A review of this weekend’s action from the
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Macclesfield & District Sunday Football League.
Premier Division
AC Bollan 2 Three Crowns 2
Three Crowns title hopes all but slipped away at Bollington Recreation Ground as they failed to get the three points they needed to keep the pressure on Pack Horse away to rivals AC Bollan. Still leading the table by an impressive four points Crowns have played five more games than second place Pack who must surely overtake them once they have fulfilled their allotted fixtures.
A draw was really no good to either team but on the day was a fair result between two well matched teams. Greg Mathers gave Crowns only to see Bollan equalise in quite spectacular fashion, Les Sykes letting fly from fully thirty yards after a push on Tim Hammond. Mathers got his second in the second half to give the visitors the advantage for the second time but with Bollan in no mood to concede points up popped Andy Davies to secure a point .
Blueberry 1 Brewers 1
Blueberry turned the form book on its head as they held free scoring Brewers at Mary Dendy Fields. Brewers were perhaps guilty of underestimating Blueberry and thought they would stroll to victory, on the other hand Blueberry turned up to battle!!. For Prestbury Crucialy missing their deadly strike force of Danny Bailey and Jake McGarry, Brewers struggled in the conditions and Blueberry took full advantage Ben Atkins giving the home side a deserved lead on the half hour. Brewers Caretaker manager Nathan Towns pulled no punches at half time giving his charges a real blast and it appeared to work as twenty minutes in they were level, Martin Firth’s cross come shot taking a wicked deflection off the unfortunate Jonny Walker to beat goalkeeper Dave Mellor who was celebrating his 40th birthday. Blueberry could have snatched the game right at the death but Dec Druce put the ball wide of the goal from six yards .
Oxfford 2 Macc Boys Seniors 2
A game between two of the up and coming sides in the Premier Division finished all square at Congleton Road . Oxfford held a slim 1-0 advantage at half time thanks to an Elliot Bruce strike but two goals in five minutes from Chris Hadfield and Josh Roberts gave the visitors the lead. With minutes remaining Tom Westbrook stole in at the far post to level the game at 2-2.
Prestbury Club 3 Packhorse 5
Plenty of goals in blustery conditions saw Packhorse take all three points against a game Prestbury side who on the day weren’t quite good enough. Fresh from their victory in the Cheshire Cup Pack were predictably difficult to break down but Prestbury did manage to breach their miserly defence once and led 1-0 at half time .
The second half saw a goal fest with seven goals. Unfortunately for the hosts with five minutes remaining and the score at 3-3 Pack scored twice from almost indentical corners to secure three vital points . Nick Stone scored twice with Nick Ward, Dave Hancox and Simon Band all on target. For Prestbury goals came from the ever reliable Dave Ansall and Chris Connors with two.
Vale 4 Railway View 4
An excellent game which saw Railway show real character after coming from behind three times to take a point at Back Lane . Trailing 2-0 after ten minutes thanks to goals from Thomas Jackson and Dave Holmes they clawed their way back finally drawing level thanks to a Stuart Ainsworth penalty early in the second half . Again Thomas Jackson gave Vale the lead but again Railway came back to make it 3-3 . Jackson completed his hat-trick to make it 4-3 ,but true to form Railway came back to take a thoroughly deserved point. Also amon the goals for Railway were Tom Wild, Mike Harrison and Stuart Ainsworth with a second.
FIRST DIVISION
Tytherington Juniors 6 Poynton 2
A tremendous team performance by Tythy who secured the points with an impressive first half display that saw them score four times without reply. The second half , in terms of goals scored was even at two goals a piece but by then the game had already been won. Gareth Ridge two, James Moon , Dave Scott , Ryan Walker and Gary Taylor were all on target whilst for Poynton Leo Faulkner grabbed a brace.
Hollins 4 Macc Boys Juniors 3
John Browning secured the points for Hollins in a game spoilt by two red cards late on ,both shown to the Macc Boys Junior ‘s players . The visitors were in with a shout thanks to goals from Callum Loftus and Dave Short’s double but with nine men they couldn’t match Hollins , whose goals came from Matt Beswick wit two and Gaz burns.
Boarhound 4 Sporting Kerridge 1
Boarhound kept in contact with the leaders Albion Rovers thanks to a comfortable victory against mid table Kerridge. Decland fletcher’s amazing goalscoring run continued as he hit two whilst Ben Hamand and Wayne Riley were also on target.
