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  • Brearcliffe is the king of Odsal

    Queensbury 40, Birkenshaw 26 Full back Luke Brearcliffe posted four scintillating tries to ensure Queensbury retained the Jack Senior Memorial Bradford Cup in an end-to-end thriller at Odsal Stadium this afternoon. The omens looked to be against Birkenshaw

  • Khan ton continues good start

    Younus Khan made a century on his Tykes one-day debut today as Yorkshire beat Nottinghamshire by 37 runs at Trent Bridge in the Friends Provident Trophy to continue their great start to the season. The Pakistan Test star was run out for exactly 100 off

  • Centre theory gives Clayton the edge

    Clayton A 20, Wibsey Warriors 16 The centre partnership of Liam Chadwick and Jimmy Waddington proved too hot to handle, ensuring a Clayton success in the Hudson Foster Supplementary Bradford Cup final at Odsal today. Both sides showed their undoubted

  • Baildon remain enigmatic

    Aireborough 13, Baildon 37 The enigma that is Baildon finished their Yorkshire League Three league programme with a convincing win at Aireborough. The Jenny Laners have beaten all the top-flight clubs in their section yet languish in the mid to lower

  • Cleckheaton's young guns denied their just desserts

    Cleckheaton 26, Darlington 29 The young guns from Cleckheaton almost got the win they so richly deserved in their final National League Three game of the season, only going down 29-26 at home to Darlington because of a late try. Darlington drove over

  • Late, late show is cruel on Greens

    Stourbridge 29, Wharfedale 24 Wharfedale looked to have this absorbing National League Two match won when, with two late tries, they overturned a 22-12 deficit to lead 24-22. But, on the stroke of full-time, after some eight minutes added on for stoppages

  • Otley's fate again goes to the final day

    Exeter 46, Otley 24 For the second time, Otley's fight against National League One relegation goes to the last game of the season and they will be hoping that history repeats itself. On the last occasion, it was Orrell who suffered the drop, and sadly

  • Khan and Smith help BPR-Odsal to first win

    Bradford Property Rentals-Odsal are one of the sides fancied to do well in Group A of the Mutual Sunday School League this season and they got their campaign off to a winning start yesterday. Having merged during the close season, they won their first

  • Mills off the mark in thriller

    Manningham Mills' overseas player isn't due to arrive until Tuesday but they started life back in Division One of the JCT600 Bradford League with a thrilling victory. On four occasions, they looked out of their home game against Cleckheaton but hit back

  • Birthday girl is City heroine

    Alice Thackray celebrated her 18th birthday with a match-winning strike for Bradford City in their 1-0 win over Whitley Bay in the North East Regional League Cup semi-final at Rawdon Meadows. Despite having much the better of the game against the side

  • Solomona brushes off Kiwi snub

    David Solomona admits his New Zealand career may be over but he's itching to spearhead Samoa's World Cup crusade. There was speculation the inspirational Bulls second-rower could have been called up for the Kiwis' Anzac Test against Australia last Friday

  • Wise rants again as time running out

    Southampton 1, Leeds United 0 Leeds United are to lodge an appeal against the sending-off of midfielder Alan Thompson, who will otherwise miss the last two games of the season. Thompson was sent off in the 23rd minute at Southampton and, even though

  • Celts flunk first chance to reach play-offs

    Farsley Celtic 1, Workington 2 A glut of early goals following a rash of mistakes showed just how much was riding on a game that left the Celts needing to win their final match at Redditch on Saturday to guarantee a play-off place. Workington are certain

  • Emotional day brings final reward for Bees

    Bradford & Bingley 42, Barking 30 Bradford & Bingley's head coach Geoff Wappett came out with the quote of the day when he found out that drug testers from UK Sport had turned up at this clash between two relegated sides in National League Two. He

  • Avenue look good value for play-offs

    Bradford Park Avenue 0, Buxton 0 A bumper crowd saw Avenue inch closer to securing their play-off spot against the UniBond Division One champions in a game that was far from a bore draw. Victory at Brigg Town on Tuesday would see Benny Phillips' side

  • Guiseley victory puts them back in contention

    Radcliffe Borough 1, Guiseley 2 Terry Dolan's men maintained the pressure on their promotion rivals with a victory at struggling Radcliffe Borough. It was their first win of the month and means four teams are chasing the last two play-off places. Four

  • Thackley upset odds to deny Retford

    Thackley 1, Retford United 0 Thackley rewrote the script at home to Retford United, beating them 1-0 to deny them clinching the league title. It was a result no one would have predicted after the second-from-bottom Bradford outfit had lost 11-0 the

  • Eagles fail to soar

    Eccleshill United 0, Armthorpe Welfare 2 A goal in each half saw Armthorpe Welfare to a 2-0 victory at Eccleshill United, who are limping lamely towards the end of the season. The Doncaster outfit were not dominant but they were good enough to win the

  • Silsden respond to Schofield rally

    Formby 1, Silsden 4 Silsden answered boss Paul Schofield's clarion call to finish the season in style with a 4-1 win at Formby. They began poorly and went a goal down but came back to dispatch the struggling Lancashire outfit. A fortunate break from

  • Wethers: We won't give up

    David Wetherall picked through the wreckage of City's survival bid and confessed: This is my biggest test. Wetherall must rouse the players for the final two games of the season knowing that a maximum six-point haul may still not be enough to stop the

  • City need a miracle

    City 0 Orient 2 David Wetherall led his players out for their pre-match warm-up to a backdrop of "I need a miracle" on the PA system. He didn't at that stage - but City's caretaker leader sure does now. Chairman Julian Rhodes feared before the game

  • Heart patient angry at sedation shock

    A man who was admitted to hospital to be treated for a debilitating heart condition came round from sedation to be told Sorry - we haven't done it'. Even though 46-year-old Stephen Colley had drifted off into a deep sleep to enable an electric shock

  • Illegal road use crackdown

    Nineteen people have been arrested and 31 vehicles seized in a major police crackdown on illegal road users in Bradford. In the last three months, more than 1,000 drivers were hit with penalty notices by police working on the Bradford District Roads

  • Health research institute opens

    Bradford is set to become a centre of national excellence in the field of health research with the opening of a new institute in the city. A partnership between Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary

  • Plea over minorities in police force

    A police representative says the West Yorkshire force should get out into the communities in a bid to recruit more black and ethnic minority officers. Tom McGhie, chairman of West Yorkshire Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers,

  • Lord Mayor's discs choice

    If the Lord Mayor of Bradford was marooned on a desert island his records of choice would include Van Halen, Frank Sinatra and Mohammed Rafi. Councillor Choudhary Rangzeb was invited along to share his desert island discs with listeners at St Luke's

  • Village stays a safe place

    Addingham remains one West Yorkshire's safest places to live in terms of freedom from crime. At the annual parish meeting, Police Sergeant Darren Minton said that in the year to April Addingham had suffered three arson attacks, including at the village

  • Area missioner

    The Reverend Peter Mott has been appointed as part-time area missioner for the central area of the South Craven Deanery. This appointment will run alongside his present post of priest-in-charge of Keighley Shared Church. The licensing will take place

  • Daniel’s insight into life of a blind youth

    A blind student has experienced his 15 minutes of fame after taking part in a Channel 4 documentary. Daniel Angus's every move was recorded over six months as film crews followed him around The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) in Hereford.