Ripon City Magnets..... 3

Baildon Trinity.............0

Top of the West Yorkshire League Division One1, Magnets took all three points, but could count themselves fortunate. Their only defeat had come at Baildon, and for long periods they were outplayed in this game.

Baildon should have been two or three up by the interval, which was reached goalless, but their old failing of playing quality football but not producing goals reared its head again. Totally against the run of play, Magnets went ahead with a headed goal from a corner.

Worse was to come. Baildon's Nick James was brought down in the area, but the referee ignored appeals for a penalty, and Magnets went straight down to the other end where a similar incident occurred and the referee this time awarded Magnets a penalty, from which they scored.

A further breakaway brought a third goal for the home side. Baildon's Richard Harris, who had proved a thorn in the side of Magnets, was given some rough treatment, with little protection from the referee, and had to be brought off. Midfielder Gavin Renton was Baildon's Man-of-the-Match.

l On Saturday Baildon are at home to Methley (2.15pm), and they are hopeful of signing a new striker by then.

Baildon Trinity Res..............2

Great Preston......................2

Two goals down at half-time, Baildon's young reserve side fought back well to earn a share of the points. Second-half goals by Chris Hawker - his fifth in the last two matches - and Matthew Nunn did the trick.

Woodman Rovers U-15s.........8

Baildon Trinity U-15s............3

AFTER losing just one of their last five Craven Junior League games, this was a huge disappointment for Baildon.

On a sticky pitch and up against a physically big side, Baildon never got going and were chasing the game from the moment they conceded two early goals.

Five minutes from the interval, Baildon were trailing 4-1, but goals either side of the break brought them back to 4-3 and for a time in the second-half it looked as though they might salvage something.

However, the team's old failing of running out of steam in the last quarter returned and Woodman put in four more goals.

Generally, this was a sloppy performance with midfielders and central defenders failing to close down the opposition, allowing players time and space to turn and run at them. Many tackles were half-hearted and lacked conviction.

The one bright spot was the quality of the three goals scored. Chris Reardon cracked home two stunning strikes from distance and Adam Edwards converted a cross in fine style to end off Baildon's best move of the match.

Edwards had an excellent second-half and Simon Malyon at right-back also caught the eye, but too many other players did not perform to their ability.

Reardon was Man-of-the-Match.