Wearside League: Sunderland West End rocked by Harton and Westoe's rally for second win of the season
Bottom club Harton and Westoe CW roared back from 2-0 down to edge a 3-2 victory, only their second league success all season.
West End, fired up after the disappointment of the 2-1 home defeat to Wolviston last weekend, raced into a comfortable lead with goals from Luke Bell and Mark Catcheside.
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Hide AdBut Brodie Simpson rallied Harton and Dominic Solomon equalised just before half-time.
Harton grabbed the winner on the hour mark, when Solomon scored his second goal of the game.
Evo-Stik League Premier Division leaders Blyth Spartans saw off Northern League neighbours Blyth Town 5-2 after extra time to set up a Northumberland Senior Cup final date with North Shields, in a repeat of last year’s final.
The sides finished up all square after 90 minutes, with Ryan Hutchinson’s Spartans opener cancelled out by Zak Atkinson’s late penalty.
Dan Maguire’s extra-time double, followed by strikes from Sean Reid and Adam Wrightson, killed off Town, though Atkinson fired a late reply in front of a crowd of 1,120.