RCA leave it late to seal a crucial win

SUNDERLAND RCA came from behind to move into the top seven of the Northern League Division One table with a home win over West Auckland Town.

Danny Parker gave West the lead three minutes before half-time but Luke Page got the hosts back on level-terms five minutes into the second-half.

The two sides looked set to share the points until Page got a winner for Sunderland RCA in the fourth minute of injury-time.

Elsewhere in Division One, Jamie Owens scored the only goal of the game as Stockton Town came away from Penrith with all three points.

There was also one goal in the game at Ryhope CW, as Penrith’s Andy Murray-Jones scored in the second-half to give the Cumbrian outfit an impressive win.

There was a North Tyneside derby in the First Round of the Northumberland Senior Cup and it took extra-time to separate North Shields and Whitley Bay.

Ben Harmison put North Shields ahead from the penalty-spot in the thirteenth minute of the game, before Alex Kempster equalised just after the half-hour mark.

A Joe Robson own-goal gave Whitley Bay the lead at half-time and they held on to it until the fifth minute of second-half injury-time.

Robins striker Dan Wilson was the man that got the goal to take the tie into extra-time.

James Luccock put the Robins ahead in the thirteenth minute of extra-time

Tow Law Town were two goals ahead inside the opening 20 minutes as they secured progress into the Second Round of the Earnest Armstrong Memorial Cup with a 3-1 win against Jarrow.

An own goal and a Rhys Harbottle strike put the Lawyers in complete control of the tie.

Nick Quinn pulled one back for Jarrow but Liam Whitworth settled the tie with seven minutes remaining.