Park land huge blow in bid to retain title
After a tight opening 15 minutes, Park took control and ove r whelmed t hei r host s , Danny Jenkinson firing in a hat- trick and Stefan Moon grabbing a brace.
Sean Exley and Dan Freer rounded off the scoring for Shaun Mancrief ’s men, while Pier’s solitary strike from Gary Thomas was a mere consolation.
Both managers agreed that Park dominated proceedings, Pier boss Andy Spivey said: “Fair play to Newlands, they totally dominated us. After the first 15 minutes it was oneway traffic and they could have scored more in the end.”
Spivey singled out left-back Andy Sheader as Pier’s only star performer of the game.
Newlands manager Shaun Mancrief was delighted with his side’s performance.
H e sa i d : “We battered them. It was a good all-round team performance.
“If we win our remaining games then we will win the league. To say we were eight points behind at Christmas, it would be more satisfying to win it this year than when we dominated last season.”
Seamer beat a depleted Ayton 3 - 0, but made hard work of their three points.
After a goalless first half, Matty Forsyth’s strike gave Paddy Parke’s men the lead.
Travis Wood doubled their advantage on the hour mark before Danny Bradbury wrapped things up.
Whitby Fisherman’s
Society f ol l owed up t hei r superb cup semi-final win last weekend with a 4-1 win on the road at Hunmanby.
Steve Ross scored the only goal of the first half as Fisherman’s went in 1-0 up at the break.
Mark Swales doubled their lead when he smashed into the top corner, before Steve Swales’ corner flew directly into the back of the net for 3-0.
Man of the match Paul Tose made it 4-0 before United grabbed a late consolation. Filey Town Reserves closed the gap on division two league leaders Whitby RFC, but they were made to work hard for their 3-2 win against a depleted Scalby side.
It looked like Town would dominate proceedings against t hei r patc hed- up host s as Dave Wedge headed in from a corner to give his side the lead before Max Gage and Martyn Jenkinson quickly made it 3-0 to the away side.
The home side rallied and went in at the break 3-1 down, Ben Webster latching on to James Blenkinsop’s ball over the top before finishing superbly.
Scalby again pressed after the break and after missing a handful of chances Webster precisely found the bottom corner to give The Otters hope of a dramatic comeback.
Despite pressing the issue, Scalby couldn’t find the leveller and Town took the crucial three points that ensure the title race will almost certainly go down to the wire.
Jamie Gallagher stood out f or Town, while goalscorer Webster and defensive duo Nic Wheatman and Karl Hansell shone for the home side.
Newlands Park Reserves consolidated their place in the top four with a 7-2 thrashing of
FC Rosette.
A Drew McCoubrey double and a Stew Bates strike handed Park a 3-0 advantage at the b re ak , be f o re McCoubrey wrapped up his hat-trick after the interval to make it 4-0.
Rosette hit back, but Park responded minutes later through Sam Chambers.
Again the away side found the net, but any hopes they had were quickly extinguished as Chambers netted his second to make it 6-2.
Striker Chris Dove completed the scoring to make it 7-2.
Joint-boss Dougie McGregor singled out midfield duo Brad Rowley and James Tadman.
In the only game in division three, Tennyson
beat Scalby Reserves 8-3.
Man of the match Billy Joe Johnson fired in two goals for his side, one a free-kick, while Adam Martin also notched a brace.
Their other goals came from Clayton Walker, Nathan Patterson, Sam Mahoney and Rob Whitehead.
Scalby’s man of the match James Long grabbed two goals for his si de f rom midfield, while Tom Manson notched their other goal with superb 30-yard free-kick.