Schools/Juniors: Leeds Schools' storming cup display sinks Seasiders

The Whites spurned several early chances before Kron Abdiu added a bit of composure to the proceedings by dispatching a neat left-foot finish from the edge of the box into the far-bottom corner.

Bradley Wood then latched onto a perfectly weighted Abdiu through-ball to fire home off the inside of the post before Wood’s vicious strike on the rebound brought up the visiting side’s third.

Scarborough forced a decent save from Whites ’keeper Harvey Coleman but Leeds added three more goals in the second period of the game through Ben Moss with a brace and then Bradley Pride.

Pride then turned provider to allow Wood to complete his treble at the start of the second period as Leeds made it 7-0 before Wood quickly added his fourth and Leeds’ eighth.

Leo Diffey went close to scoring from distance but Leeds would still add three more, through Sam Appleyard, Charlie Tokarski and then Ben Redshaw with arguably the goal of the game.

Redshaw danced through the Scarborough back line to finish with confidence not long before the final whistle and thoughts then turned to the smell of the locally reared bacon butties.

Leeds City Boys under-14s fell to a 3-1 defeat in a league game at York where a lack of key players took its toll.

The Whites travelled without three important players, including both joint top scorers, through injury and illness.

A couple of others were suffering from a bug but started as numbers were low.

On a wet pitch, the first half was end to end with neither side on top, although the deadlock was broken by York with a well constructed move ending in a calm finish. Leeds had plenty of the game and had two efforts denied by a great save to Kian Linley’s shot and an effort that shaved the post from Kyran Sharlotte.

Leeds came out and started to dominate possession and territory and the first time York got to the Leeds’ area they scored again with a low shot across goal.

At the other end, numerous chances failed due to good saves by the York ’keeper and other efforts hit narrowly wide.

Eventually the pressure told with clever midfield play leading to a thunderous long-range shot from Matty Kyle that gave the goalkeeper no chance.

Just as Leeds had fought back, a cross from York rebounded off the goalkeeper straight to a York attacker who tapped it home.

Harry Sykes and Kyran Sharlotte both had excellent games in defence snuffing out most York attacks and all the team played well in difficult conditions.

The rest of the game saw Leeds pressure through goalmouth scrambles and shots over and wide, but the luck wasn’t with them.