With spring just around the corner, the Craven, Aire & Wharfe League management are turning their attention to knockout football, and Albion Sports have progressed in the under-13 Phoenix Cup with a 5-0 victory at Settle United.

Albion cashed in with second-half goals from Ismail Rehman, Tariq Aziz, Zak Khan, Tallah Butt and Adam Yasin. Man of match was goalkeeper Ketan Dharni.

In the league, Albion Sports under-12s made light of their lay-off with an 8-2 victory over BD3 United.

Zain Mushtaq’s brace in the first ten minutes gave Albion a racing start, and Sanjay Chudasama increased the lead. After the break, Mushtaq completed his hat-trick with a stunning free-kick, and Nadeem Khan got on the scoresheet with two well-taken goals.

Chudasama also completed his hat-trick with neat finishes inside the box. Ryan Singh did brilliantly to get both hands to a BD3 penalty but the ball rolled over the line. Man-of-the-match was Abdul Majid in midfield.

There was no joy for Bingley under-14s. BD3 United enjoyed their biggest away win (13-0) with goals from Mo-hammad Israr (3), Bilal Hussain (3), Shabaz Ali (2), Shohaib JB (2), Ozair Arshad, Sami Younis and Danny Butt.

In B Division, Bradford Tigers’ keeper Matthew Knights didn’t get his gloves dirty but dominated his area as they maintained third place with a 3-0 home victory over Eldwick.

Man of the match Joe Stewart created the first goal with a left-wing run, his cross being fumbled by the keeper for Jamie Clegg to net.

Zubair Shakeel made it 2-0 before half-time and he wrapped things by getting on the end of a long through ball and shaking off a defender before calmly finishing. Matthew Wilkinson had a solid debut at right back for Tigers.

Fairbank United moved top of the under-16 C Division with a convincing win over Sutton. Umaer Aslam began the scoring early, and that was followed by strikes from Sohail Rashid, Demitric Nelson, Abdul-bassid Mossa and an impressive four goals by Sohail Fiaz in an 8-4 win.

Wilsden’s under-12 contest at home to Queensbury started evenly but an excellent sprint and one-on-one conversion by Luca Zenti put Wilsden in the lead. Queensbury forced some good defending from Joe Hutchinson and Michael Mykyta before a 30-yarder from George Heartfield made it 2-0.

Wilsden dropped off the pace slightly, Queensbury pulling a goal back, but Wilsden took control in the second half, man of the match Sam Murphy converting a penalty to make it 3-1.

Keeper Joseph Jagger then denied the visitors before Joe Hutchinson got the fourth following a corner.

Idle have put themselves in prime position to win the Under-14 A Division.

They went top with a 5-4 victory over Keighley Shamrocks, with goals from Ben Dearnley (2), Leon Wilton, Mohammed Hamzah and Patrick Cooper.

Idle are now two points clear with a game in hand over nearest rivals Silsden, who they play next weekend.