East Cheshire Football League
Match reports from the opening weekend of the Trade Mark Collections East Cheshire Football League
By Matt Eagles
Sep 6, 2009, 22:14

      Trade Mark Collections

 East Cheshire Football  League.

Old Alts    2     High Lane    5

High Lane had a dream start to the season taking all three points at Crossford Bridge against Old Alts .In the process they seem to have unearthed a new star in man of the match sixteen year old winger Luke Campbell who tormented the Alts defence and indeed capped his debut with a goal. Having taken the lead  and then tied the game at 2-2 it was a frustrating afternoon for Martin Officer’s team who , just when they thought they were back in the game were stung with  a succour punch as High Lane scored almost immediately from the re-start  to make it 3-2. It knocked the stuffing out of Alts as the visitors went on to score twice more.  High Lane’s goal machine Jake Getchevsky scored twice, with strike partner Marc Lilleyman, Luke Campbell  and George Mitchell all on target. For Alts the goals came from Adam Officer and Si Syderley. High Lane now top the table after week one.

Adam Officer ( yellow) on target for Old Alts

Poynton Kings   3    Mary Dendy     3

Having shared the spoils last season with one win a piece  a both teams were keen to kick the season off with a win  but in an exciting game a draw was a fair  result with both teams having chances to win late into the second half. Mary Dendy dominated the opening exchanges with Matt Morris opening the scoring after five minutes when King’s defence failed to clear a long throw in from Dendy’s Matt Martin. They could  and should have increased their lead but as chances went begging Kings hit then on the counter  and Scott Wright smashed home an equaliser past stand in keeper Chris Shepherd. Micheal Ritchings  made it 2-1 to the visitors on 33 minutes  volleying home from 18 yards. Five minutes later Kings were back level, Alastair Breed, clear of the Dendy defence swivelled and fired home an unstoppable  shot from  the edge of the penalty area.

In the second half with Kings in the ascendancy it was Dendy who took the lead for a third time. Tim Morris sent brother Matt clear down the left wing and his cross found Mike Richings unmarked to score with a spectacular diving header from 12 yards. The scoring wasn’t over though as back came Kings again as Kieran Nolan made it 3-3. It made for a frantic finale but when referee Kevin Lofthouse who had a fine match in the middle ,blew for full time both teams breathed a sigh of relief they hadn’t lost.

Tim Morris (yellow and blue) of Mary Dendy tangles with King's Tom Hopkins