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  • Thackley are on the up

    Thackley rocketed into the top half of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division table following a 3-1 win at Dennyfield over struggling Dinnington Town. The Dennyboys raced into a 3-0 lead inside the opening half hour after breaking the

  • Larkin the hero for Liversedge

    Liversedge must have been happy with Thackley’s victory over Dinnington as they were one of only three clubs below them in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division. They also hauled themselves even further clear of the drop zone with a 1-0

  • Brighouse lose again

    Brighouse Town’s misery continued in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division. The St Giles Road club have experienced a difficult mid-season slump and failed to snap out of it as they went down 1-0 at home to Long Eaton United on Saturday,

  • Avenue hopeful North Ferriby game will get go-ahead

    Bradford Park Avenue’s home game against Hucknall Town in the Evo-Stik League Cup quarter-final was postponed on Saturday due to a waterlogged pitch. Silsden’s Vodkat Premier League game and Eccleshill United’s Kool Sport Northern Counties East League

  • Yorkshire are on the March to Barbados

    Yorkshire will be returning to Barbados next month for a 12-day pre-season tour. The White Rose squad will be joining county rivals Hampshire, Warwickshire, Essex and Derbyshire in the Caribbean, where they also prepared for last summer. Martyn Moxon

  • Old boy Presley haunts Cougars

    York City Knights 28, Keighley Cougars 22 Former Cougars stand-off Jonny Presley came back to haunt his old team, scoring twice today to hand them a third straight Northern Rail Cup loss. Presley made the switch from Keighley to York

  • Farsley run riot against ten-man Arnold Town

    Farsley Celtic 8 Arnold Town 0 Farsley enjoyed a landslide victory over struggling Arnold Town at Throstle Nest in the Kool Sport Premier Division. The margin was impressive, despite the visitors going down to ten men, and it stretched their lead at

  • Impressive Hill shrug off early setback

    Bradford Dudley Hill 32, Wigan St Judes 4 Bradford Dudley produced an imposing all-round performance to coast into the fourth round of the Ace Insurance BARLA National Cup at home to fellow Conference League Premier Division rivals Wigan St Judes.

  • Luton shatter Guiseley's Wembley dream

    Guiseley 0 Luton Town 1 Guiseley’s long run in this season’s FA Trophy came to end with a narrow defeat to competition favourites Luton Town in a tight quarter-final tie at Nethermoor. It will be no consolation to the Lions at the moment that it was

  • Leeds United boss rues handball decision

    Swansea City 3, Leeds United 0 Wales has been a graveyard for Leeds United over the years and so it proved again yesyerday lunchtime as Swansea boosted their promotion credentials with a fourth successive win. There could be no disputing the second-placed

  • Wilson rolls back the years after answering SOS call

    Rotherham Phoenix 13, Baildon 20 Baildon shrugged off the disappointment of the heavy defeat at Goole last weekend to grind out an impressive bonus-point win yesterday and retain second place in Yorkshire League Three. With two first-choice props

  • Last-gasp defeat is cruel on Salem

    Knottingley 15, Bradford Salem 14 Bradford Salem were dealt a cruel blow in their bid for survival in Yorkshire Division One yesterday, losing by a single point with the last kick of the game. Despite the absence of four key players, Salem began

  • Cleckheaton retain fourth place after deserved draw

    Team Northumbria 20, Cleckheaton 20 On their first visit to Bullocksteads yesterday, Cleckheaton gained a well-merited draw which earned them two points and the retention of fourth place in North One East. However,it could have been so much more.

  • Beaten Wharfedale regain their pride

    London Scottish 27, Wharfedale 3 Don’t be fooled by the comprehensive look of the scoreline in this National League One game yesterday. Wharfedale – with several regular first-teamers missing – performed with determination and earned considerable

  • Sandal's defensive heroics could cost Bees dear

    Sandal 13, Bradford & Bingley 8 A heroic second-half performance from Sandal kept Bradford & Bingley at bay yesyerday in National League Three North, although Martin Whitcombe’s men must have enjoyed more than three-quarters of the territory

  • Otley's fingers and toes are Cross-ed

    Otley 27, Macclesfield 19 Cross Green should hold the key to Otley’s National League One fortunes. The strugglers notched their fifth win of the season yesterday by defeating fourth-placed Macclesfield - and all of the nap hand have

  • Jackson given Bradford City job for now

    Peter Jackson was this afternoon appointed City's interim manager. The former Bantams skipper, who has previously managed Huddersfield and Lincoln, takes charge on a week-to-week contract while interviews for the vacancy go ahead. He

  • Business as usual on Asbos, say Bradford police

    Police in Bradford and Keighley say it is ‘business as usual’ when it comes to tackling anti-social behaviour, despite plans to scrap Anti-social Behaviour Orders (Asbos). Airedale and North Bradford police say they will continue to use