-8th August 2007 | back to top

AFC Redhouse triumphant.

Murton dismissed, but AFC hold out against Hylton Castle.

AFC Redhouse 2 Hylton Castle 0 Final
Report by Gareth Brazier.

Hylton Castle started the game the better, with good passing and movement with the ball. AFC were more orthodox, relying on the ball over the top for Tommy Bell to run on to. Not many clear cut chances early on. Mini put one in the car park with a left foot swinger and Carl Middlemiss smothered a shot from Keith Moon. AFC Redhouse took the lead after a stray pass landed at Gash's feet, his first time ball sent David "Bunta" Murton clear and he produced a cool finish to dink it past the oncoming Pottsy. Both teams tended to cancel each other out for rest of the half.

The second half started with Redhouse doubling their lead. Excellent play from Bunta played in Tommy Bell who smashed the ball in under poor Pottsy. Straight after the goal a blatant handball was missed by the ref which infuriated Bunta. He told the ref what he thought of him and was dismissed. Strange decision given that minutes previously a Castle player had done exactly the same but received only a warning. The game, as expected, flared up as Gowey and Grant squared up to each other after a foul. AFC Redhouse then deployed Sassco tactics, as in the recent Thursday game and defended deep. Hylton Castle made the most of the man advantage, but clear cut chances remained at a premium, and the shots that found their way through didn't beat Middlemiss in goal, who was fired up with a sense of injustice (He always is). Hylton Castle then had a period of four quick free kicks in succession in and around the box, after Foster decided that no one shall pass. These all came to nothing. Bell could have made it comfortable after breaking free, but Pottsy tipped it over the bar. In the dying minutes, Coburn lashed a shot from distance which struck the inside of the post with the keeper well beaten. Redhouse resorted to lumping the ball anywhere and everywhere as they were truly exhausted. But in the end it was worth it.

Having made their debut into the Cups, AFC have some pedigree for the forthcoming League as a Winners of the Super League and Runners up in the Open Cup. The Redhouse line up for this final was Carl Middlemiss, David Murton, Tommy Bell, Grant Foster, Chris Middlemiss and Gash Brazier. Semi Final hero, Davy Taylor was missing due to work.

Hylton Castle can take heart from a Cup appearance. Their League hopes faded in Season 10, but this should boost their confidence for Season 11.

Thanks to Gash Brazier for the above report, but he needs to get himself back to school to sort his spelling, capitalisation, punctuation, etc.

The winning team, AFC Redhouse. Pictured standing from left to right are Gash Brazier, Chris Middlemiss, David Murton, Grant Foster. In front, with the trophy, are Chris Middlemiss and Tommy Bell.

-31st July 2007 | back to top

Semi Final shocks.

Both favoured teams are dumped out. Hylton Castle, AFC Redhouse Final.

Hylton Castle 5 Sporting Redhouse 1 Semi Final
Hylton Castle fired in three goals before the break and never looked in any danger against an insipid Sporting team. True, Sporting didn't have their full first team, but this was Castle's day. A quick goal in the second half saw them go 4-0 up before a late consolation strike reduced the arrears. Nevertheless, in the latter stages, Gav Dorwood's delicate chip over the hapless Sangha, aka the "Asian Sensation" made it 5-1. A resounding win which puts Hylton Castle in their first ever final.

AFC Redhouse 3 Southwick FC 2 Semi Final
SA stunning turnaround. Southwick's recent form saw them favoured over AFC. A prediction which was more likely considering that AFC were appearing without Tommy Bell and that they went 2-0 down with a superb strike from Critter (which deceived Carl Middlemiss in goal) and a dubious second from Anth Ross. But then it was comeback time. Gash Brazier somehow remained on the field to strike first (a goal not a fist), before David "Justin Fashanu" Murton fired in an excellent free-kick, despite looking rough with a shiner from a typical Murton weekend night out. Davy Taylor, hastily drafted, in fired in a goal after being given so much time and Southwick's promising hopes of a Treble faded.

-25th July 2007 | back to top

Important News.

Season 11's new rules.

There are a few strict rules in place for Season 11. They mainly concern payment and are summarised as follows:

• Any player sent off is banned for their team's following game. But the £5 fine must be paid within 7 days.
• Any player given a yellow card must also pay the £5 fine before their next game.
• Any delayed payments mean that the fine is doubled.
• Any team not paying the full amount of £14 will be fined £5 on top of what they owe. This League is run at minimal costs so any low payments affect the overall costs. As a manager, make sure you have £14 in your pocket before the game. If your players don't pay you, then I suggest you get new players in.
• For some teams, individual players will be fined £2 on top of what they owe.

Be aware that this League is Durham affiliated, so if you are hit with a fine and decide to pull out of the League, you'll be hit with the full force of DCFA along with related fines which will ban all your players from 11-a-side games, etc. Any time we have to enlist Durham FA's help, a £10 charge will be due on top of any fine or outstanding money owed.

-24th July 2007 | back to top

Southwick and Hylton Castle through.

Worthy attempts by Bunker and Redhill are in vain.

Hylton Castle 3 Redhill 2 Group A
A worthy attempt by Redhill. Hylton Castle were dominant and tended to lead by two goals most of the time, but Redhill had occasional bursts. Both the goals came from these bursts, by Castle had it all sewn up by then - as expected.

Southwick FC 7 Sassco.co.uk 2 Group B
Sassco's season ended in chaos with mass arguments as well as one player going walkies. And this was despite them scoring first. They needed to defeat Southwick by a decent score if they wanted to see Bunker go through (with a heavy win v Downhill), however, Kyle Sumner hit back after lax defending. Sassco were very poor and Southwick put them to the sword. Kyle grabbed a hat-trick eventually and confirmed their place in the Semi Finals.

BunkerUK.com 7 Downhill FC 1 Group B
Bunker got their big score, with Charlie scoring four goals, but Sassco's capitulation earlier meant this game was an end-of-season run out. Downhill's 'keeper kept the score down as both teams confirmed their exit from the cup.

-17th July 2007 | back to top

Semi Finals seem set.

Redhouse Youth's relinquish their Trophy with a whimper instead of a bang.

AFC Redhouse 3 Redhouse Youth 0 Group A
Match was awarded due to Redhouse Youth failing to get a team out. The result is a £14 fine which is due before they play their next fixture. Worst of all, they've relinquished their Cup without a fight. AFC.

* Redhouse Youth are fined £14 for failing to appear for a game.

Hylton Castle 7 BarPure.co.uk 1 Group A
Chaos in the BarPure camp and it showed. Hylton Castle started strongly and finished. Gowey, Coburn and Dorwood scored two each while Kev goth the other one. Ironically, next week sees Redhill with a chance for a Semi Final sport. "Only" Castle stand in their way.

Southwick FC 2 BunkerUK.com 1 Group B
Southwick are all but there. It will take a miracle from Sassco beating them and Bunker heavy hitting Downhill. This crucial game saw Bunker opening the scoring, but Southwick hitting back. Both goals were before half time. Southwick were the better team based on chances and soon scored the winner near the end.

* Southwick are fined £5 for one player wearing incorrect socks.

-10th July 2007 | back to top

Sporting 100%. AFC through.

Redhill dent Youth's hopes.

Redhouse Youth 2 Redhill 2 Group A
A major surprise and a huge setback for Redhouse Youth. Both teams were coming back off contrasting results. Youth's were revived with Baxendale's double last week, and Redhill were suffering from the twelve goal hammering from AFC. Yet, as with all things equal, the game was eventful. It was 1-1 for a large period of the game, until it sprung into life with a superb Redhill goal to make it 2-1. Prior to this, the Redhill 'keeper made a superb penalty save from birthday boy Coyney to keep them in it. The lead lasted until the dying minutes when Youth's equalised. However, the damage had been done.

AFC Redhouse 4 Hylton Castle 1 Group A
David "Justin Fashanu" Murton bounced back with a Man-of-the-match performance after last weeks shambles. He set up three goals with two for Middlemiss and one for Tommy Bell. Gash got the other with a stunning volley after Bell's flick. Murton said in the post match interview that, "Redhouse's crazy gang roll on and who can stop us." No one pointed out that he lives in Hylton Castle (report by Gash Brazier).

Sporting Redhouse 5 Sassco.co.uk 3 Group B
These ancient rivals revived their contest with Sporting coming out on top as they have for the past eight years. Sassco scored the opener with a stunning volley, but as Davinder Sangha succumbed to the roll off, he stood despairingly on the sidelines as Sporting went 3-1 ahead. All were soft goals from Sassco's point of view, but mistakes get punished. Sporting drove on in the second half and despite a brief Sassco flurry, they ran out comfortable 5-3 winners with maximum points in a difficult group. At this moment, joint favourites with AFC.

Southwick FC 8 Downhill FC 0 Group B
A comprehensive victory. Kyle Sumner grabbed a hat-trick as his star studded Southwick team mates ran out 8-0 winners. Critical game next week as Southwick play Bunker. All three teams, Bunker, Sassco and Southwick are on three points. However, Bunker and Southwick are on two games and the winner will surely join Sporting in the Semi Finals.

-3rd July 2007 | back to top

Important News.

Ineligible players.

Despite the Cup competitions being reasonably flexible as post and pre-season events, several teams have recently been playing "ringers". This is mainly someone who's played for a different team the week before. Because player records aren't kept for the cups, it's hard to track down errors. Needless to say, none of the ringers are deliberate ringers and more because teams were short.

But, there's a clampdown now. From next week, you can only play for a team you last turned out for. So, for example, Josh Lay is stuck with BarPure for this competition.

If you are unsure who's played for who, then contact me before the games. You may be left playing with five players if you try and play a ringer again. Fines could also be issued.

-3rd July 2007 | back to top

Sporting defeat Southwick.

Baxendale's goals revive the Cup holders. Bunker's first points. AFC hit 12!

Redhouse Youth 2 BarPure.co.uk 0 Group A
A stunning return from Kurt Baxendale. Injured for a large part of the back end of the season - which probably affected Youth's League and Cup campaign, he came back and slotted two goals past a depleted, but stubborn BarPure side. Redhouse Youth are the holders of this trophy and look set to fight to retain it. An important game against AFC awaits them.

* BarPure.co.uk are fined £5 for incorrect kit (shorts and socks with two players)

AFC Redhouse 12 Redhill 0 Group A
A good thing that goal difference does count in this competition Gash scored four, Murton two, Middlemiss three and Tommy Bell three. Only Grant failed to score and really needs to shake a leg or two. In the post match interview, Manager Gash Brazier had some harsh words for his overpaid superstar, Murton, "missed sitter after sitter and needs to up his game if he wants to keep his place."

Sporting Redhouse 2 Southwick FC 1 Group B
The big game. After Sporting's aborted attempt in the Sassco Open Cup, they came back roaring in the AGUK Super League by confirming a Semi Final spot with a superb 2-1 win over the Double Winners. Southwick lashed in the opener from a tight angle, but Sporting soon hit back. The second half saw Sporting take the lead and despite several attempts from Southwick, they held on to it. The Asian Sensation, after an opening howler, crept back into form in a difficult group. Southwick are still favoured to reach the latter stages, but now have awkward games against Bunker and Sassco to come.

BunkerUK.com 4 Sassco.co.uk 2 Group B
Sangha was in between the sticks for this one and it showed. The second goal saw a three onto one attack which gave Bunker the lead for the second time. An opener from Swinhoe was soon responded to by Yatesy in his last game for Sassco. The second for Bunker was scored by Raeper. The second half saw no real response from Sassco as they eventually succumbed to a 4-2 defeat with Lewis getting the critical goal. Tyzack scored for Sassco and Mouat hit the post, but that was it. Bunker give themselves a fighting chance now with an important tie against Southwick. Sassco's poor record in this competition continues as it seems they'll have to prove themselves against both Sporting and Southwick.

-28th June 2007 | back to top

Latest News.

New Sponsor for the 6-a-side.

Delighted to announce that Schiedel are the new sponsors of the 6-a-side League. Schiedel Rite-Vent is the leading brand for stainless steel chimneys in the UK and Ireland with the widest choice of chimney systems and technical support in the country. Schiedel Rite-Vent has the widest range of flues for use with Residential boilers, stove, cooker and open fires. The range covers single wall, twin wall, flexible liners and flue boxes, in diameters from 75mm to 300mm. There are options for oil, gas, wood and solid fuel. Schiedel Rite-Vent has Commercial sized flues up to 705mm diameter for use with a wide range of chimney and venting applications.

The Schiedel website for steel and also the main Schiedel website contain more information about the company. The League will be renamed as the Schiedel Football League.

From time to time, we will be using Schiedel branded footballs within the League and also for the 11-a-side. These balls were produced by Sassco for Schiedel last Summer as promotional items. The standard, size and weight are the same as the regular Sassco balls.

-26th June 2007 | back to top

Southwick take the Double.

Gash Brazier, hero to zero - sent off.

Southwick FC 3 AFC Redhouse 1 Final
After the heights of a win over Hylton Castle in the Semi Finals, AFC Redhouse came crashing down to earth within nine seconds, as the Thursday Hero, Gash Brazier, was deservedly sent off for abusive language towards the referee. As you may all know, Gash himself is a qualified referee and was an official within this League a few years back. So backs to the wall for AFC. A full strength Southwick team hit a stubborn wall. AFC actually gained some openings and forced Darren Morse into some important stops. It wasn't to last though. Eventually Southwick, crowned Champions a couple of weeks ago, opened the scoring through Critter and played "keep ball." Even with this, AFC had more chances and rued their missed opportunities. They, overall, played exceptionally well and were disappointed to suffer a second goal. Chris Middlemiss was caught in possession and Southwick made it 2-0. Not long after this, Kallum Griffiths drove through the heart of the Southwick team and scored. 2-1. Too little - too late. Southwick hammered in a third to take the Sassco Open Cup for the first time.

* Gash Brazier has a £5 Red Card fine and will miss the next Open Cup game (next Season's).

-26th June 2007 | back to top

Hylton Castle take the initiative in Group A.

Sporting clear in Group B.

Hylton Castle 5 Redhouse Youth 1 Group A
The two close rivals were at it again. Youth's were defeated in the Open Cup by Hylton Castle and again suffered a more damning defeat in this one. Hylton Castle coasted to a three goal lead, before Youth's got back into it. It was 3-1 for a large part of the second half before a long range effort confirmed the important three points for Hylton Castle. Both these would be considered favourites to top the group, but the joker in the pack has to be AFC Redhouse. Only the top two qualify for the Semi Finals.