17-Apr - Owen goes top of the hit parade - Division Two Devonshire's Nicky Owen's (right) seven goal blast against Top Club and four today against AFC George took him to the top of the twentytwo Leading Scorer chart with a total of 40 league goals, five ahead of previous leader Michael Blythen of AFC George. Hallam FC's Joe Howsham leads the way in Division One with 23 goals, while Woodhouse Angel's Mitch Husbands is the CBC Premier's top marksman, also with 23.

14-Apr - CBC PREMIER - Oughtibridge go down as Pheasant go back on top, but The Vine also win to stay level on points - Oughtibridge WM are relegated after their defeat by a Wadsley Bridge Pheasant that went back to the top on goal difference over both Woodhouse Angel and The Vine after they beat Norton Oaks A. Oughtibridge's hopes were raised when a Dan Robinson header was parried and Charlie Tunnard pounced to give them the lead. Tunnard then fired over when well placed and instead it was Pheasant that equalised on the stroke of half time when Adam Askwith beat the offside trap. The second half saw Adi Tomlin twice go close with headers for Oughtibridge and Tom Fletcher missed a good chance, but Pheasant started to get on top and when a corner dropped to John Wragg he smashed it home to give them the lead. Oughtibridge pushed hard for an equaliser, but they inevitably left gaps at the back and Danny Barnsley took advantage to score a third for Pheasant from the edge of the area.

The Vine almost went in front against Norton Oaks A when Rikki Davidson hit a post, but The Vine did go ahead when soon afterwards Joe France crossed for Christian Nixon to power home a header. The doubled their advantage just before half time when Matt Ellis put Liam Allott through to score. Coel Fulton pulled one back for Norton in the second half but Daniel Simpson and Danny Seaman combined for Matt Ellis to quickly restore The Vine's two goal lead. Jamie Smith then conceded a penalty that Alan Mowforth scored to bring Norton back into the game, but Smith redeemed himself five minutes later by scoring his first goal for the Vine to clinch the 4-2 victory.

DIVISION 1 - Chapeltown miss the chance to go save - On the night City Taxis promotion was confirmed, Chapeltown RBL missed the chance to confirm their Division One place for next season as they were held by already relegated Aston Swallownest. After a goalless first half, Billy Evans deflected a Sam Thorpe cross home to give Aston the lead and Ross Edwards drilled home to double it. Chapeltown rallied and scored twice in ten minutes through Thorpe and Cardwell but they couldn't get the third goal that would have seen them safe.

DIVISION 2 - Owen hits a magnificent seven for Devonshire, while Penistone clinch promotion with victory at Civil - Nicky Owen hit a magnificent seven goals as Devonshire stayed top of Division Two with a 13-0 victory over Top Club. Sam Read helped himself to three, while Devonshire's others came from McWilliam, Chris Lees, and Matt White. Second place Penistone Church clinched promotion by keeping their all-win record with a 5-1 victory at Civil Service B. Tim Council grabbed two and Gareth Brown, Lewis Dickenson and Joe Wadsworth the others, while Joe Taylor replied for Civil. The night's other game saw Salem Hussain give Woodhouse Juniors the lead against Norton Oaks B, but a Hazam El Yougo header gave Norton a share of the points.

10-Apr - CBC PREMIER - Pheasant and Angel stalemate, but Stannington and The Vine both win to keep the title race open - CBC Premier title favourites Wadsley Bridge Pheasant went to leaders Woodhouse Angel and although Angel had the better of the first half, the Pheasant defence limited them to just a few half chances. The second half saw Pheasant on the front foot, but they were also unable to break down a resolute defence and Angel began to get back on top, with Sam Comer hitting the Pheasant bar from forty yards. It was therefore a surprise when Pheasant took the lead with Joel Evans nodding home at the back post from a corner. Angel re-grouped and after a sustained spell of pressure Mike Towey played in Johno Williams and after a great first touch he took two more touches past the Pheasant defenders before hitting a left foot shot into the roof of the net. Angel then looked the more likely to win it, but in the final minute it was Pheasant that should have taken the points when Shane Andrews managed the miss of the season and the game ended in a 1-1 draw that means the title is Pheasant's to lose. Action from toady's game is below - pictures by Mick Moat.

In a scrappy first half The Vine struggled to impose themselves on an Oughtibridge WM fighting for survival and it was Oughtibridge that carved out the first three chances. Charlie Tunnard and Dave Hudson both blasted over and Tunnard brought a good save out of The Vine keeper. When The Vine finally got going a Will Blakeney cross found Rikki Davidson (left), but the keeper somehow kept his header out. A minute later Liam Allott should have given The Vine the lead when he went past the keeper but put the ball wide instead. The pressure finally told just before half time when Steve Wilkinson put skipper for the day Davidson and he fired home what turned out to be the only goal of the game. After the break Dan Simpson was inches away from netting a second for The Vine, but Oughtibridge kept pressing for an equaliser and Hudson wasted two good chances. The Vine was grateful for Jonathan Riley and man of the match Karl Ainsworth to keep their clean sheet and title hopes intact and Oughtibridge will now have to win their final three games and hope that Norton Oaks A lose their last two.

Norton will have to play better than they did at Stannington Village, with Village having eight different scorers in a 9-1 victory. Dan Green set up Robin Elliott for the first and Adam Todd and Alex Torr combined to set up Danny Smith for the second. Coel Fulton pulled one back before the break, but the second half was one-way traffic. Sami Eric, Todd, Torr, Jack Ridge, Charlie Hobson and Lee Johnstone all added their names to the scoresheet before Smith netted his second to complete the rout.

Redmires are now just a point from safety after Jon Wall took his season's tally to fifteen with all his sides goals in their 4-2 win at Brinsworth Whitehill. Redmires got off to a flyer and Walls first two came in the first fifteen minutes, but five minutes before half time Brinsworth got back into the game with a Ross Johnson strike. Joe McGuiness almost levelled with a header from a Danny Willis corner just before the break, but they did get their equaliser at the start of the second half when skipper Sam Sweeney put Ainsley Finney through to score. Almost immediately though Redmires went back in front with Wall's hat-trick goal and he added his fourth in the dying seconds to make the points safe.

DIVISION 1 - Hallam take the Runners-up spot after Taxis are held at Loxley - City Taxis draw at Loxley meant that Hallam are promoted as Division One Runners-up, but Taxis draw looks set to be enough to see them promoted as they look set for three points against a Colley Tavern struggling to field a side in Taxis final game. This means they will pip Ecclesfield Players Lounge to third place on goal difference despite Gavin Hunter's (right) treble helping Ecclesfield to a 4-1 victory over already relegated Aston Swallownest. Colley Tavern's game at Chapeltown RBL couldn't go ahead after a caravan exhibition meant Chapeltown's pitch was unavailable!!

In a static first half the only chance of note saw Loxley's Steve Mayfield forced a good save out of Taxis keeper. Piers Bond should have put Loxley in front at the start of the second half, but put the ball over both the keeper and the net and instead it was Taxis that went in front when Jordan Marshall's deflected free kick squirmed under Loxley keeper Lee Crabtree. Loxley hit back and levelled when man of the match Josh Jones flicked header found the net. A foul on Anthony Marshall then saw his Taxis namesake Jordan Marshall receive his second yellow card, but Taxis ten men held on to the point that looks to be sufficient to take them up. That means it's heartbreak for Ecclesfield Players Lounge after Hunter's treble and one from Scott Whittington gave them a 4-1 victory after Aston Swallownest's leading scorer David Sills had given them an early lead.

DIVISION 2 - Devonshire held up, but Penistone and Killamarsh press on - Division Two leaders Devonshire missed the chance to be the first club to gain promotion from Division Two this season when they held to a 1-1 draw by promotion rivals Cobden View. Will Cutler gave Cobden the lead, but it was cancelled out by Jordan Hague in the first half. After that Devonshire piled forward in search of the winner, but Chris Nelson in the Cobden goal and his defence in front of him made sure they held on to a point that just about keeps them in contention.

Second place Penistone Church made no mistake though and continued their all-win record as two Brad Kemp goals and one from Danny Howes gave them a 3-0 victory over another promotion rival AFC George. Killamarsh Juniors kept their promotion challenge going by coming from behind to win a thriller 4-3 at Norton Oaks B. Jon Packman and Ross Taylor strikes gave Killamarsh a two goal half time lead, but Jordan Holland pulled one back for Norton direct from a corner and Nasa Meah quickly equalised. Norton stunned their visitors by going in front with an Oli West strike, but Killamarsh composed themselves and Chris Savage levelled before Spencer Hunt scored the kind of solo goal that was worthy of winning any game. Elsewhere two Dimitri White goals and one each for Joe Bland and Henry Bradshaw gave Woodhouse Juniors a 4-0 win at Top Club and Civil Service B completed the double over Crookes & District as Tom Burns, Joe Taylor, Toz Fogarty and Tom French goals saw Civil also win 4-0.

7-Apr - DIVISION 2 - Devonshire go clear at the top, while Steelers see off Top Club - After Penistone Church's game at Civil Service fell foul of the heavy overnight rain, Devonshire, helped by four goals from Nicky Owen, won 8-1 at Woodhouse Juniors to go three points clear at the top of Division Two. Owen hit all his goals in the first half along with one from Keith Cronin. Woodhouse pulled one back through Ferdi Celik , but they conceded three more to Sam Read, Lewis Whitaker and Dan Hoyland. Steelers made it five games unbeaten with a 4-1 victory against Top Club. Fraser Oxley gave Steelers a second minute lead and two minutes later Jordan Matthews added a second. Bradley Gray pulled one back for Top Club, but Steelers sealed victory with goals from Ash Matthews and Matt Coates.

6 Apr - Kitlocker Cup date and officials announced - The Blades Super Draw League Kitlocker Cup Final between Wadsley Bridge Pheasant and The Vine will be played at Bramall Lane on Thursday 28 April with a 7pm kick off. Admission will be £5 for adults and free for accompanied children under 16. The officials for the final are: Referee - Pete Henger; Assistant Referees - Steve Clarkson and Paul Holmes; 4th Official - Adam Burgess.

3-Apr - CBC PREMIER - Angel go top after Pheasant get tangled by The Vine - A Rikki Davidson (right) double helped The Vine win their Kitlocker Cup Final dress rehearsal against the previous leaders Wadsley Bridge Pheasant 3-2. Pheasant started on the front foot and after some chances had been wasted they finally went in front when a mistake by Mike Golland allowed Luke Beedham to tap the ball into an empty net. Liam Allott and Rikki Davidson wasted chances to equalise until soon after the break when Allott and Steve Wilkinson combined to create the opening for Davidson to hit his first. The Vine then took the lead when Jamie Smith played in Brent Heeley and he shot into the top corner to continue his record of scoring in all eleven seasons he has been with the club, but Smith then blotted his copybook by heading into his own net to bring Pheasant level. The game could have gone either way at this stage, but it was The Vine that took it when Allott sent Matt Ellis away and he crossed for man of the match Davidson to head home.

The Pheasant's loss combined with a late Mike Towey (left) goal that gave Woodhouse Angel a 3-2 win at Oughtibridge WM saw Angel go top of the CBC Premier. Angel opened the scoring with a Mitch Husbands penalty, but Oughtibridge levelled when Ross Brown put Charlie Tunnard through to slot home and they would have led at the break had it not been for a terrific save by the Angel keeper from Brown's shot. After the break Angel regained the lead when Sam Comer found the bottom corner, but the hardworking Oughtibridge levelled a second time and it was Tunnard that was again on target. The game looked destined for a draw, but in the dying moments Husbands whipped in a terrific free kick that was met by a bullet header from Towey to send Angel three points clear at the top.

Stannington Village kept their title hopes alive by coming from behind to win 3-1 at Brinsworth Whitehill. Brinsworth had beaten Stannington the week before and it looked like a repeat was on the cards when Mike Hare gave Brinsworth the lead with a shot from the edge of the area after just five minutes. Hare then had another good chance as did Ainsley Finney, but both were wasted and they had just the one goal to show for a dominant first half. Crucially though they lost keeper Jo Reed to injury near the end of the first half and striker Tom Coker had to take over the gloves. Stannington were quick to level after the break when Lee Johnstone slid in Danny Smith and he squared the ball for Adam Todd (right) to tap home at the back post and they took the lead soon after when a short corner led to Shaun Flynn whipping in a cross that was glanced home by Dan Green for his first of the season. They settled the game when Johnstone squared the ball for Smith to slide the ball under the keeper.

Civil Service A's chances of avoiding the drop look to be slipping away after they let a lead slip at FC Handsworth Turf and had to settle for a 1-1 draw.  After Turf's Harry Johnson had a goal bound shot brilliantly blocked and Lloyd Gelsthorpe had a shot saved by the Civil keeper, Civil began to push forward and Thomas Bamford scored his first goal for the club to give Civil a half time lead. Turf began to get on top in the second half and levelled when a four man move finished with Ollie Grady crossing for man of the match Danny Leesley to score with a spectacular overhead kick that went in off the bar. Johnson was then foiled by the Civil keeper when through one-on-one and Tom Smith had a header cleared off the line as Civil clung on for the point.

DIVISION 1 - Ecclesfield stop Taxis charge, but Hallam make no mistake - George Sheen struck late in the game to give Ecclesfield Players Lounge a 3-2 victory at fellow Division One promotion challengers City Taxis - a result that keeps Ecclesfield in the top three for the time at least. Ecclesfield took the lead when Danny Barnett was brought down in the area and Andy Baxter dispatched the penalty. Despite Barnett twice going close to stretching Ecclesfield's lead, but it was Taxis Scott Westney that struck next to send the teams into the break level. The game swung back in Ecclesfield's way when Taxis had Danny Major dismissed and Ecclesfield took full advantage to regain the lead in the second half when skipper and man of the match Mark Groves powered home a header into the top corner. Ecclesfield keeper James Abramski then made a string of terrific saves to keep his side in front, but even he could do nothing to stop Matt Knight bringing Taxis level again. It looked like the home side would hold on for a point until Sheen popped up to head Ecclesfield's winner at the back post. Action from the game is below - all pictures by Mick Moat.

Joe Howsham (right) scored twice as Hallam maintained second place with a 4-2 win at a Hare & Hounds that now need to win their last two to be certain of avoiding the drop. Despite Hallam having the majority of the early play it was George Rudd that gave Hare & Hounds the lead. Hallam levelled before the break through Tom Warburton. Howsham struck twice after the break to put Hallam in charge and although Rudd netted his second for Hounds, Jack Waddle netted Hallam's fourth to make the game safe.

Ranch could have made their place in Division One certain with victory against Loxley, but despite two Connor Brunt strikes giving them the lead they had to settle for a 2-2 draw. Loxley needed to win to keep their outside promotion hopes alive and took a first half lead through Piers Bond, but after the break the two Brunt strikes put Ranch ahead. Anthony Marshall was then felled in the area and Tim Pitt scored from the spot to bring Loxley level and Steve Mayfield, Ralph Clarkson and Pitt all went close to winning it for them, but Ranch held on for the point that probably sees them safe, while the result also means that Loxley's promotion chances are all but gone.

Intake Old Boys made their place in Division One safe for another season with a 2-0 victory at an Aston Swallownest that is now just one more defeat away from the drop. After Aston had missed some early chances Tom Gabbitas met a pinpoint corner to give Intake a first half lead. Intake took control of the game in the second half and Matt Hunter ran onto Jack Conlan's through ball to complete the scoring.

DIVISION 2 - Devonshire in good Nick to go top, but Killamarsh, Cobden and George all drop points - Nicky Owen (left) hit his seventh hat-trick of the season as Devonshire ended Norton Oaks B's winning streak with a 3-0 victory over them to go top of Division Two. After a Ben Bell penalty and a James Cottingham strike had given Cobden View a two goal half time lead at fellow promotion challengers Killamarsh Juniors, the home side hit back to claim a 2-2 draw with a Joe Glover penalty and a Ross Taylor strike in off a post. That point each didn't really help either of them, but it could have been worse had AFC George not also dropped points in a 4-4 draw at Top Club. It could have been even worse for George as two Dave Thompson goals along with one from Liam Bryan and an own goal had given Club a 4-2 lead, but a Michael Blythen (right) hat-trick and a Shaun Waller goal gave George the point that keeps them in contention to take the third automatic promotion place. Another draw, 3-3, came at Steelers visit to Woodhouse Juniors. Dimitri White, Adam West and Ferdi Celic goals kept giving Woodhouse the lead, but Kyle Clarkson, Rhydian Watkins and Gage West strikes earned Steelers their point. The battle of the bottom two saw Civil Service B come out on top 3-1 against Crookes & District. Ryan Haywood gave Civil a second minute lead which was doubled by Joe Taylor in the second minute after the break. James Lippett almost immediately pulled one back for Crookes, but a Mitch Seymour strike confirmed Civil's second win of the season.