Railway’s FA Cup adventure continues

Emirates FA Cup  Harrogate Railway 3-1 Norton & Stockton Ancients It was the Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round at Station View on Saturday and by 5pm Railway were through but they were made to work really hard for the victory. Railway started well, passing the ball around with ease, retaining possession and took an early  read more→

Handsworth knock local neighbours out

Emirates FA Cup Handsworth Parramore 4-1 Stocksbridge Park Steels Handsworth came from behind to knock their local rivals and Evo Stik League opponents Stocksbridge out of the FA Cup. Goals from Kieron Wells (2), Tom Dugdale and Conor Higginson propelled the Ambers into the first qualifying round for the first time since the merger of  read more→

Emirates FA Cup Prelim Round preview

Emirates FA Cup Tadcaster Albion v Scarborough Athletic Billy Miller is expecting a carnival atmosphere for the mouthwatering Preliminary Round tie between Tadcaster Albion and Scarborough Athletic. There will be a massive crowd at the i2i Sports for the clash. “It is a fantastic tie and I can’t wait,” Miller said. “Steve Kittrick has a  read more→

Good performance or get the tractor home

Emirates FA Cup Richard Tracey has given his Ossett Albion squad a warning: give a good performance or some of you will be going home on a tractor. Albion are facing a difficult Preliminary Round test at Bamber Bridge, a week on since Bridge hitched a ride on a tractor to a pub after their coach broke  read more→

2nd half display puts Railway through

Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay Albion Sports 0-3 Harrogate Railway An outstanding second half performance earned Harrogate Railway a place in the Preliminary Round along with the £1500 prize money. Steve Bromley’s double and Chris Ovington’s late strike sealed Railway’s progress. The Rail had Jake Lofthouse to thank during the the first half  read more→

Parramore set up mouth-watering tie

Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Armthorpe Welfare 0-2 Handsworth Parramore Handsworth Parramore booked a mouth-watering tie with local rivals Stocksbridge Park Steels after winning at Armthorpe Welfare. The went into the game as clear favourites, although their hosts had added a few new names during the summer to strengthen their ranks. There were full  read more→

Brid and Pickering face FA Cup replays

Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Pickering Town and Bridlington Town both face replays in the FA Cup this week. Pickering will go into their re-match with Sunderland RCA full of confidence after coming from behind to draw 2-2 in the North East. Ryan Blott and Lewis Taylor pulled a draw out of the brink  read more→

Parkgate get through in the FA Cup

Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Parkgate 2-1 Irlam Parkgate booked a Preliminary Round home tie with Evo Stik League side Burscough. A lively start saw Irlam attempt to assert their authority on the game but they were thwarted at every opportunity by a determined Parkgate team. Chances were few and far between for both sides, although  read more→

Railway and Albion to meet again

Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Harrogate Railway 1-1 Albion Sports Harrogate Railway and Albion Sports will meet again on Wednesday after a stalemate at Station View. It was Albion who started the brighter, pushing Railway back in the first 15 minutes and winning a series of free-kicks just outside Harrogate Railway’s penalty box. Aran  read more→

Wells stun top North West Counties side

Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Hemsworth Miners Welfare 2-1 Runcorn Linnets The top side in the North West Counties Premier Division were put to the sword by Hemsworth. It was arguably the best result in the FA Cup for the Toolstation Northern Counties East League. Because their captain Jason Yates left during the week,  read more→