Paul)

Heckington Utd...........4 Hykeham Town ................2 (H -  Vickers 2, Carter, Vaughan  A - R. Newman, Wilks).

Rest of results as received

Skegness Town 5-1 Smiffy's    /   Tetford Utd 2-5 Deeping Sports   /  Immingham Bluestone v Wyberton   /   Marshall Sports HW West End Tigers / Kirton Town v AS Motors OB   /   Pointon 1-4 Mallard   /    Scotter Utd 2-4 Swineshead Inst.   /   Three Gables Colts 2-5 Limestone Rangers / Barkston & Syston 2-3 Fishtoft   /   Grantham Squash Club 1-7 Louth Utd   /   New Holland Villa 2-1 Billinghay Ath   /   Grainthorpe Utd v Morton Amateurs Seven Seas v Wrangle Utd   /   Ancaster Rovers 0-6 AFC Brumby   /   Coningsby v Westside Rangers   /   Ruskington Rovers HW Mrf FC / Buddies II Club 0-11 Louth Town   /   A+G Auto Repairs 5-2 BBM   /   CGB Humbertherm 19-0 Scartho   /   Newmarket Inn 1-4 Barrowby / Ruston Sports 5-1 Epworth Town   /   Moulton Harrox 5-0 Stamford Belvedere   /   Harvest Pet Products 6-1Sutton Bridge Utd   /   Haxey Town 4-6 Nunsthorpe Tavern