Macclesfield and District FA
All the action from the Macc FA Sunday Cup and MSL league games
By Matt Eagles
Feb 17, 2009, 09:05

A review of this weekend’s action from the

Macclesfield & District F.A. Sunday Cup.

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Second Round – 15^th February

Disley       1       Hollins       3

An opportunist goal in the first half  from inside his own half from Derek Lownds  set Hollins on their way to a well deserved victory.  Disley rued their bad luck as they  had a strong penalty claim turned down but they came back to equalise through John Critchlow   before the break but the visitors settled the tie with two second half goals from Matt Beswick.

Poynton Workman    8    Boarhound      0

Poynton proved far too strong for  Boarhound who despite an excellent win against Brewers were given an insite into how much they will need to improve before they can successfully overcome some of the better sides in the Macclesfield Borough. Steve Panter and Mark Faulkner both hit hat-tricks  with Curtis Brookes and Paul Gamer also on target.

Oxfford      5     A  C Bollan     4

An extraordinary game at Congleton Road saw Oxfford defeat A C Bollan in a thrilling game .. Remarkably Bollan twice held the lead by two clear goals at 3-1 and 4-2 but failed to capitalise and eventually crashed  out in the dying seconds  to Dave Billington’s  deserved 90^th minute  winner. Bollan lack confidence and their failure to kill this tie off cost them dearly. Oxfford pressed and encouraged  each other giving them an added potency going forward . Bollan’s keeper  James Flower did  well to thwart  Dan Frost and Ryan Fitter  but he had no answer to Carl McCurrie as his penalty sent him the wrong way to make it 1-3 at half time. Bollan led again at 2-4   midway through the second half  but as McCurrie completed his hat-trick including a second penalty, Bollans’ heads dropped and and own goal and Billington’s dramatic winner completed a miserable afternoon for Bollan.Tim Hammond with two, an og  and an  Andy Davies strike just weren’t enough for Chris Stacey’s side.

Brewers      2   Albion Rovers    1

High flying Albion Rovers were a potential banana skin for Brewers  following their league cup defeat to  Boarhound but they seemed to have learnt their lesson as goals from Jamie Madden and Lee Johnstone  were enough to see them through to the Third Round after Jamie Collins had given the visitors the lead. Graham Wright took charge in the middle.

Three Crowns    1     Wilmslow Albion     3

Wilmslow eventually proved too strong for Three Crowns as they survived an early onslaught from the hosts which could have seen them trailing by at  least two goals.

Nathan Hulley scored Three Crowns goal

Fortunately for the visitors it was only one, a low twenty yard  drive from Nathan Hulley that fizzed into the corner of the net.  Ex Man Utd star Ben Thornley  barked orders from midfield  as Albions ‘ defence were besiged in the opening five minutes  but  when his brother Rod  equalised from close range after seven minutes  the tide turned . Albion began to press and despite great work in midfield from Sean Gill , Dave Barratt and Ryan  Stewart  they lacked punch upfront  with Andy Foote strangely out of sorts. Nathan Hulley had some success down the flanks but as the game progressed frustration began to creep in . 

Three Crown's Sean Gill

 Tom Brookes made it 2-1 with seventeen minutes remaining  and when Anthony Barker headed home from a corner ten minutes later it was game over .

Premier Division

Railway View    2      Blueberry    5

Blueberry finally secured their first win of the season with a well deserved victory against a disappointing Railway View. Blueberry , inspired by man of the match Ray White, powered into a five goal lead before Stuart Ainsworth , with a penalty  and Tom Wild bought a bit of respectability to the scoreline. Earlier an own goal, a  Pete Eccles penalty , a Luke Wild strike and a brace from Ray White had given the visitors an unassailable lead.

First Division

Chain and Gate     0   Macc Tigers      8

The Tigers showed no mercy as they mauled Chain and Gate.

Nathan Thawles and James Allen both scored twice with further goals coming from Mike Matheson, Alex Pinnedy, Jonathan Davies  and Lewis Peterson.

Poynton    1     Baths      3

Poynton can consider themselves unlucky not to get at least a point from this game as they gave promotion chasing Baths a real scare. Lee Anderson had to be in top form in goal for the visitors as Poynton created plenty of chances but in the end they only had a Leo Faulkner goal to show for their endeavours. Baths , on the other hand did what all good  sides do..won and took all three points whilst not playing particularly well. Craig Poyser (pen ) , Mark Gee and Anthony Byrne were all on target.

Tythy Juniors     1       Sporting Kerridge    4

Ryan Walker’s first half goal wasn’t enough for Tythy as Sporting took control in the second half scoring four times. Dave Finlow equalised from the penalty spot  before further goals from Simon Mason, Simon Williams and a second from Finlow secured the points.

Unicorn    2     Macc Boys Juniors   4

Unicorn remain without a win despite coming from 3-0 down to trail by a solitary goal 3-2 thanks to goals from Des Shepherd  and Robbie Lawrie.