Harrogate Railway crashed out of the West Riding County Cup on Tuesday night after a 5-0 thumping at the hands of Barnoldswick Town. The hosts went ahead through Joseph Gaughan’s excellent strike on nine minutes although Railway could have gone in level at the break had Louis Horne’s back post finish not been ruled out read more→
West Riding County Cup
Garforth edge blood and thunder tie
Late goals were the difference as Garforth Town survived a scare to win the prolonged West Riding County Cup first round tie with Yorkshire Amateur at Wheatley Park. Last season’s runners-up Garforth only scraped through with a 4-3 victory over their local rivals in a match that was a superb advertisement for the often derided read more→
County Cup clash postponed
Garforth Town will face Yorkshire Amateur in the prolonged West Riding County Cup first tie next Tuesday, not tonight. The match had even been advertised on the Toolstation NCEL website. The West Riding County FA are expected to release the reasons why the match will not take place until next week in a statement later read more→
Goole knock Tadcaster out of cup
Goole AFC progressed in the West Riding County Cup by beating Tadcaster Albion 7-6 on penalties after a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes. Jason Mycoe missed the decisive penalty for last season’s semi-finalists, who had been losing 2-0 at half-time to the Evo Stik Division One South side. It was the Brewers who had the read more→
No complaints over County Cup PP
Captain Andy Hawksworth was denied his 100th Garforth Town appearance after heavy rain forced referee Ken Haycock to postpone the West Riding County Cup first round tie with Yorkshire Amateur. The pitch was playable at 6.30pm until the intense thunderstorm arrived and left part of the field under water. The match is expected to be read more→
Miller to rotate Tad team for Goole
There will be the odd change to Tadcaster Albion’s starting line-up in the West Riding County Cup first round tie at Goole tonight. Billy Miller has confirmed that he will alter his side that stormed to a 4-1 victory over Pickering Town on Friday. He said: “The County Cup will give us a great opportunity read more→
Railway see off Glasshoughton in Cup
Harrogate Railway ended a run of defeats to beat Glasshoughton Welfare 4-1 in the West Riding County Cup first round tie at Station View. Toolstation NCEL Division One side Glasshoughton gave a very good account of themselves, but Harrogate took their chances. Dan Barrett, who played for Glasshoughton last season under Jon Miles, scored twice read more→
Match off after officials no show
The West Riding County Cup first round clash between Liversedge and Pontefract Collieries at Clayborn was bizarrely postponed after the match officials failed to show up. Both teams had even warmed up before the postponement was announced. It is currently unclear why no officials arrived for the tie. Pontefract manager Nick Handley said: “I need read more→
West Riding County Cup draw
Bradford (Park Avenue)’s defence of the West Riding County Cup begins in the second round with the short trip to Albion Sports. The draws for the opening two rounds were announced today by the County FA. Here are the draws: First Round Farsley Celtic v Ossett Town Ossett Albion v Knaresborough Town Goole AFC V read more→
Chib ends Avenue’s long wait for Cup
Bradford (Park Avenue) huffed, puffed and eventually blew Garforth Town down in the West Riding County Cup Final last night at Valley Parade. Powerful forward Chib Chilaka’s late strike was the only goal of the game as Avenue finally ended a brave effort from the young Toolstation NCEL Premier Division side Garforth. Former Garforth player read more→