FT RACA 8 Durham United 1 Attendance 420

Four goals from Louis Calvert, including two from the spot, ensured Albion finished the home campaign in style as they brushed Durham United aside 8-1. Morgan Dart, Callum Johnston & a late brace from substitute Joe Groves-Forbes completed the rout for the hosts with Tomas Boothroyd getting United’s goal which at the time was an early equaliser. Albion move up a place in the Division 2 table ahead of Newcastle University into 9th.

MATCH SUMMARY

Albion finished off the home campaign against Durham United in front of a crowd swelled by numerous junior sides & their parents invited for the season’s final curtain at The Oldhaulage.

This was Durham’s first visit to RACA and while there was little at stake for both sides, Ryton clearly weren’t at the beach just yet. It took only 4 minutes for Albion to open the scoring, a ball forward was flicked on by Ethan Bewley to Morgan Dart, & with United defenders William Rees and Zach Gamster leaving the ball for each other to deal with,Dart took full advantage to fire the ball past Sam Allen in the Durham goal. Bewley had half a chance to make it 2-0 on 8 minutes when he outmuscled his marker & advanced into the Durham box, but his shot was blocked by Allen’s legs. But it was the visitors who would score next when their two top scorers combined in the 10^th minute, Phil Kay charging up the centre of the pitch & laying the ball to Tomas Boothroyd who kept the forward momentum going & slotted past the advancing Ryton keeper Callum Corkhill to make it 1-1. Albion were given a golden opportunity to restore the lead on 17 minutes when during a Ryton attack, referee Mr Higgott decided Rees had chopped down Dart just inside the United box & awarded a penalty. Louis Calvert stepped up to take & score the spot kick but only after his initial kick was saved by Allen who pushed the ball on to the post & as it rolled along the goal-line Calvert was able to prod it over the line to make it 2-1. RACA extended the lead on 35 minutes when following some head tennis in the Durham box, saw a poor clearance result in the ball landing at the feet of Callum Johnston who volleyed first time straight in the back of the net. As Albion began to turn the screw, Josh Skivington came close to getting on the scoresheet himself when he saw his 38^th minute strike from distance tipped over the bar by Allen. Albion were awarded another penalty in the 40^th minute when Calvert controlled a crossed ball well & while advancing inside the box,was brought down by Noah Melville who appeared to lose his footing while chasing down Calvert. This time Calvert fired home without incident to make it 4-1. Durham should have reduced the deficit in stoppage time when a United attack saw Zuhair Abdullah lob Corkhill, but his shot hit the bar, the ball bouncing to the unmarked Finlay Ferguson who with only Corkhill to beat could only tamely head it straight at the keeper.

HT RACA 4 Durham United 1

RACA started the second half in full swing & Calvert got his hattrick on 51 minutes after Scott Oldfield found him in space in the middle of the United half. With defenders backing off,Calvert took his chance from 30 yards, the ball swerving a little in the air and sailing past Allen to make it 5-1. 5-1 became 6-1 on 71 minutes when another Oldfield ball forward ended up at the feet of Calvert via a poor header from defender Rees. The Albion no9 hit the post with his initial effort but nodded the rebound home for his fourth of the match. Rees’ forgettable day at the office got even worse when he looked to be harshly given a second yellow card for a challenge on Ryton substitute Joe Groves-Forbes on 80 minutes and Durham’s task became even harder. From the resulting free kick a Nathan Beesley cross reached Groves-Forbes & with half the goal gaping in front of him managed to put his effort over the bar. However Groves-Forbes made amends on 84 minutes when he latched on to an Oldfield cross and slid the ball into the net from close range- 7-1. Ryton and Groves-Forbes hadn’t yet finished with Durham as a move involving Albe Fletcher saw Groves-Forbes net his second goal in 5 minutes to complete the rout & record a second time this season RACA scored eight at home.

Durham United finish their season on a low but will be pleased with their season overall & will be gracing the Northern League for a second season. RACA still have two more league games to play, the next being another trip down the A19 to face Billingham Town on Tuesday evening

FT RACA 8 DURHAM UNITED 1

RACA– Corkhill, Beesley, Oldfield, Bewley (Groves-Forbes 58), Hayton, Caygill, (Driver 58) Lawson (Hyde 46), Skivington (Fletcher 46), Calvert, Dart, Johnston (Bailey 65).

Saturday’s Other Division 2 Results

Alnwick Town 3 (Smith 2, Anderson) Darlington Town 1 (Coles)

Billingham Town 1 (Close) Park View 0

Boldon CA 0 Chester-le-Street Town 1 (Robson)

Esh Winning 0 AFC Newbiggin 1 (Lizinde)

Newcastle University 1 (Murphy) Yarm & Eaglescliffe 2 (Williams, Atkinson)

Redcar Town 2 (Gott 2) Jarrow 1 (Armstrong)

Seaham Red Star 2 (Charlton, Stanley) Grangetown BC 1 (Urwin)

Sunderland RCA 0 Tow Law Town 0

Sunderland West End 1 (Robinson) FC Hartlepool 3 (Newall, Scott, McGee)

RACA play their last home game on Saturday & welcome new opponents to The Oldhaulage in the form of Durham United. The University side won the Wearside League last season & after a sticky start to their Northern League maiden season, they have comfortably moved clear of the relegation scrap. We lost our game at Maiden Castle 1-2 on a bitterly cold November evening, Louis Anderson scoring our goal that night, but that game was the second game we played there after the original fixture was abandoned following that horrible injury to Jack Salkeld. United finished their home campaign on Easter Sunday with a 4-2 win over Esh Winning as part of the Easter Groundhop which ended a run of five successive defeats. With both sides with only league position to play for, hopefully we’ll see an entertaining match with the pressure off. RACA will be striving to make it five unbeaten & would settle for the scoreline of the last two home games which we won 4-2.

Kick off is 3pm, hope you can make it…Howay the RACA!!

Wednesday’s Division 2 Results

Redcar Town 4 (Smith, Robinson-Coley 3) Chester-le-Street 1 (Huddleston)

Tow Law Town 2 (Walsh 2) Billingham Town 1 (Butler)

Thursday’s Division 2 Result

Newcastle University 1 (Murphy) FC Hartlepool 2 (Daley 2)

Friday’s Division 2 Result

Billingham Synthonia 2 (Irvine, Evans) Prudhoe YC 1 (Symington)

STOKESLEY BACK IN DIVISION 2

Congratulations to Stokesley Sports Club who will be back in Division 2 next season after an 11 year absence, having won the North Riding League at the weekend having beaten second placed Lealholm 2-0. They will be playing their first games away from the North Riding FA headquarters however as they are laying a 4G pitch.

1st prize No 81 A Wood who wins £100

2nd Prize No 57 I Innes who wins £75

3rd Prize No 72 Sam Moore who wins £25

Next month’s draw is on 03/05/2026

Well done to our three winners, if you’d like to take part in this monthly fundraiser from just £5 a month, please contact us via the usual channels on the foot of the homepage or contact Paul le Patourel on 07720 413390. Thank-you

Easter Monday Division 2 Results

Jarrow 2 (Barber, Hardie) Boldon CA 2 (Laidler, Grant)

Redcar Town 2 (Stares, Gott) Newcastle University 1 (Rogozinski)

Sunderland West End 2 (Benali 2) Sunderland RCA 4 (o.g. Knight 2, Domba)

Tuesday Division 2 Results

Prudhoe YC 1 (Baty) Grangetown BC 2 (Urwin, Doddy)

Yarm & Eaglescliffe 6 (Jones, Atkinson 4, Williams) Esh Winning 1 (Ellis)

FT TOW LAW TOWN 1 RACA 1 Attendance 509

Albion & Tow Law shared the spoils again at a windy Ironworks Road, Louis Anderson’s 34th minute strike cancelling out Joe Bates’ opening goal four minutes earlier in front of a bumper Easter groundhop crowd of 509. Both games between the sides this season finished all square.

MATCH SUMMARY

Albion travelled to Tow Law as part of the Easter Groundhop a probably facing their first ever 6:30pm kick off on a Saturday. While RACA now only had a highest league position to play for, the Lawyers still weren’t clear of relegation worries. In blustery conditions courtesy of Storm Dave it was the visitors who created the first chance in the 5th minute when a ball forward from Scott Oldfield was flicked on by Louis Anderson to Louis Calvert who ran between two defenders but launched his shot over Tom Orton’s goal. The next chance again fell to Calvert on 21 minutes following good work from Callum Johnston out wide who crossed to Calvert only for him to sky his effort again. The Ryton no11 came closer to scoring on 26 minutes when Danny Driver launched his trademark long throw into the Tow Law box, Calvert got his head on the ball but Orton dived low to save it. For all those chances it was The Lawyers who opened the scoring on the half hour mark when Joe Bates was the recipient of a throw in & he spun on a sixpence in the box and blasted his shot home. It didn’t take long for RACA to restore parity, as on 34 minutes a headed flick on by Calvert found Anderson who cut in & despite the attentions of several defenders slotted home to make it 1-1.

HT Tow Law Town 1 RACA 1

In a second half short of scoring opportunities, Albion had the first chance on 58 minutes when a ball that looked to be going out of play was kept in by a Calvert overhead kick, Johnston being first to react, but he could only direct his powerful header over Orton’s bar. Anderson came close to scoring his second of the evening on 67 minutes following some good solo work in the Tow Law box, jinking past defenders then drilling in a low shot that went just the wrong side of the post with Orton flat footed in the middle of his goal. The 70^th minute saw Ryton come even closer to scoring when a Johnston free kick into the home box ricocheted about until Glenn Caygill headed against the post and then the ball was scrambled clear to safety. Tow Law did bring a save out of Callum Corkhill on 74 minutes but Ryton came closer to scoring 2 minutes later, again from a Driver throw in. This time Caygill flicked it on & Orton intercepted the ball, palming it out but only to Anderson whose shot hit the bar via the turf on the six yard line. Tow Law came within a whisker of winning the game themselves when in the 89^th minute a neat move ended with a shot that clipped the post with Corkhill beaten, but the game ended in a draw as it did in reverse fixture at The Oldhaulage Stadium earlier in the season.

FT TOW LAW TOWN 1 RACA 1

RACA- Corkhill, Beesley (Dart 84), Oldfield, Driver,Hayton, Caygill, Fletcher, Lawson, Anderson, Johnston (Bewley 76), Calvert. Substitutes not used- Skivington, Bailey, Hyde

Saturday’s Other Division 2 Results

AFC Newbiggin 1 (Turnbull) Alnwick Town 1 (Shell)

Darlington Town 1 (Beauchamp) Yarm & Eaglescliffe 4 (Atkinson 4)

Park View 0 Chester-le-Street Town 1 (Stephenson)

Prudhoe YC 0 Newcastle University 3 (Foster 2, Manning)

Brooks Mileson League Cup 3rd Round Result

Thornaby 7 Boldon CA 1 (Barker)

Sunday’s Division 2 Results

Billingham Town 0 Billingham Synthonia 2 (Healey, Irvine)

Durham United 4 (Kay 3, Boothroyd) Esh Winning 2 (Jowett, Cherrie)

Albion make the trip down the A68 to play Tow Law Town on Saturday as part of the Northern League Groundhop, & because of that it’s an unusual kick off of 6:30pm. The Lawyers are not totally safe from relegation but a positive result at AFC Newbiggin on Wednesday evening would help their cause no end. The teams drew 2-2 at the Oldhaulage Stadium just after Christmas, Calvert and Johnston netting for RACA, & Town are on an unbeaten run of four league games, so we’re in for a tough game, though the lads will have enjoyed a week without a competitive game after the nonsense of last week. If you’re heading to the game, remember the late kick off & the address is Ironworks Road, Tow Law, County Durham, DL13 4EQ. Howay the RACA!!!

Tuesday’s Division 2 Results

Boldon CA 0 Yarm & Eaglescliffe 1 (Atkinson)

Redcar Town 2 (Taylor, Stares) Billingham Town 0

Seaham Red Star 3 (McGeorge, Appleby, Leonard) Newcastle University 2 (Foster, Ragonzinski)

Wednesday’s Division 2 Results

AFC Newbiggin 2 (Smith, Lizande) Tow Law Town 2 (Walsh, Groves)

Jarrow 4 (Hardie, Bissett, Beattie, Karim) Grangetown BC 1 (Martin)

Thursday’s Brooks Mileson League Cup Result

Newcastle University 3 (Iverson, Storr, Milner) Darlington Town 0

Good Friday Division Two Results

FC Hartlepool 1 (Gavin) Seaham Red Star 0

Grangetown BC 0 Redcar Town 1 (Stares)

FT RACA 4 BOLDON CA 2 Attendance 170

RACA played out a second 4-2 home win in five days with this victory over out of form Boldon CA. Despite the goals it wasn’t that great a spectacle, particularly the first half where the goals were the only highlights. Louis Anderson opened the scoring for Ryton on 29 minutes, but Kyren Whitehead levelled on 35 minutes only for a deft flick from Ethan Bewley to put the Albion ahead again a minute later. Louis Calvert looked to have put the game beyond Boldon making it 3-1 on 67 minutes, but Kevin Humble’s 78th minute goal gave the South Tynesiders a lifeline only for Calvert to complete the scoring on 86 minutes & make it 4-2 , this final score & results elsewhere adding to Boldon’s league worries.

MATCH SUMMARY

This game marked the end of Ryton’s intense spell of four games in eight days, & while a home game against a Boldon side in poor form & who had never beaten RACA in nine attempts would suggest a home win, it remained to see how much the last three games had taken out of the squad. With Fergus Lynch’s return scuppered by an injury the pre-match warm up, Ethan Bewley was elevated to the starting XI.

While the blustery conditions didn’t help, the first quarter of the game was all but devoid of goalmouth action & it was RACA’s opening goal from a free kick on 29 minutes that was the first point of note. Dylan Lawson floated the ball into the box & Louis Anderson raced in to bullet a powerful header past recent Boldon signing from Birtley Town, Decklan Greenwood. Boldon’s 35^th minute leveller also came from a free kick, Kevin Humble’s cross was headed into the six yard area by Luke Grant & Kyren Whitehead headed home to make it 1-1. The visitors barely had time to enjoy their equaliser when they fell behind just a minute later. A Lawson corner bounced around the ‘Villa’ box before Ethan Bewley put the ball in the net with a cheeky flick to get his first goal for the Albion. Anderson came close to grabbing his second goal of the game in the 39^th minute when he had time to control an Albe Fletcher cross, but his shot across the bows just went wide of the post. Ryton were finishing the half the stronger side & in stoppage time came close from another corner when Nathan Beesley sprinted into the box to connect with the ball but it just cleared the bar.

HT RACA 2 Boldon CA 1

RACA created the first chance of the second half when a Boldon move broke down, Anderson picking up the pieces & spotting Louis Calvert on the left wing, played the ball out to him.Calvert cut inside & with Greenwood trying to narrow the angle chose to shoot, but his effort went just beyond the post. The debutant Boldon keeper had to pull off a fine save from Anderson on 56 minutes but was powerless to prevent Albion making it 3-1 in the 62^nd minute when Calvert & Anderson descended on him from a break forward, the former rounding him & slotting home. Boldon has a golden chance to reduce the deficit n 74 minutes when a Max Gardiner cross was met by Whitehead, but with the goal gaping he put his header over the bar. However the visitors did score a second on 79 minutes from a Max Cowburn corner which bounced around the six yard area until Kevin Humble prodded the ball home. Boldon pressed on for the leveller bringing a couple of comfortable saves out of Callum Corkhill, but on 86 minutes Calvert took advantage of a poor defensive touch from Grant & sped towards the goal, putting the result beyond doubt by slotting past Greenwood to make it 4-2. To Boldon’s credit they battled on & Corkhill was forced into a double save from Cowburn then Humble in stoppage time, but it wasn’t to be for the South Tynesiders, & Albion maintain their unbeaten record against The Villa & can enjoy a week’s rest before the Tow Law game on Easter Saturday.

FT RACA 4 BOLDON CA 2

RACA- Corkhill, Beesley, Oldfield, Bewley (Skivington 66), Hayton, Driver, Fletcher (Hyde 77), Lawson (Ord 87), Anderson, Groves-Forbes (Johnston 54), Calvert. Substitute not used- Lynch

Saturday’s Other Division 2 Results

Billingham Synthonia 7 (Healy 2, Evans 3, Marsay, Hodgkinson) Newcastle University 0

Chester-le-Street Town 4 (Brownsword, Robson 2, Chapman) Jarrow 6 (Hudson, Hardie, Beattie, Barber 2 Rutherford)

Esh Winning 5 (o.g. Cherrie, Atkinson, Zamor 2) Sunderland RCA 1 (Knight)

FC Hartlepool 2 (Spalding, Appleby) Redcar Town 1 (Smith)

Park View 1 (Boddy) Tow Law Town 1 (Bates)

Prudhoe YC 2 (Plunkett, Baty) AFC Newbiggin 1 (Elliott)

Seaham Red Star 2 (O’Connor, Leonard) Alnwick Town 0

Yarm & Eaglescliffe 6 (Fixter 2, Atkinson 3, Dalton) Durham United 1 (Kay)

RACA finish the crazy eight days with a home game against Boldon CA who are on a really poor run of form in the league, but are faring much better in the Brookes Mileson League Cup where they are up against Thornaby in the 3rd round. However they’ve not won in Division 2 since an away win at Esh Winning in mid January, picking up just one point in the eight subsequent games, that a decent 0-0 at Park View, but lost their last game 6-1 at Darlington Town on Saturday. Since Boldon’s promotion to the Northern League, Albion are unbeaten against ‘The Villa’ in our nine games to date, the latest a rare 0-0 for us on South Tyneside way back in August. The signs would perhaps indicate a home win, but it remains to see how much the last week has taken out of the Ryton players, and Boldon most definitely have something to play for as they aren’t clear of relegation yet. That said, Boldon and the other sides at the foot of the table will have had some pressure removed from them following Sunderland West End’s sad announcement that they will be resigning from the Northern League at the end of the season, presumably reducing the relegated teams by one. Kick off on Saturday is the usual 3pm, hope a few of you can make it……Howay The RACA!

FT NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY 1 RACA 1 Attendance 55

It was a case of after the Lord Mayor’s show as the Uni & RACA played out a fairly dull 1-1 draw following the excitement of Tuesday night’s cup tie. Adam Redford put the hosts ahead on 25 minutes but Louis Calvert levelled for RACA soon before half time. The draw effectively ends the University play off hopes while Albion found out they’d be playing Yarm & Eaglescliffe at Bedford Terrace in the semi finals of the E Armstrong Cup, the tie to be played on Tuesday 21st April.

MATCH SUMMARY

This was Albion’s third game in six days, fortunately this away game was only a short drive to Essity Park for this second encounter with the Uni in three days. With both sides fielding several changes to the line ups to Tuesday, the game almost got off to a horror start for RACA when seconds from the kick off the ball rolled to keeper Callum Corkhill who made a total Horlicks of an attempted clearance upfield, the ball landing at the feet of Jos Storr, who with just Corkhill to beat put the ball past him, but his touch was too heavy and it trundled out of play; an early let off for the visitors! There was arguably another let off after 5 minutes when Storr had the ball in the net from a Lucas Aldcroft pass, but the linesman had flagged for offside. After a quiet spell, the game stuttered into life on 23 minutes when from a Uni corner, Adam Redford headed home from close range, despite Corkhill getting a hand to the ball. The Students might well have extended their lead on 31 minutes when a neat move culminated in Aldcroft firing a shot low across the Albion box but it went narrowly wide. As it was RACA levelled on 42 minutes from a long Danny Driver throw which was flicked on by Louis Anderson to Louis Calvert who headed past Ross Logan to draw the sides level.

HT Newcastle University 1 RACA 1

The second half was mainly bereft of goalmouth action as both sides struggled to threaten the opposition keepers despite all the huff and puff & the defences were firmly on top in this game. In the 84^th minute a tame shot by University substitute Julian Hayles was fumbled by Corkhill but he recovered the situation despite Joel Manning bearing down on him. The Ryton keeper was more decisive a minute into stoppage time when Uni substitute Jack McClarin’s powerful shot was tipped over the bar for a corner, & in the dying embers of the game Corkhill had to block a driving shot from Jacob Milner to ensure RACA took a point home.

FT NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY 1 RACA 1

RACA- Corkhill, Beesley, Skivington (Horley 68), Hyde, Dodds, Driver, Groves-Forbes (Adotey 79), Fletcher (Bewley 38), Anderson, Dart, Calvert. Substitutes not used- Ord, Oldfield

Thursday’s Other Division 2 Result

Durham United 0 Redcar Town 5 (Burton, Abdullah, Stares, Carmichael, Medcalf)

Just two days after our E Armstrong Cup tie, RACA face the University again, this time in the league at Essity Park in the league on Thursday night. While our own play-off hopes have evaporated, Newcastle University still have a slim chance of making the play-offs but that’s dependent firstly on winning all their games in hand, so they’ll be up for revenge after Tuesday night. There’s still local pride at stake for Albion plus the carrot of beating the Students three times this season. Kick off is at 7:30pm, Howay The RACA!!!

Jarrow join ourselves, Darlington Town and Yarm & Eaglescliffe in the semi finals of the Ernest Armstrong Cup following a 1-0 win over FC Hartlepool in the last quarter final tie.

Wednesday’s E Armstrong Cup Result

FC Hartlepool 0 Jarrow 1 (Barber)

Wednesday’s Division 2 Results

Darlington Town 2 (Maddison, McCowie) Park View 3 (Armstrong 2, Loveday)

Esh Winning 0 Billingham Synthonia 0

Tow Law Town 1 (Burns) Chester-le-Street Town 1 (Robson)

FT RACA 4 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY 2 Attendance 57

Albion booked their place in the Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup with a 4-2 win over the University at The Oldhaulage Stadium, the second time this season they put four goals past The Students. The hosts were 3-0 up after 20 minutes with goals from Louis Calvert, Callum Johnston and Louis Anderson and seemingly cruising, but Kane Morris pulled a goal back on 22 minutes. Ryton restored the three goal cushion from a 73rd minute Anderson penalty only for Tom Iverson to throw the University a lifeline with a goal on 84 minutes, but despite late pressure from the visitors Albion held out.

MATCH SUMMARY

This cup tie looked to be in some doubt with standing water on the pitch following intensive afternoon rain, but referee Zak Logue was satisfied the pitch was playable when testing the bounce of a match ball, a decision that proved correct as the water slowly drained and the forecast evening rain failed to materialise. That left the sparse crowd of 57 with an E Armstrong quarter final cup tie with RACA hoping to replicate the league outcome at the Oldhaulage Stadium in September when they comfortably beat their neighbours 4-0.

It didn’t take long for Ryton to get the ball rolling on that quest, after just two minutes into the match, a Nathan Beesley cross found the head of Louis Calvert & he outjumped his marker to nod home past University keeper Ross Logan. The Students had to wait until the 11^th minute for their first real effort, Jos Storr bringing a trademark block with the legs from Callum Corkhill, from which RACA broke away, Louis Anderson finding Calvert with a fine pass & his shot was blocked well by the outstretched Logan. Storr was on the warpath again on the quarter hour mark when after some neat footwork in the Albion box, he drilled a low shot that Corkhill parried before pouncing on the loose ball with three defenders shepherding the ball and keeper before a University player could react. The visiting defence were caught cold on 18 minutes & three Albion forwards were against a sole defender & Calvert’s cross fell between Anderson & Callum Johnston the former tapping home to make it 2-0. The Uni appealed for offside but Calvert was clearly in his own half when he received the ball from his defence. It got from bad to worse for the Students just two minutes later when Albe Fletcher found Johnston who had the freedom of Crawcrook, cutting towards the University goal and slotting past the exposed Logan to make it 3-0. To the University’s credit they struck back on 22 minutes, Jack McClaren finding Kane Morris who waltzed through the Ryton box and tapped into an empty net to put his side back in the game. The visitors pressed on, McClaren brought a good save from Corkhill in the 27^th minute before defences began to get the upper hand & while the game still flowed from end to end, the forwards weren’t having it all their own way & there was no more scoring in the first half.

HT RACA 3 Newcastle University 1

The visitors came out the sharper after the interval & Jacob Milner forced Corkhill into a save when he headed Finlay Allen’s cross on target on 51 minutes, while another Uni substitute Matty Foster ought to have done better from a Morris cross when he headed the ball into the ground with just the keeper to beat & it ended up as an easy gather for Corkhill. Nevertheless the warning signs against complacency were there for Albion to react to. As it was Albion who were given an opportunity to extend the lead on 73 minutes when Anderson was tripped in the box & Mr Logue awarded a penalty which Anderson took himself, cheekily chipping it into one side of the goal as Logan guessed the other way. Still the Students plugged on, Tom Iverson brought another low save out of Corkhill on 82 minutes, but Iverson beat the keeper two minutes later when Milner found him unmarked & he drilled home to make it 4-2. The Scholars pressed on for another consolation, Stephen Pennington saw his headed from a Foster corner cleared off the line on 88 minutes, and after a series of University corners, Corkhill had to claw away a shot from Allen that looked like it would end up in the top corner, but RACA held on to the two goal advantage and progress to the semi finals

FT RACA 4 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY 2

RACA- Corkhill, Beesley, Oldfield (Skivington 76), Fletcher, Hayton, Driver, Dart, Lawson (Hyde 55), Anderson, Johnston (Bewley 68), Calvert (Groves-Forbes 58). Substitute Not Used- Caygill

Tuesday Night’s Division 2 Result

Grangetown BC 2 (Williams-Muthana, Young) Durham United 1 (Kitching)