WIGGINTON Grasshoppers retained the York Minster Engineering League premier division title despite not kicking a ball in midweek.

A resolute defensive performance from Church Fenton saw second-placed Old Malton St Mary's held to a 0-0 draw on Wednesday, a result which means Hoppers cannot now be caught at the top of the table.

Wiggy play their final league game of the season at home to Church Fenton on Saturday before receiving the league trophy.

The battle to avoid relegation from the premier division still has some way to run with four teams all battling to avoid joining York RI on their descent into division one.

As reported, Malton & Norton dragged Copmanthorpe back into the argument after a Liam Preston double and Scott Preston's finish gave them a 3-2 victory over their hosts on Monday night. Tom Paley and Ben Jones hit the target for Copmanthorpe.

Sporting Knavesmire went a point back ahead of Malton & Norton, though, after bagging a big upset by defeating Huntington Rovers 4-2.

Shane Tomlinson scored once and Tom Williams twice to put Knavesmire 3-1 in front at the interval with Sam Lingard scoring their fourth in the dying seconds of the game.

James Edmond and Chris Dyson struck for Rovers.

Poppleton United could not add to their points total as they suffered a 1-0 defeat at home to Dunnington while Hemingbrough United virtually assured their survival with a 5-0 hammering of York RI.

Tadcaster Magnets continued their remarkable revival with a 3-2 win at home to F1 Racing, who found themselves 2-0 down at the break as Magnets' Ryan Ferguson and Phil Smith both found the net.

F1 came back into the game after the restart and drew level through Chris Dempsey and Alex Martin.

Both sides then missed chances before Tad broke away late on and Smith hit his second goal to seal the points.

Pocklington Town assured themselves of a second-placed finish in division one with a 4-1 win at Harrison Signs.

Rawcliffe's hopes of a third-placed finish suffered a major blow as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Easingwold Town, for whom Thomas Kennedy and Edward Tomlinson were on target.

Substitute Liam Smallwood bagged both of the visitors' goals.

In round three of the League Junior Cup, Craig Hargreaves netted a consolation for Stamford Bridge as his side were sunk 6-1 by Rufforth United.

Dave McNichol and Danny Cates netted twice each alongside goals from Sean Stockdale and Phil Martin.