BLACKSMITHS Arms from division two overcame first division Nestl Rowntree 4-2 after extra time to reach round two of the John Smith's Bitter Cup.

O'Loughoin and Gofton gave Heworth a flying start inside the first 20 minutes but it proved a false dawn as Sam James and James Clark both scored twice for Beefeater to lead 4-2.

Parker pulled one back but James completed his hat trick following up after his penalty was saved.

Sixth division newcomers Northern Wall held out for almost an hour against second division Fulford Bay but finally succumbed when going down 5-0, Phillips hitting three for Fulford. A hat trick from Kevin Ward helped Burton Stone from division six to a narrow 5-4 win over third division Wilberfoss.

After beating second division opposite Carlton the previous week in the preliminary round London York found much stiffer opposition in Riccall when going down 2-0 to goals from Tim Connell and Matthew Williams. Spare a thought for CPP as they battled valiantly with only eight players only to lose 17-0 to first division Marcia.

Civil Service found champions Wigginton a handful going down 15-0 with Paul Wilson scoring six.

Pack of Cards won 6-0 at home to Derwent Utd Reserves and Acomb WMC beat Boy & Barrel by the same scoreline with Karl Young scoring a hat-trick.

In the only all first division clash Volunteers beat Zafs 6-3 led by a Daz Callaghan hat-trick.

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First division newcomers FC Magnet lost to third division Bishopthorpe 4-3, while a superb five-goal display from Neil Yeowatt gave Northern Spirit a thrilling 6-5 win over Raskelf Rovers. The winning goal came in the last minute from Dave Wright with a delicate lob over the Raskelf goalkeeper.

Updated: 11:55 Friday, September 07, 2001