Christmas is rapidly approaching, and with next week being the last round of games until the new year, we will hopefully go out of 2017 on a high.
LEAGUE NEWS
We’ve still got spaces available in our second Christmas Cup on Thursday 28th December, kicking off at 7pm. All money cleared from the event will be donated to Stroke Information, so get yourselves involved! The current spaces won’t be there for long……
The next new league to start will be the Monday league which will kick off on 15th January. There are currently three spaces available for new or returning teams, but with the new year on it’s way we don’t expect them to stick around for long!
We will also be looking to add a mini league to our Tuesday league as soon as possible in the new year, so the options are there for getting your team signed up!
SUNDAY LEAGUE
Quite surprisingly, given the weather and the little matter of the Manchester Derby, 5 games still went ahead on Sunday evening. None of them were in the Premiership as Kinky Slipper and Insole were the last men standing, and we weren’t getting them playing each other again this week!
The Championship looks like being a good division this season, but the only game this week saw Team Tom looking to join Under Rated on 6 points as they took on The McMuffin Men in their Championship debut. The more experienced team started the stronger, and THE Tom Hornsby scored twice in the opening 5 minutes as they went into the break 3-2 in front. They looked to have killed it at 4-2 with 18 minutes left, but the McMuffin’s hit back and Charley Eyre’s second of the game helped them draw level at 4-4 with three minutes left. Hornsby was the hat trick hero though, as his third a minute from time gave them the narrowest of victories.
It was a night of narrow victories, with 4 of the 5 games all as tight as you can get. The only one that wasn’t was in League One, where Inter Row Z shared the goals around as they hammered Wellspring FC 14-2, Ray Donnelly with 4 while Callum Donnelly and Ryan McAndrew helped themselves to three each. Bizarrely, that result ended Wellspring’s 100% start to the season and sent Inter top. In the other game, Rooneytunes were looking to make it second time lucky after the lost their first game against Wellspring by the odd goal in 9 last week. It was the odd goal in 9 again this week as they took on Polish Army, and the new boys held on in the final few minutes after letting a 5-2 lead close to 5-4 with 7 left to play, Daniel White with two of the Rooneytunes goals. The freak Wellspring result aside, this is looking like being another good, competitive division.
Two more close games in the bottom division, and the game between Stockport Eagles and Deportivo Lack Of Talent was unique for a couple of reasons. Firstly, there were only three goals in a 50 minute game of 6-a-side, and secondly, all three goals were own goals! Deportivo came away with a 2-1 win to see them join Pathetico Madrid at the top of the table with Pathetico not playing this week. SFC Club picked up a first Ballers win last week, and were hoping to make it two from two against an FC Stront Bakken side who’s return to the Sunday league hasn’t been all plain sailing. We entered the final knockings of the game with the scoreline locked at 3-3 and both teams going for the win, but Benjamin Dean’s last gasp goal gave The Bucket Boys the win in another division where anyone can beat anyone.
THE SUNDAY LEAGUE IS CURRENTLY FULL! THAT 5TH DIVISION COULD COME IN THE NEW YEAR THOUGH, SO FEEL FREE TO ASK…..
MONDAY LEAGUE
The hangover from Sunday continued into Monday with three games going ahead. The one in the top division was an interesting looking one between Expected Toulouse and Phantom Brazilians, who were facing each other for the first time this season, this close to the end of the season. Three first half Liam Mottram goals saw title chaser Toulouse lead 3-2 at the break in a game they had to win to retain any real hope of claiming the title. 4-2 a minute into the second half became 4-4 with 16 minutes to play, but a second half hat trick for Jordan Milne helped Toulouse to an 8-5 win. With Old Reddish now having left us, despite being top of the table, Expected Toulouse now lead AC Milmanchester on goal difference with both teams having one game left to play. IN the other game, new boys FC Rhino Ket picked up a first Ballers win, beating Strikeforce 10-6, Ryan Stringer picking up the man of the match award after baggin himself 5 goals.
Assuming we can maintain two divisions going into the new season which start in the new year, Not A Chance will finally be back in the big time. Going into tonight’s game against Pathetico Madrid they were 7 from 7 for the season, and after a tight first half they lead 2-1 at the break. The second half was a little more one sided, and 4 goals from Phil Carroll helped the leaders to a comfortable 8-1 win.
THE NEW MONDAY LEAGUE KICKS OFF ON 15TH JANUARY 2018. IF YOU, OR ANYONE YOU KNOW ARE MAKING ANY NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS, SIGNING UP FOR SOME NEW YEAR FOOTIE IS A GOOD START!
TUESDAY LEAGUE
It would seem that Gangs Of Dwight Yorke are very much the team to beat this season. On paper they faced a tough game this week against an Only Kruls & Horses team who gave Mirror Signal Malouda a good game last week. 4 first half goals from Aden Jones eased the Gangs into a 7-2 half time lead, and though Kruls managed to get back to 8-4 early in the second half, a quick fire double from Connor Harding took the game away from them again, as Gangs ran out 11-5 winners.
Only a couple of games were played this evening as the prospect of Christmas looms large, but the other game was a belter! Oooze FC were looking to make it two wins from two, and they started well against Inter Row Z, going 3-1 up in the opening 11 minutes. Inter began to pepper the Oooze goal but could only pull one back before getting caught out by a double sucker punch in the final minutes of the half to go into the break 5-2 down. That became 5-4 early in the second period as Inter hit back again, but Phil Parker’s third of the game 9 minutes from time looked to have clinched the win for Oooze. Callum Donnelly also grabbed his third two minutes later to make it 6-5, and Ray Donnelly made it 6 apiece in the final minute to end a breathless game with a point each.
WITH THE AIM IN THE NEW YEAR TO GET BACK TO TWO DIVISIONS, MINI LEAGUE SPOTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM JANUARY.
WEDNESDAY LEAGUE
The opening night of the new Wednesday league saw a couple of games played in slightly ropey conditions! Last day Champions Ruud van Ni-Ste-Lloyd plowed through the slush a liitle better than Polish Army, and 4 goals from Adam Porter helped them to a 9-3 opening day win.
Stockport Eagles will fancy having a bash at the title this season, and they were also opening day winners as hat tricks from Paul Waugh, Connor Harding and Ryan McAndrew helped them to a 12-6 win over Wellspring FC.
THE WEDNESDAY LEAGUE IS CURRENTLY FULL! GET IN TOUCH FOR DETAILS OF ANY OTHER SPACES.