Weekly Round Up – 14th December 2018

And we’re back! We never wanted to stop doing this in the first place, but at the time we stopped we had some well intentioned teams who wanted to play, but who were taking up some much of our time on a weekly basis that the review kept getting pushed further and further back that it was always a desperate rush to get done and wasn’t our absolute finest work. This one will be! Get yourself a brew, put your feet up, and let the words wash over you…..

LEAGUE NEWS

This could be a really long section of the review as we try and explain everything that has changed since our last review, but as this is just the appetiser ahead of the main course, we’ll keep it brief in order to attract as much attention as possible. The guy that runs your team will get this information on a weekly basis, but if he doesn’t pass it on you might not get to see it. For example, outside of the team you play for, do you have a different group of friends or work mates who might be up for getting involved? Here’s where you could fit them in…..

First things first though, our CHARITY CHRISTMAS CUP takes place on Thursday 20th December at 7pm, with all cleared proceeds being donated to Love Of Lacey (www.loveoflacey.com for details). 11 out of the 12 spaces have already been filled, so you’d need to get in super quick of you wanted to be a part of it. Last year we did two tournaments as the first one filled up so quickly, so we could keep the 27th free if anyone wants to do it again…..

Right, actual league news…..

We are looking to get a BRAND NEW Thursday evening 5-a-side league going at Cheadle Town FC. We tried to get it started before the end of the year, but the timing wasn’t quite right, so we hope to get this started as soon as possible in 2019. We will run a couple of mini tournaments to give all prospective new teams the chance to come down and have a look at the set up before deciding if they want to commit to this new league, so for a no obligation chance to come and have a one off, get in touch.

Our brand new Tuesday league will be kicking off in January, and our Monday league will be going again in February. We currently have spaces available for new or returning teams, so to get right back on it as part of the ‘new year, new me’ brigade, let us know.

Our biggest league night still retains the possibility of getting even bigger, so if Sunday evening is your thing, let us know and we’ll try and find you a space

For more details on any of the above, or to register your team, call or text 07809252658, email [email protected], or fill in a ‘Join A League’ form from the homepage.

SUNDAY LEAGUE

The second week of the new Sunday league season saw Premiership Champions Wilmslow Whoppers in action for the first time this season, as they played a double header to make up for missing the opening week last week (not their fault….). Their first game provided a tough prospect for the top division new boys Beercalona, who picked up a decent win over Stockport Eagles last week to start their campaign. It looked extremely unlikely that they would repeat that as Whoppers raced into a 5 goal lead in the opening 8 minutes, Olly Ford scoring the 5th after Tom Ratican had grabbed 4 in the first 6 minutes. Beercalona stemmed the flow and got the next goal 7 minutes from the break through Tom Ratcliffe, but it was unlikely to be the start of a comeback as Ford added two more and Ratican his 5th before the break. Not much changed in the second half, other than the fact that a couple of different players got on the score sheet for Whoppers, with Kyle Lord and Liam Delaney grabbing a goal each, Olly Ford grabbing two more and Ratican another three. Beercalona grabbed three of their own in the second period, Tom Ratcliffe with two more and Jay Ratcliffe the other.

WILMSLOW WHOPPERS 13 BEERCALONA 4

MOM: OLLY FORD (WILMSLOW WHOPPERS)

Whoppers second game was an intriguing one as they took on Tuesday Champions Gangs Of Dwight Yorke, who’ve shifted to Sunday for the time being. Olly Ford and Josh Morrissey exchanged early goals before Whoppers took a grip as Ratican, Dan Exley and Olly Ford scored to give them a three goal lead half way through the opening period.  Simon Hackney grabbed one back 7 minutes from the break, but in a mad last few minutes of the half, Whoppers notched three of the 4 goals scored to give them a commanding 7-3 lead at the break. Tom Fox, Liam Delaney and Ford got their goals, with the returning Aiden Jones grabbing Gangs goal. Gangs started the second half well and reduced the deficit to two with goals from Jones and Hackney in the opening two minutes, but Ford and Fox restored that lead before Delaney extended it with 15 minutes left. Jones got his third a minute later, but that’s as close as they got as Ratican, Exley and Ford all scored in the final 10 minutes, with an own goal and Jones grabbing consolations for Gangs

GANGS OF DWIGHT YORKE 8 WILMSLOW WHOPPERS 13

MOM: OLLY FORD (WILMSLOW WHOPPERS)

Stockport Eagles and Kipsta Cobras both suffered narrow defeats on opening night, so were both looking for their first points of the season when they faced off this week. Kyle Clarke gave Eagles a lead in the first minute, and they held that lead until 9 minutes from the break when Kieran Mills goal was the catalyst to a strong end to the half for Kipsta. Wayne Reeves put them in front a minute later, with Matty Aked and Warren Yeo adding further goals as Kipsta went into the break in comfortable control. Eagles needed to get the first goal of the second period, and Clarke got it with 19 left to play, and it was game on again when Ben Waugh made it 4-3 5 minutes later. We were on for a big finish when Ryan McAndrew leveled things up with 12 to go, and with both teams throwing everything at going for the win, Kipsta left the back door open and Clarke scored a last gasp winner to complete an impressive Eagles comeback.

STOCKPORT EAGLES 5 KIPSTA COBRAS 4

MOM: SHAUN MATHER (STOCKPORT EAGLES)

Sevilla Lacatalent and FC AOTS went into this weeks meeting after opening day wins, and a game that looked like it could be close started that way as Paul Buckley briefly gave AOTS the lead before Tom Jackson leveled up for Sevilla. Sevilla held a two goal lead at the break as Jake Riley, Sam Melling and Jackson scored a quickfire treble, with a Charley Hutchinson goal for AOTS thrown in. Daniel Wilson gave Sevilla the briefest of three goal leads before Eoghan Scott and Hutchinson sent us into the final 20 minutes with just the one goal in it at 5-4. Jackson and Riley restored the Sevilla three goal lead, but an own goal and Buckley’s second meant we went into the final 7 minutes with just one in it again. Sevilla ended up taking home the points as Wilson’s second a minute from time eased them to an 8-6 win.

SEVILLA LACATALENT 8 FC AOTS 6

MOM: SAM MELLING (SEVILLA LACATALENT) 

Nice Buns won by one while Polish Army lost by one on week one in what is looking like being a highly competitive Championship season. BUns struck first in the opening minute through Jimmy Williamson, but Filip and Bania turned things the Poles way within a couple of minutes before Bania took control and added 4 more throughout the half. Buns stayed in touch as Dale Kirkham grabbed one and Tom Dempsey two to leave them two behind at the break. Pawel gave the Army a three goal lead early in the second half, but Dempsey kept Buns in it with a goal 13 minutes from time. Pawel scored again to keep the Army out of reach, and it looked over when Filip got his second with 7 minutes left to make it 9-5. Buns roared back in the final 5 minutes though, and three goals in 4 minutes, two from Dempsey and one from Williamson, meant that Buns had two minutes to snatch an unlikely point. It didn’t happen though, and the Poles join Buns on three points in the early stages of the season.

NICE BUNS 8 POLISH ARMY 9

MOM: SLAWEK (POLISH ARMY)

Into League One, which will briefly be the bottom division for a season, and Deportivo Lack Of Talent and Fat Boys Run Wild faced each other after wins in week one. You never know what you’re going to get from Fat Boys, and in the first half they were involved in a competitive 25 minutes of football, but trailed at the break as Chris Cunliffe and Ashley Ellwood scored either side of Aaron Donville’s Fat Boys reply, before Rob Parker made it 3-1 at the half time whistle. That goal just before the break seemed to take some of the stuffing out of the Fat Boys, and Deportivo eased to a comfortable win in the second period. Parker added another 4 to his total, with Brad Peet and Josh Jackson adding the others, while Marcus Dean got two and James Donovan one as Fat Boys never really got close enough to threaten to take anything from this one.

DEPORTIVO LACK OF TALENT 9 FAT BOYS RUN WILD 4

MOM: ROB PARKER (DEPORTIVO LACK OF TALENT) 

Inter Your Sister were here for the first time this season, and faced off against old adversaries The Veterans for the first time in a little while. This one was fairly one way in the opening half as Inter were a couple of regular players down, Andy Carrington and Connor Atkinson got two each, Steve Sammons (yes, THAT Steve Sammons) and an own goal were the scorers for The Vets, while Ben Waugh scored Inter’s solitary first half goal. The Veterans repeated their first half scoring feats to ease to a comfortable victory, Simon Grainger got a second half treble, Atkinson got two more and Carrington got his third, while Leigh Edwards got on the score sheet for Inter before Paul Waugh scored two late goals to make the scoreline seem a little closer than it could have been.

THE VETERANS 12 INTER YOUR SISTER 4

MOM: STEVE SAMMONS (THE VETERANS) 

Roman FC and CA FC are both new to the Sunday league, and were both looking for their first Ballers wins since joining. Michael Winn gave Roman an early lead, but it was CA who looked good to take the points as Lorenzo Rodriguez got two, Jahed Hussain and David Hughes the others as they scored 4 in 8 minutes to go three up approaching the break. Matty Aked pulled one back for Roman before the interval, and the second half was a different story as Aked added 6 more to go alongside a goal from Marcus Mellor, with Ali Jaffer grabbing CA’s only second half goal. At least CA are being involved in more competitive games now than they were in the Monday league!

CA FC 5 ROMAN FC 9

MOM: MATTY AKED (ROMAN FC)

WE CAN FIND SPACES FOR NEW TEAMS IN EARLY 2019 AS WE LOOK TO ADD LEAGUE TWO BACK IN!

MONDAY LEAGUE

A couple of early drop outs in the Monday top division meant we decided to filter in a round of games where the top division and bottom division teams meet, and this was such a week. Expected Toulouse rejoined us for this season, and would have been Expected Toucomfortablywin this week against a patched up Nice Buns from the Championship. Goals from Jordan Milne and Waz Akram in the opening 5 minutes seemed to set them on their way towards this, but Connor Rabbett pulled one back for Buns before we reached the 10 minute mark. Milne scored again before the break, and Akram made it 4 a minute after the restart as Toulouse eased clear, with Akram getting his third and Baillie Blomeley adding his name to score sheet. Charlie Williamson pulled one back for Buns to make it 6-2 with 6 minutes left, but Blomeley and Milne added late goals to give the final scoreline a slightly less respectable look for the Championship side.

EXPECTED TOULOUSE 8 NICE BUNS 2

MOM:JORDAN MILNE (EXPECTED TOULOUSE)

New boys Grand Street Wanderers had a 50% record from their opening two games, and faced their first top division team in LoL FC this week looking to bounce back from last week’s comeback defeat to Diva Fever. They got off to a flyer as an own goal in the third minute was followed by goals from Rob Morris and Joe Bowden before the half way point of the opening period. Danny Arnold quickly pulled one back for LoL, but Bowden added two two more to go with Nick Russ’ goal to make it 6-1 to the new team at the break. Arnold pulled another back with his second of the game, but Wanderers kept them at arms length with Morris’ and Russ’ second goals either side of Aaron Derbyshire’s consolation for LoL as we find that the gap between top and bottom divisions maybe isn’t all that great.

GRAND STREET WANDERERS 8 LOL FC 3

MOM: JOE BOWDEN (GRAND STREET WANDERERS)

Diva were the comeback kings last week who nicked the win from Grand Street, and their game with Phantom Brazilians looked like being an interesting match up, with Phantom yet to pick up a Premiership point this time around. Were level at 2-2 at the break as Daniel Clayton scored two form Phantom Brazilians either side of a Ben Marsland double for Diva. Clayton’s third edged Phantom back in front with 19 to play, before things exploded into life in the final 10 minutes. Nathan Wilkinson’s 43rd minute goal for Diva had them level for a minute before Clayton scored again, and the same thing happened when Andrew Shaw restored the Phantom lead again after a John Brookes equiliser. Phantom couldn’t hang on though, and Mike Devitt ensured we finished all square with a last gasp goal.

DIVA FEVER 5 PHANTOM BRAZILIANS 5

MOM: DANIEL CLAYTON (PHANTOM BRAZILIANS)

WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE SPACES AVAILABLE FOR ANY NEW TEAMS WANTING TO GET INVOLVED AT THE START OF 2019

TUESDAY LEAGUE

A truncated Tuesday Premiership came to a premature conclusion this week as Michu At De Gea Ba and Beercalona played their final scheduled game. Beercalona have lost a couple of players recently, but fielded a competitive side as the teams went in at the break all square after Adam Porter grabbed a leveler for Michu after Dave Watson had given Beercalona an early lead. For long periods of the second half it looked like this might remain the score, but when Michael Jennison edged Michu in front with 10 minutes to go it looked like they were heading for all three points. The spoils were shared in the end as Scott Williams scored three minutes from time to see both teams take a point to end their Premiership season. Both teams will merge into the Championship from next week.

MICHU AT DE GEA BA 2 BEERCALONA 2

MOM: TOM RATCLIFFE (BEERCALONA)

Shaka could effectively clinch the Championship title this week if they could beat nearest rivals Bandit Athletic, a reverse of the game that they won comfortably earlier in the season. Things looked like being very different this time around as Bandit raced into a 4 goal lead in the opening 5 minutes as Michael Winn, Ray Donnelly and Kyle Clarke added to an own goal to put them in charge. An own goal at the other end got Shaka on the board in the 10th minute, but the remainder of the half mirrored the first part as Bandit went into the break 8-2 in front with Winn scoring three more and Clarke his second, with Ryan Green getting Shaka’s goal. It was a stroll for Bandit in the second period as Donnelly got two more, Winn, Dylan Feast and Connor Atkinson the others as Bandit went top and did their goal difference a huge amount of good at the same time.

SHAKA FC 2 BANDIT ATHLETIC 13

MOM: DYLAN FEAST (BANDIT ATHLETIC) 

FC have bizarrely struggled to field a team since they picked up their first ever Ballers win a few weeks ago, and they weren’t helped this week by late drop outs and no shows ahead of their game with El Caliente. They still managed to get themselves in front here as Jamie (just Jamie) gave them the lead in the third minute, but any hopes of a closely fought contest were quickly ended as Caliente roared back to lead 6-1 at the break. Nathaniel Odysseus-Kingsley and Matt Robinson got two each, Mark Carruthers and Aiden Jones the others. It didn’t get any more competitive in the second period as it was doubles all the way from Carruthers, O-K, Robinson, Jones and Paul Bardsley, who grabbed his double after coming out of goal for the final few minutes. Connor Atkinson, who’d stepped in for FC, grabbed their only second half reply.

EL CALIENTE 16 FC 2

MOM: MATT ROBINSON (EL CALIENTE) 

It didn’t exactly prove to be the most competitive week of games in the Tuesday Championship, and the game between Ballotellitubbies and FC AOTS was the same, despite looking like a decent game on paper beforehand. AOTS were in complete control at the break as Paul Buckley, Eoghan Scott, Azz Hilton and Andy Callahan gave them a 4-0 first half lead. Scott, Calahan (2) and an own goal added to the AOTS toal before Ballo finally got on the sheet through Jaden Heywood’s goal, and while Alex Lomas got a second for them in the final 10 minutes, Callahan and Tom Dennerly completed the rout for AOTS before the full time whistle.

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MOM: ANDY CALLAHAN (FC AOTS)

THE NEW TUESDAY LEAGUE WILL START IN JANUARY 2019, SPACES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

WEDNESDAY LEAGUE

The new Wednesday league got kicked off with Champions Wellspring FC looking to start the defence of their title against Out Of Shape FC, and last season’s Runners Up Exeter Gently looking to get off to a good start against Stockport Eagles. Wellspring didn’t get off to a good start as they went 2-0 down in the opening 5 minutes as Marcin and Milosz Zawila scored for Out Of Shape. An injury to Shape’s keeper Luzasz Skiera gave Wellspring a helping hand, and they were two up by the break as Mike Devitt grabbed three and Lee Cullen the other. They took complete control in the second half ran out comfortable winners as Shane Bridges got two, Nathan Wilkinson and Mike Cocks the others to go with an own goal to ease Wellspring to victory.

OUT OF SHAPE FC 2 WELLSPRING FC 9

MOM: SHANE BRIDGES (WELLSPRING FC)

Eagles had a pretty disappointing season by their Wednesday standards last time out and will be looking for improvement this campaign. It was 1-1 after 4 minutes as Brad Robison cancelled out Ray Donnelly’s opener, but Ryan McAndrew and Michael Winn gave Eagles a two goal lead 9 minutes before the break. Tom Wood pulled one back for Exeter, but Donnelly restored Eagles two goal lead before the half time whistle. Paul Waugh made it 5-2 4 minutes after the restart, and though Kristian Igo reduced that lead again for Exeter, Eagles took control and made the game safe through further goals from Jack McDonagh, Winn, McAndrew and Donnelly, with Igo’s second scant consolation for Exeter.

STOCKPORT EAGLES 9 EXETER GENTLY 4

MOM: RAY DONNELLY (STOCKPORT EAGLES)

THE NEW WEDNESDAY LEAGUE MAY HAVE STARTED, BUT WE COULD STILL FIND SPACE FOR ONE MORE TEAM IF THE DEMAND WAS THERE…..