Macc & District FA Sunday Cup
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Action from the First Round
Plenty of surprises in Round One as out go last seasons’ runners up , Poynton Workman who lose 4-1 at home to East Cheshire Sunday League rivals Cheadle Lions . Spinners Arms knock out Vale of the Macc Sunday Premier Division 4-0 at Back Lane and also through to Round Two are First Division high flyers Macc Boys Juniors who dumped out Disley 1st’s . Oxfford go goal crazy against NW Fire scoring eight times and Blueberry hit Sporting Kerridge for six.
Game of the day was at Boarhound’s Windmill Street pitch as Boarhound shared in a fourteen goal thriller against Poynton. In a quite remarkable match overseen by stand in referee Pete Slack , which included a stunning free kick from half way by Boarhound’s Sean Buck, Poynton raced into a 2-0 lead inside five minutes but then found themselves trailing 6-4 with minutes remaining. They equalised with the last kick of normal time to make it 6-6 to take the tie into extra time .
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| Five goal Ben Hamand (left) celebrates for Boarhound with Wayne Riley , (now with Northwich Vics) who scored the winner in the Vics shock FA Cup First rd defeat of Charlton Athletic |
The home side could have buckled having seen their advantage wiped out but if anything it made them stronger and their superior fitness began to tell. Ben Hamand headed home his fifth goal of the game to make it 7-6 and then with barely a minute remaining Gareth Gibbons settled the tie with his second to make the final score 8-6 . Scorers for the unlucky visitors were Leon Eadsforth with two Rick Cash , Bobby Cash, Dave Berwick and Danny Faulkner.
At Barnaby Road Cheadle Lions knocked out cup specialists Poynton Workman 4-1 thanks to goals from Aspinall, Garvey, Malkey and Bailey . The visitors led 4-0 , Matt Holbrook’s strike late on being mere consolation for the Workman.
Spinners went through to Round Two with a comfortable 4-0 victory against Premier Division side Vale . They proved it wont be long before they grace the Division alongside their opponents scoring two goals in each half . Vale only had themselves to blame as they lost their discipline in a niggly game and were reduced to ten early in the second half when already trailing 2-0. On target for Spinners who must fancy their chances of going the distance in this seasons competition following this display were , Dave Grindey, Andy Forbes Dave Lovatt and Luke Wild.
Macc Boys Juniors surprised Disley 1st’s as Dean Loftus’s young charges put five past a strong Disley side in their own back yard . James Wootten impressed upfront scoring a hat-trick and drew praise from Disley’s manager with Scott Meszaros scoring the other two as the Juniors ran out 5-3 victors. Mike Ward scored two for the home side with Tom Bridge adding the third.
At Mary Dendy Fields North West Fire’s hopes of progressing through to Round Two were well and truly extinguished by a well drilled Oxfford side who scored five times in the second half .Chris Mason scored three, Jordan Leigh two and their were further goals from Lee Johnson and Elliot Bruce who scored with a fine header. Mike Bridge and Shaun Lloyd-Griffths both found the net for NW Fire. Final score 8-2
A brace from Matt McBride and a goal each from Peter Danford and Shaun Creeves secured Vale Hoppers path through to Round two at the expense of D&C Athletic who only came to life once the tie was out of their reach at 4-0 scoring twice through Nick Hulme and Alem Eyong. Finasl score 2-4 .
At Victoria Park referee Paul Heathcote was kept busy as tempers frayed between Albion Rovers and FC Congleton . Albion scored four times to book their passage through to the next round but it was a close game marred by ill discipline. Ben Brazier , Ollie Brazier , Dave Barratt and Jamie Collins all scored for Albion with Dan Smith and striker Chris Bann scoring for the visitors.
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| Jamie Collins and Ben Brazier both scored for Albion Rovers in a bad tempered game against FC Congleton |
At Clarke Lane , Blueberry ran out comfortable 6-2 winners against struggling Sporting Kerridge with top scorer Jermaine Leveridge adding a hat-trick to his already impressive tally this season., Paul Jones ,Jamie Egerton joined him on the score sheet together with Aidy Jackson unlucky to put through his own net. For Sporting perennial goal scorers Dave Findlow and Steve Bellerby both found the net.
