No fairytale FA Cup win for Maltby

There was no fairytale Emirates FA Cup victory for Maltby Main as Frickley Athletic professionally won 2-0 at Muglet Lane. First half goals from Royale Johnson and Jacob Hazel secured Frickley’s passage into the second qualifying round. Karl Rose’s side are now unbeaten in seven matches in all competitions. Easing any potential pressure, Frickley took  read more→

Thackley could be NCEL’s only Cup hope

Thackley are the only Toolstation Northern Counties East League club still in the Emirates FA Cup unless Armthorpe win at AFC Liverpool tomorrow . However, Thackley still need to beat Abbey Hey in a first qualifying round replay after coming back from 2-0 down to draw at Dennyfield. Chris Reape’s men were heading out of the competition  read more→

Fearn hopes Maltby can seize moment

Spencer Fearn hopes his Maltby Main players can seize the moment and pull off an Emirates FA Cup upset of huge magnitude. Maltby are all set for the biggest game at Muglet Lane for some time when Evo Stik Premier Division side Frickley Athletic visit for the First Qualifying Round tie. Maltby have already pulled  read more→

Farsley Celtic win FA Cup replay

Farsley Celtic picked up their first win of the season and progressed into the Emirates FA Cup first qualifying round by beating Stocksbridge Park Steels 3-0 at Throstle Nest. Aiden Savory got two of Farsley’s goals in the replay which was forced after the 1-1 stalemate on Saturday. The Evo Stik Division One South leaders  read more→

Hall guides Brighouse to replay victory

Brighouse Town safely navigated their way into the Emirates FA Cup first qualifying round with the 2-1 victory at Atherton Collieries in the replay. Ryan Hall’s second half strike was the difference for the Evo Stik Division One North outfit. A 1-1 draw on Saturday took the game over to Lancashire for the Bank Holiday  read more→

Shaw Lane suffer FA Cup exit

Shaw Lane Aquaforce were surprisingly bundled out of the Emirates FA Cup after losing 2-1 at lower league Alsager Town in the Preliminary Round tie. Two goals in the opening ten minutes gave Aquaforce a mountain to climb and Craig Elliott’s men were unable to rescue themselves from the situation. Jake Chadwick set Alsager on  read more→

Maltby book prized FA Cup tie

League heroes Maltby Main set up a money-spinning Emirates FA Cup first qualifying round tie with Frickley Athletic after a shock 2-1 victory at 1874 Northwich. Spencer Fearn and Mark Askwith’s men raced into a 2-0 lead at their stunned North West Counties hosts and held on. The Toolstation NCEL Premier Division side had been piling  read more→

Harrogate Railway earn replay

Harrogate Railway and Spennymoor Town will battle it out again on Tuesday night after a goal-less draw in the Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round tie at Station View, Jack Stockdill came closest to scoring for the hosts before Tom Goodwin was called into action multiple times in the second half, impressively denying Joseph Tait and  read more→

South sends Ossett Albion through

Ossett Albion are currently the only Yorkshire Evo Stik Division One North side guaranteed a place in the next round of the Emirates FA Cup. Albion eased to a comfortable 3-0 victory over North West Counties outfit Maine Road in their Preliminary Round tie. Albion started positively and took the lead in the 22nd minute.  read more→

Red card is turning point for Tad

Jordan Armstrong’s red card was the turning point in Tadcaster Albion’s 5-2 defeat to Colne in the Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round tie. Armstrong was dismissed for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity after handling Danny Boyle’s goal-bound strike close to half-time. Boyle converted the spot kick to level the scores at 2-2. From there it  read more→