Whitkirk in running for title after '¨a walkover

Hope Inn Whites, however, have three games in hand on Whitkirk. The leaders have not played a league game since mid-October but are set to take on JB Celtic in two weeks’ time.

Kirkstall Crusaders remain at the foot of the table after not fielding a team.

Main Line Social had the opportunity to leave Kirkstall stranded in ninth place but Bradley White’s brace was not enough to stop Kippax Sundays claiming a 3-2 win.

Calum McDonald, Joe Thorpe and Peter Gibbons were all on the scoresheet for the victors.

Similarly to Whitkirk, Leeds City Rovers were handed a home walkover in their match against JB Celtic.

James Thorp’s hat-trick helped to propel Horsforth Fairweather to within one point of top-of-the-table New Pudsey in the Premier, as they soared to a 7-0 away victory against Swillington Welfare.

Thorp’s goals were added to by Gary Litvinov (2), Rob Wilson and Steve Skillern.

Chapel Allerton – seven points adrift from every other team – looked to discard a three-point chunk of that gap as they welcomed Colton.

Their attention will now be turned to their next game, though, having suffered a 6-2 loss. Despite goals from Dave Martyn and Kieron Brisset-Grant, Bill Roberts hit back with a brace for Colton before Ben Clark and Josh Gould added one each and two from Ashley Bell ended Chapel Allerton’s hopes.

Next week’s fixtures will see New Pudsey host Colton in a match where the winner could end the day at the top of the division, with Horsforth Fairweather also in the reckoning to become the new league leaders.

Unlike Manchester City, South Seacroft’s invincible record thus far this Division 1 season continued with a 2-0 win over The Woodcock.

Stuart Tetley teed them up for the win and his goal was added to by Gary Crossley.

South Seacroft remain nine points clear at the top of the league and have dropped just four points all season.

Their closest competitors, Halfway House Bramley, kept pace as well as they could, beating New Armley Blues by a comprehensive 4-0 scoreline.

Kurtis Heyes found the net twice for Halfway House Bramley, while Adam Carson and Alex Waters were the other scorers.

A bottom-of-the-table clash between Oulton Athletic and Horsforth Saints produced a thrilling 3-3 draw.

Liam Atkinson scored two for Oulton before Danny Azzaro hit back for Horsforth.

Grey and Ford then combined for Horsforth Saints to add another two to their tally before reliable German (origin anyway) Negelein engineered a comeback for Oulton to earn them what could be a point a valuable point.

East End Park triumphed over Sporting Pudsey 4-1 as Ashley Hubbard bagged himself two goals.

James Cowlam was also amongst the goalscorers for East End Park.

And Sporting Pudsey’s Danny Cook grabbed them a consolation before Glen Hendrix left Sporting Pudsey with a bleeding heart.

The final match of Division One saw Harehills WMC on the right side of an entertaining 4-3 contest against Commercial HQ. James Browne was one of the scorers for Commercial.

But there’ really is no doubting that he wasn’t feeling good when Trevor Johnson, Robert Smith, Kirk Hayes and David Allanson all scored to give Harehills the maximum points return.

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Beachwood Sundays squandered their chance to go top of Division 2.

Beachwood fell to a 4-3 home defeat against Corpus Christi, who moved into fourth – four points behind leaders Hunslet Club Sundays – with the victory.

Barry Edwards’ double, coupled with an individual effort from Joe Phillips, proved not to be enough for the hosts.

Acorn – two points behind Corpus Christi in fifth place – also maintained pace, cruising to a 4-1 away win over Western Juniors, despite Charlie Opp’s goal for the home side just before the half-time interval.

Western Juniors will look to bounce back from their defeat but face a tough task of facing unbeaten Hunslet Clubs Sundays next weekend.

AFC Travellers extended their lead at the top of Division 3A to seven points, courtesy of Paul Barrett and Michael Doyle’s goals that earned them a 2-0 victory against Old Crooked Clock, who now find themselves just one point above bottom-of-the-league Pudsey Athletic.

That gap was four points before Pudsey Athletic put on a glittering display in their 5-1 away thrashing of Northern Star.

Elsewhere, Bardsey beat Churwell Blues 2-0, West Leeds fell to a 4-2 home defeat against Original Oak and Michael Evans’ brace helped Headingley Rovers to take all three points in a 3-0 win over Republica Internationale.

The title race in Division 3B continues to heat up, with just seven points separating the top seven sides.

Sporting Pudsey II moved top this week after edging past struggling Bramley Amateurs, 1-0, thanks to Liam Petit’s big contribution. They replace Athletico Bramley in first place after the former leaders were held to a 1-1 draw against Bramley Lions.

FC Crossgates continued their recent surge up the table with a 4-3 win away at FC Elford. Other results saw Kirkstall Crusaders Academy put three past West Leeds Reserves, who could not manage to muster any response, and Joe Packer’s double helped Amaranth Athletic to overturn a one-goal deficit against Armley Reserves and claim a 2-1 win.