CUP fever is sneaking into the York primary schools footballing ranks as the competition, if not the weather, starts to hot up.

Headlands' impressive league form transferred to the cup with a 2-0 win in the only game in the preliminary round.

They had a walkover in round one and now face Osbaldwick, who beat Knavesmire 9-6 in a 15-goal thriller.

Other big winners in the first round included Westfield, who overcame Appleton Roebuck 7-0 and then beat League 'A' leaders Bishopthorpe 4-1 to enter the quarter-finals.

Clifton Federation and Tadcaster both netted four times in victories over Yearsley Grove and Huntington respectively, with Clifton also moving into the quarter-finals with a tight 1-0 defeat of Ralph Butterfield.

The other round one games were close calls with two going to penalties. Poppleton Ousebank were the lucky ones in their clash with Acomb, and went on to beat Skelton 3-1 en route to the quarter-final stage.

Robert Wilkinson are the only other side to have secured passage to the quarter-finals to date after sweeping past Wood- thorpe and Hempland.

Primary Cup

Preliminary round: Rufforth 0, Headlands 2.

Round 1: Woodthorpe 0, Robert Wilkinson 2; Clifton Green 0, Hempland 1; Bishopthorpe 1, Copmanthorpe 1 (Bishopthorpe go through on penalties); Appleton Roebuck 0, Westfield 7; Ralph Butterfield 1, Lakeside 0; Clifton Federation 4, Yearsley Grove 0; Tadcaster Riverside 4, Huntington 1; St Oswald's v St Wilfrid's, walkover St Wilfrid's; Wigginton 1, Haxby Road 2; Dunnington 0, St Aelred's 1; New Earswick 2, Tang Hall 0; English Martyrs 0, Fishergate 2; Skelton 1, Heworth 0; Poppleton Ousebank 1, Acomb 1 (Poppleton Ousebank through on penalties); Knavesmire 6, Osbaldwick 9; Burton Green v Headlands, walkover Headlands.

Round 2: Robert Wilkinson 2, Hempland 1; Bishopthorpe 1, Westfield 4; Ralph Butterfield 0, Clifton Federation 1; Skelton 1, Poppleton Ousebank 3.

League matches

League 'A': Westfield 3, Copmanthorpe 1.

League 'B': Clifton Federation 1, Yearsley Grove 2.

League 'C': Poppleton Road 1, Huntington 3.

League 'D': Park Grove 0, Dunnington 3.

League 'E': Tang Hall 5, St Lawrence's 0.

League 'H': Westfield 'B' 3, Copmanthorpe 3.

Updated: 10:48 Wednesday, March 15, 2006