FC Halifax Town were comfortable victors in Saturday’s West Yorkshire derby against Bradford Park Avenue at the Shay.
The Shaymen were threatening to record a cricket score at one stage, finding the net three times inside the opening twenty minutes – including a brace from Alex Simmons on his home debut.
However, after an early flurry, the goals subsided until shortly before the hour mark, when Jordan Sinnott made it 4-0 to secure a third victory in four outings for Halifax.
Clipstone defeated Barton Town Old Boys 3-0 in the NCEL Premier Division on Tuesday night as I made my first ever visit to the Lido Ground.
North Ferriby United suffered a fourth straight defeat as goals from Liam Enver-Marum and Alex Flisher earned fellow newly-promoted side Maidstone United victory in my first ever match at Grange Lane.
England began their warm-up for next month’s Euro 2016 with a 2-1 victory over Turkey at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium.
England failed to follow up on Saturday night’s impressive victory in Germany as they were defeated at Wembley Stadium 2-1 by Holland in their first loss at the national stadium since 2013.
England Under-17’s got their European Championship Elite Round campaign off to the perfect start with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Turkey at Chesterfield’s Proact Stadium.
Arsenal youngster Reiss Nelson put the Three Lions ahead two minutes before half time and two minutes after the restart, the hosts advantage was doubled courtesy of 16-year-old Jonathan Leko.
Nelson doubled his tally from the penalty spot six minutes later to put England out of sight and despite Furkan Korkut scoring a late consolation for the visitors, it was a good start for two-time Under-17 European champions as they look to qualify for the finals in Azerbaijan.
England defeated France 2-0 on a poignant and memorable evening at Wembley Stadium.
Dele Alli’s first ever England goal opened the scoring before all-time scorer and captain Wayne Rooney secured the victory early in the second half.
But the result was secondary as the 129 victims of last week’s Paris attacks were honoured in a touching show of solidarity between the two nations.
On December 26th 2013, I went to the Proact Stadium to watch Chesterfield play Hartlepool United.
On Saturday 7th December 2013, I went to the Proact Stadium to watch Chesterfield play Southend United in the FA Cup.
On Tuesday 22nd October 2013, I went to the Proact Stadium to watch Chesterfield play York City.
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