Dinnington Town

Dinno and Clay Cross kicked off the weekend proceedings under the lights at the iCompare in front of a crowd of over 200.  The game set off a little cagey with Clay Cross having the better of the opening exchanges. It looked a fairly even affair until Josh Branch launched a free kick forward, the ball found its way out on the right to Cam Evans who put the ball over for Jamie Hopkin to give Dinno the lead.  Even though Dinno had the lead it was still a 50/50 game with Lewis Twibell making a quality challenge after missing his first kick. Josh Branch made a quality save to his right to deny Clay Cross an equaliser and right on the stroke of half time, Cameron Evans picked the ball up again on the right hand side, beat his man and put in a plate for Max Glaves and for Dinno to double their advantage.  As expected Clay Cross would come out in the second half looking to get back in to the game but Dinno held out up until late on in the game when the referee played an advantag...

Football back at The iCompare. Friday night sees the return of competitive football to The iCompare with Clay Crossthe visitors who are managed by former Dinno man Ant Lynam.  The two sides didn't meet last season after Cross played a season in the Southern section of the league but have now been placed back in the Northern half again after a league reshuffle.  The last meeting was the final game of the 18/19 season where Dinno were beaten by two goals and the reverse earlier that season saw a 6 - 2 win again for our visitors. There is no doubting Friday night will be a tough test for Dinno against an experienced Clay Cross side who will be there or there abouts come the end of the season.  Both sides head in to the game after convincing results at the weekend after a 5 - 0 win for Dinno at Phoenix and a crushing 9 - 1 result for Cross away at the newly formed Renishawl eaves them unbeaten after four games picking up maximum points along the way.  Tough c...