Reports from ten opening day fixtures in the Toolstation NCEL

Premier Division

Armthorpe Welfare 2-3 Worksop Town

Worksop, new to the Division, got off to a great start after Andre Johnson scored within five minutes, but it went downhill from there. 
A bit of ill feeling crept into the game following some strong Welfare challenges, and what appeared as handbags in a couple of incidents, could well have resulted in more cards being shown, As it happened, Adam Lee was the first to get his name in the book.
Welfare hit back immediately in the second half when Kieran Benson scored in similar circumstances to Worksop’s Johnson in the first half.
But, the equilibrium was short-lived when Connor Sellars’ 52nd minute goal restored Worksop’s lead. Adam Lee and was shown a second yellow card with half an hour still to play.
Worksop eventually took advantage of the extra man on 81 minutes when Matthew Booth rifled a shot into the roof of the net.
Welfare kept things respectable though and reduced the deficit to 3-2 on 84 minutes when Anthony Ryan calmly slotted home Andrew Walkden’s nod across goal.
Armthorpe Welfare: Copley, Hardman (Walters), Bunn, Garner, Walkden, Rollins, Baskerville, Johnston (Mansaram), Ryan, Benson (Preston), Lee. Subs unused: Dobbin, Robinson.
Referee: Duncan Carratt
Attendance: 184

Athersley Recreation 0-0 Retford United

Newly-promoted referee Michael Brownsett had a baptism of fire in his first game as a NCEL Premier Division official.
Brownsett sent off Retford’s Reece Thompson in the first half and substitute Jordan Cooper in the last minute in the goal-less opening day fixture.
The official also showed a host of yellow cards.
Athersley Recreation: May, Hodgson, Cook, Briscoe, Hydes (Brearley 72), White R, Scargill, White A, Bentley (Jackson 76), Moore, Bennett. Subs unused: Ripley, Alcock, Penn.
Retford United: Fuller, Gaughan, Cairns (Wilkin HT), Steadman, Young, McFayden, Hadley, Johnson (Cooper 63), Hutchinson, Muirhead (Nelthorpe 67), Thompson. Subs unused: Smith R, Hitchcock (GK).
Referee: Michael Brownsett
Attendance: 166

Garforth Town 3-1 Parkgate

Graham Nicholas was “delighted” as Garforth Town celebrated their first opening day win for seven years after two late goals.
Two Luke Mangham strikes in the final ten minutes handed Garforth victory in a game that looked set to finish in a draw.
Dominic Hackney had given Garforth a half-time lead, but Parkgate equalised through Scott Lowe’s penalty.
Mangham then intervened for Garforth.
Nicholas told Non League Yorkshire: “I’m absolutely delighted. It’s been seven years since the club won on the first day so we said it was important to get three points and start the season well.
“I always felt we were the better team. We were missing a couple of key players, but I trusted the players who were out there and they’ve done us proud.
“We were 1-0 up at half-time when Dominic Hackney capitalised on a mistake by the ‘keeper.
“We came out and changed things, but conceded a penalty because of a fairly rash tackle by Andy Hawksworth and we lost our shape.
“They came onto us for 20 minutes so we were on the back foot. We changed personnel and moved one or two players into advanced positions and it paid diviends as Luke Mangham scored two fantastic goals.”
Garforth Town: Hunter, Hawksworth (captain), Mohammed (Oyebanji), Wood, Alali, Rupere, Davis (Lewis), Akeroyd, Hackney (Smith), Mangham, Harris. Sub unused: Newbould.
Parkgate: Morton, Bownes, Bond, Wragg, Lowe, Shelton, Langford, Abdulla (captain), Fletcher, Whittington, Morley. Subs: Dawson, Steer, Edmundson, Kabeya, Shaw.
Referee: Aaron Bannister
Attendance: 110

Handsworth Parramore 6-0 Glasshoughton Welfare

Ambitious Handsworth got their season off to a flyer with a straightforward win over Glasshoughton.
Vill Powell and Nicky Travis put Handsworth in a commanding position at half-time. Lee Whittington (2), Luke Fletcher and Ryan Johnson wrapped up the rout in the second half.
Eagle told the club’s official Audioboo account: “To be fair the the result was a good one for us, but the most pleasing is that when you’re three or four goals up you have a tendency to stop playing.
“But, the lads have kept going, playing and doing the right things for 90 minutes.
“To be fair to Glasshoughton, they came and gave it go for 20 or 30 minutes. But, after that, I’m afraid it was one-way traffic.
“We’ve done our job, I’m happy. It doesn’t matter what anyone else has done today as we’re on our way and we go again Tuesday night.”
Handsworth Parramore: Sneath, Johnson, Tootle, Hill, Griffiths, Travis, Burrell (Hill), Fox, Whittington, Fletcher (Bates), Powell (Hudson). Subs unused: Smith, Quinn.
Referee: Christopher Hunter (Nottinghamshire)
Attendance: 47

Liversedge 2-6 Cleethorpes Town

It was a bad afternoon from start to finish for new Liversedge manager Alan Colquhoun and his new-look side.
The first half did not go too badly. Former Farsley Celtic midfielder Scott Driscoll had cancelled out Marc Cooper’s fifth minute strike.
Kieron Corley then levelled again for Liversedge after Alex Flett’s goal.
‘Sedge, who had several players yellow carded, collapsed. Cooper completed his hat-trick and newcomers Cleethorpes had Darren Hanslip and Jonathan Oglesby to thank for completing the rout.
Liversedge’s Joel Farrar sent off for second bookable offence in the last minute.
Livesedge: Carlisle, Danson, Jackson, Rothera, Farrer, Hope, Hey, Driscoll, Grogan, Corley, Andrew. Subs: O’Gara, Sykes Hilton, McMurrough, Wales.
Cleethorpes Town: Beattie, Mascall, Coleman, McFarland, Peck, Hanslip, Robertson, Fleet, Cooper, L Grant, Oglesby. Subs: Heward, Belding, O Grant, Funnell, Richardson.
Referee: Dean Watson
Attendance: 92

Division One

AFC Mansfield 0-1 Selby Town

Super-sub Ash Pardoe scored a dramatic 87th minute winner for Selby at much-fancied AFC Mansfield.
Selby deserved the victory in Dave Riccardo’s first game in charge having forced so many good saves out of Mansfield goalkeeper Gavin Saxby.
Mansfield had a good period of pressure in the second half and new Selby goalkeeper Mark Wilberforce had to be on his guard.
Pardoe then won it for Selby with a close range header.
AFC Mansfield: Saxby, Timons (captain), Claridge (Kimberley 74),Ludlow, Kitchen, Buxton, J Naylor (Rick 51), Bettison (D Naylor 60). Subs unused: Bacon, Brewin.
Selby Town: Wilberforce, Dicknman, Binns, Jones (captain), Horsman (Pardoe 74), O’Reilly, Forrester, Bennett, Robinson (Bunch 56), Gray, Kamara. Subs unused: Muirhead, Archer.
Referee: Josh Bramall (South Yorkshire)
Attendance: 95

Grimsby Borough 1-8 AFC Emley

AFC Emley stormed to a sensational opening day victory at Grimsby Borough.
Max Leonard hit three goals to cap a man of the match performance. Doran Jordan’s 30 yard effort into the top corner was the cream of crop while Sam Jerome, Ruben Jerome and Michael Tunnacliffe also got on the score sheet. Nathan Perks also hit a goal on his competitive debut after coming on as a second-half substitute.
Seconds after coming on, Alex Hallam limped off with an injury to his ankle following an innocuous challenge 
The Grimsby consolation goal was from a direct free-kick awarded after Ryan Brook was harshly adjudge to have handled.
AFC Emley: Lawlor, Leech, Starkey, Tunnacliffe, Jerome S, Brook (captain), Townend, Leonard, Kenworthy, Jerome R, Jordan. Subs: Hallam, Steers, Sykes, Stewart, Perks.
Referee: Thomas Bishop (Lincolnshire)
Attendance: 30

Hemsworth Miners Welfare 1-1 Teversal

Nick Guest’s 65th minute equaliser earned Hemsworth Miners Welfare a point.
Guest’s drilled strike cancelled out Teversal’s first half goal which had seen Aiden Harris slot the ball past the stranded Hemsworth goalkeeper Jamie Abbott.
Hemsworth Miners Welfare: Jamie Abbott, Andrew Hayward, Cameron Clark, Cory Dixon (Lee Dawson 80), Harry Viggars, Ross Haywood (Carl Turner 85), Nash Connolly, Jason Yates, Nick Guest, Dominique Blair, William Kemp (Robert Crappr 80). Subs Not Used: Joey Hammond, Darcy Pugh.
Teversal: Ryan Brooks, Andy Hauton, Blake Vincent, Gary Atkins (Callum Pursglove 39), Jordan Schofield, Luke Fisher, Aiden Harris (Simba Ganyiwa 90+2), Sean Dickinson, Oli Wood, Jimmy Adcock, Dominic Jones (Jack Hutchinson 66). Subs Not Used: Scott Taylor, Robert Holland.
Referee: Paul Tomes (South Yorkshire).
Attendance: 93

Lincoln Moorlands Railway 2-1 Worsbrough Bridge

A last minute goal denied cruelly denied Worsbrough Bridge a point in Dave Mace’s first game in charge.
Lewis Chambers struck in the dying seconds to ensure Lincoln began Division One life in a successful manner.
it was Lincoln who got off to a flyer on 6 minutes through a Craig Bridge wonder strike from 25 yards into the top right hand corner leaving Jared Oxley without a hope of stopping it.
Bridge came to life and had chances go begging with Adam Podmore seeing a volley just go over. Danny Cawley have chances too.
In the second half, Rob Agie had a great chance, but scuffed it. Craig Laight had a header go just over the bar from a corner.
Then substitute Brad Kerr intervened within four minutes of entering the pitch on the hour. 
Kerr broke the offside trap and ran clear into the box only for the Lincoln defender chasing to bring him down for a penalty, which he converted with confidence.
Chances kept coming and not through good defending or goalkeeping Bridge failed to put away chances.
On 75 minutes Parirs Dixon came on for Alex Colton and saw a goal-bound shot hit the unfortunate Cawley and was cleared away.
Kerr again broke the offside trap and and saw his strike hit the far post. 
But, in the last minute, a lapse in concentration allowed Lewis Chambers to capitalise and a dramatic win for Lincoln.
Worsbrough Bridge: Oxley, Barker, Thompson, Lycett, Laight, Adgie, Colton (Dixon 75), Jones (Kerr 61), Kokot, Cawley, Podmore. Subs unused: Evans, Lane.
Attendance: 36

Rossington Main 1-1 Hall Road Rangers

Rossington Main played out a competitive opening day fixture with Hall Road Rangers.
Jordan Hatton had given Rossington a first half lead, but the goal was cancelled out by a Luke Thompson equaliser.
Hall Road manager Lee Hastings said: “A really good point today.
“In the end a point was probably about right. They brought the game to us in the first half, but we didn’t help our cause by sitting deep and not engaging play higher up the field.
“(We made) a change in formation and personnel at half time and we looked the better side. Luke Thompson took his goal superbly, and there were note able performances from Shaun Gibson and Paul Morrill.
“Darren Rookes had some really good chances to win the game late on but it wasn’t meant to be.
“The target I set of not losing our first match was met, and it was for the players to manage this on the pitch.”
Referee: Jack Hall (South Yorkshire)
Attendance: 85

Reports from numerous NCEL matches is planned to be a regular feature on Non League Yorkshire each week.
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