Tuesday, May 22
Craven League (6.15pm)
Northern Plant Hire Trophy, final: Wilsden Athletic v Cononley Sports (at Gargrave, 6.3pm)
Prem: Cowling v Rolls.
Div 1: Earby Town v Crosshills.
Div 3: Grindleton Res v Cowling Res.
Wednesday, May 23
Craven League (6.15pm)
Div 3: Cononley Sports Res v Oakworth Res, Settle Utd Res v Silsden Whitestar Res.
Saturday, May 26
Craven League (2pm)
Div 1: Crosshills v Trawden Celtic.
Div 3: Settle Utd Res v Oxenhope Rec III.
Marley will be a hive of youth football activity over the next four days.
More than 1,000 boys and girls aged eight to 16 will be in action as 154 teams take part in the 15th annual Bradford Council-organised five-a-side football festival.
Action start at 4pm today and continues 4-7pm until Thursday.
Premier Division:
Ilkley Dynamo 5 Bingley Midland Athletic 2
Wharfedale Triangle Sunday League (11am)
Prem: Crossflatts Village v Salts (walkover for Salts), lkley Dynamo v Bingley Midland Athletic.
West Riding County Women’s League (1pm)
Prem: Keighley Oaks v Hemsworth MW.
Division 1: Silsden v Tingley.
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Youth football (click for fixtures)
Craven, Aire and Wharfe League
Keybury League
West Riding Girls League
Grindleton Reserves 1
Oxenhope Rec III 2
Oxenhope went a long way to securing their tenure in Division Three of the Craven League for a second season when coming back from a 1-0 deficit with an excellent second-half display.
The home side took the lead after 20 minutes when a cross from the right was headed home.
The game swung from end to end but neither keeper really had a save to make.
After the break, Oxenhope upped their performance and after 55 minutes good work by Joe Pullan on the right and a cross into the area was parried by the goalkeeper up into the air and Marc Westerman rose to head the ball over the line.
The visitors took control with skipper Andy Lamb and Westerman dominating the middle of the park.
The winner came in the 80th minute when Lee Rhodes won the ball out on the left in his own half and went past two defenders before letting fly from distance with a scorcher that gave the keeper no chance.
Grindleton rallied at the end in search of the equaliser but Oxenhope’s defence held firm.
Their West Riding County Amateur League season has only just finished but Steeton are already planning ahead for the 2012/13 campaign with an innovative village directory idea.
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Click here to see 175 pictures from the match from David S Brett.
Crosshills 4 Oxenhope 7
A second-half goal rush saw Oxenhope win the Keighley FA Challenge Cup for the first time since 1966.
But the West Yorkshire League Premier Division side were made to work hard for their
glory, twice having to come back from behind against underdogs Crosshills who belied the four-division gap between the sides.
The Craven League Division One side took just five minutes to end Oxenhope’s clean sheet record in this season’s competition when Andy North put them ahead, snaffling up a rebound from Steve Brown’s shot.
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Silsden’s Keighley Road pitch is reported to be in a reasonable shape ahead of tonight’s Keighley FA Challenge Cup final, 7.30pm.
The mouthwatering clash between Crosshills and Oxenhope Rec has twice been called off on the afternoon of the match because of a waterlogged pitch.
But no heavy rain is forecast for the rest of the day and no further inspections are planned.
A Silsden spokesman said: “The whole ground looks in peak condition, rolled, cut and striped to perfection.
“The new beer tent is set up with tables and chairs and a portable bar.”
The ladies and gents toilets will be in changing rooms 2 and 3 tonight because several junior sides are using the clubhouse for presentations.
Originally due to be played on April 20, moved and then re-arranged from May 4 and last week postponed again, the tie is due to go ahead at Silsden’s Keighley Road ground this evening, 7.30pm, after a month of unseasonal heavy rainfall.
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Summer sport has launched its annual take over for control of the back pages of the Keighley News.
Even so, there are still a few football teams sneaking a mention in today’s edition.
A round-up includes a preview of tomorrow’s Keighley FA Cup final between Crosshills and Oxenhope Rec, with reports from matches involving Crosshills Reserves, Bradley Reserves, Cononley Sports, Steeton Reserves and youth teams from Steeton, Wilsden and Silsden.
There is a picture and report of Oakbank School’s Bradford Schools FA Cup final win, as well as details of the Bradford Area Schools Football Festival taking place at Marley next week.
Bronte Wanderers review their season and there are tables from the West Yorkshire, West Riding County Amateur and Craven Leagues, as well as a few results, but no fixtures.
Silsden are running their annual junior six-a-side tournament at Keighley Road on June 16 and 17.
Anyone wishing to either sponsor or just have some sort of showing on the weekend should contact the club direct.
All other offers of help on the day with car park marshalling, raffle ticket selling, etc, are also welcome.
Rolls 1 Cononley Sports 2
It will be an all-Keighley Kicks area Northern Plant Hire Trophy final after Cononley pulled off a major shock.
Despite having a player sent off midway through the second half, the Division One side knocked out the cup favourites and the Premier Division title chasers to book a final slot against Wilsden Athletic.
The final will be played at Gargrave next Tuesday, 6.30pm.
Silsden 2 Field 2
Silsden looked to be well on their way to denting Field’s title celebrations when they held a 2-0 half-time lead in their final Northern Under-19 match of the season.
But the visitors hit back to earn a point.
Connor Madden and Chris Wademan were on target for the Cobbydalers with the visitors’ replies coming from Dylan Naylor and substitute Kayden Jackson.
There was some joy for the hosts though, with striker Joe Gaughan (pictured, right) being crowned the league’s top scorer, his 15-goal haul topping the best the three divisions of the league could offer. His closest rival was Field’s Jackson and his strike at Keighley Road took his tally to 14.
Wilsden Athletic 1 Grindleton 0
A goal from Ryan Gill was enough to earn Wilsden a place in the final of the Craven League Northern Plant Hire Trophy for the second season running.
They will meet Cononley Sports in the final at Gargrave next Tuesday, 6.30pm.
Oxenhope Rec 2 Carlton Athletic 3
A weakened Oxenhope side came within seconds of picking up a point in their final West Yorkshire League Premier Division game of the season.
With one eye on Friday’s Keighley FA Cup final against Crosshils at Silsden, Oxenhope fielded a below-strength team.
And they were made to pay when they fell two goals behind inside just 15 minutes.
But Chris Day pulled one back just before half-time with a stooping header to raise their hopes.
Manager Mark Bentham sent on three first-teamers at half-time and Oxenhope then had the majority of play.
Michael Garnett lashed in a ball, chested down by Nivard Trowers from Dave Nelson’s free-kick, midway through the half to equalise.
That looked enough to share the points but Carlton stole the game with the last kick of the game when they broke down field.
Sutton Juniors are all set to host their first festival of football this weekend.
The FA charter standard club are hosting two days of football with food stalls, bouncy castles, face painting, an official photographer and much more at South Craven School, Crosshills, on Saturday and Sunday.
The six-a-side tournament involves teams from age six to 17 with the three younger age groups playing fun or non-competitive games with with the older ones competing for trophies.
All players will receive medals.
Saturday morning – u16 and u12
Saturday afternoon – u8 and u13
Sunday morning – u17 and u10
Sunday afternoon – u9 and u11.
Entry is £25 per team, plus £20 for each additional team per age group.
For more details, contact the tournament organiser, Steven Broadbent, 07790 727196.
Entry forms are available here and can be emailed to: tournament@sjfc.co.uk.
Keighley FA u17 1 Bradford City XI 3
George Sellars scored for the hosts in their annual Calmag Cup challenge against the cream of the Bantams youth set-up.
Crosshills Reserves 2 Bradley Reserves 0
Crosshills finished their Craven League season seven points clear at the top of Division Four.
Luke Wilson and Olli Peacock were on target for the champions, who were presented with their trophy and medals.
