Tadcaster Albion and Hamilton Panthers will fight it out in the final of the York FA Minor Under 15 Cup.

Albion were involved in a seven-goal semi-final thriller with Pocklington, who took the lead three times before going down 4-3.

Tadcaster's scorers were Ben Wilson (2), Stephen Hover and Joe Baker while Connor Swanborough (2) and Aiden Marshall replied for Pock.

Christian Derek shone for Tadcaster while Pocklington goalkeeper Jonathan Kilgallan made some outstanding saves.

Top of the table Hamilton Panthers beat lowly Easingwold Town 3-1 in their semi-final but were made to work hard.

After a scrappy first period Panthers were on top but only a fingertip save by their goalkeeper Richard Johnson prevented Easingwold taking a shock lead.

Easingwold's George Elliott then lobbed the ball over Johnson only for Jack Condren to clear off the line.

Panthers took the lead when a great through ball found James Newnham in acres of space and he netted coolly. Ten minutes into the second-half Easingwold drew level through Ben Stoker. Two goals within the space of a minute clinched Panthers' victory when Sam Bibby's 30-yard free-kick was followed by a second Newnham goal.

Haxby proved too strong for Copmanthorpe in their York FA Minor Under 14 Cup tie, winning 5-1.

Copmanthorpe took the lead through Johnny Czuk but after Alex Blair's powerful inswinging corner was pushed into his own net by the Copmanthorpe keeper Haxby took control.

Tom Wheatland shot Haxby in front but there were no more goals until ten minutes from time when Gavin Minton, Marco Shepherd and Wheatland added further goals.

Hamilton Panthers will tackle Nestl Rowntree in the final of the York FA Acaster Steel Cup.

Panthers beat Bishopthorpe White Rose 3-0 in their semi-final with a header from Andrew Simpson and two second-half goals by Jamie Wilstrop, who was denied a hat-trick when another effort came back off the woodwork.

Nestl weathered the early pressure from Strensall before Charlie Binns converted a Kieran Flannigan cross.

Peter Lawrie in the Strensall goal made a string of fine saves but Nestl increased their lead when Binns squared the ball back for Matt Hattee to score and further goals were added by Matt Yeomans and Binns to give Nestl a comfortable 4-0 victory.

Updated: 10:32 Wednesday, March 22, 2006