Slazenger fourths secured an emphatic 3-0 victory over rivalry Ben Rhydding 6th’s.
Man of the match John Sykes plundered two goals, with Mark Swinden sealing victory with a third.
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Slazenger fourths secured an emphatic 3-0 victory over rivalry Ben Rhydding 6th’s.
Man of the match John Sykes plundered two goals, with Mark Swinden sealing victory with a third.
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Slazenger fourths conceded four goals in the first 20 minutes of their encounter with Lincoln thirds and never really recovered from the set-back. They lost 5-2.
Dave Smyth pulled back the first just before half-time and Rob Stevens scored the goal that effectively saw Slazenger ‘draw’ the second half Richard Baker and Stevens produced some good runs in the second half.
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Slazenger 4ths enjoyed a convincing 5-0 victory in their first league clash of the season against Normanby Park.
Slaz dominated the usually strong Normanby outfit, with Ian Gordon putting them in front. By half-time, they were 3-0 up thanks to further strikes from Gordon, Dave Smyth and after the break, goas were netted by Smyth and Alan Killey
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Performance of the day was from Slazenger 4th’s, who made a tremendous start to the season with a 6-1 in over their Leeds rivals.
Just minutes into the game, John Sykes opened the scoring with a penalty flick – and Slazenger continued to punish Leeds and were 3-0 up at the interval.
A minor defensive gesture allowed Leeds a token gesture goal, but two more from Sykes and further strikes from James Walker and skipper Jonathan Halliday made it 6-1
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A keenly-contested West Yorkshire derby ended in a 3-1 win for Slazenger thirds over Leeds University fourths.
Micky Turner scored twice and the ever-alert Andy Auty finished off a great run by Richard Whawell for the third.
Slazenger did, however need the experience and great goalkeeping skills of Thomas Penistone to keep them in front.
Slazenger entertain Normanby Park thirds on Saturday, push back 3pm
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Slazenger fourths were unfortunate to be edged out 1-0 by Leeds fourths.
Nick Goldthorpe had a good game in goal but star of the show was youngster Neil Hutchins with an excellent display of solid tackling.
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Slazenger fourths secured a scrppy 2-2 draw with Bradford Univerrsity.
Nine-man Bradford held off Slazenger until just beforehelf-time when Simon Hurley opened the scoring.
Slazenger added a second through Ian Wiper after the break, but Brdford hit back with a couple of strikes after Slazenger lost skipper Jonathan Halliday through injury and two other players through disputed umpiring decisions.
SLazenger fourths travel to Leeds on Saturday
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An Ian Wiper hat trick helped Slazenger fourths enjoy a 6-4 win at Ben Rhydding.
They enjoyed a perfect start with a brace of goals from Dave Smyth, although the hosts soon pulled one back.
Before the interval, further goals were added by Paul Whittam and Wiper to make it 4-1 to Slazenger, with man-of-the-match Wiper taking over in the second half with his two stikes coming from well-executred short corners – to head off a fight back from the hosts with yeildedthree goals.
Slazenger entertain Bradford University on Saturday
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Slazenger 4th’s suffered a disappointing 4-1 defeat against Normanby Park.
Slazenger conceded the first goal midway through the opening half, but battled back well and a superb opportunist effort from John Sykes hauled them level.
However, they fell behind again before half time.
Slazenger improved considerably in the second half but despite super attempts from father and son, Ian and Paul Wiper, Slazenger were unable to add to their tally.
And Nomanby fired back with two more goals to make the game safe.
Alan Killey was Slazenger’s man-of-the-match and there were also strong perfomances from Jonathan Halliday and Ian Gordon.
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Slazenger fourths secured yet another comfortable victory on home ‘turf’, 11-1 over Huddersfield sevenths.
Jonathan Sykes scored a hat-trick before Huddersfield claimed a consolation score.
Further goals were added by Sykes, Jonathan Halliday, Ian Gordon, and Paul Wiper.
Man of the match was James Walker.
On Saturday, Slazenger fourths entertain Normanby Park, push back 4:30pm.