Scawthorpe Athletic hope to make history in Sheffield Senior Sunday Cup

Scawthorpe Athletic will bid to become the first Doncaster club to reach the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Sunday Cup final this weekend.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Mar 2019, 14:26 BST
Updated 14th Mar 2019, 14:29 BST
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They host Terminus Tavern at Askern Miners Welfare on Sunday (11am). Admission is £3 for adults and £1 for OAPs and children.

Scawthorpe are unbeaten this season and have won 22 out of 23 games in all competitions.

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They are top of the Premier Division and are also through to the semi-finals of the Ernie Prince Memorial Cup, where they will face Championship leaders FC Cumberland following their 8-1 quarter-final win over The Beverley Innn.

Division One leaders White Hart (Askern) beat FC Ivanhoe by the odd goal in seven in their quarter-final and will now take on defending Premier Division champions Canal Tavern.

Tavern were held to a 1-1 draw in their Premier Division derby at Stainforth New Inn. Durban and Carpenters Arms, for whom James Mitchell netted, also battled out a 1-1 draw.

Rosehill Press strengthened their grip on second spot in the Championship with a 5-1 win at Carcroft Village.

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Ryan Ambler, Louis Varley, Jamie Hastie, Brad McFadden and an own goal accounted for Rosehill’s tally with Danny Falconer bagging the Carcroft consolation.

Third-placed Dunscroft Social won 3-1 at Real Bridge A.

Wheatley Club, who could overtake Social if they win their games in hand, beat bottom club FC Independent 3-2.

Bessacarr and Bentley West End S&S shared the spoils from a 2-2 draw.

Second-placed AFC Balby failed to complete their Division One campaign on a winning note when going down by the odd goal in seven at home to The Salutation.

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Jack Waldron, Tom Connor, Ricky Neer and Andy McMahon shared the Salutation goals.

Auckley climbed out of the bottom two after their 3-1 win over Pit Club Miners.

Unbeaten Division Two leaders FC Schoolboy recorded their 16th win in as many starts when beating Eden Arms 6-2.

Adi Parker led the way with a hat trick with Aston Lambie, Thomas Noon and Brandon Tomlinson also chipping in.

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Second-placed SFC Wadworth had to work harder for their 2-1 win over bottom side FC Rossington.

Cantley beat FC Wheatley Hills 7-5 in a high-scoring affair. There were doubles for Peter Walmsley and Mark Carter and singles for James Critchlow, David Fairweather and Louis Bailey.