04/10/2026
Abacus Lighting Central Midlands Alliance
Premier Division Roundup – October 03
Only two midweek games this week, one in the league and one County Cup tie. In the Camper UK Premier South Melbourne Dynamo’s reboot of their season continued to bear fruit as they recorded their fourth successive win, 3-1 at Linby Colliery. David Guild put them in front after 20 minutes,. Harry Thorne levelled shortly after half time but Linby couldn’t build on it, Guild getting his second midway through the half, Regan Bickerton putting the result beyond Linby’s reach four minutes into stoppage time. SJR Worksop gave a good account of themselves against Step 6 Swallownest in the Sheffield Senior Cup, Leon Larcombe Loftus with their goal as the match ended 1-1. Unfortunately they couldn’t negotiate the penalty shootout, missing out 5-3
As the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire FAs at last managed to stage County Cup ties on the same day, it was left to the South Yorkshire teams ( plus Teversal and Staveley ) to provide some Premier Division action. A crowd of over 200 witnessed Harworth pick up their seventh successive win, shading their match with Brodsworth Main 3-2. A Billy Stafford penalty on 21 minutes gave Harworth the early advantage but the visitors were soon level, Liam Williams scoring seven minutes later. Five more minutes and Jay Jay Taylor put the home side back on top, only for Josh Bucknall to cancel it out on 37. The winning goal came at the mid-point of the second half, Tom Phipps preserving the 100% record. Leaders Burngreave United were also pushed all the way, their game at Teversal finishing 2-1. Burngreave had a penalty saved on 36 minutes by Tevie keeper Oli Winfield but took the lead five minutes later, Mohammed Shebani the scorer,. Cameron Pinnock got the equaliser with 54 on the clock, with the decider hammered home by Umar Mohammed in the 76th minute. Having lost at Rossington FC in the County Cup just a fortnight ago, Elite AFC gained revenge with interest on their return, winning 5-0, the goals coming from five different players. Travis Gordon and Bartek Chrobak gave them an interval lead, Elite finishing the job with goals from Jacob Tupling, Robbie Wood and Jacob Swales. Five goals and five scorers also for Staveley Reserves with AFC Bentley on the receiving end. Bentley were well on top for the first twenty minutes but fell behind on 26 minutes after conceding an own goal. That remained the scoreline until the hour mark when Sam Davies doubled the lead. Bentley were then hit by further goals from Alex Coates on 65 minutes, Charlie Bingham (78) and Travis Vintin six minutes from time. Evo FC deepened the gloom at AFC Phoenix, the match ending 4-1. Most of the damage was done in the first half, Oliver Beautyman on target on 21 and 32 minutes with Killian Kent getting one three minutes later. Matthew Woodward pulled one back for Phoenix, the second half producing one more goal, Jonathan Palmer coming off the bench to score Evo’s fourth in the 76th minute. There were just two games in the Camper UK Premier South division. On Friday night Derby Gazers comfortably saw off Mickleover Athletic 6-2. The visitors went in front in the 26th minute, Musa Jeng the scorer, Calum Hanks following up with the second with 38 minutes played. The killer goals came early in the second period, Lopes Massampo and Lewis Smith scoring in the space of four minutes before Mickleover got one back midway through the half. Musa Jeng then added two more to complete both his hat trick and Gazers’ half dozen, Mickleover having the final word in the final minute. There was a morale-boosting win for Graham Street Prims, a very late goal enabling them to return from Derby Singh Brothers on the back of a 4-3 win. Scorers for Singhs were Leonel Buashi, Karandip Singh and Tyler Johal, Prims taking the points thanks to Louis Fazal, who scored twice, Matthew Gale and Josh Sharman whose 93rd minute goal was decisive.
And so to the County Cups. The Derbyshire FA have renamed their competitions with the two divisional cup now going under the title Premier North and Premier South, which may cause a little confusion as some teams in the Premier North Cup play in our Premier South Division. Friday night saw FC Sunnyhill and Borrowash Vics draw 2-2. Charlie Tovey (15 minutes) and Oscar Supple (30) scored for Vics who missed a penalty five minutes from time to go in front before going down 4-1 from the spot. Bakewell Town attracted a three figure crowd to their match with Whaley Bridge. The visitors struck first against the run of play, holding the lead until the 65th minute, Elliott Nunn with the equaliser. Tommy Grant put Bakewell in front with 76 minutes played, Nunn’s second, five minutes from time ensuring a place in the next round. Wirksworth Ivanhoe breezed through, hammering Buxworth 6-1. Ewan Sutherill scored twice and there was a goal apiece for Lucas Brough, Jack Higton, Owen Young and Cavell Donaldson. Also through are the revitalised Melbourne Dynamo, 5-3 winners against another CMAL team, Holbrook St Michaels. Holbrook were given a bit of early encouragement with a 3rd minute own goal but Melbourne were soon well set, a Jack Goodband penalty on 20 minutes followed by goals from Jack Bodill and Tyler Withers leaving the hosts in a healthy position. Ben Cartwright got one back for Holbrook a minute before the interval, Owen Patrick’s 55th minute penalty bringing things back level. With all to play for it was Dynamo who came out on top thanks to the goal of the match from Oliver Grimshaw and a last minute clincher from Danny Guild. Holbrook Sports went through with a 3-1 win at Mickleover RBL, all three goals coming in a seven minute spell ate inn the game from Will Barnes on 77 minutes, Alex Curd a minute later and Joel Searcey six minutes from time. Cromford & Wirksworth Town lost 3-1 at home to Gamesley United. Stu Baker gave them a 21 minute lead, but three second half goals for their opponents proved decisive. Definitely an afternoon to forget for Glapwell, who were thumped 6-1 by Glossop North End Community, who play two levels below them. They found themselves three down by half time and had only a 64th minute penalty from Dylan Thornley to lighten the gloom.
The three Premier Division teams remaining in the Notts FA Senior Trophy all made it into Round 3 but none of them had much to spare. Blidworth Welfare dominated their game against Collingham Reserves but were forced to endure penalties before going through. The match itself ended in a 3-3 draw with Jamie Bogg, Harry Topliss and Joe Harrison scoring for Blidworth, while Collingham’s three all came in a five minute spell just before half time, the home side redeeming themselves , taking the shootout 5-3. RHP Sports came perilously close to losing at Linby Reserves where they trailed by two goals with ten minutes to play. A Will Knowles penalty and a goal for Doinis Bykou looked certain to be enough for Linby, but increasing frustration got the better of them resulting in a steady stream to the sin bin, which for one short spell reduced them to eight men. RHP took advantage and a Sol Miller penalty followed by a double for Ryan Attwood pulled the game out of the fire. Ollerton Town’s match against Southwell City development finished at 1-1, Callum Atkinson’s 9th minute goal for Ollerton finally cancelled out in the 70th minute , Ollerton going through 5-4 from the spot. Eastwood and Kimberley fc went out, beaten 6-1 by Newark & Sherwood Development.
Richard Lane
