Windmill take the "Knocker West" Cup !

Windmill are the winners of the John ‘Knocker’ West memorial trophy after they beat Yenton 2-0 in this weeks final. Two first half goals from Sean Roper and player manager Jason Messinger was enough to beat Yenton who were appearing in their first ever cup final.  

Sean Roper opens the scoring for Windmill !

Ford Sports Res came from behind to beat Nuneaton Prince Res in the Peter Smith Memorial Reserve Cup final. Two goals from Dave Aucott and on each from Neil Percival and Adam Brown helped Ford to a 5-2 win, after they were 2-1down after half an hour. 

Ford Sports Res celebrate after winning the Pete Smith Memorial Cup

Collycroft Goose won the Mission Fashion Premier One title for the first time thanks to a 2-0 win over Hartshill Sports on Friday night. Goose have lost just won in their least 11 games as they raced to the title and won again on Sunday beating Ridge Lane 5-3. Steve Charlton and Gary Duncan both scored twice for Goose, Lee Greenaway adding the single. Ivor Green, John McKewon and Adam Hamilton replied for Ridge Lane.  The race for runners up spot is now on with five teams still in with a shout. Bulkington lie in second spot with a four-point advantage over Ford Sports, but finished their league campaign with a 6-4 defeat to, Ford Sports. Drayton can still finish second, but goal difference may become a deciding factor. They gave that a boost with a 3-0 win over Hartshill Sports. Pete Benn scored twice for Drayton.

Jason Messinger glides home Windmills second !  

Two more victories for Weddington Thistle and they will clinch the Deslandes Premier Two title.  An 8-0 win over Collycroft Cricketers help to secure promotion spot. Black Horse Sports will go up with them after they beat Trent FC 3-1,denying Trent promotion. Sean McCallum, Lee Miller and man of the match, Lee Stein found the net for Black Horse, Shane Brassington replied for Trent. Andy Mosey grabbed a hat trick for Bedworth Liberal as they beat Bull & Anchor Ash Green 4-1. Adam Harding scored the other Liberals goal, Mark Harrison replied for Bull & Anchor. Bedworth Travellers need to win their three remaining games to avoid the drop. They battled to a point this week in a 2-2 draw with Attleboro Arms. Ambleside found their scoring touch as the beat Wentworth Wanderers 7-2 with Lee Welland scoring a hat trick. Ian Chaddaway scored two of the others, Matt Storer and Matt Hall the singles. Darren Burridge and Alan Dyde scored the Wentworth consolations.  

Ford Oak, Hill Top and Haunchwood Sports Res have all secured promotion from Alphie Cain division one, but Hill Top are now favourites for the title. They beat leadersFordOak3-0in mid week and followed that up with a 9-2 win over Hartshill Sports Res. Charles Andoh, Byron Warmington and Adam Richardson all scored twice for Hill Top, Chris Neale, Paul Harrison and Danny Armiger scored the singles. James Tomason scored both Hartshill replies. Kelly’s Bar came from a goal down to beat Nuneaton Punch Bowl 3-2. Stuart Hunter gave Punch the lead but Daniel Moreton scored his 24^th goal of the season to restore parity for Kelly’s Bar. Both teams were then reduced to 10men with Kelly’s Bar coming off the worse after losing their goalkeeper. Steve Phillips took over and made three saves to deny Punch a second goal. It was Kelly’s Bar who took the lead through Clarke Barrell and doubled the advantage with a goal from Matt Price. Hunter scored his and Punch’s second, but Kelly’s Bar held on.  

In Nuneaton Print division two, Stockingford Sports moved to within a point of leaders Attleboro Oak thanks to a 3-1 win over Sunnyside Res. Sports will make sure of the title with two points from their last two games. Mark Essex was on target for Chase Res but they went down 3-1 to Ridge Lane Res. Jamie Skelton scored a hat trick for The Crew as they finished their season with a 5-2 win over Drayton Res. Lloyd Walton and Sean Daniel scored the other Crew goal, Shay Tirabasso and Richard Bennet scored for Drayton Res.

Baddesley Red Lon moved out of the bottom three in Heartland Evening News division four after they beat Wentworth Wanderers Res 3-2in their last league game. Greg Aston, Nathan Thurman and Matt Woolley scored the Red Lion goals, Tom Clarke scored twice for Wentworth. PNW Athletico and Attleboro Sports shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Andrew Styring gave PNW the lead before Luke Melling missed a penalty on his return from injury. Alex Lawrence equalised for Sports late in the game.  

Nuneaton Riley's are a point away from clinching the Mortgage Advice Agency division five title. Last season they finished bottom but one having won only four games. Twelve months later their 17^th victory will give them their first championship trophy. This week they drew with title rivals F C Gallery who ended a run of two defeats. Fourth placed Jail House beat Stockingford Sports Res 7-1.

 

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