Losses for Cramlington Northern Alliance sides

Posted by The Journal on Nov 4, 09 01:00 PM in Sport

Third-placed Carlisle City continued their successful run with a 4-2 win at home to Cramlington Town in the Northern Alliance Premier Division.

Carlisle were encouraged by setbacks suffered by the joint leaders Wark and Walker Central and closed the gap, winning 4-2.

Ollie Driver netted twice for City in the opening half but Cramlington rallied, with replies from Stuart Heppell and Andrew Carr restoring parity.

Cramlington deserved a share of the spoils in a game marred by the brandishing of eight yellow cards - five for Crammy and three for City - but Carlisle surged ahead again.

They had further strikes by Carl Armstrong and Scott Priest wrapping up the points.

Stocksfield climbed into the top half of the table with a 1-0 victory over hosts Shankhouse to avenge their earlier defeat at Prudhoe.

After winning two games on the trot Shankhouse were stopped in their tracks and Josh Brooks scored Stocksfield's winner a few minutes before half-time.

Meanwhile in Division Two, North Shields Athletic consolidated their position in third spot by beating hosts Cramlington Blue Star 3-0.

Their first-half scorer was Jonathan Greaves and after the break Graham Williams bagged himself a brace, including a penalty.

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