Last Sunday was the long awaited York derby in the ONE league - York A versus York B. Strictly speaking, York A were at home*, and that home advantage clearly showed, with York A taking the win 13 to 3.

Despite the scoreline, it was a hard-fought game. York B defended well, making scoring difficult, and their strong back line kept making breaks out of defence, keeping the game from being played solely in front of their goal. York A's defence held well against the breaks, but on 3 occasions, York B slipped through York A's tight net to score well deserved goals (2 from Andy Latham, 1 from Ben). Inevitably, under the constant pressure from York A's attack, York B couldn't keep them out for ever, and with their defence pushing up in support, the 13 goals York A scored were spread throughout their team (5 from Ali, 4 from Kev (me) and 2 each from Peter and Lucy).

Congratulations to York A, especially as they had very few subs, and one or two players playing in unfamiliar positions. Congratulations also to York B for a valiant effort! All that's needed now is for York B (or someone else in the league) to beat Durham, and they York A can hope the 10 goal advantage from this game might come in to play.

With 4 games played, the table looks like this (note I've fixed the mistake in the original showing DUUHC had played 1, won 1 and lost 1!!!):

TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostGoal Difference
Byker1001-6
DUUHC1100+5
Jesmond1100+4
York Uni A3201+11
York Uni B2002-14

I'd say head over to the ONE league fixtures and match reports site for more detail, but most of the content it seems to originate here!

The next match we've got coming up is the Student Nationals, at Warwick on 23 February. If York can pool the best of their two teams, then they should be able to deliver a strong performance in the competition. Fingers crossed!

* OK, I know both teams are part of the same club and only exist as separate entities for the purposes of the ONE league!