Bradford side Campion up into play-offs as Wombwell crushed

The Bradford side zoomed up three places to fourth in the table last night after crushing rock-bottom Wombwell Town 5-0 at Scotchman Road.

The home side made a lightning start, Jack Normanton heading home Harry Parsons’ cross, before Paddy Sykes half-volleyed the ball into the net after good work from his captain, Aidan Day.

That put Campion 2-0 up after 10 minutes, and while they were unable to add to their lead before the break, Wombwell striker Ed Agnew shot himself in the foot by completely losing his head.

After being lucky to pick up a yellow card late in the half, after some backchat was followed by a dangerous lunge, he was dismissed by the referee seconds before the interval anyway.

Eventually, Campion added to their lead, with their third goal coming against nine men, after substitute Chinedu Osadebe had been sin-binned for dissent.

Sykes was at the heart of the action again, producing some great work before feeding Sonny Whittingham to score.

Campion rang the changes shortly afterwards, with the game won, but they soon scored a fourth goal anyway.

A soft penalty was given against Morgan James for a foul, and Ewan Gregson stepped up to find the back of the net from 12 yards.

Ewan Gregson (third left) often has the eye for the spectacular when it comes to scoring goals for Campion, but it was a penalty from him that did the trick last night. (Image: Alex Daniel)

Even with Osadebe back on the pitch, Wombwell could not stop Campion scoring a fifth goal.

A bad defensive error on 76 minutes presented the ball to Gregson, who unselfishly squared the ball for Normanton to tap it into an empty net.

The result leaves the table fascinatingly poised going into the back end of the season.

Second to fifth will finish in the play-offs, but as it stands, only three points separate Handsworth in third and Tadcaster Albion in seventh.

Route One Rovers’ own play-off hopes in Division One of the NCEL were put on hold last night, with their game at Doncaster City called off due to a waterlogged pitch.

A local match referee made the call, deeming small areas of Doncaster’s pitch to still be unplayable, after it had been ravaged by rain at the back end of last week.

Interestingly, Brigg Town currently have a nine-point buffer in fifth, the final play-off spot in the division, but a gaggle of sides below them, including ninth-placed Rovers, have at least four games in hand.

That meant the big winners in that skirmish last night were sixth-placed Leeds UFCA, who won 5-2 at neighbours South Leeds.