Saturday 14th September 2024
A morning kick off set up a County Durham double involving two newcomers to the Wearside League this season.
The Crook Town Youth side play at Crook Primary School, which is an enclosed pitch with refreshments and furniture behind the goal. They faced Jarrow FC in the Durham Minor Cup, taking the lead against the run of play, before the visitors hit back with two late goals to win the tie.
Thankfully that cup match was settled in ninety minutes, so after a fifteen minute drive I arrived at Middlestone Moor in perfect time, just before the kick off.
Middlestone Community Centre pitch is in a terraced street, fully fenced off with changing rooms and car park behind the goal. They were up against i2i International in the Clem Smith Bowl, going three goals ahead after only 23 minutes. The visitors kept plugging away but Moor were more lethal in front of goal, winning 7-4 in a very entertaining cup tie.
936.Crook Primary School
Crook Town Youth 1-2 Jarrow FC Reserves
Durham FA Minor Cup 1st Round
1130 ko
77' 1-1 Ethan Mitchell
87' 1-2 Steven Hudson
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937.Middlestone Moor Community Centre
Middlestone Moor 7-4 i2I International Soccer Academy
Clem Smith Bowl Extra Preliminary Round
1330 ko
6' 1-0 Callum Whitfield
9' 2-0 Ross Morrow(pen)
23' 3-0 Adam Watson
27' 3-1 Ziyad Lahbabi
29' 4-1 Ross Morrow
43' 4-2 Kalonji Cowan
50' 5-2 Ellis Codd
55' 6-2 Ross Morrow
66' 7-2 Luke Savage
69' 7-3 Dalton Catanzaro
90' 7-4 Yannis Boudiab(pen)
+1
Att.38hc
