East Cheshire Football League
Trade Mark Collections East Cheshire Football League
By by Matt Eagles
Sep 14, 2008, 23:54

A review of this weekend’s action in the Trade Mark Collections East Cheshire League.

Boarhound     1   Poynton Nomads      2

Jamie Collins                       Rob McDonagh

                                               Tom Gaskell

Mary Dendy   9    Old Alts        1

Simon Gibbons 5                Duncan Midmore

Chris Coppenhall

Chris Hadfield

Andy Currie

Matt Morris

Old Alts Youth   2    Wilmslow Sports   3

Andy Massey                               Nick Russell   3

Tom Massey

Poynton  FC     1    Club AZ         10

John Cairns                              Lee Mannion    3

                                                    Neil Benney     2

                                                    Rick Heapy

                                                    Will Beighton

                                                    Chris Dicks

                                                    Paul Bethal 2

Boarhound rued  a host of missed chances as they dominated the game but left with nothing. Nomads had goalkeeper Jack Gaskell to thank as he kept the Boarhound attack at bay, but despite the pressure they led at half time 0-1 thanks to a Rob McDonagh  strike. Boarhound’s top scorer last season , Jamie Collins opened his account with an equaliser in the second half but  with time running out Dan  Dewar set up Tom Gaskell to steal the points for Nomads.

Mary Dendy set their stall out for the season with a  crushing victory against Old Alts.  Man of the match Simon Gibbons , signed from last seasons treble winners Puss In Boots scored five times on his league debut  as he ran the Alts defence ragged. It was a superb all round team performance  by Dendy  who took the lead after only two minutes when Chris Coppenhall let fly from the edge of the penalty area to make it 1-0.. The lively Chris Hadfield made it  2-0 with a tap in and captain Andy Currie  nipped in front of a hesitant Alts goalkeeper  to poke the ball home from two yards to make it 3-0. Gibbons made it 4-0 with a well taken near post header and  out sprinted Alts defence to make it 5-0 soon after. Five minutes before half time  Matty Morris made it 6-0 tapping home after a delightful back heal again from Gibbons.

Alts tried to stem the flow in the second half  as Martin Officer took over goalkeeping duties  and to an extent it worked  but only because Dendy wasted a host of chances . The impressive Simon Gibbons added a second half hat-trick .  Duncan Midmore scored an impressive  consolation goal for Alts  but it was tainted by a sickening collision earlier  in the game which left his own player having to leave the pitch with a broken nose.

Simon Gibbons- five goals on his debut

Two teams new to the ECL battled  it out at Crossford Bridge  as Old Alts Youth played Wilmslow Sports . It was the visitors who took the points  as Nick Russell bagged a hat-trick. In a close game, goals from Andy Massey for Alts and Russell for Sports made it one a piece at half time but  a second half brace from Russell won the game for the visitors . Tom Massey  grabbed a second for Alts but it wasn’t quite enough.

Club AZ  went one better than Dendy, setting the standard  as title contenders as they outclassed Poynton at Deva Close. They were simply too strong , too well organised and too fit as they gave poor Poynton  a footballing lesson. Poynton’s consolation goal came from John Cairns with AZ’s goals coming from Lee Manion 3, Neil Benny  2, Rick Heapy, Will Beighton , Chris Dicks and Paul Bethal

East Cheshire League
	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
CLUB AZ	1	1	0	0	9	3
MARY DENDY	1	0	0	0	8	3
POYNTON NOMADS	1	1	0	0	1	3
WILMSLOW SPORTS	1	1	0	0	1	3
OLD ALTS VETS	0	0	0	0	0	0
HIGH LANE	0	0	0	0	0	0
JUNO UNITED	0	0	0	0	0	0
POYNTON KINGFISHER	0	0	0	0	0	0
BOARHOUND FC	1	0	0	1	-1	0
OLD ALTS YOUTH	1	0	0	1	-1	0
OLD ALTS	1	0	0	0	-8	0
POYNTON FC	1	0	0	1	-9	0

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