South Park Rangers
JFC was established in 1978. The men's senior side joined the North Riding Football League in 2021-22 and finished the season as Division One champions. The club have had a decent first half of the season in the Premier Division and have progressed to the semi-finals of the North Riding Senior Cup, following a fabulous 5-3 away win at Northallerton Town recently.
Smith's Dock Park
Skippers Lane,
Middlesbrough
TS6 0HY
The club is based in Normanby, around five miles south-east of Middlesbrough town centre. The ground has eight full size pitches with SJP using the roped off one in the far corner, furthest away from the changing rooms.
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47 mile drive door-to-door
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South Park Rangers 3(OG 3 Tattersfield 11,36)
Cleveland 3(Thompson 6,86 Sarkodie 45+5)
North Riding FL Premier Division matchday 17v21
6th v 7th
2pm ko
Att.15hc
The match got off to a fast start with three goals in the opening 11 minutes. The home team twice took the lead with a free kick from the right wing leading to an own goal and a good finish from James Tattersfield put them 2-1 up, with an equaliser from Dan Thompson in between.
Rangers extended their lead in the 36th minute when Tattersfield got on the end of a fifty-fifty ball ahead of the goalkeeper, which saw the keeper suffer a serious injury and was taken to hospital following the clash. Following a long delay, Clevo pulled a goal back with Sarkodie heading home in added time. After a flurry of goals, the second half was a tighter affair, with the only strike coming late on when Thompson fired home a 30 yard free kick to level it at three-each.
