Bristol & District Sunday League
Doubles from Phil Vice and Ben Hiscocks and a single by Matt Steadman saw Merryweather OB carry off the Charles Finch Cup with a 5-2 success over Warwick. Jon Phillips and Glen Callaghan replied for the losing side. Beaufort kept alive their chances of winning the Premier Division championship by beating Lebeq’s Tavern Courage 3-2 thanks to Sam Vile’s 88th-minute penalty winner on Sunday. Neil Simons and Eddie Howell notched their other goals, with Nick Olu and Tony Perry replying for the home side. The two teams meet again this Sunday in a winner-take-all match at Yate with the winners taking the league title. Jimmy Potts 2, Lee Ralph, Brian Bath, Alex Fox, Luke Parsons and Chris Simcek shot Shireway Sports to a 7-2 victory over Northville Athletic in Division One. A brace apiece from Simon Overbury and John  Crowley, and one from Nick Dyer saw PJ Services win 5-2 at Wellwood Athletic, for whom Lee Doyle scored twice. In a similar situation to the Premier Division, AFC Redland and Wizard Wanderers will meet in a winner-take-all game to decide the winners and runners-up in Division Two. AFC Redland won 4-2 at Brislington 1987 on Sunday thanks to Chris Taylor 2, Jim Webb, and Patrick Reilly, with Mark Drake and Paul Draper netting for the home side. Wizard Wanderers won 1-0 twice to set up the all important match. Mike Pring gave them victory over Bristol Sports and Dean Henderson scored the only goal of their game against White Tree. Alex Ackerman cracked a treble for Signal Generals as they beat Bristol Sports 5-1, Andrew Helm and James Forbes completed the tally. In Division Three, Avon Plate and Harvester will now play each other on Sunday to decide the winners and runners-up in Division Three. Harvester played three times on Sunday, winning twice against Portcullis with Craig Carter and Jamie Davy scoring in a 2-1 win, whilst Mark Clayton scored both goals as they won 2-0 in the second. In the afternoon however, they went down 2-1 at South Bristol Wanderers  who won thanks to Luke Derrick and Chris Attwell. Eddie Trainer scored their only reply. Longreach Athletic Res. pipped Adamland 2-1 with two strikes by Dean Woods. Matt Ashton replied for the home side.