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  • Depleted Keighley put to the sword

    Doncaster Phoenix 63 Keighley 15 Keighley, decimated by injuries, unfortunately lost yet another player when second row Jimmy Walker was concussed in the warm-up. With a weak team, this was always going to be a difficult fixture and so it proved

  • Bradford & Bingley edge classic encounter at death

    Billingham 43 Bradford & Bingley 45 Bees boosted their survival hopes with victory thanks to a converted try in the 12th minute of stoppage time. In what was a thrilling encounter, Dan Cookson bullocked his way to the line to pull the visitors

  • Keighley Cougars punished by Eagles for poor display

    Keighley Cougars 24 Sheffield Eagles 42 Two Scott Law tries were not enough as Keighley were well beaten by champions Sheffield at Cougar Park today. Cougars were well in the game up until half-time, despite being 14-6 down, with Eagles looking

  • Wharfedale delight as barren run over

    Old Albanian 25 Wharfedale 28 Wharfedale returned to winning ways in the warm sunshine at St Albans. An impressive first half gave Wharfedale a lead to defend playing into the wind in the second half. With both sides committed to open rugby

  • Silsden can't spring a surprise

    Norton United 2 Silsden 0 The Cobbydalers failed to upset the odds as they slumped to a tame defeat at title-chasing Norton United. Silsden’s hopes began to flounder when their hosts hit the woodwork in the second minute and, when they conceded

  • Cleckheaton clinch title with magnificent seven-try romp

    Cleckheaton 45 Morpeth 0 Maybe not wanting to tempt fate, despite being so far ahead in the table, Cleckheaton have been saying little about life next season in National League Three North. However, they can finally go public after clinching

  • Guisley boss Bower gutted as Jackson helps tame Lions

    Oxford City 3 Guiseley 3 Guiseley were looking for a win that would have taken them into the play-off places in the Conference North but relegation-threatened Oxford City had not read the script. A late fightback saw Oxford snatch a point that

  • Otley slip to defeat as points deduction confirmed

    Otley 17 Luctonians 19 After receiving confirmation that they had been deducted five points for fielding an unregistered player, Otley needed to win at home to Luctonians and hopes were high following recent good performances. But the visitors

  • Leeds United Don for as club await Cellino verdict

    Leeds United 1 Doncaster Rovers 2 Brian McDermott is eagerly awaiting the outcome of today’s appeal by Massimo Cellino against the Italian’s failure to pass the Football League’s directors and owners test. The beleaguered Leeds manager saw

  • Runners' bright idea to highlight Race For Life fundraiser

    Go Girls! Bradford’s Race For Life event is picking up pace as its organisers get in the pink to rally more support. There was some ‘monkeying’ around at the city’s Kirkgate shopping centre when this line-up, pictured, took to the streets to get

  • Delivery driver is robbed at knifepoint

    Detectives in Bradford are hunting two men who robbed a van driver at knifepoint at around 9.45am last Tuesday. The driver was making a delivery in Ryedale Way, Allerton, when he was approached by the pair, one carrying a knife. The man with

  • Horsfall horror show as Bradford Park Avenue walloped

    Bradford Park Avenue 0 Brackley 5 Bradford were simply brushed aside by Brackley as the promotion-chasers exacted sweet revenge for the previous Saturday’s 1-0 home defeat. Avenue were woeful in the first period, and although Bradford boss

  • Wins for Liversedge and Eccleshill

    Liversedge further distanced themselves from the drop zone in the Northern Counties East League Premiern Division with a comeback win at home to Armthorpe Welfare. Sedge broke the deadlock through Matty Thompson but Danny Taylor equalised on the

  • It's a no-show from Scholes, Butt and friends

    Farsley 2 Salford City 3 The imminent buyout of Salford City appeared to have a galvanising effect on the Greater Manchester club as they dented Farsley’s play-off hopes with a surprise win at Throstle Nest. The Evo-Stik Division One North

  • Thackley get that winning feeling again

    Mid-table Thackley put two consecutive defeats behind them when they came from a goal down to win 3-1 at Staveley. The home side took an early lead when Josh Scully conjured up a goal from nothing in the 12th minute. The Dennyboys got into

  • Six and out for Bradford Salem

    Yarnbury 26 Bradford Salem 24 Bradford Salem's six match unbeaten run in SSE Yorkshire Division 2 ended in cruel fashion as a last minute try gave promotion-chasing Yarnbury the spoils at Brownberrie Lane. Salem made an encouraging start with

  • Brighouse win to keep pressure on leading pair

    Brighouse Town maintained the pressure on the top two in the Toolstation Northern Counties East Premier Division and kept their title tilt on track with another win. Town had to battle at struggling Nostell MW but they eventually wore their hosts

  • Records smashed in bumper turnout for Keighley charity run

    Records were smashed today when more than 1,300 runners turned up to take part in the biggest Keighley BigK race yet. And delighted organisers were also expecting to top £50,000 for Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope - beating totals from the past

  • Guiseley family thrilled as son accepted for surgery in USA

    A two-year-old boy who is unable to walk has been accepted for a potentially life-changing operation in the United States. The family of Wes Knight have spoken of their delight at the decision by the St Louis Children’s Hospital in Missouri.