Macclesfield and District FA
Action from the Macc & District FA Cup Quarter Finals
By Matt Eagles
Mar 16, 2009, 20:32

Macclesfield & District FA Sunday Cup Quarter Finals

Vale        2     Brewers     1

Vale stunned Brewers at Back Lane to claim an unlikely semi-final spot  after coming from a goal behind to take the tie 2-1 .Martin Firth put the visitors ahead with a spectacular left foot shot form 30 yards but they couldn’t add to their one goal advantage  despite plenty of possession.. Vale came back in the second half  and goals from Tom Burgess and David Holmes sent them through .

Alderley Royal Oak     7      Wilmslow   Albion    2

An ignominious exit for Albion who were  still in the match at half time trailing 2-0. There demise came  when midfielder Ben Thornley went off injured and they lost  their driving force in midfield. For Alderley ,  Scott McGowan helped himself to a  hat-trick with  Andy Hurst  grabbing two, one from the penalty spot. Steve Boardman and Duncan Warrinder added one a piece.

Baths    3     Poynton  Workman    4

Three goals in a frentic four minutes  midway through the second  ultimately decided this tie in the visitors favour  but realistically the match was anybodies until then .

Poynton Workman celebrate

 Both teams tried to play football but too often the ball held up in gloopy mud  and momentum was lost. Despite the mud both goal keepers were kept bust and didn’t let their teams down , Marcus Pencheon and Lee Anderson both pulling off fine saves. Poynton striker  Jon Cairns had been on the losing side in the Saturday Cup semi final held the day before but he  certainly made amends for his Sunday team scoring a hat-trick . Rick Tindall added a fourth.  Baths scorers were   Craig Poyser with two and Steve Brain.

Oxfford   5    Hollins    2

Oxfford eased into the semi’s with  a comfortable victory against their first division opponents . It could have been much different though. Hollins had much the better of the opening exhanges and were unfortunate to be trailing 2-1 at the turnround. The second half was a different  affair . Chris Mason gave Hollins a torrid time down the left  and Dave Billington buzzed around the edge of the box  and the goals duely came .Billington scored twice , Mason once and they were joined on the score sheet   by Carl McCurrie and Liam Hadfield who took the captain’s armband after coming on as a substitute. After Gaz Burns scored in the first half it was mere consolation when  top scorer  Matt Beswick confidently  tucked  away a penalty for the visitors.

Oxfford v Hollins