Improving Ripon City AFC edge out Harlow Hill FC then smash eight past Carlton Athletic
Ripon City look to have found their rhythm following a slow start to the 2026/27 season.
The Mallorie Park outfit finished the previous campaign third in the West Yorkshire Premier Division, but lost two of their opening three matches this term.
However, they now sit fourth in the table thanks to a sequence of three consecutive victories, the latest of which saw them thrash Carlton Athletic 8-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Leading 2-1 at half-time, City ran riot after the interval as Louis Jarvis smashed in four goals.
Also on target were Kyle Fox, Zack Gallimore, Oliver Washbrook and substitute Joe Gosling.
In their previous outing, the long-serving Fox netted the only goal of the game in the second half as Harlow Hill were beaten 1-0.
That result leaves last season’s Division One champions without a win in four attempts and sees them drop to seventh place.
Elsewhere in the top flight, Knaresborough Town Reserves find themselves second from bottom of the pile after they suffered back-to-back losses in the space of four days.
Following a 3-1 home reverse at the hands of Glasshoughton Welfare in midweek, the men from Manse Lane went down 2-1 at Headingley despite Michael Martin finding the net shortly after his arrival as a half-time substitute.
Division One leaders Kirk Deighton were held to a 1-1 draw when they travelled to Boroughbridge.
Substitute Sam Cottrell struck for the visitors on the hour-mark, while Harry Burland found the net for fifth-placed ‘Bridge.
Struggling Wetherby Athletic are still searching for their maiden success of 2026/27 having suffered a fourth defeat in five matches when they entertained Aberford Albion.
Oliver Whitaker, Michael Brown and Reuben Herbert all got their names on the score-sheet for the Tangerines, but could not save their team from a 4-3 defeat.