Football

The Newark Alliance has a proud record in the county cup competitions, and they further enhanced that reputation on Sunday morning.

Farndon Colts moved into third position in the New Newark Youth League Under-15 Division with a 15-0 win at home to bottom of the table Winthorpe and Coddington Tigers.

After 11 league games without a single point, Newark Alliance newboys Hobgoblin finally got off the mark on Sunday — after remarkably putting five goals past the Third Division league leaders.

With Farndon United’s first team game in the Senior Division called off because injury-hit opponents Fiskerton were unable to field a team, goalkeeper Mark Etherington offered his services to Farndon Reserves who were without a keeper.