East Cheshire Football League
Puss In Boots beat rivals Boarhound to finish unbeaten in the ECL, Old Alts Vets hit five against Mary Dendy and Poynton Kingfisher go one better scoring six!
By Matt Eagles
Mar 30, 2008, 14:57

A Review Of The Trade Mark Collections East Cheshire League

By Matt Eagles

Week Twenty Eight– No change at the top as Puss In Boots finish champions and Old Alts Vets finish runners up.

In the Subsidiary Cup there was a thumping. victory for Poynton Kingfisher

League

Old Alts Vets   5           Mary Dendy   3

The Vets turned on the style as they consolidated their position as  runners up in the ECL. Having been held  1-1 in the first half they scored four times in the second half against third place Dendy at Crossford Bridge. Neil Cooper led the scoring with two for the Vets , both headers and he was assisted by Gary Fittes, with a free kick , Henry Finn and leading goalscorer Ian Hunt  with his seventh league goal of the season. Mary Dendy weighed in with an Andy Currie strike and two from the league’s top goalscorer Matty Morris who hit a brace taking his tally to twenty in the league.

Boarhound  0     Puss In Boots   3

Credit  to referee David  Freidlander and players from both sides  who agreed that the game should go ahead  in quite atrocious conditions . In driving wind and horizontal rain Boarhound had the better of the early skirmishes playing with the wind in their favour and kept Puss keeper Andy Atkinson on his toes. The Puss played on the break  but despite good approach play their attacks were thwarted by John Cooper and Wayne Shufflebottom in the Boarhound back four. Puss did however  breach their defence  seven minutes before the break after good work from Lee Malkin left Simon Ainsworth to slot the ball home.

The visitors took control in the second half  and a cheeky back heeled goal from Lee McIntyre  six minutes into the second half  gave the league champions some breathing space. Jamie Collins and Ian Potts continued to battle in midfield for Boarhound but with eighteen minutes remaining centre half Matt Roberts , making a rare foray into the penalty area crashed home a thunderous shot  which went in off the underside of the bar to secure all three points for the Puss and help them finish their league campaign unbeaten.

Subsidiary Cup- Group A

Poynton Kingfisher  6    Old Alts    1

A 1-0 deficit at half time perhaps  gave Alts  a false sense of security as they were steam rollered by a buoyant kingfisher side who scored five times in the second half. The men responsible were leading scorer Luke Murray who grabbed himself a hat-trick to take his total to eleven for the season and Adam Ledgar who also hit three. How the home side would have wished for goalscorers like this earlier in the season! Alts only consolation was a goal from ex kingfisher player Takunda Musungwa.