Harlow Hill FC record back-to-back wins as Kirk Deighton Rangers extend unbeaten start to season
Harlow Hill made it back-to-back wins in the West Yorkshire League Premier Division courtesy of a 3-1 home success over Gomersal & Cleckheaton.
Last season’s Division One champions followed up their victory against Robin Hood Athletic with another positive display on home soil to consolidate fifth place.
On target against Gomersal were James Buchanan, Tendai Machama and substitute Thierry Castro.
Ripon City lost ground at the top of the table and dropped to fourth after seeing their four-match winning streak ended by Glasshoughton Welfare.
Trailing by one at the interval, the men from Mallorie Park hit back through Brandon Clarke, but ended up on the wrong end of a 2-1 score-line.
Knaresborough Town Reserves climbed out of the relegation zone after registering just their second victory of the season.
Jake Robinson and Max Barnard were the men to find the back of the net as Boro triumphed 2-1 away at Littletown.
Kirk Deighton Rangers extended their unbeaten start to their Division One campaign into a seventh game when they sank Bradford Park Avenue Reserves.
A 34th-minute effort from Craig Hall, coupled with James Rennocks’ strike midway through the second period proved sufficient for the hosts to record a fifth success of the season.
Victory sees rangers climb to third position, where they sit two points better off than fifth-placed Boroughbridge.
The Aldborough Road outfit were held to a 1-1 draw by Brighouse Town Reserves at the weekend, with Matthew Coles their goal-scorer.
Struggling Wetherby Athletic were involved in an action-packed 12-goal thriller when they travelled to Mount Saint Marys in Division Two.
Striker Josh Wilson hit a hat-trick, while Sacha Lee, James Wilson and Reuben Herbert also notched during a 6-6 draw.
That point was the second that the Tangerines have put on the board in as many matches, though they remain winless this term and stay bottom of the pile on goal difference.